40k-minis-and-armies

[past flint]

I've been into the lore for years but I finally started on my first army but I made a critical error

I didn't buy primer with my paint and I didn't buy half of the paints I needed so I put the models together and just.. left them unpainted

[rare hornet]

This is how my marines are being painted currently

[past flint]

I also didn't buy enough for a 1000 point game lol

but fuck it WE BALL

[dawn stream]

My Storm Guardians with flamers and fusion guns are also sans arms

They're loosely fitted here and unglued

[plush swift]

you dont actually need primer

doesnt really do anything special

[past flint]

i feel like that's bait

[rare hornet]

All you need to do really. I’ve got 4 more marines to paint for the first squad so I’m currently waiting for a chance to spray them black and they’re just legs and torsos

[dawn stream]

I fully painted a Wraithlord without primer

[plush swift]

nope, in the testing of over 1400 primers, they showed no major changes between having it and not

The few that did do something, were either not for consumers(IE Toom) or horribly gritty and caustic

There was also next to no change in the chemical structures of surface primer or acrylic paint

true primer tended to melt polystyrene plastics

[dawn stream]

Listen to Corpse Starch. He is the Paint Master

[plush swift]

If the paint isnt adhereing to the plastic, its either mold release agents from you not washing them, the paint binder was destroyed by adding water, or its a very low quality paint

IE AK gen 3 failed the majority of tests

Its pigmentation and water content was too high for the binder to support it so it failed over 200 adherences tests

[dawn stream]

Golden is real good stuff

[plush swift]

The best hobby paint tested was Ultracryl, but thats not for public sale just yet, The worst performers currently are Army painter Fanatic, AK Gen 3, Scale 75, and Ammo by mig iirc

[dawn stream]

I picked up my first bottle of it by happenstance

[plush swift]

The best paint tested was Golden(unshockingly), followed by liquitex, holbein, turner, and two others I cant remember

Yes, GW actually did well in testing, but this like most of the ones that did well, are chemically identical to acrylic house paaint

doesnt however make it a good paint

it just barely got a passing grade

[plush swift]

ehh, im an amateur, I just seem like an expert or a master compared to most people

My knowledge base is tiny compared to actual experts

[dawn stream]

You're certainly a godsend for all of us unknowledgeables

[plush swift]

https://www.youtube.com/@GoldenPaints

tthey have a youtube btw

[dawn stream]

Neat

[plush swift]

they have tons of great things like this

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uTnegKzmtUw

the way they do it is incredibly different compared to most hobbiests

most think adding medium can save the paint when it doesnt

it causes more problems

[dawn stream]

What do you use?

[plush swift]

I use the same recipe as in that short

[midnight radish]

Someone pin this

[plush swift]

pretty useful isnt it

[dawn stream]

@hasty sorrel Pin the paint video, please

[hasty sorrel]

i'll check with peeps before i do, unsure we can suggest the use of ammonia on a public discord

[plush swift]

Ammonia is a completely legal substance and in the amounts being used, its not harmful. Spray primers are generally way more harmful due to the acetone in them and other chemicals

so it shouldnt be a problem

but discord is discord and you never know with them

[signal plover]

Tamiya primer gets me high as fuck

[plush swift]

wear a mask

[signal plover]

https://tenor.com/view/no-nope-no-way-noo-absolutely-not-gif-20244171

[plush swift]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/949358617323257976/1152679393441894561/image0.gif

[visual turret]

lol

Perhaps I'll paint my psychophage tomorrow

[hollow goblet]

Yo so theory crafting my ksons list for next game

Does anyone know if I can use Umbralific Crystal to take a sorcerer off the board + Rapid Ingress to redeploy it on my opponent's turn?

[mint dove]

Ready to krump

Highlighting done

[barren sphinx]

That's certifiably dope, been a cool process to see

[jaunty trail]

So it seems like, that we have in EU/Germany some restrictions on ammonia(-nitrate) in case of climatic themed rules/laws as also in case of ammonium nitrate can be used for explosive stuff... So it seems to be that not every private person may use that stuff here..

I'm not 100% sure cuz i haven't digged deeper in search...

[ivory raven]

Probably not that high res, and the paint was still wet, but I’m getting started on my second plague marine set!

Also WAY too much nuln oil 💀

[barren sphinx]

https://tenor.com/view/like-nurgle-warhammer-return-of-reckoning-warhammer-fantasy-warhammer-age-of-reckoning-gif-19433884

Nurgle is pleased

[agile junco]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/615373862087163924/1205239210177601627/20240208_134923.jpg?ex=65d7a57b&is=65c5307b&hm=2f4053ec193b03c2340ea7fc59a420b600635a20c41ea6ce9c66d798ce0facb9&

void dragon completed 30 mins before his game 😅

[glass forum]

Well thats that all built now to prime them and then paint them

[solemn falcon]

nice

[plush swift]

ammonia nitrite is very different, household ammonia is ammonium hydroxide

[plain granite]

Took a shot at a rubric marine. Not sure if the highlight blue is too bright.

[main mango]

Have fun with the sentinel they suck to paint

[jaunty trail]

Yeah and still there it seems like EU/Germany has laws on who may uses it in case of enviornmental/climatic pollution... So as said, i'm not 100% sure but there were some governmental papers as pdf data that said something about it being somekind of restricted....

So i digged a bit deeper... ammonium hydroxide seems to be something we may own, but nearly any EU/German page suggests not to use it in closed/very good ventilated rooms... Seems like when it evaporates it could set free massive amounts of ammonia which are harmful to health...

So i wouldn't really use that stuff in a private cause without having the right setup tbh....

[mint merlin]

Sentinel was fine to paint tho? (for me at least)

[lucid compass]

hi guys i would like to ask that is every loyalist space marine what gw releasing have same size? (excluding primarchs)

[jaunty trail]

Horus Heresy or 40K?

[lucid compass]

40k

actually would like to know both

if no problem

[jaunty trail]

So in 40k there are firstborn and Primaris Marines... Since the Primaris are a new "breed" they are taller, stronger and better than the Firstborn...

Currently a Primaris Marine is taller than a Firstborn...

[hollow goblet]

Bc the league devs would have 100000% tried to make this a fiddlesticks skin if the idea of GW's legal department didn't wake them up in a cold sweat

[jaunty trail]

But all this could change somewhere if GW decides to re-release the Firstborn ones (what i don't think they will do)

[lucid compass]

oh

how many cm tall are they? is there a chart or something?

[hollow goblet]

Can never go too bright for ksons you can reasonably justify any part of them glowing like an RBG strip

[jaunty trail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D8I47GE7Mg

I think this could help out

[lucid compass]

thanks gonna check it out

[hollow goblet]

The answer is yes but there's two halves. Older marines (Grey knights and thousand sons I think are the only ones left over from this lot who don't have updated scuplts) are on a slightly smaller scale and looked sorta goofy in comparison to other things.

Any new marine sculpt released after like 2010 (I think that's around when they started doing primaris) will be on a bigger scale and they justify it in lore as them being better made space marines

So if you're buying older minis double check if that particular set is firstborn or primaris bc it can cause issues with having bits fit together when kitbashing

[lucid compass]

thanks

[jaunty trail]

Current wip on rotary gun dwarf xD

[hollow goblet]

@plush swift will I get a similar effect to the GW gemstone technical paints by just mixing other paints into a gloss medium?

[plush swift]

probably, I dont know those paints well

[plush swift]

the amount you need for it to be harmful is quiet a lot, its good to not breathe it in but urine tends to be about the same. You're not spilling gallons of it everywhere, you're using roughly a max of 10ml.

A lot of the EU stuff is weirdly worded and makes things sound worse than they are, keep in mind germany keeps trying to ban titanium white because you can get get cancer from it if youre stuck in an enclosed room with a high volume of it for over 8 hours

they fail each time because there isnt great data on it being super dangerous past the whole neurological damage thing which.... just wear a mask when air brushing it and it removes that risk

[hollow goblet]

Yeah like Corpse said

Europeans are pansies

[cunning kiln]

i know there somekind of clear material you can apply to minis after youve trimmed or shaved parts off of them to smoothen out the cuts and scrapes. but i cant think of what its called. anyone here know?

[worldly pawn]

sure its not green stuff?

[cunning kiln]

no i remember seeing it in a youtube video

its this clear liquidy material that got brushed over the scrapes

also anyone know what this model is called?

[quasi ridge]

Wip

[proper canopy]

Beast Snagga Warboss or something.

[white tangle]

Hey, so im using GW technical agrellan badland, can i use water to make it flow better into recesses or is that a big no no?

[brisk vapor]

I think so but the cracks might not appear as well or at all to the thinned areas

Or was it the crackle paint or just a terrain paste sorta deal, can't remember from the name

If it's just the terrain texture without the crackle medium that is perfectly fine then

[white tangle]

Yeah its not a crackle paint. Thanks!

One more thing, do you have an idea of how long it takes to dry? I know its a lot longer than paint but im still not 100%.

[ocean pendant]

Agrellan badlands is a crackle

[brisk vapor]

I usually wait for 2 to 4 hours or so if I do paint it during the same day I applied it

Usually I just apply it at the evening and paint it the next day

[ocean pendant]

It’s a thicker chunky crackle, but it’s still a crackle

[brisk vapor]

Right so thinning it with water might not work well if you want the crackles to appear but it won't ruin it or anything

[white tangle]

Alright thanks everyone!

[visual turret]

You say this, but Praetorian Fiddlesticks exists

[barren sphinx]

When I first opened this chat I thought that was a cookie

[midnight locust]

The forbidden peanut butter cookie

[silver thorn]

drink the acryllic pink lemonade

https://tenor.com/view/lemonade-pitcher-gif-10875814

[lavish crescent]

Bretonnia boxset is here! Arrived during work

[lavish crescent]

You mean nuln oil on rocks?

[silver thorn]

Jealous, was thinking of buying the bretonnian lord on pegassus just as a hobby project

hes not being sold alone yet

when I was like 7 my uncle gave me a black and white paper rulebook for bretonnia and I thought it was pretty cool

I didnt play warhammer for over 20 years but it definitely makes me have a softspot for bretonnians

[lavish crescent]

Jokes on everyone though, gonna try and do an English Army. Alot of bows and little amount of Cav

Men at arms too, main focus on men at arms and bows

[lavish crescent]

Ebay is your friend, kinda. Hunt for the keep boxes, found one got £26 and bid went to £150

[silver thorn]

I saw one that was buy it now for 65 but my backlog is already big enough

:>

[lavish crescent]

Do it

[silver thorn]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/364705111363?hash=item54ea1e5d43:g:Fd8AAOSw3Hhlt8kp&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0MlwrfocHluVj9NKVPTfs9LQdOOV9TmhbSLCUFLEeieVN5bkZHMnPil2xX1qoHbUKvdUeKuxp1LdclAAjYu6Ua04cKvNLNp7xqcMod56P8X%2BWEOMYR7l71bt4jaE7lAwe8GpUMHJlQ0nMsmcefxz79LODXUqgn8%2Bqi6K%2BJ9nzS8TUAPflzFZ0Tw0wNymlDBUVtJV7sYiwYl9IlyZXuigzSSNCdJFoYYW6aByUw6wG2%2FEkgTUiaIHI3tEvfrBGmqRfygbaI7z7O8Y%2FFAueyc6S%2Fw%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5zCteaxYw

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

I still have to pain my celestine 😄

[lavish crescent]

Doo it

The emperor wills it

Bought some Perry miniature, English infantry. Amazing proxy for bretonnia!

Box of 40 models for like £22

[lavish crescent]

Sounds about right, pain

You buy it then?? For the emperor?

For Celestine?

[barren sphinx]

Some templar progress

[silver thorn]

Im gonna have some self control and not buy it. 🙂

Im also thinking of buying 100 bucks in paints too which I shouldnt either haha

[silver thorn]

I love the shoulder plate

the color transition from the edges is so good!

[barren sphinx]

Thank you! It started out as me wanting to pin wash or recess shade and I made a mistake so I just smooshed the agrax around abit 😅

[lavish crescent]

Looks fucking badass my guy!

[lavish crescent]

You have betrayed us sister, repent -_-

[silver thorn]

I am always repentant, for evil still stirs in this galaxy. 🤡

Also they deleted the memes channel.

Honk.

[lavish crescent]

They did??

[silver thorn]

Yea months ago lol

[lavish crescent]

Ah

[silver thorn]

It got really really shitty

[lavish crescent]

Skill issue?

[silver thorn]

lots of politics and nsfw made it a pain for mods.

[lavish crescent]

Dark humour?

Ohhh

I know it's dark tide but let's not make the memes channel darker than the game

But you disappoint the emperor, sister

[silver thorn]

I must have self control. For ze lady.

[silver thorn]

it gives it almost a parchment paper vibe which looks really good honestly

[plush swift]

it would destroy the rheology modifier in there so you cant build texture as easily or at all

[barren sphinx]

Why thank you, I do hope I can replicate it on the rest 😄

[visual turret]

Yellow alert

[visual shale]

Anyone have suggestions for paints or colors for this captain? IF, but I don’t know what to do for the sword, rope, or half-cape

[visual turret]

It is no longer yellow.

[jaunty trail]

A sudden hum in the distance occurs..

[oak apex]

Pulling sick wheelies on loyalist nerds

[silver thorn]

we are taking tactical rock to a whole new level with this one 😄

[true path]

archaon, black NMM, work in progress. I'm happy, just need to clean the shield up a bit.

[simple thorn]

spoodr

[mint dove]

I may not be able to run ufthak but I can definitely use him as a warboss

[gray solstice]

Got me a Land Raider for my Black Dragons army

third party, salamander themed

pretty cheap, pretty nice

If only the third party redemptor from this artist looked half as good

[gentle fjord]

Not mine but would be a PERFECT end game boss

[visual turret]

absolutely! Can't go wrong with a big ol' tactical rock

[sterile grail]

this is why i would never use any spray can to prime the model. Absolute nightmare.

[royal compass]

... the Nurgling, right?

[teal wolf]

This is pain.
Doesn't look shook

[silver thorn]

i prime with spray can buy i do a few things first because i was warned about this

i put my spray cans in very warm water for 5 minutes before i spray

then make sure they are throughly shaken

the varnish turned out terrible though added snow all over the model

luckily someone suggested to apply a gloss varnish over it and it made it look a lot better

or is this just because he sprayed way too much on lol

[visual turret]

I thought that was a handful of spaghetti

[silver thorn]

xD I got little wooden dowels at home depot to put my models on for painting

[visual turret]

What colour should I paint my tiny imperialis rhino

[jaunty trail]

Imperial Fists/Iron Hands or Night Lords...

[visual turret]

My baby is done…..

[compact umbra]

I use rubbing alcohol for about 2 days and it gets of most of the paint

[white tangle]

Omg I painted that exact sister like a year ago and the cloak gave me trauma. This was the first time I tried to paint cloth and it did not go well.

[silver thorn]

this is my first army and my first models so its been rough

[white tangle]

I stripped her like 3 times. The only thing that i learned from that is do not use shades on cloth

[silver thorn]

I tried airbrushing today and it went HORRIBLE lol

idk if its going to work for me haha

it clogged a bunch of times, I couldnt get a good mixture of paint and water

[white tangle]

I have an airbrush, i used it like onece and never touched it again.

[silver thorn]

gonna have to strip her and start over

[plush swift]

Working on Dante 😄

[barren sphinx]

For first models those look great! You must do art outside of miniature painting

[compact umbra]

holy shit trying to thin orruk skin while not basically being a wash is bascially making me insane

im grabbing my army painter

paint

[true path]

citadel's flat colours aren't as good as other companies'. But generally their brighter and more pastel pigments are harder to control.

I switched to AK and army painter, and I'm waiting on the FLGS to order Pro Acryl.

[silver thorn]

no, haha. but i am good at watching guides on youtube.

[silver thorn]

I got a really good deal on the new fanatic range from army painter, the 50 paint range

im excited to try that, i watched a review of it

very high pigment, very opaque

it comes out some time in march

[true path]

I got their black and white and they work well for what I want from them. I used those, a citadel blue, and two AK greys to paint Archaon.

[silver thorn]

I should paint today but my airbrush fiasco went so bad im kind of demoralized lmao

[barren sphinx]

This is the way

[short pawn]

This is completely user error lmfao

This is like not eating anymore because one time you took a massive bite and choked

[plush swift]

that and GW sprays are garbage

[short pawn]

Yeah that's not wrong

[visual turret]

I have never had a problem with a spray that wasn't my fault

all mine have been temp based

[mint dove]

I can conform this dude either 1. Didn't shake the can, used it in too hot or too cold weather or absolutely BLASTED that mini with primer

[hot nebula]

Ave Dominus Nox

[brisk vapor]

hell yeah

[midnight cairn]

Awesome, that's almost a mini diorama. Love the casual double tap. Only improvement I can see would be to have a SM as a victim instead of a guardsman 😉

[hot nebula]

The base was too small for a sm haha! Thanks!

[lavish crescent]

dont use water, try speed paint medium. alot easier to use

1 drop paint to 2 drops medium

or use flow improver

improver can be bought in bulk so abit cheaper

meduim comes in a small bottle but easier to control the amount added

[signal plover]

I like spraying my 10 year old can of chaos black in freezing weather and it somehow still works fine

[plush swift]

Golden's airbrush medium, its cheaper and superior quality. Keep in mind that if your paint needs a flow improver or anything other than just water to go into an airbrush, thats a sign its a very low quality paint or its a heavy bodied acrylic, which you should probably invest in something like createx instead at that point

[plush swift]

what airbrush was it?

[jaunty trail]

Good news: A buddy of mine helped me to fix my aztec airbrush pistols... so when i'm back out of my vacation and the weather is much better, i can start figuring out how those airbrushes work...

Would be fun when i can paint some vehicles with airbrush instead of rattlecans

[plush swift]

I still have no idea how those work, they seem like witchcraft to me

[jaunty trail]

Why that?

[white tangle]

@plush swift So if i was to take a paint like agrellan badlands and add a bit of water to it, could i affectively use it as a sort of normal paint? (not to actually paint something but to just fill in gaps in a premoulded base)

[jaunty trail]

HYLas rotary cannon gunner done...

[plush swift]

I mean it sort of as a joke but that airbrush is still one of the most bizarre ones out there

[plush swift]

Not exactly, it has agents in there that will cause problems with it, really crackle stuff should only ever be used straight out of the tub and not thinned

[silver thorn]

i actually already bought some!

i got vallejo brand, and amazon had next shipping for it

excited to try that and hopefully get better results

[plush swift]

it wont give you massively better results tbh, just watch out though the vallejo stuff can make the surface incredibly tacky and if you use too much, the paint wont adhere

[zenith monolith]

Need to touch up a couple details still

[silver thorn]

you know somehow i don't think that's correct corpse starch, but thanks for the advice

[plush swift]

I have several bottles of it here, i used it for years

[silver thorn]

i know, i know. youre very knowledgeable. 🙂

[plush swift]

I had tons of issues with it being tacky with a lot of different paints

I'm just letting you know to watch out

[silver thorn]

thank you, going to give a go.

[plush swift]

Anything past a 1:1 ratio and you run into that issue, if its just the flow improver, dont use past 10%

10% can cause some weird glossy issues on rare occasions due to temperature, not a big deal just if you notice weird differences in sheen

its not a problem, it just dried weird

[silver thorn]

yea, the water was not working for me. the type of clogging i was having has been solved by many people using some form of thinner or airbrush medium.
as a beginner going for a battle ready paint job just getting the equipment working is a good first step

[plush swift]

what air brush was ot?

if it was a masters aairbrush that was an issue with the actual airbrush and not the paint

[silver thorn]

just a cheap one, nothing to speak of

[plush swift]

yeah even my custom made airbrush paint can clog those

Gaahleri is is a cheap brand and really good btw

the $30 I bought competes with $100 ones

[silver thorn]

thanks, I'll keep that in mind

bookmarked

[plush swift]

also if you have issues with the leveling of the paint, slow down the drying time

seems I cant say what the material you need is

because the word has been banned from this server'

[silver thorn]

haha what?

[plush swift]

The french word for delay

its an additive for slowing the drying time of paint

[silver thorn]

ah... reta rdent. yea, part of the word is a slur

[plush swift]

yep

annoying but w/e

[silver thorn]

yea no biggie i know what you mean

[plush swift]

I'll just start calling it reslurdent

which i had to at work anyways

I hate teaching...

[silver thorn]

really??

hahaha

[plush swift]

art school is bad

you cant even tell people their work is bad anymore

you can legit only tell them how great they are doing

[silver thorn]

didn't you mention living in the south? just add the southern drawl, reterrdent

[plush swift]

I cant do that, I already get told I talk like im black

anything more and I'd get called offensive

[silver thorn]

wtf lmao

[plush swift]

I have issues pronouncing Th

its not in my native tongue

so it comes out as a D or a T a lot

[silver thorn]

that doesnt seem particularly sensitive of your accent...

[plush swift]

Americans

[silver thorn]

I will say Im in NYC so everything is the opposite of that

my field is anthropology and most of my professors have been japanese

the language barrier is rough

T_T

[plush swift]

I'm moving there next year actually

[silver thorn]

its expensive but will be great for your field I think

big art city

[plush swift]

Its cheap for me

[silver thorn]

OKAAAAAAAAAAY money bags

haha

[plush swift]

there are tons of rent controlled apartments for artists

and rent controlled art studios

[silver thorn]

afaik its a lottery system though

so not guaranteed

I know a few people with them

[plush swift]

You can bypass some of that lottery for the studios

even more so if its a shared loft

[silver thorn]

good luck!

youll need it, NYC is in the middle of basically the worst housing crisis weve had in 40 years

[plush swift]

But I'll be moving specifically to queens and I have a friend who owns a condo with an extra room there

[silver thorn]

decades of zoning mismanagement and real estate companies buying all the buildings to run air bnbs has crippled our renting system

[plush swift]

so cheap rent

[silver thorn]

nice yes! I live in queens and I keep telling people this is where you should be living if rent is a problem

[plush swift]

My grandmother is from queens

[silver thorn]

its 20 minutes by subway to manhatten but the rent is 1/2 of the expensive places in the city

i pay 1600 a month in forest hills for a studio which is pretty typical.

[plush swift]

I pay more for a 300x300 room in this city

[silver thorn]

Any ideas on kitbashing this as a figure?

I LOVE this armor set

id go 3rd party too

[short pawn]

It is triple that for an unlivable apartment in CA 😭

[plush swift]

I know a 3rd part thing that does something similar

[silver thorn]

i have a little inquisition symbol from the rhino kit that I think will work as the necklace no problem

and I can green stuff the cloth hanging from the pauldrons

but the 3 material of breastplate, golden metal abdominal part and then cloth is kind of specific

im going through necromunda and guard models looking for something that will work as a base

[plush swift]

I'll need to look but I think it was fallout style space marine

that has a similar torso

[compact umbra]

Crusader model

[silver thorn]

it comes as one piece though

with a huge cloak

[compact umbra]

Hmm, with some scrapint you could use house orlock shoulder pads and slap it on the robe

Alternatively

Sisters of silence

[silver thorn]

could work. I was looking at some house orlock models

[compact umbra]

Actually sisters of silence is baiscally that

Wiat nvm

[silver thorn]

honestly

I feel like cadians would be a great base except

they have SO MANY BELTS

for no reason

flatten the upper part and paint red for the flak portion

gold for that middle portion

and sculpt the cloth bits

actually kinda perfect as a base, just needs some arms with gloves

scrape the top of the breastplate off and add some shoulderpads

[plush swift]

you could also sculpt over it

[silver thorn]

I have a few extra imafigier heads

I think regular sisters heads will work better though, thats kind of hard style to match and I dont use the helm personally

it does look inquisition af to me though

[silver thorn]

I ordered a painted set of the old cadian shock troops squad

off ebay

I think its the best base honestly, the belts are and details are simpler so I can sculpt what I want on them

i have extra pistol hands from my inquisitorial henchman box that Ill use with the chainsword

then a battle sister head

kinda excited about the project, its gonna be the most sculpting ive done!

[mint dove]

Officially out of space

Thank God for LGS store credit

[safe bison]

hey

im not taking criticism so don't @ me

[mint dove]

Is that famous society enjoyer the jester?

[safe bison]

jomker

[silver thorn]

whats there to criticize?

you get what u fucking deseve

[safe bison]

honk

[silver thorn]

honk

[safe bison]

trans rights

[safe bison]

based

[glass forum]

Too much blood?

[oblique socket]

is it a khornate?

[mint dove]

My brother in Christ,you are playing khorne

[glass forum]

It's a vampire lord

[oblique socket]

well now he's got a nice snack on his mace and shield

[glass forum]

🤣

[mint merlin]

YES
They are so annoying to paint lol

[glossy hawk]

Bubbles!

[mint dove]

Can someone explain to me how shooting with flash gitz works? So ork shooting means If I get an unmodified 6 I get to roll again, well they have "sustained hits 1" in their weapon profile which states a critical hit gets an extra hit.

So let's say I roll 40 shots with the flash gitz,and end up getting 15 6's, does that mean I get to roll 15 more shots AND get 15 extra hits?

[delicate dune]

If you got 15 6’s, that means you would have to roll 15 wound rolls with those 15, and then add an additional 15 wound rolls. You get to add both to the wound. So like if a squad of Boyz had an ability that gave them Sustained hits, any 6’s they would roll to hit would be 1 wound from the actual dice roll, and then 1 additional hit that automatically goes to the wounds pile. Hope this made sense.

[crude solstice]

cannon so far

[visual turret]

working on a bit of digital planning and kitbashing.........

[willow horizon]

How do you post images in here, it’s greyed out.

[ocean pendant]

I think you have to be here and be active for a while before you get the role which allows you to post pictures

[willow horizon]

Gotcha

[visual turret]

Little pink Rhino

[sour nexus]

Very early WIP on possessed for my Night Lords army. Idea is captured space marines forced to be possessed.

[silver thorn]

woah that's so simple but ive never seen it before lol

hardcore

[wild monolith]

Wip

[mint merlin]

that's a clean face right there

[mint dove]

So I have some of those tamiya weathering pallets and I want to use it on the custom base I'm making for ufthak but how do I keep the pigment powder from rubbing off? Can I just spray it with matte topcoat?

[white tangle]

Is it fine to wash out brush soap into your water then continue to use the water?

[silver thorn]

Ive heard that but I have no experience myself

gonna be stripping models for the first time this month

Ive got a gallon jug of isopropyl alcohol, Im just gonna fill a plasticware tub with it and use it as my stripping bath

[white tangle]

I use biostrip20 and it does its job very well. It does loosen plastic glue sometimes though. After around 1 and a half hours the models look like they were just built. But then again i have not used anything else.

[silver thorn]

ill take it as a rec then if the isopropyl isnt fast enough for my taste

[white tangle]

Do you pour out the alcohol afterwards or do you just reuse it?

[silver thorn]

see above post lol

im going to reuse it

but i havent had the chance too yet

[formal lichen]

So close to finishing my tau army...

[visual turret]

CLEAN

Well, not, ofc, but! looks great

[floral wind]

Another dreddy in the works

[mint dove]

I think the only official GW set I'll be buying after ufthak is the kill team box, because that's just good value lol

[gray solstice]

Woahhhh- is that the Space Wolf one???

What's that arm???

[floral wind]

No this is the one from the black reach set. Modified a little to suit my vision. And it came with a chain fist

Or frag canon depending on which arm you were referring to

[gray solstice]

Absolutely based

[floral wind]

Thxs he shall be a son of Dorn under the Crimson Fists chapter

[pallid aspen]

anyone here ever experimented with home-made wet palettes?

i have a bunch of "parchment paper", but its for calligraphy not the cooking kind people normally talk about. reckon itll work?

[plush swift]

parchment is generally only for baking purposes, are you talking about tracing paper?

[pallid aspen]

no, i have that too

if you look up wet pallette tutorials online they all suggest "baking parchment" for the paper

[plush swift]

animal skin paper?

[pallid aspen]

as tracing paper is waterproof so wont work

my concern is that the callig parchment will break down or pill in some way and get in the paint

[plush swift]

What brand?

Parchment is a very specific kind of paper, its actually similar to tracing paper

[vale breach]

Anyone know where you can get those pyramid paint storage things?

Which stack them on a stair case

[glossy hawk]

Kitbashed a mek gun out of spare parts

[silver thorn]

is that lego wheels

xD

[jaunty trail]

Proper use of Lego in 40k 😄

[glass forum]

Tough life for a medic in 40k

[spare sedge]

Board project planning and gluing stage

[silver thorn]

is that the kill team walkway terrain

i just ordered a box of that a few days ago

the pieces arent the same, I like the look of it tho

[spare sedge]

No it's the old mechanicus terrain didn't get the new box

This is just the 1st out of 3 boards I'm working on for 1k-3k games

[agile junco]

better void dragon pics 😄

[dawn stream]

WIP Storm Guardians

[devout lake]

How's my first dark angel coming along?

[teal wolf]

I love that Aquila big dog

[hollow goblet]

@usedcarjockey

Ah shit sry about tag was accidental

Finally redid the display at my new place

Crazy how quick the collecting spirals out of control lmao

This is just my ksons stuff there's like 3 other shelves of kill teams and like 1500pts of tyrranids I'm painting for a friend not pictured

Also still not sure what to do with the Kairics Acolytes I ended up with

Torn between making them into "restored" Rubricae, cultists (which is the obvious but boring option) or just buying a box of exalted Sorcerors and ending up with like 15 instead of 3 and being able to run dumb lists with too many Sorcerors

[past flint]

So I'm really new to painting minis but I started painting my mechanicus army. Thought Thunderhawk blue would look cool instead of red

also I assembled my datasmith wrong lol

[plush briar]

you say built wrong I say kitbashed

[naive umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/gmm-head-tilt-turn-good-mythical-morning-rhett-and-link-gif-13870083

[simple thorn]

Don't worry. I glued the flamer fuel tank upside down on my guardsmen, back when I was starting out

Didn't notice until the glue had finally hardened

[vale breach]

One great unclean one ready to play

[solemn falcon]

put a krak grenade in that

[jaunty trail]

One? A dozen would be better... And don't forget to bring the heavy flamers...

[toxic stratus]

Just another half finished cultist

[visual turret]

very nice!

[glossy hawk]

i believe there’s two more eyes on either side of those

lovely work on the tongue btw

[pallid aspen]

I hate white I hate white I hate white

[silver thorn]

hmmm have you considered doing your entire army in spray can black?

[pallid aspen]

I am now... Think black necrons with grey drybrush and call it a day could be a good choice of opponents lol

[pallid aspen]

love the colour choice. Try to thin your paints a bit more, and i think giving the whole thing a quick shade with some nuln oil would really make em pop

[vale breach]

Tounge was the bit I’m the most disappointed in 😂

[barren sphinx]

Progress on the toeless crusader

[hearty bear]

Why is he toeless

What happened

What foul creature ate bros toes

[silver thorn]

i think its just the light

he put bushes in between the toes

[hearty bear]

Ohh

Ok

[visual turret]

nah you're talking about the dread, Ketz is talking about the BT dude just above the dread

[silver thorn]

i was talking about the dread

i think kerts was too because i said its behind the bushes and he said

ohh ok

that makes more sense tho haha

because Caine literally said it was a "toeless crusader"

xD

[hearty bear]

[trim tundra]

Could any one help me with the dimensions of a baneblade chasis?

I'm attempting to build a storm lord with plasticard, sprues, and extra bits from a guy.

[barren sphinx]

I had a hard time getting to the tabbard and removed most of him from the base lol

[barren sphinx]

I misread this and thought you said I bet he brushes between thr toes 😂

[gray solstice]

Yusssss

[devout lake]

First dark angel almost done

[mint dove]

Used silver ink in place of metallics for the first tike today. Leadbelcher who?

[little ledge]

hey folks been painting some tau farsight (still in progress) and might pick up the tau codex when it releases was wondering if people have any recommendations on what to get next when im done painting. i got pathfinders and xv25 stealth battlesuits

[dawn stream]

One set of complete Storm Guardians

[mint dove]

What's the preferred weapon for mek guns? Smasha gun or kustom mega cannon? The kannon does D6 shots instead of D3 and also has blast, a toughness of 12 and a D6 damage roll BUT it also has hazardous, and a weapon is no good if it blows up the unit

[midnight cairn]

Sounds very orky to me that shit blows up. All part of the game.

[summer sparrow]

Waiting on maintenance bits for my printer but when it's up and running I finally got me a file for the Corsair Prince himself

[rustic portal]

Another one ready

[dawn stream]

More Aeldari on the way

Soon I'll have 1k worth of Eldar

[knotty harbor]

Oh hai. I saw this on Reddit.

[pallid aspen]

stunning paintjob. Not sure i can bring myself to like the cartoony DG models themselves though

[rustic portal]

I prefer it more darker than the cartoonie to be fair

[jaunty wraith]

Great work, very nice camouflage

Is it made from Citadel paints?

[signal plover]

Yea partially, took about 1 hour. Contrast aggaros dunes on the whole model, then drybrush ushabti bone, then contrast militarum green for the camo lines- baal red contrast in the lens with ardcoat over it. For the gun glow, vallejo white ink, then vallejo fluo blue ink over it.

[jaunty wraith]

Thank you for the answer. I have to keep that in mind for my Skitarii rangers and Salamanders

[barren sphinx]

Ardcoat over lenses is such a good idea, I've got to try that

[simple thorn]

ooooo, Vindicator

[barren sphinx]

Opinions on the metallic backpack ball cap things? I'm not 100% on the colour

[edgy jackal]

I like it, then again, I added gold parts to my ulthwe eldar, so maybe I am biased towards gold details on black and white minis

[barren sphinx]

Hard not to be tho right? Lol

Thank you!

[vestal shale]

Nice crimson fist dreadnought

[vale pollen]

Thankya, dude tears stuff up on the table top

[vestal shale]

Good to hear.

[dusk hill]

Look at kyle

[vestal shale]

https://tenor.com/view/ogryn-party-gif-27273801

[hollow goblet]

Don't mind him he's just prospectin'

[vale pollen]

Bout time I got a banner bearer

[wise escarp]

very pretty

[sterile grail]

u make me wanna paint crimsons lol

[eager slate]

I need some guide to the solar auxilia for Horus heresy army

[mint dove]

Painting these is gonna kill me

And I have to paint 10 of them

Fuck

Me

[toxic rampart]

Dem some propa flashgitz.

[mint dove]

I love the models

I hate having to paint these

Pain

Pure pain I can see it now

[mint merlin]

are they already completely glued?

[mint dove]

Yes,

Sadly yes

[summer sparrow]

My knights have spent too long on naked laser cut wooden bases, finally giving them a muddy makeover

[visual turret]

yeah!!

[brisk vapor]

Royal Warden wip
Finally got some motivation to continue some of the army projects I've got going on

[floral wind]

His base arrived today

[white tangle]

The base rim came out really ugly. Do you think it was caused by me not waiting long enough between layers? (I've scraped it off and redid it and it looks a lot nicer now.)

[teal wolf]

Fuck the base rim. The rest of the model is to damn hot to not stare at.

[vestal shale]

The base looks great to me

[hollow goblet]

I love ogryn but holy the non-bullgryn sculpts are absolutely hideous in the face lmao

[white tangle]

I feel like Darktide ogryns have ruined them for me because i think i much more prefer when they lean into the threatening more than the goofy. I think darktied walks that line very well.

[white tangle]

Sadly I didn't take any other pics but you can still see the rim is very chunky looking. I am still unsure why but the only conclusion i came to is i didnt wait long between layers.

[grizzled jolt]

This is an ogre face, I cut the mustache off.

[visual shale]

Thoughts on progress on this character so far?

[short pawn]

Baller terrain

[mint dove]

"I made me rokkit Blue and purple so it hits me mark and the 'umies won't hear it comin"

[past flint]

New addition to the Blue-mech cohort

Never get Sicarians, worst mistake of my life

[hollow goblet]

I swear one day I will get around to actually painting this thing

Until then it's just slowly adding tiny kitbashes and mods

[solar abyss]

Finished my first tank tonight

[silver thorn]

damn thats your first tank?

😳

[vale pollen]

Love that camo pattern

[solar abyss]

Thank you!

[solar abyss]

I was working on a chimera at the same time but decided to finish this first. Saw a couple leman Russ painting videos that inspired me to finish this one first instead lol

[white tangle]

So i have a situation, I have a mini but no base. Help.

[edgy jackal]

Buy a spare base then?

[hearty bear]

I think GW sells their bases

[compact umbra]

ebay and amazon also sells bases in like gallon bags

[visual turret]

If you have a local GW I would be very surprised if they won't just give you a base. The few I have local to me have a metric ton of spare bases just gathering dust

I got the base for my imperialis mini of the month

[brisk vapor]

yeah true

but if it's a larger base might not get that lucky

[stray elm]

Or even email there customer support it’s surprisingly really good

(If it’s GW) or like my local game store has wooden disk in the come sizes for super cheap

[lofty bridge]

You can buy cheap standardized bases on Amazon

[jaunty wraith]

Beautiful work on that tank

Lovely camo and impressive work on the mud and rust effects

[solar abyss]

Thank you! I am really happy with how those effects came out. Was my first time doing the mud splatter effects with a piece of foam so I’m glad it turned out well

It also was really fun just plopping on the mud all over so had to stop myself from getting too carried away lol

[plush swift]

Did you buy it new? if your have the recipe you can contact GW and they'll send you one

[white tangle]

Nah, i bought it off ebay. I don't think ive ever bought a mini off of gw directly.

[plush swift]

doesnt have to be from them directly, it can be from a game store

ebay does count

[plush briar]

Your local hobby shop may have bases or something that can be used as a base

[barren sphinx]

If you wanna practice a new technique but you don't want to mess up a good model or base what would you guys do?

[signal plover]

paint sprues

[plush swift]

strip the model

or I use a canvas

the techniques are the exact same and translate over

[short pawn]

Has anybody played a game of legion imperialis?

[silver thorn]

...play?

game?

https://tenor.com/view/blark-and-son-jane-lynch-frankie-blark-gif-20346193

you dont play GW games

you buy them and get 80% of the way through painting them

[barren sphinx]

Does it have to be canvas or could I just use this acrylic paper that goes into the wet palette?

Okay so through some stroke of luck I found a canvas, now I can just use my regular old citadel and vallejo and practice wet blending or glazing on this?

[dawn stream]

I've been playing regular 40k. Legion Imperialis looks cool but the prospect of painting those tiny miniatures doesn't appeal

I'm burning the candle at both ends to get an Aeldari army ready for a match next Saturday

Which might not happen because I ordered two boxes of minis I need two days ago on Amazon and they still haven't shipped

Whereas the box I ordered from GW got to me within 24 hours

Had I known that, I would have gladly paid the extra 20 bucks on GW

To order the other two boxes

[hollow goblet]

Not unheard of. Usually you're able to sort it out W customer support

[mint dove]

So explain to me, if im rolling to hit and roll a 6 what happens?

And alternatively if I roll to wound and get a 6 what happens?

[ocean pendant]

Usually nothing special, it’s just a success

Unless the weapons have any special keywords

Like lethal hits, sustained hits or devastating wounds

In which case they can trigger effects

[silver thorn]

So a 6 is a critical success, like a critical hit or a critical wound.

And sometimes a thing triggers on a critical.

And somethings increase your critical range to 5-6 instead of just 6.

(All it means is that it automatically hits or wounds)

[mint dove]

So a critical hit doesn't mean anything unless it has a keyword like sustained hits or lethal hits

[ocean pendant]

Pretty much

[mint dove]

Also when it comes to what I can use in combat, I can shoot every range weapon I have but only use one melee weapon unless I have the extra attacks keyword?

So I couldn't hit with my Big choppa and powe klaw in the same turn

[hollow goblet]

Not unheard of. Usually you're able to sort it out W customer support

Anyone got recs for good sprue clippers?

I'm getting sick of my cheap ones

[short pawn]

Correct

Unless it says extra attacks, then its one or the other

But every model in the unit can attack with their melee weapon

[lofty bridge]

Repainted my gladius

[mint dove]

God hand

A little pricey at $50 or so

But I've used the same pair for almost 10 years and the cut is still so clean and smooth I rarely have to do cleanups

Specifically this one

[hollow goblet]

I'll have to give them a look bc i completely ruined my GW ones from the starter set trying to use them to clip down on metal and resin and now they're like duck-billed at the ends

And my other cheap ones just suck to use

[mint dove]

gw makes some of the worst clippers ive ever used

swear to god, first time you use these, ytheyll blow your mind how good they cut

but on that note,

ONLY.USE.THESE.ON.PLASTIC

I cannot stress this enough

resin is a maybe

but the blade is so fragile itll shatter on anything harder than normal plastic

[plush swift]

you can use that yeah

[plush swift]

yes, now keep in mind glazing is something those paints cant do by actual definition of glazing. the chalk makes glazing very difficult with them

higher opacity base means you dont actually glaze with it

[plush swift]

resin is a no with these

tested it, they snapped

tamiya clippers are actually good

yes, im saying a hobby product is good

[plush swift]

I use godhands and tamiya clippers mostly for plastic and resin, for metal I use lindstrom

[silver thorn]

i use random ones i got a local hardware store when i was replacing a wall outlet in my apartment

[short pawn]

Do you guys have any methods to cut up thick plastic such as this?

[mint dove]

Never thought I'd see the day

[plush swift]

If a product is good and I cant find a cheaper soluation, I will say its good. A lot of tamiya tools are also made by olfa too

[silent cedar]

Iybraesil Autarch

[mint dove]

Nob squad #2 base coat done

Tried to play around with a bit more color this time

[brisk vapor]

[ivory sage]

losing my religion intensifies

is shot for losing it

[mint merlin]

is this a proxy? Looks very nice

[hardy arrow]

I wouldn't recommend doing what your username implies. The first thing that comes to mind is a hobby saw

[short pawn]

i WILL chow them down to size like a beaver

[white tangle]

Insane. Out of curiosity, how long does something like that take to paint?

Also my local store was out of 40mm bases 😦

[plush swift]

razor saw

[silent cedar]

Thanks! Been a long standing project over the past few years, so hard so say. But 30 hours perhaps? maybe more, maybe less.

[summer shale]

I do wonder what ya'll workstation looks like. This is mine.

[plush swift]

not seen in the picture is the multiple shelves filled with painting supplies

I think we are actually hitting close to 30k paints in the closet alone now

[mint merlin]

keeping a mouse and keyboard near paint and possibly extremely hard to clean products

I applaud the boldness

[plush swift]

thats a cutting mat

[dawn stream]

My workstation is a low wooden side table I made in highschool over a decade ago with a cutting mat

I sit on a pillow

I've been thinking about getting a cushion

I keep all my supplies in a small plastic three drawer organizer

[silent cedar]

An absolute mess 🤣

[dawn stream]

When I move into a bigger place, I intend to get an actual desk

[silent cedar]

A comfortable place to sit and a good light is basically all you need, but whatever works for you is most important 🙂

[dawn stream]

Sitting on the floor makes my knees hurt

And my legs go numb sometimes

I deal with it right now because I don't have a choice but I'd like to improve it in the future

[sterile grail]

godamn, and all i have is a small corner of a table lol

[plush swift]

you should get the chair I have, its very comfortable

[main mango]

Just got a little red on my sulfur pups

[white tangle]

Same, i just move my keyboard forwards a bit lol.

[past flint]

im rethinking the blue color scheme on my ruststalker leader

i use thunderhawk blue for tech priest robes with this scheme and macragge blue for the darker metal but idk man

i need thinner brushes or smth

[mint dove]

I like all the colors on the one with the combo weapon, my lore for him is that he's trying to work up to being a flash git

[mint dove]

Nob squad #2 coming along nicely

[vital seal]

You might try playing around with lights, eyes and swords instead. Change the red to something a bit brighter, vibrant and/or warmer like orange or magenta. Just to break the coldness of the blue.

[past flint]

The scheme is based off a dnd-like game I played with some friends wherein the admech are blue with orange eyes and I actually do prefer the orange details but the paint set i have didnt include orange lol

this was my character (thinking of painting a tech priest dominus to be his proxy in my army lol)

[vital seal]

Thats cool 🙂 I went the easy route and paint mine in (more or less) classic red, with green necron-ish lights.

[mint dove]

Now dats a proppa ork from a proppa clan

[past flint]

ad mech eyes SUCK

i need a thinner brush

[vital seal]

Just don't overdo it. Too small will hold less paint and dry faster.

[white tangle]

As my late wife used to say: "Its not the size that matters. Its the tip" (Ive never gotten close to speaking with a woman.)

[south stratus]

A fun little 2v2 game from a WH club I run at my school. There had been a cadian castelan in the middle guardsman squad, I shall let you all guess what happened to him. not a hint but there are actually a squad of infiltrators and an LT in the top right building too, just hidden we got custodies and guard vs Raven guard and ultramarines

The chads and the bananas vs the blueberries and birds

[past flint]

the horsey heresy

[hollow goblet]

One of these is super cheap at my LGS rn: y'all reckon it would work as a necron deathmark if i headswap it

[oblique socket]

NGL the first thing i thought of was him yeeting that knife in the sheathe at an enemy

[hollow goblet]

Shitty photoshop of my idea but surely this would work

[simple thorn]

Ah yes, the great and noble warrior for the Greater Good - Shas'o Tra'zin

[hearty bear]

The feet are a glaring flaw

But go for it

[hollow goblet]

Yeah that was my main thought as well but I think they'll probably not look super noticeable if I paint them like they're metal

I'll probably clip the back toe off too

[mint merlin]

I had an idea, that I may or may not keep for the future

Basically, an alternate 40k, where knight houses fight in a gladatorial sport, and just like race cars they would have eye-catching colors, as well as sponsor logos everywhere

with little guardsmen/support personel in those same colors scurrying around

time for the Mountain Dew knight to come to the arena

[simple thorn]

Distant sounds from a certain segment of Lyran Commonwealth space getting ready to get litigious intensifies

[mint merlin]

Didn't think about Battletech, but it's pretty close isn't it

[simple thorn]

Indeed it is

Also to be fair I've been playing BTA3062 recently
I had a good Company of 'mechs
Then Ghost Bear took away my stolen Warhawk and my Stormcrow by blowing the crap out of them

And wounded the Kodiak I also stole so severely that it was better off just getting sold as salvage
Buuuut I've bounced back a little. Still want my Warhawk back

[mint merlin]

Actually

An Atlas mech painted in knight house livery

I like the King Crab more, but I feel like it's not humanoid-looking enough for imperial 40k

an Urbanmech as an armored sentinel?

or more of a Flea mech, urban is too thick for a sentinel I think

[hearty bear]

Wonderful to see more dark angels

[vital seal]

Feels like admech is a bit underrepresented, so here is some of mine

[white tangle]

Dude nice! I especially love the bases! How come everyone else is cranking out these sick looking bases and i struggle doing like the most simple stuff. 😦

[vital seal]

Cheers man 🙂 I liked yours (one where you redid the rim) from couple days back more. Mine are just some texture paint, two browns and a wash 😉

And I hope to finish theese bad boys this weekend. Princeps is still only primed tho..

[white tangle]

I remember my ruststalkers took ages to paint up. Still got the rims to do but knowing me I'll prob never get around to doing it.

[oblique socket]

Mountain Dew-m

[vital seal]

Jesus man, I am lightyears away from this level of painting and precision. I could not do such grey on black highlights if my life depended on it.

[hardy arrow]

TBH with a bit of conscious practice you can get there within half a year

Best way to succed is to fail a 1000 times

[white tangle]

Yeah, like Average said, you can definitely do it within less time then you think. I've only been painting for a year and a half. But procrastinating for half the time.

This was my first mini lol. He's precious and i like him. 🙂

[vital seal]

I started around June last year, but having a full time job does not allow much time. What you see on the photos are models 4-7 (sicarians), 8 (princeps) and 9-12 (infiltrators). Hopefully will get there someday after a hundred more or so 😉

Left to right - first, second and third model ever. Fully varnished and never to be repainted. Although the varnish frosted on me a bit 😦

[silver thorn]

admech are cool but expensive

i kindo want to get the horsey-dogo robo boys with cowboy rifles just to paint them :>

[brisk vapor]

Finished the Royal Warden, didn't find my gamer's grass plants but will be adding one of those when I do and then a satin varnish

[charred gyro]

A friend painted a squad of marines into my homebrew colors!

Not finished, decals and all, but general colors are done.

[visual shale]

That’s a nice looking Homebrew!

[white tangle]

I love seeing homebrew chapters. Same with really obscure existing ones.

[charred gyro]

Yas! Sons of Dorn with more of religious approach to life and war, like Templars... but with nigh Salamanders-grade regard for mortals.

White Knights, they're called!

[karmic coral]

Your first mini is always a sacred mini. I tell people to never touch up, redo, or fix their first, because you will want that reference in the years to come

[white tangle]

Yeah, 100%

[charred gyro]

Can't wait to paint one of ones I assembled today.

Was assembling for 5h, made 5 scouts and terminator chaplain.

[visual shale]

Would it be a good idea to paint my Fists red and then paint over it with yellow? Not entirely sure about some of the results I’ve had so far, so was curious

[wild monolith]

Finished my fourth unit (right pic) of the first Tactical squad. It doesn't have to be that perfect yet make it really good in tabletop paint style. WIP - my ultramarine (left). Painting spares does build up my skills and sharing it into my gallery.

Already pre-ordered a few kits.

[steady wren]

The temptation is real

[hollow goblet]

Man I wish it was easier to get this sort of nice glowy contrast paint effect in other colours

I've been dying for a cyan version of tesseract glow

[brisk vapor]

That's actually a mix of tesseract glow and Vallejo fluorescent yellow with a lot more of the yellow instead of the green tesseract glow. Think they've got other colours as well

[ocean pendant]

You can get a nice cyan glow with contrast paints by using Frostheart

[hollow goblet]

Frostheart is my workhorse paint normally

Do you need to thin it down? or is it just the sort of effect thats too hard to with no airbrush

[ocean pendant]

https://ko-fi.com/post/How-to-Paint-Plasma-Weapons-w-the-New-Contrast-Pa-Z8Z2DP0KK

Has a guide for doing it

You basically just paint it on and then use a seperate brush with contrast medium on it to clean off parts of the painted area and leave the white parts

[hollow goblet]

Yo that's smart asf

I need to get better with working reductively tbh I tend to use slightly too many layers

[mint dove]

Nob squad 2, base coated and partly washed

I started using contrast medium+contrast paint to make it act more like a tint than a paint and I really how it looks

[dawn stream]

Final product with additional basing and runes

I did some base work with a couple others as well

[mint dove]

Saw a video today about transferring gw paint to dropper bottles, I hate pots so I wanted to give it a go. The video said to add 8-15 drops of airbrush thinner to get all the paint out of the pot, but won't adding thinner to the paint in the pot make it less usable/last not as long?

[vital seal]

Don't think so, you need to thin them down while painting anyway. I transferred mine with thinner addition and they still work well.

Some paints might just require a little more than 8-15 drops.

And don't forget to add mixing balls 😉

[mint dove]

Never do lol

[mint dove]

So I want to try to make some chipping on my nobz, I've never attempted it before, would It look good to stipple on gunmetal on the edges of the armor then make a mixture of black,burnt umber and orange to make a rust paint then go back to where the gunmetal stuck to the armor and paint that on to simulate rust?

The armor is averland sunset with a badmoons yellow glaze over top if it matters

[mint dove]

Hi res pictures really hammer home how bad I am at painting Still

[silver thorn]

strangers arent gonna see the mistakes you see

they just see a cute lil orky git

[hollow goblet]

My approach for chipping rust is normally a base of burgundy+brown mixed, then half mixing a gunmetal and bronze together and kinda stippling with that and than drybrushing with Vallejo rust afterwards

I also tend to kinda pin shade with nihilak oxide also

But that's more BC I can't handle things not having at least a little colour

[visual turret]

That's a nice colour scheme

I kinda wanna do my next batch of marines as Helldivers

[runic brook]

i heard GW has low quality paints. where would one starting out in the hobby get better ones?

[visual turret]

Vallejo game colour, army painter, two thin coats range

those are the ones that come to mind

GW aren't inherently bad in quality but they aren't cheap for the amount you get

[runic brook]

man chaos knights are so tempting but i'm not sure i'm willing to spend 3x the money for my first model

[visual turret]

Yeah don't ever do a knight for youir first model lol

start small, work up

[runic brook]

https://www.warhammer.com/en-EU/shop/Eldar-Phantom-Titan-Body

is this real?

[visual turret]

yes

[runic brook]

there's no waay this is $600

[visual turret]

Yes there is

[runic brook]

absolutely 0 way

[visual turret]

It's resin

and a forge world piece

plus it's HUGE

[runic brook]

that makes the full piece's $325 price kind of reasonable

to a certain degree

but double that for just the torso?

[visual turret]

yarp

Next to a warlord

[runic brook]

the knight is a regular model, yes?

like one that costs about $150

[visual turret]

No

That's a warlord titan

[runic brook]

oh

another forge world kit i presume

[visual turret]

How about the hierophant bio-titan

[visual turret]

correct, and she's the big one. The largest imperial knight model

[runic brook]

for the titan and the bio-titan i'd understand the price

not a double for just a torso but i'd more than get it if they were like $400

but $600 for just the torso is outrageous

i'm looking at these sets for my start. i like all of them and all of the factions about as much
https://www.warhammer.com/en-EU/shop/kill-team-necron-hierotek-circle-2023
https://www.warhammer.com/en-EU/shop/kill-team-hand-of-the-archon-2023
https://www.warhammer.com/en-EU/shop/aeldari-rangers-2022
https://www.warhammer.com/en-EU/shop/kill-team-blooded-2022
any suggestions from more expert builders/painters on which i shouldn't do?

[visual turret]

A kill team is a great start for painting, and for playing if you intend to play

it's essentially a boxed, playable team in one go,

[hollow goblet]

Hierotek circle is a scam

You're always going to be short several immortals or deathmarks

Blooded too from what I've heard you pretty much have to buy two boxes to actually play the team properly

You could probably get away with building all deathmarks and proxying royal wardens as immortals bc they're pretty cheap and plentiful

[runic brook]

i live in a backwater town in a backwater country. i'm not playing the game for years to come. playing a set is not my focus

[hollow goblet]

That's what I did, but yeah the box itself is designed to not build everything you wanna have

[visual turret]

then honestly, pick what stands out to you the most

Necrons are the easiest to paint imo

Blooded are probably the hardest, unless you want to get good with skin

[hollow goblet]

Also y'all with flying bases, are you meant to just treat the model as if it doesn't have a base?

Never had to deal w them before

[runic brook]

at some point i'd like to make repentias which i want to abstain from rn since faces and skin so maybe blooded are the way

[runic brook]

while painting?

[hollow goblet]

Nah in game they have weird clear bases

[runic brook]

couldn't tell you if i tried in this case

[hollow goblet]

And I'm reasonably sure I'm meant to treat the mini as if its floating in place and not using the base

[mint dove]

3D printing has entered the chat

[white tangle]

Anyone else that takes ages painting a single model, do you have a thing where you start off loving it and having a great time and the longer you take to paint the model the less you want to continue or is it just me?

[brisk vapor]

it's a good idea to change up the areas which you are focusing on to keep it fresh

like finish one leg fully, change to torso or something

you'll see more results when you work through it and it doesn't turn into a chore

[agile junco]

finished overlord and technomancer

[dawn stream]

Ooo, the new phase shift overlord? That's an awesome model. Love the red/orange energy

[visual turret]

THE DARK ANGEL GUYS ARE ALL COMING OUT STANDALONE ALREADY
https://youtu.be/413NeSw4J70

oh yeah

[white tangle]

Man i really want them to do more upgrade kits. I would love to see one for just space marines in general, not any specific chapter. Would love to get some primarisifed retro helmets and armour parts.

Like imagine hetting a Mk5 like this in an upgrade kit. I would love to see it.

[pastel grotto]

KILL SLAUGHTER DESTROY (legally distinct to kill maim burn)

[weary wedge]

What scheme should I paint these fellas. Currently running a dark angels army

[mint dove]

Made these out of an old jeep kit what could I proxy them as?

[mint dove]

ORKSORKSORKSORKSORKS WAAAAAAAAGH!

[compact umbra]

orks using ww2 tech is extremelyf itting actually, probaly any of the hjunk yard cars

[mint dove]

Can someone tell me what base size the buggies use? Is it 150mm or 170mm?

[ocean pendant]

Which ones?

The Rukkatruck Squigbuggy?

If so it's 150 x 95mm Oval

If it's the Warbuggies they don't use a base

[mint dove]

Alright, what about the shockjump dragsta and boomdakka snazzwagon?

[ocean pendant]

Both 150 x 95mm Oval

[mint dove]

My plan for both of these is to "ork" them up a bit, I'm getting some 3d prints soon and will have extra wheel and tracks and spiky bits to make them look proper looted

I want to make one of them into a rukkatrukk squigbuggy, but seeing as I can't fit a cannon onto the jeep I'm going to have some bombsquogs 3d printed and have them running alongside the car

Because 150mm is ALOT bigger than I thought

[dim scarab]

These look great. Did you prime them in grey?

[agile junco]

start black prime

[mint dove]

That's what I love about them, every kit is an ork kit

[oblique socket]

that's like saying "every machine can be a smoke machine if you use it wrong enough".. which to be fair both are entirely true

[dim scarab]

✅

[mint dove]

Would 3:1 contrast medium:contrast paint make it behave more like a wash?

[plush swift]

no

you need to thin it, not extend it

[mint dove]

So just regular ol distilled water?

[plush swift]

yes

and even then

they are still basically washes

[trim tundra]

I can turn that into a Baneblade

[hollow goblet]

did you airbursh for the glow effect?

Been really struggling to get the red glow right on my cron kill team

[agile junco]

nope all dry brushing!

i just dry brush from the source away from it

so from one of the overlord's back orbs
put the brush there then pull away from it

[hollow goblet]

Hmm I'll have to retry bc mine didn't seem like it worked

[agile junco]

might be the amount of paint still on ur brush?

before u dry brush

[hollow goblet]

Actually tbf I've also tried to make them as rusty as possible so I may have to tint the glow slightly to make it work

I'll have to look up pictures of how the light changes when the metal is rusted

[agile junco]

fair enough

for dry brushing in general just check to see h ow much paint is still left in ur brush before you go at it

[hollow goblet]

I have a feeling I might need to make the glow read a bit more orange for it to make sense as OSL

Oh yeah drybrushing is like my favourite technique I do it wayyy too often

[toxic rampart]

Sprues work great for kitbash reinforcement >.> Just sayin'

[hollow goblet]

Me with two full boxes of sprues waiting for the perfect project

I should make some sproot

[mint dove]

They needed more spiky bits

Meet my boomdakka snazzwagon and rukkatrukk squigjeep, complete with passenger seat squig!

[agile junco]

all my crons re dry brushed

its great when you dont do your entire army in 3 days

[agile junco]

remember sprue necrons are legal

[toxic rampart]

Oh yeah, 1000%

[mint dove]

Well, 8 years and over 300 model kits, my God hand finally gave up the ghost

Rest in peace sweet soldier

https://tenor.com/view/snake-salute-mgs3-gif-9277925

[short pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/bernard-cribbins-salute-doctor-who-wilfred-mott-gif-1889273445719788223

[hollow goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/press-f-pay-respect-coffin-burial-gif-12855021

[glossy hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/salute-burt-lancaster-run-silent-run-deep-saluting-hero-gif-26186351

[toxic rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/salute-yes-sir-soldier-respect-gif-15342227

[simple thorn]

Oh I like that grass. What did you use?

[hollow goblet]

Does anyone know of any instances where someone has successfully used spru-crons or Sproot in an official tourney?

Trying to find on google but getting basically nothing for results

[toxic stratus]

I don't think so. They have rules with "all miniatures in your collection must be fully assembled" meaning even space marines without shoulderpads aren't qualified

[silver thorn]

fully assembled

its just a kitbash

🙂

100% GW plastic

[plush briar]

The shape warriors

Or low Polly Necrons

[toxic stratus]

Their rules say they should look like the unit, have the correct loadout and each component present and kitbashes will be checked by organizers

I can see so many ways they can reject

[midnight locust]

Still debating on my color scheme. I like the grey armor and red highlights on the panels but I don’t know if I want red or blue lenses. I’m also wondering if my edges are too bright. Any thoughts?

[midnight cairn]

I agree that the edges are a bit bright. You could maybe also add some chipping to the armor. Bringing in another color via the lenses would be a good thing, so my vote is blue 🙂

[midnight locust]

So like a slightly darker grey on the edges? And then dab at model with either brown/light grey?

[midnight cairn]

I mean, I'm just a random dude on discord, right? But, yes, I would tone down the edge highlights and reserve white to only the most exposed points.

For chipping it depends on your taste. Brown to me means dirt. If you want to show that paint has come off, it could be grey or metallic underneath.

[white tangle]

GW calls their "new" guardsman models "cadian". Isn't that basically the same as if you were to take a space marine box and call it ultramarine although its not specifically ultramarine? Idk why this bothers me lol. Surely it should just be called something like Guardsman shock troop instead of being called Cadian shock troop.

Also very random but i was watching an unboxing video and the transfer sheet had raptor insignia? Why? I just thought that was so strange.

I just got a new box and went to check and mine has them as well.

[hearty bear]

Not really, since the models are based around the Cadian design

[plush briar]

I think GW is pushing them more due to there more modern military paint scheme

These raptors

[hearty bear]

You can paint them however you want, but the design is still inherently Cadian

[white tangle]

But if you were to take a random ass regiment of the guard, they would most likely look like cadians but also have nothing to do with them. Right? So why is it labelled as cadian?

[hearty bear]

You could alter their lore to say they’re Cadian inspired

[visual turret]

I need more chainswords in space marine kits

especially the fancier fellows

Had to convert my bladeguard into chainsword users

[hearty bear]

Terminators can technically have chain swords

[hollow goblet]

GW are apparently pushing Raptors pretty hard lately they must be a super popular chapter or smth

[mint merlin]

I think the lore explanation is that basically cadians are so renowned to be the first defenders against the eye of terror that a lot of regiments copy their gear and tactics

[plush briar]

its there paint scheme its very simple and modern military looking may just be trying to tap the milsim and tacticool guys a bit more

not the worst move and they do look good

[ocean pendant]

The bird head is also a very common symbol for Chapters, so although they're specifically for the Raptors you could use them for White Consuls or Astral Hawks or Black Consuls or Emperor's Storm or Iron Hawks or Liberators and people probably wouldn't notice the difference on the models.

[plush briar]

Nice

[ocean pendant]

So it's not necessarily the case that GW are promoting the Raptors, it could just that it's a very generic symbol that can be applied to a lot of different Chapters.

[plush briar]

they also put out a speed painting video on th raptors sp may be both