40k-minis-and-armies

[short pawn]

Well its with all of them

But i also have no idea what sulfur smells like

[brisk vapor]

do you have too much paint on your brush?

sounds a bit like it

[sick ledge]

probably its that

[sick ledge]

like rotten eggs or fireworks

[short pawn]

Maybe

[short pawn]

No

[brisk vapor]

so when you're taking paint onto your brush do you wipe away any of the excess? How much do you leave on the bristles when going in to paint the surface of the model

[short pawn]

I usually wipe away the excess

Not sure specifically

[brisk vapor]

you could experiment with wiping away more than you're used to thus far, especially when going in with thinner paints

too thin too much will just pool everywhere and leave splotchy results

[short pawn]

Yeah that's what i was suffering from

But also after it went away it also created texure

Dont get me wrong i fully accept im doing something terribly wrong i just really dont know how to fix it

I was using castellan green and it would like instantly be too thin and pool+be splotchy but also create texture even when i barely interact with it

I'll probably try less water in my wet pallete but i feel like i didnt have much

Maybe my phone camera just zooms in too much or makes me hyper focus on little imperfections idk

[brisk vapor]

if you mean the texture on the karskin model above it looks a bit like it managed to dry slightly and then you returned to the same area before it was fully dried thus causing some texture buildup with your brush. Other than that it just looks like it needs another layer because the paint isn't perfectly opaque

[short pawn]

I think you solved it and i feel really dumb because i do absolutely do that sometimes

I am gonna try less water i think though because the castellen green is super runny when its on my wet pallete

[brisk vapor]

[peak flicker]

Then I would suggest Tommie Soule's book. He also talks about that milk concept and provides an alternative to achieve a smooth paint application

[rare hornet]

This thiccening continues

[lavish crescent]

Also don't forget some paints are just natural thinner than others so it's most by feel. As for removing paint, remove it on your nail as it has about 0 texture to it so you dont have to worry about texture removing more paint than wanted

[hardy arrow]

Smöl boi

[summer tinsel]

Finally finished my Infernus Salamanders

[scarlet urchin]

Salamanders on their way to char every xeno orphanage they see then saving a human kid from the ashes to take a picture with:

Love the green you chose! So vibrant yet beautiful

[visual turret]

four-armed emperor as my witness

I HATE PAINTING YELLOW

[sick ledge]

pardon me but gonna be a bit of a stickler here, all paints are naturally the same viscosity until they put the rheology modifier into it. Its about as thin as ink

[lost willow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1129129936003797055/1259612370343432322/rn_image_picker_lib_temp_252f6d77-cd51-47fe-9dc5-12bc7d4c17da.jpg?ex=668c50ef&is=668aff6f&hm=021c738e0263e9728f8dcf073f614df516de36529567e6f94b820f8b8e4c11b5&

[midnight cairn]

Options, so many options...

[clear tusk]

The leman russ is the best kit GW ever made imo for optional loadouts

[rare hornet]

We have achieved maximum CHONK

[short pawn]

Has anybody used vallejo water texure before?

[dawn stream]

Nope

[sick ledge]

yes

[short pawn]

I'm wondering if i bought the wrong one by accident

I wanna make bloody/muddy puddles

[sick ledge]

no you just need to mix in some transparent blood red like color if you want blood(i have a mixture if you want it).

for mud its the same but you might want something slighly more opaque

you cant mix much in though

[short pawn]

Hmmm

I have transparent red and blood for the blood god

[short pawn]

I doubt i got the paints for your mixtures

[sick ledge]

probably not but its nice to have ideas around since a few are useful for other things

like transparent red iron oxide is great for rust

[short pawn]

I doubt i got the paints for your mixtures

Sorry i lost service

I am so sorry lmfao

Oh what for me i ping messaged you like 15 times

But yeah shoot i love ideas

[sick ledge]

it only sent twice even so it never bothers me

[sick ledge]

My basic one is just transparent red iron oxide and anthraquinone red. So you caan use flesh tearers (?) red and transparent red iron oxide to get a similar effect

transparent red iron oxide I think needs to make it to my every day palette

[short pawn]

I will have this on my shopping list

[peak zenith]

whats his name

[brisk vapor]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/07/08/the-heretical-tech-priest-biologis-hermiatus-returns-to-hive-secundus-or-does-he/

[short pawn]

its so cute

[compact umbra]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO

[brisk vapor]

Did some improvements on the Reaver I finished early this year

[warm pulsar]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[lavish crescent]

Love it mate

[white tangle]

@sick ledge Is there any way to help GW metallics to get smoother results? Im not sure if my paints are just drying out or something, but as time goes on, the harder if find them to use. Nearly always end up creating a texture.

[sick ledge]

windsor and newton flow improver. If you want I can make a video showing the ways of thinning and fixing problematic metallic paints

since its all a bit of a mess to fix them sometimes

[white tangle]

Nice, considering im already getting that product. If its complex, a video or explanation would be appreciated.

[sick ledge]

yeah I'll dm you the video once its up

I wouldnt call it super complicated

its just a lot of explaining and visual aids help a lot

[white tangle]

Just making sure. This is the one right?

[sick ledge]

yes

mine has an older label on it

[prime crown]

I painted night lords land raider

[fallen beacon]

Sometimes I dream about minitures I don't own yet.

[vestal shale]

Holy crap that looks nice

[spare sedge]

Thanks put extra effort into them slower process but worth it

[fervent trout]

HQ Kriegsmen captain, and trying NMM first time, i think i did pretty good

[short pawn]

Any advice on getting the chaos marine helmet slimmed down so he's not so slanted?

[sick ledge]

dig out the base and make it look like its shoved into mud or something

[short pawn]

Wait you're absolutely right im dummy

I was literally gonna put it on a muddy battlefield anyways

Can def just cut into it and submerge

[sick ledge]

perfect

[short pawn]

Also i tried out the water and i love it, i wanna try and get it a little more brown so im gonna mix some sepia ink into it

Ignore the massive puddle that looks like semen

I just plastered it on to see what'd it do

[sick ledge]

stop coming on your minis

[short pawn]

No!

They go into jars

[sick ledge]

just as long as there isnt a pony in them

[short mauve]

Good shit

[urban drum]

His coat got a raw beef look to it

[fervent trout]

Got done with another kriegsmen

[vale breach]

ty

[prime crown]

Keep shaving it off with a file untill you get apropriate height. You can also flatte. The top of the helmet till the foot sits flat

[short pawn]

Yeah i did that i felt like a genius

I dug into my cork basing thing a bit and cut out his piping so I can fit the guys foot snugly

Now i get to prime my wheel of corpses and other knick knacks

[short pawn]

The two bottom puddles dried out so well

[round bison]

wip

[short pawn]

That's actually such a cool model

Stationforge?

[white tangle]

Is blutack safe to use on your minis to segment off/mask portions or protect corners or for any other use? Or does it damage the paint? Ive been using it for ages and i have never had it pull off any paint but i just read that it could. Can anyone speak on this?

[short pawn]

haven't had any issues with it pulling paint

[white tangle]

I was recently stripping a big part of my mini that ive been painting for a while now. I got blutack everywhere so i could manhandle the mini without worry about chipping. I really got it in there as well as before this i had a disaster where i rushed it and alchohol got into areas that i didnt want to. When pulling the tac off it was really stuck to it. I payed it no mind and just got it all off by using a ball of tac. Now im reading that it has the potential to pull off paint and that potential now has me paranoid about using blutack

But then again, ive only heard people say that it can do it. Never actually seen anyone on the internet say that it did.

[white tangle]

Actually i remember blutack pulling off some paint. But that was from an area that already had some paint chipped.

[brisk vapor]

Returned to these fellers and gave them an oil weathering pass

[proven arch]

oh god DAMN those look great, nice proper job

[brisk vapor]

Appreciate it!

[proven arch]

mine aren’t great but i’ll find a picture

[short mauve]

Itty bitty little things

[proven arch]

i’d heard female custodes were a thing so i just had to do one

[brisk vapor]

Hell yeah

[short mauve]

I like the scheme

[proven arch]

thanks

i can try and find a better picture but i’m about 4000 miles away from home right now

i mean here’s some thousand sons

[brisk vapor]

very cool

[short mauve]

Sexy buff magnus

[proven arch]

his armour looks too goofy

remember there’s this picture from a game i played once

(kill team)

[sick ledge]

it doesnt damage paint normally

I've used it

its not great for it

but it works in a pinch

I use siliputty more often

[hollow goblet]

Yeah blu tac is fine its just gonna render the blu tac itself kinda unusable after a few coats of paint in my experience

[short pawn]

I just realized that I tried to paint 6 fingers on my guardsman

And never once did it click in my head that thats a pinkie

[wooden dew]

He's just a genestealer

[short pawn]

TRUEEE

[prime crown]

He's a mutant

[lavish crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/heresy-detected-gif-25567321

[teal wolf]

Found the store exclusive cap for 23 usd. He may be built but I'm pretty hyped

[urban drum]

they even based him for you

[midnight locust]

Any suggestions on a white primer?

[rare hornet]

What kind of white you need? A pure bright white or more a grey off white?

[urban drum]

you could always go with wraithbone

[rare hornet]

Colour forge Matt white for a white scars colour or ghoul grey for a grey seer

[midnight locust]

Only in US so no colour forge. Rustoleum it shall be! And a brighter white

[proven arch]

just visited the store myself

[sick ledge]

rustoleum

they make most of the hobby sprays anyways

[sick ledge]

just say he's polydactyl

[proven arch]

jesus

[white tangle]

Ive just recently realised how gunked up my GW pots were and thus i think a lot of my paints have started to dry. Is there anything i could add to the paint to revitalize it a bit?

[mint merlin]

a few drops of water, a few mixing balls and shake it well?

Maybe?

[cloud wing]

My definitely 100% human guardsmen squad

Along with some of my actual guardsmen

[white tangle]

Yeah. The issue isnt really with normal paints. Ive gotten a flowimprover now so i can play around with that but its mainly the metallics and shades. You cant really add too much water to metallics as they will just not work as well to my knowledge. I took a break from painting and left my pots be, and so i think they may have dried out a bit. Metallic and shades got it the worst. My shades are super gloopy and they dry more glossy than normal. My metallics just feel strange to paint with. I have to be super careful to not create texture as well with them. ive also shaken my paints for ages and no real difference. I also added balls.

But then i just thinned the shades with a bit of medium and theyre fine. Now its just the metallics.

[prime crown]

oh man thats funny, I always want to get just one model from different ramy, give him lasgun and guard helmet and call him something like "Hugh Man"

[cloud wing]

heh do it. its fun. i have a gryph hound i use as my platoon leader called "colonel cawson"

[prime crown]

I want to use necron and give him lasgun

I want to name him Sergant Kelly Mann

[cloud wing]

Colonel cawson

[midnight cairn]

The empire strikes back? 😆

[brisk vapor]

Something's wrong with my bolter...

[cloud wing]

?

[midnight cairn]

Sorry, your theme reminded me of the fight on Endor, which is Return of the Jedi and not strikes back.

[mint merlin]

am guessing because they kinda look like the rebels

[midnight cairn]

Good stuff, please don't take it as criticism.

[cloud wing]

i mean its a bit of a stretch. their just generic camoflauge so i guess

[brisk vapor]

Fixed it

[rare hornet]

Oooooooo

Bolt sniper

[proven arch]

oh i like what you did with this, what army is it for?

[brisk vapor]

It's for a Sons of Horus Recon Squad

cheers

[silent dome]

Hello y’all! First time posting here and my first post is going to be this Plasma and OSL glow I just did for the very first time

[teal nest]

Sniper!!!

[jolly meteor]

Just started working on this recently. Only just put the initial colours on before I layer and shade areas

[round bison]

update

idk whst the las guns stock is gonna be painted yet

[silent dome]

Update: Near completion on this Sallie Hellblaster but I think I did a little too much OSL on the shoulder pad. Going to fix that and then finish the rest of the model before applying decals

[upbeat carbon]

Technically not 40k but still Games Workshop so...I hope it counts?

[urban drum]

an alliance steelhelm

[upbeat carbon]

Well, I can’t deny the Steelhelms are good to hijack for D&D fighter usage.
Alliance, or in my case, Ultramar influenced XD.
(I can imagine a Feudal World doing this to mimic Ultra colours)

[sick ledge]

Would you like some critique?

[silent dome]

yes please, I could use some honest feedback

[sick ledge]

The blue eyes get drowned out a little so doing a half mask would bring out the one eye a bit more aand make the other eye read as its blue

glazing over the backpack after you paint it will also help sell the OSL the reason why you want to glaze it after painting is to represent distance of the light so the glow fades more the farther the distance. Not super realistic but close enough

remember that light stop harshly not soft which you can see from the shadows so adding some hard cuts in there can help sell it as osl which I draw on the shoulder pad so kind of show that

Sorry if I seem too harsh

[silent dome]

all good

I did ask for honest feedback

as long as it’s honest even if it’s sounds harsh

[sick ledge]

I'm still not looking to kill someones good mood

there is a lot more you can do too but I dont know your skill level

or what you're trying to do like tabletop standard or just practicing new technique or what not

I'm not good at painting myself but I have an art degree and with in the coatings industry so I have to have some grasp on how light interacts with pigments for my job

[silent dome]

I’m just starting out on my painting journey

I do paint, but it’s just from time to time

since i’m mostly busy with IRL stuff

[sick ledge]

I get that I work 60+ hours a week myself

so little time to paint

[silent dome]

I’m currently on summer break and I’m working alongside my father for the entire summer so I barely have any time to focus on my minis

[sick ledge]

The extreme heat in my area has increased my work load since now I have to test autocoatings for direct sunlight heat of 55c+

yesterday was 14 hours straight

[silent dome]

dang

[sick ledge]

outside

in the heat

Thank fuck im not white

I would have become a sundried tomato like my coworker

[silent dome]

my father would usually bring a whole bag of water but everytime we always run out not even halfway through the day

[sick ledge]

I had to buy a cooler which the only one I could get was $150

so that sucked

I'm taking the weekend off so I can record some stuff

thankfully only my boss complained and I dont do what he says or care what he says

[silent dome]

nice

[sick ledge]

CEO told me specifically not to do what he says since I have a quicker and better process than the standard

Still do ASTM stuff to spec though

[silent dome]

i see

[sick ledge]

Anyways want a tip for thinning metallics?

[silent dome]

hell yeah

i have a hard time doing that

[sick ledge]

flow improver from a professional brand

[silent dome]

i don’t get it

[sick ledge]

hobby stuff uses 2butoxy ethanol which isnt a surfactant its a solvent that makes paints dry faster

its cheaper than actual wetting agents

Windsor and newton is the one I tend to get and that used alcohol ethoxylate which is a wetting agent and causes the surface tension of water to break

which breaking the surface tension of water is the key to metallics

[silent dome]

ohhhh

i get it now

interesting info

[sick ledge]

I tend to avoid hobby stuff since I know whats in it which means it wont work for what I do

[twilit oxide]

made my zealot main :>

[brisk vapor]

Hell yeah

[open stream]

Ooh amazing! Love to see characters remade into minis

[trim tundra]

Kitbashing is rather fun.

It is supposed to be a librarian.

[short mauve]

Is the hood a shoulder pad?

[trim tundra]

No it’s from the new terminator kit. It’s the inside of the termie hood on the front torso piece.

[trim tundra]

It looks kinda like crap, but I think it gets the idea across

[hollow yoke]

I have no idea how that one got in there

No joke

[naive spruce]

there's more than the plague marines and cost less

[brisk vapor]

it's also like 20 years old

[sick ledge]

where is that box?

I have a friend looking for those

[naive spruce]

in the US

[sick ledge]

more curious if the store has a website

[naive spruce]

sadly no

[sick ledge]

fuck

[naive spruce]

if have him send the cash and ill mail it

not worries about shipping

hell I'll do it 50% off

[sick ledge]

I can get shipping label from my job

they dont give a fuck if I do personal shipments as long as I dont abuse it

[naive spruce]

ight

PM?

[sick ledge]

Yeaah i'll DM you once he messages me back

[naive spruce]

bet

[round bison]

i finished base coating

[peak flicker]

WIP

[short mauve]

White scars baby

[naive spruce]

i got more paints

[jaunty trail]

Wip update on Hekaton Land Fortress...

[compact umbra]

honestly that would be nice for kitbashes

[naive spruce]

word?

[compact umbra]

If you needed chaos/khorne bodies let me see if I can find the picture

Old next to new

[naive spruce]

oh my

[compact umbra]

If you want bodies

It uses the old thing tactical marines do

Legs arms and heads are all separate

[naive spruce]

ah

[compact umbra]

Yea

It’s a lot of bodies

[short pawn]

Mud dried out really good i love it (ignoring the big puddle i was testing what happens if i do a big haphazard goop)

Anybody got any ideas on doing a splash/ripple effect?

[rich pond]

Hell yeah, nice

Metal af Tym

Naravesh Nosferrus, Screecher of my Claw of the Dread Gheists

[rich pond]

Love the white

[final plaza]

You too Tim 🤝

We got the same pronunciation for the name jsut diff spelling, basically means we're brothers right?

[rich pond]

Right, yes

Obviously

[final plaza]

Splendid, brother

[rich pond]

I have never seen a Tym before though, i have to admit

Good way of spelling it though, one of the best ways honestly

[final plaza]

Thank you thank you, it's not my full name but it's easy for people (I'm polish)

[sick ledge]

color shaper and gel medium

[fervent trout]

Tonk

[jaunty trail]

Slowly but steady...

[hollow goblet]

Got a super cheap makeup airbrush for base coasting,

anyone know why my inks seem to be applying really poorly? I was under the impression inks were easier to use in an airbrush than regular acrylics but it seems to not want to adhere at all and pools like crazy in recesses

Contrast paint goes on no issues but the inks not so much, do I need an "I'm makin' 'em at night" medium or whats the deal here

[white shore]

This is huge size difference

[sick ledge]

because inks need a very low psi

like 5 psi

maybe 10

also what brand of inks?

[upbeat carbon]

Classic

[gusty sequoia]

its the enforcer skin we all deserved 😭

[shut forge]

Finally getting into painting my guard

[faint thistle]

blue is a yummy color

[shut forge]

Blue flavored guardsmen

[hollow goblet]

Was a black/blue vallejo ink

[mint dove]

Selling my painted ork kill team on ebay if anyone's interested

[white shore]

Does anyone here play TT kill team and normal TT

[unique glen]

I just bought an Army and now trying to find a place to play. Sense 40k isn't big in my area I have to drive an hour and change to find a game

[rare hornet]

Commitment to the cause

[sick ledge]

Im assuming the hobby ones. Yeah those are are part of the problem. They took their professional stuff and cut it with a bunch of water

[hollow goblet]

That makes sense it did seem super watery, think I might have had a bit of cleaner loaded into the chamber that didn't fully clear beforehand also so I imagine that exacerbated it a bit

[sick ledge]

yeah hobby inks are not great and low in cpvc but being able to legally claim high pigmentation since its like 80% solvent

[hollow goblet]

There's an art supply store selling multi-packs of Monte Marte inks but I imagine they have a similar quality issue to the hobby paints right?

Liquitex/Golden are the quality ones iirc right?

[sick ledge]

and holbein

Liquitex arent great in an airbrush so you need to add a little binder

monte marte I cant comment on since they arent really here where I am'

[hollow goblet]

Yeah I think they're an Australian brand, I remember them always having super cheap stuff that's surprisingly high quality but it was more pencils and stuff I grew up using rather than paints

Dunno if it translates at all

[white tangle]

Anyone have any recommendations for magnification glasses?

[lunar hedge]

Trying to paint some of our glorious aquatic best friends forever Moebian 21st, anyone else tried to paint them or got any suggestions on if these colours fit or know any colours that will work better?

[sick ledge]

reading glasses

those magnifiers everyone keeps recommending cause your eyes to hurt bad since you have to go cross eyed for them to work and you dont notice and your peripheral vision screws with you too

If you have incredibly bad vision though neither will help much

the head mounted magnifiers will be better but a medical magnifying lens will be better but more expensive

[white tangle]

I only need them to do the glint on the eyes as i struggle to see at that small of a scale.

[sick ledge]

Perfect a 2x is really all you need

maybe a 2.5

[glass forum]

Took a few months break from painting and this was my return back to it

[round bison]

wip part 3

[sturdy flume]

how much ?

[mint dove]

Dm'd you

[hoary basin]

Not 40k, but i kitbashed lady maria using an elf and a tricorne i got from a model kit :3

Its my first ever kitbash of any sort and im rly happy with it lol

[compact umbra]

OOOOOO, I havent seen HH Ultra marines yet!

I love it!

wait is that a company hero or a preator

[white shore]

Just saw a YouTube video saying Kill Team is dead and isn’t worth playing anymore as I’m new to 40k is it true ? Should I still invest in it ?

[proven arch]

i personally love kill team and it’s primarily what me and my friends play

it’s easily the most affordable version of the tabletop game

what interests you in it?

[sick ledge]

the new killteam is not as popular as the older editions and it can get hard to find people to play it but I wouldnt call it dead

thats just ragebaiting

[hollow goblet]

Nah it's not dead. It's actually a much better-designed game system imo I think GW are just reluctant to advertise it too aggressively bc of that

The only thing that keeps me interested in bighammer is the fact I can't field my magnus/kairos in kill team . Though my friends and I are trying to see if we can homebrew something that lets us use big models we're just struggling with map size/layout. Think I'm gonna be able to make the Lord of Change work though bc the plan was for it to play more like a top-down commander than an active unit. You've still gotta position it on the board but you can TP it around and it spawns brimstone horrors you can deep strike around the place and it gets an activation in response to every activation your opponent does. Gonna be hard to balance bc it's borderline introducing Knights into the format but I will find a way abandon bighammer if I'm able to

Also anyone used scale75 fluos? They're ridiculously cheap near me rn but I'm not sure if they're worth

[edgy jackal]

As I said in another discord, talk to your local community. Here in NL middle earth is almost non existant, while it's apparently fairly popular in germany, so it would be pointless for me to watch videos from germany saying "middle earth is really thriving".

[white shore]

Went down to the GW store and talked to the guy there he said it’s booming currently and there’s been a few KT comps around recently

[edgy jackal]

So what's the issue? Some fear/rage bait videos and vague rumors about warcry/kt refreshes coming shouldn't be as important as the reality of your local community.

[edgy jackal]

It's why I don't watch certain youtubers across the pond moaning about gw every video (like uncle adam/atom)

[rare hornet]

I think KT is a good addition to 40K, my only gripes with it are that you notice the early versions of the game had some issues that they seem to have resolved in more recent versions, and perhaps when one side starts losing models a little quick (maybe a string of some unlucky saves) it can be kinda hard to come back from that

At least from my experience

[white shore]

Oh yeah pretty sure it was one of his videos lol

[white tangle]

Those symbols and the writing on the skin loincloth are clean. Nice.

or loinskin i guess

Actually that sounds a lot worse than i meant it to

[sullen plinth]

[sick ledge]

Most of them aren't fluorescent

[proven arch]

yeah, fielding a whole army of tanks is just too much fun

finished building ursula creed

[tiny cairn]

They're also a lot quicker so it's not like you are stuck in a day affair of losing for 2 hours more than needed

[rare hornet]

Yeah exactly

[tiny cairn]

There's nothing worse than playing a mid army in big hammer, and your one gimmick doesn't work so now you are stuck playing out the rest of the game knowing that you are done for

[visual turret]

finally got the ministorum priest with Vindictor

so chuffed

[rare hornet]

Quite liking the outcome so far

[rare hornet]

I forgot how small Votann are

[oblique socket]

my brother in (insert warhammer diety here), they are dwarves

[rare hornet]

Yes, but I’ve only build the champion so far which is quite a chunky boi

[prime crown]

They are dwarves after all

[rare hornet]

I’ve never seen the in a size compared before anyways

[hearty bear]

Love the little sigils

[mint dove]

Still trying to offload my killteam before the move 😭

[sick ledge]

😦

[mint dove]

Sad day indeed,

But I need the cash

Moving ain't cheap,

[sick ledge]

Plus the kitty getting sick...

this year hasnt been kind to you

Well if its any solice I have two mars 4s now

so if you need one I can cut you a good deal on one after you move

[mint dove]

Tell me about it, it's just one thing after the other, maybe one day I'll catch a break and be abke to rebuild my savings

I'm trying to sell the kill team for around 125. Not a crazy amount but it's better than nothing

Seeing as it's my best work paint wise

[sick ledge]

The curse of cali

[ruby drift]

https://fxtwitter.com/stephen29red/status/1813961649620996338

Fighting against hordes of Khonrites as a Grey Knights on the waffle house

[visual turret]

Weta, you've outdone yourself

[fervent trout]

Finished 2 more kriegsmen

[placid fractal]

Painted my first ever mini today, i'll wait til it dries so i can correct any mistakes

It'll probably look better when i go over it with a shade paint

And correct the shoulderpads

[visual turret]

looks good for a first go!!

[rare hornet]

The frame has been started

[jaunty trail]

Wip update on firstborn apothecary kitbash with kromlech conversion parts... base decorations as also some minor things left to do...

[plain granite]

A trustworthy guy

[sick ledge]

New mini paints.

Most of these haven't been made since the 60s

[sudden crypt]

Great freehand, Clean af Word Bearer

[urban drum]

Raaa

[mint merlin]

this guy is preparing to ruin an entire squad's day, be it the enemy's by blowing them up or his own when he blows up

[urban drum]

Yep

[flint crescent]

-# creating crowd control! *grenade ding*

[visual turret]

hey whats the trick to good yellow again? isn't it painting it over......... purples?

[prime crown]

WHO CALLED FOR A BOOM

[proven arch]

never enough grenades

[slate pond]

Pink iirc, or a brown

[visual turret]

It’s pink

[simple thorn]

Is that a flamer with an underbarrel chainsword

[visual turret]

It's a vindictor

[jaunty trail]

Hekaton wip update

[rare hornet]

Ayyyyy loving the Votann

[jaunty trail]

Thunderkyn?

[rare hornet]

hell yeah

[jaunty trail]

Still need those... but currently i have too much minis left... so no new buys

[faint lantern]

I've been wanting to ask some questions regarding this vehicle lately

[jaunty trail]

Ask

[faint lantern]

Actually just one question

Do the tires rotate?

[rare hornet]

Make sure you don't glue the weapon on otherwise you'll never be able to paint half the mini

[jaunty trail]

No

[faint lantern]

I see

[brisk vapor]

Did some competing again, bronze in group and silver in vehicle categories at the largest national painting competition

[jaunty trail]

Weapons are all not glued to vehicle

[rare hornet]

Sorry, meant for the thunderkyn

[faint lantern]

Because it wouldn't likely be a valid option unless if it is made out of rubber like material

[jaunty trail]

Its more like that the vehicle doesn't roll by itself when playing the tabletop

[faint lantern]

I can just imagine someone pushing it across the table with movable tires

[jaunty trail]

Yup and thats why the tires are not made to rotate.. Also same thing on Sagitaur

[urban drum]

now you have to paint the awards

[brisk vapor]

That did cross my mind as an entry for the next year's competition

The winning entries

[rare hornet]

And you’re telling me they came second and third?

[short pawn]

Love your weathering

[sick ledge]

which competition?

Also you didnt get gold so not good enough

something something ego something

either way congrats on the wins

[short pawn]

gonna pop your nuts with a mallet!

[sick ledge]

kinky

[short pawn]

thanks I try

[brisk vapor]

Tanks third and plane secon

[brisk vapor]

Thanks!

[rare hornet]

Just proves there's no justice in this world, that they only got second and third

[brisk vapor]

Ropecon miniature painting competition 2024: Cold North Open

and thanks

[rare hornet]

those tiny predators are so nice

i wanna put minis like that on my titan bases

[sick ledge]

its genuinely something impressive

[short pawn]

brother is almost inspiring me to paint but its just not possible rn

[brisk vapor]

Cheers, my second time competing, last year I got bronze with the Cursed City Skeletons I entered to group category

[sick ledge]

dammit the pictures of the competition arent up yet

[brisk vapor]

yeah the awards ceremony ended like 4 hours ago, most are still heading home etc

[sick ledge]

Well i'm excited to see it

[brisk vapor]

last year the pics were up in like a week or so

[sick ledge]

Monte past winners are always insane

so I want to see how ropecon measures up

[brisk vapor]

People who went there last time said I should've been there, claimed I'd placed there easily 😄

[sick ledge]

possibly

Wait you'd know this one

Kirril's name I cant remember it

I think his name is kirril

or somthing

its that russian dude

[brisk vapor]

Kirill Kanaev?

[sick ledge]

yes

thats it thanks

im trying to figure out if he's still alive

[rare hornet]

He’s getting there

[jaunty trail]

99% done..

[worldly pawn]

I genuinely thought this was a rendered drawing for a moment until I saw the background

[rich pond]

Dematro Agean, Incursor Marksman of my Silver Skulls Phobos Strike Squad

[brisk vapor]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/07/22/codex-imperial-agents-unleash-the-might-of-the-emperors-inquisition/

oh shit it's real

[short pawn]

thats actually really cool

That's such a fun and fluff thing to do

[brisk vapor]

ye

[jaunty trail]

Hekaton ready for battle.

[peak flicker]

Today will be a brush and set up cleaning day. Worked on two of these and wrists and fingers need a break

[plush swift]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/07/22/codex-imperial-agents-unleash-the-might-of-the-emperors-inquisition/

Lets gooooo!

[short pawn]

thats actually really cool

That's such a fun and fluff thing to do

[dawn stream]

The three battleforce boxes look pretty cool too

The Malleus one looks particularly attractive. A squad of Grey Knights Terminators and a Culexus Assassin? That's pretty awesome

[sick ledge]

so what does this meaan exactly? just random things that can be thrown into imperial armies or?

they had a lot of words that I didnt read because I barely understand how to play the game

[short pawn]

inquisition shit was basically just stuff you could add as allies to your 40k imperium armies - now you can have an army built upon that aspect of combining imperium factions and inquisition. Something like that

[dawn stream]

It adds requisitioned units to the assigned agents rule but is also giving you the opportunity to make an entire Inquisitorial army

[short pawn]

was I close

[brisk vapor]

yeah, these two explained it pretty well. You now have a proper way to make a inquisitorial force and you can add them to imperial armies of old

[sick ledge]

neat

would that mean I can throw in a random elite to my knights army if I have the points and not have some weird rule that screws me over?

[compact umbra]

I am in love with this release

[brisk vapor]

didn't read the article with that much focus but I recon you have a set amount of units or points you can have imperial agents among your imperial army

[compact umbra]

You can make rogue trader armies, Ordo minors, arbities, assassin spam

[dawn stream]

Yeah, if you have an army that has the Imperial keyword, you can add one leader and their unit to your army for every thousand points

When the new codex comes you can also add one requisitioned unit

[sick ledge]

@brisk vapor I have a question for you. Paint the lenses on the knight eyes like normal, do LEDs, or do both?

[brisk vapor]

Not a fan of LEDs tbh

I've yet to see one IRL with a good looking execution with one

[sick ledge]

I am because I use them to trigger UV reactive coatings

[brisk vapor]

Seen plenty of cool ideas online but taking pics or video of them always looks off so can't say if they look better IRL

[sick ledge]

mono white with a glaze will do a color but trigger the UV reactive glow of some pigments

[compact umbra]

My chapter is under the direct command of the Ordo Astra, so running them as death watch is still fitting

To the point the chapter master plays second fiddle to the inquisitor

[brisk vapor]

that sounds like a neat idea

[sick ledge]

yeah you have to actually know what you're doing with the camera and use the correct filter

its much harder than people think it is

My landlord's SO is a fulltime photographer so I have them teach me a lot about this stuff

[brisk vapor]

neat

[sick ledge]

Very lucky for that

dudes helping me rig a weird thing for my microscope so I can get footage with a mirrorless without hassle and not having to have a trinocular model

this is entirely so I can detect dyes to some extent

[brisk vapor]

that's nice

[sick ledge]

Normal lamp

UV lamp

Mono white led

No extra lighting

This is old so it's a bit faded and doesn't really pop as much

[brisk vapor]

I see I see

[teal nest]

Completed my killteam

[sick ledge]

If I do it with something like perinone orange it will have a better effect

[brisk vapor]

so you'd have the eyes of the knight be these LEDs and have reactive paint somewhere else on the model for the effect

[sick ledge]

Yes

I use the UV reactive pigment for osl

So it will enhance the orange eyes

And then I can also paint the eyes like normal so I can get a double pop

And it will act as a filter so it won't be as bright

Which means the camera won't have as many issues

[brisk vapor]

right

[sick ledge]

Mix that with that NIR for shading the metallics and it will give the shadows a much more realistic harsh shadow to the LEDs don't screw things up from some weird thing that could happen like a random gap

Pigment science yo

Such a bizarre thing to use for painting minis

But this is the style I choose

[brisk vapor]

[upbeat carbon]

Quick question - does anyone play Cursed City?
If you do, how well does Jelsen Darrock’s gun scale to any 30k/40k era human minis?
I am eyeing his gun for conversion purposes…

[brisk vapor]

he is a bit larger in scale than normal humans in 40k but they might fit them fine

if the kit is a more modern one

can't check because our Jelsen is at my friend's place

[upbeat carbon]

Thanks 🙏

[jade swift]

3 days no hit

[flint crescent]

magnetization is quite easy for chaos, just did it myself 👀

(lost half of the scourge but not the flail half)

[edgy jackal]

I'm considering a kitbash that has a crushing roller in the front. So far the only 3 kits I can think of that have one are the slaanesh seeker chariot, death guard plague drone, and the ork battlewagon. Can anyone think of any other ones?

[compact umbra]

Check bloodbowl too

[edgy jackal]

What bloodlowl kit has a large cylindrical crusher?

[compact umbra]

Snorting

Snotlings*

[short pawn]

Wait so are you looking for the vehicle that took squidward's life or what

https://tenor.com/view/squidward-crushed-meme-lady-gaga-spongebob-gif-13980278704109625417

[mint dove]

I give up on painting white man

Painted the bazooka on my Mk.2 gundam, and even after 3 coats It came out rough and streaky

[edgy jackal]

Kinda, yes

[edgy jackal]

Fair enough

[sick ledge]

how long did you wait between each coat?

[mint dove]

I think I found the issue, my ax is broken and it was like 105 today, couldn't find my wet pallete so I just used a dry pallete

I assume the paint dried too quickly

[sick ledge]

probably

105 is way too hot to paint in

60-80 is optimal

[mint dove]

Although it's cooler tonight, aired the house out and used my wet pallete and put 2 more thin coats on

It won't win any painting competitions but it looks okay at a distance

[sick ledge]

good enough is still good enough

[mint dove]

As my dad says, Don't let perfect be the enemy of the good

[faint lantern]

Is this the new edition of T'au battlesuits?

[mint dove]

Vastly cheaper lol

Have a guy at locals who plays tau exclusively with his gunpla collections

[white tangle]

Is there any way to try and reduce the sort of chalkiness of a paint? If that even makes any sense

[sick ledge]

mix a good paint into it

what paint are you using?

[white tangle]

Wraithbone mainly, but i had it with cadian fleshtone as well.

[sick ledge]

so those contain chalk

[crisp sable]

Drukhari Grotesque. Unfortunate Slab on the table of a Haemolculus.

[sonic wolf]

a friend asked me to paint some older world eaters for him :3

[compact umbra]

this is one of the worst painted bloodbowl teams ive ever seen

[white tangle]

oh, lol

[sick ledge]

get golden soflat titanium white. It really is that much better. Everyone who uses it including proacryl stans never swap back

well some proacryl stans

Ive met proacryl people who say the paints are 80% pigment and the silver is shinier and out performs spectrachrome

[urban drum]

the skin on that guy is ballin but the jumpsuits are so garish

banana team

[sick ledge]

naw that skin tone is one of the worst ones ive seen in years but I swear mini painters have no idea what flesh looks like nor have they ever seen a black person

the skin tone is harsh and garish which causes a major negative contrast with the lemon party cosplay

[short pawn]

That's under the implication that every miniature painter is specifically trying to do an art style that's realistic or grounded, no?

eavy metal is an extremely unrealistic art style

[white tangle]

If i was to take a gw paint, thin it down with medium to a consistency of a gw shade, then place it specifically only into recesses, would i get a similar result if i was to do the same but with an actual gw shade?

[wide condor]

Not 1:1 but pretty close

[sick ledge]

No. Basically the problem I have is how the community reacts to things that arent copies of the "greats" like Jose "DaVinci" and what not. Youtubers promote this style as the only acceptable style a lot of the time too which they unwittingly cause people to become very vitriolic when you do something different

Its a problem i see a lot in a lot of communities

Its not in this section of this discord

but I see it in tons of others

[short pawn]

That was not all translated with your sentence but i understand the general sentiment

[steel saffron]

Okay gang how does sixteen Carnifexes sound to you

[sick ledge]

yeah im awful with words without my meds

[white shore]

What’s everyone’s thoughts on slapcjop

[compact umbra]

Jesus Christ that’s not even subtle

[vale breach]

My chaos knights are starting off strong

[sick ledge]

its called scumbling and I will fight who ever says other wise as its been called scumbling for over 500 years.

My thoughts on it? People make it seem easier than it is so new painters fuck it up.

[edgy jackal]

It's a low barrier of entry method of getting a tabletop-decent result quickly, but can also be used to greater effect with practice and studying proper art techniques. It really depends on what your goal is, but overal is a valid painting technique.

[sick ledge]

i know people who think its a high barrier to entry and think only advanced users can do it

I think its easy but I understand transparent pigments

[prime crown]

Not the fucking proturbo

It used to be a giant meme back at some discord server

alongside with Angry Man

[teal nest]

What the hell that’s just straight up warhammer models but a different company

[signal plover]

Its a fun technique that can either be used at an entry level for speed painting or with a combination of techniques for an awesome paintjob

Love doing slapchop when I’m in a rush but then highlighting and tidying up with other paints to make it really pop

[visual turret]

Do I go all out with my modification

Get rid of the cloak and put a spare sword here

[short mauve]

Primaribooty

[alpine zealot]

First termie in my career

[rare hornet]

One of many

[alpine zealot]

Yep definitely going to assemble full sprue

[rare hornet]

awww yeah

[visual turret]

Went for cloak

[brisk vapor]

all in one sitting

[vale breach]

lazy harder than it look's and doesn't create overall amazing models

[brazen silo]

This enough guns or nah?

[sick ledge]

yes always, replace the barrels with brass tubes, electroplate the sword or recast it in metal, mill out the vents and replace the filter blades.

[sick ledge]

no, needs more

[faint lantern]

You can never have enough dakka

[hoary basin]

death guard !!!!

I went to a painting thing at my FLGS and they had primaris marines, so i kitbashed him into a plague marine :3

He isnt finished tho yet

[sweet sigil]

My mini house griffith collection so far definitely can see an improvement from the veletaris storm section to the lasrifle guys I just finished up

[short mauve]

Babies first blanchitzu

[hoary basin]

Nearly done!!! Just working on adding some more fiddly bits :3

[main mango]

https://tenor.com/view/dakka-tabletop-dungeoneers-discord-orcs-irks-gif-22814163

[calm tundra]

My first models arrived

[rigid ginkgo]

I need more orks

[calm tundra]

I've always though that they were a bit bigger lol

[ocean pendant]

Yea, you get that feeling a lot at first

[rare hornet]

Compared to other minis like guard for example, marines are big

But yeah, when the pictures never really give you any scale reference it’s hard to know

[calm tundra]

Oh I know that guard are small

It's just that I never realised that they are gonna be that small lol

I'm glad that I've gone with SM first then lol

And a quick question, if I primed ove the arm attachment point, do I have to remove the primer from there when I'm going to be gluing them on, or not?

[rare hornet]

Plastic glue melts the paint, you might just have to hold it in place for like 20 seconds?

Most you got to be careful of is if any glue seeps out the side of the joint you will have to let it dry and then paint back over it

[calm tundra]

Okay, thank you

[sick ledge]

This heavily depends on the chemical compounds of the primer. If its a real primer then yes but you'll need a sander as actual primer fuses into plastic to provide a textured non-absorbent layer for oils and specific types of resins be it alkyd or acrylic copolymers.

If it's a hobby primer, these arent actually primers but in reality cheap industrial spray paint with fancy colors.
Paint+primer is a marketing term as mediums that are organic units with carbamate links will adhere to almost any surface without the need for a primer due to their surface tension.

that being said hardware store spray paint is chemically identical to hobby sprays and house paint is chemically identical to hobby paint. If citation is needed I can provide around 50gb of pdfs as sources

||this is my job btw so im a bit insane and my autism picked paint and pigments||

that being said any paint can cause issues with adherence for plastic glues

do you need to remove it? no not really. Should you? probably

also pardon the chemistry stuff. I kind of get excited and over explain it a lot

[compact umbra]

gonna comlpain real quick, omg only painting OSL looks really bad

like only the lighitng

[calm tundra]

Okay, thanks, it's a tamiya spray primer btw

[compact umbra]

here is an example form an old ass article.

[calm tundra]

Basecoat is (I think) done
I need to get thinning the paint just right cause sometimes it comes out too thin, sometimes too thick I think

[compact umbra]

oo whicj blue is that?

[calm tundra]

Maccrage

[compact umbra]

nice! i didnt realize how idfferent it was to ultramarine bleu

[calm tundra]

I think that my phone camera and lighting in my room may be screwing with how it looks cause it's really warm

[white tangle]

Would a bit of medium do something?

[sick ledge]

thats a nylon based automotive alkyd acrylic. You will need to scrape that off.

Which yes you can get automotive spray paint and it will be the same but this also means tamiya is of a much higher quality than most others

[sick ledge]

it generally looks awful because they only use opaque paints then claim they glaze when its no where close to an actual glaze

using actual transparent paints fix the osl issue

[compact umbra]

Oh could I see an example?

[sick ledge]

depends on the type of medium but maybe

[sick ledge]

I dont have anything thats finished but a wip if thats fine

the osl is just a base layer and nothing completed

[compact umbra]

WIP is good

[calm tundra]

Okay, thank you very much
It's good to be sure

[short pawn]

has anybody ever been to a warhammer cafe?

how bad of a case of lead poisoning should I expect from a drink

[sick ledge]

now I'm not going to claim this looks good but this is the basic idea but it needs to be dialed back a lot

[compact umbra]

OOOOO yeha I like that a lot

[sick ledge]

I also have TMM effects that enhance natural shadows while retaining a clear shading effect but its not as harsh so it reflects light more naturally so it looks better on a 3d axis

but thats using weirdo pigment science

[compact umbra]

I’m just sick of people using 3 colors, dry brushing red or what ever on one spot

And it looks bad at every angle except one little angle

[short pawn]

Call me hungry because im starving bro thats how OSL should be

I've seen mfs do that and cover the whole helmet like hes using a fucking spotlight

[compact umbra]

It’s like when competitive players use an air brush and spray the model 3 random colors and call it a day

[short pawn]

Lore players are the only players worth considering

If i had the choice to have ugly models but win every game or lose every game but have gorgeous models im taking that second option

Unless its like...getting rolled...i dont want to get rolled every game

[compact umbra]

Yeah, also lore players buy more models and paint lmao

Then competitive

[sick ledge]

I'm going to be brutally honest and I'll put it in a spoiler so people dont have to see the negativity I'm about to post

||I do not think mini painters tend to be good at painting as they don't know the even slightest about basic color theory but the big names claim that they do. The big names still use the Itten theory which is 120 years out of date and doesnt work with modern pigments at all. They also don't understand how light works, claim that canvas and mini painting are two completely different things while using concepts for 2d only techniques and misunder standing books like James Gurreny's Light and shadow which is an amazing book but only if you have a more advanced understanding of art and you do what the book requires, you build your own 3d model from a wire armature thats built the same as the skeleton and then you build it up from the muscle structure of the lifeform.

This stuff frustrates me heavily as an art major where I get told i'm wrong constantly when I literally have to know color theory at the physics level at some extent for my job. People love to try and prove I'm wrong by using mini painting "experts" as sources and then they don't bother to even listen to a 50 minute long lecture from an actual expert like Dr. Briggs because "this works just fine for me" when they don't even realize that color mixing is based around something called the kubelka-munk theory which proves color mixing isnt on a straight axis but on curves. Color charts are also grossly misleading because colors don't work on a 2d field they actually require a 3d model to understand them and how they work, the 2d boards are ok for quick reference but thats all. Also you don't require a fucking color wheel since all of them are wrong anyways.

The other thing that frustrates me is the fact opacity trumps transparency when it comes to paints due to the misconception of paints being higher quality when they are opaque when generally it means they are much lower quality||

[sick ledge]

I can teach you its actually very easy

anyways that felt good to get off my chest

ive been bottling that in for almost a decade now from scale modelers and about 5 years from warhammer painters

Anyways for something more light hearted

https://colourliteracy.org/common-misconceptions

a fun link about colors

[compact umbra]

I think knowing color theory and all that is fine, but it’s not needed. My problem is big artist than only paint OSL act like they are the shit, and it’s a self perpetuating cycle of putting in no effort for a lot of pay off.

Thsi one artist I can’t remember his name pissed me off

He said mini painting is only emulating lightjng

When you do that, All your models will look the exact same

[sick ledge]

elminiaturista?

[compact umbra]

Is that him? It might have been another guy I don’t remember

[sick ledge]

He's the only people constantly overhype for his osl

[compact umbra]

And I don’t wanna bring names in

[sick ledge]

fair

[compact umbra]

I just think encouraging people to only do OSL is silly

[sick ledge]

it is

[compact umbra]

And only damages the hobby community

[sick ledge]

I dont think osl is required

[compact umbra]

For years OSL was only slightly used

Like ‘oh plasma cool’

Then you see people charging thousands of dollars for armies that are literlaly 3 colors

Then on the board it looks like a pile of black goo

[sick ledge]

this community has a lot of things that damage it like the forced art style, the constant hugboxy praise with no good critiques when people ask for them, the constant "oh you're so good you should do commissions" to average at best painters who over saturate the market thinking they can make it a full time gig when the money isnt there for it, etc The "only do osl because its the only correct way" is part of the forced art style

I just really really hate when people try and push me into monetizing my hobby

[compact umbra]

I think the main difference between models and normal art is In warhammer, your models are 5 feet away on a giant ass table

[sick ledge]

I dont need another income source. I make more than most people do and i barely do any work when i'm there since 80% of the job is waiting for machines to finish

[sick ledge]

museum standards are "looks good from 2 feet away" which i find very funny

[compact umbra]

Your models don’t even need to look good they jsut need to be seeable

[sick ledge]

exactly

but those who want to get those showcase pieces are different

both should be acceptible

"only black bases look good aand thats the only color the base should be"

Fuck you, i'll paint them barbie pink if i want to. Don't tell me what to do with my art.

and that is why I paint most of my bases in weird neon colors

[compact umbra]

btw starwars hs rules saying the rim of your base has to be unqiue

[sick ledge]

annoying a rule forces me to do that but at the same time I like the rule

[compact umbra]

i think its to make sure you dont get amries mixed up

[sick ledge]

which makes perfect sense to me honestly since you're going to be painting them the exact same as lore anyways

[compact umbra]

yea, while there is always spac eto do your own thing your amries will still look very similar

[sick ledge]

I know nothing about starwars as I've never seen the game played or watched the shows/movies

but the game seemed to get a lot of people really excited

[compact umbra]

Yea I heard it’s good

The best way to describe it is like underworlds but a full war game

[dawn stream]

I don't bother with OSL at all

[calm tundra]

And it's more or less done, it just needs shading and maybe an edge highlight

[dawn stream]

I don't even really do edge highlights

I use a slightly glossy paint that catches light naturally

[calm tundra]

Looks neat
But I think I'm going to try to edge highlight first

[dawn stream]

Go for it

It's a personal preference for me

Find what you like to do and have fun with it

[calm tundra]

Yeah I need to find what I like first

It's my first mini after all lol

[dawn stream]

Of course

I'm excitable

It's always great to see a new hobbyist

[calm tundra]

Understandable

I've wanted to get into painting for a long time but I've always was scared that I'd fuck up lol

[dawn stream]

I felt the same

Even now, new sculpts make me a little nervous

[calm tundra]

Considering that the models can cost quite a bit I get you

[brisk vapor]

Put a couple of hours into improving the face

[rare hornet]

Looks like an ultramarine to me

[calm tundra]

He's going to be one, yes

[rare hornet]

Well you’ve definitely got them down right

Question is, you gonna do black bolt rifle or red? Like their classic paint scheme

[calm tundra]

Black, maybe if I had classic tactical marines I'd go with red, but primaris go better with black I think

[calm tundra]

Thanks

[rare hornet]

Yeah fair enough, the red kinda needs a brighter blue

[torn dew]

Leagues of votann combat patrol battle ready

Also got started on skaventide if we got any AOS fans here

[calm tundra]

I want to get into AoS now but I think I'm gonna wait for some cheaper starter sets

[rare hornet]

Mine arrived today, just got to paint my last two thunderkyn and I’ll give them a crack

The berserks are ones I really look forward to painting

[torn dew]

What army? If stormcast or skaven you can buy their half on ebay real cheap, about 1200 points for 70-80 pounds (or regional money equivalent)

[torn dew]

Painting rhem was pretty fun with my skin I chose and their axes were great to layer up but fair warning, one of the worst kits I've ever built

They're so incredibly fiddly with their backpack wires

[rare hornet]

Idk the thunderkyn might give you a run for that title

[calm tundra]

Oh thanks for the info

[torn dew]

They're sitting in a box downstairs, dreading it lmao

[rare hornet]

Honestly it’s not too bad, you’re gonna want to sub assemble the hell out of them though

[torn dew]

I also have it on good authority we're getting chaos dwarfs this edition so if that's maybe up your alley you could just wait and get that too, otherwise start with any spearhead vox for sure, spearhead is fun

Personally praying for a new BIG warcry box myself with proper terrain, I missed out on all the boxes but one and it's such a fun game

[torn dew]

Fair, I like to sub assembly anyway with most things, even if I can't see it I like it painted yknow

[calm tundra]

I still think that I'm going to wait for those smaller sets, cause I kind of want both the Skaven and the Stormcast, and I'd first practice painting the Stormcast and then move on to Skaven

[rare hornet]

Yeah I get that, I’ve been a little brave and assembled a little bit more of the model after having done one of them, we’re gonna learn how bad of an idea that turns out to be

[torn dew]

If you're looking at those then getting their entire half from skaventide will definitely be the right call, if not just picking up a copy of skaventide itself tbh

[rare hornet]

In theory it’ll save time as I don’t have to faf around with the legs as much, but honestly no idea as of yet

[torn dew]

I was working on my votann long enough I'm taking a break to work on an entire different game system lol

[rare hornet]

That’s fair, I’m the opposite, I’ve just started mine

I’ve painted exactly 2 Votann models so far

[torn dew]

Uthar was pleasure to paint I must say

[rare hornet]

Loving the vibrancy

I’ve already got my Kahl planned and named even before he’s built

[torn dew]

I have the anniversary model kahl, yoht grendok that I will be painting in my custom coloura but I fancied doing this guy in box art colours and honestly I kind of loved it so much I almost second thought my entire army scheme

But I do like my wow dwarf inspired scheme so no im keeping it

[rare hornet]

I saw that model and it honestly looks so good

I’m glad I managed to pick up the ancestors wrath model

[torn dew]

My flgs still has a few of them in stock

[rare hornet]

Yeah, element games had a bunch and so I grabbed it while I could

[torn dew]

As well as 4 copies of both of the chaos battleforces actually now I think of it

[rare hornet]

My local hobby shop still has the old chaos combat patrol

[torn dew]

Was really tempted to get em for a vashtorr themed army since I'm doing a fancy vashtorr as a tryhard model but I've already got so much on the go I had to stop myself

Plastic crack is real man

[torn dew]

Yeah, you can always find goodies shopping around

[rare hornet]

Yep, the plastic is so strong

I’m playing 9th and the Votann is a joint project with a friend who’s doing Tau at the same time

We’re doing a narrative campaign of Tau vs Votann

[torn dew]

Interesting

[rare hornet]

We’re starting with 500 point crusade armies and slowly expanding into an escaping conflict

Then a third party faction (which is remaining to be decided) will get involved

[zenith basin]

Henry Cavil says Custodes are the best

[visual turret]

Today’s little man

[zenith basin]

[crisp sable]

WIP, 🚧 Drukhari Archon/Succubus.

[flint crescent]

why did 8th edition cut tank shock just to have baneblade be stuck in combat with two cultists

[proper canopy]

If you did a tank shock, you couldn't shoot.

They got rid of the 'rally' option for units that fell back so it really got rid of a lot of things.

[median flame]

Cookin

[devout lake]

Does anyone know if soulblight gravelords are a difficult army to paint?

[edgy jackal]

Wouldn't the answer be dependent on the type of army you're trying to build?

[sullen plinth]

I fucked up with shading wraithbone colour with brown. Coffee stains... I have no idea how to fix stains. Youtube says you need just colour again base + shade, but it still is noticable, which makes you to recolour the whole part of miniature that has stains. So I decided to hide stains with markings of battle, like chipping. Don't realy like the result though. What do you think? Any advises?

[brisk vapor]

I think the result is just excellent

and yeah if you're left with staining the best solution is to just paint over it and try again, but when you are working with white/light colours which often are not opaque enough to cover the staining well, you might need to start with some other colour like brown and build up the off white colour from there to match the surroundings

[calm tundra]

Tried my hand at recess shading, and I honestly don't see too much of a difference lol

[white tangle]

Out of curiosity, do you remember how you got started with this sort of volumetric painting? Like what was some of the first steps you took. Or i guess if you were an artist beforehand, it was probably just second nature.

[brisk vapor]

My first steps were looking at youtube tutorials I suppose, I'm pretty much self taught without any real studies in art or anything

I just started to look at how my work light looked like on the model and tried to replicate that with paint

but just recently this week I attended a two day figure painting course which focused on volumetry and it was a very educational couple of days, that bust was from the second day of that course, I just improved it a bit after getting home yesterday

This was done on the first day as a quick volumetry study

[visual turret]

Primer misbehaved which annoyed me but other than that we’re making some good progress

[calm tundra]

Damn edge highlighting is hard

[rare hornet]

What it do?

[white tangle]

Trust me, it gets easier the more you do. When i first started, it all just felt impossible. Bits that i thought that id never be able to do before have now just become second nature. But i will say, my experience with learning to edge highlight was not a fun one lol. Much frustration.

[visual turret]

I think where it was in the garage wasn’t the rig it temperature so it’s bubbled a bit in certain places - or I put too much on

[rare hornet]

Oh god that, yeah that’s happened to me before on my terminator captain

I think it might be due to how thick you apply it too?

If it’s any consolation, I can’t see where it’s bubbles at all

[calm tundra]

Practice is everything after all lol
Though I'm thinking of getting a smaller brush for it and for painting eyes
Also I still have to nail paint thinning, cause I still can't get it quite right and either over or underthin them

[vale breach]

My first 3D printed model and First big knight

And first online kitbash

[white tangle]

The brush was definitely a big game changer. Keep in mind that the size of the brush isnt really important. Its just the the point that the brush has when painting really small details. Also probably stay away from expensive brushes for now untill a bit further in. I made the mistake of getting fancy brushes at the start and ended up ruining them after a short time.

[vale breach]

Brush care is the thing i suck at the most 😃

After 5 years of warhammering I still use sponges and cheap brushes as my main work horses

[calm tundra]

Oh I got some dirt cheap italeri brushes from a hobby store, didn't want to invest too much
I bought sizes 0, 1 and 2

[white tangle]

Best £10 ive ever spent

[vale breach]

Ooh

How do you use that

Just rub it in?

[white tangle]

Yeah, coat your brush in it, then rub it on a tissue. Then you can coat it again, get the water off and refine it to a point. Then put it away. It gets most of the paint out of your brush and then you can get it in the ferrule to make sure the paint doesnt dry up in it.

Drezale probably has a better product tho because theyre the paint person, but for me, this product does wonders. Also basically never runs out.

[brisk vapor]

I'm very close to needing a replacement

[white tangle]

A thing about cheaper synth brushes, they tend to get bent at the tip. That can basically make detail work impossible.

[calm tundra]

Well when I'm going to need a replacement I'll probably get some better brushes, but still not the crazy expensive ones

[visual turret]

it's on the top lol, a bit on his helmet, a bit on his jump pack. the entire right shoulder's a bit of a splotchy mess lmao

[rare hornet]

Oh I can just about see it, it’s hardly noticeable to be honest, if you’re really unsure you could try scraping the paint off carefully

Up to you

[visual turret]

I won't bother because I don't wanna make it a worse mess than it is now

[hushed tangle]

Kitbashing another warband

[rare hornet]

Fair play

[midnight cairn]

Looks like an awesome gang! Would love to hear their stories but hope to never meet them in a dark alley.

[shut forge]

Breaching team 69

[silver thorn]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AM1OAxvrPZg?feature=share

[sweet sigil]

Just got to add some highlights but they are basically done any improvement ideas for my next project

[mint merlin]

more shading

[white tangle]

Any airbrush ppl here? What does it mean when my paint comes out super matt? Does that mean its too thin?

[round bison]

wym super matt?

[white tangle]

Like a normal GW paints have a sort of semigloss finish. When i airbrushed it, it came out like super super matt

Just curious why that happened.

I redid it and it came out fine. Just curious what i did wrong the first time

[mint merlin]

huuuuh

GW paints don't have a semi gloss finish

well it depends on the paint obviously, some technicals or shades can have a gloss finish

but "normal" paints don't

[white tangle]

Yes they do? unless im mislabelling what the term is, i guess. Besides GW offwhites that is. Those are matt

Maybe i got my terms wrong, but thats semi-gloss.

[brisk vapor]

It's called satin

And yeah citadel paints are known to have a satin finish

[white tangle]

I thought semi gloss and satin are the same thing ngl. The halfway point.

[brisk vapor]

I suppose you could say that as well, haven't really heard much people use semi gloss to describe satin myself

[white tangle]

Google says its a spectrum. While i said its the halfway point. So i guess both just lean towards separate sides, so im in the wrong. Its satin.

[round bison]

It may have to do with the paint drying slightly as it gets blown through the air

[compact umbra]

i have never heard of that before

oh wow

[upbeat carbon]

May I know the base miniature used for 3rd from left and the middle one?
Good carapace-looking-like design is hard to come by…(not saying Scions or Kasrkin are bad but they are a tad obvious/potentially misleading)

[short pawn]

What?

Why are scion and kasrkin armor misleading?

[mint merlin]

I think he means it's too emblematic of either scions or karskins, so it's hard, even if you paint it over and kitbash the mini, to make it look like a completely unique miniature

[peak flicker]

WIP

[wild monolith]

Wip

[sick ledge]

No thats a chemical reaction from the paint not having enough binder in it

[sick ledge]

full gloss, gloss(this isnt official but its used due to some wall coatings), semi-gloss, satin, sheen, eggshell, matte, "super matte"||super matte isnt a real thing and its also a really bad thing too since the pvc is too high for a varnish and paint||

full gloss is 70-90% gloss, semi-gloss is 41-69%, satin is 26-40%, sheen is 15-25%, eggshell is 10-15%, and matte is below 10%

[sick ledge]

does any of that make sense? NOPE not to anyone

[upbeat carbon]

Aye that be my meaning, thanks

[sullen plinth]

It doesn't suppose to be semigloss)) If it is, it means you didn't shake it good enough)

[hushed tangle]

3rd from left is a body from inquisitorial henchmen box. The middle is a fw hired gun from collection 2

[white tangle]

Is there any way to prevent this?

[sick ledge]

calculate the cpvc by measuring the film albedo of the paint then adding in a high solids binder to counter act the effects

[silver thorn]

I got a corvus blackstar for cheap off ebay and I'm happy there are lots of details left to paint

its a good time to pick up deathwatch models 🙂

[median flame]

Very nice Crimson Fists friend

[wild monolith]

My thanks

[white tangle]

Yeah, i think ill just take it on the chin and hope it works out lol

[shut forge]

Commander and her dog

Tried to darkest dungeon the eyes

To avoid painting eyes lmao

[scarlet urchin]

7 out of 10 of my Vet Guards are magnetised!

[peak flicker]

WIP

[calm tundra]

And my first mini is (mostly) done! I feel that it's not that bad, but it definetly could be better. I'll gladly accept any tips and criticisms

[sick ledge]

you can throw some satin or gloss medium in to help fix it slightly because remember, matte agents are filler agents which means you have to reduce pigmentation or reduce the binder to add it in

so satin will help more than matte medium will and you'll need less

[cold bear]

br*h

we praising the god emperor with this one 🗣️ 🔥

[wary sonnet]

Are the bananas still a good option?

[weary kettle]

They still look cool so yes

[teal nest]

I made a killteam

[wary sonnet]

What legion/warband?

That axe is obviously borrowed from World Eaters.

[upbeat carbon]

I am slightly torn.
Should I gamble on Codex Agents re-introducing Terminator Inquisitors…?
(The Navigator in the Ordo Xenos set hints a Legends Datacard will be made into a Codex entry, so…)

[wary sonnet]

Terminator inquisitors?

[olive vine]

got into minis a week ago

[wary sonnet]

Incinerator.

[upbeat carbon]

Inquisitors wearing Terminator armour.
They used to be a thing until GW shunted them into Legends for 10th.

[wary sonnet]

Makes sense, since inquisitors aren't augmented for the most part.

And you need geneseed to be compatible with space marine armor.

Including terminator suits.

[upbeat carbon]

Hm, I guess GW is retconning some of their own lore then. Even then, there is rare precedence for non-Astartes to wear Termie Armour.
Kor Phaeron from Horus Heresy, for example. Yes he has gene and cybernetic augments, but he is definitely not Astartes…and he still rolls around in Termie armour.

[wary sonnet]

There was also Luther.

But they were exceptions.

Since they were augmented in some ways.

[upbeat carbon]

But I suspect you are right in the long term, it does feel like GW is aiming for some weird power armour embargo (aside from named Inquisition characters)

Outside of Custodes, Sisters and Marines (loyal or chaos)

[wary sonnet]

Sisters have an off-shoot of a power armor.

[upbeat carbon]

True, but power armour nonetheless.

[ocean pendant]

Behold Astor Sabbathiel wearing Terminator armour

[teal nest]

Unidentified undivided faction

[teal nest]

Damn that looks dope but a little small

[ocean pendant]

Yea it's pretty cool, but I need to have a word with whoever decided the comic needed two close up panels showing her bare feet

and it's not that small

Like she's smaller than the servants without the armour and like twice their height wearing it

[upbeat carbon]

There is also that one dude from Dark Heresy

A clearly normal human who ends up wearing Termie armour as well

But really I am just hoping Inquisitors don’t need to feel that embarrassed only having Carapace armour lol.
That and I need something armoured to accompany my definitely-wearing-a-Spyrer-suit Rogue Trader

[wary sonnet]

Consider making them the pirates.

[teal nest]

I don’t have any pirate stuff 😦

[upbeat carbon]

Red Corsairs

Bonus, you even get to paint formerly loyalist individuals if you like

Red Corsair’s entire Schtick is Home for Troubled Renegade Astartes from Loyalist Chapters.

And no need for actual pirate bits, GW pretty much just treats them as Chaos Marines anyways.

[visual turret]

oh the invictus warsuit! swag

[wary sonnet]

How's this for a golden boy?

[visual turret]

im painting a jump pack captain and I'm not sure if I paint the engines

[rare hornet]

I think a simple silver and black wash will do it fine

[visual turret]

Oops too late