40k-minis-and-armies

[runic imp]

Correct!

[mint dove]

@sick ledge any advice on the cloak?

Besides painting the bones and staples

[golden night]

do not shoot the marine

[urban drum]

3+ save ignore piercing hes probably gonna live

[brisk vapor]

Nice

[simple thorn]

Ewoks or Jawas?
The former are teddy bears, the latter are the guys going around Tatooine in sand crawlers

[rare hornet]

Your everyday friendly neighbourhood watch member

[jaunty trail]

Lets start to build the base decorations...

[rare hornet]

Ah I see, you’ve taken the true son of Dorn approach, those better be real bricks

[jaunty trail]

this is modeling clay

[rare hornet]

Diet bricks then

[jaunty trail]

will be fine when done ^^

[rare hornet]

If you don’t support them with proper foundations I will tell Dorn

[jaunty trail]

Those will be ruins of a medival styled housing of someone... My redemptor dread will stand in the middle of those ruins, defending the imperium in his eternal duty...

[rare hornet]

The Templars must not forget where they come from, fortifying positions is in their blood

[jaunty trail]

thats why the redemptor stand in this ruins... once the planet is secure again this sacred ground will be fortified

[rare hornet]

The best offence, is a good defence and all that

[jaunty trail]

But i'm still happy that i'm able to mould my own base decorations...

so i can ensure that the base will look like i want to

[rare hornet]

All memes aside, those bricks are looking good

[jaunty trail]

Trying to do my best ^^

[dry canopy]

those lightning effects on the armor are crisp

[sick ledge]

adding muscle texture to the underside

blend and glaze over layering

[mint dove]

All done!

[uneven meadow]

Skorpekh destroyers my beloved

[mint dove]

Already onto the next project

I'm painting them as khornegors

Except the shaman who is getting white fur because yknow...warptouch

[main mango]

Jawas mb

[simple thorn]

Hot DAMN do I love those axes

[uneven meadow]

Teseract glow and waystone green works wonders together

[simple thorn]

I think I have waystone green

[simple thorn]

Do you use anything underneath those, or is it just plastic/whatever primer/base ye use followed by those two?

Closest I managed to a proper glow was this guy, using a base of metallic silver, followed by Warp Lightning and painting over that with Tesseract Glow

[visual turret]

Tornus progress

@rare hornet witness my anti nurgle man uwu

[uneven meadow]

My glow process is painting over the area with a white base over whatever primer I got (most important step it makes glow 100x better)

Then add tesseract glow on top of the white

Then the tricky part is with the waystone green, u wanna do it in different layers, starting with the lighter areas then adding more on the areas u want it to be darker

I can post like a step by step later when I get the chance if u want

[simple thorn]

Might be helpful. Otherwise, got the basics - white, tesseract, then waystone

Wonder how to pull off Plasma glow with it

[craggy comet]

Gue'vesa I did

[urban drum]

He's getting the soul sucked right out of him in the warpstorm

[craggy comet]

That's what you look like when you turn your back on the emporer

[mint dove]

Progress on my test models

[mint dove]

Thin_your_paints.mp4

[craggy comet]

Never

(I don't know the ratios)

[mint dove]

Lmaoo its easy

Use your hand

[craggy comet]

Whar

[mint dove]

Thin your paint and draw a line on your hand

If it obscures the cracks on your skin it's too thick

If you can see your skintone through the paint its too thin, but can be good for glazes

[craggy comet]

Ah

Thank you

[mint dove]

If you can't see your skintone but can still see the cracks in your skin through the paint, it's perfect for a base coat

A good baseline is 1:1 for base coats but eventually you'll know by feel

Take some time and practice it

It's a fundamental skill

[craggy comet]

Like this?

[mint dove]

Yes

You can still see the detail in your skin but not your skin tone

Meaning the paint is thin enough to be opaque while not obscure detail on the model

[hollow goblet]

Flayed skin (and skin in general) has a lot more desaturated green involved than you'd expect, little washes of blue/green/yellow will help sell a sort of bruised look if you're going for less of a leathery vibe for the lighter sections

[hollow goblet]

Yo are the blades cast resin? looks really cool

[uneven meadow]

Nah just paint n gw plastic, I do however have a printed skorpekh lord I plan on working on

[urban drum]

did you varnish the blade with some kind of gloss

[hollow goblet]

How'd you get the green to pop so hard? I legit thought it was just transparent resin dyed green

[uneven meadow]

This is a rough explanation of what I did, ima post a lil thing here later of my steps with pics

[uneven meadow]

No gloss but the waystone green has a very glossy look where it has a lot of layers

[sick ledge]

just an FYI, tesseract glow contains a fluo pigment which means if you keep it in light it will fade or darken within a week. Just something to keep in mind when storing them

[uneven meadow]

I got all my minis in a box safe from the scary outside world thankfully

[spring siren]

I painted up my first mini. Anyone git tips on making the base look less like sand and more like dry earth?

[urban drum]

It kinda sounds like you shouldve used one of those cracking paints

[spring siren]

Idek what that is lol

[urban drum]

https://youtu.be/TvDZ0ssyAg0?si=tDVt1rAzhXiwdipm

[spring siren]

Ah. I see

Maybe ill just commit. Theyre on a desert planet now lol

[sick ledge]

paint it brown

[mint dove]

First fellgor done

[midnight locust]

Trying to get the red panels to pop a bit more. I’m thinking maybe a red orange highlight?

[white tangle]

Im pretty sure this is the case, but when a paint comes out more glossy than normal, is the primary culprit the fact that you just didnt shake it enough?

[tiny cairn]

You can put actual cracks in whatever you used to make the dirt, looks like exterior filler to me, using like a hobby knife gently, but it looks very creamy so it'd be easier for it to be sand, snow, or mud

[white tangle]

Also another question, does paint re*arder leave behind any significant residue after drying or does it just fully evaporate? Thinking about mixing it into my paint water but a bit scared it will damage my brushes.

[brisk vapor]

Typhus, Herald of the Plague God

Very enjoyable sculpt to paint for an older metal kit

[edgy jackal]

Christ that base is the stuff of machine made nightmares

Well done dude

[brisk vapor]

Appreciate it! The plinth is from the amazing Il Basetta

[signal plover]

Hell yea been following this for ever

[brisk vapor]

Happy to oblidge, it did take for ever too

[signal plover]

Now you gotta do the newer typhus with the same paint job

[brisk vapor]

Maybe some day 😄

got plenty of stuff on the backlog already

[sick ledge]

sort of yeah sometimes you can have shaken it enough but it'll come out glossy because temprature or moisture effected it

[sick ledge]

I wouldnt put it into the wash water, it really wont do anything if its in there unless you mean the water youre using to thin down paints, then no it wont damage the brush anymore than normal acrylics do

[midnight cairn]

Good stuff!

[bitter night]

Any blood angels armies?

[mint dove]

2nd fellgor done

[glass lintel]

Working on some arbites glamour shots

[urban drum]

With some baneblade rounds in view

[glass lintel]

I have some more pics to take, but I'm going for a sorta photo setup with their gear fullscale. Some 9mm rounds (yes I know they have shotpistols but 9s are the stereotypical cop round), a patch version of the logo I painted on their shoulders (pic related), and an extendable baton w/ holster that looks like the exact one on the models.

[jaunty trail]

Redemptor dread done... @rare hornet i hope Dorn would be pleased...

[rare hornet]

I can confirm that Dorn is viewing this with his usual blank and unemotional stare... I think that's a good thing?

[jaunty trail]

Aye.

[white tangle]

Do chalky/whiteish paints dry a lot faster than other paints or am i imagining it?

[golden night]

the citadel paints?

[white tangle]

Yeah, they are the ones im having issues with

[golden night]

yeah citadel white sucks

[willow horizon]

Squad goals, 2 more to go.

[mint dove]

Tell me if this rust pattern makes sense, I'm going to put rust paint along the rim and on the underside of the chaos station but along the brass divets I'm going to highlight because I feel like since he's constantly hitting that gong no rust would form

[sick ledge]

you arent. Paints dry via exothermic reaction and some pigments can delay or speed up that process

[visual turret]

Tornus is done

[golden night]

which demon did you sell your soul to for it to look this good

[river sierra]

Wyp Salemanders

[visual turret]

Ohh you flatter me!!! I’m really not that good

And there’s plenty on the model that could be improved on

The lantern could do some work

[visual turret]

Very clean!!

Make sure you smooth back down the boltgun barrel though

[river sierra]

Thanks! Totally forgot about the barrel, thanks for the hint

[visual turret]

How’ve you got such smooth coats on this boy then

Especially the Metallics on the gun

Soooo crisp and clean, very nice work

[river sierra]

Painted the model with grey primer, used a dry brush with white for highlights, than painted most of it with Army Painter Speed paints, they leave nice smooth coats

[neon heath]

oh no i lost my head to my occult term after priming 😭 it flew off the clip somewhere

[mint dove]

How would I paint purple with only the purple paints i have on hand? I don't wanna buy others

I only have Phoenician purple, genestealer purple and kakophoni purple

[sick ledge]

Add red or blue

More correct, add magenta or blue

[mint dove]

..explain lol

[sick ledge]

Mixing colors

Using what you have to get more color

[mint dove]

Not the best pictures but my phone was about to die

[hollow goblet]

Y'all I'm writing up some homebrew datasheets for thousand sons bc I'm sick of us only having one list

Gonna start by importing some stuff from CSM that feels appropriate

Do y'all reckon Dark Commune+ accursed cultists is balanced as-is? Was gonna basically import them into ksons and swap Dark Pacts for them having Cabal 2 bc there's 2 non-lobotomized pysker characters in the unit that could hypothetically provide points

Was thinking of maybe trying to get a lil wild with it and making it so you can try to roll to turn one of the torments into a chaos spawn but I feel like there's a good chance that's just outright busted

Also wanting to make Melee Rubrics + a Melee Character based on Sanahkt to lead them, some sort of Rubric disc sniper character and a sort of 3 man psyker artillery squad but I feel like I'm better off trying to get the models made before I try and write rules

I also kinda wanna make like a daemon summoner detachment where you're allowed to have up to 50% of your list in daemons instead of 25% and have it buff daemons, tzaangors and infernal masters just purely to try and make a strong ksons list that encourages you to use different models but I'm not sure how confident I am balancing something in completely uncharted territory like that

[mint dove]

My volumetrics are improving 🙂

[old socket]

Painting is still a work in progress but I have completely built my first 1k army list.

[mint dove]

He's all done!

[mint merlin]

I know it's supposed to look like he just slashed someone

but for some reason, my first thought was that he just did a wicked baseball shot

[mint dove]

I mean look at those veins. Bro is ready to play

[mint merlin]

the less popular alternative to Bloodbowl

Bloodbat

although some matches end up with the same amount of violence

[golden night]

dude, LED's in the knight. actual S tier

[fleet aurora]

Thanks! It was a serious pain, BUT.. Im happy with how it turned out.

[urban drum]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-40k-astartes-turn-astartes-turn-warhammer-40k-space-marine-warhammer-40k-astartes-space-marine-turn-gif-15925912834426228665

[simple thorn]

Oh hey, the Astartes from Astartes

[mint dove]

Think fast chucklenuts

Still a work in progress

[haughty ravine]

From my local store.

[wraith lynx]

Shes finally done

[willow horizon]

WiP

[fleet aurora]

Just finished up this Black Templar Chaplain conversion (just a quick cheeky head swap)!

[mint dove]

2 in one day? I spoil myself

[short pawn]

imo your best work

colors are striking

[mint dove]

Hell yeah!!

I like the little punches of color here and there

I saw the Box art ones and they just looked boring and flat

Like this just looks like nothing

It all blends into itself

[mint merlin]

lol, reference from that

[jaunty trail]

Emps Champ wip...

[golden night]

he's really happy!

even doing a thumbs up

[rare hornet]

Such a good model, especially for kitbashing ;3

[jaunty trail]

I will keep it original here...

[jaunty trail]

Thanks... Trying to do my best ^^

[rare hornet]

I kitbashed him into my custom chaptermaster

[jaunty trail]

I use him for my own Black Templars crusade so he will fit as regular epic hero

So that i can switch between Bayards Revenge mini & this mini... i like to have optical options

[rare hornet]

I already got one for my templars

[jaunty trail]

Understandable that you then use it as kitbash mini

[rare hornet]

Also I found that you can give him a cape

[jaunty trail]

Noice

[hollow goblet]

This doesn't seem too busted right?

Was trying to make a pseudo equivalent for Havocs for Ksons

Like a heavy weapons/artillery squad but more wizard flavoured

[brisk vapor]

it has a lot of rules

[hollow goblet]

Trying to sell the idea of each weapon being a magical artifact from each chaos god and you're encouraged to build the full squad with the same loadout and use them as specialised damage dealers

Yeah I went nuts trying to sell the flavour on the artifacts

[hollow goblet]

idk I feel like ksons works better if it has loaded datasheets and is just point costed appropriately yknow

[brisk vapor]

how many models is this

it seems silly powerful

[hollow goblet]

3 models

[brisk vapor]

deep strike with a marine killer flamer or flying character sniper unit that will kill any leader from pretty much any unit or two flavours of easy chaff clearers. Top it off with a very potent defence

this seems knight levels of power

Telekine Shield would be fine if it were like a 3" aura from the location you placed it from so you'd have to stay put to utilize it

[hollow goblet]

Yeah deep strike definitely seemed like a bit much I just wanted to help sell the idea of like "flamer equivalent is there so you can try to kill big stuff but you need to gap close" and I wasn't sure they'd be able to gap close

Like the idea was supposed to be wands are anti-chaffe machine gun, staff was your sorta allrounder that helps you not get ruined in melee as easily, flames were the highest damage output range super range limited and orb is a sniper rifle

[brisk vapor]

this seems a bit too powerful even for a single character unit

they are nice ideas though

but wouldn't want to play against it

[hollow goblet]

did I make it clear enough that you don't have all of the weapon profiles at once?

[brisk vapor]

yeah

[hollow goblet]

Yeah I might scrub the wargear abilities and see how it ends up feeling from there

[brisk vapor]

That might even out it a bit

I'd probably drop the invul too if you keep the shield

+4 is very very good especially for such many wounds

[hollow goblet]

Oh yeah true that was an oversight from the card I converted it from, fairly sure I took the exalted sorcerer and used that datasheet as a baselines for stats

[brisk vapor]

Ah

[past wharf]

So would this make good ruined industrial walls? Also the back side is kinda bad and I don’t really know how to fix it/work with it

[willow horizon]

Practice, practice, practice, practice

[sterile grail]

🤚

i present

hand

[hushed onyx]

Rock and stone!

[rare hornet]

Rock and stone brother

[plain violet]

Question:

Which primer would be best to use for Orks? Green or Black?

[compact umbra]

What color armor are you doing?

[plain violet]

They're Kommando Orks, so prolly a black Armor

[compact umbra]

Then black, just maybe dry brush white on top of the skin

So it’s lighter

[plain violet]

Thanks homes! I unfortunately don't have a dry brush, but I'll figure something out

[craggy comet]

I keep asking myself why I'm not buying any guardsmen to finish my gue'vesa squad only to then remember that it's 40 fucking dollars for 5 minis

It was 35 for a 10 pack back in 2017

[jaunty trail]

Wip update...

[mint dove]

So when do I put transfers on? At the very end of the painting process? Before topcoat?

[sick ledge]

red

[sick ledge]

after top coat because you put another one over it after

[mint dove]

Oh okay, so topcoat>gloss varnish over the decal spot then another coat?

What spray varnish do you use?

[sick ledge]

yes

[naive umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/monty-python-just-a-scratch-gif-13072864

[mint dove]

What topcoat do you use? Krylon?

[plain violet]

Siiiick!! I like it!

[mint dove]

How would you paint maggots?

[sick ledge]

I use KBS

[mint dove]

Had a busy day with the wife today but still had to make sure I Got my hour of painting done

[hushed onyx]

Is the beastman kill team still buy able? Can't seem to find ot

[urban drum]

you might be able to find some from 3rd party retailers

but id expect them to return with the reboxing theyve been doing

[hushed onyx]

Yeah
Wernt they out like a year?

Thanks I'll have a look

I'm just happy my local nerd store has the 1st edition starter kit for kill team
With actually plastic terrain instead of the cardboard looking stuff they have now

[urban drum]

which teams are in that one

[hushed onyx]

Kommandos and kriegers

Veteran guardsman

[urban drum]

thatd be 2nd edition then

[hushed onyx]

Whated the first one have? Am curious

Wait had a look. Ah first born vs tau I think

Tbh I really realised kill team was a thing when the trailer for 2nd came out

[rare hornet]

Got a bunch of spraying done before the winter weather kicked in

[midnight cairn]

You sprayed them sprue-grey? 😆

[rare hornet]

correct

Ad mech grey is my goto when I'm not painting them all red

[jaunty trail]

Lookin' solid! Have you seen my Emps Champ wip?

[rare hornet]

Ye I have, that sword looking spicy

[jaunty trail]

Thanks! Will post the finished mini when i have done the remaining shoulder pad and base decoration... Still thinking if i should use some pigments on the mini or not...

[rare hornet]

Look forward to seeing it maybe hold off on the pigments? He is a dark model already, you might risk making him darker?

[jaunty trail]

Having some sandish/light brown pigments for immitating fine dust...

[rare hornet]

oh that might work on the legs

[jaunty trail]

yup... but still a bit concerned that i might f*** this up cuz' i haven't really worked with pigments yet

[rare hornet]

I've never used pigments

[jaunty trail]

Only once on a Chappy mini... looked good there but the spots i used the pigments were much easier to reach then on emps champ...

[hollow goblet]

WIP infernal master proxy

First time I've bothered painting in weeks I think I need to go on meds or smth

[jaunty trail]

@rare hornet Einar Sigurdin has joined the Sabena Crusade...

[rare hornet]

Yeeeeeees

[jaunty trail]

I think i did a good job 🙈

[rare hornet]

I like the gold lettering you got going on,

[jaunty trail]

Actually the letters in the sword are yellow 😄

[rare hornet]

Well, close enough

[jaunty trail]

But i'm just pretty happy that even the pigment stuff worked out with some help of a YT tutorial

[rare hornet]

Only thing I would maybe add is you have the pigments quite high on his right leg, maybe worth considering having the pigments the same height all around his legs?

[jaunty trail]

not really... i like to have some "wind effect" by having those pigments...

[rare hornet]

Fair enough

[jaunty trail]

it's a desert themed base so it fits in my eyes

[mint dove]

I wanted a beakie helmet for my raven guard kill team and after 3 hours of searching

Not only did I find one

i found TWO of them

[golden night]

nice paint choice

kinda reminds me of helldivers for some reason

[peak flicker]

Or Hell Divers reminds you of 40K 👀 but yes thanks appreesh!

[jaunty trail]

Hive Fleet Jormungandr scheme nice. Nids of those hive fleet are decorating some of my BT mini Bases....

[peak flicker]

It was a tie between Jormungandr or Gorgon but I'm sure I'll paint more greensih schemes in the future

[jaunty trail]

Yellow is pain to paint 😄

[peak flicker]

I have more issues with red and white than yellow and greens lol

[jaunty trail]

Tbh i have no problems with red since i use slapchop technique on red 😄

[peak flicker]

Ah yes, someone who enjoys painting and doesn't want to get bogged down by over-perfectionism

[brisk vapor]

Spoilered for nudity,
Put about half an hour into these horns, managed to built up quite the neat texture to them quite quickly

[trim tundra]

That is some bomb ass painting. Amazing job.

[jaunty trail]

Thanks a lot!! ❤️‍🔥

[stuck gale]

Working on Imperial Fists

[naive umbra]

The edge weathering is really well done

[willow horizon]

The beginning of my DA Army

[jaunty trail]

Dorn is pleased.

[golden night]

is this a GW model

[rare hornet]

He begins :3

He’s currently on an extreme diet…

[marsh ravine]

Wanted to share some bases I’m working on, not letting me tho

[tiny cairn]

You must lose your grey goblin role, it will happen in a short amount of time

[marsh ravine]

🫡

[tiny cairn]

I'm not sure if it's purely time based or post based as well either way it's mostly just a bot/low effort troll countermeasure

[hollow goblet]

Baal Red contrast paint

That shit is magic, its contrast effect isn't fantastic but the coverage is ridiculously good

I don't think I've ever had to use more than one layer

[plain violet]

Wasn't the Green is was trying to go for, but it's a Green I actually kinda dig

[marsh ravine]

I like it. I’m also building Kommandos

[plain violet]

Niiice! What klan pain scheme you thinking?

[marsh ravine]

So i was gifted a Boss Snikrot model. I am building his Red Skull Kommandos, and giving them a jungle vibe since they live in the jungles of Armageddon.

I’m kinda going all in with basing them from scratch, nameplates on the bases, and writing little short stories of how they came into Boss Snikrots command. I named this Nob pictured, “GAZOB GOR” 🤓

I’d drop in a photo but not granted permissions yet… <@&735928989146939404> ?

[signal plover]

gotta talk more in chat to get the role that lets you post pics

(as I said that his name changed)

(I am but a fool)

[plain violet]

best way to do it, i think!

[tiny cairn]

Those bases are looking fresh

[mint dove]

Painting my traitor guard and I feel like I'm just gonna get them table ready, besides the ogryn these are gonna be pretty boring to paint

[cyan cloud]

Been a while since I've painted actively but now that I've got the Convict role, I'll share some of my old stuff in here every once in a while (don't want to spam the channel with everything at once)

1905th Solar Auxilia Ogryn Charonite

[brisk vapor]

No 😄
It's by MindworkGames and it's based on artwork by BROM

[plain violet]

Yep. I am in pain

[rare hornet]

I want them so baaaaad, but I’m not paying £80 for three 40 point models

[limpid idol]

I finished my repex and here's some photos

[stuck gale]

Thanks brother

[stuck gale]

Dorn is also proud

[mint dove]

The goats is loose!

[red folio]

Leman Russ has been released!!!

It's so tiny and cute! Available in 'EPIC' and 'tabletop' scale.

Get it here for free:
https://makerworld.com/en/models/781489#profileId-718638

[fleet aurora]

this is MIGHTY well done

[cyan cloud]

Tell me about it!!! Lmao

I have over 6k points in resin Solar Auxilia, I don't even like to think about the total cost...

[cyan cloud]

Thank you very much!

[rare hornet]

God DAMN

[rare hornet]

Progress it being made

[cyan cloud]

looking good, nice progress!

[jaunty trail]

Today my Votann will face Blood Angels in a 1k match...

Since the Index got some quite nice updates in october, i think they will do some severe damage to those Blood Angels

[glass forum]

I've been struggling with getting back to painting but this is my most recent

[deft fable]

WIP

• Extra HS WIP

[short pawn]

What the fuck thats so perfectly painted IM SO JEALOUS

[sinful depot]

It only took me 70+ hours of painting

I need to finish up guilliman today as well

[turbid brook]

Hrrrrmmmmmm I think the word bearers are getting their own faction

[faint lantern]

Planning to fill in the gaps in between those parts with liquid green stuff

[pastel grotto]

Wha

Wrong reply that looks cool tho

[faint lantern]

It was frustrating trying to piece them together

[brisk vapor]

Redid pretty much all of her skin, a lot better now but still lots to fix. Spoilered for nudity

[red folio]

Don't talk to me or my sons ever again!

I just love the 0.2 nozzle. Who knew FDM could be so detailed??

[golden night]

did you just scale down the model? i see some features that have changed proportions but the tracks are 1:1

[red folio]

Just scaled down.
There are 2 body options, and 6 (I think) cannon options.

Everything else is either due to lighting or the angle of the shot.

[golden night]

ha i never imagined just scaling alone would translate well to epic. that's pretty cool

[mint dove]

It makes no sense to me that new space marine boxes have raptor decals included but no actual raven guard ones

[mint dove]

How's it look so far?

I'm not sure how I feel about the yellow power fist

[jaunty trail]

Fist looks kinda "unfinished"... i would recommend to dirty down the fist with agrax earthshade and edge highlight afterwards with a brighter yellow/white... also i would recommend to strengthen the recess shading with some nuln oil afterwards

@mint dove did this with my Einhyr Champion like you can see and i think it looks pretty good

[brisk vapor]

Make it hazard striped

[haughty ravine]

(WiP) thoughts on the brown trousers? I'm not sure if I like them over just having them be a blue similar to his greatcoat, also I have no idea how I should paint his rifle, suggestions?

[sinful depot]

Maybe they are planning on doing something with raptors soon?

Idk im not complaining I have a joint force of ultramarines and raptors

[mint dove]

Ive never painted hazard stripes on something that big how would you reccomend going about it correctly so it looks like hazard striping and not "Bumblebee fist"

[mint dove]

Oh yeah this is just step 1, not all the base coats are down yet

[brisk vapor]

The trick is not to do them perfectly horizontal or vertical, have them diagonal

The back of his hand is probably the best part to do first and see if any other parts even need it

Meaning like this

[mint dove]

Ohhhh

I see why it looked wrong

What I'll probably do is go back and paint the whole fist averland sunset, then sponge some chipping onto the finger and knuckle parts like the paint has chipped off then do hazard stripes on the back of the hand

[red folio]

Thunderer/Destroyer, Macharius and even more Leman Russ variant have been released!
I just can't get enough of these teeny tiny tanks!!!
https://makerworld.com/en/@lordwaffles

Emperor help me when I actually decide to paint them.

[drowsy sparrow]

Technically not 40K minis but I wanted to show off on my rat scientist 😊

[tiny cairn]

Question about using inks to color clear resin for something like a water effect, do you actually need an ink or can you dilute a hobby paint for a similar effect?

[brisk vapor]

1.5 more hours on the skin

[golden night]

i can see where you're putting the most attention

[brisk vapor]

[compact umbra]

The teeth

[golden night]

jokes aside how the fuck did you paint the cloth so velvety red

[brisk vapor]

It's basically a single coat of kimera The Red and red ink mixed in

[rare hornet]

Bri'ish

[brisk vapor]

Vamp'ire

[signal plover]

such a good paint

[sick ledge]

what red ink?

there are like tons of red inks

[naive spruce]

womp womp

[willow horizon]

This was fun, 4 more to go.

[brisk vapor]

Amsterdam Carmine

[mint dove]

Thoughts on my plague ogryn so far?

[faint lantern]

Needs more fecal matter

[mint dove]

That will certainly come, I have typhus corossion and nurgles rot for a reason

[mint dove]

Done

[rare hornet]

Man, wiping must suck for him

[mint dove]

Ah yes, the 15 foot tall doors every house has

[astral vapor]

[weary nexus]

Current progress on my contekar team.

[white tangle]

By the way, when you layer, do you first palace the lights and then blend later or do you slowly build up with mixes?

[brisk vapor]

Depends but I find it a bit easier to start with higher contrast and highlights to the appropriate areas before working on the little details

[rare hornet]

Progress is a little slow, but we getting there

[slow quarry]

pic 3 looks like a hooded amogus

[rare hornet]

He is the imposter

[mint dove]

I'm getting the hang of flesh tearers again

[signal plover]

Sneaking these in here

[dreamy nebula]

Invocatus wip

[mint dove]

So ivw never really been good at layering but I wanted to give it a try

How'd i do?

[visual turret]

I made a responsible purchase yesterday

haheh

[visual turret]

JORMUNGANDR!!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS GO SOMEONE ELSE PAINTING THIS FLEET

[visual turret]

just realised I can give mortarion two pistols

lmao

[urban drum]

very heretical

[brisk vapor]

Improvements on the hair and started to work on the jewellery. Quite happy how this is turning out thus far

[urban drum]

[visual turret]

do I put his wings on before priming/painting

@rare hornet hey bestie its question time :3

[rare hornet]

Hello, what’s the question?

[ocean pendant]

It came to me in a dream, I had to build it.

[visual turret]

nvm I answered it myself x3

[ocean pendant]

The Command Sentinel

[visual turret]

I was debating glueing morty's wings on before painting

[rare hornet]

Oki, fair enough, I’d personally suggest not gluing, but to be fair I’ve never painted him so honestly not sure the best option

[visual turret]

I don't exactly have the best things to use to hold onto them

[rare hornet]

Ah okay, that makes sense

[mint dove]

What's a good ratio of paint to glaze medium/water for glazing? Vallejo reccomeds 1:1 paint to medium but that still leaves it realitively thick

[brisk vapor]

I don't really measure, I just thin it until it 'seems' right. Testing on skin or paper before applying to the model helpst a lot

[mint dove]

Do you use water and medium? Or just one or the other?

[brisk vapor]

Just water mostly, a few rare instances of medium but haven't tried both at the same time

[mint dove]

Okay I think that may be my issue, I'm under thinning it with medium so it comes out kinda gloopy

I'm gonna try to glaze some highlights on this one

[brisk vapor]

I don't think water + medium would cause any trouble though. Medium will just keep the consistency of the paint somewhat similar where ass water just .. waters it down. I lack the terminology and theory of it but that's just how I've experienced it

Guess it also depends on the medium

[mint dove]

Alrighty ill give it a go, while I'm trying to learn the right consistency what would be a good baseline? Something like 3:1 water to paint? Then tweak it from there?

[brisk vapor]

One reoccurring issue I see with people learning glazing is that they have way too much of the paint on the brush when applying it to the model this causing pooling and such, you ought to have very little paint left on the brush when going for glazing

[mint dove]

Yeah I did see the most important step is to tap your brush against a paper towel until the tide of water stops flowimg out

[brisk vapor]

For example, you can just stretch out a section of paint on the pallete and thin it gradually the further you go from base

[mint dove]

...I learned that after my first attempt when I touched the brush to the model and drowned it lol

I'll give it a go and show you tonight lol

[brisk vapor]

Sure, I'm heading to sleep now though so I'll catch that in the morning

[sick ledge]

Glazed medium does not change the consistency of paint. It just extends it so you get less pigmentation

[mint dove]

I see, so despite the name i shouldn't use it for glazing?

[sick ledge]

no you should as it does help. What hobby painters know as glazing isnt actually really glazing persay, its a velatura and its kind of confusing, even more so when you google glazing and follow instructions from paint companies on this stuff

[mint dove]

Yeah like vallejo says on their website to glaze, mix their paint 1:1 with glaze medium

[mint dove]

@sick ledge yeeeeah i think I'm gonna stick to layering

I'm awful at glazing unfortunately

[sick ledge]

you just need practice, you can get it right eventually.

[sick ledge]

yep, you;re looking for the delayed dry not the thinness

the delayed dry will make it smooth

[hollow goblet]

Y'all trying to clarify a rule here

If I'm using Kairos/LoC in a thousand sons list, I know I don't get the daemon army rule as part of my army, but do I still get the army rule as part of his aura ability?

My friend says that aura abilities like that exist independent to the army rule in cases like this and that I'd have the daemons rule but only as a bubble around Kairos

I can't see the bit of the rules that's supposed to clarify this tho

I've been using a unit of horrors + Kairos to deep strike into backline and cause problems and we aren't sure if the healing from the army rule would be applied or not because we don't get the rule: but it is written onto his datasheet

[sterile grail]

shit people will never see

[dreamy nebula]

Very nice edge highlighting

[sterile grail]

Thank you John Darktide

[sharp ginkgo]

Just working on gold trimming the relevant details, touching up any areas that i spilled into with black then hitting it with my necron steel combo of leadbelcher, drakhenoff nightshade wash and a runefang steel drybrush on the pillars

Also going to finish the ctan spirit in an orangey yellow combo to make usage of opposite colours to the blue im using

Then the painstaking effort of getting the little figures into position and glued in

Either that or im going to magnetise them

[signal plover]

this model visualizes how I feel after a white monster energy

[sharp ginkgo]

The shard itself?

[urban drum]

that seems like the better interpretation over being a floating pillar

[sick ledge]

I just saw it

[marsh ravine]

Played my first match with Kommandos yesterday

[sterile grail]

damn you got me

[brisk vapor]

Some work on the cape

[wary sonnet]

[naive spruce]

yo chat

lemme get some advice

should I

one finish paint my purple orks

or start back working on my DGs?

[plucky timber]

Finished after 39 hours of painting

[sick ledge]

DG because I dont know how you'd beable to see a purple ork

[mint dove]

Finally dialed in a flesh tearers scheme I'm proud of

[sweet sigil]

Wip solar auxiliary next thing to add is lighting on his armor any good advice

[mint dove]

Captian turning out well

[rare hornet]

That guardsman will see it, he will know

[sterile grail]

Hehe, it's strange because I've used more different colours on this guy than the space marines.

dudes def vibrant af

[urban drum]

very cool edging

[visual turret]

Gonna convince my brother to get me the Retaliation Cadre for Christmas

[rare hornet]

‘Politely’ request, with force if you must

[visual turret]

Changed my mind lol I’ve seen the sizes of the lads and I’m less tempted now

[rare hornet]

I mean, fair. Battlesuits are comically large at points

[peak flicker]

WIP

[sterile grail]

Body No.2

[thin meteor]

nice

[rare hornet]

That’s the vape done

Vape?

Alright, yeah sure we’ll go with that

[open fox]

my first guy

[peak flicker]

More wip

[visual turret]

Very brave….. I’m getting started

Also these beauties x

[subtle obsidian]

Ooo nice AC minis

[rare hornet]

The big stinky

[sterile grail]

Helmet goes hard

[turbid brook]

Virgin Traitor Leader vs Chad Kasrkin

Btw the helmet looks sick as fuck

[tiny cairn]

how you gonna base it tho?

[cyan cloud]

Forgot to share the entire squad pic the other day!

Also, in case you're wondering just how big the Ogryn Charonite are (they are freaking huge) here's a scale image I took a long time ago

They could literally tackle a Sentinel lol

[cyan cloud]

I am so jealous of how well you paint skin tone, really impressive. 🤩

[sick ledge]

I need to build mine

[sick ledge]

its much easier if you mix your own skin tone colors

doing out the pot colors for flesh makes it much harder to get creamy blends weirdly enough

[cyan cloud]

I tend to on a wet palette but skin, especially shading on it like Jerk is doing, is a major Achilles heel in painting for me.

[cyan cloud]

yeah this is especially true with the GW paint line, if you just try to use them raw there's way too much weird color blending

[sick ledge]

the trick to skin shading is to ignore all mini painter advice and learn from canvas painters. The color you want for shading is violet

violet will do the same thing as blue but not make it look like a five'o clock shadow

[cyan cloud]

damn, I really like this suggestion, thank you! I'll keep it in mind in the future

[sick ledge]

If you can get it, ultramarine violet is a really wonderful shade paint for skin. Its low tint strength and metameric so it enhances natural light and shadows a lot without overwhelming the skin tone

it will look shaded too but a more delicate shaded instead of harsh. I have something here shaded with it

if I can find it I'll post a picture

[cyan cloud]

awesome, thanks! That would be great!

[cyan cloud]

oh that's nice, it adds a really subtle shading to it!

[sick ledge]

not a great example but its right in front of me

[cyan cloud]

I get what you're saying though, I'll keep it in mind in the future! I really appreciate the tip

[sick ledge]

No problem 🙂

[visual turret]

Stage two…..

[mint dove]

Putting the finishing touches on my captain

[sterile grail]

pretty simple, some agrax badland, the paint over and some gloss for mud effect

[brisk vapor]

Thank you kindly!

[golden night]

i'd be genuinely surprised if you don't sell your models afterwards. that shit's professional

[brisk vapor]

Thanks 😄
afraid not though. I've only done one piece as a commission but the rest are for my shelves

[sick ledge]

its generally not worth it to sell the peices after. Very few people can afford them is they costed the price they should, which would be around $15,000 (assuming the hourly is $30 USD)

[golden night]

bruh no artist is paid fairly

in any sector

[sick ledge]

I am. I make $150/h

but yeah most artists arent

hence why i donate most of my money to artists who are struggling

[brisk vapor]

miniature painting/bust painting is a niche within a niche so it's doubly difficult to be noticed as an artist and find people willing to pay decently for it

[sick ledge]

They also grossly undervalue themselves a lot

Very few people can be a fulltime commission artist for this hobby and even then its all about speed and not about quality

[restive hearth]

Posting this here too: come join the imperial agents server if you want to play inquisition or rogue traders! It’s a good community and they’ve managed to make agents work competitively.

https://discord.gg/Q85XU2b6

[mint dove]

When shouldn't I spray clear coat weather wise?

It'll be about 60 degrees when I get home tomorrow and then it's gonna rain thursday-thursday

If I warm up the can before I spray should I be fine?

[brisk vapor]

avoid rain and humid weather

temperature doesn't affect it that much if the can is warm

[mint dove]

Okay cool I'll warm up the can first and try it

[brisk vapor]

(don't do it by fire, hot tap water. You probably know that but just making sure)

[mint dove]

Ahh beans I was gonna have roasted clear coat for dinner

Thanks alot jerk. My dinner party is RUINED

[brisk vapor]

[mint dove]

So i tried using decals

I put on gloss varnish

Microset and a few layers of microsol and it's still crinkling like this, how do I fix it?

[brisk vapor]

keep going over it with microsol

let it dry between passes

use a q-tip and softly apply some pressure to squeeze it flat

[mint dove]

The main problem I'm having is when I put the decal on the part it doesn't sit even close to flat

Like entire sides of the decal are sticking up and I have to poke and prod at it which leads to these awful wrinkles

[brisk vapor]

doesn't matter, it'll flatten out when the microsol softens it up

[mint dove]

Okay so if I place the decal on the part and it's not even close to flat just let it dry and come back with microsol until it is?

How long does it usually take to dry

[brisk vapor]

yeah

depends on the decal shape and surface but usually like 4 or 6 passes is enough

just let it dry first

https://youtu.be/5l_D3Azp4bw

[mint dove]

Maybe I wasn't letting it dry long enough i was putting coats on under 5 minutes from the last

I need to work on my patience

[brisk vapor]

Yeah, the clip I linked explains it pretty well iirc. I remember watching this when it came out and used it as a basis of my own knowledge

[mint dove]

I love sonic sledgehammer, he explains everything in a way that i absorb nicely

Also he only uses 1 paint brand for his tutorials which I find very handy

I hate when I'm following a tutorial and they have vallejo,ak,scale 75 etc on the same model lol

[sterile grail]

Sometimes I just use microsol only, and I rarely gloss when applying decals though gloss helps reinforce the surface and allow the decals transfer easily.

Microset lets you remove the transfer though if you stick it in the wrong place after drying it out iirc?

or water should be fine too idk

[mint dove]

@brisk vapor thanks for the advice!

Thersz still 1 or 2 minor little wrinkles but with the "3 foot rule" it looks perfect

[brisk vapor]

Hell yeah

[red folio]

I simply can't stop designing and printing these tanks!
Any idea/tips on how to easily paint EPIC scale tanks?

All for free, right here: https://makerworld.com/en/@lordwaffles

[brisk vapor]

These are quite cool yeah

[rare hornet]

I think the tiny Crassus is adorable

[brisk vapor]

here's a couple I painted when the Legions Imperialis dropped, ask away if you've got anything specific to ask

[obtuse beacon]

my first ever painted mini

[mint dove]

But just to make sure I get it better next time the steps are 1. Gloss varnish 2. Layer of microset and set the decal 3. Soak a tip I'm microset and roll it on 4. Once the microset dries take some tissue and gently press into the decal 5. Brush on microsol and then roll a wet qtip over the decal between applications to flatten it more

Am I missing anything?

[brisk vapor]

step 4 might be redundant but that's about it

varnish isn't mandatory

[edgy jackal]

https://youtu.be/tf_DSVnw1UI?si=0ep-mRG7fUnTvCub

[mint dove]

Alright thanks! And how long should I usually let each application of microsol dry?

[brisk vapor]

never really measured, I just went with touch feel and visuals. When it looked and felt dry I did another pass

[mint dove]

Will do, it's nice to know no matter how good I get there's still so much to learn with this hobby

[sick ledge]

There is only a lot if you choose it to be that much to be fair

you're actually trying to get good so it seems like a lot

[night fiber]

I painted smth

[sinful depot]

Tank progress

[golden night]

what's up with that demolisher's turret

also based armageddon pattern basilisk

[latent sierra]

Hey guys for recess shading should I use normal black or a shade paint? I found if I use shade paint I get horrible spilling issues on my miniature that I spend an hour cleaning up. So I'm thinking of maybe trying the next one with normal black for recessshading

[brisk vapor]

I often start with the shaded areas so I don't have to go back to just for that reason, i.e. black or dark base paint and work myself up from that

[brisk vapor]

Spent the evening fixing airbrush malfunction splotches but almost done now. Now I just need to buy a hand drill to get this attached to the plinth I have for her 😅

[red folio]

Oh yeah, made it look like the KV2 tank turret. I loved the derp cannon from playing WoT so I just had to make it.
But it's all modular, you can freely swap turrets, cannons and tracks between just about any tank.
I even made a Chimera that can hold 3 turrets. Because, more DAKKA more better?

[mint dove]

And soon I will know EVERYTHING

[mint dove]

Forgot to ask, I see that some people cut certain decals (like the inverted omega for UM) is there any way I can cut these to make them lay better? Or is this as good as I'm gonna get since they're basically jagged circles

[wary sonnet]

One (1) rat.

[sick ledge]

Red isnt a primary color

[mint dove]

I quit

[sick ledge]

Blue isnt a primary color

[mint dove]

THEN WHAT THE FUCK ARE PRIMARY COLORS

[sick ledge]

Cyan, Magenta, and yellow

[sick ledge]

any day you are free I will give you another color theory lesson and you know how intense those are

"how the fuck did you mix a neon purple out of a dark green????"

light wavelengths my dude, light wavelengths

[golden night]

i didn't paint this shit but i modelled this and it's kinda 40k

i'll spend 4 weeks straight modelling a prop gun but the moment i grab a paint brush i fall asleep

[willow horizon]

WiPs

[sterile grail]

I see two points to love about this model.

[brisk vapor]

Yeah can't really cut those

[mint dove]

Okay found 2 issues of why I was having trouble

1 I wasn't letting the microset sit long enough to do it's work, it "looked" dry after 2 minutes but wasn't fully dry til around 10

And 2. I wasn't pressing down with enough pressure when putting on the microsol so it wasn't flattening

Went from this to this in 1 application with both tips

[brisk vapor]

good shit

[golden night]

does anybody here know about painting props

how do i make it so it doesnt instantly get scuffed

varnish?

[brisk vapor]

pretty much I'd recon

[sick ledge]

we used automotive varnish when I worked on a movie in props

rustoleum to be exact

[golden night]

the more i learn about your background the less i understand

[sick ledge]

I'm old and bounce around a lot of jobs because of nepotism

lol

I have a very intense backstory that only anime protagonists can match

[mint dove]

Did a pretty good job on thr decals but I think I need to thin the gloss varnish a bit more next time

Also I think my new recipie for flesh tearers armor is absolutely perfect

[midnight cairn]

It looks fantastic of course, but I'm curious why you didn't go with a bit of contrasting color for the jewelry?

[brisk vapor]

Thanks!
I was thinking about painting the necklace jewellery blue, based them as such at first but I felt it would've been too separate from the whole. The torso gems were shaped like droplets so I wanted them to represent blood drops. Now the whole thing is basically composed with 6 paints + black in total which I liked doing. I don't think you always have to have complementary colours present even though it is a very safe option to go with.
If something I could have maybe done better with a brunette or ginger hair to keep the palette even more limited

[midnight cairn]

I think, gold could also look nice. Thank you for explaining your thinking 🙂

[brisk vapor]

Gold would be nice actually, didn't really even cross my mind. Not sure if I want to go back and test it anymore though

[urban drum]

green would do it i reckon

[white tangle]

Btw anyone with warhammer +, are the tutorials actually worth it? Do you think they give some good advice?

[brisk vapor]

They're alright, haven't watched nearly all of them though

the early ones I did were pretty decent at least and as far as I know the latter ones are at least as good or better

[sick ledge]

not really, you get better ones on youtube

[stuck gale]

Work in Progress

[golden night]

not worth the subscription cost if i can put it that way

[rare hornet]

Nôkrid Ironfist is now starting to live up to his namesake

[graceful night]

Just finished my first ever Boi!

[urban drum]

neato, going to do the base as well?

[graceful night]

I intend to! I am taking things slow and learning bit by bit

[mint dove]

Grenadier looking good?

[dawn stream]

Knight legs

[visual turret]

Yesssss I love Cerastus pattern knights

Current wip

The stinky boy is on the way toward being fully based

[sick mason]

wow, that's sick. curious to the result

[deft fable]

I'm also on him 🫣

Did you use slanesh grey on wings ?

[sick ledge]

Wip

[brisk vapor]

what warband is this, yours?

[visual turret]

Nahhh wraithbone prime and then another drybrush of wraithbone

Daemonette hide on the purple for the wing spine bits

[visual turret]

Lovely use of contrasts BTW!!!

[sick ledge]

a friends. If I was going to do it it would be black and silver

[brisk vapor]

ah, is there a reason for the teal arm?

[sick ledge]

Guy liked the colors

special weaponry are a full teal arm

[brisk vapor]

valid enough

[sick ledge]

I like the colors too

its unique but not

it reminds me of crimson fists

[brisk vapor]

[sick ledge]

I know, rare of me to post pictures

See @mint dove I post my work too sometimes

I just cant paint for shit

[midnight locust]

Krieg refresh looking nice

[sick ledge]

I havent seen it yet, did they start doing the tanks in plastic?

[midnight locust]

No tanks

[sick ledge]

fuck

We need plastic kreig tanks

I want krieg parking lot

[rare hornet]

The heresy russ works well for a substitute

[sick ledge]

If only, my store wont let me do that unfortunately.

[rare hornet]

Oh what? Boooooo, they're no fun

A leman russ is a leman russ

[sick ledge]

official stores are either ok or aawful, they are rarely good

[rare hornet]

Fine, then run malcadors

They exist in 10th and are heresy vehicles

[sick ledge]

those are plastic kits now?

My local store doesnt carry heresy anything because of how small it is

they are getting rid of the tables soon to make room for shelves so I dont have to worry much

[rare hornet]

Yeah they're all plastic or going plastic except the defender variant

[sick ledge]

damn... the defender is one of the ones I wanted

I like derp guns

Thankfully I only play meme lists and only play when a friend drags me out so I dont have to care about metas

[rare hornet]

Annihilator gets the demolisher too

The defender just gets 7 heavy bolters to go with

[sick ledge]

Yes. those are required for every tank

more guns more better

[rare hornet]

Yeah that rule for needing the 40k models is no fun

[sick ledge]

its very lame

[rare hornet]

I've got a heresy heavy sentinel I'm using for an armoured sent

[sick ledge]

heresy stuff looks better

[rare hornet]

Agreed, just looks super cool

[white tangle]

If I want to glaze with cadian fleshtone, what should I add to stop it from going chalky? Flow improver or medium?

[sick ledge]

glaze medium

you're looking to add more gloss technically

you're trying to cover the pigment more to reduce surface scattering of light particles

top is gloss, middle is satin, bottom is matte

[restive hearth]

Directions unclear fell off a boulder into the ocean and died

[naive spruce]

I do not have a yellow

[visual turret]

More work to do still

[urban drum]

https://youtu.be/VCH1jW9e6xE

[oblique socket]

i feel quite happy for the eldar players. they finally got some new stuff

[sick ledge]

yeah thats a common reaction to my classes

Ive had 6 students die from falling out windows

[mint dove]

If I didn't point it out could you tell what's wrong with this model

[oblique socket]

besides the paint on the base? no not really

[mint dove]

Okay good

@sick ledge can you see it?

[sick ledge]

mold line

[mint dove]

Yes I forgot that one but not what I was looking forb

I fucked up on the decal placement

I put it too much to one side

[sick ledge]

yeah I noticed that but I dont expect perfect placement

[mint dove]

I always mess up on thr one where the arms are up or outstretched

But other than that pretty good paint job eh?

[sick ledge]

its easy to mess up

[sick ledge]

it is an improvement yes

[mint dove]

Getting better every day

[hollow goblet]

Y'all how do Cerastus knights scale against Magnus/Lord of Change?

Wanna see if I can convert a knight Lancer for ksons and rework the lance into a staff using extra bits and add a third arm holding Magnus' Kopesh but I'm not sure if the scale is gonna line up properly

Tbf it wouldn't be the worst thing ever for the Kopesh to be small bc it would read more as a dagger, but yeah I can't find any pics of the two next to each other to try and gauge scale

[obtuse laurel]

Here's Magnus next to a knight

[solar kraken]

https://tenor.com/view/jambajew-steve-brule-stare-gif-18457155

[dawn stream]

That's a Questoris Knight

Cerastus Knights are almost twice as tall

A Questoris goes up to a Cerastus' waist

Cerastus Lancer and a Questoris Knight

I'm working on a Castigator at the moment

[haughty ravine]

He's just a little baby

[wary sonnet]

Bought the BT combat patrol.

Did I make a wise decision?

[urban drum]

maybe

[wary sonnet]

Well, what did you expect from the eldar?

[brisk vapor]

very fair

[white tangle]

So could you deal with the chalkiness later on by using a varnish or medium over the top?

[open fox]

Fish

Fire caste serves us proud

[obtuse laurel]

@dawn streamwell, I did say it was next to 'a' knight 😅 😁 , I also didn't realize a Cerastus was that much taller than a Questoris 😮
Looks like GW needs to make a bigger Magnus

[sick ledge]

to some extent yes

[wary sonnet]

He may not be Malos, but he'll get the job done.

[open fox]

is that a mace or chainsword

[wary sonnet]

Mace.

[open fox]

bashy boy

[wary sonnet]

I give one to all units who can wield one.

Since its on brand for the WB.

[mint dove]

He is done

[naive spruce]

yk apparent even white means something in the orks

White means Deadly

[wary sonnet]

I think they can thank Jaghatai for that.

Either him or the Luna Wolves.

[naive spruce]

i can see te Khan doing it, hes a fast lads after all

[wary sonnet]

Supposedly he made the orks run away because he was killing them so damn fast.

[prime crown]

Needed grandae launcher for my guard so I retrofitted one for my loyalist beastman, added more granades and purity seal so everyone knows he's legit

[rare hornet]

The Mc’ Fist

[dawn stream]

The Finger of Doom

[mint dove]

I feel like i went a bit too far in some places but I'm happy with it

Yes I know there are still mold lines, no I am not fixing them

[sick ledge]

😦

||I only kid||

mold lines on 40k things are annoying as fuck

I randomly find them after Ive painted things too

[mint dove]

lmao I finished the model, saw the mold lines and went "Drez is gonna clown me for this but I ain't fixing them

[sick ledge]

you called it right

I will clown on you for it

and only you

[mint dove]

But at least the paint job around the mold lines is pretty good

[glad sparrow]

Idk why I can’t post mine

[sick ledge]

need to be a higher level, just chat more and you'll get it quickly

[open fox]

Chose farsight enclave

[sterile grail]

from 1 to 10 how gritty is this fella

or should I say, metal af

[plain violet]

Solid 9/10

I like it

[glad sparrow]

Thankyou

[open fox]

what is the model?

[mint dove]

He is done.I had a little incident with the decal, used too much microsol so it started to melt and slide so it's a little warped

[wary sonnet]

Don't you hate it when you buy a combat patrol and it only has 3 bases?

[urban drum]

hows that happen

[plain violet]

Honestly, I like it

[sterile grail]

Second guy WIP really enjoyed this one so far

[open fox]

These are awesome

Are they vampires lmao

[open fox]

Opened in the store 😭

[sterile grail]

might as well be haha

[neon heath]

anyone here painted any leagues of votann?

[brisk vapor]

Yes, one model

[neon heath]

i got the yaegirs killteam set and was curious as to color schemes, a little tough finding info on what to pain them as

[brisk vapor]

there arent that many official schemes, maybe 8 or so iirc

I painted mine with my own scheme

purple with yellow ochre accents

[neon heath]

ooo i like that, purple is my fav color and im pretty sure there is a clan with that as primary color

[brisk vapor]

One day when I have all the time in the world I will continue this scheme to a full army that I've bought already

[neon heath]

thats beautiful! i love it

[brisk vapor]

much appreciated

[neon heath]

im currently painting my first ever army, which is thousand sons that i bought a couple years ago

i probably shouldve started with rubrics instead of termies xD

[steady wren]

Question for my fellow army painter wet pallette havers, this might seem like a silly question but do you guys find it... Not working? As in it feels like the paints don't quite last as long as you'd expect

[sick ledge]

not enough moisture in the palette what kind of papers are you using?

[steady wren]

I feel like I might be using too much water, paint tends to kinda... Trail off and off the paper, I use the army painter paper

[rare hornet]

Changed my mind and went back to the old flesh I used

[hollow goblet]

GW do stuff like that pretty frequently and it's a nightmare getting them to sort it out if you didn't buy direct

I'm still down 2 Tzaangor sprues out of my disciples box and I'm salty as hell about it bc it's a super well known issue to the point where it must be like a quarter of the boxes that were missing half the tzaangor sprues

[sick ledge]

Yeah, you basically need to drown the army painter ones

Iirc they use a melamine sponge which doesn't absorb water well

[urban drum]

He seen stuff

[mint dove]

Almost done, gotta finish the purity seal and matte coat the pauldron

[dawn stream]

Still working on ye olde Knight Castigator

[white tangle]

Is talarn flesh the old cadian fleshtone?

or whatever it was called

[urban drum]

seems like it was

[urban drum]

porcelain throne

[sick mason]

is the transfer on that shoulder pad handmade or sticker thingy?

[urban drum]

its from a decal transfer sheet

[sick mason]

has a cool effect that it's damaged a litle

[prime crown]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/195404877688602624/1310628614030757888/IMG_7853.jpg?ex=6745e983&is=67449803&hm=27742f5c24a0d88f1e7458c7a57d9a2770169903a87131460fb7e63f86e1da28&

[urban drum]

[plain violet]

Lord Have Mercy

[prime crown]

I wanted my own Blanche like little guy (woman)

[tiny cairn]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spritz/spritz-precision-painting-with-every-spray?ref=b3cb1m&gad_source=1 @sick ledge Do you know if this is worth it vs a conventional airbrush?

[sick ledge]

it doesnt seem like it would be tbh

Its not even some new design, its just a micro version of something I used to paint cars

[tiny cairn]

Do you have a go-to for airbrushes?

[sick ledge]

Iwata and Harder & Steinbeck

I have multiples of both

Gaahlari is good for a cheapo starter airbrush

their higher end models arent worth it over iwata or H&S

[tiny cairn]

I've heard good things about Iwata

[sick ledge]

its one of the best brands on the market

[tiny cairn]

Can you skimp on compressors/are they cross compatible?

[sick ledge]

Sort of

I skimpped on mine a little but it was still 150

[tiny cairn]

Does your compressor work with all of your different airbrushes or do you have multiple?

[mint dove]

Took a break from flesh tearers

[sick ledge]

I have 18 compressors and 35 airbrushes now technically but most are industrial ones. My hobby one fits most of them.

[hollow goblet]

Honestly SoT's are probably the easier of the two to paint

I found it way easier to paint trim when the armour panels were bigger

[marsh ravine]

Snikrot and his Red Skull Kommandos

[rare hornet]

“That man, over there, crease his Jordans*

[neon heath]

sick dude!

[hollow goblet]

Does anyone have a good reference for making homebrew kill team cards?

Trying to use battlescribe but it actually sucks so bad and is ugly as sin

[open fox]

Looking goood

[sick mason]

You can see you're a beginner, but it looks very good already. For the white parts you can use some oil to create some depth. And for highlights you can go with a dark colour and then lighter and lighter and lighter. That creates a cool effect too

[visual turret]

Big man is done

[short pawn]

Holy shit this is so cool

[sinful depot]

I mean I'm not a total beginner been doing this for a year now, but giving advice is good, rn I'm just testing if I like castellan green on my raptors or if I'm keeping it on death guard, I'm thinking I'm going to use heavy units a dark green where my lighter troops will have the death guard base lol

[sick mason]

oh, damn, sorry then.... it just seemed that way.... but hey looks good

my dad plays ultramarines too, cool

[sinful depot]

Its all good I didn't say that I was just testing it, but everything you gave was great advice! I personally have a joint unit set up between my ultramarines and raptors just cause I like the idea of running two chapters, I know I lose the perk of only running ultramarines but it is what it is

[sick mason]

😁 thanks.... i'm just 15 so i'm happy that i can give some advice at all

[sinful depot]

Hey man everyone starts somewhere! You got all the time to grow and keep on improving! At the end of the day as long as the models you paint make you happy and satisfied then that's all that matters!

Honestly the painting is new too me I did a lot of pen and ink and drawing way back when so learning this has been a steady adventure

[sick mason]

i would love to show u the models i paint.... but for some reason i can't send pics here

[sinful depot]

Hmm I think there is either a perm you need to apply for or you get one after a certain amount of time in the server, i think you need the convicts role but I don't remember how I got it either

[sick mason]

okay, well if i can you're the first to see my models

i play with Raven Guard rules, but i made my own chapter, Obsidian Ravens

[sinful depot]

Aye that sounds dope, and whenever you can post them I'll look forward to seeing them!

Ill hopefully have these aggressors finished up this week as long as I stay on top of it lol

[sick mason]

[sinful depot]

[dawn stream]

More progress

The arms aren't finished yet but I can put them in the final pose

[sick mason]

that's a Dread Knight, right?

looks sick

maybe it's cool if you paint chipped armour on there it looks like it's a weathered and useful Dread Knight in battle

[visual turret]

Cerastus Knight Castigator

[sick mason]

but it is from Grey Knights i suppose then

[sterile grail]

The boys so far ❤️

[rare hornet]

I would not mess with that guy in the middle, he means business

He swapping to the knife to make it a fair fight

[jaunty trail]

FIX BAYONETS!

[dawn stream]

It's an Imperial Knight

[open fox]

the vamp boys

[dawn stream]

Also, I don't like to do weathering. I prefer a pristine look

[dusk perch]

I finished my Night Lords kill team. Ave dominus nox!

[turbid brook]

Hardly he’s fighting a fucking warhound Titan……the Titan is fucked

[rare hornet]

He’d also give the Titan a 5 minute head-start

Legend has it he IS John Warhammer

[golden night]

sly marbo fears him

[sterile grail]

bro done being an emperors good boy 😡

[balmy rose]

These are my next Kill team army! Good job my man!

[graceful coral]

any recommendations on a beginner brush set? (I'm new to painting so nothing too expensive)

[sick ledge]

Go to an art or craft store, look for royal and langnickel. Ignore hobby brands as they will just be about the same quality for a huge mark up

[delicate ivy]

Death Korps of Krieg Killteam I painted a while back.

[prisma plover]

chat iv been getting into the minis side of Warhammer for a while but for my first actual army yall think i should do admech tyranids or eldar i cant decide

[brisk vapor]

Eldar is probably the easiest to paint, others can be a bit fiddly

[prisma plover]

yeah I know the admech are prolly hell to paint I can tell that by looking at them, but the tyranids dont seem that hard ?

[brisk vapor]

Depends on the model sure but still quite a few tentacles and such here and there

[prisma plover]

im def leaning eldar anyway tho cause the wraith guard and those blue eldar guys are rad

dire avengers

these guys

[brisk vapor]

also a whole bunch of new character models were revealed last weekend and they all are excellent

[worthy hare]

went to my local warhammer store and took up the offer of first time tutorial today, was really nice to sit down in the store and learn 🙂

[brisk vapor]

hell yeah

[rare hornet]

When in doubt, roll the dice

[dusk perch]

I'm building that box now for my local shop. Nice work!

[brisk vapor]

Witchhorn 1:12 scale bust finished

[delicate ivy]

I been working on a Skaven army, unsure if I can post it cuz that’s not 40K xD

[brisk vapor]

go ahead, plenty of other hobby stuff here as well

[delicate ivy]

This is what I have finished so far

Still have 20 more clanrats and 3 jezzails that I have assembled that need primed and painted

And of course, my general, Thanquol and Boneripper

Finished Boneripper and the base just need to paint Thanquol and glue him on top

Is my first army I’ve painted