40k-minis-and-armies

[short pawn]

OH NO

https://tenor.com/view/cat-it's-peak-cat-it's-coal-its-peak-its-mid-gif-12295099395828911145

[sly jolt]

I have the Kill Team box, and I'll be getting the Combat Patrol soon …

[ionic kite]

Finished the base

That's all the angels done

[compact sierra]

Oh can photo bomb a whole photo shoot sad

Test colors for my moebian 53rd im working on.

[marsh patio]

We love tau

[left crescent]

Autoguns literally use bullets
also, Bolters?
and shotguns?

[floral wind]

Tester scheme for my heresy blood angels

[faint star]

That's very nice

[floral wind]

Thank you, I'm not overly happy with my colour choices and approach but live and learn haha

[frigid robin]

Third party chaos spawn I painted purely with speed paints.

Daemon prince of Slaanesh.

Drukhari Cronos. I was going for flesh made of exposed muscle and bone tentacles. :x

[topaz sparrow]

Behold my evil wip children. Large edition

[wild hazel]

I mean why use ammo. Isn’t the point of the lasers to hold out without supplies

My heavy weapon teams use multilasers

[left crescent]

Lasers are probably more difficult to manufacture than bullets

[mental sparrow]

Don’t lasers use power packs? Is that really different from “ammo”?

[mossy sable]

yes, becuase 40k sci-fi shit makes those power packs incredibly easy to recharge

like leave it out in the sun easy

[topaz sparrow]

Green murder energy

[frigid robin]

1000 power packs vs millions of bullets.

Also, per the lore, lasguns and power packs are extremely easy and efficient to produce and maintain. Logistically easier than transporting tons of bullets.

[frigid robin]

Faction that got me in to 40k

[mental sparrow]

Fascinating didn’t know it was so easy to recharge a power pack. Really proud of the Imperium for going Green.

[ionic kite]

Trying to work on my eyes

[frigid robin]

There is an argument about both though that’s interesting in universe. In one of the warhammer crime novels, the officer says he prefers a solid slug handgun over a lasweapon because when someone is hit by a solid slug, it’s better at making sure they stay down compared to a las burn.

[ionic kite]

i suppose its just physics, bullets have a weight to them that super hot light does not lol

[frigid robin]

But in one of the dark heresy rpg books (if I recall correctly) a chaos marine says something along the lines of “a warrior that does not fear the lasgun has never been hit by 100 of them at once.”

But anyway, point being, logistically, lasguns are the superior choice for arming the Militarum.

[dull apex]

There’s an IRL similar argument about “stopping power” of handguns

The idea that a bigger bullet will stop someone quicker

Largely a myth though

Las weapons seem to be the favourite in the universe for basically everyone if they can get them

I can’t remember which Gaunts Ghosts book it is, when they go to that planet that’s basically stuck in a trench war where they only have access to bolt action rifles

And when the local PDF see lasguns in action they’re excited for just how strong they are

Because lasguns in the lore will take off a limb pretty easily

[frigid robin]

Ah. I don’t know anything about guns. That’s just what the protagonist in flesh and steel says. He also says something along the lines of it being a large caliber handgun? I don’t recall the specifics and again, I don’t know shit about guns. It’s just in the book.

[woeful relic]

I’m finally getting around to making my 3d printer setup functional
Not sure where else to ask, anyone got recommendations for primer? That’s the main thing I’m hung up on right now
Also waiting for paint to arrive

[wary sonnet]

Hounds of Abaddon kill team.

[sick ledge]

automotive, airbrush and brush on primers are chemically identical to normal paint

they dont have any adherence benefits

[woeful relic]

Is it worth it to get an airbrush over a spray can?

Or am I mistaken on what the airbrush is for
I haven’t painted in a while and this is the first time I’ve had my own operation

[sick ledge]

ehh I use both, you cant get durable varnishes and primers that work in an airbrush easily

and when you can its hundred of dollars for a can

Airbrushes are great for base coats and doing a lot of details

[woeful relic]

I’m not super worried about durability, I don’t have a local game store so most of what I print will be desk decorations

I’m going for resolution and details more than anything

I forget if I needed a special kind of paint too, I don’t think the stuff I used before was normal acrylic

[sick ledge]

I use artist grade paints I make myself, you dont need anything terribly too fancy

any acrylic will work

I also use oil paints a lot

[woeful relic]

Oil paint? How’s that to work with?

[sick ledge]

Takes several days to be touch dry, so its not for everyone

[woeful relic]

Yikes
I mean I got the time, as long as there’s some kind of benefit to it

[sick ledge]

the benefit really only applies if you are going very advanced in your painting

like easier and better blending

for normal painting, the cure time is a massive down side

[woeful relic]

I try to be extremely precise
So precise I have a hard time finding brushes thin enough to get what I want

[sick ledge]

look for escoda reserva

[woeful relic]

Oooo
I like these

[sick ledge]

expensive but they are very high quality

they are my chosen brand currently

[woeful relic]

I’m willing to splurge as long as it suits what I need
Could use the watercolors too- I was pretty good with colorwashing to get fabric-y textures when I painted last

I know it’s not great
Was like my fourth ever mini
And the first one that looked half decent

Oh yeah, any recommendations for metallic paint?

Can’t remember what I used last time

Steel, silver, gold, that stuff

[sick ledge]

I use lascaux studio bronze aluminum if I do use metallics or I make my own.

But most hobbyists love vallejo metal colors

I personally found them to be underwhelming but I'm a paint snob with an art degree

[woeful relic]

I’m sure I’ll be snobby about it too, like I said I’m going for precision and details

[sick ledge]

The question is then, do you want to mix your own colors?

or do you want the convenience of not doing that?

If you do, go golden. Its one of the best paints on the market bar none

if you dont then most hobby brands will be similar and you just need to try them all to see what you like

[woeful relic]

Oh! Yes, I got very good at mixing my own colors on the spot

I just need a solid variety to work with so I can get the perfect mixture

Not super conducive to large minis that might take a few sessions to fully paint but I’ll make it work

[dull apex]

My white oils should arrive today

I only bought them for doing plasma coils and stuff

[sick ledge]

well if you need help mixing a color let me know, I teach advanced color theory to artists

[sick ledge]

Dont use a hairdryer on them or put an acrylic over them. What brand though?

[dull apex]

Abteilung

[sick ledge]

I had problems with those fogging up, but it shouldnt be a problem with white. Just becareful with them aas they are prone to cracking after a few years

they are far above cpvc

which oils cant handle

[dull apex]

I also got some other stuff, some proacryl titanium white

I’ve only used Vallejo and citadel white before

Apparently this one is a little bit better

[sick ledge]

its better but not as much as people claim

its still crazy chalky

but it is better

I live in a humid environment so proacryl doesnt work well here because it contains bentonite

[dull apex]

I do not live in a humid environment

I live in the opposite of that

[sick ledge]

Good it should work fine then

[woeful relic]

I’ll keep that in mind c:
I just do a lot of trial and error until I get what I’m looking for
Most of what I need is blender skills though, STLs are nice but I’d like to make some more personalized minis…

[dull apex]

Got some fluorescent paint as well

To help with plasma stuff

[sick ledge]

UVL varnish those, fluos fade within a few weeks if you dont

they are rhodamine dyes after all

[dull apex]

Is golden polymer varnish what I’m looking for?

[sick ledge]

One of them yes, but mr color makes a spray can version which is very good

windsor and newton makes one too

[dull apex]

This?

The store it’s on is not very descriptive

[sick ledge]

Its their UV cut

[dull apex]

Basically just says “this is a spray”

[sick ledge]

https://newtype.us/p/Sx6fzlGGyLtyrMrErCoI/h/mr-super-clear-spray-uv-cut-gloss

[sick ledge]

yeah that one

[dull apex]

Yeah okay cool. Can buy it in Australia

That’s rare

[sick ledge]

any automotive varnish should work too

if you have a hard time getting that

99% of auto varnishes will contain UVLs

[dull apex]

Damn it’s classified as dangerous goods, so I can’t get it shipped

[sick ledge]

weirdly enough, 10% of my painting server is aussies so i know how to track down rare goods there and I have a lot of australian products for testing

[dull apex]

My local officeworks has this stuff

[sick ledge]

that should work

[dull apex]

Buying anything in Australia is just scouring 100 different small hobby stores and seeing who will ship stuff to you

I live in Adelaide as well

Which makes it even worse

[sick ledge]

https://justpaint.org/recent-lightfast-testing-of-heavy-body-fluorescent-colors/ if you're curious about the fading issue of them

[dull apex]

We’re the smallest state capital

[sick ledge]

I know most of the art stores there lol. I have a friend there who I just bought paint for

Tracking anything down in australia is tricky

[uneven meadow]

skorpek lord my beloved

[smoky ridge]

@slender mesa may i ask what sob pack you use?

[slim thicket]

Yo, where did you get this? Looks dope as heck.

[round bloom]

Can you guys make sure Bob doesn’t do anything stupid

[marsh patio]

He did a secondary in my deployment zone

How could he

[round bloom]

Shit I told you to watch him

[marsh patio]

Idk I looked at the thicc neurolictor for a second and when I looked back I just saw him do it

[round bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/concern-concern-meme-40k-tech-priest-commissar-gif-19826274

[marsh patio]

The inquisition doesn’t concern me

[uneven meadow]

STL off cults3d, the account got taken out back that made them sadly but if u want the Skorpekh i still got it if u want it

[slim thicket]

No, my entire necron collection is gw plastic and I would like to keep that way. Thank you so much for the offer though.

[balmy falcon]

wip

[dull apex]

Armiger WIP

[wild jewel]

the horror @potent girder

i think i was trying to make the gun and armour looked like it had scratched off paint with that silver stuff

[urban drum]

Dry brushing it on would've went well I think

[torpid pawn]

I really wanna kitbash one of those into a wolf priest in termie box

[potent girder]

Doesn't look horror. Seems fairly normal. I was joking about the ones you had at 10 lul.

[wild jewel]

the photo is relatively grainy but like
yeah idk i just don't like how they look up close

their mask lens especially

im going to visit some family members in a city that actually has a hobby store that sells warpaints so i might pick up some paints and hopefully not leave 50 dollar on another mini set

[urban drum]

you could try to emulate some of the things this fella did

the scratches are almost like an edge highlight, but scratchy

[visual turret]

I HATE PRIMING IN WINTER RAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHH

specifically white

[wild jewel]

me too bestie

[visual turret]

Joining a whaling crew

[marsh patio]

BEAKIE HELMET

We love beakies

[visual turret]

I had no clue suboden came with one until I opened the box lmao

[visual turret]

would doing another coat of primer over it cause issues.......

[peak flicker]

Do it. No one stopping ya

[midnight cairn]

That justiciar seems to have a bad case of albinism or zombiism 😆

[marsh patio]

He just is that pale

[marsh patio]

He’s a true incel and never goes outside

[sick ledge]

yeah the white looks weird but thats box art

its a skull helmet with a face mask for some reason

[midnight cairn]

Need one for my army list, so I'll run into the same thing soon 😆

[sick ledge]

kaolin is the devil

[faint star]

First time I've tried painting a reflective lens and it looks good I think

[urban drum]

2 delicious cherry

[sinful jetty]

VOSTROYANS RAHHH

[brisk vapor]

Hell yeah

I'm kinda loving the look of this model now that I've seen it live myself

[rare hornet]

Just detailing left to do

[silk vale]

Man I love vostroyans

[faint star]

Excellentb

[wild hazel]

+100000 social credit

[brisk vapor]

I think I spent a total of 8 hours building, sanding, gluing gaps, sanding and sanding a bit more today

[sick ledge]

GW tanks are some of the worst want models ive ever built, they never fit right. Still a joy compared to revell US or zvezda

[light kite]

im makin peterturbo

[brisk vapor]

It's not that bad, they fit pretty much perfectly this time around but I just want to got the extra mile to make sure no visible seams will be visible

[sick ledge]

No seams is standard IPMS building, so I'm used to GW tanks being auto failed in those competitions all the time but IPMS rules are hyper authoritarian

So I have some trauma about having a bunch of out of box entries DQ'd over the gaps they have

[brisk vapor]

Ah, yeah

[midnight cairn]

You're also building the biggest beast there is 😃

[brisk vapor]

True true, though the building part doesn't really take that long in the end

[sinful jetty]

Krieggas on Catachan

[floral wind]

Da boss Grimskull wip

[silk vale]

That’s a beautiful print

[floral wind]

I agree. Courtesy of Artel W miniatures

It was a limited edition print at the time

[marsh perch]

Eldar spiritseer I painted today

[untold void]

My favorite minis of 2025

[odd vale]

I got this as my early Christmas gift from my bf, guess Imma start learning how to paint 👌

[faint star]

Good luck

Thin your paints :)

[sinful jetty]

https://tenor.com/view/halo-halo2-halo-oorah-gif-15782884

[clear tusk]

Tau Panzer Hunter Carder

Next up hammerhead and fire Warriors

[pure hazel]

Me while building minis: 😃
Me after building minis: 😐

[clear tusk]

mood

[quartz rain]

How is the mold line situation on that kit? Usually for small infantry they are very easy to clean and sometimes unnoticeable even after priming. Space marines on the other hand.. 😭

[rare hornet]

Now you have loads of snacks to much on

[torpid pawn]

You sure you got enough skulls and heads? I am pretty sure I can still see the bases on those minis

[sinful jetty]

Never enough skulls

[marsh patio]

How many? 3?

Im on my journey to collect the maximum of every unit that you could possibly put on the table

[serene torrent]

Very nice! (Is it metal or plastic?)

[marsh perch]

Plastic

[serene torrent]

Kool

[faint star]

Another down

Only got some OG imperial dwarfs to paint up and I will have finished all the metal models I own

[marsh patio]

Damn that’s some nice old guard

[faint star]

I love the Vostroyan firstborn

I hope they get another made to order so I can lose a lot of money

But for now the two I have are fine

[brisk vapor]

It's a goddamn beast

[plain violet]

Is that a Horus Heresy model or am I stupid?

[brisk vapor]

Ye, a legion fellblade

[clear tusk]

Only have 1 hammerhead at the moment getting things in Australia's kind of hard ATM

But I do want 2

[marsh patio]

A large portion of my t‘au is just second hand…

[visual bolt]

Mutated ogryn conversion

[vernal haven]

https://tenor.com/view/plague-ogryn-ogryn-reaction-live-reaction-plague-ogryn-live-reaction-gif-1395788199602766548

[dull apex]

Ballistus WIP

[fickle inlet]

Painting trim almost makes you wish for an exterminatus

[marsh patio]

Oh damn how’d you get that snorkel trim

[dull apex]

Snorkel?

[marsh patio]

Yeah the vine/branch looking one

[dull apex]

Oh it’s from Archie’s forge

[marsh patio]

That looks great, awesome WIP

[dull apex]

Ty, I worked on him a bit more

[marsh patio]

I just have the original one and freehanded a watcher of the dark on the flat surface

[dull apex]

https://tenor.com/view/mark-cuban-shark-tank-notes-taking-notes-remember-gif-15073512

[pure hazel]

WIP Rogal dorn tank

[plain violet]

Griblies

[visual bolt]

They shall inherit the hive

[rare hornet]

Done and on the base

[visual turret]

When I tell you the jaw did drop

[mint dove]

Got an Escoda reserva set for Christmas, @sick ledge wasn't lying these things are NICE

[sick ledge]

expensive though

[mint dove]

I got a #2 and a #0 I think my mom said the #4 got delayed but these look like they're gonna be great

I like the knurling on the handle

[sick ledge]

the knurling also does help with grip funny enough

it helps me at least

[mint dove]

W&N brushes are great and all but they're so smooth I constantly have to readjust my grip

[teal wolf]

Escoda brush gang!

[short pawn]

This dark silver paint I got is to die for

[short pawn]

Wish the dirt didnt come out so bright

[urban drum]

looks like sandy dust

[rare hornet]

A few very small updates to the dark angels, captain now has a silver helmet and I’ve gone over the red on the terminators again to brighten them up

[surreal turret]

does the hellbrute model hold up to recent models? i dont know if buy right now or to wait for a new model of it?

[pure hazel]

Finally done with the tank

[pale haven]

Thinking of getting these 2

And then these 4

If I can get them in time that is

[brisk vapor]

??

Anyways, did lots of stuff like this for the Fellblade

[sick ledge]

lovely build

now to see it painted

[brisk vapor]

Soon™

[marsh patio]

Fully magnetized and ready for paint

[tight musk]

Same picture

[dull apex]

Barrel glow done

[quartz rain]

Played my minis for once. Deathwatch (me) vs. Nightlords aka Nemesis Claw

[urban drum]

W or L

[quartz rain]

Big L, played a meme comp using random operatives + equipment lol

[past hollow]

Bro blocked himself

[past hollow]

It holds up kinda? It's just really small compared to that of the Redemptor Dreadnought

[short pawn]

Anybody got any recommendations for a good painting handle? Citadel one is pissing me off

And no I do not care for making one myself

[fickle inlet]

It's ok, God already made one for you

[rare hornet]

Hold that mini in a vice-like grip

[brisk vapor]

What's the matter with the citadel one? I prefer it myself

[short pawn]

If you raw dog minis with just your hand you should be shot

[short pawn]

Ok tbh its not bad

But I need larger

[brisk vapor]

but the old hexagonal citadel paint pots are my secondary ones

[short pawn]

Im trying to paint an ogroid

And blue tack ain't holding him up

Plus I got chaos knights to paint

[brisk vapor]

get two sided tape

[short pawn]

Will that actually support me applying pressure to the miniature's base though?

[brisk vapor]

but there are other options for larger models as well, though I often just paint them in smaller pieces so I've not had the need for one

[short pawn]

I used like a pound of blue tack and my pinkie kept tipping the model over

[brisk vapor]

the blue proper classic blue tack isn't very good imo, it's too "sticky" without good adherence if you get my meaning

I mostly use white tack or whatever it's called

[short pawn]

Ahhh ok

Yeah because no way im just holding a model to paint it not with one a base at least

Especially chaos models? Fuck that

[brisk vapor]

they come in these sorts of sets, loads of different manufacturers or distributors

[short pawn]

Its white tack you said?

Ill try it

[brisk vapor]

citadel does sell the large model painting handle as well

yeah

[short pawn]

Oh shit

Ummm might get that

[radiant oracle]

Lowkey a scam item imo

[brisk vapor]

haven't tried it myself so can't say much

[radiant oracle]

Its like what, 15 or 20 bucks for something you can make at home for nothing?

[short pawn]

You can say that about anything

I better not catch your ass at a restaurant

[brisk vapor]

it does have the gripping action which is hard to replicate with diy handles

[short pawn]

Thats my main thing too cuz I be gripping

AoS is so peak I want to cry

[quartz rain]

These citadel handles work well if you're the type who would build the whole model and stick it to its base right away before painting.

I'm personally a pin/stick + superglue on feet kind of guy

[short pawn]

ive really been meaning to try the pin method

Do you have a decent pin vise?

[quartz rain]

I just bought one of those unbranded hand drills you can easily search online. If you're looking for a brand recommendation, can't go wrong with dspiae

[short pawn]

awesome, thank you. I use this shitty 4 dollar one i got off amazon and its just a hassle lol

[brisk vapor]

This thing is fucking massive. Required more than 4 hours of airbrushing to get to this point

[brisk vapor]

I think he's missing something on his face

very cool though

[sinful jetty]

His face got itchy and he got a little carried away

[plain violet]

#NEEDTHAT

[sinful jetty]

E

[wary sonnet]

Late Heresy/Siege of Terra WE praetor.

[sick ledge]

I use a pill bottle

and I filled it with sand

[sick ledge]

I have a bunch of them including dispae, they are legit all the same quality

[dull apex]

More dread progress

[brisk vapor]

Fellblade progress shot

[faint star]

And with that the squad is done

[plain violet]

I made plant people :>

They will fight with my Sigmarite Glubbos

[sinful jetty]

https://tenor.com/view/diggy-diggy-hole-diggy-diggy-hole-diggy-diggy-hole-the-hobbit-dwarf-dwarves-gif-16261065226231034929

Squats are sick as hell

Love the colour scheme, reminds me of biohazard suits

[faint star]

I love the greater thurian league scheme I just wish there was a speedpaint that captures the blue because it just takes a while to get everything layered up nice

ahh modern conveniences

[wild jewel]

death rider progress

i regret choosing layer paint for shading

[dull apex]

More progress

[naive umbra]

Blightlord Terminator I finished today

[turbid brook]

He looks like shit……so great job very lore accurate
Fr tho he looks awesome

[wild jewel]

huh
i used anthonian camoshade, is that also good or?

[sinful jetty]

Ooo what does that look like that sounds like it’d be sick

[wild jewel]

i have no idea actually

i put it on and it looks good

[sinful jetty]

Noice

[steady wren]

Working on a heretek battleclsdr

[visual bolt]

Old world?!

[solemn falcon]

Thats cool

[limpid jay]

and mordheim

mostly just winging it

[dull apex]

Woe to the xenos, Brother Leonatus is done! (Still waiting on the base topper)

[brisk vapor]

291 hobby days and probably between double and triple the amount of hours but only 54 models in a finished state this year

[robust fog]

I should probably ask here instead of the lore channels
Painting the cron killteam and i think im doing red-orange energy but im struggling with a body scheme, any thoughts

Im more or less new to mini painting so i've just been painting bits to try stuff out

I think i like the dark metal with red panels and i can save the gold and bronze for fancier highlights

[sick ledge]

looks fine, its analogous harmony. Plus if you think it looks good, then it looks good. Thats how art works

[robust fog]

yeah im just spitballing because i havent done a full mini in it yet

i think i have some primed torsos to try though

maybe i'll take my red and mix it with a silver for gloss

its important to look at the random schemes people post on reddit because im way worse than the people who have like painting instagrams but i can still out do the people who cake on paint

i had thoughts about painting in white but i didnt prime in white and i havent tracked down that one titanium white people say works well on black

[pale pelican]

Orange works well with dark metals as well as tiny hints of turquoise. I'd suggest dark metal bodes, with a brass symbol in front with slight hints of nihilak oxide. Let the orange carry the colour scheme and don't mess with it too much

also, mixing red with silver will make it look pink

[robust fog]

makes sense

probably just red accents then i dont have the biggest gamut of colors

i think i can mix a decent turquoise i need to set up my wet palette

a little bluing on the metal can be nice i assume that's what you're going for

i have some agrax earthshade for oldifying stuff

most of my paints are vallejos

[sick ledge]

I personally find orange and that nihilak oxide to be garish, even in limited quantities buit thats color theory in a nut shell, its entirely personal and changes based off the person.

[robust fog]

i think if the proximity is too close they'll clash pretty bad but i might use a turquoise to edge highlight some of the dark metal

idk if im also using reds on the body its probably too much

im gonna paint after i have some dinner i think

[pure hazel]

My 1000 point astra militarum army

[slim thicket]

Anyone know why I can’t post pics of my necron army?

[sick ledge]

you need to chat more to become a red name

[brisk vapor]

Miffed about metallic paints being annoying to work with and uneven decals even after a dozen passes with decal softener

[slim thicket]

I see. Thanks.

[sick ledge]

Yeah, I'm working on ones that are easier to work with. They come with a major problem though and that's a high cost.

So high I don't think many people would buy them

[brisk vapor]

These vallejo metal color paints are fine for a few moments but once they dry even slightly on the palette they're like any other metallic paint

[robust fog]

That or they're super watery right out of the bottle sometimes

Weirdly inconsistent even when you buy a set

[round bloom]

For the Warmaster

[sick ledge]

yeah im not the biggest fan, I think I rated them a 4.5/10 which is high for a hobby paint though

the new formula I had too many issues with bubbles forming

[robust fog]

I have i think one bottle from them with bubble issues but overall the paints arent super consistent

I need to work out a brass paint mix and improve my intermediate dark metal mix, then after a couple more bits of practice i think im ready to paint models

Im glad i got to the point i feel comfortable actually painting the final models there was no guarantee lol

[sick ledge]

Whatever you do don't use Vincey's mixture because it corrodes quickly

I have a brass mixture but it doesn't use hobby paints.

[robust fog]

Im using my vallejos i worked out a mix of like 3 gold to 1 dark brown

[sick ledge]

I just use brass powder

matches the color pretty well

[robust fog]

Budget painting from a set lol i have to get creative

[sick ledge]

lol I generally only one 4 paints to paint everything sometimes 6 because I mix all my own colors

I think at the peak i have 10 on the palette due to refraaction indexes

so I get it

[robust fog]

I added a bit more gold to my brass after this but i think im ready for full minis

I forgot to darken the handle lol

[sinful jetty]

I’ve never seen someone make just the sharpened part of the bayonet glowing before that’s fraggin’ awesome

Definitely gotta do that with my necrons (if I ever get around to them ;-;)

[robust fog]

they're so fiddly lol

[sinful jetty]

Yeah I hate trying to assemble em

Getting the arms/ the torso and legs to stay in place is hell

But man are they cool

[robust fog]

i wonder if i'll be able to reproduce my mixed colors or if i should do them in single batches

they're on a wet palette so i guess i can just let them dry and rehydrate

i dunno how much the variance in the size of a drop will mess with the finished product

[sick ledge]

Do them in batches for ease. But you should be able to replicate any mixed color by eye after a while.

[robust fog]

the thing about batches is its a killteam so the painting order is all over the place i think

instead of having like a squad of immortals to do

probably easiest just to try and make more if i need to and not worry about it

[sick ledge]

I don't know how big a kill team is, I don't play the game I just paint

[robust fog]

its like 10 models but they're mostly different

[sick ledge]

Depends on the pigment, something like a phthalo blue will completely decimate a color with a very very small amount. It's all about tint strength.

[robust fog]

2 deathmarks, an immortal and a fancy immortal, an apprentek and a chronomancer + 2 support guys i dont think exist outside of killteam

[urban drum]

His nade looks a little bent

[nocturne steppe]

does any miniature have this particular head ?

[urban drum]

If it exists i cant find it

[rustic dust]

Chaos Spawn

[viral chasm]

These are v well done

[rustic dust]

Thank you!

[brisk vapor]

It takes a lot to make these funky ass old spawn sculpts interesting but you managed to do that

[rustic dust]

Thanks man! I'm only recently back in the hobby and found their age out when I saw the state of the gaps between the model haha.

[nocturne steppe]

still looking

[quartz rain]

Have you tried searching for it yourself

[compact umbra]

While I couldn’t find a direct match, here’s all the heads from necromunda that looked closest to me

[nocturne steppe]

yes

wouldn't be asking otherwise

[nocturne steppe]

thanks Mag

[urban drum]

goliath ash wastes upgrades is kinda close i guess

[nocturne steppe]

ye i already found those after the mags post, thanks anyway thooooo ❤️

[urban drum]

the palantine companion helmet does slightly resemble it though

minus everything about the face

might just be an original creation by the artist

[compact umbra]

Ah I forgot Goliath got ine

[tight musk]

Uh oh

[urban drum]

for 45 more bucks you can get a captain and a few flamer fellas and a bunch of stinky bugs

[tight musk]

This is an extension for my Dark Angels, plus I’m a nid lover

[urban drum]

but the value...

[midnight cairn]

Why would you field anything else than deathwing knights then?

[cloud cave]

guys i recently bought this model in my models i never do base but for this one i wanna do something like muddy base and idk how people do it like an actual battlefield i want to ask is there something i buy or how can i do that

[faint star]

Texture paste

I'd recommend AK interactive's dark earth

[brisk vapor]

7 hours of work in one sitting today. Started with fixing decal mistakes by painting around them, along side progressing the bolter sponsons and a huge chunk of time spent oil dot filtering the whole tank

[cloud cave]

is that something like idk rubber or

or paint

[faint star]

It's a type of thicker paint

https://youtu.be/Q2BjTl4jDEU?si=7YwVkacZETCWUxs-&t=91

here's a video about it

[sick ledge]

Vallejo is cheaper and easier to find than AK plus you arent supporting AK too, they are a very scummy company with a long history of mocking holocaust victims and racism. You can also make your own out of glue and dirt

[faint star]

I had not heard that

[sick ledge]

yeah its something that gets swept under the rug but they still sell the book with a instruction on how to make a gas chamber

[floral wind]

Got a 5 man combat squad built and a start on my 10man tac squad. Also painted the sergeants face in the meantime

[sinful jetty]

Desolation squad

[opal bough]

Sweet

Love mutated chaos boys

[brisk vapor]

some surface texture appreciation before I go and ruin it with chipping and weathering

[brisk vapor]

Was planning on getting this finished today, but won't quite make it. Chipping is halfway done and proper weathering and lenses are yet to be started. Also the tracks are still drying from yesterday's first enamel pass so can't continue those yet

[faint star]

Back at it again with more kin

[dapper schooner]

big up purple nurgle!

[odd vale]

Really pleased how my first mini turned out 😄 time really flew by

[brisk vapor]

All day chipping

[midnight cairn]

Worth it 👌

[sick ledge]

Taking it to smc?

[plush briar]

After 3 years I have started to paint again and while they a bit jank, I love em

[tight musk]

Parasite of Mortrex

I’m not too great at painting, I have big hands and shaky hands

[plush briar]

My fellow shaky hand painter

Looks good man

[marsh perch]

These look like the automaton fire brigade

No hate they look amazing

[plush briar]

I’ll take that as a compliment. I got some doomstalkers to paint as well…..god those are gonna take a while.

[brisk vapor]

Doubtful, have no plans on traveling there

[sick ledge]

That's a shame

[brisk vapor]

I guess, too damn expensive to travel

I'll take it to CTS Open most likely here in Finland though

[faint star]

Not only a thunderkyn but in the best league too? Sweet

[rugged vigil]

I have printed a doge

[wild hazel]

what horrors has he seen

[plush briar]

Ran out of treats

[paper inlet]

Who makes this STL

[rugged vigil]

Icelord399 on Cults3D !

[brisk vapor]

Almost done with the chipping, just the green surfaces on the turret left

[tight musk]

Playing my first ComPat with my brother in law! I’m Tyranids and he’s Salamanders

[urban drum]

The terrain

[tight musk]

It’s a cut up cap’n crunch box

[tiny cairn]

There's a difference between having a parade ready army or two and playing with terrain like that and playing a combat patrol game with your first set of minis. I do agree that hobbyists should have more terrain but there's definitely nuance to it.

[worldly pawn]

thats a mean lookin biovore

[sinful jetty]

“Psstt, hey guard see that Eldar over there? Watch me turn them into paste lmao•”

[quartz rain]

nicely painted biovore

[naive umbra]

My current wip. It'll be getting the rust treatment soon

[robust fog]

The first minis i've finished in decades maybe lol

[trim coral]

Need some urgent help
i’m assembling this deff dread and I have no idea on how to get the shoulder parts on, do I cut off the little thing on the underside of that part or…?

[brisk vapor]

they sit high on top the earlier piece

so the 'little thing' is the contact point

[trim coral]

Good news, that worked!

[rare hornet]

WIP on something a little different

[quartz rain]

smol tank

[brisk vapor]

Everyone ready for the daily Fellblade update?
Got pretty much all of the chipping finished now that the turret has been chipped all over, started the lenses but unsure yet how I'll be painting the hatch and driver's prisms. Been also experimenting with the tracks quite a bit to get a good finish on them. After those, only weathering remains

[sick ledge]

so tiny, so cute

[sick ledge]

what silver did you use on the tracks? vallejo metal color?

[robust fog]

i like to think this is like the bomb squad robots but because its the imperium all they could think of was tiny leman russ

im trying to decide if i want to pick up the votann killteam from this season or the last one
i need to buy flesh tones either way so it could be a fun intro to fur and leather on top of faces but i also kinda like the really chunky power armor

[brisk vapor]

Based with vallejo metal color steel mixed with a black ink and vallejo charted brown. I've also rubbed on some Gunmetal pigment by Ammo on it after some earth toned enamel effects and pigments

[robust fog]

that sculpt is incredibly DRG lol nice painting

[naive umbra]

Respect for not using Tesseract Glow.

[robust fog]

It aint easy being green so sometimes you're orange

[robust fog]

Thinking back on this necron armies have to have the worst case of one-paint-scheme-itis

Its so easy to automatically do green energy and then from there its a slippery slope to plain dark metal

[sinful jetty]

https://tenor.com/view/deep-rock-galactic-drg-driller-бурильщик-c4-gif-14591448780062986090

Deadass looks like the Engie’s laser word for word

I love it

[faint star]

Thunderkyn ready to humble a knight player

[peak flicker]

Aim for the ankles!

[sick ledge]

the pigments explains it, my VMC paints dont have that same sheen and was curious if you used a paint that I dont have in my collection as only lascaux had that sheen and you dont use lascaux

[prime crown]

Horses, run for me, my horses
Rule the steppe, for spring is due
Run and gallop wild and free~

[brisk vapor]

Fellblade continues. Now the hull has been oil streaked and I've improved the tracks further. I've also dry fitted them on all the way around to properly see how they look on the machine itself. In the pictures the light dust almost shines through from the cracks but it doesn't look half as bright to the eye, but I might tune it down once I start dusting the machine itself as well

[faint star]

It's crazy the work you do I genuinely forget this is a thing made of plastic

[pale haven]

Just some guys I'd like to own one day

[rugged vigil]

The centaur collection grows

[sinful jetty]

Clean as hell Krieg scheme

Luv me 158th 🗣️

[rugged vigil]

Thank you! it took a while to find the right color of two tone green I wanted, but the 3d printer I just got has a big boon

[sinful jetty]

Very tempted to get one myself but I just don’t have the space quite yet

[rugged vigil]

A resin printer is much worth, and plenty of people have Forge world proxies available

[tight musk]

My cousin’s painting his necrons as red and black which I’m glad about

[robust fog]

Looks nice but it looks like hes having the same red on black primer problems i did lol

[tight musk]

He could be

I should probably start posting my own stuff but his Necrons are cool

I’m more upset because my full Tyranid Assault Brood ComPat is missing 2 units

Half of my Biovore and one Tyrant Guard

[sick ledge]

Yeah there are only 2 opaque red pigments in current production and both are too prohibitively expensive for mini paints, proacryl uses it but they mix in titanium white which desaturates it heavily and its grossly under pigmented so when painting red you want a brown primer

seriously their bold pyrrole red is awful compared to a real pyrrole red

[robust fog]

i need to buy light grey primer for my yaegirs i think

maybe white?

[ionic kite]

Another plague marine done

[brisk vapor]

Believe it or not, the Fellblade is still on-going

[midnight cairn]

It is the 12th millenium. For more than a hundred centuries the Jerk of Finland has sat immobile in front of his Fellblade...

[sinful jetty]

I love him

Just a lil fella

[urban drum]

a veteran holding 4 melta grenades

[radiant oracle]

I just reorganized my entire bits box (My bits box has bits boxes) and now I have to just organize this whole upgrade sprue into left arm, right arm, both arms

[surreal wagon]

My three necrons

Only one is painted 😢

[prime crown]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/825801717999468574/1459190457966923888/IMG_9196.jpg?ex=69626083&is=69610f03&hm=a95c3341923daa749dce31defe3bdeef51e7930b47c7f4dca753172ebb385840&

HOMSES

[nocturne steppe]

Asked a bud to print me some of the best karkers

Cant wait to get them painted and shit

[cloud cave]

Guys can someone recommend me some brush brands i had a realy small brushes for soldiers and shit but they are not usable anymore

[sick ledge]

Escoda

I have every brand on the market and these are the most reliable

They make really good brushes, just expensive

[floral wind]

Getting there

[cloud cave]

just saw it but maybe a bit more cheaper just a bit

thats a thing i would not buy

[sick ledge]

with brushes you get what you pay for, the other recommendations you'll get are things like golden maple which are super shitty brushes or rosemary and co which are unreliable but they are dirt cheap and loved by mini painters for the price. Are you US based or EU based?

[cloud cave]

eu based

[sick ledge]

Ok good, you have tons of options then

[cloud cave]

i had rosemary

[sick ledge]

Rosemary is fine for the price but they just arent good brushes, they are good training brushes though

The glue in them seems to erode with most brush soaps too

[cloud cave]

indeed

[sick ledge]

which is a major problem

I'm US based so my options are $30+ for a brush or get fucked

raphael 8404 is ok, but 8408 is the one you want for them. Isabey is more expensive but better

(impossible to find in the US now)

[cloud cave]

looks good

[sick ledge]

My problem with the raphaels is that they tend to die quickly with acrylics

and they are expensive for using with acrylics

[nocturne steppe]

Karker

[plain violet]

As a Steel Legion Fan, I am violently salivating

Legit, at all possible, I would like to know where your bud found the models

[nocturne steppe]

these are https://tinylegend.eu/collections/ready-for-battle stl minis

a friend of mine printed them out for me from local scene

i am going to use them as krieg proxies for kt games

[modest lake]

My husband and I painted our very first minis today! There was a demo setup with free minis to try painting.

[urban drum]

Thinking of dipping into any of the games?

[plain violet]

Oh my actual god.

Thank you sir. Legend

[modest lake]

Possibly? We are going to start by painting up the Darktide game minis we found a month ago but haven't attempted to make yet.

[wintry fulcrum]

The greens that you used for the buttons on the side of the Melta, did you use two or three greens?

[wintry solstice]

Damn looks based af

[wintry solstice]

Looks like a dark green, a light green, than a tiny dollop of white

[brisk vapor]

Everything is now pin washed as well. Once they have dried I can matt varnish this and finally start playing around in mud

[floral wind]

The bright green ones? Only 1

Striking scoprion contrast

Over a white basecoat. I did give a couple of them a 2nd pass hence why it appears to be darker in spots

[cloud cave]

guys starting a new army its astra militarum. i bought some krieg for it and i am not happy about the results also i bought some blue paints for 143rd siege battallion but i wanna change them to green one idk which battallion that is so if someone help me with it it would be nice and do you guys recommend before asembely painting or after since idk if someone can helme with human sized model painting i only painted death guard btw

[wintry solstice]

I wouldn't recommend sub assembly painting if you'll be painting a lot of little army men, mostly cause painting to that detail for a bunch of guys you'll be looking down on isn't really worth it

Unless these are more for art than actual gameplay than do whatever is easier

[cloud cave]

i want them to look nice to my so i will try for second one dry brushing

since its realy hard to paint small areas with this

i made 3 models to try

after that i will decide also 158th i was looking for

[faint star]

I saw a video on green krieg actually

https://youtu.be/85D0CfzKGPs?si=GtPY5awqt0lGhdmS&t=619

timestamped :)

[pale haven]

Planning to get these fellas Friday

White Scars and Iron Warriors are my favorite chapters

I did buy these 2 about a month ago

[rugged vigil]

Last time I was at the GW I got a free mini, so were working on a servitor today

May get/print a set of tech priest to go along side him. Anyboy know where to find good servo skull/ servitor models?

[cloud cave]

First time painting krieg after only painting death guard (death guard easier to paint for me atleast)

[nocturne steppe]

Steel legion sends warm hello

[faint star]

very nice

what yellow is that?

[nocturne steppe]

thats vallejo model color 70.923
Japanese Uniform WWII

going to work it up to lighter tone tho

[plush briar]

Progress report on void dragon

Tail cool

Wings up next

Basing

Idk man maybe I’ll do that

[plush briar]

He done for now

[robust fog]

"Man i really want to paint but the power is out"
The ever industrious kludger:

[faint star]

big fan of this brush

[robust fog]

The amazon budget set lol

Ill buy some good ones now that i know what i like using i think

[rugged vigil]

Mmmmm getting closer

[sinful jetty]

Hell yeah I got the same ones lmao

[wintry solstice]

Kitbashed a chapter master for my space marine army

[plush swift]

Minotaurs adjacent?

[brisk vapor]

Mudded and dusted
Kinda disappointed because I feel I over did it on the side panels and they lost most of the nice gradient they had. I still have to improve the golden skulls a bit and paint in the sponson bolter targeting lenses and then I can call it finished unless I find something else to improve on

[faint star]

Nah I think it looks fine

you've done excellently as ever

[brisk vapor]

Much appreciated

Calling it finished now, but I'll be posting better pictures with proper lighting and camera tomorrow

[final citrus]

Which legion is 16 again?

[radiant oracle]

Sons of Horus

[final citrus]

Thanks

[radiant oracle]

I'm sure you can figure out the Primarch from there

[robust fog]

My heirotek circle is so close to done
I need to figure out how to make vallejo gold go on evenly

Maybe a tiny bit of brown and yellow mixed in for base pigment

Mechanicus standard grey primer coming tomorrow for my yaegirs

[modest lake]

First ever assembled minis!! We picked up the Darktide minis game and the "bullgryns" which I assembled first.

[wintry solstice]

I really did wanna give him some kind of topknot but it wouldnt meld well with the model imo

[wintry solstice]

ROCK AND STONE

[jaunty trail]

Some wips

[limpid jay]

plans plans for some give gift

[pale haven]

Drew my own White Scars, next is a Iron Warriors tech priest

[brisk vapor]

Sons of Horus 4th Company, leader of the 4th Super Heavy Squadron Legion Fellblade - Monarch Unmaker

With the classic side profile shots

[midnight cairn]

May your opponents tremble when you place it on the table.

[sinful jetty]

The dangling skulls are a nice touch, phenominal

[brisk vapor]

Thanks!

[soft tusk]

Just had a 20 man khorne berzerker charge my 10 woman vigilator squad led by Aleya and all of em died

As in

The berzerkers got obliterated

Most got killed by nice rolls

And the few last ones got finished off by Aleya

I love fights first

There goes all my dice luck for the next 20 years

3ap and 3dmg is quite nice

[midnight cairn]

"quite nice", you'll be hard pressed to find similarly amazing stats on another model.

[soft tusk]

Especially at just 65 points

The abilities are also juicy

[midnight cairn]

Goated

[nocturne steppe]

my knights aarriiived

[odd vale]

Any of you entering Squidmar Open? 👀

[sick ledge]

whats that?

[odd vale]

https://squidmaropen.com a mini painting competition, free to enter

[sick ledge]

oh. Yeah i'm not entering that, i dont have a good camera

[modest lake]

First Bullgryn done! (Except for the base)

[teal wolf]

My SoS always seem to over achieve on the table and Im so here for it

[dull apex]

Do you take constructive criticism?

[brisk vapor]

Sure

[dull apex]

the constructive critcism is that it looks amazing and you should have done one for me

[brisk vapor]

Sorry but I need this in my army

[dull apex]

Ballistus done

[soft tusk]

Sometimes they just get obliterated without doing anything and sometimes they kill like 1000 points worth of stuff and win me the game

It’s odd

[cloud cave]

Guys what is the name paste like thing people use it to creat terrain and base for models like i have some krieg soldiers i wanna sink them in that paste and make like my death guard model killed it

[urban drum]

astrogranite?

[cloud cave]

Is that the thing?

I mean it looks like a grey playdough things

[urban drum]

do you want putty or basing material

[cloud cave]

Basing material

Let me search for example

[urban drum]

the putty or the goop

[cloud cave]

Putty

@urban drum

[urban drum]

then there you go, thats the putty

or a brand of it at least

[cloud cave]

Can you use it on warhammer plastic ?

I mean whata re they even for ? Other than for models

And do they get hard after i apply them ?

Or stay squishi

[brisk vapor]

it's epoxy, you mix the two materials together (gloves recommended) and it'll cure very hard after a few hours

[cloud cave]

You mean by mixing my base and the thing callrd putty?

Or is there a mixing agend inside?

[brisk vapor]

I mean those milliput putty sticks

[urban drum]

https://youtu.be/iWT9mnaUy0M?si=IEtK3IoEewmr18HF

[cloud cave]

thx alot

[soft tusk]

Just had a guy use Firestrike servoturrets to bodyblock an objective

Im fuming

It was a last ditch attempt

And it fucking worked

Why do these karkers have 6 wounds

Ts pmo

[robust fog]

If i want to strip paint from my minis what's the best way? I have most common solvents and some uncommon ones

Not that i am spending the money to strip paint with dichloromethane or hexane

Dcm would probably melt the mini anyway

[tiny cairn]

I like LA Totally awesome cleaner, I leave em in it for a day or two to strip paint, upwards of a week/I forget about them and it undoes the glue in many cases which can be a plus if you want to reassemble

[robust fog]

Honestly im not super happy with their poses lol

Wow i thought this reddit post had a link to the sds for that cleaner so i could see what was in it
Nope! Autogenerated internal reddit search for "cleaner sds"

Very useful guys

Na4EDTA? sheesh, i guess a lot of pigments are metal based though

Im gonna try anhydrous isopropyl alcohol because i have a gallon of that and buy some LA if it fails

I feel like i should clarify that i have a gallon of anhydrous IPA on hand because im a sciencist and my painting station shares space with my home 1000x microscope

[faint star]

and here I thought it was for recreational purposes

[tiny cairn]

Yeah I thought you were a mixologist

[sick ledge]

LA's totally awesome, leave it in there over night and the paint washes off

[dawn stream]

Caladius Grav Tank

[robust fog]

Finally finished one of my minis lol idk why i started with the most detailed one

Agh i oughta put some yellow on the bottom staff edges

[sinful jetty]

Get the tougher stuff out of the way first then bang out the rest ez

[modern lance]

All the people around me use simply green 1 part SG I think 5 parts water and put it in the soup for about 24 hours

[odd vale]

Do I prime/paint the head first or anyone got any tips? Its gonna be mad tricky getting that head to look decent through that lil hole 🤔🤔

[robust fog]

That looks like a glue after to me but im no expert

I had situations with my crons where i regretted pre-gluing

Theres a lot of interior detail there for an area that's going to be completely covered lol is that for the magnetheads

I gotta leave in like 2 hours but i gotta finish some important stuff too i hope i can squeeze in finishing another model

The way my schedule has been im gonna finish my yaegir kt in like march

[odd vale]

ooh, well then Im gonna leave it be for now

[sinful jetty]

Seeing this really makes me wanna get a dreadnought

Make em exposed like this and and unhelmeted to show a mangled to hell face

[slender mesa]

Skitarri

[bitter mesa]

I was looking for Kitbash Ideas to create Darktide Minis and was surprised how few topics are online.
I found Station Forge minis, which are basically Scabs.

But did anyone made the Kharnak Twins, Captains, Wolfer, etc. or ideas for them?

[wintry solstice]

Theres just not a lot of bits for traitor guardsmen but I mean with enough digging you might find stuff that looks close enough

[faint star]

I mean GW repainted the blooded kill team to be the moebian 6th

So that's neat

[urban drum]

Wheres that

[faint star]

They seem to have changed it on the website again

But it was this

Now it's this

[faint star]

^

The helmetless ones do lack Aura wow

[smoky ridge]

I'd like another Lore dump on your sob unit

[compact umbra]

Probably men’s they are getting declassified soon

Means*

[faint star]

They already were

[compact umbra]

Oh really?

Dman

[faint star]

They got declassified like 6 months ago I think

Yeah it's traitor guardsmen in one box and the ogryn and commissar in another lol

GDubs moment

[compact umbra]

lol

[delicate dune]

They switched from an Iron Warriors traitor guardsmen (seen with hazard strips at least on some part of the model) to the Black Legion colors :}

[plain granite]

Tried some new stuff for me like osl and tmm.

[midnight orbit]

what up

[rustic portal]

New project

[urban drum]

they got another paint scheme again

[glass lintel]

Wolfer's head is based off the old traitor enforcers from Vraks, and a lot of the other Mobians use parts available either in that range, or the Blooded kill team.

The Kharnak twins have armor most similar to certain parts of the Blooded kill team, but with the skirt bit added. You can achieve this with greenstuff. As for their helmets, they are similar to nurglite chaos warriors from AoS and WHFB. You can find a number of suitable heads in that range, and probably the sword too.

And if you're looking for set dressing there's a water cartel banner on my Cults profile. : )

[urban drum]

someone used wracks heads https://www.reddit.com/r/Chaos40k/comments/18ku9io/the_mobean_sixth_captain_wulfer_and_the_twins/?share_id=ckc-FnulsE_8paz1kmqZp&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

the vraks heads are basically impossible to find so he used an ossiarch bonereaper head

[clear finch]

Im loving the red corsair army previews

[bitter mesa]

Amazing. That was helpful!

The idea with the Drukhari helmets for the Twins seems to be the most fitting option.

[glass lintel]

No problem, I'm big into kitbashing and sculpting, so I know a lot of random bits like that lol

Btw, if you can source the Kill Team blooded (vs just the traitor guard sprue), it has a sniper who's basically the exact one in game.

[bitter mesa]

Is Blooded and Trator Guard not the same sprue?

[glass lintel]

It's the same basic kit, but the kill team version has an additional sprue with extra parts for some of the specialists.

Turns out the sniper is on the normal one, just checked. The KT sprue does still have more stuff though, like a shield guy, and the traitor Ogryn and enforcer (though the latter two are both available separate).

If you can, get the kill team one, more parts

[bitter mesa]

Cheers!

It seems to be harder to get, but I have my eyes open.

Making the Heavy Scab Gunner will be interesting, too. Didnt found a fitting helmet so fat

[glass lintel]

No problem. Let me know if you can't find it, I might can help.

[glass lintel]

This one?

[bitter mesa]

Yeah

Getting Volley Guns is no issue. Just that helmet

[glass lintel]

Hmm, that is a tough one

It's an old style head for stormtrooper guardsmen, but right now the only model with one of those is the House Greim set from Necromunda, and she's holding it in her hand, not using it

(plus it is enclosed, not with a mask worn under, and has no topknot)

You could also modify a Krieg helmet, but they don't reach quite as far down

Gimme a bit and lemme see what I can find, I'm sure there's something with that sorta kubuto style

[bitter mesa]

Only thing I found:

https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-corrupted-guard-the-forsaken-258263

But thats not Kitbash, which is more fun.
But I would use it, if I found nothing more.

[glass lintel]

I found something kinda close, but I don't have it. With a lot of smoothing, an axiarch head could work

Eh, I can find one closer I'm sure

[kind prism]

what if we get female custode dreadnought?

[bitter mesa]

Then we got a female custode dreadnought.

[glass lintel]

@bitter mesa the two closest ones are Krieg heads and the house Greim helmet. The Greim one is a little closer, but smaller than it should be, and kinda dripped out. The Krieg one doesn't have sides that go down as far, but is a much more common part, and can be fairly easily altered with greenstuff.

[bitter mesa]

I am bad with Greenstuff. I cant do it 😄

[glass lintel]

Hmm.

Gimme about an hour

Yeah, your best bet is prob the Krieg ones. I checked

[bitter mesa]

Thanks for all the effort 🙂

Helmets longer is surely doable, but the missing 3 eyes is another thing...hmm...either way, with only GW stuff it wont be optimal, but "based on"

[glass lintel]

The three eyes thing is the easy part actually. I wouldn't even bother with the length; at 28mm heroic scale there's not really a noticable difference unless you're looking at them side by side.

The top knot can be sourced off of literally any chaos kit.

Take the Krieg helmet, and sand down the fin on the back until it's smooth. Then you need to take a drill like you use for barrels, and put the hole for the third eye in.

Back in the day, a common way to do lenses was a coffee stirrer cut down (you can find a plastic one about the right diameter), but these days, hobby stores sell all manner of tiny tubes that would be suitable (brass is easiest to work with for this), you just have to make a small ball of greenstuff, put it in the section of tube you cut, then put that into the hole you drilled.

And then, if you're dead set on having round ones like the actual model, you can do the same twice again, using greenstuff to smooth out where the old eyes used to be afterwards.

[quartz rain]

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/trained-arm-plague-cultist
this one comes with a model, so you can maybe print hust the head

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/heretic-masks-for-kit-bashing
this is just the head, but lacks the plume

[bitter mesa]

How would you make a Mauler?

[rustic portal]

32 spearmen to go x.x

[glass lintel]

Traitor guardsman sergeant from Blackstone Fortress. Weapon swap to the two handed chainaxe from the Legionaries kill team. Reposing the second arm would take some effort, but is doable with some greenstuff work.

For a welding mask, you can use a solar Auxilia head, the old Dark Vengeance cultist head, or (the easiest option, sourcing parts wise) modify a Krieg head with some greenstuff.

The solar Auxilia storm section also has two handed melee iirc, which you could swap the tip of the weapon out for to get your chainaxe

[bitter mesa]

Great! Thank you!

[soft tusk]

Raaaah I love the Admonimortis terminator shield capt.

Woe 6 attack at 12 str and 4dmg upon ye

„Only“ 2ap but still

And the fucker can teleport all over the place

[brisk vapor]

Working on ol' Mal again

[cloud cave]

holy shit solar auxilia mentioned

[sinful jetty]

https://tenor.com/view/if-you-don't-rock-and-stone-you-ain't-comin'-home-deep-rock-galactic-rock-and-stone-run-ganondorf-gif-6106180493101324670

[autumn monolith]

I have one

also

These are wip

But I am making a moebian 6th army

[bitter mesa]

What parts are you using? Like heads for Mauler and Scab Gunner?

[autumn monolith]

So there is a mix. Some of it is stationforge's helmet options. The mauler and scab gunner were actually made in a 3d printer by me doing a digital kitbash and printing it.

[bitter mesa]

Where is the Chainaxe from?

[urban drum]

Also from stationforge

[nocturne steppe]

Not 40k but still somewhat adjacent

[nocturne steppe]

god wills it

[brisk vapor]

Metallics on the torso

[midnight cairn]

https://tenor.com/view/golden-boy-pose-concert-gif-14486275

[coarse comet]

Whats the base bit?

[peak flicker]

Base resin bits from Epicbasing.com. Cork strips

[plain violet]

"YA WANNEM CRISPY!?"

[soft tusk]

I proxied my vigilators as witchseekers against imperial guard and obliterated 29 of his guardsmen with fire overwatch

One where I got 17 and then one where I got 12

[plain violet]

Aight, the Ratmanpreg emoji was unexpected

[faint star]

A guard player would call that a worthy sacrifice

[soft tusk]

Those guard were supposed to basically bait my melee fellas into the range of all 3 of his leman russes to get obliterated

But since there was nothing to bait with that didn’t work

I mean

The Russes moved into range the next turn but it saved me some hassle

I would’ve wiped out the entire unit on the one where I got 12 but he had a psyker give them a 4+ invul

Well technically it wouldn’t have applied since it was the movement phase but oh well

[lyric nimbus]

Where these from? I’m getting all my crusades stuff increasingly from victrix

[slate crypt]

emperors children

[nocturne steppe]

same

those are victrix all of em

the horned helmet is from the most bad ass upgrade sprue https://www.victrixlimited.com/collections/crusades/products/medieval-fantasy-heads?variant=42591635505251

62 fuckoing heads dudeeeeeee

[jaunty trail]

Another Dreadnought done.

[nocturne steppe]

Jared has a best friend

Meet Lenny

[compact umbra]

Oh sick base

[uneven meadow]

Skorpekhlordmybeloved

[plain violet]

I got my K47 Axis stuff in

I made tonk

[soft tusk]

Oh and those were almost all of his infantry

He had 50 infantry in total

40 krieg soldiers and then 10 kasrkin

The rest was armor

[brisk vapor]

Lots of work on the gold

[robust fog]

Getting your golds to look good is surprisingly challenging

The vallejo gold goes on terribly, citadel is better iirc but not that much

[brisk vapor]

That's true, though depends which vallejo paints you mean. The Metal Color paints are excellent. These were the paints I used for the gold (+ metal color aluminium for the highest highlights)

Oh and some Contrast Snakebite Leather

[robust fog]

The game color metals are kinda wack, i bought one of their kits to restart my gamut

I really like the... beasty brown? With a little yellow for a bright but rich gold

Zoomin in on that i feel like i should even it out lol

[brisk vapor]

Phone cameras also cause a lot of artefacts on metal paint surfaces so wouldn't worry about it

[robust fog]

I have 2 more minis from this kt to paint but my power keeps going out when i plan to paint

Rn im 27 hours into an outage that's only affecting about 80 houses in a big city very cool

[faint star]

Try base coating in brown first

[hushed tangle]

Working on some sword brethren

[urban drum]

☑️ swords

☑️ brethren

[silk vale]

That’s so cool

[sick ledge]

Its even worse with real metal paints, its caused me to repaint a lot of things I shouldnt have lol

[sinful jetty]

https://tenor.com/view/one-peak-one-piece-one-piece-cry-its-so-peak-gif-13413926760013023520

[brisk vapor]

Leather gloves and some fixes and improvements on some of the greens

[midnight cairn]

Are you going to keep the scar that bright angry red or turn it darker later?