Work in Progress, "Happy Monday is an Oxymoron" Edition>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebin:https://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD>WIP Tutorial Images Megahttps://mega.nz/#F!TvQFCaLb!w8WZKCcOsTRasxrI0JWezw>Saint Duncan's "Six Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Painting"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufP8ka3KGno>Saint Duncan also explains thinning your paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74s>Paint thinning 102https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBDVPoNXyVI>4 EASY Chipping Tricks For Beginnershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku4comhKHJM>Decal Like a Prohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYKLiEW7p9c>How to Edge Highlighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoRbYuAfbEk>How to use contrast style paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhholrozptI>How to Paint with Tremorshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqp76vAJu9g>Airbrush Priming and Thinninghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkntrSBvXxEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGjBQzoukFghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00JVUxABe44https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEqT_R41JX8>I hear someone's comin' this way>This must be it, yes it must be the mailhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqj-Rm7fyZ8>Who's Johnny, she'd say, and smile in her special wayhttps://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/JohnnyPrevious threads:>>98836253>>98820836>>98806125
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Reposting my nearly finished Dreadnought
>>98854232Arms and sarcophagus are swapable
Holy shit, I didn't expect my hands to hurt so much after painting with airbrush, I had to stop simply because I couldn't control trigger anymore. Plus having to keep it high all the time to keep space between desk and air cable. I still wonder why airbrushes have trigger at the upper side instead of, by default, on the lower, like one would expect from "spray gun".
>>98854419You can usually set the trigger pressure needed with most better airbrushes.
Some more progress on this Land Speeder
>>98854439There was a meme image (>>98827874) made from thisa few threads ago, but the position of his fingers reminds me of Jim Holloway's illustrations for the Vrusk ("Bugs") in Star Frontiers. Vrusk have five fingers situated radially around a central palm.
>>98854419there are pistol grip airbrushesthere are also handles for the usual top trigger ones
Okay, maybe I'm blind or something but to me, she looks exactly as if I would simply spray dark red over black primer, instead of spraying white over black primer in this whole "zenithal highlighting" style and then same red shade.
i ordered my first pigment powders and im looking for any tips how to use them do i just paint the dust on and leave some on there and spray varnish over itor do i need to use some adhesive, in looking to make slightly dusty tanks with somewhat rusty tracks
>>98854755Yeah, the differences are minor. Don't bother with the zenithal meme unless you're using contrasts or similar transparent paints. What you can do, is basecoat in red (for example) and zenithal with a lighter red or orange to easily establish some basic shading on your main color.
>>98854770Pigments can be used in LOT of ways. Dusting it straight from the bottle is fine, but you need to fix it, if you plan on touching the model. There are dedicated mediums for that, you can also mist it with white spirit, too. Though expect the fixed thing to look different than unfixed one, that's the nature of the beast. Enamel washes are imo better for rust. There are even dedicated washes for tracks.
>>98854775Yeah, I simply saw most of "big guys" on YT frequently doing this kind of zenithal with white first, even H&S shows this on their videos. I wanted to test myself if this really makes a difference and turns out it's not. Like you said, spraying one, darker shade first and then much lighter in thin, controlled manner, does much more.
>>98854814I think they just do it because it looks nice on video.
>>98854770if you spray varnish you will blow some away but any method you use to fix them will somewhat dim the effectand contrary to popular belief ipa doesn't fix them, neither does thinner, the best way is to get actual pigment fixeralso, if you are only looking for rust check out dirty down rust, it's great, however it reactivates with water so you need to seal it too
>>98854834DD Rust is great for completely rusted out shit, not for tank tracks.
>>98854755zenithal has two purposes, one is allowing you to see detail better and plan your painting and light positioning and two, if you use transparent or diluted paints you can get a quick gradient on you basecoat, if you are going to apply a full opque coat anyways that second point is mootthat said that model looks like it has a subtle differences in some places due to it, red is usually fairly transparent
>>98854854>if you are going to apply a full opque coat anyways that second point is mootSo is the first point, 'cause you're just painting over it. The planning phase can just as easily be done before you prime.
>>98854791>>98854834>>98854840so basically if i dont need that actual grainy dust effect i might as well water down some acrylic earth tones and be done with it or just dust around and leave them like thatbut thank you this has been most helpful
Reposting my finished diorama, this time from the back.
>>98854881>The planning phase can just as easily be done before you prime.not quite, the extra contrast of a zenithal let's you see detail a lot better than a bare surface or a full black prime, it's hard to see detail in some materials, like metal models or some resins
>>98855014i still like the wool sock but those fuel drums and canisters pop little too much and honestly look pretty bad compared to everything else
>>98854962>might as well water down some acrylic earth tonesI would advise against that. You can mix pigments with water, but it's pretty tricky to make it look good. And it will still need fixing afterward. Though you can airbrush very thinned regular acrylics as a base for further dusting/mud/etc. effects. This is in fact a common way of doing it > airbrush a highly thinned down tan earth or something to emulate dust/dried mud, and then start applying darker (enamel) tones in smaller amounts for fresher stuff. If you want as simple as possible earth effects, I would again shill enamels. AK make great ones. Anyway, Nightshift is excellent at this: https://youtu.be/IwI80Bv9BGk?si=oFS32NPm8roNMUwg&t=1232Time mark included, it's a very simple technique that you can do yourself. And it looks great.
But overall did it wrong - left oat guy was supposed to be dark blue but applied too much of light blue over "dark Prussian" while guys on the right were supposed to be more like "steel blue" shade. In factz sprayed TTC "Cold Corpse Blue" and "Wolf Grey". Ended up, well, just grey.
>>98855040Shine a lamp from above, same effect. The actual shadows will show you the shapes.
>>98854197sup wip Finally managed to paint this simple kitbash I put together a couple months ago. Not painting/browsing a lot this period sadly, but I do plan to eventually build an assault terminator squad next
>>98855135>Sergeant, see this heretic?>I don't want to.
>>98853438>Thinning paint much more than what video tutorials often recommendI've been telling you to that that from the start. forget about what jewtubers tell you just thin it until it sprays right and then write down the ratio in a notebook so you can reference it when you use that color the next time.
>>98854755how many coats of red did you spray? you can clearly see the tactical box thing is darker than the hair but you can still see white on it so it looks like your coverage was uneven.
>>98855200One coat, also "white" on box is just visible non-primed surface since mini is made out of metal (I don't pay attention here since it's covered with metallic paint anyway later). So it's darker probably because it barely received any paint.
I'm gonna have to do much shading in-between all those god tiny metal pieces and crevices. God damn it.
>>98855135Awesome job as always, BT anon! Looking forward to termites.
>>98854232Nice
>>98854500How does he use his chainsword from that cockpit?
>>98854834DD rust and patina, Vallejo air metal paints are the best mini products created
>>98854200Need a little help Santa. I submitted the form but got no confirmation, and would like to know if it went through or not. Might be a similar issue as last thread.AC Oklahoma City
>>98855014I think you left your lens cap on.
>>98854824That's my thought too. It can be hard for viewers to read a solid black or gray or whatever color model. But a quick zenithal makes all the little details pop and look really nice on camera.
>>98855574With black primer i always liked a zenithal even to see it in the hand a bit better and understand the shapes easier. I mostly prime with grey now since i paint opaquely these days though
I didn’t post any pics of the Ork himself due to technical difficulties but now everything is at least glued together so I can get down to finer details.
>>98855172lmao. Here, have that sergeant's POV for you>>98855298Thanks man. Still debating whether getting normal assault terminators and customizing them with half tabards and chains, or just getting deathwing knights, sanding off all the DA regalia and have termies with a more elaborate, gothic armour. Still not sure if I prefer the aesthetics of the classic termie helmets or the knightly ones from DW.
I really like the green on this guy's sash and other decorations. I'm gonna try it on a Sister's robe and see how it looks but I'm not sure what paint would get me closest. Maybe PA or Vallejo jade tones?
>>98855751Don't get stuck on names. Just look for a mint green.
>>98855801Can't say I'm into furfaggotry but good job i guess.
>>98855801I'm into furfaggotry and I say great job. Can't wait to see it finished.
>>98855225>So it's darker probably because it barely received any paint.so your one coat obviously wasn't even then since you can see the gun is noticeably darker too.
>>98855801fuck that tummy, hot
5 morespecial weapon conversions
>>98856014Very vibrant green, I like it.
>>98854197Repostan my LoTD dread.
>>98855468did you check your spam folder?
>>98856079thanks
>>98856116Absolutely. That was the first thing I did after the confirmation didn't show up within the first fifteen minutes.Checking it just now confirms there is no confirmation.
>>98856139should have started with not santa thats where mine ended up. hopefully yours comes through
>>98855801
>>98855468Good thing you brought it up. For whatever reason, I *don't* have your entry, AC. I'd suggest first trying the form again - perhaps after clearing your cache and/or using a different browser. If you get really desperate, drop me an E-mail.
Just bought the Army Painter Most Wanted brushes as my Golden Maple brushes just don't wanna work anymore:>Never has a sharp point>One of the hairs sticks out>Constantly having to load my brush back up after 10 swipes of the brush>Tip always bentWas reading more on brushes and found out different brands function differently, and what I've been using since February or March is a cheap Chinese brushThe only that that works most of the time is the wet palette from them.
>>98856480Don't tell me wet palettes all function differently too if they're from different brands
>>98854200I'm glad I made it in time before the sign up ended, this year has been going so fast I forgot it's almost Christmas time. Unfortunately I have no idea how to access this link due to being a total boomer when it comes to tech savviness. How is the turnout this year compared to previous ones? I feel like overall participation in this board/4chan in general have taken a nosedive since last Christmas
>>98856517>Unfortunately I have no idea how to access this link due to being a total boomer when it comes to tech savviness.That's why there is also a naked URL in red at the top of the meme image. Just write that down on a piece of paper and transcribe it into your browser's address bar.>>98856517>How is the turnout this year compared to previous ones?Honestly, I don't know. I seem to recall Santa saying we had more than 100 participants last year by the end of it, but I am struggling to find where he actually said that. It's like trying to remember tiny roolz changes for 11 editions of Warhammer 40,000 ... I don't know if I'm remembering last year, or the year before, or the year before that one...So far, this year, there are already 38 participants.> I feel like overall participation in this board/4chan in general have taken a nosedive since last ChristmasIt has, but even nobody else signed up for Secret Santa this year, I feel like it already would be well worth organizing and running it.
>>98856603what happens if you get matched with someone from Israel or America? can you change?
>>98856630You get matched with people from your own continent if possible.
>>98856517
>>98856654PS: If you just ask an AI to decode it for you, it'll figure it out.
>>98856660Don't feed our links to an AI, please.
>>98856630Can't you just specify that in the form?
>>98856662The upload sites don't have access to LLM data, don't be paranoid.
>>98856630>tfw I'm an actually Israeli that avoids the Secret Santa every year because I don't want an antisemite chud getting my address
Working on a deodorant speeder because I fucking hate the storm speeder and instead of buying that kit I would rather go through all of this to craft my spin on the Grav attack tank of old
>>98854652I've never used one with a gun-type trigger. Are you able to independently control the air and paint flow with those like a normal one?
>>98856647Are there many people entering from AUSNZ this year?
>>98856757Sorry, dunno. I'm not santa.
I didn't manage to finish the crew on time for season 2. but at least they're primed now.
>>98856804Oh sweet the edgerunners minis. How do they feel in terms of quality? Also could you please post a size comparison with some common model?
>>98856846They're awful and I hate them. But I hope I can at least paint them up nicely. They look okay from tabletop distance. If you saw the posts complaining about siocast a week or 2 ago it was me.
>>98856865What's awful about them? I see some particularly pronounced mouldlines for one thing. Are they made out of cheap plastic? Are they actually just single-piece models? I can also see those huge ugly pegs on the feet.
>>98856874They're virtually impossible to clean up because of the type of plastic they use, you can't realistically sand it. Mold lines aren't THAT bad on them, but there are some annoying ones. They are all single piece, plastic cement also doesn't work or that would have solved the clean up problems for the most part. You'd probably want the pins and to drill the bases since the feet are pretty tiny. These bases are all separate, they come on blank bases (but that's fine, I just wanted nicer display bases).My biggest issues is the faces are pretty mushy and low detail. It's going to be really hard to get the eyes and mouths to look right.
>>98856885>It's going to be really hard to get the eyes and mouths to look right.I believe in you, anon. Knock that shit out of the park.
>>98856885Can you do a size comparison with another model (like a space marine or something maybe) so I can get a gauge on the size of the model and the size of the face? I've been curious about buying these because of the release of the second season, if the models look mostly fine I'd be tempted to recast them all in resin and try to resculpt any fudgy details.
>>98856898I will get you an uncomfortably close up photo of a GW face next to Rebecca's and/or Lucy's face. Hold on.
>>98856747no it's pull for air pull harder for paint. some of them have separate adjustments for air though to dial in the spray pattern.
>>98856757>Are there many people entering from AUSNZ this year?So far we have one Aussie, but no Kiwis.
>>98856916I thought we only had sideways people.
>>98856603This will be my first year that I'm signing up for it, I'm excited, if nervous about the lizard
Scholars and Barbarians of /wip/, what is the best way to paint a sword?
>>98856945Oh fuck I forgot about that!
>>98856947Depends Best way for a competition piece? NMM out the wazoo, all secondary reflections painted in. Best way for the tabletop? Metallic paint with some shading and weathering.
>>98856947A plain metal sword? Black undercoat, dry brush with silver,
>>98856947A way that contributes to the story a mini is trying to tell.
>>98856885I remember I bought some malifix minis once, great sculpts but the plastic was some abominable shit, impossible to clean mold likes, fucking unworkable
>>98855449Why would he use his chainsword?
I also did not care for siocaston the main parts of the model, it was too hard for realistic cleanup. scraping lines was ineffective on outer parts like sword blades, too soft, allowing it to go bendy, could not straighten out weapon heads on 2hersentire mini in one piece, including baseI swear the first layers of paint went on different as well, despite priming in the same way as normal, but maybe I did something wrong. (on 40 separate minis...)
>>98856892Thank you.>>98856898>>98856968>>98857004So, they're not like BAD. and for tabletop I think they're good enough and would probably take a simple base/wash/drybrush really well. I wouldn't want to work with the plastic again though if I could help it.Anon reminded me, there are no swords which is nice, but there are some thin spindly parts, and that makes the flexibility nice since they don't break easily, but also the feet on some of them are kinda fucked up and bent and they don't stand straight if they're flat on their feet. I tried bending them with some boiling water, but it wasn't hot enough for them to deform and keep their shape. I realized I only had this eldar head on hand to take close up with rebecca. I don't like the kind of faces where they sculpt in eye detail instead of letting you paint it on. But it is what it is. I'm sure I can make them look alright, I'm not going all out on them I just want a decently painted edgerunners crew that looks good as a group.
>>98856874>What's awful about them? I see some particularly pronounced mouldlines for one thing.>Are they made out of cheap plastic? Are they actually just single-piece models?Yes, oh god yes. They're a REALLY grainy Siocast, they feel almost like that awful corn plastic. This is post-cleanup and you can see how rough some of the models still are. The medic team pilot in the center has an extremely retarded mold line across her face that was particularly bad to clean. I also got a mold-slipped model but their customer service refunded that one. I'd legitimately rather work with mystery meat Chink resin recasts than this shit, especially at $5-6 per model.
some progress
>>98857286based
>>98856978Same reason a tank commander does
>>98857204>SiocastThis type of shit should be banned. Corvus Belli makes entire Warcrow line in it and it's so awful I gave up on it completely. They tried making bigger TAGs with it and result was so bad they switched to Unicool (which is so much better it's not even funny).
I hope previous santa is okay.
>>98857498Oh did we get a new santa?
>>98857509I think it's texas johnny anon. Afaik nobody's heard from german(?) santa this year.I admit, I haven't been around much for the past couple months, so if he had said something in the past I probably wouldn't have noticed.
>>98856480>I bought shitty Chinese brushes to replace my shitty Chinese brushes
>>98856480>ap productsyou did this to yourselfget rosemary&co, palitra, roubloff, carstyn, or the more expensive davincis or w&n
>>98857597>davincisNTA but in Europe I only see their red sable ones that are not more expensive than other brands like Kolibri or Lineo. Overall, I only see red sables at any shop I paid a visit, only saw few of explicitly named "kolinsky sable" brushes that however cost fortune, no point in ruining them with mini painting - even when cleaning, each and every single one of them start to lose sharpness after extensive use and cleaning, despite using only soap, shampoo and conditioner.
>>98857695yes, after extensive use they aren't as good as when they were newbut after extensive use, still perform far better than a new synthetic
>>98857695>in EuropeJust get Rosemary & Co. Their Series 33 is fantastic, and for a good money, too.
>>98857783My LGS stocks them now, it's great
im done with lancer beside base. I dont know what kind of base i should go for with my cathay
>>98857783My shops have only da Vinci, Kolibri, Lineo, Royal Talens, W&Na, Kozlowski, Renesans.
>>98857802Use internet?
>>98857800I think having the gold return on the base would be best. So dry grass or beige earth. Just an opinion.
almost done.
Why is every social media painting video Spanish Airbrushcore and black latex glovesloppa?They really fuck me off with what they're trying to go for, hence this post.>I will now show myself mixing paint in the airbrush paint cup artfully>I will use massive brushes on any basecoats to show off my le brush control>I will not put down a single solid coat of any colour at any point>I will try to do some ASMR bullshit when I tastefully spread out my washes/contrast/ink type paints>I will do OSL out of the wazoo>I will now shill my Patreon at the endI'm not even going to mention this new trend of "slop on [new product] and show how it self-levels whilst drying"I'm sorry but for 95% of miniature wargamers (and especially the lower intelligence GW drones) this is just not as needed as these algorithm chasers make it seem.Most people actually need to learn how to do solid basecoats, appropriate washes, and being brave enough to do highlights (and drybrushing where appropriate and not just as a cop-out), and then with experience getting faster at such things so they can paint armies in decent time. They need to be learning from people like Kev Dallimore and Peachy and Sonic Sledgehammer and maybe a bit of Vince V.Yet they are sold Patreons by Spanish Slayer Sword Winner #3482 as "aspirational" when they can't even post a miniature here that looks finished, like they're not even hiding slotta tabs in the basing material properly or whatever that else makes it look unfinished.
>>98857882Unsubscribe from this blog
>>98857876cute
>>98857882>get called a retard for posting this in /40kg/>try again in /wip/holy fuck kill yourself posthaste
>>98857882>/wip/ - youtubersWhat about you fuck off and take your faggotry with you
>>98857882Have you tried not watching shit that triggers you, you dumb fucking retard?
>>98857882If you don't like the video why are you watching it all the way through to the end like you say you are?You can turn off a video you are not enjoying, you are not locked in
>>98857893>>98857904>>98857910I think it's important. Because half of here is pretty good, but then half of /wip/ is "I am le experimenting with TMM" whilst they can't even make a miniature look finished. And it's because of what they're taking in from Youtube and elsewhere
>>98857927>I think it's importantno it's notfuck off
>>98857927>I think it's important I think it's important that you fuck off back to your stupid faggot containment thread.
>>98857882I understand what you mean and I also find that shit annoying, but wip has never been the place to discuss influencers as you can gather from the reactions you got.
>>98857805I was talking about internet as well. I won't import from outside my country.
>>98858089Suffer then, idk what else to tell you
For basing plastic minis that come with a small round or oval piece of plastic under the feet, do you cut it or stick the whole thing on the base and raise the terrain around it? How about hollow bases?With metal minis, how do you fill the gaps when the metal bar doesn't fill the slot completely?
>>98858199I cut off plastic integral bases completely, with hard metals and delicate resins I might snip at it a bit to break up the obvious shape and remove massive excess material, if it's easy I might leave some little platforms under the feet.I use cheap wood or all-purpose filler from a tube for the biggest gaps and smoothing.
>>98858199i remove both puddle bases and metal tabsi use toothpicks to fill the slottas on bases that have themnot sure what you mean by hollow bases
>>98857876That's a glossy bitch
>>98858226she comes pre-glazed
>>98858199>With metal minis, how do you fill the gaps when the metal bar doesn't fill the slot completely?I usually cut off said bar completely and drill the feet. Usually cut the bar with wire saw since otherwise it's pretty easy to deform mini legs with nippers. In few cases where I didn't, I simply carefully applied texture paste in that place.
>>98858199I stick puddle based models in those hollow bases and just cover it up to the base rim with cheap texture paste. For metal slot bases I use extra super glue to fill as much of the gap as possible and then do the same with the paste again. So far I haven't wanted to put either of those types of models on a flat surface like metal or tile flooring though where that strategy won't work so well, but if I did I'd probably just replace the texture paste with milliput so I could sand it flat after.
Love these dudes, they look so cool. I hope I'll be able to paint him well.I looked at their price on GW website out of curiosity and apparently they cost $120 which I think is utterly insane.
>>98858199I leave the puddle.
And another thing, and I was guilty of this myself:Why is it that when we get into miniature painting, we all have that "experimenting" stage which universally seems to consist of>unnecessary blood effects>"battle damage">camouflage that just doesn't work at 28mmand other kind of things of such nature
Did a forge priest from kingdom deathWanted to fuck around primarily with oil paints - I'm not doing that again without basecoating with acrylics first, just like p. much everyone on the internet recommends>tired of grainy blurry overprocessed mini photos from phone>upgrade to a proper camera>now get to see EVERY single piece of dust, lint and hair that got onto my mini that I couldnt see with a naked eyeAIEEEEE
>>98858324we all watched the same media growing up.
>>98857498>I hope previous santa is okay.Me too, anon. Ever the optimist, I imagine he's doing just fine. He's probably just moved on with his life. My own personal experiences suggests for most people, time here in WIP is ephemeral at best.>>98857516>if he had said something in the past I probably wouldn't have noticed.He did, actually, and I just didn't take him literally. This is a chunk of a conversation he and I had last summer. It's part of what inspired me to wrangle the signups this year.
Would you justify airbrushing an entire let's say chaos space marine model gold just for the trim? And then paint the rest black?Also I want to paint the gold with scale's necro gold but I've noticed they don't work well through the airbrush. What do you guys use as thinner with scale 76?
>>98857882This blud has youtube shorts visible instead of hidden
>>98858297Feasible if you only want to do panel infill instead, which is going to vary from model to model.
>>98858409>Would you justify airbrushing an entire let's say chaos space marine model gold just for the trim? And then paint the rest black?It's often recommended for minis with a lot of trim and yes it can be a faster if you plan to do single color panels with no extra work. If you want to do some blending/volumes though both ways take roughly the same time, at least in my experience.
>>98855751Vallejo has a little set called Cold Greens that would probably get you close. I always have trouble picking out greens and blues myself. Warmer colors are no trouble though.
Started building these Maschinen Krieger models and I intended to convert them. How to make them more Warhammer in your opinion? I've some spare space marine and mechanicum bits laying about.
>>98858752I would replace the gun hand with some Warhammer weaponry, added extra plasticard armor plates (with rivets, of course), and used any 40k greebles you have around. Also, wires and tubing around. Anyway, you should clean the model better, anon.
>>98858752swap out the shoulderpads and gun hand to something much more ostentatiousbig skull front and center in the torso
>>98858340Nice
finally done with these
>>98858409https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmvIMOqjCNkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej_DTLtil2II'll link this every time someone asks about painting trim and maybe one day someone will find it useful
Is it me or is this middle picture not Tabletop Quality at all?I'd say minimum Tabletop Standard is somewhere between the first "Fully Painted" and the middle image which to me is just basecoats with a finished base. Even just a wash would make it more finished.Reading the actual text though it says Warhammer World want fully painted miniatures closer to pic 1
Didn't want to spend more than 3 hours on those so I rushed the details but here they are nonetheless.My printer > GW's HR department.
>>98859047Middle plus a wash is what I would consider tabletop quality but I'd still much rather see the pictures version than grey or single coat of primer
>>98859064you sure epically trolled those pesky lefties that live rent free inside your head
>>98859089Indeed I did, but I only did it now because I need them for the current Mordheim campaign I'm playing using the Lustria supplement.Still happy to own GW any day though.
Barely touched and paint started to fall off. I don't understand, I cleaned (metal) minis before applying primer, either airbrush applied Vallejo primer is too weak or I missed something again.
>>98859151what did you clean it with? did you scuff the surface with sandpaper or scotchbrite?
>>98859064Pygmies are the Oldhammer secondary bait that stuff like Daemonculaba is for more recent 40kNice work tbqh but they need basing
>>98859211They're only bait for feminine retards with a faggy desperate need for virtue signaling. They're just normal for other people.
>>98859210Bath and scrubbing in warm water with dishwashing solution. No, I didn't scuff the surface. Thing is, I had no such problems before when spraying primer from a can (also Vallejo) over metal minis, could it be that airbrushed primer is simply too thin?
Has anyone ever abused the secret Santa system? Like sending a dog turd or cum sock or something? I know it's a long tradition here so it must be okay but I'm still hesitant to sign up. What's the worst/most nefarious thing that's ever happened?
>>98859522I got a home made candy dessert thing once. I admit I did not eat that.
>>98859522It's a federal crime in most countries to abuse the mail system. It would be simple work to report the sender to their local police.
>>98859522Every year someone try to lower morale by tales of cum cookies and other bullshit but consider this - both Santa AND you knows the return address, once the package arrives, because no postal service will accept package without one, including name and surname. Would anyone risk consequences for making such retarded joke?
>>98859522Not that I know of. Worst that's happened is not receiving anything, but they got backups for that.
>>98859522We had a desiccated lizard and an MLP hot glue jar but both went missing.
>>98859623I'm the one that makes that joke every year
>>98858918I like the them.What chapter? Where did you get the helmets? I don't like mk10 helmets and general aesthetics but the new Armageddon marines have some really nice looking combos that make me want to get some marines finally.
>>98859623It's just craftsperg seething at the secret santa, he doesn't even participate so there's nothing to worry about
Okay, I guess the little guys are slowly taking shape. Now time for washes, highlights and they will be, as they say, "tabletop ready".
kitbashing a tankbuster nob with tank hammers from a running blood bowl orc
>>98859668thanks! They're my homebrew bangel successorth helmets I got from a blind bits bag at a con if I remember right, they're 3d prints but I have no clue on th STL maker
>>98859623Who says anyone would do it for a joke? Why not just for the malicious joy of knowing it was eaten and then never tell them?
>>98858324except ork players, they seem to never get out of that phase
>>98859644at least you didn't put 'joke' in quotations.
>>98859791I though they were wolves! Nice! Post more of your army please.
Thanks>>98858222I mean these https://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/round/1750-hollow-plastic-bases-black-25mm.htmlBut no idea how it looks in practice>>98858306So you raise the terrain arround ?Is it noticeable ?I'm worried the height difference will be too visible compared to metal minis with slot bases.Am I overthinking ?
>>98858306Based. >>98859827Look, the easiest way to spot a Warhammer kiddie is seeing someone freak out about puddle bases. Just glue the puddle down and base like normal. After basing the puddle is virtually indistinguishable, with the added benefit of being way more stable and quicker to glue down. It makes me chuckle whenever I see a Warhammer player laboriously and meticulously cutting off the puddle base because he's so used to Warhammer models gluing bare feet to a finicky base
progress on the not-quite-twins
>>98859992She asked that I show off the hair as shes really proud of it
>>98860000Yep, that shine is well done. She's drawn animu before, I can smell it.
>>98857882Juan Hidalgo's tutorials are fucking brilliant
>>98860009were*, before he sold out to vallejo
>>98859818They're based on a tundra homeworld, wear pelts as trophies, favor chainaxes and have a skeletal hound as their icon, they're CLEARLY blood angels :^)Here's almost everything I've painted of em so far, aint done much since I keep bouncing between projects
>>98860027They're still good and work across brands. It's just paint.
>>9886005510/10 would love to play against.Maybe I'll bick up that wolves termie battleforce that's getting released for Christmas this year.
It's good enough right? I don't know what else I can do really.
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6 more dwarfs finished.For some reason i couldn't get any decent lighting for my pictures and they appear more washed out than they are. The woodcutter is definitely my favourite one.
>>98860109And the rear ;that instead shows much truer colours
>>98860100>It's good enough right?only you can answer that questionlooks fine tho, but that's not an answer
>>98860135>only you can answer that questionFinished is better than perfect.Also i think it looks great. Would gladly field it in my army.
>>98860100You could go further with the metallics but he looks nice already so if you're satisfied with that I'd say call him done.
>>98859047I think the picture is talking about the minimum painting requirements for official GW events.Which iirc is 3 colors and based.If that was on the table you can obviously tell that it’s a jump pack marine with bolt pistol and chainsword so it’s game legal.
Finished the Legendary Dragon.
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I added mechadendrites and a light machine gun as a secondary weapon. I think I'll try fitting a chainsaw bayonet to the gun arm and the round shield from mkii assault marines. Tomorrow I'll work on the armour plates.
So doing all this stuff the first time and even with plenty of research in preparation I still got blindsided by something that doesn't seem to come up too often. The superglue vapors don't really bother me at the priming stage because it can be painted over, but I planned on painting my bases and models separate, and since you can't use plastic cement on painted plastic superglue is the go to. Can I really avoid the frost by keeping them in the open with a desk fan on them while the glue cures? Seems like it took about two days for the vapors to stop.>>98860175Well done! Sick Frazettas on the wall too.
>>98860169it's not even about official events. it's about events at warhammer world.
Finally satisfied with the flesh!I wanted it to look like something out of Videodrome or other 80s slashers, think I got it alright without going too much into grimderp, I still want it to be funny.
>>98860322What the fuck are you even talking about, you retarded sperg. Putting scale models or miniatures to glass cases is about as old as the hobby itself. Boomers in the 60s did this with train models, too.
>>98859283 It looks like it's peeling off at the primer level, I think I can see some bare metal. Not sure why it's not sticking though. Maybe not good weather or just a bad can of primer? Not sure if a double coat would help
>>98860337I might even add that it's the only way to avoid getting dust on them other than closing them in boxes, which defeats the point of painting in the first place.
>>98859623 I vaguely remember a lizard from a while back, maybe some other stuff, that was being passed around. Is that still a thing?
>>98860355this anon just grabs handfuls of models and walks to the store
>>98860355fuck off, craftsperg
>>98860355Dude paints so shitty he's afraid to show his minis to other people LMAO
>>98860355>it's craftspergLmao, I should have knew. Post models.
>>98860355>he unironically thinks playing with plastic toy soldiers as a grown man is any less childish than displaying them on a shelf
>>98860100I would say it's "fine" except that it's hard to tell if the trim on the top is supposed to be brass or just dirty steel. either way it's kind of off that the oil stains are all on the darker parts with none on the lighter ones. also the flashlight or whatever the hell the thing above his head is supposed to be looks unfinished.
>>98860376Be honest nigga, not that you have loads of guests visiting your house, but how many people do you think want check out your scifi fantasy and anime toy collection? You're 38, not 14
>>98860093Cheers anonThat swolf box does look like a good deal, I'd probably end up grabbing one to convert up if I didn't already have a fuckton of terminators waiting for paint haha
>>98860428Not even the original guy but it's me and my girlfriend and she likes them and gives them nicknames, and my brother and his wife come to visit sometimes, and a bunch of my archery club mates also came and told me they were cool. Life is cooler when you're okay with your hobbies.
>>98860428NTA but I host people all the time and when they hear about what I do they always come to look at my display casesSounds like a you problem
>>98860222first of all you should never glue paint no matter what kind of glue you are using. even if you want to paint the part before gluing you should mask off the area that's going to be glued or scrape the paint off. second I don't know what the fuck you're talking about glue vapors. don't sniff your glue even if it smells like oranges. third if you want to avoid cleaning up glue spillover simply don't get glue where you don't want it to be. just like the thermal paste on your cpu glue will spread out when you push your parts together so you only need a tiny bit where the parts are actually touching.
I gave the armor a brown/orange shade.I need to fix the checkerboard on the axes and do the nmm on the blade edges and i’ll call it done.Needs to be done and dusted by Sunday.
>>98860055I am seething with jealousy I did the traditional space wolf colours instead of making a oc chapter. The orange is nice.
>>98860443>second I don't know what the fuck you're talking about glue vaporsIt's a process called blooming that happens during curing. Glue dries, vapors dry, settle on whatever is nearby as a white film. Pic related is pretty common for people that don't know and just leave it to cure without ventilation.
>>98860428>OH NOOO WHAT WILL OTHERS SAYEffeminate faggotry. You sound like a woman.
>>98860492weird I've never seen this before. what was the glue on in that picture?
>>98860512It's super glue. Some glues are better or worse, but generally it becomes a serious issue when whatever is glued is locked in a confined space, i.e. gluing magnets to the bottom of bases and leaving them on a tray.
I bought the 1991 Epic scale Space Marine 2nd Edition box on a whim, and I've been painting the minis up slowly. I hope to convince someone to give it a try, Minisodes makes it look so cool.
>>98860523>gluing magnets to the bottom of bases and leaving them on a tray.I can confirm on that, happened the same stuff and my magnetic tray is full of those white ashy things
>>98860708>>98860715Post models.
>>98860715>>98860724>paintfag secondaries>secondariesSecondary to what in this instance? Terminally /40kg/ brained.
>>98860724>enter painting thread>why the FUCK are you all painting things?Hilariously braindead.
>>98860708Displaying things you bought is cringe.Displaying things you've made yourself is based.
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>>98860715>me when I use buzzwords I don't even understand
>>98860715funnily enough you belong on reddit with your attentionwhoring and low effort shitposting, craftsperg
>>98860175>>98860181>>98860188>>98860195Is this that 3 foot Joan of Arc dragon? I was annoyed they made it that big for use in a 15mm war game. Still a cool HUGE dragon tho
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>>98860762I told my visiting cousin I sculpted all my painted (gw) minis I had out. He thinks I'm some kind of master sculpting artist. He doesn't into games at all.
>>98860760Yea it is. I'm using it in a 10mm game actually to sell the apocalyptic scale of it. The corpses on the base come from the Agincourt box set from Wargames Atlantic
Model I started working on again.
>>98860797Feels like it could use a little more depth but it's a good start.What model is that?
>>98860804>it could use a little more depthAgreed, was thinking about adding darker tones to the bodice and robe. I'll paint the vines first though since those are physically behind the model and naturally will provide depth. >what model is it? Not sure, it's a 3d print I purchased on etsy and i don't remember the name of the listing. It's not a great model though, total snapfest and all the vines came separate (most aren't attached). Looks cool though.
I'm a little melancholic that we have to witness the slow and painful death of not only 4chan, but the broader internet as well.
>>98860827If you mean the PHP vuln, that's already been patched by anyone that isn't tech illiterate.I've left my floating island to marinate on the bench for a while as I decide how many more details I want to put onto it at risk of overcrowding it. Meanwhile, printed off some parts to make more scatter terrain out of.
>>98860963I just mean in general. It's just gonna keep getting worse and worse.Cool carapace stuff.
>>98861053As someone that lives in Australia, yeah. I'm locked out of browsing like 20-40% of the internet without a VPN just because nobody wants to face legal repercussions for Australians looking at their stuff without showing photos of their government issued ID. Fucking spastic.The carapaces I got off of a WH40k Pyrovore model, same for the fleshy gun thing. The three carapaces I'm gonna make into just "something died and left behind a big part of it's skeleton here" and the fleshy bit I'm thinking of making it into a weird wasp hive type thing, if wasp hives got to the size of those huge termite mounds.
>>98861078Forgot my photo of them primed like an idiot. Pretty happy with how these came out, don't feel the need to post-process them with filler given that they'll be scatter terrain.
I'm bad at faces.
>>98861093I would fuck that pig
>>98861093>30 minute long orgasms
>>98861093Right eye should have probably been moved a millimeter or two towards the nose, otherwise very hot pig, would breed.
Better? Or maybe you guys want more stronger shadows?
>>98861182Looks pretty good. One thing I'd recommend doing is picking out surfaces that would be in constant friction (like the exposed gears in the knees) with bright silver.Also maybe paint the cable on the hammer with another color, like black or brass so it's not just a blob of gunmetal.
>>98860746>>98860379You're the most retarded dumb bitch of all the retarded dumb bitches.I do not post in the night hours for north america you braindead obsessed faggot. Furthermore why in the fuck would I, of all people. take a crap on painting minis when that is the only thing I come in here to do? Use that shriveled pea you have in place of a brain, asinine fuckwit.There are multiple anons on 4chan who hold opinions and say things that you don't like, and as you yourself prove, there are multiple complete fucking retards on this site too, not everyone you dislike is me, jackass.
When the white dries i’m gonna hit the axes with a brown glaze so the white isn’t so jarring. Other than that i’m calling this model done for Sunday
More or less done. Waiting for the transparent base and need to gloss the eyes.
Trying out a desert base to contrast the blue metallic. I somehow ended up making the teal/orange combo from all the 2000's movie posters.
>>98861455>desertlooks like gravy
>>98861522it was still wet when I took the picture.
>>98861531well why didn't you wait?
>>98861582because it's 24hours later and it's still not done drying
>>98861608maybe you should have used baking soda or beach sand instead of gravy
>>98861522It's obviously custard cream. He meant to write deSSert bases.
Finished some orks.
>>98861621i did, i think it was just too much water and not enough glue
>>98861721your style of painting makes the chicken look much better.
>>98861737why were you using water? put glue on the base and then dump sand on it. when the glue is dry shake all the loose sand off. no water required.
This is a rather embarrassing question, but how do you cut straight lines to plasticard? Currently I've taped the piece I'm working on to the cutting board, use a metal ruler and make multiple small passes before the final cut. Somehow I still bungle it. Is this just something you learn through trial and error, or am I missing some trick?
>>98861920Does your hobby mat not have lines on it?
What is the best means to removed crystalized cyanoacrylate superglue on a plastic model without damaging it too much? Traded for some secondhand models and a weapon snapped off in the process of stripping paint, seemingly not the first time either.
>>98861927It does, but typically the knife slips happen towards the end of the cut, when I am already lightening the grip on the knife.
>>98861975Are you freehanding the cut? Use a metal ruler as a guide for the blade.
I was going to post this the very minute before the whole site went read-only. Did some quick touch-ups over the piece, darkened a lot of areas. Decided to lighten the side of the bodice and paint black into the cloth behind to accentuate the waist. Lighting conditions were slightly different for this photo, the difference is quite pronounced in person.
>>98862077I think the issue with it is that the character is wearing at least 3 distinct pieces of clothing, but you have painted them all exactly the same.
>>98862077Yeah, at least paint the bodice as dark leather.
>>98862088Yeah, I'm not sure the monochrome aesthetic really worked out. I wanted to do it to accentuate her otherworldliness, but she ended up just looking RED. I'm not going to put much more effort into this model, it's 3D-printed and a bit of a snapfest. I'll probably give it a few more layers, then she'll just be resigned to a tabletop piece for the foreseeable future.
>>98862135(me) >>98862117>>98862088I appreciate the feedback on it though. I'm just going to take lessons from this model and do better on the next one.
Edge highlights are just volumetric highlights on thin, angled sections of the model.
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>>98862236Sure, but only if you actually highlight upwards facing edges and not every single one like GW does.
>>98861979I have a metal ruler, but I think my knife slips towards the end of the cut. I guess I just need to practice and practice... The blade.
Edgy sarge.
How can i make my base look super bright like in those youtube video?
>>98862304white, then add fluorescent paintalso adjust your camera settings to give you more contrast
>>98862304I thought you were holding some spicy sausage from the thumbnail. Gonna post my sabretusk prints. The first regiment of minis I actually finished and am gonna play on the table.
>>98861920>use a metal ruler and make multiple small passes before the final cut.you are usually not suposed to make a 'final cut' you make a couple pases and crack it along the line, a metal rules should be enough, you need more practicetheres also shit like picrel but may be a bit overkill
I'm going to call this one done. Had to resculpt the chin because oldhammer ogres have very weird baby-like proportions.
>>98862406Goddamn, anon, that's rad as fuck.
More progress on drukhari prison obelisk. Making that lid/roof was a pain in the ass. Still a lot of work to get before I'm satisfied with the basic form.
>>98862304White ink or oil washalso ABing but that's not my wheelhouse tho plenty use it to good effect
>>98860530Good luck, wish I had people to play with
>>98860055Very nice
someone want to explain the secret Santa schizo form again?
Couldn't really get the focus somehow but is this acceptable quality?
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made some progress on tank man
>>98862531Very crisp, love it.
>>98862518Looks pretty clean what are these?
>>98862318I tried fluo yellow but it just look greenish to me
>>98862543Remotes (basically unpiloted tachikomas) from Infinity>>98862518They're better than most of the Infinity stuff at my LGS, Anon.>>98862276When all else fails, use clamps.>>98861968>What is the best means to removed crystalized cyanoacrylate superglue on a plastic model without damaging it too much?For weapons, you can usually just mark and drill out the hand where you're going to put the new pin to hold it in place. The superglue will often flake off and shatter away from the drill point on its own. For any stubborn bits or big globs on other parts of the model? Hook the edge of the chunk of superglue with a probe or a knife, pray, and try to pop it off. It shatters easily and once it's globbed up the repeated reactivation and shrinking layers on top tend to loosen it a little
>>98862556orange is better for this kind of thing
>>98862581>>98862543Good to know, I initially sprayed two shades of blue in succession over black primer and later only added white (light grey in fact) lines for little decoration, somewhat lore-accurate too, edge highlighted and ran little drybrush, so I was little afraid they ended too simple but if they read okay, then I can move forward to the rest. So far "just" want to fill up few missing units I normally proxy with others, have two week left to small tournament at FLGS, hope I make it in time.
I finished the ork huts the other day and moved on to the four cactus clusters. I only need to base them today.I tried using a lower wider aperture to avoid diffraction at f16, but I still think the depth is too shallow at lower values for minis. I'm sure it matters more for normal photos or landscape shots, but I wouldn't use a 50mm for landscape shots anyway and I hardly ever go over f4 or 5,6 when shooting normal stuff or f8 for landscape stuff. But for mini stuff? I found f16 better, at least to my eyes.I think it turned out great, but they took fucking ages to do. Glad to move on to something I can finish faster.
>>98862531Clean as fuck, gorgeous glow.
>>98862531Yeah that glow is amazing. Did you follow a tutorial for it?
Things I've done in the week between the previous picture I posted about this and this picture:>finished the metal skeleton on the knight on the left, and applied most of its armour bits>painted the basic terrain texture, and blocked in the little bits embedded in it somewhat>fully painted the CSM on the ground>painted the lenses on both knights' heads
>>98862541>>98862724>>98862735Thanks guys. I didn't follow any tutorial, I just basecoated the coils with AK turquoise, painted white into the recesses and layered back and forth with brighter and darker turquoises until I got the result I liked. In case you're curious paints used were ak dark sea blue - ak turquoise - ak blue-green - baharroth blue - white
>>98862556I hate how the yellow fluorescent look green too, but you can break the green hue if you add a tiny tiny bit of orange fluo to it.So one drop of yellow and then the tip of a brush's worth of orange blended in makes it yellow.Or if you use airbrush, basing it in the yellow and then doing an ultra thin coat of orange will cut the green hue from it and make it yellow.It's like when you have a skin tone that's too pink, you can add the tiniest bit of green to break the pink.
Making my own zoanthrope because I dont want to buy one
>>98863398>zoanthropetake the oportunity to move it to the next step of evolution, in wich the most delicate and vital part of the organism is not exposed in open air
>>98863398Hardcore. Good job so far, it's definitely showing potential
>>98862516I'll give you a game-breaking hint: decoding the first string (it's encoded in base64 so it doesn't look like a URL to harvest-bots or scripts) in >>98854200 will give you the same URL that appears in large red friendly letters at the top of the meme image.I stole some neat WEBMs from the ladz over at /ic/ which explain the decoding process better - there's one of them in >>98856654 - but it looks like 4chan is having trouble with WEBMs after the PHP vulnerability fix.
>>98863398Is the yellowish figure at the top of the picture who I think it is?
>>98863406The brain being exposed helps with the bio-wifi>>98863408Thanks, ive done smaller sculpting with greenstuff before, but mostly just to fill gaps. Its a bit tricky to not leave fingerprints or pull the stuff up with my tools.>>98863442It is, I also have an Ohm bug to go with that was a pain in the ass to glue each leg individually.
>>98863483>It is, I also have an Ohm bug to go with that was a pain in the ass to glue each leg individually.Thanks for the heads up. Mine is still in its package after all these years. The Valley Gunship and Nausicaa on her Horseclaw models barely survived my childhood.
>>98863566Yeah its that exact kit hahaIts been sitting packaged for about half a year but my wife [\spoiler] wants to paint it togetherNice marines, blood angels?
>>98863606>Nice marines, blood angels?Who else but Quagmire?
>>98863837Nice JohnnyAre primaris on 40mm bases now?? t. stopped playing when 8th dropped
>>98863906>Are primaris on 40mm bases now?Some are.Most squadboyz are on 32mm bases. Models with a higher Toughness like Terminators and Space Marines in Gravis Armour are on 40mm bases. Certain other kinds of officers and elite models such as Captains, Lieutenants, Sanguinary Guard, and Bladeguard Veterans are also on 40s.The Terminator Captain and the Commemorative Edition Sergeant Castus are on 50mm bases.
>>98863927>commemorative series>the bare minimum tactical marine with tactical rock>b-but it has 2 necrons in its base!when did gw ran out of ideas this hard?
>>98863927Crazy. I remember when the switch to 32mm felt huge. Still prefer 28mm for my dudes even if they look a bit cramped lol
>>98863966>when did gw ran out of ideas this hard?I understand this might be a rhetorical question, but GW introduced Sergeant Castus as an in-store exclusive in 2020.
>>98863981yes and no, but that date is telling
>>98863966I dunno ask /40kg/
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>>98862698Love it dude. The moss makes it look like it just came out of a John Blanche illustration.Mind if I ask what you used for the moss?
>>98861182Very cool. But I feel like the stripes on the torso and leg should be shaded the other way around, since they're under a lip
>>98866795I felt the same way too but that's how GW did it so I copied their stripes just to see how it would turn out.
