Work in Progress, "Almost Friday" 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'm going to any world you're coming fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8_8oeGwfnQ>Who's Johnny, she'd say, and smile in her special wayhttps://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/JohnnyPrevious threads:>>98854197>>98836253>>98820836
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>>98864331Aside from the contact info, is there any general info on how the secret santa works? ie budget, how many anons participate and so on? I'm always late so I might participate this year
i love how easy these 15mm are to paint but i have to hold myself back not to fill the entire base with tufts and grass
>>98864378>is there any general info on how the secret santa works?You fill out the form. This sends me your contact info, what you wish you would get for Christmas, and what you might gift your giftee. There are other ancillary questions we've added over the years as times and technology have changed regarding things like coomer models and 3D-printed stuff. This all makes it easier for me to match you with someone who seems like a good fit.>budgetI think our original budget around ten years ago was $20US. Nobody has ever stuck to this. However, a lot of anons give gifts that come mostly from their piles of shame to reduce the economic impact (and make room in the closet, I guess), plus it's customary to add snacks and treats that might be regional.If you look at our pastebin, there are links to the imgur galleries for the previous years so you can get an idea of what other anons have sent and received.>how many anons participateWe've surpassed 40 signups already this year. In the biggest years, I swear we've had 100-120.>I'm always late so I might participate this yearLooks like you're on time this year. We'd be glad to have you!
>>98864575Thanks for all the info! I'll fill in the form as soon as I get home
>>98864575I spend $20 on shipping lmao
>>98864322Is there a metallic gold-ish paint that isn't ass shit? I swear to God, it was more frustrating painting this trim with Vallejo Brass than anything else on the model.
>>98865007I heard fusion firm is good but I never tried it myself. you should buy it and test it for everyone here.
One per weekend, ten years or so to go.
>>98865124try painting more instead of just posting the same image over and over
Advice on which miniature seem the most easily to paint
>>98865274 These miniatures
>>98865007TTC Dragons Gold is best gold paint I worked with so far, so maybe give it a try. Also heard good things about Vallejo "true metallic" "imperial gold" but didn't try out yet.
These miniatures
>>98865274Organic monsters. Undead, Tyranids, that sort of thing. They're very forgiving and newb friendly techniques like contrast paints or drybrushing work really well on them.
>>98865321No I mean these goose miniature
>>98865341Which ones of the gooses miniature seem easily, I forgot to put a picture along side these.
>>98865274>>98865291The rogue or knight seem easiest, least amount of hard to reach areasThe trench coat one as a followup
you know the feeling when you open /WIP/ all starry eyed and ready to go only to find /40kg/
Do you think of wall anchors could be used as a basis for sci-fi guns on vehicles, or is that too poor even for poorhammer enthusiasts?
>>98865442there is always the first time and i recall right there was also this old old internet saying about something is something if you are just brave enoughfew years ago i spent a month making this papercraft titan and promised anon i would paint it by christmas but i still havent decided the chapter
i’m calling him done unless I see a mistake before Sunday.2nd time ever painting a competition piece.If I don’t win i’m not responsible for my actions.
Another pretty extensive use of plasticard for me
>>98865725Base needs work (some leaves, broken sticks and a few flower patches would improve it) but other wise it's looks great to me.
>>98865725>If I don’t win i’m not responsible for my actions.If pic related beats you, drop me a line. I'll join you.
>>98865293I can vouch for this one, pretty nice and strong. It’s a soft gold though, kinda white? Ionno how to explain it and don’t have a picture handy. I also use an old Camel gold that’s starting to go but is very strong when applied well
>>98865291Knight goose or wizard goose, especially since wizard has shapes on the cloak
Thought the paint was dry and now I have piss on my snow. glad I didn't batch paint
So there's this stuff that Greenstuff World sells that's like bluestuff/oyamaru, except that you put it in the microwave and it turns into a liquid and lets you get way more accurate molds. Has anyone tried it our and have any impressions?
>>98866196Give it a try and get back to us. I remember an anon did get or try it, but I don't remember what the result was.I have a hard time believing it can stay hot and fluid enough to really get silicone level details of casting. If you haven't used silicone before, the benefit is that it really will seep into every possible detail (minus bubble traps) even though it's thick the surface tension is like zero, and it stays in that state for hours before it starts to cure. The second a warmed up fluid touches anything it's going to cool down and start to block details.I'm sure you can get basic castings you could get with silicone putty though, and in that case reusable is probably fine.if I had to guess, It's probably the best easy option, ranking them flexi-mold > silicone putty > blue stuffin terms of detail, but silicone putty has the distinct disadvantage of being one time use
Getting some work done on my Terminators. There's still a lot further to go.
>>98866235They look pretty good drill your barrels.
>>98865725This is fine for a tabletop piece but for a competition piece I'm not sure it's a winner. I'm talking out of my ass though, never been in a local competition just seen the some entries and they looked considerably more advanced.I like it though. I hope you win something. Or at least lose to a really good model.
Painted some space marines for the first time. Only done orks and catachan before so it was a nice change of pace>>98865530Anon you gotta paint this! It looks great>>98865007Vince's recipe using GSW gold pigments and vallejo metal varnish works very well. Gives you solid coverage in one coat, sometimes two at worst. You can also mix in other golds to alter the tone, or silver for highlights. Not as convenient as a gold straight out of the bottle, but it's honestly fun messing around with
A thin enamel wash followed by matte varnish, and now all she needs is a base.
>>98866466Post the ass.
>>98865530Damn that is impressive papercrafting. I think I'll try the wall anchor gun at some point. I also thought of using connector nuts as some sort of power banks for energy weapons.
>>98866466Yiff in hell, faggot.
>>98866257What kind of drill do you use? I used a jewelry drill for magnetizing years ago, but I found it was more trouble than it's worth.
>>98866506PCB via drill bits are my favorite that I've come across.
>>98866505You're a homo
i drill barrells with the tip of my hobby knifetried pin vice and various bits but didn't prefer itsame motion. don't need to go deep enough to where the blade gets too wideknife requires less pressure and is quicker, in my experienceonly one sliced finger so far
>>98866453Sexy colours on the robes. Purple layered over a dark blue is an inspired choice. What's the recipe?
>>98866505kys
>>98866521>>98866538Not everyone wants to fuck animals.
What the fuck are we talking about?
>>98865530Holy shit that's paper? LolNot bad at allI wonder if dredds are possible
>>98866710 I remember back in the day, /po/ had a bunch of 40k papercraft models and they were shared in /tg/ a few times along with terrain
>>98866718If anon learned to git gud at styrene sheets he could probably make some really cool stuff.
>>98866710>>98866718There was an entire Yahoo group dedicated to designing papercraft 40k stuff, I have some of it archived along with most of Bile's site. It's mostly IG and Marine stuff with a smattering of Eldar, DE, Orks, and TauGF: /d/beqc2Alj(does not contain dolphin porn)
>>98866453thank you anon>>98866489thank you and good luck>>98866710yeah i made a dread too but everyone hated iti havent actually counted but i think i made almost 30 tanks and other papercraft stuff that winter
>>98866196>>98866215I tried it last year or something. I was not very pleased.First of all, it's pretty problematic to use. I was not using microwave but water heating (bain-marie) and it is a pain in the ass to maintain temperature around 80C because apparently 100C and above will damage it. By the way, I recommend to cut out fragments and put into smaller containers, it's much easier that way. Once heated, it behave like honey, so highly viscous, pouring it to avoid bubbles is much harder than advertised, it also cool down rather fast. I would also recommend to buy and use some plumber tape, first try with casting box ended with leaking. I tried using what GSW recommended as casting material, UV resin but apparently Fleximold was not transparent enough since using UV lamp far longer than recommended ended up still with partially liquid parts. Also, repeated use made mold itself lose gloss and transparency, obviously breaking down too. What else I could use instead of UV resin, I don't know. GSW claims that nothing waterbased can be used, since it would apparently leak into mold itself, so this funny acrylic resin in powder is out of option. Miliput or other solid material as well, since mold is flexible like silicone. Other resin types maybe but I didn't want to keep experimenting and buy more and more stuff, not to mention that if I would get two-part resin to pour in, I could as well just use tried and trusted silicone.Only positive I found is that it indeed copy exact shape pretty well. Maybe I would once get back to testing it but I don't have high hopes, especially after finally getting good enough results with blue stuff casting.
>>98865530>>988667183dprinting will never be this soulful
>>98866466Basado. >>98866486 seconding this.
Just saw that Vallejo is having a new line of paints, some of these look really nice, VERY MUCH SO for that "Holy Wight" which looks like the perfect cool blue tinged white I've wanted for years and "Ocean Eyes", maybe "Spearmint" as well. I do wonder, how long do these "Influencer" paint lines last? Really don't want to have a paint range that stop being stocked after a couple years. >>98866718Christ I remember the paper anon, blast of nostalgia.
>>98867382I wouldn't buy any of this on principle because cuckmar is a fucking faggot
>>98867382>look very nicefrom that shitty jpeg?is this an ad?
>>98867382>Really don't want to have a paint range that stop being stocked after a couple years. that's exactly what will happen, and it might not even take a couple of years. Stop being a fag, you can mix these paints on your own.
>>98867409Never watched him in my life but got the paint range from a newsletter, squidpill me anon?>>98867427I'm paid for every reply so thank you for that .01 peso I've received. >>98867428I do mix semi often, issue is for main colours of armies I ideally want something I can just have a consistent, repeatable scheme with the same colour. Plus some colours mix like shit, white mixing instantly turns any paint its mixed with into abysmal dogshit.
>>98867486>issue is for main colours of armies I ideally want something I can just have a consistent, repeatable scheme with the same colour>take empty bottle>mix into bottle>close the bottle>add a little sticker with your own mix name>???>profitIf you wanna be really fancy, you can get something picrel for printing professional looking labels. >white sucksuse inks
>>98867486>I'm paid for every reply so thank you for that .01 peso I've received.you didn't answer the first question, are you excited about rgb colors on a jpg or are there actual images of the paint
>>98865929These Look awesome, what colors did you use for the Skin? I have around 2-3k ogre Kingdom Minis unpainted Most of it being aos Kits new and old. Very inspiring anon.
>>98865530>>98866710>>98867001here is the dreadnought and few paper sentinelsi guess it could be saved with a proper paintjob but now i certainly remember why i was told not my best work
>>98865007I like using gsw gold pigments, they have great coverage and are some of the finest metallic pigments around.>>98866453ICC are cool models and I like that purple. That said, painting a model that's 80% robes is a bit unusual when it comes to marines painting heh>>98866235Cool termies man. If I may give one piece of advice, try playing with the wash when applying it, dilute it a bit more and make sure it pools in the recesses, to avoid the staining you got on the greaves, fists etc.>>98865530Good stuff>>98866718I remember a couple year ago there was an anon posting a lot of paper marines here
>>98867514I tried uploading a actual high quality version but it was .webp and failed to upload and grabbed a SHIT jpeg, with the idea that people who browse /tg/ have the bare minimum intelligence to look up the colours directly via a search engine once they know that the colour exists and this is only a recent announcement I only found out this morning. There's some pictures on Element Games which I use and a lot of sets but they look good, Holy White looks really good in that it's like a less purple/blue Glacier Blue near white. >>98867501I actually do have a label printer and I really fucking like using it, is that a sign of mental dysfunction? Only issue right now with mixing is actually finding a good mix, I've tried using Glacier Blue as a base for a nice bluish white but it's got purple there as well and any time I tried to remove the purple from the paint with a opposing colour the blue also leaves as well.
>>98867693>I actually do have a label printer and I really fucking like using it, is that a sign of mental dysfunction?Not at all, being orderly is a good thing. I also REALLY like using it.
>>98867693you dont really get it, a rgb color representation or a marketing picture of a bottle is meaningless (webp jpg or whatever) in respect of how the color looks irl or how the paint behaves, that's wat i wanted to know if there was an actual demo of the paint or you jsut fell for the marking>webpget this and set it to save as png on clickhttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/save-webp-as-png-or-jpeg/
>>98867776It's not even out yet in the UK, I think it's just come out yesterday and for the UK it's around November 20th so I don't expect there to be perfect information on it yet. Hence why I posted, hoping maybe someone here had bought some so I can figure out if they're worth considering when they release next month.
>War... war never changes.Happy (?) Fallout Day, ladz!
>>98865442Honestly, seeing non-miniature stuff (toys, hardware, random plastic junk) getting turned into miniatures and components is the highest form of hobby soul out there.
>>98866466Thx anon! The purple cloth recipe is hard for me to remember cuz it's the result of a lot of failure and experimentation that started half a year ago. I began painting contrast over a zenithal but it looked like ass. Then I tried using normal paints but it still wasn't looking right. Ended up using oil paints on top of everything, not a wash like I've always used oils before, but actual thick oil paint blobs smeared around until it looked nice. Left them to cure in a sealed box for 4-5 months before I finished them with normal paints.>>98867692Thx! And you're right about that lol. Kinda bit me in the ass since I picked these as a palette cleanser project, expecting them to be quick and easy. Didn't think that cloth was gonna be such a challenge
>>98868337Fuck, meant to reply to >>98866532
>>98867486>>98867409nta but squidmar is a goddamn swede, his videos are peak YouTube slop with the helpful tips and tricks cut out to shill Patreon, and he often wears a virtue signaling sweater that reads "gENDer" in huge letters, as in "end gender".
>>98868411It was nice of Swinson to make that video explaining specifically why squiddy doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about.
>>98867486>squidpill me anon?NTA, but even if you ignore all the political faggotry, his content is just the purest unadulterated youtuber cancer. Everything one hates about hobby sloptubers can be traced back to this huge faggot. Be it making advertisement masquerading as a hobby video, constant unending shilling, zero authentic hobby joy and faking everything, money grubbing, retarded ass drama, pushing obvious nonsense as a fact and presenting himself as knowledgeable, turning actual hobby into some kind of social movement, and the most cancerous of all - having to look at some idiotic faggot's face instead of subject of the video.
>>98863906>Are primaris on 40mm bases now??Mostly Gravis, but generally speaking many (though not all) character models these days fit on a larger base than the rest of their army. It depends™, but you get shit like a Terminator Captain based on a 50mm disc like Abaddon when the rest of his squad are on 40mm ones. I'm guessing it's done to better mark them out on the table, or just giving an excuse to have fancy tactical rocks.30k did it in 2.0 initially (ie plastic Legion Praetors, of whom are huge compared to their range), but seemingly went back to match the same base sizes as their squads.
>>98868524It's only a matter of time until standard space marines are larger than teh boxnaught.
>>98867534Thanks anon, pic related. Airbrush magenta then light flesh on top. Brush paint light flesh + basic skin, basic skin, then b. skin + ivory/ white as highlight
>>98868558We'd probably see it sooner with Necromunda models.
Finished the jump captain i posted a thread or two ago, using the advice i got to improve the NMM. Pretty happy with how he came out
>>98868654Magnetized arms(and backpack) for different loadouts>>98868558>>98868524While they keep pushing more models into armies on smaller tables. I haven't played in like 4 editions at this point but whenever I see games at the local store they look so crowded
hope my secret santa buddy likes ages of sigmar cause youre getting my pile of shame
>>98866505Dang you really won't like this one then.
>>98868857She looks like she fucks human men
>>98868857>even the glue is furfag
>>98868857what's up with the no drugs sticker?
>>98869003Drugs are bad.
>>98866272No one in my local area is a good painter, me included. This is the best thing i’ve ever painted and from what i’ve seen I think i’ve got the best piece.Only thing i’m worried about is that i’m not part of the in-group so I hope I don’t lose to friend favoritism.
>>98868654Looks good apart from the white on the face. Too chalky, looks like he tried to snort flour.
>>98869211>I hope I don’t lose to friend favoritism.Me too. See >>98865761.One other thing to watch out for - if this contest is advertised on social media at all - is contestants coming from out of town and walking away with awards while the locals leave empty-handed. Shortly before the Rusty Nurgling at the Citadel this year, I saw some questions in this regard because I think some of the talented regulars felt snubbed last year.
>>98868857Is this goatse?
>>98869211>friend favoritism.You can bet your ass that the model that wins will either be the:>owner>owner's gf or girl that he would like to have as gf>owner's best friend>some popular dude everyone likes
I can pick up a 50lb bag of play sand from home depot for $5, is that fine for base material?
>>98869306Go to fish/aquarium store and buy sand from them instead. Usually much better selection between grain (from fine to coarse), and you don't have to buy 50lb either
>>98869306Yeah, I've heard it's also a good idea to pop it in the oven to clean it
>>98869203mmkay
>>98865761>Armies on parade>One elf dragon rider>Two squigs and a grotI'm confused, this doesn't look like an army to me
>>98869409>I'm confused, this doesn't look like an army to meImagine how shocked all the rest of us were, too, Anon.The mother of one of the shop's regulars had painted and entered it, and he and all of their friends came by and voted for her while everybody else played it straight and split their votes amongst the more deserving entries. She walked away with the gold that year.
Applied base colours to those two... But her face is scary, I'm afraid she will ends up on WIP face collage.
>>98868654brother please fix the white. the NMM aquilla all look very good. the gem eyes, the free hand on the shield. then just flat, messy white on the face. like he took a pie to it. unless your little brother did that part
>>98864575>20 dollar budgetMost Anons spend more than this on the snack portion of their gift.There are some madlads out there though. We've seen GUO's being gifted in the recent past.
>>98869260>>98869452I noticed the rough white too, but I wasn't sure how to fix it. Another layer would just make it look worse and im not sure i could get to just the face to sand it downWhat would be the best way?
>>98869437I've entered one comp. Not to win, but to have one of my models seen by someone other than me for onceThere was only one other entry of decent standard.I came thirdThe winner was a marine fully covered in blobbed on pink, no details, no basing, no effort. Yellow spots.Guy running it was somewhat apologetic when I went to collect my miniApparently the winning "painter" had been going>nooooo don't vote for mine lol, I don't want to win with a pink joketo get a bunch of kids in the store to vote for itI've not bothered entering since, but it was nice to get some votes despite the comp being a farceCan't get a pic. To my knowledge it's one of the only comps that they didn't post the entrants/winners for anywhere...
>>98869554I don't think it's fixable at this point. White is made of titanium pigment because lead of poison, and titanium pigment particles are relatively big. The only way I ever get white to go on smooth is though an airbrush.
>>98869570I can get an ok white on small areas usually, but the white i use went chalky this time and I had to replace it. It chalked up on another model too.I also only ever get a good white through an airbrush if its anything larger than a shoulder pad or helmet
>>98867486>issue is for main colours of armies I ideally want something I can just have a consistent, repeatable scheme with the same colourFirst post this armySecond you mixing the colour will be indistinguishable to the eye and not be noticable, but you'd know that if you mixed and has an army
>>98869747The colour I need to mix is actually only for a white, everything else is fine. Glacier Blue is close, but it's got this heavy purple colour to it, it's sort of reads white but not entirely. I've tried adding pure white to it, near whites, off whites, warm whites, but they all make it cover like shit and/or remove that blue tint to it so it turns too warm. I fucking hate how every near white or off white is warm rather than cold, I have a whole desk full of white paints that suck. I've tried using a white glaze overtop of Glacier Blue to make it whiter but not so successfully and for my HQ units like a Commander it'll be pure white to signify their rank. Even tried thinning the Glacier Blue with White Ink but no real change.
Warhound wip. Been tipping away at it, and its taking an age, but happy with how its going.
>>98870077Was working on the scrolling today.
>>98869567I entered a local comp when the Clarence meme started. Guess which 60 second paintjob got 2 of the community votes?
>>98866786 Nice, thanks! I had a bunch of stuff, mostly terrain, and did some trading with another anon during a sale ages ago. I'm half sure the data is on a nuked drive. I did print some paper terrain for a couple of games but they weren't mounted to card stock, so didn't last long. They also lacked weight to help keep them from shifting around on the table.>>98867679 Well, not great but still pretty good and I'm sure it'll look nice with a proper paint job>>98864331 Is there a cut off date? I'll be 2 or 3 days out from being able to sign up
>>98870387>Is there a cut off date?no way to know, i wish santa had written when sign-ups close
>>98870428>no way to know, i wish santa had written when sign-ups closeStop it, anon, you're gonna make Nuka Cola come out of my nose!
>>98868857I want to fuck a goat girl so fucking bad bros. .
>>98870428 Oh, whoops. I totally missed the green text. MB
>>98868857>goat bush
>>98868857>>98868867>>98870675>>98870711You have to go back and yiff in hell, tourist-kun.
>>98870733Awww somebody's desperate for attention
Finished a scenario bit for Pillage, want to have a Gaelic warband so I will make some megalithic structures for the field.
don't play frostgrave but I like these models cause they're really cheap, simple, fast to paint and there is no pressure to paint them in any type of way. It's great for whatever colors I'm in the mood for or trying new paints,
>>98868857>Serval-posting in this year MMXXVI>the thick, brutal coat of airbrush dust soaking down a perfectly good Emperor-class>the half-empty box of Q-tips arranged lengthwise My man, there are so many other perfectly good reasons to hate you that the goat doesn't even blip.
>>98870093Very smooth white. Airbrush?
Finished the dreads. The bases didn't work out like I wanted. I put a thin layer of coarse acrylic medium on top to give it a rough texture, but I didn't realize that it doesn't dry clear. I tried dry brushing a lighter mix on top, but I don't think it worked out. I did realize after taking the picture I forgot to color the rims of the bases. So just imagine they're satin black.
>>98870077God I love hazard stripes
>>98870093Ooooh smooth and subtle, I like it.
>>98870824static grass is not used enough anymore>>98871006bright and pops. you should play frostgrave, its fun as hell. 60 seconds, fix the eye
>>98869554stripping/sanding/scraping i think are your only options for removal, and personally the mini is too nice to risk it. What i would do is, clean up the edges. Especially the mistake on the mouth piece. keep in mind, this is all from a high res photo, so none of this probably matters table top wise
>>98869306Just go outside
>>98868857I think softcore pinup models are nothing to piss and shit yourself over.
>>98868881Lol
>>98864322WIP I need advice.I plan to get some blank dice off aliexpress to print some decals on them to make some custom dice for FFG's Genesys game. What are some things I can do to make sure the decals last longer on the dice or last stupidly long if possible? I'm not sure if varnish is gonna cut it.What's some good software I can download to ensure the PDF decals print at the proper size? Here is what I plan to print: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/304757/genesys-dice-diy-kitI'm not sure where else to ask this kind of thing. And lastly what specific decal paper that a paper printer can work with is best for this?
>>98871479Look into options for engraving. Don't bother with decals.
blackstone void 5 applied unthinned over chaos black primer, one coat on the left and two on the right
>>98871746Can you do the same thing but have it thinned properly? I want to see if it goes chalky or not.
>>98866741I mean what's the difference?
>>98866940Looks pretty good
>>98871845Judging by the left helmet it's already halfway to being a wash, and you want it thinned even further?
>>98868463Yep, lost respect for trovarion and Roman lappat when they collaborated with that shill, shekel chasing sell outs
>>98868463For me, it's that one Gunpla video with an AI slop thumbnail and a dated kit they assumed was today's baseline.
>>98868857Glorious Imperial Battleship caught my eye - BFG rules.
Got a rhino for my LoTD, want to make a dozer blade for it. No idea how I'm gonna do the concave face, probably will need to cut up some plastic bottles or something.
>>98871873thanksits pretty fun too but you do need loads of cheapo superglue and spray varnish
>>98872189bend some cardboard and saturate it with superglue
newfag to painting hereHow long does it usually take to get decent at painting models? I really want to paint the made to order lord of change model but I don't have the skills to give him a decent paintjob
>>98872203Longer than you want it to, but you’ll never get better until you start
>>98872234I was thinking of painting him for fun then stripping him when I get better but I'm super nervous about painting such an expensive modelFuck now I'm blogposting
>>98872203ive been doing this silly hobby for almost 30 years now and i dont really consider myself decent im just at this level this year and happy about iti have seen some /wip/ anons reach pretty damn high quality sometimes in just 3 years just by working hard on their craft and being motivated so i say atleast 3
>>98872237Big models are the most fun to paint, which will lead to you wanting to paint more, which will lead to you getting better.
>>98872203It's highly individual like with any artistic/creative skill. Some people have painted for 30 years and it still looks "tabletop ready" at best, while some people paint to a very high level in two years. Certainly helps if you have done other painting/drawing before picking up mini painting so you understand colour theory, light/shadow placement etc.But it's hard to say. It's the same if somebody says "How long does it take to rip a Hendrix style guitar solo if I've never touched a guitar before?"It won't happen overnight, but there's an ocean of free tutorials and incredible amounts of hobby materials to pick and choose from these days, so you could reach a level like that faster than ever if you stick with it and practice daily.
>>98872189Have you asked someone with a 30k army if they have any? It's part of every marine tank's upgrade sprue.
Finished four 2nd edition cactus clusters. Here are two of them.I just need to finish three big Exodite buildings, three more small barbed wire pieces, then I'm done with the first batch of terrain and can move on to painting the minis.I bought the Eons of Battle stl files for the ork brewery that I'm also doing to get more terrain, but I'm itching to get started on the minis, so I'll do the brewery afterwards.I did the bases before I tried doing the trick an anon mentioned with using pva on both sides to cancel the bending out, but it you don't notice it from tabletop height so I'm fine with these being bent. They're just gaming pieces. I think they look cool myself and especially when they're standing grouped up next to the other terrain I finished. I think it's going to look great when it's all done and on the table.
>>98872308Here's the second one I took a photo of.
>>98872308i like the spiker good job anonbent base kinda gives them its own retro flavour but if you want to prevent that use the board they use to back store bought paintingsalso good luck because they are a bitch so store without them spikes snapping or poking holes to other terrain
Does any1 have any guide how to make water/river/swamp style base and dont get leaks of epoxy resin? Round bases are easy to secure but i dont have any idea how to do it with tow style of bases
>>98872335>and dont get leaks of epoxy resin?Masking tape + hotglue or PVA glue around the edges.
Worked a bit on making a scale model look more sci-fi. Did not glue the net to the front yet, as I'm not yet sure if it's a good idea. What do you think of the concept?
>>98872203Depends on a lot of factors.Some people paint entire armies on their own for years and years, but have never even tried anything more complex than base>wash>highlight, so therefore never improve.If you watch tutorials by high-level painters (or better yet, have a high-level coach), consistently try to improve your painting abilities, constantly try new techniques (even if you think you "aren't ready" for them yet), and paint for 10-20 hours per week, you could become a great painter within 3-6 months, and be placing finalist at golden demon within 3-6 years. It's about consistency, a willingness to learn, and a willingness to grow from your mistakes.
>>98872322Thanks anon. Yeah for a moment they looked interchangeable with the terrain one of my brothers and I built as kids using cardboard bases.I was going to buy something like that to use for terrain bases, but I thought I had spent enough money at the time and just thought fuck it and used thin cardboard.I'm going to try the pva on both sides trick on the next three barbed wired pieces. They're the last cardboard terrain bits I'm doing anyway and look fine enough for gaming.
>>98872203I suggest start with unarmored skeletons from any manufacturer. They are simple, easy, hard to fuck up, and you can learn the fundamentals for painting on them. You can experiment with them as well learning how a base+dry brush will drastically change how a model will turn out.
>>98872391I bought a battleforce of nids to practice I wanted to go beyond base+dry brush if that makes sense. I'm planning on reading that 400 page painting guide you guys have in the OPThis is the first model I painted without doing slapchop. I tried doing the triad thing with Duncan's two thin coats but I can't tell if I did it right
>>98872285Don't know any 30k players, but thanks for the tip, now I know what to look for.
>>98872346Well he looks happy, thats all that matters in the end
>>98872416give that gaunt a wash and he’ll be tabletop ready
>>98872346he looks :D
>>98872346i can't say i see the vision with any of that
I remain in the early stages but I've begun painting my Basilisk and a box of Field Ordnance Battery. I'm wondering if it's worth the effort to magnetize the different options on the cannons since folks at my LGS don't seem to care much about WYSIWYG
>>98872705It's always nice to have the right gun.
>>98872680Fair enough. The idea is to make a sci-fi version of the M50a1 Ontos, by making the at guns look like lasers. I used the crystals because I hope that they'll retain their cut shape once I've painted the damn thing.
>>98872820make the weird blobs make sense, add wires, ports, screws, panels or somethinggreebles need to look remotely functional to look good imo
>>98872203don't wait until you're "good enough" to paint something. just paint it. "practice" minis are kind of a myth cause every mini is a practice mini and you should never be painting something as an exercise. you should be painting it cause it's fun. even a poorly done model that you think is cool feels better than a "practice' model that you didn't want to paint.also is it just me or do Forgeworld paint jobs look super fucking uncanny and off-putting? especially this LoC. I would be more concernced about it arriving in the mail undamaged and unwarped.>>98872237you can also do this. bigger models require fewer highlights cause their sheer mass catches more light, which kind of highlights itself.
I hate painting eyes.
>>98872923And hate forgetting attaching images.
>>98872930soijak edit needed
>>98872705If you care about wysiwyg, then do it.
It's so annoying that 90% of 3rd party bits are so overdesigned or just contrast sharply with the GW prints aesthetics. Including the super popular greytide bits.I don't know what it is, but they always look a bit uncanny.
Okay, these two are done. Aside from female doctor eyes, I think it's okay.Interesting how at some point it was the most pleasant painting experience, with slow work over several colours without haste or pressure, until, near the end, I started to think about possible fucking it up, which right away triggered hands shaking, shallow breath and other problems.
Back view. Interesting how phone camera, even when using Open Camera softwarez accentuate all those lines, which looks more blurred to naked eye. Or I have eyes problems now.
But their robot buddies had blue armour simply drybrushed like some lazy assjob. Sorry.
So how hard does greenstuff actually get when you let it harden?
>>98873298Slightly rubbery, as in little flexible, but not much. If you want it harder, mix it with Miliput.
>>98873279>>98873286I really like how you did the trench coat, great colour choice and execution.
>>98873304Would it be more durable with milliput?
>>98873381No. Durability and hardness are not the same. I'd say greenstuff is more durable on its own.
>>98873370Nice go hear, I was not exactly sure about it (base shade, "British Khaki" looks a bit like diarrhea) but little "sunny skin tone" for highlighting and dark brown wash before that turned out okay.
>>98873418Thank you.
>>98866466>no cleavage frecklesNice pig otherwise.
>>98872838I removed the weird blobs, might use them to cover parts of the cannon. Now I tried some spare shields and other bits I had lying around instead, they're not glued, I used blue-tac. I'll fill the small holes once I have decided what design I'll go with.
Work on the Tempest continues
>>98873766i think it looks just as stupid as the real thing so that is a high praise>>98873779i like the wear&tear but imho she should be on a little higher stand because much wider model
What in the fuck is this. Finally used up my plastic glue so went to get another bottle from the store. What the fuck is this? I didn't even notice the bottle is literally half the size, because they perfidiously hid it behind the packaging. To top it all off, it cost me $12.50 when I distinctly recall paying like $7.99 or something 2-3 years ago when I bought the last bottle. I am so riotously filled with rage that I will never buy another GW product again in my entire life. I will sooner paint with Apple Barrel paints than but another pot of citadel.
>>98872203All these crap answers, might as well ask reddit To paint that mini to that standard prob 3-500 hours
>>98874554>buying gw glue at any point in timetop kek
>>98874588Posting in this general means you're just as much a GW slave as the rest of us
>>98874554GW glue has always been a ripoff just use loctite or buy some japanese model plastic glue or somethingHonestly just prefer super in general it's way easier to fix any fuckups or if you wanna do any last minute reposing and just use sprue gel or putty products for gap filling
>>98874613>loctitefuck those jews with their tubes engineered to clog as soon as possible. bostik is a much less jewish brand.
>>98874597sir this a /wip/slast time i bought from them fantasy still existed
>>98874613Super glue is for nogames. I've long ago learned that superglue doesn't hold up to regular frequent handling and gaming session
>>98874671Neither would GW's plastic minis.
>>98874637patterning on the ice spiders is chefs kiss. always glad to see frostgrave bands>>98874554ta-mi-ya
>>98874554Behold...
>>98872933She's got nothing on the old Dialogus.
>>98874860This model would look like nice a good paint job. Problem is it looks like it was painted by...well, me.
I've been using Vallejo primer for years, but I've been wondering if there are better options. It gets the job done, but it has a tendency to have micro clogs and sputtering after the paint has been sitting in the reservoir for a few minutes. Makes it extremely difficult to have consistent coats with no pooling.Yes, I'm thinning it. Roughly 50/50 with Vallejo thinner. I've tried adding flow improver as well, but it just results in a poor finish.
>>98874869try using a bigger needle
>>98874869i found it's better to just up the PSI than to add thinner to it. I'm running it at 35 psi without flow improver.
>>98874967Well I'll give that a shot. Anyone use One Shot, Pro Acryl, or Army Painter primer?
>>98874637I love those bases (the models are great too). I guess you don't remember the process you used to get them?
>>98874637I always love seeing youre minis. I will say that fishing line makes great bow strings that have great strength
Working on some Space 1889 Martian bases, thought I would try to use Chinchilla dust to make them sandy.
>>98874671Must be using bad glue then>>98874628I use the blue bottle ones they don't have these problems
You guys like Tone Pro?If the coverage is so good does it matter what undercoat I use?Also, best blue 1-5 for Night Lords?
>>98875234idk I’m an oil painter now.I’d use a Prussian Blue
>>98872346Looks like crap to be honest, esp the "net"what are those white things and crystal things?
>>98864322Aspiring sorcerer - Mahado - on the way. I slowed down because my air brush needs maintenance/is busted. So I had to purchase a new one and I am waiting for it. Need it for priming and base coating the cape. This guy is based on the sorcerer from wrath of magnus.
>>98874869Had a bad batch of mecha grey then black from them, made me rage, tried the badger one and some others, in the end went back to rattle cans, can't beat the convenience, and the can primer has volatile compounds that bind to plastic better, no regrats
>>98871490I'll look into options for engraving then. Most results look to be intended for companies and not personalization for individual customers. Maybe resin 3D printed dice will be good enough?
>>98875365You should be able to find a local laser-engraving service. They do golfclubs, wallets, things like that. A small batch of dice should be easy to get engraved.
trying out a new black skin recipe
>>98875395Donovan?
More slow progress on the warsuit>>98875395Very nice work with the skin.>>98875274The colours gives off an old school warhammer feel. Good stuff!
>>98874307I didn't have a taller one unfortunately. Let's say it's closer to the ground because it's heavier.
>>98875274That's sick.
>>98875430thank you bruvaalso bruh... this looks great! a worthy looking army to battle!
>>98875234I use Prussian Blue over Dark Prussian Blue
I saw some carbon fiber "sanding sticks" but they don't have grit. One is meant to cut desired sand paper to size and then tape said sanding paper to the carbon fiber sanding stick handles.Is this a dumb gimmick or something that is actually good?>>98875377I didn't think of that. I'll look into it. Thank you, anon!
>>98875395based and dei pilled
>>98875632Those kind of sanding sticks are good, yes. But it being carbon fibre is literally meaningless, they could be made of any material. I've got some that are just cut from a sheet of acrylic.
>>98875632Yeah it's pretty average, maybe for tanks and mecha/tau it's okay
>>98875395Looks like Samuel L jackson
>Newfag>Chapter I decided to pain has a black trim on otherwise white shoulders>Keep getting paint on the white parts and have to fix it>Then I get white on the black.I'm about to give up and make them a single color and hope nobody cares...
>>98875748use a panel line/pin wash to easily clean up the recesses between colours
>>98875748masking tape
>>98875748don't use masking tape
>>98875266Thanks for your honest opinion. The white things are screw covers, the crystals are some self-adhesive crystals for kids. It occurred to me that I can use the netting as backing for gluing armour plates etc.
>>98875209All cyanoacrylate cures brittle >>98875395Unironically, why?
>>98875812because some heads have negroidic features modelled and it would look odd painting them white
>>98874554>gw glueAnon, are you retarded?Now, with the mandatory insult done, throw that into a garbage bin where it belongs and go buy Tamiya Thin Cement. And with it a bottle of Tamiya Airbrush Cleaner. After you run out of cement, you'll be left with extremely handy glass bottle with a little retractable brush. Use the Airbrush Cleaner to refill it, because it's chemically the same exact thing (~1% difference), but MUCH cheaper - 250ml for around $11. >>98874613>recommending superglue for modelsActually retarded.>>98874869>I've been using Vallejo primer for years, but I've been wondering if there are better optionsYes, VMS primers are imo the best, yet seemingly completely unknown in minipainting world. They go through an airbrush straight out of bottle like a charm.
>>98875234>You guys like Tone Pro?No. Literally no reason to like it, let alone buy it.
>>98875234Tone pro isn't magic, or any better overall than other mainline hobby brands. Your undercoat always matters.
Trying to find which color I want to use for the big spider.I might go for the orange one; any one you really like or really hate?
>>98872203Depends entirely on your ability to understand painting. Some people never improve and some people get good over a few months.
>>98872854>also is it just me or do Forgeworld paint jobs look super fucking uncanny and off-putting? especially this LoC. I would be more concernced about it arriving in the mail undamaged and unwarped.They had a different painting team who used more scale-modelling techniques. That lord of change model looks almost comically easy to replicate when compared to some of the 'Eavy Metal team's work. All the natural texture are just done with airbushing, washes, and drybrushing, for example.
>>98875234You could alternatively go with a metallic blue. I think that would look really cool for Night Lords
>>98872854>also is it just me or do Forgeworld paint jobs look super fucking uncanny and off-putting?I will suffer no Forgeworld paintjobs slander itt.
>>98875029sure, i use 2mm foamed pvc (like plasticard but soft), cut it into tiles add various form of damage by cutting and pressing on it and glue to the base, add some sand here and there, paint, snowpicrel is the same process before sand and painting>>98875036thanks, i want to do something about that bow string for sure, but since it's already painted i can't be arsed lol, i tried wrapping some thin wire when i was building it but it didn't look good and left it as is
>>98866466is this some random STL or a part of a line?
What would you use for Indian skin? I usually paint all my minis in standard Caucasian style but one named character I have is officially Indian female. What to use as a base and highlights?
>>98874987i use army painter. i switched after vallejo first. its better
>>98876420When I did my one Indian character I think I used the same set of skin tones but just mixed a little brown into each of them
i can finally see some progress
Here’s a collage showing the progress I’ve made on my table and army over the summer and autumn!
>>98876263It's just a one off.
>>98876627Could do with a corkscrew tail, but came out pretty nice otherwise.
>>98876633It's under the skirt>it broke
>>98876553Looks alright as a unit.
>>98876238Forge World was the direction all Games Workshop minis should have went.
>>98876676100%. Notice the slight difference in vocabulary, too. It's "Model Masterclass", not "Miniature Masterclass". Modelling guide, not miniature guide.
Is it just me or do all GD entries just look the same, technique-wise? Don't get me wrong, they're all masterfully painted but nothing really sticks out.
>>98876809They are.
>>98876676..what, drab and "realistic" (everything rusty and dirty).
>>98876952nta, but yes, drab and realistic.
>>98876809Yeha, there's clearly a specific style that's in vogue for it. the Bretonnian knight was a bit dialled back at least.
First time using greenstuff for anything other than filling gaps.
>>98876955You're drab and realistic.
>>98876987I have knight, I have a pineapple...
>>98874869I use this as a brush-on primer. Don't recommend it per se but it's definitely the least bad option for an apartment dweller with nowhere to spray.>>98876809Yeah, pretty much. GW makes it clear what they're looking for in GD entries, a very specific style. I think that's whatever, the entries are at least very pretty and obviously skilled even if there is a sameyness to them.
>>98875827Don't use those heads?? Seems like a simple solution??
>>98876627This is disgusting why would you make such a model?
>GIVE ME ATTENTION
>>98877004Haha ye... Supposed to be the Hightower.
>>98875395I think it looks good, but it kinda fades into the pure black interior of the armor
Group shot of my full assault squad and command(I still haven't fixed his white helmet)
>>98875812>Unironically, why?
>>98877150>NMM
>>98876627Cute pig.
Update on the sci-fi ontos. I figured that the net I had used could work as a backing for the additional armour plates.
>>98877609stop raiding the plastic jewellry, branch out.
>>98877609Why would a scifi vehicle use Norman/medieval shields as extra armor, anon? Maybe cut your own armor plates from plasticard instead? You can combine armor types, too. Additional like slat armor, reactive, etc.
Is there a trick to straightening metal parts other than patience? Putting enough force on my little tau antenna and guns is only really possible using pliers very carefully, and even then I can feel the metal about to snap as I try and get it into position
>>98877632Good point. These microbeads seem to fit quite well, but I reckon the process of gluing them would drive me insane.
>>98866466What colour enamel wash did you use? And what's the name of the stl. I want to paint it
>>98877544Only the captain, I'm not doing that shit for a whole squad
>>98877660what is that even supposed to look like? use the net to make a cope cage or something.
>>98877795I figured that the microbeads could pass for futuristic reactive armour.
>>98877818NTA, but it's usually a good idea to google stuff you wanna make and then build your own if something grabs your attention
>>98877874Good point. I've thought that adamant arsenal has a good design philosophy for his STLs, but lately I've taken to experimenting with kitbashing and unusual materials for miniatures. The results are mixed to be honest, but I've found the process of brainstorming, trial and error to be enjoyable.
>>98877888It's your hobby, having fun is the most important part. That said, if you want to shit look cool, you generally should adopt the same approach with kitbashing and/or greebling as the masters of the art like Lorne Peterson and such. For every single part you should have a specific functionality in mind that's not only connected to the entire (functional) whole, but also is at least roughly built on what we know about the closest functional equivalent in the real world. What it means, go check wiki about how ERA works, and then build accordingly. It probably ain't gonna be projectile/shrapnel-shaped things like the microbeads. If anything explodes near these, they will work as shotgun pellets and fuck up anything behind (and around) them, too. It's the same reason why modern tanks are all welded and not riveted - if shit explodes nearby, the rivets turn into shrapnel and have a tendency to go straight into the crew compartment to btfo everyone inside.
>>98877932Right. What if I use the net as backing for larger rectangular or square plasticard pieces instead? I mostly dabble in historical and fantasy stuff, so I'm bound to make mistakes when it comes to sci-fi.
>>98877949are there any examples of net like armor on any current or historical vehicles? does it look inherently cool or sci fi to justify doing it without reference to a real thing? don't just glue shit to your model because you have it lying around. come up with a vision for your project first and then look for materials you can use. you can imagine the apple in your head right?
>>98878016I've seen some pretty crazy modifications on tanks in the russo-ukrainian war.
>>98878039ok and what did they look like? can you make them out of parts you have on hand?
>>98877755NMM and normal metallics look really weird juxtaposed, but I get why you're only doing the captain.
>>98876952No, I meant Games Workshop should have made figures as good looking as Forge World instead of soft round minis with big parts of just bare plastic and lumpy edges. Forge World was where all the talent was.
>>98878180Oh. Fair enough, I never looked into it.
>>98878060In this image you can see the cage is hugging the hull of the tank pretty closely. There is a gap between the improvised armour and the hull, but I'm pretty sure I don't have the modeling skill to make the attachment points both durable enough to handle during gaming and to be subtle enough not to be noticed from a distance.
>>98878343that's still obviously a cope cage though. just gluing a net onto the model isn't going to look like that. if you want to use the net glue some plants to it and make it camo netting.
>>98876627Is this based off that one WEG
>>98878462No, that's one of the characters Anon likes to AI gen over on /trash/.
Is there a good source of sculpted roses? The Nighthaunt ones generally look good but there's not too many of them and I'd hate to hack apart a model just to get a couple of flowers.
This entire post is a blogpost about my local comp, enjoy this pic of the model I took on the table.The judge’s car is safe, barely.So apparently it wasn’t actually Orktober themed just named that because it was in October because of the 9 paintjobs only 3 were orks.I had it in the bag but the final entrant was a Brutalis dreadnought that was all nmm. Also one of the models was a daemon gate terrain piece that had a resin demon face coming out of the center with an LED light ring around it too. So I thought I was gonna be screwed out of the popular vote.Thankfully I won the popular vote and the dreadnought got the Judge’s pick, but I was 2nd.So I got $30, a poster, and I now have a painted mini for an army I don’t play.
Back from busy work week. I originally had the checks as red and white but I think I painted out of order, so I just redid it black with red checks>>98868857I would like to know more.>>98876627I like the skin and the reds. I hate how evil sunz scarlet reads orange sometime.>>98877150Ohh, nice color scheme. Is this a successor chapter?
>>98878620>daemon gate terrain piece that had a resin demon face coming out of the center with an LED light ring around it toothat sounds cool did you get a picture of it?
>>98878673The red ring in the outside is an LED light strip, battery hidden by the base.The flashlight is a blacklight because the runes glow under black light.
>>98878811damn that's pretty sick I'm surprised it only got 3rd.
>>98878832Eh, it's a good idea, but the actual paint-job leaves a good deal to be desired.
>>98878832Oh the number is the entrant number not the placing.idk what anyone else’s scores were except the judge told me that my 89/100 was 2nd place.
>>98878844>only the person who won gets to know who wonWhat kind of faggot shit is this?
>>98878843>>98878844>tfw the painter has to go back to the Basilica of Torments if it doesn't get first place
Yes, it's fdm.I think it's starting to come together
do you think the warhammer crowd doesn't value modelling gimmicks as much as other communities? I'm talking about things like clear parts, water effects, and moveable/removable parts. I see plenty of kitbashing and sculpting but rarely things like dremelling out spotlights to replace them with clear lenses, even on golden demon winners.
I think things like this are really cool but lots of times warhammer people will look at them and say "yeah but the paintjob is pretty simple though."
>>98878933When minis are meant for playing games with it kinda disincentivises many of the more fragile modelling effects, and when Warhammer minis are only painted up as shelf warmers, well, the style set by the game pieces probably has some tendency to linger. And on the top end competition side it seems that it's simply the style to do as much as possible with paint alone, with things like NMM and OSL being highly favoured, instead of the "scale model approach" of building as much as possible instead (the "paint it" approach also seems to be dominant with the fantasy/sci-fi busts&figuring painting community outside of wargaming circles, or at leats it was last time I visited a Scale Model Show).
>>98878935All that motion does is make it look like a turret, the arms need to do more than rotate up and down.I appreciate the work that went into it, but the end result is lame.
>>98878169Yeah they do, but in reality the captain was just for flavor. I dont really like using captains over chaplains in 5th edition.>>98878664They are my own chapter. I consider them a successor of Imperial Fists because I used Imperial Fists as the chaoter tactics during 7th edition and the Crimson Fists are my favorite official chapter. I call my guys the Stryx
>>98879013>it's simply the style to do as much as possible with paint aloneyes that's what I have noticed. it seems like warhammer people will paint something as nmm that other types of modellers would try to cover with real metal foil or something. I wonder what the reason for it is.>>98879027you can blame gw's modellers for that since these things were never meant to be articulated.
>>98869478>GUOWhat?
>>98869999Are you trying to say it's not white enough?
>>98879349Great Unclean One
>>98875799No I mean what are they supposed to represent on the tankWhy would you have netting backing for armour plates?maybe it'll look better when it's painted and the guns are on, but it just looks weird to me at the moment
>>98877609I'd use that netting as a cope cage not underneath plating
Got to paint for a little while tonight. Need to get some insignia going and then I can finally put my sergeant together for final assembly.
I was going to do candy purple inlay for the shoulder padsas Aquilan Shield, but i have no idea how I would mask it off or paint it
>>98879790reverse wash maybe
>>98878620>almost got cucked by low effort garbage I know that feel. My irrational hatred of nightlords comes from every fucking retard basedboying lightning bolts as if they are the pinicle of detail.
>>98879811just looked into thisinteresting....i might have to give it a try
First catachan I've painted in almost a year. Time flies by too fast>>98878664That's sick. Love the deep green skin tone. Is this a boy or nob from the new ork range?
He's got a big knoife
>>98880265Looks cool anon, good job.One tip: when using texture paste for basing, press the mini into it before the paste cures. Otherwise you get the weird effect where the supposedly extremely heavy marine appears to be slightly floating above the ground.
>>98878664Amazing as usual. My brother used to save the darker greens for nobz and warbosses. Something about orks getting darker skintones the older/bigger/harder they got.
>>98878933>>98878935The difference between the two crowds is definitely interesting. I'm in the "warhammer crowd" myself, but I entered into a small community that is something like 90% scale modellers, 10% miniature painters 2 years ago and have been hanging out since then. In fairness, there seem to be precious few of those gimmick effects even in the scale modelling community when you're not looking at the top percent of hobbyists, most of the vehicles I see posted do clear windscreens and that's about it. Same as how most miniature painters will build the models out of the box and then paint them without much fancy painting technique as well.From my perspective it's a pretty strange priority. There's a huge focus on seamlessly building the kits (something I could definitely learn a few more advanced techniques from), making sure to have the right historical shade of metal/camo, perfectly masking the clear parts of the cockpit, and then almost all of them will settle for a quick, flat coat of that colour and immediately move on to decals. There are plenty of people in that community for whom using a brush at all is a rare thing. The most advanced painters will do some weathering, but that's rare; highlighting at all is nonexistant.Personally I don't really find a lot of the gimmick options work that wellin the final product. Clear parts and real lights should logically be more realistic, but they end up contrasting with the nature of the rest of the build where a well done stylized paintjob instead blends in and enhances it. Picrel is my first (and so far only) military vehicle that I've done, and I much prefer the (simple and really not realistic at all) effect I've done on the cockpit windows over if I had left them clear with a visible cockpit inside.Again, it's a very interesting difference in priority between two crowds that should have no reason to do things differently. I think ideally both sides could stand to adopt some ideas from the other.
>>98878933>even on golden demon winners.Golden Memeon stopped rewarding creativity decades ago. It rewards technique that's adherent to the Current Day Standardized Method(tm). Creativity, imagination, and other things like that are marginal at best for both attendees and judges.
>>98880523I was very surprised to see that the winners this year all look as if AI fucking digitally colored the minis. Wtf.
>>98880051What's that mini?
>>98880530A lot of no names, usually you see the same old people but didn't see that this time so much, having said that it has become extremely boring but so has GW so to be expected
>>98880530Demon is a marketing event for GW first and foremost. Then there's a powergap, and then, maybe, it's a painting competition for people who prefer a specific method of painting. I don't think competitions are necessarily a good thing when it comes to scale models or miniatures, but generally speaking, something like SMC (picrel) or SMW is imo much more sensible to watch than Demon. Especially since both are also open to fantasy and scifi minis. Afaik, Erik Swinson won SMC a year ago with really cool gobbos.
>>98880555nta but Sergeant Hawker from reptile overlords if anon wants to share that stl tho
Not sure where to ask this, but I wanna buy some resin minis from Black Sun Miniatures as display pieces and drawing reference and I wonder if sunlight would damage them if left unpainted. Any primer or protective coating I need to use?
>>98880858they might turn brittle over time but if you are not going to touch or bend them anyway it wont be a problem
Some last minute steel rift mechs
>>98880872the rusted bolt on plates sells the b-tier squad./ i like what you were going for with the cockpit, thats one to keep trying. >>98880858probably 3d printing, but you'll be fine. ive got un painted sitting for a couple years with no problems. if you're real worried, you can get a uv spray but if its just for display, it wont really matter.
Last guy i finished, besides the base, before packing my shit up for the move.
>>98881189Is that an FDM print? Looking good anon
>>98880555Sergeant Hawker from reptilian overlords. They have this range called "spacenam" which is very catachan inspired. The basic grunts are available in plastic from wargames atlantic, picrel. Got recommended the kit from someone here that used it for tau human auxiliaries
>>98881304No, resin. I'm just too lazy to sand the most obvious lines.
>>98880811I don't have the stl sadly, got the print from Etsy. Anyways here's another anons take on them, they work really well as tau auxiliaries too
>>98881349>>98880051fug anon, long time no see. Glad you are still working on them. >>98881398I should go back to them. I started doing Raptors but never really finished these dudes.
>>98878918lol
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>>98880458I think the difference is how much you value realism. your paint job doesn't look real, it looks like a painted model. for many people the ultimate goal of scale modelling is to make your model look like a real object that has been miniaturized.
>>98876239Arigatou, anon-sama
>>98880858Might want to get a colour that makes them easier to see
