Thread 96246173

Work in Progress "Are You Not Entertained?" Edition

>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebin
https://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD

>WIP Tutorial Images Mega
https://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 paints
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74s

>Paint thinning 102
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBDVPoNXyVI

>4 EASY Chipping Tricks For Beginners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku4comhKHJM

>Decal Like a Pro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYKLiEW7p9c

>How to Edge Highlight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoRbYuAfbEk

>How to use contrast style paints
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhholrozptI

>How to Paint with Tremors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqp76vAJu9g

>Airbrush Priming and Thinning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkntrSBvXxE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGjBQzoukFg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00JVUxABe44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEqT_R41JX8

>Who's Johnny, she'd say, and smile in her special way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Df191WJ3o

>Previous Threads:
>>96234940
>>96212812
>>96191957
>>96167010

Finally finished these bastards today and i’m at 1800 points.

>>96246195
Shite photo mate, focus em properly

>>96246232
It’s fine man.

Goblin repost

whats the best paint brand and why its AK?

>>96246355
What'd you use for the green there, chief? Always looking for new green skin recipes.

>>96246355
SEX

I'm trying to upgrade my painting and got an UW elf warband that has a few females showing skin. Any good advanced tutorials for female skin? I've found a couple and they all use airbrush and, while I have one, I want to do it only with a regular brush. Also it'd be cool if it wasn't a youtube video

>>96245389
It was pretty standard if I remember correctly, the red is khorne red basecoat and drybrushes of mephiston, evil sunz and wild rider. I can't remember what wash I used though, maybe black mixed with purple? I think cream is ushabti bone, recess shaded with dark brown and highlighted with screaming skull and pallid wych flesh.

>>96246781
Where could one get sex with goblin girls?
>Inb4 Uk

>>96246355
what scale is this?
those minis look really big, but they are supposed to be small gobbos?

>>96246713
blessed image

>>96246173 (OP)
Reposting these little shits

>>96247126
as a fellow horde army player who like to put effort into his chaff, I see you and appreciate you anon. The grots look fantastic

>>96247126
Based Kev Adams enjoyer.

>girlfriend gave me this as a present since she knows I like (painting) minis
>even put some cute cat stickers on it
>fuck, this set is way too expensive btw, i really like this present and how she cares about my hobby but for 10€ less i could get a stargrave set with 20 minis which would be way cooler but she could not have known, i still love it
>i got it about two weeks ago I think
>today she asks me if i painted them already and wants a "progress pic"
>oh shit, oh fuck
>i haven't even touched it, but to be fair, i haven't painted much of anything else neither
>i- i haven't started yet haha sorry, but i'll start soon (tm)
>oh... ok :)
Bros... I gotta paint all 6 of them this week I feel so bad.
But I fear it will be rather challenging, those models are TINY

>>96247333
Unsubscribe.

>>96247333
Jesus fucking christ, wrong pic.

>>96247358
You dont HAVE to paint em all at once, just take ur time slowly with them, Im sure she will appreciate you paint them properly instead of rushing to finishing them.

>>96247347
I don't need fake followers anyway!
If you don't want top quality blogposts and live updates go ahead and unsubscribe!

>>96247377
Less blogposting
More painting cats
More posting wips of cats

>>96247333
you got some killa kans?
Needs more orky bits, but looks nice and colourful already.

>>96247333
I don't quite get what is the point of this post. Come back when you start working on them and have a wip to post

>>96247333
Checked and kek'd

>>96247358
Just paint one. Also this looks fun to paint what the heck

>>96247333
What possible reason could one have to photograph indonesian canned soup?

>>96247459
NTA but when you have a gf you take pictures all the time to send her like "look it's funny and yummy ahah :)" it's just a girl thing

>>96247358
If you have a cat, or if she does, then paint one to look like it.

>>96247448
Not OP, but with how small and detailed those cats are, I can imagine they'll be rather challenging for a beginner or even intermediate painter.

>>96247471
>when you have a gf you take pictures all the time to send her like "look it's funny and yummy ahah :)" it's just a girl thing
So it's a universal experience, huh.

>>96247333
>she could not have known
share you hobbies with her ffs, not just 'i paint shit', play with her even

>>96247358
This is when it comes in handle to just ASAP zenithal everything, so it looks good and like you're workin' on them.

>>96247632
minis with lots of fur are perfect for speedpaints
i could /wip/ those 6 cats in a single day if i wanted to

>>96247666
This. Do the fur with contrasts/speedpaints, the rest of it the usual way, do some basic bitch highlights and you have a solid mini fast.

I might as well repost this since we're slow. I worked on this a while since this photo and pushed the highlights more on her skin and started highlights on the hair.

>>96247333
nice trips
>>96247358
zenithal prime the cats, then dip wash them in the bihun soup

>>96247983
I demand uncensored nipples

>>96247983
You don't have to do that anon.
I'd use a more saturated color to shade the skin, but otherwise it looks good.

>>96245389
I went over the Aggradon with brighter oranges. I feel it looks better but I'd be happy for some input how it compares to >>96243426

>>96247666
>>96247727
>wip
>sloppa and girlfriends(male)

Is there a varnish that won't matte gloss or vice versa? Or do I have to buckle down and brush different varnishes onto this to keep the blood effects shiny and the fur matte?

>>96248250
You just spray a matte or satin on it then touch up the shiny details with gloss on a brush. Should take like 30 seconds.

>>96248274
Good point, thank you

>>96247333
>Bros... I gotta paint all 6 of them this week I feel so bad.
Bruh... be a mature human with depth and honour.

>I only have one started so far babe, I'm going really slow with these, they feel more special than my other minis because you picked them and gave then to me, i wanna do my best

I want all relationshit faggots to go back to /soc/ or /lgbt/ or wherever fags like these belong.

>>96248250
sauce on that mini?

>>96248494
Not that anon, but it's from kingdom death monster. It was called the antelope whatever iirc

>>96248494
KDM "Screaming Antelope"

>>96246594
The best paint brand is that one that you like the feel of most.

>>96247358
Here's the solution to your problem my friend.

>remove from packaging
>clean up the models well
>prime
>send her a pic of the set primed
>say "alright, I got some time and cleaned them up and primed them, which one should I paint first?"
Shows that you're making progress on her gift, sets yourself up to pick up and paint later, and it keeps her involved in the painting process.

Got the free model of the month from GW - a 10th Edition Blood Claw - with the intention of turning him into a Blood Angel Assault Intercessor. Turns out in the new 10th Edition Space Wolves codex, Blood Claws have bolt pistols rather than *heavy* bolt pistols.

The more I look at this, the more I'm thinking I might be using bitz from another kit to set him up!

little blogpost.
I've kind of fallen out of the habit of testing brushes on a surface/thumb/etc before applying paint to models. Just been lazy with it. But man it really does make a difference making sure your laying paint down properly before touching the model each time you load the brush.

I’m going to buy one of those homemade jury rigged fridge compressors adapted for airbrushing and finally transcend the shitter AS-186 level.

>>96248846
This has never been particularly helpful to me because my fingers and minis have different material properties. Plenty of times some super thinnned down paint would stick to my hand but run off the mini.

>>96247358
Slapsloppa and be done with it.

>>96248947
Test models are the real protip. Always keep a couple random primed minis to test your paints and washes on. I used a couple of stormboyz since they have different textures on them. Skin, teeth, metal, fur, cloth/leather.

>>96249030
Yup. I agree. I also keep a piece of cardboard to test coverage and opacity.
Sadly, I ended up thinking my last test model looked cool so I just ended up painting him. I will probably use a stormcast next or something.

>>96248947
Your nail is closer to the mini than your skin. Though some random primed/paint-covered bit of plastic will be even closer.

>>96246678
>PA Green + PA Blue
>PA Green + PA Golden Yellow
>The previous tinted with some red and I think lightened with kislev flesh (something like that anyway.

>>96247078
>meant to reply to you in the other post
They're 75mm

Yesterday I printed all these and painted them up almost all the way.
Just got recess wash and details left (lasers, cockpits, insignia)
It's crazy to think everything here was liquid in bottles 24 hours ago.

>>96249422
Wait hold on I thought using bottle caps as palettes was a joke

Best brush for super fine details? My Army Painter detail brushes just aren't cutting it

>>96249464
That's on you for assuming, they make great palettes, they're plastic lined and being a dish they keep paint wet longer than a flat surface.
Plus when you're done no need to clean, just toss them out.

>>96249499
What's the problem you're having exactly? are the tips not sharp enough, or can you not get them cleanly in where you want?

>>96249529
Not sharp enough

Okay, maybe you will have some idea. I try to attach this (3D printed) mini to some kind of temporary base for painting instead of the one that she came with as it would be otherwise hard to paint both. However, when I tried to make holes on plastic bottle cap, they won't hold her in place and trying to drill 0.8mm for wire didn't work either. It also seems so delicate that I'm seriously afraid of doing anything rough with it. Any ideas how to hold her in place?

>>96249634
Vice grip on one of the footegs.

>>96249499
Rosemary & Co Series 33, sizes 2, 1 and 0.

>>96249634
tiny drops of superglue?

>>96249640
Don't have small enough vices for that, however. Even when I tried alligator clips, she would wiggle in them as they would fail to hold her feet properly.

>>96249695
Had idea like that but previous experiment proved that even when I apply CA removal solution, it simply don't work and once I glue two 3D printed resin parts together, they are glued for good, somehow, and would rather break than separate.

>>96249715
You just have to glue the bottoms of the pegs to the top of a jar or a cork or whatever. When you are done, just Cut through the glue with clippers. You are trying to carefully keep those pegs intact for no reason. They don't matter. As long as her shoes are ok you could cut the entire peg off and just glue the mini down. As long as you keep like half of the length of the pegs you won't even notice a difference.

>>96249634
It looks like when you tried to drill it cracked or chipped? Try going up in drill sizes (Assuming you have the standard PCB drill kit), and the hole doesn't have to be very deep.
Otherwise, just bite the bullet and paint her on the base, you won't die, and it's a useful skill to practice.

>>96249499
Script/liner brush.

>>96249499
There is no best brush. But what you want is shorter, and less, bristles. Some brushes are longer and/or have a fat belly which is normally good. In this case you do not want that, you need a more "triangular" type brush.

>>96249815
Seconding this, I like tiny "round" brushes

>>96249783
>use longer brushes
>>96249815
>use sorter brushes

>>96249575
get a better brush, a good 1 or 0 is sharp enough for painting even eyes, very small brushes hold no paint or moisture and the paint will dry in the tip before you can position yourself to paint a detail unless you live in the jungle, also consider using retarder

>>96247126
Very nice greens, the skin looks lovely
>>96246713
Are these yours? They look really cool in those different colors
>>96246195
Pretty solid work anon. I'd suggest maybe adding a white-ish highlight to those plasma coils to make them pop more. Also cute plushie although I don't know where she's from

>>96249403
Nice, thanks.

>>96249815
The winsor and newton miniature series is like this. Shorter hairs in a more triangular shape. I use the size 2 extensively
https://www.winsornewton.com/products/series-7-kolinsky-sable-brush-series-7-kolinsky-sable-mintature-painting-brush-round

Started painting about a year ago and I went with the default, box art color scheme because I had no idea what I was doing and was more concerned with learning to paint.

Now that I somewhat have the hang of things, I'd like to make my guys a little more my own. The only problem is, I have all these guys I already painted in the Mars scheme. Should I start over with a custom color scheme, or do something else to set them apart? Or do i just deal with it?

>>96250687
But Mars scheme is kino... You could maybe switch it up to a different scheme that also has red, for example? That would somewhat tie them together. But it will still most likely look off, I'd just stick to what you already have tbdesu

>>96247358
Those aren't even bad. Like other anons have said, slap some contrast on them, do some highlights, and you're done. If you put in a little time in the evenings every day, you'll be finished by Thursday or Friday, easy.

Wake me when your girlfriend figures out how to use the 3D printer and discovers she can rope you into painting shit for her. Pic related.

Todays priming session done.. one more, and i have 6 batches similar to this and the painting can beginn for real.

>>96250726
I think this is the best course because I REALLY dont want to repaint them. But maybe I can make them my own with kitbashes and conversions and stuff

>>96247126
How do you do the skin? It looks really good.

How bad is Forge World fit actually? I've built plenty of Japanese and Chinese resin models before and never had serious issues but never had to deal with FW so I'm wondering how they would fuck up so badly to earn such infamy.

>>96251221
Its not that they are generally bad, its rather a case of hit and miss, for a pricetag that should be 100% flawless. You just dont want to buy something and it turns out you have to contact their customer service because its so badly warped that you cant make it work properly.
But with the same order, you could get a mini thats next to flawless.

>>96246594
>>96248571
The best brand of paint is the one you like the mouthfeel and taste of the most.

>>96251221
never bought from them but from what i have read the older the mold the worse model you will get so new releases are usually good for a while

>>96251221
Look at Squidmars videos with the FW Manta kit. Or check out Eons of Battle videos about how fixes the Titans he builds. That should tell you enough.

>>96251221
You're forgetting that Japanese people care about the work they do, and british people are... well, british.

What sites do you recommend for good STL to print? Especially for busts.

>>96247158
>>96250408
>>96247316
ty bros
>>96250994
Honestly not my best job since I'm batch patching these and skipping steps. A better example would be picrel snagga.
>Base coat with Golden Olive from VMC (Death Guard Green Citadel)
>Wash with Biel Tan Green
>Glaze 50% base 50% Biel Tan Green on highlights
>Glaze base on highlights
>Glaze 50% base 50% Ogryn Camo on highlights
>Glaze Ogryn Camo on highlights
>Glaze 50% Ogryn Camo 50% Ushabti Bone on the most highlighted stuff
>Fleshy stuff like elbows, abs or ears: Mix Ogryn Camo with some flesh color like Cadian Fleshtone or Kislev Flesh and glaze over them
>Thin glaze with Coelia Greenshade on most recessed stuff
You can always skip steps to make it quicker like I'm doing with the gretchins

Finished some marksmen clones for Conquest some days ago

Would the anon who uploaded the stahly swatches kindly upload the 2.0 version?

>>96252347
it's in the last thread

>>96252347
it was posted last thread, go look it up yourself

Color swatch enjoyers, I was once like you, and let me tell you that life will be much better once you just move past this obsession with exact color matched products.

>>96252539
Post minis.

>>96252539
I use it to get a feel of how the paints actually look and not to find exact matches broski

>>96252268
Here's some other stuff i'm working on next, for the same game. 1 character and a big leader for a unit. Kinda feel like i overdid it with giving the leader a "shoulder-halo" too, but i'm mostly fine with it

>>96252268
I keep coming back to look at those Spire guys from Conquest. They've got a nice fleshcrafty biomancer aesthetic that I rarely see. Those are solid but the bowstrings probably need a second coat since there's a few spots they've gotten tagged with a duller purple paint.

>>96252745
The halos are cool; what did you use for the stringy flesh-like strands on the smaller left guy's halo? Looks like either jute string strands covered in glue or some sort of UHU glue that can be stretched out?

>>96252948
Right on the money friend, jute strands with some coats of white glue. It's specifically plumber-sealing jute, for when they need to connect 2 threaded pieces together tightly. The strands are more loose then jute rope, and thus easier to work with

some progress on the lizard(s)

>>96240898
Add Cult of Paint to the list. https://youtu.be/-THLdZZipU0?t=572
I like this trend but it's an interesting development.

I got a Guilliman model, but I play DW, so I want to kitbash it with a Deathwatch flair. However, I'm not sure how to do it. I have doubts of the left pauldron being too big to just replace it with a DW termi pauldron, and I want to replace the sword with some sort of necron weapon (I don't know if a printed xenophase blade would look good). Any suggestions for this?

Did I fuck up the texture on the feathers while layering on the yellow? It looks like there's hardly anything there but I honestly can't remember how textured the bare plastic was.

Any advice on trying to paint this camo?

>>96253533
Just do it.

>>96253039
It makes for a very convincing wet fleshy mass kind of appearance. I'll have to steal that idea along with the twisted wire halo for kitbashes down the line.

>>96250611
Yep yep the 0 and 00 are the shape I am talking about. For those super small details you do not want long, floppy bristles. That's like trying to write with a pencil taped to the end of a pool cue. You can, sort of, but you're making it harder than it needs to be. The reason they still hold plenty enough paint is because the whole brush isn't just sloppily scaled down like a lot of manufacturers make them. The base of the bristles is still the same as a larger brush and holds some paint but simply tapers much faster so you are not flopping around long hairs and too much paint.

>>96250827
This makes me sad because the local shops have all guzzled James' diseased cum and are LARPing as hardcore pro streamer esports tournament players with 40K and now it's all L-shaped, default layout Imperial city ruins, always. Like a LoL map, which is what they want. Final Destination in a game where the sole appeal is infinite visual appeal and imagination.

>>96251545
Based Van Gough enjoyer

>>96252115
I assume you mean for free.

>>96252539
In principle you're right but practically I am working on lots of mass produced figures that have to match cohesively across squads and armies or I would rather smash them all.

>>96253533
Yes, find a shade or wash or whatever you want to call it that looks right on top of all the parts of the camo. Paint base color, paint dark daggers, paint light dashes. Throw wash (probably a brownish green) on the whole thing for shading. Then maybe a second darker one in the deepest parts only. Consider highlighting, then don't.
Profit!

>>96254216
You too can take the necromunda pill and make yourself a fully modular zone mortalis set to build whatever shapes you want.

Spent all day today sorting and organizing my bits and unpainted models cutting bits and models off sprues (they take way too much space otherwise) and preparing some more models for the escalation league/slow growth I proposed to my gaming group.

I'll need to get priming and painting soon but I did accomplish some (very minor) kitbash.

What oil colours are must have for washes? Place near me is having a big sale
Or should I try newsh instead?

>>96254825
Black and brown obviously

Here's an ork I've been working on, this is my first time trying converting an army.

>>96253164
Probably a scaled up printed pauldron would work best. Or you could try using the existing pauldron as a base and sand it down/carve out and layer the termi dw pauldron on top.

Question: I want to try my hand at some kit bashing and wondering how you would clean cut the plastic. I want to remove everything thing below the wrist and keep the hand part. Will a hot knife just make a toxic mess? Dremal disc cutting? Ignor the model itself, literally just got it off the spru and haven't cleaned it up or anything.

>>96254825
Ivory black and burnt umber are the basics, depending on what army you paint something like indigo or dioxizine purple can be useful as well.

>>96255017
Hobby saw, like a saw blade that goes on an exacto blade handle. Tamiya also sells them with an upcharge, but they're honestly a handy product to have around.

>>96255017

I hand cut anything, the xacto zirconium blades cut through thick plastic like butter, but you can snip off most of the stuff before using your blade. Just make sure it's far from the base you want to keep clean.

>>96252155
he cute

>>96252745
Damn nigga that's gross, I'm very curious to see them painted.

one more Spiritseer for my space elves

I hate painting orange so much, but her coveralls and hat are blocked out. Still need a final highlight pass and to smooth things out though

>>96255316
Very cute little tree.

>>96252155
That turquoise and purple shell thing on his back looks very nice
>>96252268
>actually made bowstrings
pretty based desu
>>96253436
It looks like it did leave a bit of texture but it's not jarring or anything, I wouldn't worry about it
>>96254902
>>96254905
Now that's a cool flail

>>96255030
>>96255038
Thanks anons. I'll give them a try.

>>96255333
Checked
She looks like she fucks human men.

>>96254902
>>96254905
That's pretty based. I would be so paranoid about bending it while painting. Is it removable right now?

straight up porking it

>>96253164
Makes no sense lore wise, does it?

Yeah I think I'm gonna get some contrast paints

>>96253164
I know, but my army is DW, so I try to have every marine unit as DW (even when I play them as something else).

>>96255616 was meant for >>96255565

>>96254623
Anon I already have $30,000 worth of games and terrain that nobody will ever actually use. The problem isn't having cool terrain. I have infinite cool terrain. This is the golden age of cool wargaming terrain. The problem is other players all want to pretend to be "tourney players" and will only play with L shaped ruins because it's "balanced" (it isn't anyway).

>>96255017
Cut it with whatever, doesn't matter. You're not getting the cut you want unless you want a straight flat edge. You just need to remove the extra material with clippers or anything. The actual task before you is cleaning it up afterwards and shaping it, which means sanding and putty.to join your pieces and have them look seamless.

>>96255316
Naicu

>>96255401
Porking, corking, and craking my hog!

>>96255587
Snakebite leather and skeleton horde are indispensable.

Does anyone happen to have Davinci's take on this model's skin? I think I saw a pdf a while ago, want to paint elf skin and this color is exactly what I'm looking for

WIP on this Chaos dwarf/satyr fucker

>>96255724
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iZF8bynFQE

>>96255885
NTA but damn that's some nice skin, saving that for future reference

Does anyone know of contrast paints get wiped off if you wipe off oil washes?

>>96256005
Some AP speedpaints still suffer from reactivation issues. Otherwise I have tested Xpress and Contrasts and they seemed fine.

Painting a cadre fireblade for the 40kilograms collage.

>>96256384
what is that facial expression lol

>>96256445
Inspiring battle cry.

Has anyone painted anything in a saturated phalo green like picrel? Would love to see it.

>>96256445
>>96256508

>>96256508
>>96256564
ohh okay, still looks kinda stupid tbdesu

>>96256546
No, but I'm stealing that color for my alien world rocks.

Fart Smeldar

>>96248250
Should I keep the flesh part matte, or gloss it up?

>>96256640
Please keep that shitty forced meme in /40kg/, thanks. Nice Mandrakes tho

>>96255381

I was worried that the styrene hooks would weigh down the wire, but once it's twined. It's pretty sturdy, and the styrene is weightless in this size. It vibrates very little when moved.

Are all HH models as much of a pain in the dick to assemble as this guy?

What a fucking chore. 50+ pieces, nonsensical separations, too much "freehand" assembly which can lead to shit not coming together at the end, goddamn.

>>96256681
HH stuff is generally pretty good, but as with everything GW does, they sometimes completely drop the ball and make something truly fucking retarded/low quality.

>>96256651
Matte on everything then gloss on the eyes and the mouth belly thing.

Super quick question since it can't hurt to try
I'm trying to base something similar to picrel, on one of those round 25mm bases with the coin slot in the middle; problem is, I wanted to do bricks/wood planks/cobblestone and I can't think of a nice way to make that work without chopping off that beam at the bottom.
Bigger problem obviously is that, without the beam, the model itself doesn't really make much contact with the base, so I'm afraid no amount of super glue will make it stand up
Am I just screwed or is there something obvious I'm missing?

>>96256640
Sky bois

>>96256803
Consider pinning it to the base. I use a 0.8mm Tamiya drill bit and small pieces of paperclips.

does this look ok?

>>96256849
It's a bit too thin for pinning but I'm afraid it's the only possibility, ye

>>96256803
I think green stuff might be the best option. I'd try attaching a blob of it to the bottom of the robe and try flatten and smooth it into the base you put it on.

Other than that, maybe drilling a hole into the bottom of the staff and pinning it that way, but that might be a bit flimsy depending on how thin the staff is.

>>96256937
Looks good to me. This is Imperial Fists for HH?

>>96256681
I imagine the Saturnine Terminators will be a good bit more convoluted by design - Praetor included (he even ships in a box and not a blister if standalone), but generally speaking most but not all Heresy plastic models aren't bad to build.

Mind that the old drop pods of notoriety got rebranded for 30k use.

Does anybody have any tips for diorama basing before I get all the way into it with this thing? I’ve only ever done lazy grass flock basing and painted on lava bases before. YouTube hasn’t been as helpful as I wanted. I’m curious if it’s worth making a texture paste of my own or if there’s cheap versions available o do the same job.

My current plan was to mix some mod piece and sand with brown paint until I get a texture paste to slap on, then dry fit all the little bits so there’s already an indent to glue them in.

>>96257408
>Gue'vesa
Based beyond belief.

>>96256937
No, not really.

>>96257111
Oh ye that's a good idea too, staff's barely a mm wide so I'm not super sold on the pinning part

Kitbashing a little more now that the roles have gotten a bit more solidified. Hoping for a bit better priming weather
>>96252745
You didn't overdo it. Do even more to it

>>96255683
>skeleton horde

I'm tired of seeing this meme. That paint is bad. It's extremely splotchy and easy to fuck up (like all contrast paints). It's way easer to just base paint (zandri dust) + agrax + ushabit bone / screaming skull.

>>96257592
Personally I prefer a light brown followed by a dark brown wash and then an off-white drybrush.

I'm struggling to properly thin my Reaper metallics to a good consistency and coverage like my other paints, is this the paint or are metallics just harder? Also the tips of my gunsights keep flaking off while I work on the model, I'm reducing touching the model with my grubby fingers as much as possible while painting but I can't imagine that won't happen during play how do I mitigate that besides varnish?

>>96256803
Glue the mini in place, then add the brickwork in bits on top of the base and the tab?

Scorponay!

>>96256005
Sometimes it isn't reactivation as much as just wiping off layers of dried paint. Ink layers for example dry very thin and can be ripped up easier than acrylics. As always the best bet is to try it out yourself with your paints on a test mini.

>Want to find a tutorial for something
>They use an airbrush

I am so tired bros...

Can't you people just let paint cure before slopping on a bunch of water?

>>96258062
I feel you. I use an airbrush but it's a pretty cheap one from vallejo. It only allows for priming and basing and that's pretty much it

>>96258062
Hate it as much as you want, its a very useful tool.
What exactly are you looking for?

>>96258062
You don't need one. Anything you can do with one you can do with a brush. Airbrushes are just faster.

>>96250827
Some progress after yesterday.

>>96258390
What's the rent like? When could I move in?

>>96258400
15 credits per month, and dont worry, there are free rooms all the time.

A friend told me that this shade of red and the catholic undertones reminded them of molestation. how ama i doing

>>96256681
God damnit such an ugly ass model. They should've let it rest in peace as the silly Rogue Trader-era design it was.

>>96248809
Probly for the best the heavy bolt pistols look dumb as hell.

>>96248947
Only time you should ever paint on yourself is when learning dry brushing because you need to be able to gauge how wet the brush is.

>>96249499
Windsor and Newton 7series size 2 is what I recommend to paint space marine eyes.

>>96254216
>I assume you mean for free.
Both free and not to be honest, I just don't have any good resource.
Now, free would be better, of course.

>>96249634
1mm armature wire right up her cooch.
By the looks of that base I’d guess that there is no way you can pantie peek anyways with the way those waves kinda go up. So it won’t matter.

Or go right through the heel all the way to her knee. You can just leave the armature wire in that way can it will help strengthen the mini and help mount it to the base.

>>96258390
the broken corners being solid looks a bit weird

>>96258493
pretty bad actually, you should focus on painting without spilling into other details
it also looks like you slapped too much primer/paint on most of it

>>96256937
I've seen way worse being fielded
Just pick the pubes off of him, ffs man

TRUST THE PROCESS, I CAN SEE THE VISION CLEARLY

>>96256937
It's going to look fine on the tabletop.

>>96258062
>>96258301
>Anything you can do with one you can do with a brush. Airbrushes are just faster.
Not really with a normal brush but with a Artis Opus-style drybrush, yes. (I use Army Painter, AO are too expensive)
>dead flat basecoat
Just stippling wet paint onto the model with the medium drybrush instead of brushing it on dries so much more evenly. It's how I do brush primer.
>zenithal and blends
Drybrushing zenithal is rather self-explanatory, HOWEVER, it's not as smooth as an airbrush. Drybrushing white onto black will look streaky, you will want to step up through grey, for example. NMM done this way is unfairly easy.

>>96259415
THE LIGHT OF THE EMPEROR GUIDES ME

>>96258493
>bait description
>unthinned paint
>faction loved by secondaries
This is the platonic ideal of a tourist post.
>>96256937
What primer are you using?
For a detailed C&C a lot of stuff could be tightened up but the primer is the only thing that really fucks you.
>>96259229
>>96259454
I would be offended if somebody said that about my minis.

>>96257525
yeah seems like a mix of greenstuff and super glue is probably your best bet then. I've heard adding baking soda to super glue makes the bond even stronger and it should add some extra surface area too, haven't tried it myself though.

>>96256384
I like that you chose a deeper blue instead of the greyish blue official scheme uses
>>96256640
Nice transitions on those flames(?), I really like how much it contrasts with the muted palette of these guys
>>96256937
It's definitely fine for tabletop. I'm not sure about using this teal color to be honest with you. I think using a more grounded, neutral color instead would've improved the mini.
>>96257819
He cute
>>96258390
>>96258421
I don't know much about painting terrain but it's already starting to look nice

It's been 2 years since I last picked a brush.

Getting to the glowy bits and now I'm kind of unsure how to proceed.

>>96259855
Not sure if I go fiery glow like the venomcrawler.

>>96259867
Or if I go lightsaber red instead. Thoughts?

>>96259692
I've actually found a couple of references online to people making candles with sticks and superglue and I decided to give it a go, they'll prolly look like shit but at least I'll use them like those struts in Roman statues

>>96257706
The gap is really really noticeable, I've done it with mud/sand textures before but bricks don't really fit down there

>>96259855
The fiery stuff looks more appropriate in my opinion, lightsaber red is qt but feels a bit too "electrical" and "controlled" for the mini

>>96258981
To be fair im a nurglefag generally and blocky highlights are part of the style ive developed overtime. My hands tremor a lot because of a condition

>>96259867
The yellow looks better in my opinion. The white highlights cause desaturation, which looks less hot.

>>96259978
Sounds like it'd work honestly, maybe better with a thicker glue? I'd have to try it out next time I want some candles on a mini

>>96259874
Go full Jedi.

Ok I think this is what I'll be going with, what do you guys think?

>>96260315
Looks great mate

>>96259415
Still rough but definitely closer, gonna let this set then sand it a bit.

goddamnit

>>96260315
I think I don't know why you bother asking when you've pre-decided your path before asking every ste of the way.

>>96257592
Skill issue. You're just a bad.

>>96257819
Kawaii

>>96258301
What you can't do and nobody will ever do without one is a chalky looking, obviously airbrushed gradient. And that's a good thing. Of course the main thing you can't do without it is get perfect primers super fast or large flat areas of absolutely smooth coverage in seconds. Even if you spend years perfecting these things, any rando can pick up a $30 and do the same with less effort. Which is why they became ubiquitous (that and retards thinking a tool can improve skill instead of practice).
Nobody will ever become a better painter because they bought an airbrush. But they will have a whole lot more spare time to work on getting better.

>>96258568
MMF has hundreds of good busts. Or if you are in 2010 and don't have a resin printer you can just etsy them or get one of the 20 people at your LGS who have them to print a few for you. Artistan Guild, Witchsong and uhhhh....Archvillain I think? make typically fantasy-sci fi busts for starters. AG makes 5-6 busts from their regular figures every month now. This one is from Witchsong.
I got a couple ones of Warmachine characters that are cool if you want one.

>>96259415
AWOOOOOOGA

>>96259855
Make them consistent unless there is a real good specific reason otherwise. The dim spooky fire glow looks great, just do that again for sure. And think of it this way, if's the same thing on a similar monster created by the same sorts of dudes probably by the same methods. So they should be the same.

>>96259874
This doesn't have any heat to it like a deamon furnace should have.

>>96260080
Then you should lean into this painter's style and commit to it. If neatness is not going to be your thing, think about what you do control. For this one, values. You could go 30% or 50% brighter in your lightest lights. Not quite all the way up to white but on your lightest edges and maybe the root part of the smoke. Then shade down all the way to near black.
If you squint down at the mini, or change that photo to b&w, how well does it read? Hitting those raised areas in particular is very doable with shaky hands, and a GW mini is already sculpted to assist with that.

>>96260733
That sounds fair, thank you.
-0080

>>96260746
Look at the pic and tell me 3-5 areas where the value could be pushed. DO IT.

>>96250761
Oh, is that a model by Forestbwat?
I recognize the artstyle of his characters, but I had no idea he was into modeling (or got someone else to model it for him). Pretty cute fig, and good painting on your part, mate.

>>96260901
As far as I know, my wife got all the STLs from Twin Goddess Minis. Don't know if it's all their own work, all someone else's work, or inspired by someone else's work.
All I know is that she printed out a shit ton of them, and I've been slacking on painting them.

>>96249499
Raphael 8404

>Can't stop thinking about painting while working
>Work ends
>No desire to paint
Hate brain.

>>96260964
Yeah, look like they do work with other artists, I see them credited on the details of each model. Thanks, man.

>>96260964
I like the red eyes you give your goblins, it's a pleasantly different look.

>>96261209
It's a holdover from Warhammer greenskins that I happen to like. Besides, it feels wrong to give goblins regular human eyes. I'm fine with people making goblins cute, but at the very least, they should have some distinctly inhuman features that make it so they're not just short, off-colour humans.

I do not know If I am mad because I still need to paint to the last 7 or so of these mortal korndogs or if I am so angry because I only have a few more before I call the army done-done. Maybe both at the same time.

>haven't been able to paint in months, out of thinner
>cleaning out boxes in closet
>find bottle of thinner
>excited
>its empty
Why, past me? Why do you act this way?

>>96249422
Finished these up, just waiting to varnish them.

>>96261412
Dunno anything about battletech, is the Maltese cross a symbol used in-universe or are you a person with interesting opinions on the international banking system?

>>96247983
The natural color of lips and nipples needs to be the same.

>>96261419
One of the main factions in the game is a German space empire, so undoubtedly they do use iron/baltic/maltese crosses all over the place, though I have not seen it and they gave the faction itself a blue fist on white background emblem.
But you are right in that my unit here is not a part of that and I just very much like the schwarz-weiss-rot of the German Empire, that is WW1, 2nd reich. I've got a Red Baron airplane with them too omplete with 6mm Manfred as this unit is The Flying Circus, mercenaries.
I also have mechs painted as modern bundeswehr, knights templar and yes, ww2.

>>96246173 (OP)
>my frirst ever attempt at a camouflage pattern for guardsmen. I went with woodland MARPAT. I speed painted just to get a proof of concept and i gotta say i like it. These were about 8 minutes a model, i imagine if i actually take my time they'll look really good.

>>96261486
i didn't mean to greentext

I painted one of the new terminators in candy red

>>96261648
looks like iron man

>>96261660
yeah that's the first thing most people say.

Alright /wip, I have a question for you all. I'm going to try making a ruinwrack, a three armed suit of demonarmor that's a servitor of a deity.
Question is, does anyone have any tips of minis to start with or a good way to make an armored arm

>>96261077
I literally dream about painting and can't sleep. Then I get up and sit at the PC and waste time here or poking around the Internet and never touch the brush.

>>96260964
The ones I have seen you post are definitely TG. I don't talk about them here because they have caused a lot of reeing every time I have, but I have almost all of their stuff. They do not really do busts but they have nice presupported 75mm display versions of a lot of their figures. I have also scaled up and supported their old smaller ones a few times myself. Sometimes it works, sometimes the scale change causes them to look very off. But they are super fun to paint, usually pretty simple. A nice refresher after a bunch of grimdark shit covered head to toe in as much faff as possible to justify $50 32mm single figures made of 3 cents of plastic and such.
Besides just being a nice break from skulls and spikes and power armor and shit, they have a lot of nice smooth areas with room to hone blending skills.

>>96261266
Most people now want all fantasy races to just be humans from San Francisco with slightly different costumes. They view everything as a self-insert, basically. See also tieflings, orcs, you name it. Drow can't be an alien, evil race, they're just black Americans. Goblins are just short fuckable humans with green face paint. Vomitrocious. It's all a failure of imagination.

>>96261719
With or without a printer

>>96261486
Looks good, considering you went for marpat. A wash is still missing, right?

Early wip on the malastrain genestealers.
Going with the Kraken color scheme, but probably paler and with blackened growths.

Today was mostly just blending and refining some highlights and minor stuff. Did the eyes though and they turned out pretty well I think.

>>96261967
Good start! You didn't base the claws red on the front/center guy's left hand btw, if you meant to.

>>96261648
Cool. Is it like a red contrast mixed with metallic? I'm sure you're going for like a design on the left shoulder with the metallic but I'm wondering if there is something that would make it read better, like upping the contrast, or outlining it or something like that.

>>96261486
Yeah I think the camo reads well. Does need a wash like other anon said.

Hmmm this look like Redgrass™ Special Everlasting™ Hydration Foam™

>>96262174
Ack, It's been too long since using my actual camera, I forgot to embed the color profile.

>>96262186
SUBARASHIIINEEEE

>>96262186
Breddy nice. Needs bigger ass though.

>>96261364
>all the fumes have vented into your home
At least now you know why you're retarded.

>>96261419
It's nazianon, don't dig too fat into it lest he ruins the thread.

guys r8 my paint

>>96262358
14 out of 88

>>96262358
Windmill of peace is all bent out of shape. I recommend using Microsol and transfer sheets for keeping the straight parts straight and the white parts white. That way you can concentrate better on ither areas.

>>96262186
Youre adding colour but not increasing value, your paintjob looks flat.

>>96262286
>craftsperg is also a nazi
kek, very fitting

Whats an honest to God, non consoomer-oriented, actually skilled mini painting channel thats worth looking at?

>>96260650
The only thing I've decided beforehand is that he's going to be orange-ish, I was open to suggestions about everything else. I just hoped for some opinions on the scheme now that it's pretty much done, no need to be like that.

>>96262508
To be fair to him, it is /WIP/. Pretty sure only the skin and eyes are complete. Also I dunno if I agree with you anyway.

>>96262643
The skin looks flat. It only looks somewhat interesting because of the tonal variety he introduced but it's sorely lacking contrast

>>96262650
retard

>>96262544
Sonic sledgehammer?

>>96262709
>starts malding out of nowhere
I accept your concession.

>>96262727
>Sonic sledgehammer
>actually skilled
nuh uh

>>96260964
I love the colors you used on this one, anon
>>96261648
Looks like pre-heresy TS scheme, very cool
>>96262186
Coming along nicely, I like your color choices so far
>>96262544
Only one I sometimes watch nowadays is Vince to be honest. Maybe Duncan but that's more as a sort of ASMR because his videos are mostly useful for beginners.

>>96262544
trovarion

>>96260656
NTA but I sure hope that picture is not supposed to prove that Skeleton Horde is good or something.

>>96262650
You want value contrast between different materials, or to show deep creases. You don't want strong value contrast in skin, especially not the skin of an attractive young woman (which I assume this is supposed to be).
Color contrast is exactly how you make skin interesting without turning her into a Frank Miller character.

>>96260656
Antlers are spectacular. Is that purple on the tips?

>>96262544
Erik Swinson

>>96262906
I just wish he produced shorter videos not just uploading whole ass streams.

>>96262904
Man some you are impressed with really basic stuff.

little to no motivation whatsoever painting new models you have zero nostalgia over
i even managed to drybrush silver on top of nuln oil because i was not paying attention but there you go

>>96262975
Just skip through them to find the part of the process you're interested in.

>>96262980
nopaintz detected lol

>>96262988
Are these those Cathay I keep hearing about?

>>96262988
Stop living in the past.

Thinking of this as an Alpha Legion scheme. I don't especially like the bright metallic look, I want to go with a matte look. Ultramarine as the base, shaded with violet, and highlighted with bright green.

>>96263025
you surely realize that the purple of your 'shade' is brighter than the base color

>>96263037
That's just taken from the vallejo game colour chart pdf, obviously it would be darker than that in real life. I also think the ultramarine is brighter than this.

>>96263007
yeah they are and check out how big this balloon thing is
>>96263008
true dat at the end of the day paint is paint no way around it

>>96263025
it's going to look really weird having a warm shadow and cool highlight that are contrasting colours

>>96263007
NTA and I always avoid picking on peoples stuff but you're being pretty fucking obnoxious
>splotching and pooling
>shitty glossy finish from using contrasts/washes
>changes in color are completely random and make 0 sense
I'll also comment on the hair because that's the most jarring part for me. You slapped a contrast on them and the shading/highlights are not even remotely close to how hair really looks irl. They just look like someone poured dirty water on them. Best part of the entire paintjob are the pink flowers but the top one has some gloss finish in its shadow which looks unnatural and instantly draws the eye. You stil have ways to go before you can act like some sort of expert artist here.

Trying my first attempt at water effects on bases, pictured is the test base side I did with UV resin. The other side I used some Woodland Scenics Realistic Water in the same way. Took three applications to get it to a similar depth and doesn't really beat UV resin in any category so far. Anyone have experience with the product? I've looked elsewhere and didn't learn anything I couldn't have just read off the label so far

>>96260315
I thought the thumbnail was a dinosaur farting a green fart cloud out of the end of its tail

>>96263126
i think it looks nice but little tint never hurt anyone and some color on the bottom could make the effect stand out more
ive tried some hobbytier products myself but nothing beats basic 2 part epoxy mostly because it is way cheaper and it just works

>>96263147
wouldn't his ass be on the main body and not the tip of the tail tho

>>96263094
I got the idea from the 2E and 8E codex.

>>96263159
hence why i was specific.
cartoon logic would make it go a lot faster from the tail tho

>>96263061
Pretty cool sempai. I like seeing square bases again.

>>96263097
Tranny nopaintz detected, didn't read.

>>96263094
Peak midwit. You have heard just enough terminology without understanding it to sound extra stupid lol.

>>96263126
The Woodland stuff predates UV resin being common by decades. Nowdays I'd only use it on big dioramas, like train set kind of big.

>>96263190
Look at paintings anon. The standard daylit still life will have warmer shadows than the highlights. It's why real painters from life paint early in the day when possible. Outdoors with landscapes it's a whole different mess, but very often shadow is the warmest part of a piece, this is doubly true in portraiture.
Or if you want to think of it in more illustrative, storybook terms you can look at movie posters or the Hildebrandt Brothers' art.

>>96263235
>didn't read
yes you did, how about you come back when your painting is not contrast sloppa lmao

>>96263247
Didn't read.

>>96263148
Yeah I didn't wanna tint it my first time in case it bubbled/clouded, wanted to limit things I could blame. This base was a failed FDM print from awhile back that was spare so wasn't built or painted with the intention of a water effect going onto it. Didn't want to do it the first time on something I'd put more effort into. Learned a lot trying it so hopefully 2nd attempts better. Any recommendation for ratio of resin to paint for tints light enough to still be clear enough to see through? Was thinking FW sepia ink, you just go by eye? Tip of the toothpick is what I'm expecting cuz there isn't much volume to these resin drips on bases right?

>>96263258
>Any recommendation for ratio of resin to pain
>you just go by eye?
less is more you can always add some paint into it but its impossible to get it out once mixed
also keep in mind you are supposed to see some of the bottom through it unless making some swamp or toxic waste kinda thing
maybe drybrush some bright green or blue to the bottom for added effect, good luck anon

>>96263258
Bear in mind that manufacturing uses special lightfast dyes that won't break down, for a reason, when making shit like dice. You can buy that for coloring resins. If it's just one base and not important you can always just throw paint or whatever in there and pray, though.

>>96263061
neat, how did you do the paper color?

also are those printlines?

>>96263235
thanks
>>96263369
thank you its skeleton horde with some bleached bone and white
yeah its a print and you wont notice the lines after the sides have been covered with transfers

>>96263094
the other troll anon didn't explain but in paintings often the highlight is cooler because it's reflecting the blue sky on an incredibly sunny day on an even slightly reflective surface. You can see this effect prominently on darker skin in the shade, where they're getting all the blue coating their face. And blue and purple are not complimentary or opposite colors. They're right next to each other.
Warm/cool has no inherent wrongness or rightness on shadows and highlights. It's about the environment you're simulating or the material you're making. And metallics almost always have a hue shift going on in their colors. Think gold in 2D paintings, how it always is an orangey brown to a yellow. And not a yellow to a brighter yellow.
Anon going from purple to blue to green is a fine idea and follows one path on the colorwheel and would visually look good.
You can do (purple and) blue to green too. And when I was coming up for a color scheme for cadians that looked cool but I was bored of green so instead I went green to blue.

Here's a retarded image i made with a not so good color wheel but if you went into photoshop and messed around with the eyedropper tool you'll notice these colorwheel curves everywhere on everything. And they all take the same shape of these arrows, some are more shallow, some are longer etc etc. Nothing stays one exact hue from shadow to highlight. And from shadow to highlight things can travel clockwise and get cooler or travel anti-clockwise and get warmer. It just depends what you're recreating.

>>96263462
NTA but that's pretty useful and nicely explained, thanks anon.

>>96261878
Without, bonus points for a metal sculpt with GS armored arm crafting

>>96263462
You did a good job googling just now but still wrong, seethe-kun. You've never looked at art and don't understand color, but the correct reason highlights are cooler in a lot of art, as explained correctly already, is that we do it earlier in the day. The reason for this is that (in the northern hemisphere anyway) sunlight is cooler in the mornings and increasingly warm culminating in sunset. Monet's famous Haystacks series illustrates this.
Not cooler because of any reflections. It's the way that the atmosphere filters sunlight (called atmospheric perspective, well known from no less than the Mona Lisa). The best light for painting is in fact on an overcast winter day, before noon. This is when light is the most accurate for color rendition.

>>96262544
Dr faust painting clinic is pretty decent

>>96263549
tl;dr

>>96263569
Your concession is accepted.

>>96263560
It's incredible that he's still around. I am not sure if he has been at it all this time or came back at a certain point. But I used to exchange messages with him on newsgroups.

>>96263462
youre wrong dumb retard
shadows are blue because of ambient light (sky)
highlights caused because of direct light (sun) hitting are warm

fucking hell I hate reading dunning krugers write retarded bullshit out of their ass

>>96263159
Depends on the hentai desu

>>96263583
You got schooled then ran to google to try to participate in conversation way over your head lmao. But were still wrong. It's your lack of experience in addition to your lack of knowledge.

>>96263591
please retard kun tell me which colour is predominant in the shadows of objects that are outside

>>96263583
It was already explained to you, gorilla nigger retard. This >>96263235
is EXACTLY correct, period. Why do you stupid fucking reddit trannies shit up my thread on my board with your midwittery? You reek of "got interested in painting due to Youtubers during Chinese Virus lockdowns". The election tourists of minis painting.

>shadows are blue
They're blue when and for the reason I already told you. This is way over your head. Anon's idea for a scheme with warmer shadow and cool lights is not just workable, it's accurate to the real world and very common in classical masterpieces, for the reasons I already demonstrated.

>>96263549
>Mona Lisa
>Monet
fascinating pseudo art enjoyer. I imagine you've never painted anything on canvas.
Atmospheric perspective is terminology used to describe light filtering as things get further away in the distance. Using the Mona Lisa to describe that effect instead of literally any landscape painting is embarassing. And it has nothing to do with what you're talking about.
You even say in your post that light changes, and can be warmer on the highlights at sundown. You're literally just angry at me for being clearer and easier understood than you.
>overcast winter day, before noon. This is when light is the most accurate for color rendition.
Not what i was arguing or even saying. I don't care what time of day you want to recreate. You're trying to rigidly define what light does and what people should do with their miniatures. Despite the fact that many different materials exist that go through different hue changes, many different times of day exist. Many different light sources. And all of that is subservient to what looks fucking cool. And in miniature painting any hue change looks cool. It doesn't have to even be realistic.
>>96263603
shadows in sunlight reflect the sky. often blue. I am not the anon you were arguing with before or the one you are arguing with now pointlessly.

>>96263603
No color is "predominant", in fact. And you're dodging anyway. I said, before you did, that quote "it's a whole different mess outside". You are failing art 101 here. You're remedial. And you're off-topic because nobody has discussed shadows outside beyond what I pointed out (before you did).
This is why when I paint portraits from life the colors used in shadows are reds and the colors used in lights are blue, unless it's late in the day in which case we bring in more yellow to both.

Guys this is a thread about painting plastic toys can you stop larping as some pretentious clasically trained artists? Thanks.

>>96263611
>he's furiously googling to try to win a debate no one is having, after already having lost to experience

>You're trying to rigidly define what light does and what people should do with their miniatures.
Opposite is the case. I accurately pointed out that what anon wanted to do with his miniatures works, and why. Which is because it's not just rooted in classic art and modern illustration, it's accurate to life as well. Btw I don't "try to rigidly define what light does" I objectively know what light does. Which is one of the many reasons I know that a mini with warmer shadows than the highlights objectively works.

>>96246173 (OP)
Finished these guys, went pretty fast with them as I wanted to start on Grimaldus asap

>>96263626
>larping as
Nope. I pay my utilities doing it, having been classically trained. I also teach workshops but there's not much money in that, so I mostly just do it to pay the bills.

>>96263646
>sculpted banners
I hate nu-gw so much its unreal

>>96263646
Kakkoi!!

>>96263665
As opposed to a flat printed flag with no embossed texture? Weak.

>>96263665
You could always just sand them and paint whatever the fuck you want but we both know you don't paint at all

>>96263651
>>96263645
lol you're insufferable man. I didn't google anything and just said what I know to be true and you basically agree but instead you'd like to argue because you're embarassed and want more attention and validation. This board fucking sucks.

>>96263094
Temperature contrast is a fine way of adding a bit more depth to a paintjob
Temperature in general doesn't get nearly enough attention in mini painting discussion desu

>>96263692
This retard is some new arrival that thinks he's some great fucking artist yet the only thing he posted so far is a contrast slopped bust. I'm sure he'll leave soon, don't mind him

>>96263704
Agreed. Same with finish, people just slop matte on everything unless it's gore then it's shiny. At least on larger format things like garage kits I try to have at least 3 distinctive finishes. Might be too much on a small miniature but it's something people don't consider but should.

You do see a lot of nogames display painters using a lot of temperature manipulation these days, at least. GD this year was full of it and Crystal Brush has been all about it for a decade at least. I am kind of tired of the whole "bust with purple base coat left visible and the highlights are just the local color" thing that's a trend now.

>>96263737
>I am kind of tired of the whole "bust with purple base coat left visible and the highlights are just the local color" thing that's a trend now.
Eh, beats basecoat+wash+highlights at least

>>96256384
And finished. Still gotta varnish him, but painting is done.
Goddamn, the white looks chalky as hell on these photos. I swear it is not this terrible in person.

>>96263646
very nice as always, BT-anon

>>96263709
>braying about muh contrast paints
concession accepted. no one who says this ever knows what they're talking about. ez dub ty

Why does he irradiate such powerful pedo aura?

>>96263824
Internet-pervasive "heckin' wholesome chungus 100" shtick comes of as unnatural in real life.

>>96263813
Yeah brother, this definitely looks fantastic and like something with extensive knowledge of art would paint.
>can't even refute a single point
I accept your concession as well, now fuck off.

>>96263842
someone*

>>96263824
>>96263836
Fucking kill yourself already.
Every fucking thread with faggot youtubers.

>>96263842
>>96263848
>he's frothing so hard he can't even type
contrast paints have been out for ages at this point and you STILL this mindbroken over it? goddamn man take your meds fr

>>96263876
>missing the point entirely
I accept your concession, again.

>>96263876
>shitty slopped contrast on a bust and call it done
>has the gall to call himself a seriously trained artist
I wish I could split your skull open with an ax right now.

>>96263884
>I wish I could split your skull open with an ax right now.
but you can't. so you'll have to just sit and seethe about being wrong.
>>96263883
you're so mad you can't even speak and you're talking like there's anything that you could possibly do to ever somehow win this interaction

get a grip lmao

>I accept your concession
Not part of the argument but that phrase is really fedora tipping reddit nigger coded

>>96263953
>u-u mad!
apply yourself, larper

>>96261910 >>96262174
yeah, i'm not sure what shade to go with it. Would a darker one bring it out more, or a more earth shade?

whenever i see purple i immediately think about reddit and their silly color theories
it was already pointed out in the thread but there was this moment in time when tabletop became somewhat trendy and for some reason it all culminated into everyone painting their shit purple for some reason

>>96264061
I don't know anything about art but that meme purple tint in the shadows looks pretty nice. I think you're sick of it because it caught up and you've seen it too much.

>>96263836
>>96263850
DID SOMEBODY SAY FAGGOT YOUTUBERS??!!

>>96256384
>>96263803

looks nice

these guys are mind-fucking me.
they're so tedious to paint with all their tiny ropes and charms and overlapping materials. they're also suprisingly fiddly for a band of flimsy mortals. painting 1 was fine but painting 8 is just killing me. at least there is never any reason to more than 1 unit in any game.

>>96264079
Those are definitely the ones with the most punchable faces but I could think of a dozen more.

>>96262508
You can't just desaturate a picture to visualize the contrast when there is hue changes, especially with yellow because it's luminance is so much higher than other colors.
I agree with your point a little bit. The top of the boobs and shoulder should probably be a little brighter since they're pretty close to the stomach, but it's not nearly as rough as your pic makes it seem since it's assuming middle yellow and middle green are the same shade of grey to your eyes.

>>96264079
Ok since the thread is off the fucking rails anyway - does anyone know if youtube algorithm rewards those retarded curved arrows somehow? Like so much slop(not only hobby related) has them

>>96264164
It's all a scheme orchestrated by Big Arrow. You should see the royalties on those things.

>>96264164
Pretty much, yes. It favours certain type of thumbnail images and associated keywords, many people abuse this system and even use algorithms to "optimise" them so it's kinda closed system at this point. Average consumer is odd creature.

>>96264323
Also if you click on a single sloptuber video get ready for your suggestions being sloppa for the next two weeks or until you hide a couple of channels. The shit I'm being suggested on my phone is so out of control that feature has become basically unsusable.

>>96264383
>DOES THIS NEW PRODUCT (Affiliate link in the description) CHANGE THE HOBBY GAME?!
>15 minutes of "no"

>>96264397
I think thats the most infuriating part of this hobby, every other video is a consoomer inducing glorified ad.

Is /wip/ being raided by subhumans again?

>>96264402
>Is /wip/ being raided by subhumans again?

>>96264383
i dont know what big arrow means because ive yet to make an youtube account unless you count when google bought youtube and gmail accounts became such
what i gather most peole dont like youtube as it is now

>>96264323
>>96264383
Meanwhile, AI (in form of Copilot) claims that Im wrong and people are simply dumb. My theory is that these types of "tactics" attract crowd that does not care about subject at all, so called "normalfags" that start to push out actual hobby audience.

But we should really stop pushing this subject and I apologize for even typing this reply.

>>96264402
This is just what happens when a single /40kg/ person joins the thread. I'm not sure that constitutes a 'raid' but I guess you could argue that.

>>96264445
I hate modern internet so much.

>>96263061
What a pristine paintjob. God damn.

Is this really /wip/ or /40kg/ I can't tell

>>96263462
>Anon going from purple to blue to green is a fine idea and follows one path on the colorwheel and would visually look good.
That's all I needed to hear. I'm not at the level required to be thinking about the colour of a lightsource.

>>96264445
Why should I bother reading something nobody cared to write.

Made a silicon mold for the first time this week, recasting a dwarven statue. Just poured the resin, pray for me.

>>96264525
With or without vacuum chamber?

>>96264525
praying.
when can you take it out?

>>96263646
Nice banner

>>96263429
so are the models already scanned to that quality? thats wild

>>96264477
>>96264402
That artist larp was pretty elaborate, not gonna lie. Had me going for a while, I wonder if he was using chatgpt to troll us or someshit

>>96256803
I know I'm late, but do what they do for flying models in 40k. Put a piece of wall or scenery beside it, and glue the staff or robes directly to it. You can even elevate the model slightly to give it the look of it floating. Just be sure the contact point is BEHIND the model, so it's not obvious you did it

>>96257408
Take a circle of styrofoam and cut it up to your desired shape. Are you doing urban or plains, or industrial? Slap modpodge on it and then prime. The brilliant thing is you can very slightly press the suits feet into the foam to give it better contact.

>>96264612
>>96257408
He can also layer cork.

>>96259855
If you have an airbrush, ring the bits with white ink, then lightly go over it with your glow color.

>>96262286
That's a bold accusation for a faggot who posts nudes in miniature painting discussions.

Some of you guys are really annoying.

>>96262544
Notjustmecha, aka Marco the oil paint guy.

>>96264457
you are too generous but thank you for your kind words anon
>>96264547
>thats wild
there are many inconsistencies and most of the model makes no sense because apparently people use AI software to make 3D models from basic jpeg images
thats why there are stl files of models available to purchase maybe an hour after preview image releases

>>96264694
>there are many inconsistencies and most of the model makes no sense
can you show where? it looks perfectly fine on that photo

finaly got to base the first batch of frostgrave minis
first time using proper snow

>>96264751
sovl

been throwing together this guy for a while now, happy with how it's coming along

>>96264537
No vacuum chamber, so I'm prepared to live with a certain amount of bubbling, as long as the surface isn't too messed up (it's meant to go in a ruin anyway)
>>96264539
Gracias. Just poured it, so not for at least 24-48 hours. I'll probably give it extra time to be on the safe side.

>>96264640
Link a single nude I've posted on /tg/ in the last decade. Go on, I'll wait. Take as much time as you need.
inb4 "reeee puritan"

>>96265075
>No vacuum chamber, so I'm prepared to live with a certain amount of bubbling
I finally got myself one of those, but have yet to use it. My last batch of recasts came out OK, but I know I can do better.

>>96265128
>>96264640
How about you both fuck off back to /btg/ or wherever the fuck you came from, we had enough bullshit this thread already

>>96264568
I ended up putting a bunch of candles around his "feet" and glueing the wobbly bits to them, looks alright even tho the candles are dogshit
I didn't wanna put a wall behind him because his back looks pretty neat too and it's such a small mini it would look kinda funny

>>96265128
>in the last decade.
See, most anons would be able to phrase this statement without a time constraint, so it definitely sounds like anon has a point here.

>>96264383
maybe disable youtube tracking your history and preferences and set your browser to delete data on close and those recomendations won't last much more than that session

>>96265172
do you even need vacuum for rubber metal molds?

>>96265295
you need to vacuum for the mold itself, not the pewter

speaking of recasts, do you know where could I get old chorfs (big hats) recasts? EU preferably
looking for the big bois: lamassu, taurus, mortar, etc

Is this thread always this bad?

>>96265295
>do you even need vacuum for rubber metal molds?
No, but I think it will help. Regardless of how careful I am when pouring the silicone, there are inevitably tiny bubbles that "catch" on the master. These bubbles fill with material when you cast. On the Johnnies, they're nigh imperceptible, but on some of my other attempts, they were definitely noticeable.

>>96265414
It's VERY rarely bad, it's quite possibly the most chill general on /tg/. Don't judge it by this autistic meltdown. It's bound to happen occasionally. we're on 4chan after all.

Oh my god what happened here lol
>>96262988
Are these prints as well, like the lantern? I actually like those metal parts, drybrush gave them a kind of weathered look. The paper parts on your lantern also look good.
>>96263646
Very nice! I'm especially fond of how you did the stone part.
>>96263803
I actually think that chalkier white adds some nice texture on the shoulderpad. Solid job overall.
>>96264751
I think I like the plague doctor the most but they're all very good.

>>96258493
his little toy box looks pretty good, the red looks nice and weathered but the rest is quite sloppy especially the hand

>>96265548
Thread broken.
It's getting better though.

>>96265417
i never made a mold but some people use a brush to fill those hard to reach places with silicone just before pouring the rest

>>96265548
>I think I like the plague doctor the most but they're all very good.
i love how that guy turned out too

>>96265707
Oh man you sculpted that head yourself? Very impressive

>>96264746
there was plenty of cleaning and working it over involved and i did add something of my own like the basket wooden paneling
i just happened to lay it down on an angle that makes everything look good, no way im ever making another of these
>>96265548
thank you and nope the warmachines are genuine plastic and i have the whole army box to keep me company for many weeks to come
>>96265650
i liked that reference, its old but still checks out

Wrapping up on the last Tomb Guardian. All that's left is all the little details left over. Should be able to finish in one more long session

>>96262174
>Is it like a red contrast mixed with metallic
Tamiya clear red over fulgrite copper.

>>96265912
nta
Did you brush it on or use an airbrush?
I've found that the clear red lifts when I use a brush.

>>96262544
james wappel forever

>>96262544
I want to piggyback on this anon's question.
What do you do if you want guidance but aren't like, an influencer with networks, but are beyond the point where generic youtuber slop is helpful?
This thread has been good in the past but obviously it's hit or miss, and I've literally never gotten any feedback from any other hobby community I've posted work to.
I know there are some painters who do like in person 1:1 workshops but that seems a little overkill too.
I'm on the verse of enrolling in a painting class in a local art college or something and just hoping that I'll learn some new things that might be applicable.

>>96266028
well if general information isnt cutting it i dont know how many options youd have beyond directly seeking out some kind of skilled teacher
taking a class probably would be fun though

>>96266028
Consult the collective memory of the universe.

>>96265279
Then you‘d get suggestions for shit you‘ve watched already. Also I have 20 tabs open that I need.

>>96266028
Post minis.
Not teasing or anything, I want to see the level you're at in case theres a more advanced youtuber that may be of help to you.

>>96264845
hard to say anything constructive other than its well put together and hopefully you have a good time painting him

>>96265548
The column was actually my favourite thing to paint from these guys. Here's another angle of it, plus the funny water tank

>>96263665
If it were blank I would have just slapped a hospitaller cross and some scribbles on it

>>96263673
>>96263804
>>96264542
Many thanks

>>96266028
Art class isn't gonna teach you anything you won't find on youtube.
There's a lot of 2D art tutorials on the net that are far better than the handful of mini painting channels, and most of the information carries over. Obviously skip things like anatomy or gesture drawing.

>>96266028
>I know there are some painters who do like in person 1:1 workshops but that seems a little overkill too.
When he was still with GW, Saint Duncan came for the New Hobbyists Expo a few years ago and held classes there. The manager at the Citadel is leaving, too ... to actually become a GW painter guy in a different part of the company. He is also an excellent painter; I've seen his work at the Rusty Nurgling in the "Staff" category.

Adepticon has painting seminars, too. It's been a while since I've been to a *real* con like that, but I wonder, anon ... could there be anything like that happening in your neck of the woods?

>>96265844
Kino scheme.

>>96266449
This girl is really throwing herself at him uh

>>96266704
You need to go outside my friend.

>>96266449
>And here, see, you take this giant brush, and dump this super opaque base coat on to the whole model. I know, it's hard to wrap your head around at first. I'm sure you're so glad you came to learn this technique
I shouldn't gatekeep, I want people to enter the hobby.... but still.

>>96266846
10 years from now you wont remember any of this and might even have a laugh about it
and yes we all will still be here so better get comfy

>>96266846
These are people who've never looked into mini painting and just decided to join a seminar on a whim because they were at an expo and it looked like fun.
This is literally how my girlfriend got started.

>>96266953
Is your girlfriend single? I really want a hobby gf.

>>96266971
They're not that hard to lure in. Girls like arts, just find some cute models as a gateway drug.
Mine started with turtles, now she's collecting Necrons and has read every book featuring "her boys".

>>96264751
Nice painting, looks almost cell-shadowed

>>96262358
Pretty cool, he did nothing wrong

>>96247126
Samefag here. Rescued my unfinished rebel buggy and completed a couple of details that were missing. Them Duke Boyz are at it again

>>96267370
Oh hey, I remember this. cool little car.

>>96266846
People will always be entering the hobby, it sprang up from nothing after all.
Gatekeeping is necessary to prevent that from becoming a flood of those who are not really interested, who are temporarily taken with an aesthetic or a desire to fit in or just to get some views on youtube or whatever.

>>96267557
The more people who want to get into the hobby at a basic level the more people I can impress with my painting skills and be less concerned about coming off like a weirdo when my main hobby is painting little dudes to a high standard.
I really don't see a downside. Maybe if I played warhammer it would be annoying, but even then, so what if I were good I'd just be beating all the new people and getting to teach them things.

>>96267589
No, what happens is that the hobby becomes a watered down social activity for normies and a breeding ground for political statements of whatever IRL topic is hot at the moment, like how D&D now has wheelchair rules and MtG is just a hot mess of mass media tie-ins.
Those are not the worst that could happen, those two things are barely the beginning of what will be done to our games and our culture.

>>96266028
Ask your LGS (if you have one) if there are painting classes for minis. If not, ask the owner to set one up. There's usually decent turnout even if there isn't a big painting community, if the class is advertised well enough.

Also, go to a convention if you live near one, I've had all my best classes at GenCon/Adepticon from both pros and skilled amateurs.

>>96264751
how did you get such deep shading but such bright highlights? looks like contrast paint with some highlights.

>>96267749
I'm just gonna dump 30 grand into a local painting competition where I fly in some e-celebs so I can get their discord messages and network with them. If a new random destination painting competition starts up sometime this or next year you'll know who.

I got a bag of pine bark nuggets to use for basing and they're pretty damp
can I oven them at a really low temp for a few hours to dry them out or will that make them crumble?

>>96268194
Yup, go for it.

New thread:

>>96268324
>>96268324
>>96268324

>>96268329
Thank GOD we can leave this one behind us.

What is the ugliest color scheme?