Work in Progress "Slice the Friendly Skies" 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:
>>96246173
>>96234940
>>96212812
>>96191957

I was going for Brokyr thunderkyn, but did I accidentally make Woodjacks?

>>96268447
Man they probably think that's awesome.

>>96267370
Excellent job. The yellow is lovely and saturated, contrasts well with the metallics and orks.

Almost there! Need him for a game this weekend.

Screw works in progress. post your favorite model you've finished in the past year and say something you like about it.

>>96268840
Lookin' good! easily playable in this state.

Going to start a batch of poxwalkers, going to try to focus on getting them to a good tabletop standard quickly, but the sculpts are a little tricky to do quickly. Ya'll have any suggestions for grindint through batches quickly?

What is the ugliest color scheme?

>>96269070
in windows 95 there was a windows color scheme called Hot Dog Stand. Probably that.

>>96269085
Yellow and Red look fine though

>>96269091
they didn't get through the youtube color theory lessons far enough to get to the gamut masks.

>>96268962
>post your favorite model you've finished in the past year and say something you like about it.
Lemartes grants [LETHAL HITS] to the Death Company when he leads them. I also now have ten 10th Edition Death Company to follow him to the gates of hell!

Still a lot more to do on my space drow pirate ships, but they are coming along. Mandrakes will be next, and then one last Raider and then I'll switch to the zerg bug things that came with the starter set.

How do you guys think people would feel about proxy dante as my oc sonic the hedgehog chapter master, like a primaris marine with a jetpack, a fancy axe and a melta pistol but not the dante model

>>96269207
I've been sort of rushing through these guys cuz I'm kinda sick of them and eager to start a different army. Every unit is sort of different as I'm experimenting with some different techniques. I'm still going to add some highlights and weathering to stuff after I get around to adding some decals or transfers. I've got an Airforce decal from an old f-16 model I'm going to put on the red reaver, amongst others.

>>96269230
Using rules of a named character for /yourdudes/ chapter master is perfectly fine as long as the base sizes are identical and the silhouette size is roughly the same.

>>96269245
so i have to put him on a big gay rock or something?

>>96269238
That GW finecast resin was awful to work with and I am not buying any minis made that way again. I can't quite explain exactly why, I just didn't like it compared to pewter or plastic.

>>96268997
speedpaints and washes obviously. Focus on the faces for the "real" painting.

>>96269252
Or on a ruin, or on a tree stump, or on a toppled statue, or on a destroyed vehicle.

ngl y'all kinda suck at this minipainting thing cuh

>>96269257
That last pic sucked, my bad. I think this one is better. Don't worry I am also going to rim all my bases properly before I call this crew complete. What do you guys think about chaining a Raider deck onto the back of an ancient blue dragon for a "counts as" Tantalus?

>>96269207
Dude got stuck with the neon green madcatz controller.

>>96269281
That last pic still sucked. Sorry fellas, this is my first time. I'm not sure I like how these Incubi blades, glaives, whatever, turned out. I think I used the wrong kind of black on the edges, but overall I think this style of energy color doesn't suit the weapon, but I've used orange energy for all the weapon gems on the rest of the army (which i like to think is bottled and concentrated Hopes and Dreams) and it was something new to try.

>>96269300
Last one of these guys I've got. It's Nerf or nothin baby.

>>96269289 my favorite Xbox controller is my lime green one so I gave all the gunners the same

Close to finishing this little set, yo

I started these guys from Konflict47, but I don't play the game so I dunno if I'm going to put transfers or anything else on them

>>96268324 (OP)
Any Canadians here use Gaahleri airbrushes? I want to buy more parts for my pistol grip airbrush, but the website says everything is out of stock on what seems to be the Canadian part of the site.
Can any fucking leafs here confirm I am not the only one?

>>96269281
>>96269300
Most mobile phones have a focus function; tap the screen on the point of the photo where you want it to sharpen focus. For bonus quality, hold the phone between both hands while bracing elbows against a surface like your table and give it a bit more distance away from the camera; keep in mind that modern phone cameras are quite strong and you don't need to be as close to the model as you think. What you see on the phone is a fraction of what's visible on desktop when we zoom in to full resolution.

What color should I paint the plasma. My original plan was a magenta, but admittedly I kinda like how it looks in white.

>>96269487
Light orange

>>96269474
I was going to use a tripod and an actual camera to take better pics when they are actually done. These were just hasty snaps, but I'm here to learn

Reposting
>>96269473
They look like they wear Jin Roh armor. Cool

General photo pic, you don't want to take the pic with the camera too close because your shortening your depth of field and making it harder to capture stuff in focus. It looks nice when you have control and do it on purpose, or do stacking, but not when stuff ends up out of focus.

>>96269487
Standard blue!

>>96269640
You responded to the wrong post anon.
Anon is inquiring about whether an airbrush company's webstore unintentionally or intentionally discriminates against Canadians.

>>96269369
>>96269640
>>96269679
Yeah, this was meant to grey armor minis guy

>>96267935
nothing fancy, i didn't use contrast paints, i usually start layering from a dark color and build brighter from there, sometimes darkening the shadows later with very diluted paint (usually a mix of black and dark blue) and some blacklining at the end

>>96269311
They're cuties, why rush them? They're great models.

>>96269679
>whether an airbrush company's webstore unintentionally or intentionally discriminates against Canadians
Does it matter? The important thing is to appreciate that they do.

>>96269547
You can if you really want to but it's kind of overkill. The biggest tips to getting good photos of your minis are compiled in a handy how-to .jpg floating around somewhere on how to get the most out of your phone, sort of like the attached but better information. The cliffnotes are as follows;

Stabilise what you're taking photos with, IE brace arms against a stable surface. Use adequate neutral lighting. If you're extra inclined make a photo box; these are easily made by gluing white paper to the inside of a cardboard box for the ghetto-est option. If you're using your default camera app, consider swapping to something like OpenCamera for android phones as the default apps often do weird shit with compression and AI processing which destroys fine detail on photos.

>>96269813
Thing is when I check the Gaahleri webstore for the Canadian side, I see everything is sold out: https://www.gaahleri.com/en-ca/collections/all-products
But then USA version is just fine: https://www.gaahleri.com/collections/all-products
I emailed and got a response that website is under maintenance and a new warehouse is opening in Vancouver. So I'm not sure if there is a glitch in the system or if the webstore is keeping track of stock from a warehouse that doesn't exist.

Can anyone confirm that it aint just me?

>>96269780
I love seeing what people can do with simple minis like the frostgrave sets. They always stand out when well painted.

>>96269944
they don't have the sharpest details or the best molds, (specially old kits) but they have a good visual design, and infinite kitbash posibilities

>>96269819
non canadian here, if they are moving makes sense that they just removed all stock to prevent sales while they can't fulfill them
for seo purposes it's bad to take the website out and/or remove the products from the site (and not only seo, it allows you to browse even if you can't buy right now), so they keep them and remove stock, they should put a notice banner or something tho
in other sites like amazon or aliexpress some vendors put stupid prices like 9999€ while restocking for the same purpose

Does attaching pdf files not work anymore?

>>96270095
That's literally how 4chan almost got destroyed for good, so probably not.

>>96270095
No and won't be. Use catbox or litterbox.

>>96269547
>>96269816
also use the timer and the lowest iso

on the op mega there a couple pics of how to setup a lightbox or a photo set

>>96270095
if not use catbox/litterbox

>>96268840
Lovely red, anon
>>96269190
I'm not super big on the new Lemartes sculpt but yours looks nice, Johnny-anon. That Dante is REALLY nice though.
>>96269300
Cool edgy space elves anon. Those purple and yellow Incubi are particularly nice
>>96269334
Cute little fellas!
>>96269369
Major Jin-Roh vibes, very cool
>>96269487
I don't know anything about some fancy stuff like color theory but I'd go with something warm to contrast the cold grey of the armor. Yellow, orange or red would all look nice I think.
>>96269640
Oh hey I remember this buggy from a while back. That yellow looks really good, nice job

Does the compressor you use for airbrushing matter a lot? I have a compressor and an Iwata Neo which I got second hand for cheap, and it's been a bit mistreated and I'd like to move into doing some more precision stuff with it, and I feel this one isn't enough to do that. My compressor is a pretty bog standard AS-189, I think the brand is Fengda.

>>96270216
as long as it has a tank it's all mostly the same (when not exactly the same factory)
i would only change it if you want one with say faster charge, more top pressure, bigger tank (none of this is needed for our purposes), or less noise

>>96270098
Off-topic but how does that work?

>>96270238
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43698267

>>96270238
The PDF format was a mistake and is exploit-prone at the best of times.

>>96268962
>post your favorite model you've finished in the past year
Sorry for reposting something so recent but it's definitely this metal bawks. It's really carried by the custom bits which are also my favorite part about it.
Come on anons, let's see some more of your favorites.

>>96270261
neat, thanks.

>>96270095
Thankfully. Fucking annoying when you randomly load a pdf when you just wanted to enlarge a picture.

>>96268962
I rarely paint individual models. But I am very happy with my dwarfs I did last year.

They are the "Kraken Riders" formerly known as the "Skull Fuckers", but that was bad for advertising, since the name change.

I got gifted this Cromwell in 1:35 scale. It’s too big for Bolt Action, any ideas what I could do with it?

>>96270766
Orc kitbash

>>96268962
I really like the Blightkings kit and tried to paint as little as possible using a brush so I sponged most of it. The cat is also like 90% airbrushed.

>>96270766
Chimera

>>96268962
This swordbro, took me unnecessarily long to kitbash that simple arm holding the helmet

>>96270799
Is that a standard marine head? Looks pretty big.

>>96270787
Also this tank, would very much recommend the kit by Archon

>>96270816
Yeah, it's from the primaris black templars upgrade sprue which was included in their old combat patrol

>>96268962
Some cleanup needed, but proud of this guy. Probably the first time I'm actually satisfied with skin definition.

>>96270799
How did you do the sword? Just glazing black paint?

>>96270887

>>96268962
Really fought hard for thoses glowing runes and pushing the face above what I can normally do.

>>96270481
Sooo creamy blue

>>96270799
Really high level stuff

>>96270898

>>96270887
I usually wet blend an off black with a steel colour for the middle of the transitions, then use a silver for the brighter areas, and a true black for the darkest. You can also just do layering/glazing instead of wet blending, I do that too sometimes. Here's a couple more swords painted like that.

>>96270899
Thanks, I remember seeing that big rat head during its wip stage, the model turned out amazing

>>96270887
Good job anon, I like him, very natural colors.

>>96268324 (OP)
Newest "Finished" model. Ive got to clean up the banner and add some grass but otherwise it's done.
This is the first time I've actually done a glow effect but I need some critique on the model. What can I do to improve?

>>96271300
Cute rat.
I think the shading on the cloak isn't as good as the shading on the banner, but I appreciate the attempts to actually paint on the highlights and not just slap a wash or contrast paint on it. But the cloak I think is probably just too bright overall, for non-shiny fabrics you should think about it more like the color you're aiming for (red) As the highlight, and having darker shading in the depths >>96271023 does this really well.
to sell the glow effect better put a really thinned down pastel white+green pastel wash into the recessed areas, and maybe like the eyes of the skull, it'll help a bit. They're tiny so idk if you could draw a white center line in them too, but the point is you want them brightest at the center and to fade out from there

>>96271300
To really sell the effect you need to make the source of it much brighter than the glow itself. So in this case you'd need to paint a brighter green, something leaning into yellow or even white, into the recesses. Ideally you want the glow to fade a little bit as it goes away from the source but those outlines you have there will work too.

>>96271300
I'd recommend putting a highlight on the eyes, they look very flat and lifeless with just a plain coat of red. Could also try giving them a bit of gloss varnish to really make them pop but I'm not sure if that would end up looking a bit goofy.

I'd like to ask WIP's opinion on something, I've converted this Wave Serpent's turret to be more like the old Forge World one but I can't decide whether to put the extra armour plate on the gun or leave it bare as per the FW kits.

not those anons, but on the topic of eyes
>time to do the pupil, or final tiny specular highlight dot on an eye or lens
>thin my paints
>get a nice fine tip on my brush
>(barrels already drilled)
>touch brush exactly where you want it
>no paint comes off the brush when only painting that tiny spot
I can't be the only one, right?

>>96271538
Nope, got that too, but only with extra tiny brushes.
What works 2 times out of 3 for me is getting the belly of the brush extra wet before all that.

Any of you guys use exclusively speedpaints/contrast paints? I do, because I can't be bothered by highlights and stuff like that, and overall I'm pretty happy with the results but I was wondering if anyone else was doing the same

>>96271538
yeah that's usually how it works, very little paint dries very fast, that's way brushes smaller than a 0 are a meme for acrylics

i mix some retarder with the paint and try to load the brush ad mush as posibble without losing the tip so it dries slower

>>96271620
that's what they were designed for, so yeah i'd bet many people does that

Has anyone got a download for the Tale of painters Vallejo Game Colour swatch?

>>96271644
Thanks anon, here's a marine I painted the other day

>>96270787
I really like how you did the green on the nurgle guys' armour components. I'll have to try and emulate that, it looks gorgeous. Super vibrant and almost toxic.

>>96271678
that's above average for a contrast only job
i'd use a more muted or warmer green for the flames, that one looks a bit garish

>>96271709
Thanks for the tip!

>>96271526
Am I looking at the wrong thing? Where's the picture without?

Reposting goblin wip
I like how she's turning out so far.

>>96271538
Used to happen frequently for me all the time when I was using 1s or 0s. But good quality larger size brush (2, 3, even 4) should maintain sharp tip anyway when not being overloaded so you can use them instead as their bigger belly size means they won't dry too quickly. You can also try to grab those "fat" ones (pic related, it's still protected from transport but in real use should still maintain sharp tip despite being marked as size 6) but you should be fine with normal 2.

>>96271526
I prefer the extra plating

>>96271678
>black legion
Bold

>>96271678
He looks very satisfied about his greenstuff sculpting. Needs some text on the book though.

>>96271767
I need to have a detailed look at a desaturated version of this image before I can decide if I like it. I'm just playing she's cute and looks great

Looking at my shelf, I have a lot of favorites (which is probably pretty good) but I like these ones a lot. I do a lot of small changes and additions after I finish a mini, and I'm really happy with the barbarians blue sword and pants now.
I'm really proud of the skin and the bonefish on the belt

>>96272175
MOOOOOOOOODS I CAN SE A NIPPLE

>>96272175
Do you think you could introduce me to the satyr girl? is she single?

Getting this guy ready as the Chapter Master for /mydudes/

>>96272200
Try a wash of nuln oil then highlight runefang steel on those golds

>>96272200
That's a pretty good model, have you already come up with the lore for your chapter?

>>96272200
you should probably clean up those random splotches that got on the white armor, like around the belt, and on the top of the chestplate.

>>96272200
he looks like the 40k version of the white power ranger.

>>96272175
Where's the semen demon from?

>>96272184
Kek, no comment on the heart shape I see

>>96272189
Yah she's always down for a one night stand, don't worry about it
>>96272278
From hassle-free, so gl getting it through the current drama desu. Lots of pretty good lady models too if you do manage to get some

>>96272311
>hassle-free
Ugh, never mind then.

>>96272311
>hassle-free
>has a bunch of hassles
ironic...

>>96271767
>didn't start by painting the base first
Throw it in the bin.

>>96268962
I painted a duo lingo owl on my Kahl and it still has me giggling, but my favorite painting achievement was doing a model a day last Orktober.

>>96272662
I remember your orktober models. Good stuff.

>>96271538
Sounds like you got memed into buying a 000 brush like I did. FYI smaller brushes do not have a finer point than larger brushes, just less of a belly to hold water so your paint dries faster.
>pic compares Windsor Newton 7 series size 000 to size 4.
Personally I like the size 2, I find the 3 and 4 a bit unwieldy and they are cheaper.

Is this correct shade for Jaina to start with? Also, I hope nobody will watch her from odd angles and from below as some places are very hard to reach with brush.

>>96272723
I think it's a little on the dark side, but probably fine for a base coat if you're going to work the highlights up from there.

>>96272748
Actually I planned to give her overall wash after doing all base shades but yeah, idea was to start dark and go up from there.

>>96272723
This mini has a nice rack.

>>96272620
What kind of psycho paints the base first?

>>96272800
The best painters in the world!

>>96272800
Not the other anon, but if I don't start with a finished base, the mini will sit on unfinished one for years.

>>96272800
Golden Demon winners, so get to it.

Kill team board nearly done ready for the games this weekend. Water effects next - keeping that in place is what the wooden backboard is for.

The square sections can be moved and rotated and I'm planning on adding two more to increase variety. The board is foam, MDF, wood, and a shitload of old GW terrain im using up in anticipation of FDM printing what I need for 40k.

No goddamn cardboard ruins in my house.

>>96272777
Funny enough, it's "vice for smartphone repair" according to shop. But I will have to follow another anon advice and glue her feet to plastic temporary base since vice have rubber inside holding part and as such she detached two times already.

>>96272815
I can sympathize with this one at least. My farsight is still unbased because I wanted to order cherry blossom fluff, it got here over a year ago and he's still just sitting next to the unpainted base.

>>96272723
That models is larger scale right?

>>96271767
Did your primer go on grainy? It looks like it.

Just getting started here. Was very discouraged by what I did to my last miniatures I attempted, hoping to get it better this time. Trying to use the Foundry method alongside some tips from Dr Faust.

Jaina progress, I guess I will have to leave gold and fixes for tomorrow.

>>96273115
She is approx 75mm, 3D printed from a shop and that's smallest version I could get (and for good, even in this form her tiny elements were hard to separate from supports and glue on without breaking), biggest is approx 15cm.

Oh and how would you suggest to paint glowing crystal on her staff? I'm afraid I'm not good enough to pull the effect only with normal paints. I recently tried, on another model, painting silver first and applying thinned fluorescent blue over it but in most cases it only look messy, at least in my opinion.

>>96273493
I don't have a picture handy but I liked how a silver base with GW's Warp Lightning turns out.
It doesn't glow, so you'd need to do highlights but it makes for a nice shiny rock.

>>96272200
>>96272219
Thanks, anon. I'll try it.
>>96272223
Yes I have! Ultima Founding Space Wolves Successors. The Star Bears. Lots of Terminators and Heavy Melee dudes.
>>96272230
That's on the list. It is my first time doing white armor, but I wanted to show the progress thus far.
>>96272238
one of the inspirations!

Some progress on the malastrain 'stealers.
Currently working on the exoskeletons, I still need to clean them up and do highlights, before staring the carapaces.

>>96273470
Cute, would marry

Almost done. Mostly gems and leather belts. One more session to work on steel/clean up. May retouch the gold/skin on one mummy if I have time.

>>96268962
First ork skin I was pretty happy with. Still think it needs more contrast, but there's always room for improvement.

>>96274520
your oilyboyz have a very distinct look, in a good way.

I really enjoyed seeing everyones faves from the past year again, that was a nice idea.
>>96272918
If I ever get a chance to play I hope it'll be on a board this nice
>>96273747
Good job so far, I like this scheme
>>96274337
Purple and gold really go great together. I especially like how you did the exposed body parts on the bottom guys

>>96268324 (OP)
How do I paint the faces of female minis and make them look pretty and not too manly or rough? I have been painting for a while now but this is something I have never learnes to do and I'm bit scared to try because my attempts so far have been failures.

>>96268962
My favorite kitbash, however it was the most expensive and probably the most difficult. It involved 2 separate kits a lot of cutting

>>96274566
It's hard, and the sculpts generally don't help, at least not the GW ones.
>subtle shading, no sharp lines or creases other than maybe nasolabial folds
>darker eye outlines
There is a guide that gets posted here sometimes that's decent, but I don't have access to it right now, will post later if arsed and I can even find it.

>>96270481
That is a clean paint job, it looks awesome

>>96274621
it's not actually that good. It's just a tzeentch trick.

>>96274566
>>96274607
this one?

>>96274641
>a tzeentch trick.

>>96274655
It wasn't that one, but that one also good.

>>96270481
How'd you do those runes?

>>96268324 (OP)
Dang, I'm famous

A bit more progress on the lizards.
>>96274733
I just painted very thinned down colors into the recesses and its ended looking like a bit of a glow. Incubi darkness-kabalite green-sybarite green-vgc ghost green are the paints.

>>96274779
Thanks

Making progress on my priest. Does the green on the staff read as jade? I used this stone as a reference. I made some lines in the green with pure kabalite green, then made it lighter with a couple different mixes of baharroth blue. Then I tried stippling that in for a little extra randomness but I'm not sure it worked out.

>>96272200
Angle the head down. Marines look better that way because it accentuates the "frown" of the eye lenses.
>captcha PNSPP

>>96274824
I think the effect looks great for jade. It is a skosh too blue, at least in the lighting in the pic, to read as jade, though.

>>96275140
>It is a skosh too blue, at least in the lighting in the pic, to read as jade, though.
Actually, maybe that's just a color balance issue on my 2nd monitor that I've never noticed, before. Yeah I think it reads well.

>>96273278
Yeah a little bit, some of it's just speckling from the white that goes away after I paint over it, like on the shirt, but the original primer layer did go down a little grainy, but not like citadel white grainy, I can live with it.
One day I need to figure out why I can't spray white smoothly though my airbrush though.

>>96275140
Jade apparently comes in a variety of colors, so I opted to throw a tiny amount of blue in to get it more teal-ish in the brighter spots. I do wish the stippling had come out a little cleaner, but it's fine.

>>96274663
Could it have been this one?

>>96274663
... or this one?

>>96274663
Probably not this "official" one from White Dwarf 356, huh?

>>96275288
Jesus Christ that bottom right one.

Anyway to get Scale75 colors in the US? It's either $15 shipping from EU or people charging $16 a bottle

>>96275283
I think I was thinking of this one.

How are Army Painter Warpaints?

How to git gud

>>96275446
Ah yes, of course, just be great at blending.

>>96275465
I mean blending is honestly the easy part about nmm, it's knowing where to put the reflections and highlights that's hard.

>>96275508
You can just take a photo of a primed model under a strong point light, it will naturally highlight the right locations.

These ladz wuz part of my WIP Secret Santa gift from a generous anon a couple of Christmases ago. An extra grenade chukka, a power sword for the sergeant, and they're ready for battle this weekend!

>>96275667
Were those primed?

>>96275446
Repetition repetition repetition.

>>96269190
I added chain flails to this biker and now it just feels right

>>96275857
Jobs a gud 'un.

>>96275680
>Were those primed?
The bolt rifles on the squadboyz were bare plastic, which makes me think the red bodies and black pauldrons are rattlecan undercoats. I slapped some Retributor Armour on the plastrons to add a little flair.

They're not the snazziest models in my army, but they do make a full "battle ready" squad of ten Intercessors. I expect great things from them!

>>96275400
If you're referring to the Fanatic AP paints then they're gonna get the job done. Just remember that their washes are even better when diluted (mostly 50/50) with speedpaint medium.

Any suggestions for a paint to start with for this khaki color? Citadel app suggests White with an agrax wash but I don’t think that’s quite right.

>>96276229
Vallejo Dark Sand for the base, and then Vallejo Ivory to mix with and use as a highlight layer. They would do a really good job at producing that warm tone.

>>96276229
Yeah any light tan/bone colour would be fine. If you don't have one that's light enough, just add some white or something lighter to brighten it up a bit.

Whats your favorite red paint

>>96275857
That's pretty rad dude. I might jack that idea for one of mine

>>96276639
This is, to this date, one of the most beautiful female face GW has sculpted.

>>96276392
Got my recess shading done, chipping, and cleaned up some of the transitions on the green which is now complete.

>>96276549

>>96276658
Did you prime this first?

>>96276549
PR170

>>96274779
Love the colors, might steal the colorscheme for the big lizard for my nidz

>>96276658
your paints are chalky and blobby
you need to thin them more and apply another coat
stop drying your brush on paper towel
make a wet pallette with baking paper on top of a thin sponge/several soaked paper towels in a dish

that said I like the concept, your marine + plasma is very cool toned so maybe a warm sand or red earth toned base

>>96276757
Chalky paint finish is actually something I like a lot on some surfaces. So maybe it's intentional.

Started roughing in the NMM on the arm. I should be doing all the steel at the same time but I haven't done much NMM and want to practice a bit. There wasn't much mixing so I should be able to color match pretty easily when I get to the other parts

Finished a couple of Underworlds warbands in the last week. 100% done with speedpaints/contrast paints.
They don't look as good as most of the stuff posted here but i'm pretty happy with the result

>>96276910
Not bad for sloppa. What did you use for the bone?

>>96276944
Thanks man. The bone is Pallid Bone from AP

>>96276549
Kimera The Red
ProAcryl bold pyrrole red
Baal red
Evil Sunz scarlet
VMC Vermillion

>t. red paint schizo

>>96276989
Did you thin it? Mine doesn't look that nice.

>>96276910
Damn those khorne guys are sexy.. time for an order in china

Do you guys also suffer from the mental illness known as having too many paints and still keep buying new ones?

>>96276997
That isn't that many paints, anon.

>>96276993
Nope, straight from the pot. Sometimes I apply two coats and that's it. All the minis were primed in Grey Seer.

>>96276995
Yup! The trim can be a pain (I usually opt for AP speedpaints metallics but lately I've been using base paints from Citadel like Retributor Armour) but the end result almost is always very rewarding

>>96276997
I've been able to stop myself from buying any new paints but I have like 200 total. A good 50 of these I should just throw in the trash because they're citadel and nu-vallejo ones I replaced with AK or TTC. I doubt I'll ever use them again.

>>96277030
Why do you replace still full pots of paint? You should use them up, and then replace them

>>96276997
No, but I want more, because I started with citadel and then moved into Vallejo when I wanted to step away from citadel stuff and now I've realised they are kind of shitty. Still not gonna buy more though unless I need a specific colour. I'm not really good enough to get the most out of good paints anyway.

>>96277037
Because I really don't like the new vallejo formulation and the citadel ones I've replaced are shit like whites, creams, yellows which are awful. I'd donate this stuff to an LGS or something if there was one in my city

Actually speaking of paints, how was wave 1 of Two Thin Coats? I can get all 60 of them for 360 dollarydoos and it might be a nice birthday present for myself.

>>96277103
Don't buy sets, you'll always end up with a bunch of colors you don't actually use.

>>96277103
I have a decent number of Duncans paints and there's not a single bad one. Not sure if they're worth the eceleb tax when you can get ak or proacryl but definitely solid quality

>>96277113
>>96277119
I got scared and bought them anyway.

>>96276997
Yup, I even accidentally buy paints I already own but havent actually used yet.

Does anyone here happen to own the old and new VMC Golden Olive?
Do they look the same?

>>96277129
Dummy.

>>96276997
I do.
>>96277146
I have done this too.

>>96277183
What if they are the last ones. What if the paint well Duncan uses dries up? I had to.

>>96277183

Damn, whole Lotta Drukhari posting going on. Drukhari refresh soon? I can feel it...

Recently finished Talos.

>>96277220
And a proxy Cronos to boot. I play Drukhari mostly for the Haemonculus Covens. I love painting wracks.

Full Coven detachment when?

>>96277220
>Drukhari
>bringing a shitty /40kg/ forced meme to /wip/

>>96277232
Fuck you on about?

>>96277227
Last one for the Drukhari Spam. Family photo.

>>96277240
You cannot use le heckin copyrighted names!

>>96277296
Those are a GW forced meme, 40kg has nothing to do with it.

>>96277296
>>96277330
I phrased that incorrectly, I meant the obnoxious refresh is coming ritualpost

>>96277243
I dont know those models, are they converted idoneth?

>>96277609
nvm they look like some random 3d prints

>>96268962
It isn't the best model I've painted this year but I really enjoyed tackling this project and slowly piecing it all together

>>96276990
>t. red paint schizo
real red paint schizo loved AK Wine Red, you're a faker

>>96276896
It already kinda looks like metal so I'd say that's a good start
>>96276997
I have way too many that keep piling up because I'll often add one or two paints to orders so I can get free shipping... I'm SURE I'll use them one day
>>96276910
>>96276989
Honestly, this looks pretty good for speedpaint only.

>>96277243
>>96277220
>>96277227
Cool scheme desu.

I dunno what I did wrong this time, perfect weather for spray can shook both cans for at least 4 mins and warmed them In hot water. Did the paint dry before settling? So I need to go closer?

>>96277928
I still love it but in this case I focused my reply exclusively on the most 'neutral' reds, except for the vermillion I guess.

I cant believe you remember that, lol

>>96278548
Maybe the distance between mini and can?
What was the humidity?

>>96278548
>Did the paint dry before settling?
Most likely

Started working on my Necropolis 28 blood gathering. CC welcome. WIP but mostly happy except for base

>>96278548
seconding >>96278625
probably just need to spray closer. Make sure you press the nozzle all the way down, start spraying off of the minis, and sweep really fast over them to make up for being so close.

>>96278591
>red
that's a no from me dawg

>>96278645
>focus you fuck

>>96278591
>spoiler
You know what's even funnier? This is the second time you've said that to me although I can't remember exactly what the previous time was about. I have a stupidly good memory when it comes to useless shit like this

>>96278645

So, anons, I think I'm in trouble. About 2 years ago I bought a bunch of Citadel/Vallejo paints, some shield transfers from LBMS, and many tufts from different manufacturers, but didn't end up using them. They've been in storage in a closet ever since, and I can't get to them until next month. My question is... am I fucked? Will the transfers degrade in some way? Are the tufts (or the glue in the tufts, more like it) fucked? Regarding the paints, some of them were used, but properly closed and sealed.

>>96278790
I have paints from the 90's that are still good, transfer don't degrade, and if the glue in the tufts doesn't survive 2 years, how will it stay on your models?

>>96277220
There are dozens of us! Dozens!

>Bad news
Paint GW sent me was partially open in the box
>Good news
They're sending me a new one
It doesn't looks like it really dried out when I looks at it, so free paint.

>>96278854
It's a really good range. Very few mono-poses, nice detail. Just because GW advertises nothing but Space Marines doesn't mean the other ranges are bad.

>>96278879
gw prices are retarded but at least they seem to have a good customer service from wat you can read online

>>96278906
I agree, I had Imp Fists for a while but really enjoying pull this army together

>>96278947
Forgot photo

>>96278854
Drazhar is such a fucking nice mini. I will definitely get him as a one-off project sometime

>decide to paint a Games Workshop mini
>Never done one before, just a bunch of board game stuff mainly

I got a few and honestly they have to be some of the dumbest fucking minis I have ever seen. They have a lot of detail and 99% of it is just complexity for complexity sake. It doesn't come off as anything natural and is just cluttered to fuck and back.

I thought it might be just the one mini at first, but every god damn mini in this Blitz Bowl game is just retarded patchwork, overly busy, bullshit that I probably wouldn't have noticed if I have not been painting for a couple of years.

Decided to look at the other game minis and they are all retarded. Highly detailed, horribly designed, bullshit. Jesus Christ, why is this company the poster child for miniatures?

>>96278986
what exact minis did you get

>>96278986
GW deserves the credit it gets for popularizing the hobby to a large degree. But yes. GW designs models to be painted with washes drybrushing or now contrast paints. That's why you get the 3d details where it doesn't even make sense. The older models were more painter-friendly because digital sculpting was less mature. Back in the day you had GW physically sculpting, and if you couldn't reach parts of a mini to paint it also wouldn't have been sculpted. The initial switch to more digital workflows initially just took that sculpting philosophy and applied it to better CAD options but it was similar. Now it's more mature and you're getting REALLY complex models with many layers of stacked details that would have just been infeasible in the past, and still is for many smaller shops.

>>96278991
I got Blitz Bowl. Has six Reikland Raiders and six Orkz.

They aren't impossible to paint or anything, it's just horribly designed. I've definitely seen worse but have also seen much better. Fucking Reaper minis, HeroQuest minis, even Descent minis aren't this terribly designed. They look nice, I will give them credit for that, but looking at it from a painting perspective they are a total shit show and that seems to be what they are going for.

>>96279010
That makes sense. It definitely seems like they put zero thought into what painting the mini would entail.

>>96278986
Maybe GW minis are just not for you. A lot of people, myself included, enjoy painting these detailed sculpts.

>>96279036
Nobody could possibly look at Lhykhis and tell me the designers remembered people were supposed to paint it.

>>96278847
Thanks, anon, that eased my worries. I'm still afraid about the transfers, since I've heard some people have had trouble removing them when they were stored for a long time.

>>96276680
yes I primed it with grey
>>96276757
The model was painted primarily through stippling. Im having issues getting the colors I want to not look bad if the layers are clean and smooth, leading me to need the depth of multiple layers to establish the mid tones. But im trying to get faster at it and I think its just ending up making it sloppier. Thats about 4 hours probly, with 5-7 layers of stippling and sponging and then some drybrush blending, and the recess wash.

I had planned to lean into the istvan themed bases but maybe ill spin it more sandy to bring some warmth into it.

>>96269547
There is an app called (I think) Open Camera. It does WONDERS for getting rid of all the stupid bullshit phone cameras do to photos to try to 'airbrush' them without asking.

>>96279010
>GW deserves the credit it gets for popularizing the hobby
why is this considered good? Can you show me one hobby that got better with influx of people/normalfags?

>>96279214
I don't play any of the games, I just want more people painting miniatures so it doesn't bother me.

>>96279228
>I just want more people painting miniatures
Why?

Some more progress on my ZM style terrain project. Some details, a wash for the metallics and lighter rust tones and pigments are still missing.

>>96279242
More people to talk to about miniature painting.
I more frequently have irl conversations about nail art than I do mini painting.

>>96279249
And lots of plattforms and walkways still to print.
But that should be enough walls and columns for now.

>>96279052
Nope. They aren't "detailed" they are cluttered to hell and back.

Here is a detailed mini. It also looks like it would be fun to paint. What it doesn't have it heaps of shit you got to slide your brush between to paint, terrible textures everywhere, and other problems with GW minis.

>>96279268
That looks like shit, and clutterered as fuck.
I hate what digital sculpting has done to the hobby.

>>96279268
>all miniatures are the same

>>96279268
Compare that mini to this one.

You obviously can paint this mini, however, it CLEARLY had zero thought put into how one could reasonably expect to paint it without laproscopic tools and shit.

>>96279268
Pic related is what a good amount of details looks like, yours is just
>terrible textures everywhere
>heaps of shit you got to slide your brush between to paint
>cluttered to hell and back

Many GW minis, especially the more modern ones, are just like that. But not all of them, and older ones they still sell are perfectly fine.

>>96279268
This is just as cluttered as GWs sculpts, you're just trying to stir shit up you dumb faggot. It's unironically a skill issue on your part, if you prefer to paint bland minis that look like they were sculpted in the 90s feel free to but don't try to pretend to know what you're talking about

>>96279273
You're just supposed to paint it while assembling it. Unironically there are symbols for 'paint before gluing' in a lot of new kits. Nevermind gap filling, or priming, or anything else. Just paint the pieces on the sprue even!

>impulse bought an airbrush
>first project will be some sci-fi civilian vehicles for Necromunda terrain
>have no idea how to paint a vehicle with an airbrush

Can anyone describe the steps they use? I can see the beginning and the end.. prime and basecoat, chip and weather... but the steps in-between are a mystery. I intake written instructions better than video ones so I am saving "watch multiple youtubes" as a last resort

>>96279288
> if you prefer to paint bland minis that look like they were sculpted in the 90s

I wouldn't be so harsh on those minis personally. There is a certain charm to cleaner, more simple sculpts too.
And there is absolutely overdetailed (digital) sculpts with slapped on textures for the sake of it.
You just have to find the ones you personally like and enjoy to paint and ignore what you consider shit.

>>96279242
NTA, but look at it from a completely self-centered view. With more and more people getting into a hobby, economies of scale means prices for some things do come down or, alternatively, people seeing a gap in the market made by a company's insistence to be as greedy as humanly possible creates competition. Take the whole Adobe and Figma business. Adobe, until recently, had an absolute monopoly, but then for the past decade have been the most money-obsessed lazy shitheels in the industry. Now they have an actually competent competitor. It's the same with any market, and believing that the miniature painting market is somehow immune to it is naive.

>>96279292
A model like this just sucks to assemble and paint. It might look impressive if done well, but i do not enjoy it. But something like that Minotaur here (>>96279268) is just as bad, but for different reasons.
>tactical log with tons of texture
>gloves covered by cloth, wrapped by straps, covered with armor
>weird knee armour ornaments with no undercut (clearly the sculptor did not know what to do with them when the legs are bent like the right one is)
>texture and all sorts of ornament on every single piece of the model
>at the same time, weird smooth surfaces (top of the axe, the fucking legs...)

>>96279304
I was obviously overexaggerating because this guy is full of shit if he shits on gw stuff and then pulls out this fucking minotaur lmao. To be fair it looks pretty sick and I'd probably enjoy painting it but that's not the point here.

>>96279313
Pretty much this. I agree. If looked at "the hobby" of miniature painting, and ignoring all the wargames attached to it, then the more people, the better.
We have more paint brands than ever, more plastic miniatures available than ever, more STL files than ever, more and better hobby tools and supplies than ever.
There is even more hobby stores than there was ever before. At least this is the case here in Germany.
When i grew up, the next GW store was in Nuremberg, which was an hour trainride for me. Now there are 3 GW stores closer than that city, and at least 6 other hobby stores in my area too.

>>96277103
>I can get all 60 of them for 360 dollarydoos

Its not a horrible price, but for 360 you can also buy a very good 3d printer, just to put this into perspective. And sure, you can paint a lot of models with those 60 pots of paints, but its very likely that you will use up some 15 of them before you even opened at least 15 of them once. Those big paint sets are never really worth it because you always end up with paints you might never use.

>>96279313
I have yet to see a product that would get cheaper (while retaining the same quality) with more popularity/bigger market share. That's not how this world works, anon.
Adobe is a perfect example; just like any other big name corporate, they got to their position because they offered an unique product for a fair price. I've been using a chunk of their suite professionally since CS2, and never in all those years their stuff got cheaper. The end result is that nowadays you have an increasingly shitty product (that is still, for some weird reason, the best professional choice) with absolutely criminal, borderline scam tier monetization model. There are competitors, yes, but none are really as powerful.

GW is another good example. They should be credited with improving the quality of their minis quite a bit (although they are still nowhere near high tier scale models), but look at their fucking price policy. It's absolutely bonkers, a box with a few subpar sculpts with plenty of production artifacts cost the same (or more) as a top tier 1:35 huge ass scale model. So sure, their models were much lower quality in the past, but they were also quite a bit cheaper (and also a lot friendlier for kitbashing and general creativity).

Popularity ruins things, simple as. All the snake oil hobby garbage, sloptubers, prices getting higher, marvelization of the lore/setting, etc. are your classical horsemen of the (normalfag, popularity) apocalypse.

>>96279375
>somebody knows his models aren't good enough to impress the normalfag masses

>>96279375
>I have yet to see a product that would get cheaper (while retaining the same quality) with more popularity/bigger market share. That's not how this world works, anon.

TVs, PCs, 3d Printers, Plastic model kits (aside of GW).

>>96279271
>I hate what digital sculpting has done to the hobby.
Digital sculpting hasn't done anything, it's a tool. People choose to make cluttered minis.

>>96279375
He mentions more people into the hobby.. and you talk about prices of individual companies. A hobby is bigger than 1-2 companies.
Take a look at pic related. Its 99 plastic miniatures of very good quality, for below 100€. (you can find it for as little as 78€ actually).

Thats quite some value, and it would have been unthinkable to get a set like this if the wargambing/miniature painting hobby did not grew that much (thanks to GW to no small deal), that companies like Archon can release tons of such plasitc sets, for very cheap prices.

Jaina before washes. Damn it, those gold parts are hard.

Would you suggest using normal, acrylic washes or wait for tomorrow and use white spirit with oil paints instead?

>>96279446
One coat of Agrax

>>96279446
Dip her in strong tone.

>>96279446
milkers

>>96279446
>Damn it, those gold parts are hard.
Anon... just paint the gold shit without worry and then just retouch places where you went over the line with the blue.

>>96279499
That's what I did but now with photo I see that I missed fixing some places. I just hope that wash will help here. I didn't see this normally and I still have to pick up glasses now with painting (which makes me sad).

40K death company dread almost ready for painting

>>96279552
Man, I knew Saturnine would look really good without those dumb ass pauldrons. Looks great, anon.
Check out that helmet on the downed boy, though.

>>96279572
nta
The dread pulls it off, the termis don't. They just look like any generic ass sculpt of a dude in power armor.

>>96269323
#based

>>96279514
Frequent photos are good for that, you can literally like point out and circle all the spots you need to fix that you don't notice

>>96279572
Yeah, luckily GW thought the same, and they gave the shoulders under the fat armour some actual details.

>>96269323
All they need is a bunch of FPV drones, just spikier. Or hell, just give them manhacks.

>>96279572
Thanks bro I almost didn’t catch that mold line, sort of shocking how much better the saturnine dread looks without the shoulders too

Big pig coming along nicely

>>96279674
>blue orks

>>96279681
Is it too kino for you, liberal?

>>96279699
Red orks for me

>>96279717
Well some of us grew past our WoW phase.

>>96279681
>orks
You misspelled Orruks(C)(R)TM, which is a clear violation of WARHAMMER Terms and Conditions. The correctional squad will be with you shortly.

>>96279758
>Orruks
I swear sometimes that the people at GW are retards.

>>96279699
>>96279728
most self aware and least annoying ork player

>>96279699
>>96279728
god you sound like an obnoxious faggot

>>96279808
>>96279800
:(

>>96275283
anyone knows what is the model on the top right

>>96279699
But blue is the democrat color?
Or are you a leaf?

>>96279879
Buddy I'm not even political

>>96279893
>Buddy
Leaf detected
Or, Larry Foulke I guess, but that seems unlikely.

>>96274539
>If I ever get a chance to play
not that im complaining about the compliments and overall good vibes but what is /out/ doing here all of a sudden

>>96279911
That's yuru camp anon. Pillar of the thread. I am not ever rude to people here in case I were to accidentally be rude to him.

>>96279458
>>96279451
Okay, one smoke wash and one strong tone - dirty girl Jaina now drying until tomorrow.

>>96279972
too much tanning salon

>>96280044
I've got a tanning bed at home, you should look into it

House Taranis Armigers all done.

>>96279941
thats pretty wild because i also happen to be somewhat of a fan
nice motivation anon is nice

>>96280127
nice, we got another one

>>96279972
The skin tone does stand out moreso due to the presence of white in both her hair and clothing. It could stand to be a couple shades lighter. If not for Jaina having those white parts it'd probably be less jarring.

>>96280500
Her skin will definitely be lightened up, I started with "brown rose" since last time I was told to start with dark shade for skin (it's not actually dark but significantly darker than her intended final skintone) but applying wash on her skin was probably a mistake.

>>96278645
>>96278780
Properly gross, I like him
>>96278854
>>96278968
I like your scheme, the green pops so nicely
>>96279249
>>96279256
Can't wait to see it finished, it looks great already
>>96279972
Yeah I think the wash on her skin wasn't necessary. Might as well roll with it at this point though, you can always relayer the skin and only leave the wash in the deepest recesses.
>>96280088
These are gorgeous, you can really see the effort you've put into them. Both patterns on their plating turned out fantastic.
>>96280127
VERY based, I think the shows feel fits /wip/ that's why there's a good number of fans here

This model >>96279268 is overdesigned because its details do not lend toward the expression of the model, a beastial brutal monstrosity bellowing in rage, but it also has... bespoke armour and ornate filigree?

Meanwhile this model >>96279273 is not overdesigned because all the little gadgets and gizmos are what make it look like some unimaginable tecno-horror from a vile inhospitable world of death.

It's not about how many details there are, never has been. It's about do the details further the story telling behind the model, or just get in the way.

freeboter stompa progress
always a damn detail i've missed

>>96280926
NTA but I disagree. When I look at GW models I am struck at the sheer amount of superfluous details present. The vast majority of their models are not only bogged down with extraneous detail but it's often further worsened by a lack of clear aesthetic drive. The pinnacle example of this is the Glottkin. It's a very large model and every single part of it's body is covered in all manner of extra details that, while admittedly gross, make it an absolute fucking nightmare to paint and it's aesthetically schizophrenic.

These days I think most of the worst sculptors are on the mainline GW products and the better ones are relegated to side-products like Necromunda, Killteam etc. Even the most mundane of models is bogged down with too many details, some of which are contradictory to the focus of the model. There's a time and a place for wanting a centrepiece model that you spend a lot of time getting extra details on but sometimes, I'd argue even most of the time, less is more.

Probably about 70% done. Still need to highlight up all the skin and a few other things. But the feathers and green jade are done 100%. How's it looking so far?

>>96276639
>>96275857
There's a reason the DE range is my favorite of all time to model with. The arms, torsos, heads, and legs of anything wearing Kabalite style armor is effortlessly swappable.
Pic related are some I did years ago.

>>96281319
very cool skink, anon.

>>96281319
Very bright and vibrant. Good work

>>96281193
I think lack of a cohesive identity is the issue. Take a look at how that glotkin compares to the great unclean one. The level of detail is about the same. But they are more meaningful with their application on the great unclean one. Its not so much the amount of detail but the amount of types. There is so many different things that feel unrelated going on in that glotkin its like an eye spy book. It turns into noise. They could have made an entire monster out of just the right arm mouth thing, like a big worm. This is just idea soup.

The worst part of the glotkin is the inconsistency, I keep being drawn to the one blank spot on the right leg where there is just nothing because the rest is so directionless.

Uhoh stinkty tentacles will never be cool either.

>>96279972
I was being sarcastic about the dip.

>>96279972
I hate washes so much. I feel like they only work on models designed with that sort of paint job in mind. Like a lot of infantry in wargaming with all their folds, cloth and armour. Lots of recesses for it to get into. Something with big open flat surfaces like that model just aren't right for them. You could probably still use them for the little creases or around the edges, but dunking it like that just makes it look dirty.

>>96281985
They can be fine for setting up a shading base and some variation assuming you paint over top of them again. I assume that anon is going to highlight the face and boobs back up.

Starting the new thread early this time, as I hope to be embroiled in a game of 40K by the time this thread shuffles off this mortal coil. Lotta good stuff this thread; it was hard to choose for the next OP.

>>96282053
>>96282053
>>96282053

>>96281319