Thread 96282053

Work in Progress "Bawks of Change" 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:
>>96268324
>>96246173
>>96234940
>>96212812

Enjoy your game night baker san

I can never remember, after you've layered, when you're doing transitions between them, do you glaze/stipple light to dark or dark to light? Or does it not matter?

>>96282348
I glaze dark, just because darker paints usually have more transparency when thinned thus making it easier to glaze. Also find its easier to tint/stain a lighter basecoat under than the other way round. But no hard and fast rules, I glaze and stipple light colors all the time

>>96282348
>What, you're sayin' that I'll be able to blend my layers with glazing or stippling?
No, Neo. I'm saying that when you're good enough at layering... you won't have to.

>>96282389
kek

Muh air brush game getting better’er

Here's a mostly done pic of my version of the free model of the month, just applied transfers, gonna try and enter it in the store competition later. It's a Space Wolf Blood Claw, but I decided to paint it as Wolfspear and use the old transfer sheet for the chapter that came in an issue of White Dwarf.

Most of the armour was airbrushed to a base coat of Army Painter Air Uniform Grey, then their Shark White, then Liquitex White Ink, then a brush-on couple of coats of Gryph-Charger Grey mixed 1:1 with Contrast Medium, gives it that really nice grey-ish blue-ish tone.

I've found a problem with airbrushing colours on like this is that when I need to fix mistakes, it can be hard to recreate the exact blending, so maybe a pure all brush recipe would have been better.

I left the backpack off for painting, it made a nice enough difference but probably not worth it for rank and file models.

I'm not sure if I like the transfer on the right knee, feels too artificial, not really right, (maybe both the red and pure white pull the viewer's eyes away too much?) but the little transfer on the forehead came out looking really neato, it adds so much to the model I'm really surprised.

>>96282769
You can paint over tranfers to blend them into the model better. Just use the same colour to rough up the edges a bit and add some scratches.

>>96282769
Your white still has a bit of texture, so do the black pauldrons. Should've probably thinned a touch more. If I squint my eyes enough I can also see the edge of that knee transfer. My advice would be to varnish the entire thing to unify all the surfaces and smooth out the decal edges at the same time. Edge highlights could be a bit neater. If you have an airbrush I'd highly recommend you try doing some basic volumetrics/zenithal highlights of your main basecoat. It adds a lot of depth to a mini for very little effort. Oh and there's a tiny overspill on his "collar".
But I'm being picky because you said you're submitting it to a competition so I assumed you want some feedback. It looks nice, the scheme is solid and I like the soft shading on his leg. You're right about the decal on his forehead and I'm very impressed how you drilled the barrel exactly at the center.

Literally had an anxious dream about forgetting to paint some bits on a model.

>>96282979
Did you remember to check the model after waking up?

>>96283056
I already know what it was, I forgot to drybrush a bit before varnishing the mini

>>96282979
True story.
I was just batch painting some skitarii, and while I was doing some grey bits I noted that I missed 2 purity seals on them, and then when I tried to find them again I could only fine 1. I triple checked them and still can't find another one, but I guarantee I'm going to find it again at the least convenient time possible.

Throwing in for a lot of speed paint stuff which brand should I roll with?

>>96283273
Army painter.

>>96283277
Why?

>>96283285
AP speed paints all behave the same. They cover, flow, mix, dry, and pool the same. Black, white, orange, yellow, purple, brown, green, etc. No matter the color, no matter the hue, they all behave the same.

That also means they all have the same pluses and minuses so when you know how to handle one, you can handle them all. Contrast paints vary pretty dramatically, even the same color but different hues.

AP has one of the largest pallete ranges of speed paints and even their metallics perform like the other speed paints they just don't really do the whole shading difference so they still need a wash. Not having to learn a different technique for metallics is pretty substantial though.

>>96283273
>>96283306
some people swear by vallejo and some by armypainter but most likely everyone started with citadel back in the day
is there some cool factor involved with not using citadel for anything these days

>>96283359
It's pretty cool to not overpay for an inferior product, yes

>>96282783
You can also use lahmian medium (or any medium of your preference) to paint over them, making them a lot duller, similar to the paint underneath.

>>96283273
Don't be a brandfag, get individual paints you prefer.

>>96283409
Yeah that's a good idea. Or a matte varnish.

>>96283359
even 20 yeras ago in 2005, it was common to say "fuck citadel pots, get vallejo droppers"
i'd bet even older grogs could go back to 1995

Reikland Empire War Wagon basecoated and washed
Crew basecoated

>>96283512
pretty cool chassis coloring idea there anon
looking good so far

>>96283359
It's literally twice the price, yet is not better in quality and comes in inferior pots.

>>96283400
>>96283457
>>96283558
their yellows and whites have always been little here and there but i thought older pots were just fine
one could argue dropper bottles are even more wasteful than this new line of citadel pots, both have their own learning curve

>reading local scale modeller forums about what airbrush to get
>get mostly the usual recommendations (fengda as a budget choice, h&s evolution/infinity as premium)
>there is also this boomer who says he has been using an airbrush made in Nazi Germany in the 30s, and, as such, is twenty years older than him
>people ask for a photo
>he delivers

>>96283638
Holy, that is really cool. I wonder how good that thing is.

>>96283625
>just fine
Just fine is not worth twice the price.
>dropper bottles are even more wasteful
How?

>>96283555
Thanks anon

>>96283667
people seem to buy paint more than ever these days, hell most complaints you hear are that some people have too much paint to know what to do with them
it has even sparked this new cool thing about mixing your own colors from base paints
> twice the price
is it really such an issue for an article you might buy maybe once a month
>How
i remember plenty of complaining about burping and something about bubbles

>>96283881
>i remember plenty of complaining about burping and something about bubbles
anon have you ever used dropper bottles in your life?

Does anybody know a good source for little Chinese or generic Asian basing bits/small scenery?

I'm building a Cathay Sentinel and I want some stuff on his base, but all the little gewgaws I have are too European

Finished last night just in time to play.
There are a few pieces I didn't finish, but I may take a break from Blood Bowl for a model or two.

I did notice I missed the Anubii teeth, though.

>>96283923
great looking models and those little sticker are pretty nifty invention
care to show us your pitch

>>96283650
honestly it should be good, while they may not had the precission manufacturing we have today, in the 30's tools were still made to last a lifetime, not to replace them every few years

>>96283650
>>96283966
Considering he was painting really small train models with it, I would say it was probably pretty good.

>>96283959
I only have the base game board. I'd like to make a custom board, but I don't know how to coordinate bases with a full board

>>96283359
Citadel paints aren't worse or better in acrylics, but they are more expensive and pots are bad.
For speed paints they are highly inconsistent and outright bad for around half their line.

>>96283929
I still love how you did the skin for those guys. Looks so cool.

>>96283625
>one could argue dropper bottles are even more wasteful than this new line of citadel pots
one would be retarded to do that

What model is this?
Also what scale?

>>96283973
it looks that model line is still being made
https://harderairbrush.com/pages/ab-grafo

>>96284105
huh, that's very cool. Speaks loudly about the design quality, too.

First ever try at basing like this, any words of advice?
I filed down a bunch of them so they're irregular/round to simulate limestone with lighter colours, while the very regular and square ones would be a mix of gray (basalt) and shades of brown (porphyry)
Initially I wanted to plop down some astrogranite as a base and in-between gaps, but now I'm starting to think it would end up being too messy at this scale

>>96284102
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1726083261/3d-resin-printed-jaina-proudmoore-model
Could probably be found for much cheaper, but it's a start

>>96284131
I was just looking for a name. Thank you anon

So.. Many.. Soulstones...

>>96284131
They look too spaced away and a bit too thick. I'd try to sand them down and cut the edges poking out of the base.
I know it's a cheap easy solution but I don't like cobblestone sprues in general

>>96284278
Oh ye the stuff poking out has been taken care of, I just needed to push them together a bit more
I unironically really like this kinda diy stuff, I could easily use green stuff + roller but I like fucking around and experimenting like this

>>96282366
layer up glaze down is what I do at least

>>96284278
theyre fine and there is no rule about scenic bases going over the rim
fill it with some putty and rock on
t. eri

>>96284310
>but I like fucking around and experimenting like this
More power to you anon
>>96284316
>no rule about scenic bases going over the rim
Uh.. 'kay?

>>96284328
eri is finnish and it means im a different anon
dont ask me why winland has this tendency to make itself known at every possible moment i dont know either

New to the hobby. I'm using a wet palette and a cheap brush with warpaints fanatic paints. I think I'm thinking my paints right, but I am struggling to get an even, smooth coat of paint. I keep getting splotchy/uneven coverage, even after 3-4 layers of paint. Am I doing something wrong, or do I just need to keep adding more layers? How long should I be letting each later dry?

>>96284459
basically you just have to get a feel for it and you will get it eventually
dont lay it on too thin or too thick just so it covers nicely

>>96284459
reds are usually more transaprent than other paints, painting red on black is a bad idea
try starting on a brown, purple or darker red for the first coat or two, and then move to the red you want, that way you can also use that first coat as a shadow
for reference i do my reds on a brown primer

black primer without a zenital is a meme most of the time anyways, makes basecoats way harder for no reason, try priming brown or a neutral gray next time, even offwhite if you want really bright colors
it also depends on the paintjob you are going for, it can be ok to prime black black templars for example

Alright, better now?

>>96284755
did you varnish it in the middle of painting just for the fun of it

>>96284755
Yes.

>>96284792
No, why? Just fixed skin section after washing.

>>96284805
Cool, off to white section now then.

>>96284755
Is she wearing an anchor pendant, or is it just some shading artifact?

>>96284905
She does but it's so small that when I tried to paint it, I would constantly smear around instead. Since she is 3D print and I picked smallest option, I assume that in scaled up version like 15cm one, it's much easier to take out. I'm not that good, however.

>>96283881
>is it really such an issue for an article you might buy maybe once a month
Why would I pay double if I don't have to? There's zero reason to do this.
>burping and something about bubbles
Never even heard of these issues.

>>96284965
>burping and something about bubbles
>Never even heard of these issues.
but this is a balant lie, everyone who has ever used dropper bottles even once knows this to be true

also sorry for siderailing the thread it was not my intention

>>96285028
I've been in this thread nonstop for the last 2 years, and I've never seen these complains.

Sculpting some stuff on a battlemaster ogre so I can use him for WHFB or the old world.

>>96285395
also some shields im sculpting on to add some FLAVOR to my night goblins.

>>96285395
>>96285408
they look really great and you have some serious skill
yet something smells like reddit

>>96285426
No aos reddit slop here boss, no sir no how

>>96285426
>yet something smells like reddit
nta but what the fuck does that even mean lmao

>>96285395
>>96285408
Fantastic work anon, very impressive.
>>96284755
A lot better, yes.
>>96283923
>>96283929
>>96283939
Beautiful, I really enjoyed seeing your progress on them

>>96285408
Nice job man.

>>96285426
You should lurk more, this Anon posts here regularly.

>>96285408
Look like Miller's illustrations. Fantastic work, anon!

>>96285426
Yes, (you).

>>96285408
>>96285395
wtf

>>96285438
That poster probably spends half his waking life on reddit and has gained extensive knowledge of the intricacies of its smell.

>>96285395
>>96285408
goobins?

>>96285634
whos asking

>>96285675
a dude who used to be part of the schizo-indie-oldhammer-diy-sculpt sphere but who got too schizo and ended up deleting his account

we used to speak in english despite both having spanish as mother tongue

good to see your sculpting skills increased even further

>>96285683
Sculpted goblins in polymer clay guy? I hope youre doing well apart from the schizo. Keep in touch dude, you know where to find me.

Kickstarter from mantic showed up today, forgot I'd even backed it.
Painted up one base of the little guys just as a test. There's something really soothing about painting up small scale stuff like this

>>96285746
Lovely. I'm a bit sad i missed that KS, but its good they delivered it, so soon it should be available by normal means.

>>96285712
>Sculpted goblins in polymer clay guy?
Yeah.
It remains unfinished, lmao.
Havent sculpted (or painted for that matter) for about 2 years now I think

>>96285810
Get back to it dude, for yourself anyways. Have fun with it thats an "Enano chingon" as they say.

Finished Jaina. Sort of - I think I fucked up blue (phone does not show it properly but there are visible brush strokes), tried to salvage with sponge and glazing over it but I'm not really satisfied.

And back view. Still have to do her base, however.

>>96285868
yeah blue looks like shite ngl
for bigger minis an airbrush is mandatory for a smooth finish IMO

>>96285868
also
>lips are not the same color as the skin, dude
>eyebrows???
>hair looks unpainted
>white clothing isnt actually 'just white'
>did you forget also to paint the buckles on her corset?

like, come on now

>>96285868
Do you want really specific feedback or are you just trying to wrap this up now?

Knight of morr

>>96285925
Don't really know, I feel like shit now. Feedback is always good, however.

>>96285901
And how you would airbrush around those gold details? I would assume that in this case, brush was mandatory instead.

>>96285912
I'm not good enough for eyebrows or lips. Hair might look overblown on photo but it is white-grey with white highlights. Tried painting buckles but it went messy so I paint it over with leather shade, applied wash and left it like this.

>>96285962
>I'm not good enough for eyebrows or lips
big models like the one you are working on are ideal for practicing
keep at it and good luck

>>96283881
>Burping and bubbles
Never encountered any issues with literally hundreds of dropper bottles of paints.
Pots are just fucking dumb design because it exposes paint to air for an extended time if using the well in the caps or they are a bigger bitch to transfer to a wet pallet if you go that route. GW knows this and won't change shit because they hate their consumers. All they have to do is offer the same paint in dropper bottles to let the market decide but they won't because "Fuck 'Em" is the company motto.

>>96283889
>>96284965
>>96286085
none of you seriously have no recollection of that 2 year long vallejo dropper bottle bubble debate
i mean i didnt pay much attention to it either but atleast i remember it

>>96285926
Cool concept also where is the head from?

>>96286144
That was a formula thing, nothing to do with the bottle.

>>96286155
Combined a few different heads

>>96286159
I don't know what kind of emotion is this supposed to convey.

>>96286231
the desire to suck on some titties

>>96286231
hes shouting "MAMA" and suckling

>>96286231
enjoying a woman's bossoms with enthusiasms

>>96286354
This woman, to be exact. Very much on topic reference image btw.

>>96286399
Well, there are also two other prints I bought and bonus bust for making bigger order, which I probably won't paint but would probably fit your interest.

>>96286454
damn that asian catgirl is cute

>>96286454
Nice regardless, godspeed bro

>>96286454
I also like the foxgirl. that's a lot of clothing fold practice

>>96286454
Hell yeah.

>>96285868
I think it looks nice, there's definitely room for improvement but overall it delivers. Bigger sculpts are not always easier to deal with as the larger areas will be harder to fill out- both to create visual interest and because there's more room for mistakes.

That said, you can always go back and work on it if you want it to be fancier, you can try and do something to make those white dress trims interesting, smooth out the skin transitions, paint those buckles etc

By the way I think the staff crystal looks quite nice.

>>96286604
What exactly would you propose about improving white part of clothes?

>>96286454
I didn't know any games actually used 75mm figures beyond that one failed inquisitor specialist game from gw (IIRC)

He's legged now, gonna start working on the base so I can get all the feet level. I got a box of battlefield trophies on my last trip to GW, so show me /yourdudes/ if you wanna get featured on the base.

>>96286758
Maybe I would have tried to make the gradient of the white dress go darker towards the bottom, but keep the recesses of the trim lighter

Much easier said than done, of course, Im just brainstorming

>>96284459
Yeah your red is way too bright to go on black. You need to work your way up to that with layers. Either a darker red or a purple is what I normally do.

>>96286815
he looks very nice and like the small tactical rock
put a pink tyranid in there somewhere

>>96285868
My main issue is with her face. At that scale you need to dot her irises with black so she doesn't look blind, also go look at some makeup tutorials and doll her up. And take your hobby knife and carefully scrape off that paint booger on her chin.

>>96286918
The rock is a complete placeholder by now. I have it magnetized so I have to have something raised on there for when he's in maulerfiend mode.

>>96285810
>Haven't painted in 2 years
>Still in /wip/
Fucking king

>>96286144
That was Vallejo fucking up their paints and had nothing to do with the bottles.

It's like saying all glass bottles are bad for drinks because one drink maker spiked their beverage with meth for month and they used glass bottles, so just stick with drinking fluids from bags.

>>96285962
I didn't have time to put together like step by step things for all of it yet and I have to leave, but here's my total recommendation pic, and details on the face to follow.

>>96287079
I just realized the first eye step pic also includes the eyelashes from step 3 by mistake. Just pretend they aren't there. And there are probably spelling mistakes.

Also obviously this is just a paint-over, and predicated on having some sharp brushes and good brush control, but at this scale this should all be pretty achievable.

Nearly done, only a couple details, some cleanup and the base left

>>96282078
>Enjoy your game night baker san
Thanks!

TLDR: Got the 200th store US swag, including Centos. Had a game. Lost, but had a blast playing!


I was pretty sure my opponent and I had agreed to meet at the Warhammer Store in Denton, as I knew the Citadel would be slammed. I got to Denton early, got the 200th store swag (including Centos), and got a message from my opponent that he was on his way. Sat down to chat with the other ladz, expecting my opponent to come in at any moment, then received a message: "I got us a table!"

No, you didn't. I'm here, and none of other the people in this building are you. Wait... are you at the Citadel?

Yes, he had gone to the Citadel. They were indeed swamped, with a double file line wrapped all around the store. They sold out of all their goodies, but we did indeed have a table, and did indeed have a game after I made it down there, and it was a ton of fun.

Wish I could play more often!

>>96283959
"Skinks are about as stupid as you can get! Every time I played against them, they thought that I was an opponent... when, in fact, it was THEM!"

>>96287079
The eyes yes, but do not do that to the face. That unnatural contoured make up never looked good.

>>96287166
In any case, the T-zone area and cheeks need to be highlighted and the lips/eyebrows done.

>>96287181
Sure, but keep the features rounded and smooth if you're aiming for beauty.

Getting around to painting an old project of mine

>>96287385
You can really tell what the sculptor was putting their time into with this one.

>>96287454
The gloves and the teeth?

gotta higlight then base then done. i really like the scheme from the movie. i may just paint all of them like this. ill finish the other test schemes but damn.
before i finish this guy, any advice on edge highlighting small straps? i cant get enough paint on the fine tip brushes. cant get it to come off without pooling. mabe painting it light then down the middle with the darker colour

>>96285028
>>96286144
I paint with dropper bottles constantly. For you to get 'burping' or 'bubbles' you would need to be using your dropper bottle fundamentally and demonstrably wrong; this is basic fluid physics at work. You should be holding your dropper bottle 180 degrees inverted or close to that, waiting a whole second before squeezing to extract drops of paint and apply pressure slowly to ensure you get the right amount out of the bottle.

For you to get burping or bubbles you would need to either have basically no paint left in the bottle or be holding it at a severe angle close to horizontal. Air bubbles don't exist in a fluid down the bottom, unless you've somehow fucking carbonated your dropper bottles.

>>96285408
Awesome greenstuff work. Looking forward to seeing them on the models and painted. Super whimsical.

>>96285426
(((You)))

>>96285746
These are super cute, which kickstarter was it for? Would love to see them next to a different mini for a sense of scale.

>>96287385
can you get the other anon to sculpt two vaginas please thanks

>>96287848
>two vaginas
Imagine

>>96287852
r35. keep up updooted on your akimbo vagina demon

>>96283273
Get speed paint medium and make your own from your existing paints. You can color match perfectly areas you want opaque.

>>96284131
>sands down sharp edges and keep them a bit irregular
>either spaced closer together and/or fill spaces with miliput

>>96287833
>which kickstarter was it for?
Epic Warpath from Mantic.
Here's a size comparison to a 40k mini, I think these little guys are something like 12mm scale

>>96286144
that was vallejo fucking up the surfactant content in their medium. nothing to do with the bottles.

>>96284459
a good hack it to paint on your thumbnail. You'll literally get a feel for the consistency you want

>>96287079
Okay here's the rest.
This is what I'd do anyway.

>>96288299
BOGGED

>>96288364
Imagine not wanting a bf/gf with a build in shawarma thing.

>>96288391
As long as they can make something besides shawarma for some variety.

>>96288477
No it's only shawarma all the shawarma time

First time doing any GW minatures.
I did not enjoy it.

>>96286085
>>96286157

Is there a solution to the bubbling in Vallejo Xpress and the reformulated Game Colour paints? I bought both and I really don't want to shell out more. I had quite a high opinion if Vallejo prior fo this.

>is it possible that a drop of IPA or airbrush flow improver might "cut" the bubbles? I get the same from my white ink

If I can solve that problem I can save a couple of hundred bucks

>>96288065
Ooh those are nice. Both painting and models. "Epic" scale is where I actually feel like a good painter lol. Just some highlights can really set them off

>>96288566
Put some rust on them too.

>>96287828
gotta varnish then finish cleaning the flash of about 60 more. i cant wait to paint them

>>96288566
>>96288573
Pretty solid effort; only thing I have to contribute is maybe consider hitting the exposed bone with a different wash to give them a bit more dimensionality since they look a bit flat and it's hard to see all the detail present.

What didn't you enjoy about them? I'm not a fan myself for several reasons but I especially find their modern models to be onerous to paint. I prefer the older stuff like what you have mostly because I like the modularity contrasted by the more recent monopose stuff they do.

>>96288650
I didn't like how I had to paint and assemble them in parts.

Hey guys. I'm working on a used B-25J Mitchell bomber kit and just realized that the previous owner made a modification. He removed the two gunner windows on each side and left some pretty ugly cuts. Any advice on patching it up to make the hull look smooth again? Might be tough since the cuts curve a little around the bend. The sections he removed aren't in the box either so I'd have to get creative.

>>96288566
>>96288573
Graveguard are kind of tricky. I bought a bunch years ago and only painted one. I use the rest to practice stuff on, which is wild considering how much they cost. Like this poor guy has been used to test UV resin, OSL, leather, transparent paints and some other shit over the years.

>>96288663
Not something I've had to deal with much in any context, let alone GW stuff but I also almost exclusively go for the models that are least likely to make me ragequit. Subassembly painting does sound like a pain in the ass though.

>>96288713
All I can think of is to turn it into a terrain piece now. Turn the cuts into battle damage and paint it as a crashed plane. I'm sure some putty and sanding would fix that though. Never tried it, but people sculpt their own shit here, so something that should be possible.

>>96288863
Thanks but it's sadly not for me. My little nephew asked me to build it for him.
>putty and sanding
Yeah that sounds like the way to go. The section is suppose to be rounded and I'm not sure how to do that well. At worst I might just leave it a flat surface if I can't sculpt it properly. Maybe I should press something round against it before it hardens or something like that.

>>96288888
You can sculpt or sand round edges into stuff just fine. Get some milliput and play around with it and you'll see how easy it is to get round surfaces.

>>96288713
Glue in a sheet of plasticard, use filler putty, sand smooth, add lines back

So how do you go about doing a zenithal prime when it's windy outside? I've been waiting for "perfect weather" to prime my shit for months but it's always either windy, rainy, or smoky due to wildfires. I can't do this shit indoors either because I live in an apartment with other people.

>>96289017
By owning an airbrush.

>>96288299
>>96287079
You must really like Jaina. Do you often make neat little tutorials like this?

>>96287125
Positively sulfurous orange hue

>>96287833
NTA but for me the bubbles show up afterward when I thin down the paint or shuffle it around with my brush, they don't come from the bottle itself.

>>96288566
>I did not enjoy it.
Why?

>>96289093
Not really, but I do paintovers sometime on my models to practice. doing it on other people's as long as they want feedback also makes sense to me I guess. I'm also like a mid level painter so I wouldn't take my advice as gospel, but I've painted some alright minis.

Finally nearing the finish line on these skitarii. I did the special weapons, tried to do the glows with an airbrush for the first time and it was kinda meh, might go back in and clean them up a bit more with a brush but they look okay.
Just gotta batch paint the standard guys rifles, and kill myself instead of doing all the backpacks that I left till the end.

>>96289160
Nice job. I like the twin color scheme, especially on the hood. Reminds me of the multi-colored patchwork clothing that medieval-era people wore back then. It adds to the archaic feel that Admech have going.

>>96289208
Thanks. It's just the 2 of them and the rest are normal, idk any of the actual lore or meaning, but we're just gonna pretend that it marks them as special weapons guys.

>>96283359
Their acrylics are good and comparable in cost these days. While dropper pots may arguably be better the GW pots aren't so bad it makes a big difference.

There are some gaps in the range - they lack a pure white and pure black for instance, and their metallic paints are generally poor - but they're more consistent than something like vallejo.

I use vallejo for the black, AK for the white, Metal n Alchemy for the metallic and GW for the rest.

>>96284131
id be tempted to flip the base upside down but a small amount of miliput in the stick those spru bits into it so the hight of the sprue bits is less obvious

has anyone had experience using somthing like a rhinestone applicator for adding rivets to somthing, thinking of getting one as lack of rivets ruins a lot of mechanical scratch builds for me

>>96288299
Wow, I'm not sure if I can actually pull out your recommended face fixes but I will try to do at least some of the rest. Thanks for your hard work.

>>96288299
>boobs is listed twice

>>96289099
That's nothing to do with the dropper bottle and everything to do with the surface tension of your paint.

>>96284421
>eri
redpill me on this

>>96289384
i mean, there ARE two of em

>>96287079
Only played Warcraft 3, but wasn't Jaina a blonde?

Is his abs look kinda weird? How can i fix this?

>>96289259
that seems a bit retarded desu, get one of those 'pick and place' tools that have a 'sticky' silicone tip, or a wax pencil
I use a wax pencil i made with an old candle to place my rivets, but don't bother and buy some, they work

>>96289612
The transition between the rectus abdominus and linea alba, that is the high points of the abdominal muscles and the lower points, is too severe. In addition the two flesh tones you've chosen are so far apart that it reads more as they've gotten sunburnt in very weird areas or have a skin condition. My advice is to go over all of the flesh tones and blend a bit more from where the light flesh meets the dusky tones and tie it all together with a very light skin toned wash. Notice how in attached pic the skin is a uniform tone at the high and low points. You want to emulate that while still maintaining some difference between them so that it reads moreso as defined muscles with slight shadows in recesses.

>>96289557
In some story event she absorbed a lot of magical energy at once and got white hair, except single strand left in blonde.

Ok, so further research of the Vallejo bubble issue is curious. I don't trust Reddit for advice on anything because people there are stir crazy.

I'm annoyed because I always supported their products and some of the advice is really vague.

https://youtu.be/qkGtmSNR_Jk?feature=shared

This video is a little clearer, essentialy I gather
>a sable brush with a good tip is less likely to be an issue because of its shape or somesuch
>the paints, even the xpress are thin but should potentially be thinned and layered more
>they should be shaken gently but the don't need it as much as other paints

https://youtu.be/qkGtmSNR_Jk?feature=shared

Sorry to shit up the thread because I'm just an amateur but I wonder if I can resolve it. I have been using art store brushes so it could be a factor?

>>96289017
I would drybrush bone or grey then white over black.

>>96289823
Anon, if you truly are an amateur like you claim so, stop fixating on a literal non-issue. I don't mean this in a wrong way, but your painting skills are not good enough to care about things like this (neither are mine). We ain't painting for a scale model competition/golden demon/whatever. Just enjoy the process, and if some paints REALLY do give you trouble, just get a different ones once you run out.

>>96289975
Well, I want to not have splotchy glossy finishes if I can manage it. I might only do the odd highlightor wash and I don't do every fine detail but ye gods I care about the finish. Especially even with just 3 or 4 xpress colour paints, the smoother the sketch the happier I am right?

>>96289635
what do you use for the rivets i was hopeing to find rhinestones about the right size for the rivets solving placement and sourceing of rivet at once,

>>96290080
If you see a bubble, either use your brush to poke it, or just blow on it.
I sincerely can't wrap my head around this "issue"

Vallejo only bubbles if you mix it as if you were stirring food like a retard.
Simple as.

Speaking of Vallejo paints, has anyone used their fluorescent paints? This shit has the consistency of glue, it's so bizarre. I don't really understand how you're supposed to paint with it. If you mix it into any other paint, it hardly changes the colour but does change the consistency of the whole mixture to glue. I kept adding water to try and thin it and all it did was start to make squelching sounds when I mixed it.

>>96290195
I tend to overthin it with water and apply multiple thin layers over solid base like silver. But yeah, they are odd. You can see on this guy cockpit glass that it was clearly pooling during the painting (how it was not covering edges at all was intentional effect).

>>96290098
a tien/lead sheet and a puncher
>https://youtu.be/AFa3CqreZM4?feature=shared&t=252

i use the back of drill bits to punch them, but you can also use screwdrivers to get fancier shapes like picrel
any store that carries greenstuffworld products should have both the metal sheets and the wax pencils, i got mine from them

some other annons use fancier die and punch tools to punch them out of styrene sheets, but they are pricey
>https://ak-interactive.com/product/ak-bpd-big-punch-and-die-set/

>>96290222
Yeah just watched a Vince video on fluorescents to get an idea. Looking at the consistencies of his, I think the Vallejo ones might just be a bit shitty, but at least I know what to use them for now.

Also sick model.

>>96289405
Then why doesn't it ever happen with my citadel paints?

Does anyone have a list of different Admech schemes?
Need some inspiration

>>96287072
Seems like a good post to (you) for my question - how do I actually paint large white fabrics? I skated by until now by painting off-white or only needing tiny true-white details, but now I need to paint fabric that is majority pure-white like Jaina's dress here. For now, my tactic was to start with dark grey and build up, but the top levels of pure white are super transparent and cover poorly, leading to an almost textured feeling. Also in general I found white to feel super chalky and needing to thin it more than other paints as otherwise it feels like I'm drawing with a pencil. Is airbrush the only way here? Or am I om the right track and just need 20 layers of superthin white glaze?

>>96290195
Might be time to try thinning with something else. Denatured alcohol, isopropanol, windshield wiper fluid, Vallejo's airbrush thinner...

So I unmolded the dwarf statue I cast a few days ago, and as I feared, it came out pretty bubbly.
I was able to fix the worst of it with spackle, but it still looks a bit worm-eaten (which is fine; as I said, it's going into a ruin anyway). Still, I'm encouraged enough to keep at it, and the the smaller test pieces I cast (including some shells and some rocks) came out perfectly.

Hey /wip/,
I have three questions for you:

1. Do you guys recommend any good basing materials? I've been using Vallejo's ground texture but I'm looking at AK's different diorama textures instead. I want a more even and realistic earth and desert compared to what the vallejo ground texture gives me.

2. Which grass tufts and basing material companies do you recommend? I'm looking for realistic and detailed tufts and shrubberies. Been using a mix of a small company and Gamer's grass so far, I like Gamer's Grass but I'm wondering if there are even better makers with more options.

3. Any good video tutorials or walk-throughs on inks and weathering powders?

Thanks!

>>96290469
Consider making home made flocking. Go to your local big box hardware store/lumber supplier and ask them for a bag of sawdust (bring your own bag, like a garbage bag). Make sure that the sawdust isn't from treated lumber as that can include arsenic or other hazardous chemicals. Take your sawdust home and then combine with isopropyl alcohol and diluted acrylic paints to make instant home made flocking for not even a dollar worth of materials.

Trying to figure out how to fit an extra set of arms on my sslyth without it looking dumb(er). Maybe chop the shoulder pads to shift the top arms up enough to make room for the other set mid-torso?

>>96290222
Having missile inside the lids of the launcher looks pretty stupid.
that's my only criticism, everything else is phenomenal

>>96290526
Snake people (or sneople).

New to the hobby. I ordered like 50 paints. I tried to cut as much as I could but it was impossible... Even if THIS model doesn't need THAT particular pain then it turns out that the next model NEEDS that paint... I got milked dry. Damn that hobby stuff is expensive. Obviously I'm too new and inexperienced (and need to paint a whole army) to mix and match so I bought ready paints. Doesn't help that the army I decided on is very colorful (and that's a good thing).

>>96290630
Please don't tell me you bought Citadel...

>>96290526
It works well enough, but don't sslyth have snake heads?

>>96290526
Leave the shoulder pads to hide the mess. I'd cut parts off the top of the second pair of arms until they fit in the armpits.

>>96290655
They look however you want them to look. Maybe these are just augmented Eldar, same as the scourges.

>>96290630
You can easily get a wide array of hobby paints very cheaply if you're willing to do due diligence on searching online. I found like 1/3rd of my paint hitlist the other day for $4 per bottle when every other competitor is around $6.

>>96290637
Some yeah. Mostly their Contrast Paints.

>>96290726
That's nothing, I get 4 ounce bottles for a dollar each.

>>96290726
Oh I paid about 3$ for normal paints and 5$ for the Citadel Contrast I wanted so prices aren't that bad. It just sucks when you buy a complete range all at once when you start out. Gonna start with pic related.

>>96290739
the only ones that look different are the main white and the orange, all the ones with red look the same.

>>96290703
Fair, I'm just sad they discontinued the model, I quite liked it, and I'm sure the refresh will be a mere AoS reskin.

>>96290754
Yeah those are the canon forgeworlds if you want something entirely different feel free to google "admech schemes" yourself

>>96290703
Yea was thinking of using some skink heads for a few, one of the soulblight grave lords has a decent option as well

>>96290637
Cringe.

>>96290739
They're so samey

Little question about varnishes - Vallejo "Mecha Color" matte one is quite durable and have pretty good matte finish but when I try to use it straight from bottle, it ends up with visible brush strokes. When I thin it with Vallejo thinner (either normal or airbrush one), it helps in this aspect but also makes layer more glossy (I noticed that Vallejo thinner also make other paints glossy when added). What could I use instead?

>>96290739
lewd

>>96290222
That's a lovely mech anon, really sells the military look
>>96289245
I hope that ork is yours because it's very good
>>96289160
I respect doing the cog pattern on their robes. The split color scheme is also nice. If I had to point something out I think you could highlight the top parts of the coils a little bit, even small white dots would really help sell the effect.
>>96288573
You say you did not enjoy it but they turned out pretty nice!

>>96290923
matte medium to thin it maybe. or apply it with an airbrush.

>>96290997
FUCKING HELL

>>96290997
>tfw no skitarii girlfriend(male)

>>96290750
Picking Thousand Sons for your first painting efforts is ill-advised. But I wish you the best of luck. Contrast paints I have little to no interest in though; they just don't get good results.

>>96290891
Citadel is fine if you know what to do with paint, but it fucks over new painters like that anon.
>bottles built to be annoying for pallete uses, results in many unthined abominations
>specializations like layer vs base filter noobs who can't grasp why their paints have shit coverage
>paint colors are too specialized so noobs will buy 50 different paints and still go like "ugh, I hate that I don't have Ork Foreskin Pink, how will I paint my Orks now???"
Reality is that what every noob should actually start with is like 12 most basic RBG colors + 4 main metal colors from literally any dropper bottle brand and it will be more than enough.

>>96290464
have you tried using less air?

>>96291397
You are aware that you can't really mix to get all shades you want? Most acrylics when mixed in more than two components behave odd and result in brown/gray instead. You can mix red and blue and instead of purple result could be odd shade of brown.

>>96291485
just spend 3 years in art college bro it'll be fine. you just dont know what youre doing

>>96291445
You mean I shouldn't mix my resin in a soda machine? :O

>>96291397
>Reality is that what every noob should actually start with is like 12 most basic RBG colors + 4 main metal colors from literally any dropper bottle brand and it will be more than enough.
This doesnt work with modelism minis since they turn into a grey sludge when mixed.
This advice only really works with quality single pigment paints, which a noob to the hobby shouldnt be buying anyway.

>>96291574
>modelism minis
meant to write modelism paints

>>96291522
i really wouldnt unless it was food safe

>>96291574
Wait what? Never heard about this ever happening. What kind of brands would that be? I've only used vallejo, very little citadel and evel less scale 75 for mixing, and it was never an issue.

>>96291485
I mean, ofc, you can't use RBG + black/white paints for everything and having triads for all main colors would be ideal, but, as I said, a statter of like 16 paints where you get like 2 shades of each color is more than enough and simply using black/white for creating additional shades for them will give you great results. Over time you'll definetly get those moments where you will go "ah shit, I need some really bright orange that I just can't mix with red+yellow", and then you'll buy it the next time you go to LGS. Your collection will naturally expand, as will your skill to actually use it.

Inceasingly I feel that my cheapskate nature which decided to buy Vallejo at the start is 90% of why I advanced as successfully as I did as a painter.

>>96290997
I don't see how, the mechanicum stole their dicks.

>>96291151
Iykyk

>>96291326
>Picking Thousand Sons for your first painting efforts is ill-advised.
I know but better to paint something you want rather than something someone else wants. That's what I think ant least. I'm patient enough.

>Contrast paints I have little to no interest in though; they just don't get good results.
I'm not gonna just contrast slop my mini's, however there are some paints which look very good on Tzeentch-stuff so I went for it. I'm gonna use both normal and contrast. That's the plan.

>But I wish you the best of luck
Thanks!

>>96291654
youre trapped in a delusional flase dichotomy. shackled by convention, youre too wittless to concive of the multitude of genitalia that exists outside your reality. shadows on the cave wall, shilouettes of a penis and vagina. it would break your feeble mind if you peered outside, like loveceaftian horrors. you cant even conceptualise the menagerie of possible genitals that exist

Finished the lizard(s).
>>96291729
Godspeed anon, at the very least you'll learn some solid brush control when painting these guys.

>>96291790
That's a lot of words to say "I have no dick"

>>96291806
i have more dicks than the many scornful eyes of angels and that rightly frightens you

Got the seating done for the base, anyone got some good crater reference images? Wondering how I go about doing that escape pod.

two more test schemes. i want to do one of each of the holds of skyrim too. time to get the base coats rockin

>>96290739
whiteoids look goofy

finishing the underpainting

>>96291823
just copy star wars

I do a lot of touchups, this case making the red wizard a lot more red and trying to work up the glow of the succubus.
But for new stuff, I did finish an air elemental, but it looks off to me.
Any suggestions?

Tried to apply suggestions for Jaina, only fucked up ever further. I definitely won't try again, if she looks like shit, she will stay that way. Fuck me.

But at least feedback and information provided by anon, who made "how to" pic and others suggestions will be helpful for future projects and maybe for other people as well so it was not complete failure.

I wish to again express gratitude to anyone who provided feedback and suggestions so far. It was very valuable.

Odd question. Is it possible to paint over car paint with acrylics?

>>96291916
That face looks a lot better anon, what are you on about?

>>96291916
Your mom and I are very disappointed.

I think it's definitely an improvement. The buckles could be cleaned up a little.
I would have pointed her eyes in the opposite direction but she doesn't look wonky anymore so it's fine. and the darker pupils/irises are a lot better.
Blonde eyebrows always kind of read weird even on real people, it's just exacerbated here because your blonde colors are a little light to start with.

>>96291916
that looks better than the last photo, the face mostly so

>>96292010
meant for >>96291916 obviously

Finished the metallics and main colour of these Kraka Drak Dwarfs. Nervous about attempting freehand on the banner, but looking forward to it also.

>>96291939
for what purpose?
of course it's possible, but chances are it's not a good idea.

Anyone know how I might go about recreating this sort of bronze? It's about the right level of tarnish and age I have in mind for skeleton armor.

Man, I dislike the smell of tamiya extra thin compared to extra thin quick setting, too sweet
MEK and ethyl acetate > butyl acetate

>>96292064
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DaMa8Ctpk2A

>>96292073
Yeah but the tamiya extra thin still tastes better.

>>96291916
Anon you need to get this into your head
No brushstroke is definitive.
You can always go back and correct.

>>96291791
looking crisp

>>96292052
Candy red then do the details

>>96291791
Thanks anon. My paints should arrive on tuesday or wednesday so I'll start working on my army then. I'll keep posting after each phase I complete to show my progress and get some pointers. Also that's a sweet Lizard. Part of the decision to go Thousand Sons was so I could expand intro Disciples of Tzeentch as both armies share some units like Tzaangor or Daemons. Makes for a fun collecting project.

>>96292073
>>96292102
GW glue tastes way better.
Dries up near the end of the needle and you bite it off.

>>96292121
>No brushstroke is definitive.
except mine, those are completely permanent and literally unchangeable, i'm built different like that

>>96292142
Oh, I assumed you meant on a car.
Uuum. Yeah. I've had some problems getting it to lay on car paints without beading up, but you could probably get a paint consistency right for it to work, it will scratch off really easily though.
You'd want to test stuff first but I would maybe try an approach like
>candy red
>matte car paint
>acrylic details
>gloss varnish
>brush matte varnish on anything not supposed to be shiny
and you would minimize your adhesion issues.
You can probably also just do a candy finish with acrylics, do like a metallic and then spray some transparent red filter over it and gloss varnish it. Though the metallic base definitely won't be as nice as a lacquer metallic paint you would find in car paints.

>>96292087
>/shorts
no thx, sloptubers are bad enough already

>>96292210
I get where you're coming from, but it's a good straight to the point clip that gives the effect you want.

>>96292216
oh, i was not the anon you were responding to

>>96292191
Thanks anon

>>96292121
That's true but at some point more and more layers of paint will definitely show up (and these 3D prints are quite fragile, I would not risk stripping paint from it).

But each model or miniature more is better than none at all, I guess.

>>96292276
>I would not risk stripping paint from it
3d prints are cheap if your etsy seler is not a dick, so you can always buy another one and paint it better with what you have learnt with the first one if you really like the model and want a good display piece

>>96292296
NTA, but on this topic I'm thinking about finding some simple-ish 1/10 scale, and 75mm models and just paying a resin printer person to do like a plate full of as many as they can of that same 1 or 2 models. It'll probably be cheaper than buying them individually, and what I want is a bunch of the same resin model to practice stuff on without feeling like I need to paint it to the highest standard, so like sketching, lighting practice, not so much blending and fine detail stuff because then I'd also be able to re-prime and just use them again for that kind of thing.
But right now as it stands a lot of my figures are from indie sellers and not super easy to get all the time let alone for a low price, so I feel locked into not experimenting with them much because they HAVE to be at least reasonably good by the end.

Thanks for reading my blog.

>>96291502
Instead of that, he could learn something actually useful that makes money afterwards. Art college. Lol

>>96292333
if you have the 3dmodels anything can be scaled up or down, unironically try r/3Dprintmything

>>96291939
Depends on the car paint. Usually, yes. It’s what plenty of us do by using mr. color as a base layer. Mr. Color paints are acrylic lacquers very similar to what was used in the auto industry between the late 70s and 90s.
Maybe you will have problems if you use polyester car paints as they can be a bit hydrophobic which causes certain paints (looking at you, pro acryl) to not behave very well.
Just don’t use automotive bicomponent varnishes if you plan to paint anything over it. They are way too glossy.

>>96292296
It was not Etsy (I'm not from US), cost around 20€ and I have others so she don't have to be perfect.

>>96292362
>"I can't help it... I went to art college."

>>96292142
tamiya clear red over good chrome/gold base (over gloss black) will sort out any of your candy red needs

>>96292409
Etsy is available worldwide, just saying.

>>96292191
Pic related is what I'm looking at

>>96292422
I have used clear red, but my air brush broke. Rather than replace it, just pick up $7 can and it would be 10x faster

>>96292477
You'll want to use a metal coat under that to begin with in any case then, that's just a glossy red tint.

>>96292487
For sure, I have a metallic base paint

>>96292477
Anons mini after a single coat of that

Actually this gives me an idea to candy coat my next necrons

Please rate my cock, WIP.

>>96292541
>that tongue
I like your cock a lot uwu

Also, aquatic base.

>>96292541
A very fine cock. That's freehand?

>>96292548
*notices your bulge* :3
>>96292653
Ye, looking to get good.

Finished up my ogre save for some riveting on the helmet. Lined em up with my landsknecht ogres to see if he'd rank up well.

>>96292541
Nice cock dude, always gotta give props to a good freehand.

>>96292541
A bit small, but a fantastic looking cock, anon.

>>96292541
Looks pretty fat, anon

>>96291652
Single pigment paints mix quite intuitively, but the unmixed paints can only ever be the same shade as the physical pigment it's made with, in various strengths, so there are colours that can only be achieved by mixing pigments. Colour matched paints are always formulated with a mix of pigments often three, which means that when you mix a colour matched blue with a colour matched red it's not like mixing a blue and red pigment, because there is another 4 pigments in the mix, and when you mix a bunch of pigments the end result tends to look muddy. It's worse the more paints you add to the mix.
I've seen it with vallejo and ak (my most used brands), but it really varies with the colour. No brand is immune, unless it's a single pigment brand.

>>96292541
Small nicely painted though

>>96292519
Auto paints don’t cover that thick. They are 2-3x thicker then proper hobby paints, but they are usually fine most of the times with minimal detail loss. If you use GW paints, the difference will not be noticeable.

>>96292945
single pigments are more for high saturations of specific hue's, right? (there are other reasons like consistency of colors, but in terms of their value over mixed paints you can buy, like Payne's Grey is nice but you could make it if you needed to) You can lighten/darken anything with white/black, you can desaturate with grey or complementary colors, but you can't saturate more. A CYM mix can't be as saturated as a dedicated high saturation teal pigment, though could in theory replicate lesser saturated pure pigments perfectly fine.

Are plasma weapons meant to have proper barrels in 40k? The kit Im assembling has pre-drilled barrels in all guns but the plasma pistol.

>>96292124
>crisp
Thanks anon. People say that so often, I guess I should accept that's my "style"
>>96292146
Cheers, I paint tsons myself so I'm looking forward to seeing yours

>>96293124
They don't necessarily have 'barrels' but they do have holes at the tip. GW would drill all their things but it's mold and kit dependent, if the gun is 1 piece they can't really have the barrels drilled, you only see that on guns where the tip/barrel are attached as a second piece, or the gun is in 2 halves.

>>96293153
I see, I will l drill them, then.
As for it being “mold and kit dependent”, I think that is bullshit. I make some tamiya kits from the 1970s and they come with pre-drilled barrels. They are a lot thicker, but I’m sure that is no longer a problem after 50 years of technological development.

>>96293300
Oh yeah, for sure. Japan can do it, but GW sticks to 2 part molds. I think there are some kids with 3 part molds, but it starts to get a lot more expensive, I think there are *some* that GW did with pre-drilled barrels in the side of the sprue, but GW just went down the 'design the kits around it' rather than improving their mold technologies. Meanwhile bandai is injection molding multi-part friction fit movable parts already assembled on a single sprue.

>>96293325
yeah but the quality is trash compared to GW
you're supposed to play and touch your Warhammer minis, you are not supposed to play with your gundams, just display them.

>>96293387
>quality is trash compared to GW

Are you out of your fucking mind? Or did you get one of those "Tamashi Nations" trashcans and mistake it for actual Gunpla? The quality on a modern kit is more than comparable to GW's. I hope I'm missing some part of that argument.

>>96293446
Also ignore how filthy that is, I needed to do a size comparison for somebody who was asking and didn't have time to clean it after I unpacked it from a move.

>>96293446
>left
kino
>right
cheap toy

HOW DO I KEEP THE DUST AND FUCKING CARPET FIBRES OFF MY SHIT AAAAAAAAAAAA

>>96293535
Brush it off.
If it's stuck in the paint, well then don't paint it when covered in dust and carpet fibers, brush them off before that.
You'll never keep them un-dusty if they are just out in the open though, you need a dust free cabinet or some other kind of enclosure/case for them.

>>96293535
Wrap them under plastic?

A little WIP with me and the misses. She's a better artist than me, but she doesn't paint minis, so we're teaching each other. Left is mine, dog is hers. We're taking a break after the wash. I'm hoping the varnish will get ride of that pretty nasty line on the arm against the chest. She didn't actually know about how washes worked on minis (I didn't realize, or else I'd have told her sooner), so she was trying to do all the shading manually.

>>96293387
go look at good bandai kit, the details are miles ahead gw, look at any 1:72 star wars ship for example, they even make 3 colors on the same sprue, and translucent ones
they are so much better it's not even funny

or look at this random korean sprue, it is actually a 3 part mold with 'drilled' barrels, the other thing is a gw rocket launcher bit

>>96293590
what wash did you use on the metal?

>>96293610
photo

>>96293387
>>96293610
and this is from the bandai 1:72 y-wing

>>96293618
I don't disagree with your point generally but the details on the picture you posted show up way more clearly on the gw rocket launcher bit

>>96293615
AP Flesh Wash

>>96293628
you mean they read better because they are chunkier, yeah sure, we can argue if gw kits 'need' smaller details for their designed purpose

the korean one is also 1:35 scale of a real weapon

Stop fighting!

Time for a new project!

>>96293957
Good work not keeping him to sell on ebay later.
Also how many 'new' projects do you actively have in progress right now?

All done. Just needs basing. If anyone has any basing suggestions I'll take them because I'm not very good at it.
Also criticize the hell out of it.

>>96294028
First off, I'm having to nitpick because it does look really good, anon, you should be proud of it. You let the wash pool a little too much on his left elbow. It distracts from the otherwise smooth blue. The turquoise of the serpent needs more highlighting. The red at the feather's base matches too closely with the face; some highlighting on the face would improve that. The stone could use a hit of green wash to give it more of a 'mossy' look. Lastly, you might want to add some brighter lines here and there to add some texture to the feathers themselves.

As far as how to base it? Maybe make it swampy, glowy, radioactive jungle that the Skaven have been fowling up.

>>96294070
Thanks. I could certainly mix up a bit of my brightest jade color and hit some of the upper and outer areas.
Would a green shade by itself do that to the stone? I feel like it might just end up muddy at this point unless I did more. Maybe stipple a bit of a medium dark green on parts along with a wash?
I did try to paint in texture on the feathers; it's visible in the darker picture. But it's not terribly visible and I should have pushed it brighter. I was running out of brighter colors to use.

is this overkill for a paint set? i have a lot of rando minis, so i figure a good set like this would help me actually paint them all instead of mixing primaries

>>96294181
totally budget dependent. I advocate for starting with a solid set of paints to start because what happens is you'll buy your minimum paint set for the scheme you want, and then realize you don't have green and you needed to paint a stupid leaf on your base or something. So I do like sets like that one in theory.
But also if it isn't an easy in-budget purchase then it definitely makes sense to get fewer paints that you know you need and just expand as necessary.

>>96292742
That's some nice sculpting anon

>>96294181
If you really want to sploosh for a big set like this, get one from AK. Infinitely better, consistent paints.

>>96294202
i use a small set of artist acrylics for my painting and can pretty much get any color i want but the more minis i collect the more i procrastinate on mixing the colors. i figure having some quick colors i can splash on would make it quicker for me to clear out my backlog

>>96293980
>Good work not keeping him to sell on ebay later.
They were very hard to get. Even the Warhammer Citadel sold out fairly quickly by lunch time, and this is with a "one per person" policy in place.

I only got the one, so he's gonna stay here forever... along with the First Edition Captain with Terminator Honours (the original Centos) and the "middle" version GW did for the 100th NA store.

>Also how many 'new' projects do you actively have in progress right now?
Three, counting Centos.

Since the Death Company is done and the Secret Santa Intercessor Squad is good enough for the tabletop, I'm gonna do a Callidus Assassin and the free Blood Claw GW gave away as the mini of the month for August.

>>96294181
Ehh, I wouldnt. I'd rather buy individual bottles or smaller kits from different brands to expand you horizons. Locking yourself into one ecosystem — even a good one — is never optimal.

>>96294311
that makes sense but is more expensive

>>96294323
Only slightly. The discount on these sets is not meaningful. Well, at least not where I live, where I only get a 5-10% discount.
And you can recoup some of that by buying smaller sets if you want.

Excuse my phone posting….

Just got back to painting after about 10ish years out of the hobby. These guys need a wash but I’m a bit afraid to ruin the base coats by splotching them up. I’m very very out of practice

>>96294464
Welcome back.
fyi they are missing their arms.

>>96294486
They’ve been training with abbadon

>>96294181
I bought this set to start. Pretty good variety, but it lacks a lot of highlight and shade colours

So I was teaching my gf how to use the air brush, so she can use it to finish her old world or aos army. After teaching her how to use it I saw a beast of nurgle on my desk.

What do you guys think?

>>96292742
As someone who just finished painting the ogre expansion for Heroquest and added a Battlemasters ogre....I kneel to your gut.

>>96294750
Is your GF single? I need a hobby gf.
It's lovely. Although there are some gaps that should have been filed before painting. The eyes are funny, they make him look like a nightmare before christmas character.

>>96294780
soul

>>96294134
>Jade
Ever since they started adding Cathay as a thing, it's bolstered my thoughts that the ornamental stones the Lizardmen use is actually turquoise, rather than jade. It makes sense to me, considering that jade is a very 'even' colored stone most often, whereas turquoise is varied and eccentric. Considering the propensity for the Lizardmen to use ancient magic, it seems like it would be the most thematic stone.

Picrel: Chaco Canyon and Anasazi turquoise crafts gathered from historical sites.

>>96282783
>>96282861
Thanks for the feedback!

>>96294794
I bought it prebuilt off a store out of Spokane wa called gamers haven, for 28 dollars if I remember correctly.

They sell alot of used models for cheap.
I have bought night goblins and they were primed REALLLLY heavy like the meme tier layered 10 times.

Not even remotely interested in playing gloom spite gitz for the third edition, and now I have 4,500 points of them sitting in a bin in my
Closet of shame.

What's the best box of miniatures I can get if I want to get some reps in on painting capes with some really good shading and depth?

>>96294750
It looks like your GF after you shoot a load into her mouth.

>>96294852
The old Chaos Warriors box had a bunch of capes/furs. Not sure how much it goes for nowadays

>>96294780
>>96292742
Oh shit, no wonder these ogres are triggering deep nostalgia. I just googled Battlemasters. That was my favourite boardgame as a kid. I forced all the other kids to play it with me. Was it a warhammer knock off? I always just figured it was some warhammer game when I thought back about it. Fuck I wonder if it's still sitting somewhere at my parent's place. I wanna paint those minis if she hasn't thrown them out.

>>96294885
>Was it a warhammer knock off?
Like Space Crusade, Battlemasters was a joint project between Games Workshop and Milton Bradley. That's why so many of the things in it look and feel like Warhammer models of the time ... just in mass-produced cheap plastic instead of metal.

>>96294968
It was such a good idea. They need an affordable and successful gateway game like this again. It'd go a long way trying to get your friends into the hobby. I feel like they have a couple of things close to it in the AoS space, but they still look expensive as shit.

I think Darktide got a boardgame actually that just uses GW models. I bet when you work out the cost though, the models are shitty older models that they are charging more for.

>>96294990
>They need an affordable and successful gateway game like this again. It'd go a long way trying to get your friends into the hobby.
GW constantly puts out "gateway" games at Target and Barnes and Noble: Space Marine, Doomsday Countdown, Crypt Hunters, Space Marine Adventures, Dawn of War: Onslaught, Combat Arena, Blitz Bowl, and yes, the Darktide boardgame.

Because they already have the molds for all the models, Citadel just fills in whatever is needed for a particular game, and you can get some interesting and otherwise hard-to-find models with a trip to the board game section at one of those other retailers.

>>96295081
I can't explain it, but I've always hated these colored plastic models.

>>96295081
Oh they do? I guess it's just a different market and I'm a different age. Battlemasters occupied a big space of my brain as a kid. I would have played it every day if I could, and even now it's sat at the back of my mind. I don't even wargame, but in my head I've always imagined it's as fun as that game was to me.

>>96295081
>be kiwifag
>never see any GW board games around

>>96293387
>you're supposed to play and touch your Warhammer minis, you are not supposed to play with your gundams, just display them.
Wake up old man, even chinese bootleger has better quality than GW now

>>96295203
And this shit is only 95 bucks

>>96295203
>>96295207
UUUUUNNNGH I'm sitting on my Kshatriya until I get better (never). It's like my dream project that I'm too scared to ever start.

>>96293094
I think this is a deceptively complex question. I agree that single pigments are good for achieving high saturation of that single hue, and that can be hard to impossible to achieve with a mix. But colour matching low saturation pigments also isn't always possible. It would be true if you had a decent selection of pigments to choose from all over the colour space, but you don't, there are some colours with fewer options than others. I don't know, I'm not that experienced with single pigments as a painter, but I did formulate paints for several years so I might have a strong engineer's bias here.
Payne's Grey is not a single pigment, I don't know if that was your point, or if you're making the opposite point.

>>96294028
>criticize the hell out of it
I think it needs stronger highlights on the back to better separate the more knobbly texture from the smooth skin. The gold is dark and flat, it would also be better with sharper highlights. The feathers grab all the attention, which might be your intention, but if it isn't the face might warrant a brighter colour. Finally you've got some spots with pooling/staining.
Overall it's a very nice model you should be proud of, I kind of want to paint Seraphon myself now.

Bulked out the simple base scheme I'm doing for my skitarii.

>>96295313
It looks like vomit.

>>96295317
I'll remember to just do this and leave it unpainted if I ever need some nurgling basing stuff.

>>96295321
Could work for space wolves as well.

>>96295313
looks like you sneezed with a mouthful of poprocks and elmers glue

>>96295559
You may not like it but this is what peak basing performance looks like.

>>96293535
Proper storage + wet brush

>>96295313
Looks like you forgot some cereal dust at the bottom of the sink then left for a couple weeks and fungus started growing on it

>>96294464
You can give them a gloss varnish, makes cleaning up washes and avoiding stains much easier, especially if you also thin out the wash.

>>96291916
Eyes look way better!!!!

>>96294028
you didnt blend the feathers correctly

>>96282053 (OP)
When it comes to improving my painting I need to work on key areas:

Blending and colour theory, I like to try and paint in the old forge world/current heresy style. What resources are best for learning to blend but more importantly colour theory?

Also, what do you think of my death guard attempt heresy wise? This is before oils.

>>96295979
Vincey V is your go to all things.

>>96295979
>more importantly colour theory?
Look up general art tutorials on the subject on youtube. No need to stay within the narrow confines of mini painting for that one. Blending is not really something you can learn from a video.. the basics are really basic, and you probably already know them. The rest is practice.

hey gang just finished my first ever mini give me comments/criticism

>>96296235
Absolute dogshit, I've seen kindergarten kids doing better freehands. See me after class.

>>96296255
thanks for your honest feedback, I put this together using your points to improve on since my last post

>>96282053 (OP)
Anons!

What cameras do you use to take pictures of your minis? Photography seems like a whole other hobby itself, looking for a decent camera to take some snaps

>>96294750
I think your gf's trying to tell you she's pregnant.

>>96296429
Galaxy S22 Ultra

>>96296472
What's your settings/camera app, anon?
t. another S22 ultra owner.

>>96284075
>>96285522
thanks for the complements

Now that I'm done with Blood Bowl stuff for now, I'm going back to a model I've had on hold for two years. Did a bit quick and dirty stipple for the underbelly and pants, though I think it works well for a big troll. The base was already done, but I aim to have the back skin patterned similar to the rocks on the base.
Not sure what color to go for hair. Red/orange?

what paints do you guys use? I have a lot of old vallejo game colour that are running low and need replacing eventually, and citadel pots that have gone to shit and am looking for a box set to cover primary colours + metallic silver

>>96296486
Stock camera app, use pro mode and shoot with the super telephoto (ST) camera, tweak EV to get the brightness right. Sometimes I use OpenCamera to take full army pictures because the baked in filters on the stock app can really fuck up those shots, but the settings are a lot more annoying to fiddle with.

>>96296497
That's a cool troll; where's it from? Reminds me of Trudvang.

>>96296536
Durgin Paint Forge. Has a handful of cool fantasy models

>>96294885
Only the large ogre in the middle is from Battlemasters. The rest of the ogres are from a Heroquest expansion called Against the Ogre Horde, you can buy that for about $200 on Ebay every so often. The Battlemasters ogre you can find for like $15.

>>96295183
>I've always imagined it's as fun as that game was to me.
I feel the same way about Mutant Chronicles: Siege of the Citadel. Still my favourite boardgame of all time, and it's not even GW.

>>96295188
>be kiwifag
>never see any GW board games around
Make friends with one of us Yanks (or a courageous Leaf who lives close enough to the border) if you really want those games so badly.

>>96296429
There are a couple basic guides in the mega but the tl;dr is that you don't need a fancy camera, proper lighting and setup is WAY more important and you can take good pictures even with a smartphone camera.

>>96296525
Nice, thank you

>>96296514
If I would had to replace my current paints, I would go for AK. Uniformly good range.

>>96296514
AK, TTC and leftovers from GW. I have a couple of new formula Vallejo but I don't like them too much

>>96296514
i default to ak, unless you want some specific color you know is unique or better from some other brand

>>96297133
Averland Sunset

>>96296497
I remember you.

Wip of a counts as Venom/ teeny tiny tantalus, sans rigging and crew.

>>96297618
Nice little catamaran, would take to the beach.

>>96291916
looking good man

>>96297618
I see the idea but at a glance the first thing I see is "That's a catwalk glued on top of two jetbikes"

>baby is going to the daycare starting September, meaning I'll be able to paint again after a 2 year hiatus

HELL YEA BROTHER

>>96295313
See, everything is fine. Nice subtle little base texture.

>>96298164
Nice bases, anon. I was seriously considering making this next thread's OP.

New thread:

>>96298273
>>96298273
>>96298273

>>96298274
Kek, they'll be less cookie when I paint them I swear.

>>96296472
It's crazy how even with a top tier paintjob this guy looks boring as shit

>>96294799
That's an interesting idea. I never really considered turquoise because jade is just a more "famous" rock to me and I've never actually thought about the rock instead of the color. I may try turquoise for future lizards. It looks like individual stones tend to have some more varied colors than jade too.

>>96295794
Care to elaborate?

>>96296514
Primarily Citadel because I'm a painting midwit, but with vallejo black and Pro acryl white.

>>96296709
>Mutant Chronicles: Siege of the Citadel
I recently got all the modiphius SotC content for a tidy £100. Quite the haul let me tell you what.