Thread 96323165

Work in Progress "Candy Apple Red" 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://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/Johnny

>Previous Threads:
>>96298273
>>96282053
>>96268324
>>96246173

>>96323205
Learn motherfucker. No one is born with the ability to paint.

How useful is having a thin super glue on hand?

>>96323304
You usually want to avoid getting it on your hands. It's pretty useful though

My desk is looking like a fucking crime scene tonight. I used thin a lot putting infinity models together. It's really good for small parts.

>>96323304
I'm varnishing with it. So far I'm down 12 of my finest chinesium brushes.

>>96323435
holy shit, anon actually used the straw method in a useful way.

>>96323446
Holy shit I didn't even think to use a straw I just cranked up my airbrush

>>96323205
what are you have trouble with in particular?

>>96323478
Painting

>>96323573
Okay let's go through the steps.
Do you have a paintbrush and fingers/hands?

>>96323573
ok so I'll try to do a step by step
1. Prime the miniatures, DO NOT use hardware prime especially that 2x paint and primer combo. use something like mr surfacer, tamiya, army painter, vallejo, or citadel. as an aside, mr surfacer has self leveling thinner in it and provides a smooth surface even if you accidentally over spray.
2. consider using a prime or secondary spray color for your base coat: vallejo, citadel, and army painter have a large variety of colors to help with getting your primary color applied. you can also try tamiya spray color on a primed surface and a lighter color of your base coat as an easy way to get a nice zenithal for your base color.
3. hand painting: I recommend using a wet pallet but regardless of what you decide to do this part is important.
HOW TO THIN YOUR PAINT:
add water or better yet leveling thinner if you have it. test the paint on your skin; if you can not see your skin texture the paint is too thick, if you can still see your skin color the paint is too thick, if you can see your skin texture but not your skin color the paint is the perfect consistency.
you will likely need 2 coats for total coverage, wait for each coat to dry completely.
4. highlights: this part can be a little tricky. for chunky highlights simply use a thin and slightly long brush with a pointy tip and do not over load the brush with paint. simply trace the border of the panels. use the side of your brush for edge highlights. you can simply add white and cover smaller sections to add a nice color transition.
5. mistakes happen, if you get paint when filling in the eyes or something just have a dry brush on hand and use it to clean the over spill. some paint will still be visible, this is fine. let it dry and come back with a close approximation to the base color and simply touch it up.

I'm definitely missing some stuff but if you want to practice consider getting a bag of army men and just test on them.

>>96323478
Still out of thinner. I've stripped all of my test models and a few others I wanted to repaint, rebuilt most of them and primed them. Ready to paint once I'm able to get the thinner. I was tinkering on my word bearer scheme before, want to get back to it lol.

>>96323435
>ending scene of Dogma

post Votann

>>96323653
cont: almost forgot

washes:
easy way- mix army painter dark tone or nuln oil, army painter soft tone or agrax earthshade, lamian medium, water, and 2 or 3 drops of dish soap. mix it well; a empty dropper bottle is perfect for this and you can find them at any arts and crafts store. and simply apply it over the mini making sure to wipe away the excess in the process.

less easy but better way: use a sharp brush and take a mixture of the wash of your choice and matt medium or water. make sure your brush is not over loaded and simply add the wash into each panel line. it takes longer but it will give you a better result.

also do the wash before highlights

pps: if you use tamiya color spray for the base coat just be aware that ts is usually glossy and as is flat

>>96323653
>>96323789
I was lying, I can paint fine.

Hi anons, anyone got experience with using blue stuff molds to recast bits like heads?
I ordered some old FW MK2 heads and want to reproduce them.

>>96323653
>>96323789
I applaud your effort to reply to an obvious shitpost. Sometimes I also feel like just writing shit like this out too because it helps it stick in my head better.

>>96323756
I've only painted 1 votaan. I have a love/hate relationship with how this one turned out though.
Their vehicles are too goofy looking for me to really want to invest in getting more of them.

>>96323942
holy shit, this is the first time I've ever posted a sideways pic. I'm going to sudoku.

Let me try again, I'm not sure exactly what I did differently this time.

need to clean up the rim of the base but otherwise I think it's done.

>>96324007
Nice. It's been fun watching your eldar army come together.

90% done on these elite veterans. The bases will be full snow with a tuft of grass.
Should I add copious amount of accessories, skulls, and purity seals to make them look more elite?

>>96324007
Could do with some more highlights or shadows. The yellow and white looks a bit flat and all those round bits are begging for highlights. I dunno if they are supposed to be different colours in the lore, but I feel like I'd be tempted to paint them differently from the main colour. But yeah the white hand looks unpainted at the moment.

>>96324007
Very nice yellow and very nice everything else. Family photo when???

We're on an anime website so don't hate me, but I'm surprised there isn't an anime or manga written by some autistic mini-painter who has the protags go through the process of learning mini painting week-over-week and just using it as a thinly veiled way to demo different painting techniques or theory.
Gunpla has a series like that. There should be a mini painting one that follows the same tropes.

>>96324276
Gunpla is magnitudes more popular than warhammer and even more so other mini painting. Multiply that in Japan and Asia by a hundred.
Also gundam already have their own animes, so an anime about gunpla would be a nice side content.
They would rather make a warhammer anime first than make a mini painting anime.

>>96324020
no, they're busy enough as is

>96322721
they are marketed as a magic bullet to get an army painted in no time because that's what they were designed for, many people do that to play with painted models instead of greytide, and most of the time it looks like shit

however, if you are not a lazy fuck that hates painting it's just another tool (like washes or inks), you can use it for basecoats and then paint shadows, highlights etc over a more interesting basecoat that a plain one, or use them as washes or whatever

get some, try them

>>96323653
>army painter
Do not use AP rattle cans, they are probably the worst rattle cans on planet. Don't do it.

>>96324998
missed a > >>96322721

>>96322884
I feel I did post some wips too

>>96324020
Agree with the other anon, they already have a lot of visual interest

>>96323868
Hello I did make bluestuff molds for several tabards. It works pretty well, you can make the bits out of gs, milliput or a mix depending on your needs.

There's some decent tutorials on yt about the process, I suggest checking them out

>>96323343
>>96323435
What can it do that you can't with thicker glue? The only thing I can really think of is sealing basing material in stronger than with watered down white glue. Varnishing with it sounds like madness.

>>96325005
I get good results with black and red. White is dogshit, but I've never had any issues other than maybe missing some spots. But that's a skill issue.

>>96325456
>le works on my machine
AP cans being utter shit is a common knowledge at this point.

Since somebody mentioned molds - anyone actually tried out GSW "Fleximold"? I don't see any videos on YT other than official promo ones and I wanted to give it a try. I don't have microwave however so instructions about that way of heating is a bit useless to me. Official site mention alternative in using pot with water for heating up instead but no info about temperature or time.

>>96325451
>What can it do that you can't with thicker glue?
Sprinkling sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) on cyanoacrylate glue causes it to harden very quickly into a "frosted" (I can't think of a more apt word to describe how it looks) plastic state. This is a neat trick you can use for filling gaps, as you can sand the resulting material smooth.

This works with both gel and less viscous superglue, but I don't think I have to tell you which of those will flow into the gap better!

>>96325578
That guy that makes giant vats of sprue goo had a few videos using it making pressmolds of GW parts.
No idea what the channel's name is though, I "do not recommend this channel"-ed him out of sheer existential horror.
Official site says don't go over 180 degrees F, and to use a double boiler if using on the stovetop.
So you would bring a small pot of water to boil then reduce heat gradually until it is no longer boiling. (If no thermometer). Then adding a bowl that fits on top of the small pot to melt the polymer into. Same way you would melt chocolate if not using a microwave.

Anybody got experience with acrylic paint markers, pic related or otherwise? I gotta draw some tiny swastikas on tanks and if these are solid, I'm ready to drop some money on the markers since I know my potato hands will just fuck the markings up if I try to freehand them with a brush.
>get transfers bruh
I could but if these things work, they seem useful to have on hand anyway.

>>96323205
Neither can I, but just remember that you can barely see stuff from a few feet above a tabletop. When you play, they'll lookm fine.

>>96324276
>Gunpla has a series like that
Name?

>>96326184
I guess he refers to "Build Fighters" series (it had continuations but last two were about building models but then scanning them to play VR game).

>>96323165 (OP)
So I'm planning painting my ork Kommandos next and I want to paint some camouflage patterns on their clothes. Each kommando gets a unique camo pattern. They are going to be based on "savanna" terrain, so I'm mostly doing african animals but I accept animals from other regions. The ones I've thought about (but not 100% confirmed) are:
>Tiger
>Leopard
>Zebra
>Crocodile (scuba grot)
>Giraffe
>Hyena
>Cheetah
>Flamingo (squig)
>Wild dog
>Salamander
Need more animal camo ideas, list your own.

Did second try with airbrush today, with primer and white ink. I wanted to clean needle but have no idea how to take it out - manual says "loose the needle chuck" but attached schematic does not have part of that name, only "needle chucking nut" and "needle chucking guide". I know it sounds stupid but I don't want to break it, even if it's cheap.

>>96323868
It's really hard to make good 2 piece mold equivalents out of Oyumaru. There are reasons you see it being primarily used for press molds. Be prepared to make dozens of attempts to get one good cast.
Try to make a one piece mold where you wrap the polymer completely around the head leaving the neck protruding as the area where you will pack the modeling putty into. Pushing the the head into the warm oyumaru and attempting to pack it around firmly so there are no air gaps will probably work best. You can make some tiny cuts once it's cool to ease the head out and make slamming the putty in with a spatula easier.
It's going to take a lot of tries, but it's low stress and the materials are cheap.

>>96326184
HG ni Koisuru Futari

You can now laugh at me - I broke nozzle thread. 15€ gone to hell. I didn't even screw it hard, just started and then snap.

I guess my experience with airbrush ends here.

>>96326224
the cone-shaped nut on the right hand side of that image, turn it counterclockwise (looking from the right), and it should loosen it so you can pull it out. The chuck is the whole assembly, but the chuck nut is the part of the chuck to release the needle from the chuck, if that makes sense.

>>96326405
I initially assumed it's not that part since it was putting serious resistance but thanks for clarifying.

>>96326216
the nob gets pink leopard pattern

>>96323942
oh that's nice

Feels good to hit the spot where it's not terrible to look at anymore

>>96326636
Thanks anon. I like the color scheme, and the shading, but I hate the base, and it's definitely a little sloppy overall. I could do a better job now. But I guess it's good to look back on stuff I did like 2 years ago (the date on that filename is not when I painted it) and feel like you could do better.

>>96326396
I was about to post that you should throw that little wrench away. Finger tighten the nozzle only, it'll break with the wrench as you have discovered.
For the future in
>>96326224
the rightmost threaded metal piece is the needle chuck. Its holding the needle in place. Removing it will allow you to pull the needle out.

>>96326396
Literally one of the most common issues with nozzles, happened to me the first time I tried to clean mine. You can use a wooden toothpick or skewer to get the sheared off piece out. Jam the wooden pick into the sheared off piece then back it out with the friction.

>>96326224
99% of airbrushes share 99% of their design, so you can look just about any tutorial online
fancy ones change the nozzle assembly sometimes and bottom barrel ones like that change how the cup and the body are constructed but everything else is still the same

>>96326902
You definitely will keep improving

I haven’t painted anything in three years. It’s a start…

>>96327852
why the green?

>>96327897
nta. Looks like a neat little selection ring from a videogame like starcraft.

>>96327897
The models come with the starter decks for the Gundam TCG and I am painting the base rims to match the color of the representing card.

>>96325451
Not as a final varnish, but as an isolating varnish. When you want to use a reductive technique using an aggressive solvent.

>>96326295
I see, thanks anon.
I wanted to reproduce a bunch of these for all my Support squads for my Heresy army. Found an Ebay seller with 5 of them, snatched them up, but I haven't been able to find more.

Finished my skullcrushers. Happy with the result, but it was really a slog with all the metallic trim, but I'll never need more than six of them, so it was okay as a one time project..

Has anyone tried to make decent Death Guard conversions with the regular MKIII marines from HH? They are more affordable than the Plague Marine box, but I'm not sure if the conversion work would be worth it.

>>96328648
I've never tried to build or paint any minis.

Got an airbrush yesterday - just some cheap-o basic. Slowly getting the hang of it...

>>96328021
fair enough

>working on terrain for Kill Team
>realize the stuff is too plain
does anyone have like.. a guide to greebling stuff? maybe random pages from old WD mags?

how good is this painting set? seems like a great deal but i don't know

>>96323868
there should be a tutorial on the op, follow it, it works

tldr; make first half, make second half, remake first half again, remake the second, pressure is good

>>96328943
those pots are smaller than normal (8 vs 18ml) also don't get a set, get the colors you need

>>96329008
i got this so i kinda need a bit of everything

>>96328634
That very blurry. What I can see looks good, but I'd like to see more.

>>96329032
Those sets are rarely cheaper than individual paints, make sure you check the price, especially if the pots are smaller.

>>96329065
smaller pots are fine with me, since if i need more of a specific paint i will inevitably buy them open stock anyways and the ones i don't use as often are still good to have but wouldn't need to buy any time soon

>>96329091
I get that. I meant don't get price gouged, calculate the price per ml, not per pot.

>>96328943
personally i would recommend getting a smaller more basic paint set in normal sized bottles and buying individual paints as you need them.

some considerations:
are you actually going to use all those different washes? some of those are probably unnecessary and a waste of money
there's a lot of browns in there which is definitely a waste because brown is the most forgiving colour to mix yourself
those bright pinks are fun colours but if you don't have a plan to use them then they're a waste
the metallics in that set will be their regular game color metallics which like most metallic paints are just not very good. the vallejo metal color range is the best metallic paint i have used and i will never go back to normal game color/shitadel metallics again. imo those metallics are wasted slots and especially if you are a beginner you should just source your metallics from the vallejo metal color range as you need them. i have always hated using metallic paints because most of them are just shit, if you are a beginner one of the best pieces of advice you are going to get is to invest in good metallic paints

these big paint sets seem like a good idea to beginners but there are many reasons to avoid them. i like vallejo paints so it's probably not a complete waste of money but you can probably do better

>>96329395
>>96329065
thanks, i know wizkidz also sells smaller sets of colors so maybe i'll get that if the price per ml isn't so much worse than just getting the normal size bottles
i also realize valejo also changed their formula? does wizkids still use the old formula? or how does that work
probably not even worth thinking about i guess

Very early WIP of a Lillith Hesperax proxy for an upcoming narrative tourney in October.

The Orks took the event in the final game last time, so I figure this model is very fitting.

>>96329773
i did buy some vallejo metal color this week so definitely do still stand by that rec but my game color bottles are all still the old formula for now so can't comment on the new vallejo formula. not sure about the wizkids formula

>>96323205
Is that a monument brush?

Hydrate bros.

>>96330048
I'm trying but my attic hovel is a sauna.

Forgot to post here.

Has anybody made washes following les’ recipe? Any tips on wash making? Especially when making soft body acrylic washes?

How much of your empty sprues do you save? I know they have uses, like basing and throwing in the sprue goo bottle, but how much of the leftover sprue do you actually end up using?

Anybody here painted with the current Turbo dork metallics?
How are they as metallic paints? Any stickers to avoid?

>>96323205
Don't worry neither can OP

>>96330133
All of them. What if I need a random plastic thing at some point?
Have I ever used literally any of them?
No.
But what if I did?

>>96330239
I mean if I need random shit, I still have plenty of sprues that still have stuff on them I could carve up for the the fence or floorboard parts I seek.

>>96324130
here you go. 1500 pts give or take

>>96330713
Nice imperial fists

>>96330744
actually, these are my Fists.

>>96330713
That's rad

>>96330113
I've gone though an entire 50 pack of 15ml dropper bottles and 20+ 30ml bottles. And own nearly the entire Daler Rowney acrylic ink range at this point. As well as loads of dry pigments for SFX weirdness. The basic recipe is just so versatile, though Liquitex ultra matte is way better than the recommended matte.
Getting to where I feel like a drug dealer when dropping off washes for my gaming circle.
The hardest part is not "breaking" the binder by adding too much of the water/surfactant when going for the thinnest wash but instead cutting back on the inks. You can always thin more on the palette with some Lahmian Medium or equivalent. And I swatch constantly in a dedicated sketchbook so I can compare mixes.
Still searching for the perfect old Devlan Mud and Nuln Oil.

Built a vanship kit from the anime Last Exile. Gonna paint it as a candy red 50s gangster car with white tires while listening to the ost.
https://youtu.be/q6MVLxyQAZI?si=dmYoYSObXxL4gIrs

Finally got me freeboter stompa finished

>>96330896
>Liquitex ultra matte is way better than the recommended matte.
I must have had a bad bottle then. It was pretty bad like always lightening up the washes to be too bright and too thick for agitators to properly mix up the stuff when I switched to regular matte medium it was practically night and day in quality.

>Devlan mud
I made a brown wash that resembled strong tone. I made another one to modify but I think the results should more or less be the same.
>>96191853

a little more progress on this thing

>>96331068
Hey aren't you the guy who 3d-sculpted a similar "horny demon babe" miniature and had it printed by shapeways a couple of years ago?
Some kinda blue horned one, I want to say?

>>96331083
yeah that was me

>>96331177
Neat. Your breasts still look a bit unnatural though. Too full with not enough sagging.

>>96331083
what sort of horny autism is this that you can recall a one-off custom sculpted titty model?
>nta

>>96331291
Anon, I...

>>96331027
last spam I swear
wish I could take pictures worth a damn, just hope you fellas like it

Finished up the those bases I posted here awhile back. Did some photos for the guy who printed the 3D bits.

>>96331327
Damn those are lush.

>>96331309
You didn't. Tell me you didn't

>>96331027
Would.

Should i buy Blood for the blood god or Tamiya Clear Red?

>>96331516
Different applications. What do you want to use the paint for?

My little guys are almost done. Just gotta do the metal on the guns (and the backpacks) now, so like 1 more session, 2 maybe since I still have to mold-line clean the backpacks and prime them.

>>96331538
THERE IS THE PURITY SEAL I COULDN'T FIND!
Okay at least I have a record of it so it can't escape again.

>>96331538
Berry nice, berry neat painting.

>>96331291
We're a tight knit group here at /wip/

>>96331527
Blood and gore

>>96331654
Then blood for the blood god is better. Clear red is more for tinting.

>>96331327
beautiful!

>>96331327
What's the process here, anon?

>>96323205
>I know how to paint
Take the red pill, escape the matrix

>>96331687
http://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96212812/#q96213189
I replied to a few people the last time I posted an update, lemme know if you have any questions I don't answer there

>>96331327
Awesome work anon, you should make a full blown diorama.

What's the easiest way to make big desert bases with sand dunes?

>>96332090
Ah Muad'dib, you know what interests us.

>>96332328
>a weg so good it even got its own book and movie adaption

>>96332328
Weird kink, but alright.

>>96331325
I like it a lot.

Cock knight is finished.

Finished this slaughterpriest. I like it a lot but I think I rely too much on guilliman flesh and TTC flesh wash to tie my skin tones together. I would prefer a paler skin tone with darker red recesses but this one looks cool too. It’s more virile and angry than a paler, blood-shaded, sinister skin tone like on the box art. Was surprisingly fast to do.

>>96332538
Damn that’s a p big cock. Did you freehand it?

>>96332564
Here’s the big muscley back I was mirin’ the whole time I was painting it

The more I worked on this the more issues I found with the print, some quite evident, some I managed to fix; overall was still cool to paint, the sculpt was cheap anyway. I don't get to paint gore a lot so I had fun with it

>>96332564
Looks nice! I found a good way to tie skin together is doing a gloss coat then a mid tone glaze- fixes a bit of chalkiness and harsh contrast.

I have a question about airbrush usage - when I see various videos, people in general, when using dual action variants, press trigger (for air) and gently pull trigger until it starts spraying - then hold it in this position. Meanwhile on Jose Davinci instruction video, he shows and advices to instead going back and forth with trigger (plus, he constantly clean needle with his fingers), essentially "puffing" with it. I'm confused which method to use (I tried to do that back and forth movement, I kept releasing trigger instead).

I just started an in store painting competition at my LFGGS. Got 6 hours to paint this guy. I was praying for a sci fi model, but expecting something fantasy. Hmmm, Wish me luck. I’ll post updates.

>>96332564
Ye, it's freehand. Thanks man. Have you considered using glazes or contrast paints instead of washes?

>>96332969
Both are correct. I mean you don't just blast with a rattlecan full force when spraying with one, you pulse it as you go back and forth. But as you learned, with an airbrush this requires more dexterity. It's just practice, and thus is a more advanced technique. So obviously in a beginner's tutorial video, it's gonna be the basics to get you going with best practices for a solid foundation.

>>96333012
Don't paint it anon, you messed up the priming.

>>96326168
Politely repeating my question.

>>96326168
>>96333265
>I gotta draw some tiny swastikas on tanks
How tiny? 1mm?
Can you not tape off the area then dab paint with a makeup sponge?

Do you think a Royal & Langnickel size 8 brush is a reasonable size to paint a smaller vehicle or scenery piece with plenty of flat sections (think leman russ or a bit smaller)?

cereal bases

>>96333465
why the mdf bases?

and how do you plan to paint the bottom parts of the horses?

>>96333357
I'm working on 1:100/15mm tanks, I'm not gonna start tape masking things this tiny.

>>96333245
I know, but it came pre-primed by the organizers who 3d printed it. No sprays or airbrushes allowed. I did a dry brush of light gray. Gonna go dark blue and orange.

>>96331833
Full tutorial for this please. I want to screenshot it

>>96331833
They look great

>>96333631
mdf is dirt cheap, and nobody will ever look under the horses.

>>96333698
What a bunch of cunts. You should have stripped it.

>>96333383
Size 8 what? A flat or filbert is going to be way nicer to paint flat armor panels with than a round. 6, 8, or 10 filbert in whatever brand suits you would probably work best.
I like Godhand's L filbert and that's approximately a 6.

>>96333809
NTA, but I always seem to struggle with flat brushes. I still have the real cheap ones I started out with (really never had a use for them at that point) but whenever I've tried using them they don't seem to hold water or paint terribly well. It may very well be because they're from a cheap 20 pack, but I feel like there's something I'm missing. The hairs always clump up instead of staying flat.

How is the red? Okay or I overdid it?

>>96333631
>why the mdf bases
they came with those oversized new bases and according to old carpenters wisdom its easy to make something smaller but impossible to make something longer again so i went with 25x50mm
>how do you plan to paint the bottom parts of the horses
never knew this was an issue to begin with but if it makes you feel any better i will paint those riders separately

>>96333876
Looks pretty red to me. Red is hard to light without having it read as orange or pink imo

>>96333894
Okay. I was surprised however when I started to add "sunny skintone", I expected it to go toward yellow or orange but it started to go toward pink.

>>96333911
Maybe there's whiteish pigment in that color, so it tints. If we didn't have to push contrast so far in miniature painting I don't think red would be an issue

>>96333792
you missed the point, they come with bases in the box

>>96333881
>25x50mm
based

What are some good methods of making cobblestone or castle stone floor bases? I don't have access to a 3d printer so I can't print bits. I'd like to put some vampires on stone floor bases as if they're inside their castle.

>>96334002
a texture roller over your putty of choice

>>96334002
a pencil and xps foam would be the easiest
next one would be a dedicated roller
or cutting each brick individually
you can also find some plastic packaging with appropiate texture and pour plaster on it

for a small batch of single model bases i woudl recomment cutting the rbicks by hand, you can use any plastic or foam you have around and need no extra tools

>>96334002
You can get textured plastic sheets. Get a circle cutter or a hole punch the right size and you can just glue them to the top of your bases before mounting your minis. Some companies that do mdf terrain also sell laser etched cardboard of mdf toppers in common basing sizes these days.

Failing that just using regular plastic sheets of varying thicknesses is also a very easy and effective way to do stone floors. Also a good alternative for slotta bases or puddle bases if you cannot be arsed to cut the extra metal off and pin the metal to the base. You just have to cut the tiles yourself first, but you can get very nice results for little work. Press some coarse sandpaper on some tiles, file bevels, crack tiles etc for extra detail.

>>96333876
The red looks nice and solid, you should do some material research however. Look at how red silk highlights and reflects if it is silk, and if it's cotton you need to fold shadows into it deeper. Use magenta and pink to make your red look more red and reflective if that is your goal.

>>96333711
https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96212812/#q96226313
Is that what you are looking for?

Anyone got experience with the miniature desgined rosemary and co kolinsky brushes? I've got so many shite brushes and I just want a few good ones.

>>96334420
Go with series 7 from their watercolor brushes. It's my favorite I've ever used. Rosemary and Co 33's are second. I haven't tried those tho

Did tails and ears, that would probably be all for today I guess.

>>96334342
Okay, that would be left for another project then since at this point it would probably require fixing from ground up but thanks for pointing this out.

>>96334439
>>96334420
brain malfunctioned you weren't even talking about W&N, ignore me its late

>>96334452
Fuck me for forgetting image.

>>96334456
>ignore me its late
Nope too late. Sorry pal.

Also did the eyes, as best as I could. Sorry for not including pupils, I'm not good enough for that at this eye size (they are actually smaller than Jaina's from before).

Jaw "deformation" is probably leftover from printing process, couldn't really do anything here.

>>96332724
>>96332739
I never thought Id say this, but nice ork innards

>>96334420
'miniature' here refers to miniature canvas painting, not miniature models
shorter brushes means less reservoir, less moisture so faster drying of the paint on the brush, usually not good for acrylic paints
series 33 is the recommended one for our purposes

>>96334452
I think you've got a solid base, the issue would be building texture so you'd need to glaze very thin coats, Overall it's a good paintjob that you can go very far with, it's just a matter of what goals you have for it.

>>96334517
>Will work well in watercolours, inks, oils & acrylics (mainly for miniature / scale model painters) and for botanical artists.

>>96331833
Thx you legend !
Already shared and archive.
One question though, you said you've used 3D printer, did you got your files for free ? If yes, any links or hints at least ?

>>96334951
Not him, but for free STL files you can just search for "STL xxx" on telegram. Xxx you obviously should replace with whatever you are looking for, or you will find porn.

What's the difference between Vallejo's Game and Model colors? Does anyone have a comparison?

>>96334951
They are all from Epic Basing, they sell their STL files and the printed bits as well.
>>96334964
will lead you in the right path if you are interesting in acquiring them for free, I got them printed by a local service in my country who have the files themselves or I'd help you more directly.

>>96334602
>scale model painters
that's new
i still stand by what i said, acrylincs dry fast, you want a big belly

>>96334965
intent, model color is the range for historic stuff, so they have colors matched to army uniforms and the like, 'game' was initially designed to color match citadels range back then, now is just another range designed for 'fantasy' models, so colors are more saturated and more matt, they used to have a different formula too, but now it's the same
there are some colors that are the same in both ranges with different names

>>96334460
Very nice.

going through my KDM flower knight today. Next up is the armor, gonna do some green metalic jade on it. Not the biggest fan of how the fabric ended up, contrast seems off. I'll think about redoing it aftewards. I'm very happy with the base though, first time doing forest-y stuff.

>>96334988
Thanks again ! Your cabinet must look bonkers.

>>96334482
Hey, the eyes look pretty good I think. They could use a little dot of white, but it can be tough to do without a nice brush.
There is also the option of trying those tiny nail art dotting tools, they would probably be good for that kind of finishing touch thing.

Ok, so I managed to get an old librarian primaris body and a couple of chaos bits. I want to make it a chaos icon bearer for Kill Team. Now, I like the robes of the model, but I don't like the primaris armor on a chaos unit. Any ideas on how to convert the armor into a chaos one? Also, is there a good bit for a right arm chaos banner?

Hey /wip/ you wanna weigh in here?
>>96335169
>>96335179
>>96335193
>>96335200
>>96335208
>>96335214

>>96335221
Each paint brant has good paints and some shitter paints. If you are buying another brands copy of a color you already have and like then you are a sucker. Buy whatever brand you can get from your local store cause paying for shipping on a single 5 dollar thing of paint sucks.

But if I had no paints right now, starting from scratch, and had the I dont care about the cost money and wanted to buy an entire set catalogue of paints, Id be most interested in dunkens paints. Vallejo used to be good but its shit now unless you like bubbles in your paint. May citadel paints are great but many people cant stand the paint pots.

>>96335141
I tried both 0 and 1 size but paint would always dry up on them or unload too much.

>>96335365
practice first, but if you wanted to try,
>brush a damp (not 'wet') brush over the surface and then quickly dot the white. if you're not careful and it's too wet this will also let the white spread, but it shouldn't if the amount of moisture is right just before it all evaporates
or
>dilute white paint, get brush wet, dab on wet paper town just enough to point the tip, scoop up white just on the tip and try. It wouldn't be good for painting, but can work for dots
or
>if you have the brush control, and probably magnifying glasses, do what you've been doing but draw the tip in tiny circles the size of the dot, eventually it will release the paint and once the surface tension is broken it should flow past the dried tip.

Practice somewhere else though maybe if you want.
Also fuck white paint.

>>96335221
I'd say Reaper paints are worth getting but tarriffs have kind of put a strangle hold on buying US right now, maybe after Trump is gone.

>>96335423
Funny my brother is just now replacing his entire reaper paints because he hates them. Ill have to ask what specifically he doesnt like. I think he said they were too watery.

Working on my artificer armour conversion.

>>96335458
Too watery? Hmm weird. I bought their Black, White and some triads few years ago and I love them.

I think I’m done… only a few minutes left in the competition.

Finishing this

>>96335045
Actually finished it way quicker than I expected. As always, metalics look terrible on pic but trust me, they hide all my sloppy transitions IRL. Overall happy how the armor looks..

>>96335707
how tall is that mini?

>>96335678
>veins
Unironically impressive. Well done, anon.

>>96335750
thanks anon

>>96335715
around 60mm I guess?
side by side with some aos minis and a survivor from the same game

>>96332568
mirin, wagmi
>>96332724
Looks great desu I dont see the print issues
>>96333876
I think it's looking good
>>96335678
I don't really read flayed skin but those pale tits are mesmerizing

>>96335678
>veins

>>96335221
Anything but Citadel is a good buy. Citadel paint is fine, but way overpriced.

>>96335983
Is that a motherfucking Sinful Dwarf gif? That’s honestly almost more impressive than the tits….almost

Capcha: YRT4D. Damn

>>96333828
Cheap brushes is always a problem. Quality synthetics hold a ton, and then natural hair even more.
People have no idea what they are missing out on when switching to well made brushes. There are "cheap" good brushes of course. And synthetic hairs have come a really long way. Not cheap, though that is relative, when a single Escoda Sable can be be 50+ bucks.

>>96336103
I had a sable brush and it was amazing, the paint never had brush strokes in it and the point always stayed perfect, I was able to draw fine detail far easier than any other brush I had.

>>96335458
>>96335482
I use Reaper's Pure White all the time. It is nice and thin. Compare that to garbage whites like Citadel's White Scar.

>>96334995
i also read that game paints a satin and model are matte
is there a good comparison between the two?

Using some SHITMAR squigs to make squighoppers for old world.

>>96336491
>>96335482
I asked my brother what his complaints were and he said "Grainy, poor coverage, and runny right out of the bottle, cant thin it anymore without breaking the paint."

>>96336718
Maybe he didn't shake it enough.

Why the fuck is this thread complaining about bubbles in their paint all the time now? There won't be bubbles in it when you brush it onto the model. how the hell are you painting and ending up with bubbles and acting like it's the paint's fault?

>>96336746
The bubbles in Vallejo paints are very tiny and don't seem to be easy to pop with a brush, it just pushes them around. If any get on the model it'll dry and pop leaving a tiny circle.

Got another one of my DnD players' minis done. Thats number 4 of 6 total. Got a drow druid girl and a monk left.

>>96336784
Is that a dice box as display case? neat idea. Also, good work, your players are very lucky.

Has anyone tried to use a 0.2mm mechanical pencil dipped in paint to paint stuff like eyes and eyebrows?

>>96336968
No but it might work if you can preak the tip perfectly, seems like more hassle than it's worth. I have used a pencil to draw filigree on cloaks to give myself a line to follow with the brush.

>>96336881
thanks anon. Regular dice cases are actually too small unless you are using tiny 28mm heroic minis and even then its very limited. I use the 'Large' Chessex dice cases because, one, they comfortably fit 32mm scale minis with room to create some environment/story telling and two, the base is vaulted so I can easily hide magnets underneath. The goal is to give them something they can toss in their bag and not have to worry about it getting broken but also serves as a decent display case. Probably too much money to spend on them but they don't need to know that.

>>96336740
Nah he has a vortex mixer he shook it enough. From the photos he shows me there are clumps in the paint, similar to how the GW white paints feel like they have sand in them.

>>96336746
The bubbles form in the brush then slide onto the models too. Vallejo got bought and the C suit demanded they increase profit margines. They rolled out a "whole new formula" which is code for "we made the paint shittier and cheaper". You dont just rework the worlds most popular brand of paint that people have been using for 30 years for no reason. They could have made a new line but they discontinued their old one.

>>96337086
When Jason eventually dies and ProAcryl goes to shit it's going to be annoying to find another paint.

>>96337075
Sounds like a bad batch or its old paint, might be able to get replacements from factory

>>96336510
Very nice sculpting job.

Alright finished reworking the torso, you can see I pulled in the sides to narrow the silhouette.

And I fixed his hank hill lookin ass. Those catapractii have never dont leg day apparently.

White plume or something funky with blue and white together?

Forgot to say new on left, old on right. Same for this photo.

Im quite pleased with how I did the torso too. I cut these 1mm wide slots right down the back of the torso, then heated up the part in water to bend them into their final shape. I made the gap a bit too big so I put a little shim in there.

I do all my rough gap filling with baking soda and extra thin super glue. Fills instantly so no waiting for putty to dry.

>>96337583
White or white+yellow similarly to picrelated?

>>96337648
I was thinking white+blue in that sort of way but now that you mention yellow I might photoshop up some trial schemes and think about it a bit more

>>96336968
Just use a micropen. I have a bunch of sakura micropens in different colors. If they are document proof they are waterproof, i.e. you can paint and varnish over them with a brush as well. Just give them some time to dry. I found that after ~45mins there is very little smuding and after 4h you can stab them with a stiff brush and nothing happens anymore.
Great for blacklining, freehand detail or eyes.

>>96323165 (OP)
I'm close to finishing this project. Currently in the process of doing the final details. G2k4g

I'm going to paint strip my old minis, but I've never used the paint striper before. Any advice I should know beforehand?

>>96337871
Idk what those letters mean, but looks great. The boys face doesn't look quite as good as the old guy's though imo. It's still good but I'm nitpicking because it's generally so good.

>>96337877
>models metal? Acetone
>models resin? LA totally awesome
>models plastic? iso or LA

>>96337944
I bought the AK paint stripper, and I've read the instructions in the page (https://www.ak-masters.com/app/pdf/AK%20186%20PAINT%20STRIPPER.pdf). Any further things I should know before starting?

>>96337951
It gets a bit goopy after a pass, and water makes the paint gunk up even more, so you may want to try iso for cleaning the AK stuff off. You just scrub it with an iso soaked toothbrush to prevent fucking up resin from soaking

>>96332538
Please explain cloth process

>>96335678
Unnervingly beautiful. I bet it looks great in person.

Just got their backpacks left.

>>96338246
Excellent work, anon. That glowing effect is on point.

>>96337877
>>96337944
IPA for everything, even resin as long as you don’t soak it in for too long (more than 3 minutes)

>>96336968
I use this brush for eyes

>>96337871
I think I have this movie on dvd somewhere....
Anyway, great work, anon. The color even has that "recolored black/white film" look.

can you use isopropyl to strip resin?

>>96336495
that seems to be no longer the case after the recent reformulation, both are quite matt

>>96338760
To strip paint off of resin, or strip resin off of something else?

>>96338771
strip paint yeah

>>96338818
>>96338672

>>96338760
test first in a nonseen palce or leftover resin bit if you can, no every rersin is made equal

Boar knight finished. Fuck me, this was a painful shield to paint.

>>96338044
Well I used AK's dark blue as a base, then a second layer of dark blue mixed with a touch of AK's ivory and then final highlights with dark blue with slightly more ivory added.

>>96339010
Based the mini on this art piece by @prospertipaldi.

best black paint? my scale 75 is too light even after I put a satin coat on it.

>>96339010
That's some very impressive freehand. Also, nice cock bro.

Started working on a silly little techno-barbarian warband just for fun. Next up I think I'll be adding some wires from the backpacks to juice them up with combat stims.

I'm gonna have to call this model a failure but how would i have not messed up weathering the metallic and the pauldrons?

>>96339591
Dunno about the pauldrons, but you over-weathered the shit out of the green armour. You gotta keep it smaller and more tightly grouped.

Been messing with Google Gemini to create backdrops for figures. It actually works pretty good I think. There's some other app that you can get to animate the figures too. Might be cool to set a bunch up, fill in a backdrop and then generate videos of them fighting or moving or whatever.

>>96339622
This was the original pic I used, as you can see it didn't get a 1:1 copy but neat nonetheless. Maybe making a sticker out of the picture of the figure and dropping it into a premade backdrop would look better. Still neat I thought.

Did this little cabin/farmhouse up last weekend along with the cache of crates and barrels.

>>96339656
Very nice

Rearview. Did it all by brush. Airbrush would be much quicker but I'm making a tutorial for painting larger terrain pieces for people who don't have and are unwilling or unable to invest into an airbrush set up.

Btw for fellow terrain bros, Vallejo makes 500 ml bottles of varnish. It's a water based polyurethane, like GWs. Very durable. Only thing is you want to keep things finished with it out of UV light because that can yellow polyurethane varnishes. There are also products that can be coated over it to mitigate that issue though.

I've heard the new vallejo range has problems with bubbles Im finally running low on some of my staples and Im wondering is it actually that bad or is it just a dummy problem

>>96335678
Fantastic work, anon. The skin reminds of marble for some reason.
>>96337871
This is great as well, their faces look incredibly real
>>96338246
Very cute skittles, anon
>>96339010
Super nice freehand, great job
>>96339656
>>96339678
I really like how you painted the roof

>>96339720
It's not THAT bad and you can usually avoid it by not applying too much paint at once. No reason to pick Vallejo over other brands that don't have the issue though.

>>96339720
started painting recently and my vallejo light flesh has bubbles. could just be me

Don't like how the metal parts turned out at all. I'll try brown base and only metal highlights next time.
Tried glazing on the blue highlights on the pauldrons, not sure if it looks good, maybe I should try tan/brown next time. And holy shit I suck at glazing, should I just get an airbrush?

>>96339811
i like your beat up metal anon

>>96339811
everything being beige and over-weathered makes it hard to tell if the blue looks good or if it's just badly-needed variety

>>96339811
I think your metalics look great. But your checkers need just a bit of edge cleanup, or maybe just hide it with some weathering to match the tone of the rest of the mini? But I kinda like the stark contrast between the dirty grungy mini and the clean and kept chapter icon. I like the idea that he takes the time to clean it.

>>96334508
>>96335869
Appreciate it boys. You can see the defects especially on the neck seal and on the back of the legs.

>>96340617
>>96339832
Thanks, I'll still try a different approach just to see what it'll look like. Ideally I want to move away from using metallics at all in perspective, but I'm nowhere near the skill level to try nnm now.
>>96339871
I didn't really think about that until you pointed it out. What should I do to make it less samey? I can only think of using brighter paints, and making the aquilla white-ish.

Finished up some nordic trolls I'm going to be using as mawmen against my players, they devour supplies and I suspect my players will hate them appropriately

Also this guy was simply painted, but I love him

>>96341394
>What should I do to make it less samey?
lamenters don't give a lot to work with in their established scheme, but using silver for gold on some of the metal areas and adding some variety in the gun and squad/company markings may help the composition.

How can you do this armor effect?

>>96328943
I’ve had the same set for about 6 months. I like it, and use almost all the colors. However the black is terrible and glossy for some reason.

>>96341514
brown and paint a coppery metallic onto the little raised lines?

>>96341514
>>96341658
copper+some brown wash+gold and silver highlight maybe

Whats a good replacement for Vallejo model color flat black? It was the best in the business and now its a jacuzzi

>>96342366
oh shit whered you find this?

>>96342302
What kind of black do you want? Matte, gloss, satin, completely flat?

>>96342408
VMC Black is pretty flat/matte so preferably something in the same ball park the warpainter fanatic looks pretty close

>>96342371
It's from the tale of painters pdf that gets linked here sometimes.

>>96342366
Why the fuck is PA coal black so light?

>>96342427
Can somone post it again the last one 404ed

>>96342454
https://files.catbox.moe/s13y93.pdf

>>96341485
What a cutey.

>>96342422
Holbein acryla gouache black is very nice brushed on. Highly recommended if you can find it, comes in a tube.

Working on the gears in the Gears of War board game with Contrast and Speedpaints. Just got this game off ebay to play with friends and I want everyone to have a painted player character for next weekend. It’s difficult to determine what color goes where for gears, since the games are very dark, but I think these colors look solid.

>>96342825
It still looks less muddy than the games do.

Is it a cringe take to say I find the pale bordeland style of paint everyone seems to be doing now bad? I prefer some saturation in the work

>>96342926
yeah it's cringe because you're making up stuff

>>96342926
I don't even know what you mean by "pale borderland" style?

>>96342876
Oh ya. I gave him some blood effects and some nuln oil all over. It is nice to see Marcus have some color though.

New terrain project started today.

>>96343236
Mushed and Shroompilled

>>96342926
>pale bordeland style of paint everyone seems to be doing
What now?
Never seen it, and I follow quite a huge amount of painting channels.

Sketching out a kitbash project.

Debating on wings or no wings. Need to see how they fit with the gorepacks I guess.

I've defended Vince in the past but fucking come on.
https://youtu.be/hl3_ZZMb9XA

I've got a jar of texture paste that's starting to dry up a bit on me so I have been trying to use a bunch up. Some folks will tell you texture pastes are a waste of money or that they are just dirt in some paint. Maybe true with citadel and some other brands, but AK interactive pastes are actually made using some sort of gel or plastic beads and bits. This gives the advantage that you can actually sand the paste when it is fully cured. You can also paint over the texture paste if you wish to do so for any reason. Obviously you will want to sand before laying any paint down if you intend to do so. The only real difference between stuff like Desert Sand or Dark Earth or any of their products is the size and consistency of the beads. In desert sand it is more uniform, as you would expect with sand. With something like dark earth you've got different sized chunks in there to give it a more varied consistency and finish, as you might expect comparing soil to sand.

Even if you use loose basing material, throwing down a layer of texture paste can help fill in spots you miss with the mix etc. If you're working with minis with integral bases (like most metal figures) you can also use the texture paste to hide the raised integral basing. Even moreso if you have a base with a lip. I use Rubicon models bases. Both because I mainly work with metal and resin, and the lip comes in handy to create a seamless appearance. They are also designed very well because they taper slightly at the top and bottom so that you can actually handle the minis by the base. I always found GW bases and other bevelled bases difficult to pick up on a game table.

Anyways I'm making a little fire pit thing here. Gonna paint the sand to an earthy brown and then cover it with some scatter mix, add some little stumps or a bench or something. Maybe a pile of firewood. Gonna fill the pit with some ashy pigments and a loose basing mix I've got that will work well to represent a regularly used fire pit.

>>96343598
Here's an example of a figure with an integral base on one of the Rubicon bases using the texture paste backfill, scatter mix method I outlined above. Krautcover scatter mix called Meadows of purity.

>>96339591
It might not be the result you wanted but I think aesthetically it looks fine. It's always possible to tighten it up like the other anon said.
What do you specifically think is a failure about it?

Im at a loss of what to do with my Fulgrim base. I wanted to do smooth black with gold marbling but my air brush shit the bed and it dosnt work that great with a rattle can. Anyone have some pics of good 130mm slaanesh bases?

3 tools I highly recommend for anyone who does fine base work or other tricky placements. On the right your basic angled tweezers. In the middle is a 5 prong grabbing tool. Then finally on the left are self closing tweezers. These can be incredibly handy. They work just like any other tweezers, but in reverse. You apply pressure to let loose whatever you are manipulating with them. So you can have something gripped in them, set it down and apply a dab of glue or cement or whatever and then grab them with the piece you are attaching ready to go.

I use the tweezers a lot more than the grab tool but the grab tool is good too and has come in handy with plenty of projects. Definitely get yourself a set of self closing tweezers if you don't have any though.

Picture of the 5 prong grabber. You work it by pushing down a plunger on the back end, like a syringe, which extends the 5 prongs into a claw like in the picture. As you release the plunger and they retract the claw shrinks down and clutches whatever you are manipulating. I use it for putting larger stuff into tricky spots usually. I could definitely live without it, but they do come in handy from time to time. If I had to recommend a single tool between the three I'd go with the self closing tweezers. This stuff isn't all that expensive though, especially if you are used to paying citadel prices.

>>96343635
put the 5 prong grippers on your dickhole

>>96343635
>>96343650
You know, I could not think of what that middle one was called for so long. It was some computer tool and have been wishing I had one now that im much more into sub assembly, for shit too small to pin or avoid bluetac covering empty spots.

>>96343594
Mans gotta get that bag, anon.

>>96343650
>Grabba-stikk
As a Space Marine player in Second Edition, I learned pretty quickly to stay far away from da Runtherd and 'is Grabba-Stikk!

First time working with a recast of a plastic sprue. Quality is all over the place and salvaging this is going to be tricky

>>96342465
Is that the latest version?

>>96343608
The weathering on the pauldrons is too flat, the armor base color is too dark and armor sponging is just kinda boring.

>>96343744
I believe in you, Anon.

>>96343608
>but I think aesthetically it looks fine
Don't give him false hope. It looks awful and he acknowledges that it looks awful and wants to know how to improve

>>96343744
do 50/50 greenstuff/milliput then you can put it on, vaseline your tools/fingers and put a little bit of water on the mixture then press it into gaps and smooth it off with the water, keep going until it's flush or a bit over
when it dries and cures you can sand it down to make it perfect

>>96343594
The man has done 500 hobby cheating videos, anon. Sometimes you don't have a good idea and need to put out SOMETHING. I'm sure he's never going to actually paint or recommend painting like this for real in the future.

>>96343744
>molding a space marine
>cut mold lines in literally the dumbest places you can think of
That's one way to do it, I guess.

>>96343594
30 minutes or less. Would you rather have a half assed pizza or a half assed terminator?

>>96343888
>888
checked.

I don't want a half assed anything.

>>96343888
if i'm paying the prices james wants for his models then i'm whole assing that terminator

>>96343594
I'm surprised this wasn't a makeup sponge tutorial. I've seen so many of those the past couple months.

>>96343756
I stand by what I said. Super rusted out stuff can look good even if the paint job is messy, that's the point.
As an example, no offense to the anon who painted this car but it's not 'eavy metal. However, it's not supposed to be, and a fun paint job doesn't need to be super tight.

>>96343963
Vince isn't THAT basic. And we already got the AK market ad from him.

>>96343981
>Super rusted out stuff can look good
There isn't spot of rust on his terminator though. it just looks like a landlord painted over the terminator's armour.

How do you stop yourself from buying paints you know you don't need?

>>96344129
By buying them because then you can't buy them if you already own them.

>>96344137
>you can't buy them if you already own them
You are like a little baby.

>>96341485
looks like hes offering toxic love.

>>96339591
Pauldrons look good. I would keep the armor weathering to the edges and a couple spots of damage

>just fucking wing it with painting a model
>Get a perfect color/technique im looking for
>completely forget the recipe the next day
I am undone.

>>96344330
Take notes and photos next time, silly anon.

The trim was destroyed on this piece so I fixed it by slowly working my way around glueing on this piece of 10x40mil strip stock. Im pleased with how the technique turned out cause sculpting this kinda edge detail with putty is just impossible.

>>96344330
Match your paints to your palette paper? But I legit do keep a notebook to write down as I go cause this has happened to me.

Gundam Leo 2 finished.

>>96344408
Nice, but the mud ruins the scaling. The amount of mud on its feet is the same as how much would be on mine. You need to think in Gundam scale. If you want to weather mechs, you need to keep it as small as possible.

>>96344479
I totally see what you are meaning. Hindsight can be a bitch! Good catch! I will for sure remember you when I start on the rest of the models.

I was given the entire line of new Gundam minis to paint for a LGS. These are incredibly fun to paint and their assembly is super easy.

Other companies better watch out for the plastic molding titan that is Bandai.

>>96344541
The weathering thing was beaten into me over in the gunpla general on /m/. Other than that, the model looks great though. Nice lens and highlights. I've been keen to get some, but I already have too much to paint.

>>96344408
Where do you get Gundam minis? That looks great too

>>96344408
sexy hand. post feet

>>96344344
i have been seeing your posts for a while, what's the motivation here? making truescale marines from pre-primaris models? matching primaris size?

Real happy with the eyes. Not much left to do. all day yesterday i couldnt get em. did it this mornin

>>96345146
Another test i did. made hurons out of dudeweed stems. gonna make a squad? gonna make a few, see how they take paint and if all eles fails ill have spooky terrain

>>96345374
Did you bake the sticks in an over properly? They're gonna go moldy on you if you don't.

>>96344950
I farted while looking at this pic.

>>96345467
unlikely, unless they are damp
i have sticks more than a decade old that i picked off the ground outside™ and they never got mold

>>96345467
im sure the aging process in making the weed will have dried it out enough. nothing is permanent

I sculpted a vagina on one..ill never tell which

>>96326178
I'll know

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