Thread 96931806

Work in Progress, "Time to get started!" 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:
>>96913609
>>96898412
>>96883131
>>96866091

Matches have gone out. Here are the galleries for previous years:

>2024
https://imgur.com/a/g7MfJE5
>2023
https://imgur.com/a/e9QOmJJ
>2022
https://imgur.com/a/2OWxHpg
>2021
https://imgur.com/a/TKfeLxU
>2020
https://imgur.com/a/TeduVrJ
>2019
[REDACTED]
>2018
https://imgur.com/a/UWRYKEq
>2017
https://imgur.com/a/qS7PH
>2016
https://imgur.com/a/1fxhq

thanks to the anon who recommended pva glue a few threads back
works really well when mixed with ca and spread around a bit

Freehanding some banners, how is it looking?

Doh, posting just before the threat dies. Almost ready for primer, not sure yet if I am going to paint the whole base grey/rock or pick out the skulls in bone color and and make the hill grass/dirt.

>>96931913
eye look better than the last wip

>>96931913
Looks pretty good so far!

Don't forget to overclock your spinning devices.

>>96931906
where'd this webm come from, 1986chan?

>>96931962
this is the reason you asked me to make a spinny last thread isn't it

>>96931976
It is. Yes. I hope that's okay.

>>96931993
Of course man, I don't mind

>>96931962
As The Omnisiah wills.

>>96931962
What sick fuck puts their loyal animal through spins like that

>>96931920
That's a lovely dragon

>>96932242
>Giant*
??

>>96931966
It's from a pan-and-scan VHS rip cut to the 4:3 aspect ratio that was common to cathode ray tube (CRT) televisions prior to the dawn of the Dark Age of Technology.

HE FIGHTS FOR HIS CITY, JOIN YOUR LOCAL KABAL (need flag suggestions)

>>96932258
Yup, messed that up

>>96932275
Just a big fluffy boi looming for love

>>96932296
>imagine I made a joke about it being sideways

>>96932302
With forearms like that he can definitely climb the wall

>>96932302
>>96932296

Idk not to have it go sideways?

>>96932353
>>96932296

I am retarded

>>96932402
>>96932353
>>96932296
>Are ya winnin', son?
>*turns around crying while trying to post an upright image*
>"No, dad. I'm not winning ;_; "

>>96932417
it obv has to do with the polarity of the earth and phase of venus or something

>when you try and post a spinny and forget to apply the force 90 degrees before the direction you want it to appear in.
This thread should be single enough to get this joke, right?

>>96932242
>>96932258
Heh, I was already looking trough my bits and scrap mini's for empire and bret stuff to make a ramschackle knight to go with it.

>>96932455
>yfw
Sorry anon

>>96932477
this doesn't hit the same without the sound desu

>>96932353
Crop the image.

>>96932275
The EA games logo.

>>96932477
Okay, well I tried.
chatgpt spoils the joke for people uninitiated:
it’s a physics joke disguised as a meme about posting media.

In physics, especially rotational motion, when you want something to spin (change its orientation), you apply a torque, which is a force applied perpendicular (90°) to the direction of motion you want to change. This is how gyroscopic precession works — e.g., to tilt a spinning wheel in one direction, you apply force 90° ahead in the rotation.

So the joke says:

“You tried to post a spinny (a rotating video), but you forgot to apply the force 90° before the direction you wanted it to appear in.”

That’s a play on that principle — because the image ended up rotated 90° the wrong way, as if the poster “applied torque” in the wrong direction. It’s mock-pretending the accidental 90° rotation is just a physics error in how they “applied spin.”

>>96931806 (OP)
Sheeeeeeeeeei I made banner image again. Honored as always

reminder that probably everyone here owns a turntable that even sits inside a light box

>>96932543
Where'd you find the STL of my mother-in-law?

>>96932575
can you imagine the filth that will get posted

>>96932575
Like that scene from cowboy bebop when he opens the fridge that he forgot about the lobster in for a year.

>>96932575
I'm unironically getting my SS a turntable so they can post spinnies.

Just varnished and painting some of the extra ammo tanks and decorations this came with but I'm not completely sold on applying them desu senpai. Might come back for more weathering later but my adhd brain is urging me to finish some infantry I primed last weekend

Do you go through phases in and out of the same project? I find I usually spend a week max on a unit and jump around around a lot, for better or worse.

Just recently moved, and got my hobby desk all set up, give me your set up ratings!

>>96932776
It looks absolutely fantastic god damn
Let me see the shelves in the back on the left though

>>96932776
also painted my first mini since the move...a humble Horus Heresy Whitescars Techmarine

>>96931913
Ear and her right horn seem slightly off perspective, almost like the corner is closer to the forehead, and the ear is stretched back towards the nape

>>96932776
it triggers me to no end that you have such an amazing setup but you still paint with citadel

>>96932669
you shouldn't have fallen for the blue edge highlight meme

>>96932841
(You)

>>96932795
There are three display cabinets, it has all my models, for the first time ever together

>>96932839
i know right....i did use to use humbrol before Warhammer, and a few years back i did try to move away and tried to use army painter and vallejo...but i came crawling back to GW. They have truly captured me, it is my shame to bear

and then there's the wall display unit with various marine chapters

>>96931913
would

>>96932928
That's a very old ork buggy you've got there.
I only recognize it because I have the same one I think.

>>96932864
you have the parts of the tank where it's silver to make it look like the paint wore off there, but then you have the parts that are blue because ???? why go to the effort of realistic weathering if you're just going to paint cartoon lines on it?

>>96932986
Yep, 3rd edition orkz, painted these when i was 12 or 13, and my painting skills were a bit primitive. I still like having them out, shows my skill progression in painting.

>>96933087
forgot photo...

>>96933087
Yeah, mine is in a tacklebox upside down. They're all painted like shit.

>>96932811
Yeah, I'm still adjusting that. Here's my reference mockup, I am sort of "tracing" by overlaying the progress pictures over it on photoshop, adjusting transparency and making adjustments accordingly. Is the anatomy on the reference right? I am starting to think the ear might be a bit too far to the left but I'm not sure if I'm overthinking it.

>>96933114
nta, right horn is definetly wonky
left looks swept to the back, right one looks hooked to the right and up

>>96932669
It depends on what you are after, naturally. If it is a tabletop, you can call it done, imo. If not, I would say it needs more weathering. What you have is awesome already, but lil things that show that it is an actual vehicle that's being used, like some mud (ideally in the same color as your infantry bases) on those steps, maybe on the turret around the hatch. Some long thin scratches along the sides of the hull when the vehicle went through some particularly rough environment, etc. Maybe a very light drybrush of black/dark brown across the decals to make it look like the paint is getting de-saturated by the environment/sun. Some grime/rust/rain streaks. I would also gently add some fine coarse sand + few bigger rocks around those hover parts, when the vehicle digged into something, which is bound to happen, even with hovertanks. If not rocks, some dried foliage.

I would probably add some extra baggage around the tank, it's a BT tank, so it could be neat to have some swords/close combat weapons hanging around. Maybe some reliquaries and other similar to denote it's Black Templars. You know, make it look lived in a bit. Dudes prolly spend weeks or months inside that thing, after all.

>>96932987
I get what you mean, I just kinda wing it with not a lot of consideration for realism or planning, I def work in the moment t b h. That blue is what I do all my BT edge highlighting with so I was going for a bit of uniformity with them for better or worse.
btw I'm not the anon who responded with (you) that was dregs of the thread stirring shit but it can't be helped

Lancer wip. Did an overall filter wash with enamel through an airbrush today, knocked it back a bit after. Gonna do a few more weathering passes, like rust and some other lighting griming in a few places.

I'll do the bright parts then, hatch windows, plus lights on top of shield etc.

>>96933243
Hey thanks for the detailed response thats actually really good to visualize. I think I will muddy up the treads and maybe try some scratch marks when I come back to it. I was a bit heavier on the streaking grime at one point but I ended up wiping a lot away because I didn't like it as much as I thought. But some scratches and metal weathering might be more up my ally.
Actually crazy how much better that sounds when you depict adding the extra bits like that. I am probably going to ditch most of the ammo crates this came with and dig up some swords and iconography that came from the BT upgrade sprue. Thanks senpai.

>>96933354
Lookin sharp af. Is that insane OSL on those eyes or LED?

>>96933401
Yeah, they're LED's. Housed the battery and switch in the torso, drilled through the neck/head to house the wires/leds. Drilled out the eyes and glued the leds in place behind the holes - that was teh tricky part, so he didnt end up cross-eyed.

>>96933365
People tend to go full retard with streaking grime/enamels in general, while in reality with bigger vehicles like this, you can't just douse the entire thing in SG or something and then wipe and be done with it. It's a lot better to use it in specific locations, use it as a pin wash, of as a filter. Better yet, use it for painting the mud/foliage/debris and surrounding armor panels.

Imo, the cool thing about BT is that you can go pretty wild with all the cool shit they use. If I was doing BT tank, I would be tempted to nail an (armored) skeleton to the front (you know, previous tech marine they took with them so he can crusade in death), glue lil skulls on top of those antennas, add sheathed (chain)swords right next to the tank exits, and probably some SoB greebles all over it, to make it look extra zealous. I love your space marines, they are imo the nicest BT I've ever seen and they mogg the fuck out of GW paintjobs, the vehicles should match the flair.

>>96933474
I think that's a different BT anon btw

>>96933488
Doesn't matter, it's all BT.

>>96932928
whos in the cage in the middle?

>>96933474
I'm positive you must be thinking of the BT anon from 40kg (I agree I think his are some of the best ever) his taste for bits and color are perfect grimdark style. Thanks for the words of advice either way. I've been posting here about a month on and off but I have posted my BT before, and got good advice on them too.

>>96933647
They look awesome nonetheless

>>96933474
>>96933488
>>96933647
That bt anon doesnt post in 40kg afaik, just here, and I might be mistaken but I think he painted a tank as well, maybe hell post it if he sees this.

Or if you're talking about the bt anon that freehands heraldry on his marines, he does crosspost in 40kg but I think he doesnt paint tanks, just saw some bikes of his

Makin my boss and team mate these vinyettes of helldivers characters...imma tell them its them 2 diving together....i dont play with them but its all they talk about these days...i'll be the dude launching the nuke from the safety of the fuckin ship

Blocked out this Vanguard's colors and started on his coat. I'm pretty happy with how he's coming so far. I reversed his coat and pants compared to my rangers to keep the color palette, but it made it a little easier to tell what they are since I like the ranger guns more. I'm not a huge fan of the retro future space rayguns. I'm pretty excited to steal the HH skitarii to round out my collection after the reveals, though.

What would be the thinning ratio if you want the Contrast-like paints as wash? ~3 parts medium and 1 part paint?

>>96932953
>>96932928

>>96936277
Depends on the paint, unfortunately. Imperial Fist stains like a motherfucker so even when watered down a bunch it tints things in ways you don't always want to. 3:1 or even 4:1 is a good starting point that will probably get you 80% of the way to what you're looking for.

touched this d00d up a bit

still a few spots I'm not very happy with but! better! I think?

Basing is simple and relaxing to do

>>96937080
I like your duder

>>96937113
thanks! ur bases look sick! love the cut away pillar thingy

How do you guys think I should go about making mud for terrain and bases? I thought about shelling out for a vallejo pot but the shipping is killer. Current plan is to mix glue and paint and sand and then paint with gloss since I've seen that recommended on the internet. I've also seen people use real mud but I don't know if I quite trust that, I had a silverfish problem in my last place and I am not risking a repeat under any circumstances.
Looks-wise I'm aiming for something wet and thick looking.

>>96937421
I don't know about mud but I always thought that epoxy with brown dye looks a lot like shit.

>>96937467
It's a very fine line betwixt the two.

>guy with knife out has knife on belt too
bravo

I swapped arms with the next model. I guess it works out. My first non-booklet units :^)

>>96938160
Contrary to popular misconception, a man can have two knives.

here, have a meme

>>96938497
Oh I'm going to paint that model all right

>>96938160
You're the hobbyist in this context... Could have cut the handle off the knife on the belt but instead you complain about it

>>96938160
put an empty scabbard on the other side, he drew from across his body since its pointed up.

>>96932296
What the hell is this and where do I get one?

>>96933098
Reminds me of my days, of taking my arm into the schools Warhammer club in a toolbox

>>96936320
Tanks

>>96933587
Original Commissar Yarrick and Ghazghkull (Plus Makari)

>>96932953
very nice

>>96938337
>Building Cadians according to the instructions and not just adding arms to bodies

Anon... Wtf

>>96938701
monopose has really ruined the entire hobby and everyone's brains.

>>96938337
Good job anon. You'll be doing full body conversion by next year.

>assembled all my stuff
>want to start painting
>remember I don' have a scheme yet
fuck me
i'm back to pinterest to find some ideas

>>96932953
Love the balins tomb stuff

>>96938497
I would let her in

>>96938722
These models are not monopose at all.

>>96938917
Yeah, I'm saying that people are now mindbroken into treating kits that aren't even monopose as rigid 'gotta follow the numbers in the book' kits.

>>96938594
>>96932802
Oh man these are lovely, super clean. Oh and your setup is fantastic, saving the image for reference if I ever get a chance to actually dedicate an entire room to the hobby.
>>96937080
I remember this dude from a while back, very cool.
>>96933647
Your BTs are great as well!
>>96933354
Very crisp, I love it. That bear freehand is really cute.

>>96938160
>two knives
amateur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q0f6qxhOJI

>>96939548
>get home from school
>watch episode of SG:A
Home...

Maybe a dumb question,
Do you guys use any software to mockup metals, reflections, indirect reflections, secondary light sources, etc?

>>96939622
Yes. I use procreate on my ipad to do paintovers for NMM, and OSL on things pretty frequently. Also to plan small adjustments. Like I'll paint, take a picture, and then paint things I want to go in and fix before committing to doing it so I can really check if I like it more or less before making changes.

>>96939637
No I mean like simulate a reflective metal ball, placing whatever colours next to it, see how they would reflect, a light source...
I tried on Blender but idk how to do it and it looks like shit and wrong

>>96939654
Oh. Yeah I've done that too. It's less useful imo, too much setup involved. I've taken STLs and put them into substance painter to get some rough materials with HDRI lighting.
Something I've never done, but considered was taking a photo of a painted model, lit by the color of the OSL, at different brightnesses, and combining them at different distances to simulate the falloff realistically.
But the truth is, the accuracy of this kind of stuff isn't as important as you might think it is.

>Take 3 hours to assemble 6 flawless blades
>It's now dark outside so i can't prime or start painting them until tomorrow
I guess i could try priming them in the dark

>>96939821
There's this awesome invention anon, it's called lights.

>>96939821
airbrush and lights

anyone found a good replacement for Vallejo Model Color French Mirage Blue? I finally ran out

*shlurp*

>>96939821
patience is a virtue

>>96933096
>>96933098
I've got several of those buggies, they make great starting chassis. I'm sad the basic "buggy" isn't a unit any longer

>>96939874
>inb4 reddit says you can't lick brush water
Little guy seems like he's doin' fine.

>>96939929
a moment of silence to all those who have accidentally taken a sip from their paint water instead of coffee mug

>>96939874
imagine the smell

Why the urge to buy new stuff is sometimes so strong? I just got back from hobby shop, buying paints and primer and when I got past Warhammer shelf, I right away felt strong urge to buy at least one kit. "Oh, I could paint Crusader Squad. Or Terminators, always wanted those. Or Commander Farsight or normal Tau Commander. Or...". And then activated inner voice of reason saying "you fool, you have whole box of primed and ready to paint Infinity minis, there will be Secret Santa with at least few minis to paint, why you throw money away when paints already are not cheap?".

What cause this? Not to mention that when I was a student at university, I would buy (non-minis) kits two or three times per year and enjoy each and every single one. Now, with job and good income (at least for now) I have literal mountains of boxes and no longer enjoy building and painting them. Hell, I had more fun when I picked up spare/optional parts from previous kits, PS sheets and tools and kitbashed plastic girl kit or pseudo-Battlemech. I honestly don't understand that.

>>96938590
>What the hell is this and where do I get one?
It's a "Clawed Fiend of the Donorian Sector". GW added them as pets for the Dark Eldar.

>>96939928
I bought a chaos predator and I want to install the combi-bolter as a forward hull mount like on those sister's tanks. I will have to modify the existing front of the basic rhino chassis with some sort of plasticard housing for it. How would you go about it, scratchbuild ork chad?

>>96940005
You're out anyway, might as well stock up. That way you can paint what you want when you want because you just have an inventory at home.

I wanna call him done but i wanna also go full ballsack

>>96939874
I feel like he just ingested 1/4 of his body weight in microplastics

>>96940014
Didn't they get shelved officially like a month ago?

>>96940046
NEVER GO FULL BALLSACK ANON

>>96940005
Your caveman brain just wants the dopamine hit of getting a new thing. This is why rich women buy 200 pairs of shoes.

>>96940005
You can trick your brain into giving you the same result but without spending money by doing the same intensive shopping for something you have no intention of buying. Go through the process of researching it deeply, looking at all the alternatives, thinking about all the ins and outs of the different options, fantasizing about it etc, but then just never pull the trigger and buy it. Works like a charm.

Your brain wants to acquire new shiny things, but it doesn't care about you having acquired the shiny things. The act of actually getting the shiny thing is unironically the least important part of the journey.

>>96939826
I live in the countryside. It's pitch black except for the small light above my porch. Guess i should invest in some yard lights

>>96940096
I'm not a neuroscientist, but wouldn't doing that still kind of reward the behavior and build neural pathways or something?

i think this thing looks little bland
how about a few bright flags to give it some character what do you think

>>96940163
Could work. Could also use some sort of weathering. Those tracks look clean enough to eat off of.

>>96940163
Some gradients on the teal bits would be nice maybe.

>>96940096
>mini spending cuckoldry
Now I've seen everything.

>>96938160
I've got a knife on my belt and two pocket knives in my pockets.

>>96939281
thank!

>>96938594
hell yeah

>>96939928
that's a lot of d00dz. how do you paint the same scheme over and over and not go insane?

>>96940046
unleash the sperg

(looks great already)

>>96933354
bruh. OwO

>>96940608
>OwO
Rope yourself, faggot

>>96939874
The hell am I looking at

>>96940005
Dopamine is hella of a drug

>>96940712
It's one of the spiders anon lets drink from his wet palette. There are at least 6 of them I think he said.

>>96940744
But why the palette looks like it’s covered in shit, is he a Nurgle follower or something???

>>96940641
Go back, you subhuman faggot.

>>96940785
You don't get to call anyone a faggot when you're inserting tranny dogwhistle slang in your posts.

>>96940804
>>96940785

>>96938497
Wonderful, thanks.

>>96940808
41% has become 54%, how long until you bring it up higher?

>>96940712
>>96940096
>>96940080
I wonder if I could trick my brain for dopamine shots by picking up boxes I already bought, open them, take out contents, look at them and put them back in. As in, simulating opening package for the first time.

>>96940005
Impulse control is a wonderful thing to have. I can appreciate the hell out of all the gorgeous Nurgle models revealed last night but remind myself of the reality that they seem like a colossal chore to paint at the level I want to paint them instantly quells the impulsive desire to buy them. That on top of cementing to myself that I will only buy what I actually want easily lets me enjoy the hobby without amassing a huge backlog. To me, piles/closets of shame are a personal failure to control impulses. The only downside is that I have had long spells of watching other people get excited for stuff while I happen to have chosen armies that have gotten continually passed over for years. Imagine being the last kid to get picked for kickball teams.

How do you nmm

I've watched tutorials but its tough

This is just my first highlight I'll try and refine but i dont think I've got the light right yet

>>96940844
That depends what exactly makes your brain go “whoa dopamine!!” Is it the act of opening the box with new, neat thing, or is it the act of spending money and then carrying it back home/waiting for it to get delivered?

>>96940871
>To me, piles/closets of shame are a personal failure to control impulses

There is also FOMO, some companies have it at worse than the other. I remember how some sets from Infinity never got restocked at my LGS after initial run and how, at different kind of plastic models territory, many Bandai kits are available in Europe only in very small amounts that literally sells out within minutes (while Japan have same kits stocking stores up to the celling - given that Bandai was very anal about their local shops selling overseas, I assume that they just hate dirty gaijins).

Lena is pretty much done, time to start on Phillip.

>>96941107
Really pretty, anon.

>>96940986

Its kinda working but texture oh well

>>96941107
very cool freehand, anon.

>>96941213
Texture can be good, but it depends what youre going for i guess. I add sponged blotches of typhus corrosion at the priming stage all the time. Gives metals a kinda rought iron look, can be cool.

Decent colour lay out btw.

>>96941213
I think your main issue in selling the effect is the lack of smooth transitions.

>>96941107
Any tips on how you freehand? Looking good.

>>96941280
I first work out a reference on photoshop like here >>96933114
Then I pick a place to start. In this case I measured the relative position of the eyes and the tip of the nose to the sides of the banner on the reference, dotted them with a pen on the actual banner and started drawing out the shapes. After that every once in a while I take a progress picture, overlay it over the reference on photoshop and see if I need to make any adjustments (i.e. eye needs to go a bit to the right, mouth needs to be a little wider, etc). Once I got to the horns and the hair I could afford to be a bit more freeform since it's not that crucial for it to look like the reference.

>>96941107
As a pure taste thing, could you mock up what the daemonette would look like with glistening, pure black eyes? Normal eyes on a daemonette seem a little weird.

>>96940021
often times I'll see what bits I have that can make the housing rather than from scratch. do you have any kits that might work? havoc launcher shell?

>>96940608
it's been a long journey but I like to do in batches and I'm not making the same parts all the same colors on all the boys. you mix and match with orks

>>96941245
>>96941270

Thx guys workin on it!

>>96941469
have fun with the details and don't sweat the small stuff. Take you time and try to enjoy painting the bigger/more important stuff

>>96941488
what a cool ass figure

>>96941495
I got a lot of boys finished during covid

>>96939622
I take pics of my mins front and back on a white background with my light coming from the direction I'll be painting the lightsource on the mini. Take the pics and up the contrast to see where highlights and shadows should be. For indirecft light I've seen Wappel use a small pen light with a red filter to shine from the direction of the secondary light source to see where the secondary light lands on the model.

>>96939874
is paint water good for you?

>>96939874
A-asmongold?

>>96941811
Probably depends which exact pigments are in it

>>96941811
They don't use toxic pigments because then they can't sell to kids, you'll be fine.

>>96941811
Absolutely yes.

>>96941811
It makes you stronger if anything.
Sigmar drank paint water!

>>96941811
PR101 tastes like happy.

>>96941488
Hell yeah, it’s starting to look real good!

Croatia-anon if you're here could you specify which chapter(s) of marines you collect?

>>96942586
Tis I Croatia anon
Ultramarines

>>96940986
realize that it's pointless and just use better metallics

Started to rough the skin in. Not super happy with it though, but I guess that's the point of sketching things in.

Do you think that it makes sense to train using airbrush on pieces of paper or I should do actual painting of the models instead?

>>96942772
we are NOT doing this again

>>96942775
I find that expression quite funny.

>>96942788
The pupils are just to rough in a direction, but I didn't realize that her expression was so serious. Once I do the irises a normal size it might soften the expression a bit.

>>96942787
no stop being stubborn and use the technology available to you

>>96942619
Nice, thanks

Do the claws of the jump chaos lord fit on a legionarie's body?
Was thinking of using one to give my aspiring champion a more distinct profile

>>96942799
I really like it honestly, she looks locked in

>>96932353
I like your base

>>96942799
I only said I find it funny, not bad. In fact, it's quite on spot as if she just encountered some bullshit moment in game.

>>96942799
You could take it further and have her eyes be a little bloodshot to show she's been staring at the TV for hours now.

Hasty pic of these guys I just got table ready.

>>96942976
nice colors, they look good anon

>>96931920
i like your silly little windmill

>>96942976
tummy...

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Troll #1 is coming along. Trying to figure out if I should paint the others with a similar yellow/orange, or if I should opt for variety and give each their own colour.

I tend to go full retard with streaking grime/enamels in general. In reality when it comes to bigger vehicles like this you definitely should douse the whole thing in SG or something and then wipe it down. Don't just use it in specific locations, such as a pin wash, put a filter on the filter, really slosh it on. Better yet incorporate the overall shading/weathering effect across the mud/foliage/debris and lower panels at the base of the model to ground it and place it in an environment,

Ok he’s based now and ready to join his friends

>>96943374
weird new admech model but i guess if its got long legs....

>>96942819
Don't believe me i was trolling

>>96939961
>>96939982
>>96940056
>>96940754
>>96941831
i feel like i should clarify that i do change the paper every two weeks or so and as you know it dries completely every day
not sure if i want to be remembered as the spider or mold anon

>>96943507
Where is the spinny?

>>96943841
I like the spider.

>>96943911
You’re gonna have to rotate him in your mind because I’m not sticking him in the microwave

>>96943972
Put an old cd on a skateboard wheel

>>96943972
get rotated idiot

>>96932275
Black fangs
Black fist
Black heart
Black thorns and vines (like that old Biel tan scheme but different colours)
Black dark eldar rune
Black sun
Black rip or tear marks
Black droplet

All on a red flag

I duno I'm just throwing ideas out to see if it gets your brain going

Shreveport anon, do you want your Santa gift a few days early or do you want me to wait until I can get some local produce to throw in there for a snack

>>96940005
Baahaha I was just about to post about being such a weak fool about this. I went into the store today to pick up some paint refills and the damn terminatus box was staring me back in the face, had to justify it as an early christmas gift for myself and picked one up. I think this will be the last large purchase for myself this year at least until 11th edition but Im thinking of keeping a tab of my pile of shame (price and models) in a document so I dont go overboard next year. I *do* steadily work on models and paint but I keep buying combo boxes and bundles under some illusion of saving money longterm.

>>96931862
ca?

You are all weak-willed paypig whale soibois with no testicles.

>>96932928
>army painter and vallejo
AK is the ultimate answer to your sin

>>96944935
what makes AK so good?

>>96945213
Apart from a couple colors the entire range behaves the same way with the same consistency. Good range of colors with some triads, thins well, brushes and airbrushes well, just an all around decent paint line.

>>96943918
Don't encourage him

>>96943841
The paper itself is not the issue here anon, it's the sponge. It looks like mud from the jungle ffs, you might get actually sick from that shit. I hope you don't lick your brushes

he grew his hair out to be more like his papa

>>96945678
i guess i could start using clean water to water it instead of paint water
wouldnt look so nasty all the time

>>96946126
He looks like if he likes to sing "no Sisters, no cry".

>>96946500
>rasta marines
based

US Navy/Coastguard Anon (or anyone else who might know) - does the military post office have any extra restrictions than civilian mail?

IE are they going to blow up your gift because it contains foreign chocolates?

>>96941401
1000 hours in paint
(nta)

A believe my brushes lose the tip quit quickly. Could there be something wrong with my painting technique? How could I prevent this?

from top:
>Raphael 8404 2/0 ~50h
>Feldherr gr.1 ~150h
>DaVinci Maestro 35 0 ~150h

>>96946703
I think I can see some paint in the ferrule of the left and right one so that's the first thing you could try to prevent. Don't overload your brushes, don't let paint dry on them when painting and wash them thoroughly after every session. Also, save the ones with fine tips for actual detail work. If you use them to block in basecoats they'll wear down faster, obviously. Just use your old ones or some cheap synthetics as workhorses. People also say you should avoid metallics and washes/contrasts but I use mine for everything and they still last a long time as long as I take care of them properly.

>>96946721
is brush soap an actual thing or just a ruse to rid me of my money

>>96946734
I mean you could just as well use shampoo and conditioner. Realistically it's not going to be a whole lot cheaper though. A large masters brush cleaner will last you literal years for hobby purposes. Your call, it's just hair after all.

>>96946734
I've used the same bar of brush soap for half a decade

>>96946721
I use these for brush care. I clean them after every session, and I use bruse restored every 3 mounts. But as you noticed I use one brush for for whole project.

>>96926631
The idea to give the captain a yellow cape with black flames literally came to me in a dream.

>>96946774
>But as you noticed I use one brush for for whole project.
That's the most likely culprit then. Just use some cheap or old brushes for rough work and save quality ones for when you actually need them.

>>96946786
cool bad moonz anon

>>96946794
>for when you actually need them
i wonder when is the actual time because one would just treasure them forever not daring to touch them
at the end of the day arent they meant for use, that poor raccoon whatever is spinning in his grave if it died for nothing

>>96946834
I mean yeah, of course they're meant for use, you'll just have to replace them more often if you use them for everything. Anon asked how to make them last longer.

>>96946734
It's hair on a stick, so hair products work fine.

Cleaning brushes is a scam
I never cleaned my brushes and still use the same three I got from GW 15 years ago

quick and dirty shadowsun

Working on a couple warbands from blackscorpion miniatures.

progress on my dread saurian, just finished spraying the stripes on.

>>96932802
I admire the highlighting commitment on all those extra techmarine edges.

>>96932669
>>96933647
I think your templars are looking more than fine. Reminds me of when I started them and also used BT contrast, I can recognize that hue, although I used to put two coats to get a somewhat glossy, stronger black as I was never a fan of contrast stained look. Also love the mkVII helmets on your crusaders.

Your repulsor is looking super clean too, I'm going to paint one or two as well in the next months but I kinda dread it as I'm not really into vehicles and can never find myself able to put in the same focus from start to finish as I'm able to do with marines.

>>96933354
The glowing led eyes are really cool, but I'm curious, what's the meaning of the writing on the shield? As a (I supposed) loyalist knight wouldn't they recognize the deity of the emperor in his aspect as the machine god, or as their king/emperor at the very least?

>>96934992
I don't know if you're talking about me, but here's my impulsor. I sometimes post in 40kg although it has been quite a while and it was just about fluff or game stuff, I haven't posted models there yet I think

Okay so I gave these a heavily diluted black wash yesterday to establish my lowest shadows, but since AP washes are gloss I hit them with a matte varnish this morning. The only remaining step is to drybrush white on the ground and paint the iconic pitch line.
On the 2nd half of the team i’m going to do the same thing in a slightly different way which I hope to complete this week since a blood bowl league is starting when the new box drops.

>>96947375
I hope you aren't planning to ruin them with slapchop or something like that.

>>96947424
They’re staying black and white because I like the look.

thought I'd break up my nid painting and got a shadowseer.
is there lore precedent for Eldar Mimes?
the coat is thick because I painted it a metallic blue only to decide it looked better white

>>96947464
pitch looks little dry you should fire the groundskeeper

Got one more of these vinyettes to finish for gifts for my helldivers friends

How can i make it better?

I might add some pigment powder to unify them to the base

Not tryina go super high lvl

>>96947543
>Eldar Mimes
They actually exist as a subset of the eldar Harlequins

>>96947602
I don't know much about the harlequinns on the tabletop, I bought it because it was relatively cheap and because I've wanted one since I first saw it.

I like the idea of the Eldar Black Library being maintained by orders of Mimes.
>[finger to mouth] "--."

>>96947636
Mimes are harlequins training to take their first role in a troupe and function similarly to SM scouts in that they do scouting and infiltration missions.
I do also like the idea that if you make too much noise one just appears from behind an impossibly thin bookcase to give you a silent warning

>>96946126
NO. GIRLS. ALLOWED!!!!

>>96946126
>*tosses hair* GET THEE BACK, FIVES, A TEN IS PURGING.

>>96946646
Oh I like that a lot

>>96947588
Done

>>96947895
Great base coat.

Based on the dark red skin, what would be a good color for the inside of the squig's mouth? I'm not sure how I'll even be able to get good coverage inside but I'm gonna try to slop the paint in there.

>>96948016
A pink/purple mix is always best imho

>>96947895
dunno anything about the game but im sure your friends will be really happy for the gift
i like the bases and dynamic poses and painting is okay but do scrape those print lines off in the future they do kinda stick out for those who are prone to notice them

>>96946626
I live in a normal house in town, the regular post office will deliver my mail!

>>96948003
Not everything has to be top tier my fren

>>96948217
I dunno, man went through the trouble of putting it on a plinth.

>>96947895
I like it anon
This would be a cool gift

do you ever get that realization that you have not hit a wall in your painting you have just been doing the same old safe routine for years instead of trying something different or new
old wisdom knows if it is not broken dont try to fix it but sometimes i get little bummed out

>>96941213
>>96941488
You have the right idea, just have to blend more.

>>96946703
You're in my position and I've been painting over 11 years now. Baby the shit out of my brushes and somehow they still lose the tip within a few projects.

>>96948579
Part of why I started to paint with oil. I wanted to try out oil washes compared to acrylic ones and liked the results. That lead to researching more how to paint with the oils I had, got some more colors, found out that I really like painting with them.

I had a dream/nightmare that I was doing my first priming, and the black went on good, but then the white (for the zenithal) came out super foamy like foam soap/shaving cream just completely covering it all thickly. I put them upside down in a wash bin to rinse them and then they all looked like a muddled grey... almost like they were back to bare plastic.

>>96948809
If you aren't brush-soap cleaning your brushes after literally every painting session you have to go in and clean them with alcohol or something stronger semi-regularly (and this isn't great for the brush). Those brushes could be recovered if you did a couple of alcohol soaks, brush-soaped them and let them dry with the tip formed properly.

Things like washes and contrast paints also fuck up brushes, you really have to make an effort to keep the paint in only the bottom 1/3 of the brush if you're using them - but even then you should be doing that with your nice brushes anyway. Never waste good paintbrush lifespan on just painting broad things you could do with any cheap synthetic. Keep your nice ones for eyes, tiny details and fine lines.

>>96948579
That... is a lot of semen =/

>>96946853
Aren't we all technically just hairs on sticks?

Speaking about brushes, I find it quite stupid that I have literal tons of brushes but I'm too afraid to use most of them, thinking that I would only ruin them with use. Like size 6 or 4 high quality red sable. Cup on the left have all unused brushes, half of them being synthetic and other half natural (mostly mentioned red sable, I never really found actual sable for sale, except maybe that daVinci ones that cost so much I wouldn't even dare to touch one).

>>96949034
based weeb anon

A couple passes done on the GOAT.

>>96949042
>that smug goat
you just know

>>96948977
If someone does a lot of washes or contrast pinlining I can highly recommend getting a synthetic script/liner brush for the purpose. Holds a ton of wash even with a half loaded brush and a nice fine tip make for accurate application.

To add to the conversation the josonja brand brush cleaner is also fantastic for bringing back gunked brushes and general upkeep if you see it for sale.

>>96948977
I already do everything described, except the soaping every session. But I know it's not a paint in ferrule issue. This is a series 7 brush I bought last year and used exclusively as you described, for thin lines, small details, and eyes/faces. Not metals, no shades. Can't even use it for faces inside helmets anymore.
Also, damn, how'd you get such a good picture of the brush? I could not get my phone to focus on the brush to save my life and macro was basically useless.
>>96949049
I use that soap, it's nice.

>>96949052
I usually pick that watchmaker glass and out it right next to phone camera.

>>96949093
Ok, that's smart.

>>96949093
>twisting the hairs
NGMI

>>96949103
you really get a good mileage from that twisting stuff dont you
is it a real thing anyways

>>96949122
Yeah? Just look at your piture vs other anons picture, you've got yours twisted at the tip and he doesn't.
Yours hasn't curled yet, but looks like it's a fairly new brush (I notice the exact picture as last time too, not a new pic), while anon's has clearly seen heavy use (just look at how stained the hairs are) yet has no curl at the tip

>>96949033
I want you to know I laughed out loud at this.

>>96949042
What is she doing with the goat?

>>96949165
He's fucking it with his futa dick (daemonettes are astartes)

>>96949145
so there is a science behind twisting the hairs and curling tips
also im clearly differerent anon i dont mobile post and use capital letters

>>96949103
But every single guide online advice twisting the brush while moving to either load up paint, remove excess or clean it. Otherwise, tip is turning into flat shape.

>>96949182
or anon is pulling this all out of his ass on the fly and it just sounds plausible enough to believe
ive never heard this anywhere before

>>96949200
That's because youtubers are all just endlessly repeating each other and the ones who can afford to keep a channel going can afford to burn through brushes and don't give a fuck to learn any different.

>not twisting your brush tips clockwise around your guide hair to maintain the perfect tip
NGMI

>>96949200
>>96949182
it certainly makes a kind of sense, twisting the hairs gives a curvature to the physical structure that wouldn't be there if you make an effort to keep the hairs straight while loading, cleaning and using the brush
but that also sounds like a hell of an effort to retrain oneself into the habit of

>>96949165
She's living deliciously.

>>96949206
>>96949235
i sometimes do the twist when im finished because it just feels right to put away your tools looking really pristine and sharp
like when you sharpen your pencil so its nice and ready when you need it again
havent noticed if it has any effect on the curling

>painting me orruks
>finish some elements
>looks really good
>photograph WIP
>looks like absolute shite in the photos
I know that dogs start to resemble their owners, but miniatures?!

>>96949304
Post shite photos.

>>96949390
Already deleted them anon.

>>96949042
>>96949042
Excellent freehand anon, much better than I could do I think. I would make some suggestions for depth (these are all slight nitpicky fixes): her left horn looks a bit centered on her forehead, if you bring up the center bunch of hair so that the top crosses over the horn slightly, it would help "move" the horn.
For her looking over the shoulder, I would raise the shoulder line just a bit over her chin. This would put the head back and the shoulder/arm forward consistent with the overall angle, AND it would help sell a seductive look. The chin tucked under the shoulder just a bit sells a slutty, submissive look on that chaos thot

>>96946862
now see THIS is what i expect when someone says tabletop quality.
all the colours are there, its got a finished base, and if you wanted you could continue to paint more detail on it later.
way better than the average "slopchop" zenithal and contrast paints

I finished all the monkeys! I hate glueing vines on bases lol

>>96949304
Photographs immediately highlight any errors you have made and mess up the contrast if the lighting is off. Photographing your minis so they actually look how they do irl is a skill in itself.

>>96949526
Nice job on the bases.

>>96949034
Brushes, especially synthetic ones, are disposable. Obviously put some care into your things but not using it at all is stupid and you gotta shift to a mindset that they're like paints, there to be used and eventually used up.

>>96949530
yeah, it's basically macro photography which is even harder

>>96949530
>highlight any errors you have made
That part is actually helpful, already fixed two crappy sections I hadn't noticed irl.

>>96949526
you have been painting these around 3 years so gz for completing them
it was clearly worth it

>>96949042
And this is pretty much it for Phillip. Time to do the trim proper and add the writing.
>>96949488
Fair points, I'll try it out.

>>96948579
that's when i bust out the FDM printer and make some huge ass game prop or some costume piece.
there's something cathartic about being able to sand out mistakes on a larger scale, use ratlecans for fine details (with masking) and literally bust out kids craft brushes for basecoats.
plus, when i give the prop away to a friend (because i dont actually want a pile of videogame guns and Armor taking up space that COULD be full of half painted minis) they freak out over them.

>>96949535
>>96949577
Thanks a lot! I'm pretty happy with them!

>>96949526
monke

>>96949580
Phillip looks good, nice sneer on him!
If you're trying the other stuff, maybe add a bit of furry overhand on the top left of his eyeball to slightly push it back into the head

>>96949580
what a lovely couple

>>96949706
She's not a white woman, anon.

>>96949526
Very jealous. I've got files from DTL for Simiax legions but I wanted something more akin to what you've got, very nicely done. Apes together strong

>>96949580
The goat looks great but personally I think the woman looks goofy then again it's hard to freehand pretty girls

>>96949548
Macro photography is photographing a fly's arsehairs. Telephoto lenses are better for minis.

Dont like named characters in YourDudes-type games, but painted Kal Jericho anyway because hes a cool guy
>>96949548
I couldnt really tell you where "macro" truly begins, but I never use any kind of macro setting on my camera, I usually get the best results holding it a bit further away and using the zoom

>>96949756
It's a lot more convenient for me to do my macro setup and maybe need to do some stacking than it is to set up my FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS on a tripod down the hallway

>>96949728
True true, we must return to monkey

since some of em are from hidden shops,
The idol and spider monkey are from crooked dice, the gorilla from otherworld(crooked dice now I think) and the chimps, baboons, and orangutans are from Lucid -eye miniatures.
The four armed monkeys are from Fighting 15 minis (ff15 I think?) and the Mandrill chimera is from Langley models, which are pretty jank but have some nice charm to em

I think I'm going to attempt to paint Mortarion at last and I need tips on tackling these sort of large models. Should I glue him fully? I can't see any places where you can't really reach, so I was thinking gluing the body together except for the wings.
If anyone has painted him before I'd appreciate things you noticed as you were painting him that would make my life easier.

>>96949756
Except telephoto lenses usually have minimal focus range at around 2m or something and in general behave oddly so close up. Good quality normal lens usually have it at around 45cm and that's enough in most cases.

>>96949580
>>96949650
Good call on the shoulder, she does look a lot cuter like this. It is also closer to the reference image.

>>96950014
Forgot picture

>>96950014
Glad I could help!

>>96950019
Small iris plus very white sclera looks a bit cartoony. Otherwise nice.

>>96949643
Make all of your mistakes on the back of the model that way no one knows

>>96950385
I told you people before, I don't paint the backs of my models, only what ends up in the photos. But none of you believed me.

Do you guys think red plates and dark red cloth will look good once this is done, or will it kinda blend together too much?

Right now it's just mephiston red on the plates and Khorne red on the cloth. Will probably brighten the plates up more with evil sun scarlet so that should help, but I'm still kinda trying to figure out the scheme in my head.

Also, I am having a hard time deciding on the metals. I'm thinking bronze for the helmet and maybe more of a brass for the trims.

Also, any advice for colored metal plates? I guess they're meant to be painted steel in universe? Is it worth trying to dry brush with some leadbelcher or something to make it look more metallic.

>>96949526
What game is this?

Assembled my free mini of the month. I really like how the Chaos Dwarfs look. Once the spearhead comes out I’ll consider going for it

NMM is by biggest weakness but I'm giving it a go, is this passable?

>>96950682
is it supposed to be a metal boss on the banner?

I love Vallejo but this is genuinely the single worst paint I have ever had the displeasure of painting with. Just awful

>>96950682
looks more like glass than metal to me but it does look good so I wouldn't worry about it

>>96950682
What is this weird gay fetish shit

>>96950729
(you) not going back to your containment, you smelly faggot.

>>96950679
Why not just go for the army box from ebay or an online retailer to get the discount? It's the spearhead itself and I don't think they'll separately rebox it.

>decide to plan a new color scheme
>suddenly every color looks like shit
Why does this happen?

>>96949526
what miniatures are these? I've unironically searched for an orangutan miniature to paint just for fun. I like the bases, Jungle bases are always hard to do

>>96950904
autism, I know the feeling. I've been trying to settle on a single color scheme for my Tau for ages now.

>>96944907
cyanoacrylate

>>96950694
What's the problem? Bad coverage? Clumpy? Dries too matt?

I have 1 vallejo paint that dries super glossy and looks like plastic, weird. I think it must have been an old bottle since I bought it from an online store. Besides the fact that many Vallejo paints dry darker/lighter than the color they go on wet, it's the only bottle I have thats shit.

I suck at color theory if I want to make a Marines Malevolent mini what is a good cape color since its just going to be a black and yellow marine

>>96951496
How vibrant, drab, matte and/or metallic is your yellow gonna look? IF tends to go with red secondary/teritary elements, so I'd probably not bother with that. Honestly, brown might not be bad either with the black, maybe a warm shade of grey, violet could work well but might clash with the black or a more grotty piss yellow. Your guys are pretty much wasp-coded in both character and surface levels, so consider looking at some yellow stripey things for ideas too.

>>96951545
I see thank you very much anon

>>96951582
If in doubt, do paint a test model, and maybe try hue-shifting different selections in an image editor to see what your combinations might look like. Not too many threads ago some anons were talking about some phone app that does most of the work for miniatures by letting you color in different segments.

>>96950729
Nta but it's a reference to The VVitch. It perfectly fits the theme of slaanesh, they're all about hedonism, excess and "living deliciously"

>>96951496
Earth tone. Brown is really just desaturated orange, so yellow/red/black/blue all go well with it. You have some play between something like a light tan to a dark brown, or even a mahogany that has a little purple in it. Earth tones are usually a safe bet, and black/grey/off white fur is also a safe bet.

They say to put "something" underneath crackle paste so that it doesn't flake off. Is an undercoat of wraithbone spray enough "something" or should I look into a layer of PVA or varnish?

How should I go about improving my workspace?

>>96951810
Try it out on some spare plastic or sprue. You might get different crackling between primer, varnish, or pva.

>>96951896
move it away from your computer. get a bench vise.

>>96951810
I use a thin layer of watered down PVA brushed on. That always worked nice and dries clear. Straight on paint never made it stick for me.

>>96951896
get more plushies tbqhfam

>>96951896
>Nobeta plushie

Oh you.

>>96951896
Seconding the more plushies recommendations.

>>96947267
Oooh that looks perfectly b l a c k. Lots of inspiring components on that impulsor. I have to do something with chains like that, if I do another hover tank with those weird handle things lol. And thanks.

I kinda agree on vehicles. I think I started and stopped 4 times on that repulsor just to make infantry units inbetween stages to keep motivated. Even now instead of finishing repulsor bits I started some aggressors to practice hot rod flames hah

>>96951896
>Nobeta, Touhou, Bang dream
We have similar tastes, and I'd say we'd get along, except
>Leverless
Sad boomer is sad. Ill raise you an idolm@ster stick.

>>96951896
Introduce a cat to the environment

>>96953199
there is cat hair all over already or anon is balding at alarming rate

I fucking love oil paints so much, bros

>>96946734
Dish detergent works perfectly fine too. But brush soap is pretty cheap and lasts a long time, no reason to feel bad buying it either.

Does this read as black sclera and white pupils?

>>96953622
Looks like black eyes with a gloss varnish and a lucky light reflection.
Still cool though.

>>96953670
Eh I'll take it.
If people ask I'll say it was intentional

>>96953674
>If people ask I'll say it was intentional

Absolute classic take among arts, from painting to photography.

Colour recs for the armour?

>>96953751
Black and white chequers.
Like a propa' ork.

>>96951896
Remove the tranime shit, but obviously you already knew that

>>96953875
bait used to be believable

>>96951366
Absolutely horrible coverage, worse than cheap $1 Walmart acrylic

>>96942775
I warmed the skin up a little bit. I think this looks a lot better already. It could still use some refinement, but I'm going to start to figure out the rest of the colors first

>>96953751
>>96953789
And don't forget some red jaggies!

>>96953622
Looks like white sclera and looking off to his right, to me.

>>96951896
Nice setup. I would (and do) tuck my airbrush compressor stuff more out of the way. Maybe get a few more plushies.

>>96952709
>>96953199
My cat wanted his own plushie - officially licensed, too!

>>96954475
Dog software

New thread:

>>96954538
>>96954538
>>96954538

>>96954475
>officially licensed
Why does this matter to consumers? I get why it matters to CEO's, it's money.
But why the fuck do you care? As long as the thing looks like it's supposed, what's it matter who made it and who profits?