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WIP / PAINTING THREAD
Previous thread bumplocked and can be found at >>269751
Show your WIPs and completed models. Display you craftmanship, techniques and artistry. Or just post your ugly models so we can laugh at you and eventually give you some advices.
I'll kick off the thread with my WIP of two darksouls and one mutant for my Mordheim's Possessed warband in the hopes of forcing myself to finally finish it
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No.414883
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No.414886
I started painting recently and am pretty satisfied with my latest 'nid. Still looking for critique though, especially if someone has a trick for painting eyes with more precision, ive been messing them up frequently...
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No.414887
>>414886
That's nice work anon, especially for beginners.
Do you thin your paints? I ask because of the rim of the base...
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No.414888
>>414887
i try to but am not too consistant with it. would the base colour look less rugged if i did so?
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No.414890
>>414886
btw is there anything to do about these ridges? or do i just have to cover them up with paint as good as possible?
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No.414895
>>414888
yes it would look smoother. you could also spray paint the bases witht he base color and then accent wash and dry the sand. or just put on 2 layers of thinned paint, that settles better and gives the base a smoother surface
I first paint the mini and then remove it from the base then I paint the base seperately and then glue the mini back on it.
>>414890
u can cover it with greenstuff or some other stuff, painting over it doenst work well imho. or just leave it as the nids asscrack I guess....
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No.414896
>>414895
>then accent wash and dry the sand
do you mean wash as in shade paint?
and if so what tone do you recommend?
also, will try to take the next two im in the process of painting off their base and paint the bases fully with thinned yellow, havent got a nice colour spray for it. ty for the tips anon.
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No.414898
>>414896
What I do with a base.
Do all decoration with sand stone wood and other shit.
Spraypaint (black/white/base color)
Basecoat in the darkest color I use for the base (if i don't spray it in the base color).
then use a dark shade or mix black/dark color with water and shade it.
Then dry brush with white+color
then carefully finsih of with white dry brush
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No.414899
I've never really painted zombies before, so I just kind of played it by ear. How do they look? I'm thinking about slathering some gloss onto the bloody areas to give it some more sheen. I tried mixing my own skin tone, too, but I've never been able to make one that looks right.
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No.414900
>>414898
with base color do you mean a color you have settled on for the base or do you mean to match the spray paint/undercoat of the figurine?
cause i kind of like using bright yellow for the contrast, but i would like it to look a lot smoother
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No.414902
>>414900
wll you can paint the rim of the base in a brighter color than the overall base yes.
what I meant was that the rim of the base should have the same color as the base color
the base of my sentinel for example >>414351
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No.414903
Sisters of Battle:
Do all the sisters in a chapter do wear the same armour colors or do varieties exist?
I am plannig my SoB and pic related is the color scheme i came up with
is this cannon or wrong?
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No.414917
>>414903
First off, I like your color schemes. The Canoness looks kind of like a lemon-lime soda can, but other than that they look good. The normal sister in particular is pretty nice.
To answer your question, I think that's up to the player. If it's anything like Space Marines there is a bit of variety in colors as they rise through the ranks - I don't have an image handy but the 8th edition book has a table of helmet colors that correspond to ranks or roles in the chapter.
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No.414920
>>414902
i will try this when i start my chaos marines, gonna stick to the yellow on the small nid pack im doing for consistancy - but the base colour makes it look super fking good i gotta admit
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No.414924
>>414895
forgot to ask what greenstuff was, is it some sort of softened plastic u can fill in cracks with?
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No.414932
>>414924
Yes
>>414917
Thanks. The yellow is gold not yellow though
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No.414936
>>414932
Okay, that makes sense. The painter can be a little tricky to get metallic colors correct with. I've decided to post my own variants also, for the Order I'm fluffing right now. Feedback is welcome of course. I don't know how good I am at this. I'm thinking about switching the palettes for the Canoness and Sister Superior but I'm not sure.
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No.414956
>>414936
I linke. What's their name?
The name if mine is Order if the ever blooming tree of the emperor (this the color green which stands for life)
>switching the palettes for the Canoness and Sister Superior
I'd prefer that, feels more natural I guess but do what you like most dude!
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No.414988
Do any of you guys have any tricks for green stuff not to stick so much? and to clean sculpting skulls.
Also to make details. Which is the right tool.
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No.414989
>>414956
It's the Order of Our Fallen Sisters - they're an off-shoot of the Order of Our Martyred Lady but I'm playing up the "sisterhood" aspect. I won't get much more into it here since this is the kind of discussion that should happen over irc or something. Thanks for the feedback, though. I'll consider switching.
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No.414992
>>414956
> Order if the ever blooming tree of the emperor
I correct:
Holy Order of the ever blooming Tree of the Emperor watered with the blood of our virgin Martyr.
Pic related is the banner, how do I translate that on my minis?
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No.414997
>>414992
I'd say just put the symbols on their own in various spots on their armor, leave the whole insignia for actual banners. If you know a way to print transfers/decals I'd advise doing that and add them after painting.
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No.415020
>>414992
Brownish red legs. Green arms and helm. All equipment apple red. Any secondary colors like bolts should also be brownish red.
Insignia should be blood red.
Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care
Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are:
Daemon Prince Makereth shall never vanquish’d be until
Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill
Shall come against him.
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No.415026
>>414997
Insignia on the armor will be the tree.
That's easy to recognize.
>>415020
I already have colors see >>414903
The yellow is supposed to be gold and the other colors are white and green
Green=Tree
White= white robes of the martyr virgin
Gold = holyness/saint/emperor
And I think I will do every sister's inquisition symbol red as red symbolizes the blood the virgin spilt during her martyrdom (it is said a demon of slaneesh was defeated who wielded a trumpet which Reed was made of the virgins hymen)
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No.415167
can someone on here who is a 100% certain they know what they are talking about clear up the differences between wash, shade, and glaze for a beginner?
Ive watched plenty of videos and read forum posts etc about it, and they seem to often differ in the opinion of what these things are. Some sources ive found tell me that glaze and wash is the same, others that shade and wash is the same etc. It would be a huge help to just really have it cut out for me, cause researching this on my own every time i think im coming to a conclusion i find a source that tells me otherwise...
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No.415490
Aprils white dwarf leaked.
When you see it.
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No.415491
>>415490
Also this, you ready for the GW licensed air compressor age?
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No.415505
Painted this crummy mini with some pots I had to practice before doing important jobs. Other than a more steady hand, thinner paints, smaller brushes, and of course practice, I don't know what I should do to improve. Do any anons have advice/comments? This is the first thing I have painted so please be gentle.
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No.415507
>>415505
Try looking up how other people would paint red skin. Its kinda flat. Some of the paints look like they've run together? Painting isn't really something you do super fast. Put a layer on one part, let it dry, maybe even leave it for the day? Then come back to it and do the next layer. Also, maybe have more than one thinned layer of paint? A typical coat is often more than one layer of thinned paint. So, yeah, thin the paint then apply it. It will then look partially painted. Then you do the next coat and so on. If your hand is really unstead, then you could try varrious ways in bracing your hands and wrist. If that isn't enough, you could try to slow your heart rate down a bit when you paint. Shit, some people who do super-fine detail will often hold their breath when they paint.
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No.415508
>>415507
This guy is saying it's shit.
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No.415509
>>415507
Thanks. I'll take that all into account next time. I did rush it a bit, which is part of it I'm sure. Also, the red paint is one of the GW airbrush paints. I'm not sure if that makes a difference or not but it was what I had so I used it.
>>415508
Right, which is why I'm using lesser minis for practice.
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No.415584
Anyone know what these capes come from?
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No.416226
>>411616
First renegade marauder painted. Also some regular militia.
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No.416234
>>416226
Looking good. Drill your barrels
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No.416970
>>416226
Started painting my grot army. I tried 4 different colors for their skin in order to have some variance. The difference is subtle and not very visible from the other side of the table, but I might try contrasting it better.
Also the Spiritstone red works great for the eyes. It's exactly how the books describe them.
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No.417339
So i got my monpoc figures and after a lot of sanding, filing and washing that i usually only do for forge world i primed them and it made this sort of bleachy, speckled pattern on the large wide areas.
Bad picture but you can see it on the large shoulders of gorghadra, does PP just use shit resin?
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No.417495
Painted one of the new Nightvault warbands and tried to emulate GW's official paintjob and on the weapons that was fucking impossible with my shit skills and fine detail brush starting to collect paint at the tip. Still happy with them, just need to do those weird seed things on the stomach.
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No.417522
>>417495
They look just fine to me. And the thing about GW's offical paintjobs - Highlights EVERYWHERE. Like 50% of 'Eavy Metal painting classes can be summarised as "We highlight everything".
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No.417583
>>417522
I think they're designed to show off the sculpt (the thing you're buying), not the paintjob or even the overall effect. So they go for loads of edge-highlighting to accentuate the detail, and not so much subtle blending or freehand, for example.
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No.417587
>>417495
what the hell are they supposed to be. are they ghosts or treemen? somebody needs to kick their design lead up the ass and remind zer of thematic consistency.
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No.417588
>>417587
>what the hell are they supposed to be. are they ghosts or treemen?
Yes.
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No.417825
>>417583
That's a very even-handed way of looking at it
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No.417947
>>417587
When the Wood Elves all died when Fantasy blew up they reincarnated as Dryads as the new forest spirits, some of them have ghostly forms reaching out from the bark "That resemble their ancient ancestors from the world that was". They are called 'Revenants' and are basically Wood Elves so tied to the forests that they couldn't reincarnate as elves but tree people that look kind of like elves.
so to answer your question: Yes.
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No.418186
Trying my hand on rusty grot vehicles. Excuse the blur.
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No.418249
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No.419277
Tried my airbrush for the first time on some Squigs. Simple but boy did it eat through a pot of GW air Khorne red fast. But i guess 3 kits and the major body of a behemoth in 10-12 minutes ain't bad. I bet for shit like Poxwalkers of Flesh Eater Courts this shit is a godsend for a quick tabletop job.
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No.419356
>>419277
Yeah the air paints go quick. Did you start with a black primer or white? White should take less paint and may make the paint last longer. I've made a mistake in making everything black and I go through half a pot for one large model.
Trying out zenithal highlighting on my forgefiend. Did the shading normally afterwards and a filter spray to bronze the silver, followed it up with a quick spray from above again. Brushed on the blue glaze in the recessed areas. Plan on doing another thin spray from above using runefang steel when everything is done. Might do the flesh pink following Duncan's pink horror tutorial.
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No.419420
>>419356
I'm trying to paint faster and post more to keep /tg/ in the top ranks, but I don't want this to be my fucking blog. Fiends are surprisingly easy to paint when you have an airbrush to do the initial work.
Also why the fuck does GW not have a yellow gem paint?
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No.421176
I'm getting over the flu and wanted to shake off the boredom with a few easy projects. So i started on my Malifaux leftovers before 3rd hits and a nice GW endless spell for a marker i'm using in something else.
I'm working on a swamp base for the first time and got a small pot of vallejo still water, anyone know if i can mix it in a cup with some GW shades?
Also found a nice easy way to make aged metal thats not the all over leadbelcher with a rust drybrush alone method recommended for most amateurs. I dont consider myself a good painter at all but this method makes for a far less uniform boilerplate look even my untalent ass can do.
>chaos black primer
>1:1:1 abaddon black, hashnut copper for darker, balthasar gold for lighter and vallejo gold base
>watered down weak nihilak allover wash
>heavy leadbelcher drybrush
>nuln oil wash
>ryza rust drybrush lightly
>1:1 lahmian medium and nihilak pxide wash on joints and bolts at random stippled stress points.
not award winning results but if you can't paint at all thats just basing, washing and drybrushing and looks better than some stuff that gets into edging and even wetblending and stippling stuff like typhus corrosion.
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No.423715
>>338028
>>333111
yeah that's why I grab what I need and immediately shut my lids
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