This looks really good user. What colour is that highlight on the black armour?
Cameron Allen
3/3 sword WIP
Gavin Campbell
Thanks buddy! umm the actual highlight colour was a mix of white, hawk turquoise and the fang.
it's almost an ice blue colour - if that helps. Though the colour is more so acheived from other layers/glazes. basically i've decided that hawk turquoise blended on black looks real fucking nice.
Luke Scott
>hawk turquoise Ooooh will have to try that out.
Hunter Morris
nice church on the base
Jack Mitchell
Look at the way privateer press official studio scheme guides in the back of the old armybooks recommended painting black. Pretty similar to what you got going but maybe it'll give you some ideas. Definitely was what turned me onto painting more colorful blacks (which are GOAT)
Luis Robinson
Trying to paint the teutonic cross on the seraph freehand. Anyone got any tips? I'm not very experienced, and need to do it simply.
Nolan Wilson
>paint >freehand >not very experienced >to do it simply
Would these work?
Easton Flores
I bought a set of these and they are fantastic for wording, plans of a freehand etc. I wouldn't draw a picture on a banner with them alone though if that's what you're looking to do.
Jaxson Carter
Do you find these run when painted over with acrylics? What kind of drying time do they have till their not going to be fucked up by paint/varnish? In your experience
Liam Gutierrez
Leave the tabard grey until you finish painting the cross on. Easier to fix fuck-ups than if it was already white.
Otherwise, it's just straight lines. The simplest kind of free-hand. Your model is metal, so don't be afraid to try shit out and strip the paint later.
Colton Jenkins
How to Chaos-ify a Commissar? Running a Psykana detachment in my traitor guard of Tzeentch army and the Officio Prefectus Commissar looks far too... Imperial.
How do I make him more Tzeentchy while keeping the Commissarial look?
Alexander Hill
>straight lines >over flowing cloth bitch do you even non-euclidean geometry. (using the term correctly referring to geometry over curved space. Euclidean geometry is the geometry of flat space, all others are non-euclidean).
Cooper Hernandez
I'd say get a different head, maybe something wizard-y or knight-y.
Gavin Gonzalez
The hat is one thing I'd really like to keep. I want it very clear he is a Commissar.
Nathan King
Two more techmarines done Decided to make handheld tools instead of the plasma things being on the ends of arms
Kayden Nelson
if you're using that model, the good news is that the hat is a separate piece. The bad news is that it's a mono-pose model, and the head piece is weird, so be prepared for some shaping and greenstuff if you want to replace it.
Cooper Murphy
Ya know I'm not even dead set on reposing him or anything. Just gonna add some chaosy bits and iconography. I'm mostly just looking for ideas on doing that without crowding out the actual mini too much or having him be too busy.
Brandon Garcia
Why not use the cultist champion with the commissar coat stitched into his skin?
Ryder Lee
Just curious but how difficult is it to cast models in resin? I want to paint some Vostroyans but I'm not so keen on paying a million dollars for them, so I figured I'd buy one each of what I wanted and cast them. Not for resale, so fuck off, GW.
Same question for tanks, really. Would casting entire sprues be difficult?
Lincoln Cox
You know what, here it is
Nolan Davis
Wow that's very cool and a lot like what I was thinking in my head before attempted to paint. I think Mines a bit more vibrant than there's is and that's cause of the hawk turquoise. Though I did pretty much paint it as the tutorial suggested, just different colours and a couple more layers/blending.
Ethan Robinson
thanks for using my model user, that's sweet of you.
Lincoln Powell
What are those servo arms from?
Xavier Sullivan
Scyllax-Guardian Automata
Joseph Clark
I hate resin. I hate it so much
Carson Young
Yeah, I've found that exact recipe to be good for producing a black that really scans as black and doesn't clash with other, main colors so much. Like in the example it's a trim color. I definitely get a little more wild with the color too when it's my main focus in a scheme.
Sebastian Harris
That's not my Dreadnought, though I agree I have gone a it more overboard with the dry brushing, dunno if I can clean it up as it looks more messy then aged. Also this is the first time I am panting skulls like this so I am more so experimenting then knowing what to do.
Landon Hernandez
You should use the cultist in the commissar coat as your base, swap the head and convert from there.
Jacob Taylor
The dude's purple shoulder pad and his silver arm look like they are painted by 2 different people, I take it you're not done with the arm right? Because that shoulder pad is sexy
Jeremiah Reed
What is this head? I really dig it and I've seen it a lot.
Camden Parker
Does anyone have the instructions for making an Istvaan V themed base?
Jaxon Diaz
Trying to speedpaint a butt-ton of Orks.
What's the best paint line for out-of-the-bottle use? Trying to eliminate as many steps as possible between brush and model, so something that's reasonably thing and covers well would be great.
Aiden Powell
*reasonably thin
Fucking Benadryl, man...
Benjamin Harris
The instructions are right there in the picture, you can just figure it out from that.
Oliver Murphy
So me and a chaos buddy of mine have a campaign going and we're making objective markers and trophis to reflect the ongoing fighting. So far he has a bunch of my marine's heads on spikes and a dead marine on a sacrificial alter. Any ideas what the imperial equivalent to these would be? I'm thinking an aquilla-shaped crucifix, but I'd love some ideas or examples.
Dylan Campbell
You could take a few extra models and turn them into small devotional statues, with candles and offerings around them like some sort of Catholic shrine.
Chase Perry
I'm looking for something specifically "fuck your dudes"
William Hernandez
What models does he have in his chaos army?
Michael Davis
Almost exclusively chaos marines, specifically night lords.
David Perez
Easy: small Batman figurines on stakes.
Easton Edwards
But that doesn't feel very imperial... How does the imperium execute/ display heretics?
Andrew Brooks
How about a bunch of bodies piled up like they're going to be burned?
Or better yet glue some sand to their armor, spray it black, and highlight dark grey to look as though they already have.
Isaac Watson
Reaper paints are pre-thinned. Although if you're painting Orks, find another brand for green. Reaper's green paints suck ass. I have a few models I'm thinking of stripping and repainting because after four fucking coats of Viper Green I still can't get a solid, even basecoat. Their other colors are fine, though.
Nathaniel Williams
follow this pimp's example
Brody Cruz
Well shit. Any tips on how to sculpt fire?
Robert Hill
I assume you mean aside from the paint scheme, given that you've linked that tutorial?
The linked page gives a general description of Istvaan V; a barren wasteland, scattered with the remains of towering xenos fortresses, long since abandoned. It also mentions that the Emperor's Children set up fortifications for the Traitors prior to the Imperial landing, so you could add razor wire, sandbags, etc.
It kind of depends on where and when you want to theme your army during the massacre. The Loyalist assault on the Traitor fortifications? The massacre itself, when the Loyalists are falling back into the Traitor trap and caught on the barren plains of the Urgal Depression? The subsequent hunt for survivors through the mountainous regions nearby?
Gavin Morgan
Rip cotton balls and paint them.
Landon Hernandez
Fuuuuuuuuck me, Green was the one color I needed. I don't wanna have to go back to Geedubs and buy their overpriced basecoat paints.
Sebastian Smith
...so don't? Buy like vallejo or P3 or something.
Levi Perry
Privateer Press makes these if you want to use them as a base.
Working on a Vanguard squad for my Lamenters. Left is the sergeant, and behind is the Sanguinary Priest I converted to go with them (even with a jump pack the actual model's just too static to join a jump unit imo). I'm loving the models, honestly, they're so adaptable. Even the raised power fist was just a simple wrist swap.
Lincoln Roberts
>The subsequent hunt for the loyalists That sounds about right, user.
I could, but instructions would be easier than having to guess a bit to get it right. Don't want too much or too little of something.
Thomas Morgan
I was really impressed with the vanguard kit. The legs are much larger and nicer than the assault marine legs.
Ryan Sanchez
Shabamzoes
Liam Gomez
Not sure why I thought Space Marines would be easy to paint.
Isaiah Sullivan
I'm also not sure why that uploads sideways
Cameron Robinson
Takes some getting used to. But once you do a couple of models your quality and speed will pick up.
Gavin Murphy
Having some issues with layer paint, Dawnstone in my case. Primed my model with spray black primer and then based over with Abaddon Black. However if I layer the edges with Dawnstone and let dry for no matter how long it will always flake off with ease.
Ethan Clark
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Tyler Reed
Painting a squad of SM scouts for my generic sci fi human army. First guy done, I dig the simple scheme, really want to bang these out asap. Had a hard time painting his right eye so I said fuck it and painted it with bone white instead. Now hes a one eyed sharp shooter. Where do you guys get decals from? I want some simple black skulls for the shoulder pads. Toying around with the idea of printing my own, kind of want to try printing decal name tags to.
Hudson Miller
Warzone Imperial Squad leader figure on the right.
Jason Allen
I fucking love these guys
Easton Carter
fuck my life. welp, better find a use for this thing.
Daniel Ramirez
Beep beep take me to your leader
Dylan Stewart
not sure what that's sayin?
Sebastian Hall
Worked on it some more, tried to paint over most of the "scratch" work I did so it was not so overloaded. What do you guys think? Also redid the skull and am much happier with it. So far I am happy with how everything looks for now but am debating on painting over more of the scratches. Hoping to be done the arms completely tomorrow.
Juan Green
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Caleb Fisher
Little green men? Space invaders? Take me to your leader? No?
Bad jokes aside invaders are cool as fuck and yours look dope.
William Walker
Very nice, user! Where's the base from?
Why do your Invaders all have Deathwatch arms?
Chase Stewart
people that base with snow: where do you get your actual SNOW snow? I have Mourn Mountain Snow from GW and I can get a decent and pretty cool "black ice" or "muddy/half melted" look.
However, I wanted to try a more fresh-fallen appearance. Citadel's snow is like $15 for 15g of snow, though. Any cheaper/better alternatives?
Elijah Williams
Base comes with the Dreadnought. I'm happy how it turned out but think imma throw in some grass when I get the chance. Stick it between the rubble.
This guy also has some great tutorials for bases in general.
Brody Ramirez
I had read that the Invaders were down to 11 marines, and that they had sent a lot of brothers to the Deathwatch, even in the extremes of their need.
So months ago I had started my Invaders and since I had some deathwatch pauldrons I gave out a few of them...then the deathwatch codex dropped and I was like fuck it, they're all returning vets.
Xavier Moore
Really? Dang, that's awesome.
Aaron Butler
Not like you asked for it but here is how I did it just in case anyone wants to know.
>Prime Black >Dry brush with a grey (I used Eshin Grey) >Washed over with a really watered down brown to the point were it was piratically a shade (Mournfang Brown) >Dry brushed again with a Grey
At this point you just repeat the last 2 steps until you get the look you like. For me I went over with Agrax Earthshade mixed in with that brown to make it darker before I finished with another dry brush coat of grey. Shells are just Balthasar Gold and the Skull is just Ushabti Bone, Agrax, and a little Blood for the Blood God for effect.
Jordan Gomez
>I had read that the Invaders were down to 11 marines Yeah, but they all just decided to hang out with the Novamarines, iirc, until they could rebuild.
>and that they had sent a lot of brothers to the Deathwatch Gonna need a source on that one, user.
They do look great though!
Xavier White
for sure, my biggest thing going into painting Deathwatch was "don't make them the usual black-grey-white cause it looks to plain and blends too heavily with the silver" i did test a similar more hawk turqouise-y black armour scheme on a test model, but that looked way too blue. I was confident that doing thinner layers of hawk turqoise+more black/almost black glazes would look better and was honestly just excited to paint up 1 of the Deathwatch marines. Still got a lot of work to go on the Sargent for me to be satisfied with it, but i think it's good enough for me to move on to the other 4 guys.
Pro modelling tip: gluing a folded piece of rolling paper/tally-ho on to the leg/hip join to the torso allows you to add so much more character to your marines' poses
Chase Sanders
I've done like 20 Imperial guard tanks in camoflage with those pens. They work great,
Jeremiah Flores
How well do they work with exact wording? Can you post pics so I can see?
Angel Ortiz
there is a skull on 7/8 of those bases...
Christopher Garcia
war is hell
Jose Lopez
I use a lil wad of green stuff instead. Longer working time
Bentley Martinez
It's 40k, adding shitload of skulls could make even Tau look part of it.
Chase Price
Nice weathering
James Turner
Astrogranite onto the base Drybrush Rakarth Flesh? Wash with Agrax Earthshade Drybrush Terminatus Stone Drybrush Ryza Rust on bits or all of it? Add Typhus Corrosion on bits or all of it?
How close do you think I am, anons?
William Long
>Thought the abundance of skulls was just the Imperium being Edgy. >Turns out it's a symbolic representation of humanity as they are in a universe full of enemy exinos.
Deepest lore.
Josiah Wood
Glad to user, it's good work.
Juan Turner
I actually quite like how the silver drybrushing turned out. Looks like he's been in the warzone for a good long while.
Dominic Campbell
It's because that space marine has a fuckton of trinkets and bobbles, seeing them on the model alone can mess you up
Landon Garcia
Thanks user, but I think I like how it turned out now here
Owen Phillips
It should be said that I really hate Castraferrums, but that's a really nice paint job overall. Here's a contemptor I've mostly finished but can't because I just moved and my paints need to be shipped. Also, I apologize for the bad lighting and photo quality, but I took the picture with my shitty iPod camera.
Christian Adams
And it's sideways. Fuck iPods, man.
Ayden Parker
Looks good user, would put some highlights on the banner but that just maybe the poor lighting. Looks really regal.
Camden King
Do/Should I ask GW customer support when it comes to stuff like basing/painting/modelling, or no?