WIP - Work In Progress General

No WIP thread on Veeky Forums?!? Emperor's Teeth! That's HERESY!!!
Secret Santa unboxings at imgur.com/a/qS7PH

>Citadel Painting Guides:
mediafire.com/folder/drb4mezm6792i/not_citadel_nothing_to_see_here

>Figure painter magazine issues 1-36
mega.nz/#F!0AIGDAxL!xOT6MK3oiGpBB1pQaNy5lg

>Paint range compatibility chart across manufacturers
dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

>Painting Videos only
mega.nz/#F!fkcliY4L!mhdmIs2lT3mFG3VwoLO8Qw
mega.nz/#F!XEJSFDCL!9ZZKiLi6M_wguI1uTpyjPg
mega.co.nz/#F!WUsUlSLb!556OumKLhusFd9Fw5dBMdA

>DIY Lightbox
youtube.com/watch?v=OyxzC5kqbyw

>DIY Spraybooth
starshipmodeler.com/tech/pa_booth.htm

>DIY Wet Palette
youtube.com/watch?v=96mjmqWTPfM

>How to Moldlines
youtube.com/watch?v=A4LZ8iCSkeU

>Fuckin Magnets how do they work?
youtube.com/watch?v=w8Tkw7ttTIo
miniwargaming.com/magnet-guide
bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297605-tutorial-magnetisation/

>List of mini manufacturers for converting and proxy
pastebin.com/p6bVhGsg

>Stripping Paint (yes, the ellipses are part of the URL!)
dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Dakka_Modeling_FAQ:_How_to_Strip...

>Priming With Acrylic Gesso
dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Priming_With_Acrylic_Gesso

>Green Stuff Casting
fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2011/11/molding-and-casting-shoulderpads.html
masteroftheforge.com/2012/05/21/rubber-molds-green-stuff/
masteroftheforge.com/2012/07/17/green-stuff-cast-shoulder-pad/

>On the consequences of insufficient ventilation
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_solvent-induced_encephalopathy
hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg273.pdf

>WIP's own 10-point painting scale:
pastebin.com/sxXFfws3

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Got pic related for Christmas, how do I go about sculpting greenstuff spikes onto the shoulder pads to make them more chaos for an Iron Warriors army?

Did you get any models from family and/or friends, outside of the Secret Santa?

Made out pretty good this year. Working on a portfolio to get a commissions business going. Also just had a hankering to do some Guard, as I used to play them back in 4th/5th.

the beauty of iron warriors is that you really don't need to add loads of spikes and junk to them.
If you do make spikes then I'd recommend avoiding greenstuff, it won't come out that well, instead I recommend carving up excess sprue, plasticard or coctail sticks

Cultists and assorted goodies in bottom right are my SS, the rest is from wife/family.

I've got a hell of a backlog now, but I'm especially excited to crack open those soviets. I've never painted anything other than GW models before so it's going to be very new to me.

Got a Space Marine Librarian from the GF.

Holy hell, what a haul. And yeah, backlog is why I only asked for three model-related things this year. I'm hoping to get the Plaguebearers I asked for on my Birthday in two days.

Models and a girlfriend. You lucky fuck.

Slapped together yet another big mek

first full unit complete. have another ten chaos warriors i'll have to do but fuck that. gonna do knights or something first. i still love all the extra bits you get on the CW sprue, all the little spikes and skulls and topknots and shit

any tips or exercises for getting steadier hands? stretching my fingers and wrist backwards helps, and i can usually manage a little jitter, but it's annoying

Guys what the hell is wrong with me?
I have painted an entire flames of war army, and at best they look okay. I have a BA Italian army that is also just okay. I have moved on the 28mm Prussians for Black powder. Again they just look okay.

I have followed the guides, thinned my paints, gotten the paint on smoothly and so forth. But i just can't make my models look very good. I am not even going for amazing quality. Just good enough to play. But honestly i feel almost ashamed to put my models on a table looking as bland as they do.