WIP - Work In Progress General

So I'm having trouble deciding on which vendor to buy bases from. I'm in the states, so I'd rather not pay for oversea shipping if at all possible. Any suggestions?

Should I buy one of those citadel painting handles?

A beer bottle and some blu-tak does literally the same thing.

So Im selling my brother's old ass dark elves and the buyer asked me if I could paint them for him for a little fee. How much should I take from a table top quality paintjob per 1 miniature?

20 doll hairs

fucking space hulk (alternate BA color scheme)

Depends. How fast can you paint them?
How much do you think your time is worth?
How good do you think your paintjobs are?

Is it true that GW spray isn't actually a primer? What's the difference? Bought some mechanicus standard gray spray.

it will not be worth your time to paint them

Not the fastest painter and not the greatest. At most im somewhat mediocre table top quality painter at best.

Tried Kit-bashing a Death Guard demon prince out of an old Rat ogre, think it turned out pretty good.

And the rear

Why is johnny the /wip/ mascot?

Who is he exactly?

at the moment it just looks like a rat ogre, I think it needs some blisters, pox marks and the like, maybe a giant swollen belly like the old plauge marines have

organs need to be coming out of that tummy

Primer contains a product besides pigment that actually bonds with and seals over the material of the model. For some it's a resin, for others it's polyurethane.

Using a primer helps prevent your paint from coming off as you handle the miniature. Although if you don't touch your model much during painting (for example if you're using a handle), and you use a clear coat afterwards, you don't always need to worry about it.

To answer the question though, no, GW spray cans are not primers. They're technically sold as an "Undercoat". They help achieve an even base without using an airbrush, but they won't increase the hold your paint has on the mini.

But I'm seeing contradictory reports. Everyone at this link says it will work fine as one.

tga.community/forums/topic/12196-gw-grey-spray-primer-or-not/

Duncan primes with chaos black as well.

Shit, you're right. Gotta grab some more greenstuff soon

Sisters of Silence. Building enough of them for an army. Now that they've been separated from custodes, since they have their own codes and all, y'all think sisters of silence will be getting that kinda love?

backside

I'd toss a coin, it depends on whether GW realises SoB are a lost cause and focuses on an actually interesting army or if the 5 guys who play them whine enough.

Sisters of Battle 2.0

DRILL YOUR FUCKING BARRELS YOU APE.

Nobody cared who he was before he became a meme.

I dunno, that's a big collage

I actually also play sisters of battle T_T

You disgust me.

...t-the plasma pistol right? Cause you don't really need to drill those

Please tell me It was the plasma pistol.

I like drilled plasma pistols.

The bolt pistol is still in the holster on the new model so you can't see the barrel.

I also drill my plasma, I just wanted you to feel better because that's happened to me every now and then. His has a little pilot light looking thing, right? It should probably have a hole If It does, but Worst case scenario drill it then pa it on primer?

People use regular 99c Walmart spray paint as primer too. That’s what it is, regular spray paint (just half the size and 15 bucks).

>People use regular 99c Walmart spray paint as primer too.
Hey. that's me

But does it actually work? I don't want my shit flaking. I can't seem to find a right answer. Somehow GW doesn't actually make primer, army painter links, krylon is just spray as well at best and the nozzles suck at worst, who the fuck makes real spray primer?

I use rustoleum 2x ultra cover which works pretty great, but I’ve heard people use regular spray paint as primer just fine.

I cannot find any of these non-specialist primers for sale online. It's always some other stupid variant.

Walmart, Home Depot, literally any hardware store. Heard mixed things about automotive primer, but I guess any auto shop as well.

>tfw normal Space Marine have been ruined for me now that I noticed they're all in tactical squat position
Fuck

How can one achieve this gold, preferably with citadel paints

>now that I noticed they're all in tactical squat position
that's been like that since the arrival of the 2nd generation plastics back in 3rd edition in the early 90s.
Calling you a slowpoke would be a complement.

If it really bothers you it's pretty easy to convert the legs into different poses though. Just cut them apart at the joint, repose and resculpt the soft armor with GS.
Not a hard conversion to do. You'll find a few tutorials with a quick google search.

Well I don't play Space Marines, so I never really paid attention. But with Primaris out, it's REALLY noticeable.

Eh. The biggest problems the old marines have is imo that their legs are just too short. Their arms go down to their knees. Or maybe their arms are just too long.
Either way the Primaris marines basically just fixed the proportion issues the marines had, using the head size as reference point if you will.

Just to finish the thought here:
I really wish GW would have just have had the balls to have said, 'yeah these are truescale marines', instead of calling them something else in the background.
And then they went and fucked up the bolters on those minis. One of the most iconic designs in 40k. The bolter rifles look like shit.

Get assault marines and deathwatch legs

I'm actually going crazy over this primer shit. Everything I read seems contradictory.

"GW is fine! I've used it for 20 years with no problem!"
"GW is just spray paint and will rub off!"

"Krylon Camo is liquid gold!"
"Krylon is shit, buy Rustoleum 2x!"

"Rustoleum goes on super thick and will kill all your details! Buy army painter!"
"Army painter will arrive with no pressure! Buy GW!"

Hello, working on a personal project, and a minor forray after ages into model conversions.
A Castraferrum pattern Custodes Dreadnought.
Thoughts?

Forgot to add, he's going to have the one arm with the powerfist holding the force halberd, the other arm has an assault cannon.

GW is fine, I'd only consider other brands if I was going to paint resin and metal miniatures. Don't bother if you are going to work only with plastic

2 coats of nuln oil over the gold oughtta do it.

Have you SEEN the shit people pass off as pro painted on ebay?

Unfortunatly yes. On the other hand Im not delussional about my painting skills.

I mean, they’re still 5x the price of regular primer. Guess it doesn’t matter too much unless you’re painting a lot of miniatures, but still.

i dont understand why the bases are red

they take away from the colors on the model

almost finished him

Post some of your shit. guarantee it's better than most of the stuff Ive seen failing that charge 3 bucks for troops, 5 for elites, and 10 for vehicles

This is my latest work, but I put lots of time and effort to it make it as neat as possible.

Will try to make delves as fast as possible, even the guy said he just want some color on the models. So I'll do just base color, wash and drybrush on them. Maybe spend a bit more time on HQ troops. Thanks for the price range suggestion!

Do you think a Tzaangor with dark blue/purpleish skin, kinda like a raven or crow, would look alright? Using the more Thousand Sons-ish armor color and blue skin but I want to add some more variety in my birds and their colors.

oh that's you? fuck charge him twenty gazillion apiece, you fine

Haha, thanks for the encouragement! Will try to milk more money out of him.

Got a question about sprays. I've gotten Mechanicus Standard Grey, and the item description says to spray it over an undercoat, i.e. Chaos Black or Corax White. Won't this make me lose detail?

Slowly its all coming together... At least most of the black parts are all highlighted, next to wash the metallics and give white parts thinned down and controlled wash to bring some shadows down.

I've done some painting on comission to friends, I usually ask 1-3x the price of the minis depending on how many there are. But Ive never done armies, only Mordheim warband-level stuff. Month ago friend asked me to paint a skaven team for BB for him, I had one I did for myself but didnt play anymore, sold it to him for 60€. Models cost me 20€, so pretty nice profit.

Primaris IW (and AL Johnny) user back here. Finished the captain for my bitterboys. Is he alright?

Thanks for the info aswell! Just got to an agreement of Delf Mordheim band for 65 euros. I think that is reasonable price

>thought my Necron Compound was dried out
>put water in it
>it was supposed to be dried out

welp can I save this somehow?

take water out of it

nice, retrib armour is amazing

looks great

The helmet is neat. Is that a dark elf cape? how do you prepare it to fit?

I'm trying to pull apart some Fantasy Flight Minis,
I want to dissolve the glue and separate them, I just like an even coat over everything and get into those hard to reach places.
Im boiling water, But im not sure how the plastic will go with say, Simple Green or Detol.

I had this problem with other Fantasy Flight board game models.

Leave then in the freezer overnight. It will make the glue brittle and you can snap them apart.

For God's sake don't put plastic minis in boiling water.

Try freezing them. IIRC they use superglue (or something like it) instead of a solvent to glue them up. Freezing makes the glue brittle.

If you want. Super comfy, but as already mentioned you can make the much cheaper.

can i use this to remove my nicely painted minis from their bases? will the rest of the joints return to normal?

Boiling that PVC shit FFG makes their minis out of probably won't do anything to 'em (not that you'd want to; its overkill for straightening bends).

Is Ironbreaker actually darker or brighter than Leadbelcher?

lighter enough to notice it, not light enough for it to be jarring when layered over ironbreaker

It's brighter, but more important than the color is the function. Im realizing just now that Im retarded and the reason I have had so much trouble painting metallics on my minis is because I have been using a layer paint as a base coat.

That's because air temp, humidity, paint temp, age, storage, distance, angle, nozzle condition, bad batch, shake time, etc play big roles in the final quality of the finish. Makes trying to aggregate an overall fair comparison from different reviewers almost impossible.

Most stuff will do fine if it wasn't fucked up for months, or even years, in some non-climate controlled warehouse before you even got it. And the muzzle or can weren't fucked up in production. And then you make sure temp and humidity are good. Stand the can up in a bowl of warm water about half way to raise the can temp. Clean the nozzle every time you use it. Be sure you're spraying at a consistent distance out of any wind. Etc.

Prep is way more important than the difference between the major brands' options most of the time in my experience.

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and if you're unsure, for the love of god test it on something cheap or some old sprue before potentially ruining good models

Oh, and clean your models. Not only to remove anything left over from production (resin especially), but residue from your greasy little sausage fingers isn't helping either.

Okay. I'm getting a little bit tired of this "Just use krylon" bullshit that's going on in /wip/ right now. GW sprays deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.
I should know what I'm talking about. I myself bought a mechanicus standard grey from my flgs for £10 (that's about $15) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 months now. I can even coat oldmetal models with my rattlecan.

British chemists spent years working on the formula and adjusted it up to a million times to produce the finest primer known to mankind.

GW sprays last thrice as long as competitors and are thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a Krylon can prime, GW can prime better. I'm pretty sure a GW spray could easily prime a reaper bones mini with two thin coats.

Ever wonder why krylon never bothered expanding to Europe? That's right, they were too scared to fight GW and their complete market dominance.

So what am I saying? GW sprays are simply the best primer that the world has ever seen, and thus, should really be used in every project.

Please /wip/ let's make this a pasta

Thoughts/feedback on my DA primaris cap?

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Neat Salamander. Skin's a little light though.

New is based
Here's a better picture

H-he's a dark angel

>we wuz dark angels
space negros will steal anything.

Jokes aside. The green does look a bit light. And apart from the hood there's nothing to make him look like a DA.

He had a banner but it broke off, plan on putting a decal on too. It might look a bit light because of how close it was to the lamp

Paint a sword in the cape and some heraldic. It'll look much better and reinforce his presence as a captain