I had asked in the last thread about painting and highlighting my Space Marines in Khaki, and received some good advice. What colors would you recommend for a Texas Ranger themed chapter? Its relevant to the khaki basecoat question. (I usually paint Guard, but thougjt it would be fun to try something different)
Hudson Mitchell
And done! At least for now. Not sure what else to work on so I'm calling Malakim here finished. Really happy with how the sword turned out and scratches on the armor. Also I dirtied up the legs and changed the colours on the wrist strap. Thanks for all the help and critiques you anons gave to me during period.
I'd go with Flayed One Flesh, a thin shade of Agrax (heavier in the recesses) then highlight with Flayed One again.
Henry Martinez
So, I just ordered a box of incubi, how scared/worried should I be about warping, ait bubbles, etc. Considering they're resin?
Dylan Wood
Khaki, turquiose and a red/yellow pop.
Mason Campbell
Mephiston Red with Evil Sunz Scarlet and Wild Rider Red to highlight. And Kanto Blue with Caledor Sky and Russ Grey to highlight. For the white? Celestra grey, then White scar.
Austin Walker
Warping will 100% occur. Hot water or a heat gun Air bubbles, maybe? They aren't that big of a concern but will be annoying
Isaac Nguyen
thanks
Cooper Fisher
Did you reinforce that somehow or is the whole thing supported by that claw?
Sebastian Parker
Hey /WIP/, I need to make replacement Axe Blade for my Relic Halberd, Suggestions?
Blake Rogers
Its pinned
Jose Harris
What would be a good way to make a replacment Axe Blade /WIP/?
>Pic Related since its what needs a new blade.
Ayden Young
Really? Man that sucks. Any tips or other things to look out for?
Cameron Lewis
Should I go Sky Blue or Red for my Marines? They're blood angels successors so red feels right, but I've never really painted a blue army before and it might look nice.
Please help /wip/
Blake Adams
I think the lightning on the sword is a bit thick but apart from that he's turned out great
Joshua Hall
Hey it's me your favorite primarch Rugal Dan. Check out this rainbow gaunt.
Ethan Flores
>rainbow gaunt. what are you, gay?
Kayden Gomez
I don't get it
Jacob Young
All Blood Angel chapters use or implement red in their armor colours (except for one...). Even the Carmine Blades who were once an Ultramarine chapter (until Astorath kindly informed them that those psychotic freak outs they were having was not a really bad headache but in fact the black rage) changed their armor to red and even adopted the Blood Angel's heraldry.
The point I am trying to make is The Red Thirst , The Black Rage, and death of best primarch is really important to these chapters because it's a "flaw" they all share.
Doesn't mean you can't use blue or are forced to use red. Just think on what you want this chapter to stand for and just how serious they regard their flaw and their ancestry.
Blue is a nice colour though and easier to paint then red.
Ryan Taylor
I agree. I think I didn't have the first layer subtle enough so when I painted the white it came out as too thick. I think a glaze of blue on the edges will clean it up though. Thinned down of course.
Nathaniel Ward
Hot water to straighten the swords.
To fill in gaps and bubbles, I get a little dab of greenstuff and heat it a bit with some warm water so it is very soft. Place it on the problem area and press it in with whatever tool you're using, a paperclip can work if you're super cheap. press it in then scrape away the excess.
YT also has dozens of videos on this
Jace Ramirez
Looks pretty gay.
Levi Gray
Gants are cute, but I don't understand the joke...
Jaxon Morgan
Thanks, sucks that resin models come with so many problems so frequently apparently.
Liam Foster
Only his base is rainbow, you lied, that is not a rainbow gaunt. He is orange, yellow, white, and black.
Matthew Wright
I still need an idea on how to make a replacement blade here.
Oliver Price
I would include red somewhere. Maybe their shoulder pads?
Adrian Cruz
I dont know why, but on first glance he looks like a girl with a weird tumblrstyle haircut.
Maybe its his red lipstick.
Otherwise looks dope, tho
Cooper Morgan
>Lamentors are a Blood Angel successor chapter Huh, I did not know that. Their deeds don't really make you think of them having the freakouts from Back Rage, is Red Thirst and Black Rage just as present in their chapter as it is in the others or more subdued/missing altogether?
Christopher Wood
Sounds good. Where should I focus the red/yellow and turquoise?
Ayden Fisher
Just fuck off and try something, christ
Ian Jones
>Just fuck off and try something, christ This, but maybe a bit nicer. Seriously, grab your bits box and dig through it until you're holding a fistful of blades, and start dry fitting.
>Counts-as-Doppelganger Noice. I'm going to go with the Bowler had and maybe try to add a book and cane, use her as a female Ferdinand Vogel. Using a Reaper ape man or yeti as the Beast.
>Nvb Doppelganger to much for my Guild, Miss Anne Thrope with Lucius That was pretty much my thoughts on not using the Doppel with my Lucius. At least the creepy children have (nearly) all their skin on.
Alexander Sullivan
yeah I call bullshit, you're just gonna base over that
Lucas Barnes
Lamenters are a distrusted chapter because they were created during the Cursed Founding. Blood Angels aren't all that trusted to begin with cause, surprise surprise, drinking blood and being prone to going ape shit with a chance of going MEGA FUCKING APE SHIT kinda leave people concerned. So Lamenters tried to stay pretty far from their parent chapter as a means lessen any distrust to them. This worked somewhat well until they Black Rage which for a time was dormant in their gene-seed kicked in and made their ancestry undeniable.
As of right now their Chapter Master Malakim Phoros seems to be at the breaking point of falling to the Black Rage. I'm pretty sure it's mentioned every time he fights the Red Thirst takes hold just a little more.
Thanks for the compliment. Unsure if I agree with him looking like a chick though, also I thought I toned down the lips enough to look natural. Anyways I tried to base him off this pic.
Landon Young
>use her as a female Ferdinand Vogel. Neat idea; I just ordered my Vogel, I think it'll be a very fun thing to run with Lucius, with the added bonus that he plays with my main faction, Arcanist. Doppelganger copying Vogel's Censure seems like it could be very frustrating for the opponent.
On a note not related to that. I just picked up a Dark Imperium box set, and was trying to decide on a color scheme for the chaos. I was thinking a magenta color scheme. All I see online is shades of green or white, with the occasional black.
Christopher Foster
I should have mentioned that it was regarding using Plasticard Greenstuff I am fairly new to the hobby nd my weapon bits are low in Blades outside of Swords and Boltguns.Even then that was one of the three axes I had.
Christopher Baker
Just a fair warning, if you didn't get a response the first two times, there's no reason to keep asking until you actually try something. Now I dont know what plasticard greenstuff is, but if you have greenstuff you can try to make a 2 part mold of the axe head with it, just google how to cast bits with greenstuff. Other than that, just order more bits, they're cheap.
Isaiah Wilson
Well, there was a Land Raider Sponson Shell I got with some Mk4 Marines, Maybe I can try Making that into a Blade.
Landon Butler
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Alexander Baker
First Alpha Legion Inceptor tips and thoughts appreciated.
Cameron Turner
Anyone have any Emperor's Children painting images, post and pre heresy?
Would I be good using Pink Horror or Screamer Pink(not sure which I have) as a highlight for xereus purple?
Liam Scott
mouldlines, use shade, drill barrels, practice highlights, look up eye lense tutorials, dont paint on the stem, use more colours.
Aiden Clark
Forgot to ask here but also what's a good way to get gold over black primer? Someone said do red then gold, but should I go for Gehennas Gold or Leadbelcher or something?
Jaxon Walker
brown works best as a base for gold
Kayden Hill
Okay sweet. Thank you. Any tips for the Purple?
Luis Young
If you're doing pre-heresy, vallejo royal purple+metal medium
Logan Lewis
Kind of a mix of both. A lot of MKIII and I went with some of the more classic looking heads. Mostly wondering about highlights, if pink would be a good idea
Parker Parker
i do my highlight by mixing the purple i use with white. Pretty much ends up pink, so should work for you
Cameron Lee
>"Ah fuck, that's where Bob went..."
Great job user.
Thomas Gonzalez
him having metallic armour but a yellow helmet sets my OCD off
Henry Jackson
Don't forget the badab war *laughs in preferred enemy*
I think I understand what you're getting at. Paint the helmet blue, and half the body red with the other half white, right? Kinda like the flag?
Robert Brown
Thanks
Sorry, I thought it looked cool. Helps it pop out from the rest of the armor.
Nobody likes you Minotaurs
That works though is gonna be some work. Just in my head I was thinking red helmet, white armor, blue gloves and boots.
Jayden Murphy
What colours are used to paint this kind of golden helmet? The Sanguniary Guard on the app says it's brass but I tried that and it's too dark.
Nathan Turner
This is what I meant here not great and certainly could be better but I hope it helps.
Retributor Armour for the base. Wash with Reikland Fleshshade, repaint with Retributer avoiding the recesses where the wash sits. Edge highlight with Liberator Gold and at the very tips and edges use Stormhost Silver or Runefang Steel.
Jackson Watson
>Retributor Armour for the base. Wash with Reikland Fleshshade, repaint with Retributer avoiding the recesses where the wash sits. Edge highlight with Liberator Gold and at the very tips and edges use Stormhost Silver or Runefang Steel.
That's too yellow.
Henry Ramirez
Retributor Armor is too yellow? I think you're thinking of Auric.
Jayden Bell
Ret is very yellow too.
Nolan Phillips
>Lamenters are a Blood Angel successor chapter >Huh, I did not know that.
The Lamenters have been around since First Edition. As pointed out, they were on the wrong side of the Badab War (First Edition) and, as noted, were a product of the Cursed Founding (Third Edition). It wasn't until the Fifth Edition Blood Angels codex that they were officially labeled as Blood Angels successors. They don't even rate a mention in the Seventh Edition book, though, which introduced the Carmine Blades.
Jordan Walker
It's given me some ideas. Thanks! I'll set one aside and give it a try. Couldn't hurt.
Justin Smith
Try Balthasar -> Gehenna -> Runefag
Owen Price
I did a quick mock up on a spare helmet I already had primed using the same methods I posted here The only difference is I didn't repaint the helmet with Ret after applying the wash because I did it very thin.
Jaxon Gonzalez
And here it is again using this anons suggestion. Unfortunately my Balthasar pot is pretty dried up so the coats I applied to the helmet came out way too thick. Hopefully it helps colour wise to see if it matches what you are looking for.
Wyatt Murphy
*boop*
Jeremiah Moore
Are the Primaris from the small Dark Imperium box set?
Brayden Edwards
Yep. Me and a buddy split it. Can't beat 5 intercessors, 5 hellblast and a gravis captain for 35 bucks.
Blake King
Hey, fellas. It's your favorite Primarch again, Rangle Dan here. I painted some stupid bullshit for your enjoyment. Fuck stripes, they ghey.
Luis Ross
I don't get this joke.
Kayden Hernandez
Paint the stripes scrub.
Hunter Russell
Stripes are the best part of Thousand Sons minis
Caleb Cooper
So these are the first models I've ever painted. They're just green army men, since I don't want to practice on any more expensive models. I figure I can use them to get the basics down.
What would you guys recommend I do from here? I recognize that this is effectively just a base coat. The only techniques I've really tried so far was rusting their helmets, and putting mud on their boots.
Carter Barnes
Other side
William Green
Hi fellas, your primarch Ragol Dan here again with some new stuff
Carson Young
Try some darker and lighter paint on their faces to create a realistic face for them.
Colton Anderson
There is so little detail on army men that it's difficult to do the basics (like edge highlighting) to them. You're coats are thin, and you can paint in the lines good enough. I would say you should just dish out the dosh for a few chap minis. I know GW sells starter sets for painters.
Once you get something with better detail, just follow the Duncan tutorials to learn how to wash, edge highlight, and so on.
Isaiah Wilson
Read the first post. Check out the painting guides. Thin your paints. Drink your paint water. Follow these steps and Duncan will smile upon thee.
Owen Ramirez
I'm about to be done with this I just need to finish up painting my boys.
Henry Richardson
My quest to thin my paints enough and get good brush control continues, but overall I am fairly happy with how this guy came out. It was sort of my first time trying to glaze (the cape and skin), and the skin was the only part I was really sort of happy with. I just straight up used the incorrect colors for the cape, tried to use Warpstone as the next step up from Caliban and it was way too bright.
Anyone have any criticisms before I seal and varnish this dude?
Jace Thompson
I'll do that as soon as I get more than one skin tone paint. I guess I can try mixing some shades.
Thanks, I'll go check that out.
How much do you thin your paints? I tried that, but it seemed to invariably make the paint too thin to stick to the model properly. (I probably had about a 1/4 to 1/3 thinner to paint ratio).
Christopher Morales
From what I understand, you want your paint to have the consistency of milk when it's on your palette, but I could be mistaken.
Sebastian Ramirez
That's wayyyyy to much thinner. You want it thin enough that you don't lose any detail. Most people say the consistency of milk. On a ages I'd say like 8 to 1 paint to thinner.
Noah Turner
'Ere We Go 'ERE WE GO!!!!
Not a bad first attempt at glazing though you are correct, you need a mid tone between those two greens. Also paints are looking thin though there is room for improvement, good job all the same.
Luke Campbell
>Ragol Dan literally who?
Leo Reed
The fact that Blood Angels successors are all just different shades of red makes them really visually boring, IMO.
Like, Lamenters get to be Lemon-ters, and Fleshtearers get the black accents, but most of them are just "Blood Angels with a different logo"
So Go with Blue, with Red as an accent colour on the Aquilas or shoulder pads or helmets or something.
Remember that Blood Angels Devestators have blue helmets. Blue is a perfectly acceptable Blood Angels colour choice.
Brody Green
Some user that keeps posting shit that's not his. I have no idea what for, seems like low-tier trolling.
Thomas Barnes
Does anyone have advice for painting the blueish white skin shone on this model? I'm getting one soon and I'm feeling a little overwhelmed.
Cameron Davis
Black Rage and Red Thirst were apparently 'cured' by their Cursed Founding geneseed tampering, with the side effect of Bad Luck.
Xavier Sanchez
Huh, my paints might already be thin enough then, or at least fairly close. (It's Testor's enamel paints, it was a Christmas gift)
Owen Jenkins
Really thin layers of white on a blue underlayer?
Like, glazing with white style?
Tyler Powell
>enamel do yourself a favour, stop using that as soon as you can and switch to accrylics
Justin Watson
How would one go about for pic related's colors? Trying to do this from a chapter creation bread awhile back
Carter Hall
The ragol daniels of the world appear to have been hanging out and painting together today, considering all of those photos are taken in the same room.
Nicholas Howard
Try to avoid using enamel paints on minis in the future. They can be a nightmare to deal with, since they're toxic, need chemicals to thin, and stripping the paint runs a serious risk of destroying the mini. Water based acrylic is your absolute best bet. Don't feel obligated to get Citadel brand paints: I use Vallejo more often, myself.
Julian Gonzalez
shove the minis up your ass
Eli Harris
Follow the Cadian scheme in the Citadel App?
Looks pretty similar.
Jacob Reyes
I know, I know, they were a gift though. I can't really return them.
Also, what range of colors do you recommend keeping on hand? Just for general all around use.