WIP - Work In Progress General

highlights are a bit on the thicc and messy side but overall it's ok.
When you're painting the highlights load up a bit less paint on your brush

Howdy WIP, I found this image in one of these threads a while back, and I absolutely fell in love with the marble style scratches/weathering, and I even found a tutorial on how to accomplish it with black armor.
If your interested. figurementors.com/painting-black-power-armour-by-giovanni-di-lena

Now I'm trying to wrap my head around doing the same pattern/style but for crimson fists, and I figured that I would ask for advice. How would you replicate this for Dark Blue armor? What colors would you use?

>How would you replicate this for Dark Blue armor? What colors would you use?
the same colours you're using to highlight the armour normally? Just toss in a bit of white for the extreme points.

Does anyone know a good source for status grass tufts of flowers? Specifically stuff that looks like delphiniums?

so i'd like to have some coolness to my black armored guys, i don't want to paint straight black. i tried blue glaze on a black surface and it didn't really show up. is there a good mix you know or a specific paint you know of that's black, but with a faint blueish tint, just enough that when it catches the light there's some color to it?

pic related is what i mean. clearly black, but not just matte black

Love that model.

I would assume going with a black basecoat, then going with many very thin layers of blues (or better, a blue gray) would be what you're looking for.

My inquisitor and retinue wip

Dis nigga got cut off

White power!

How do you paint over ink without it bleeding everywhere?

wait for it to dry

Re-base him with snow and it'll look just fine - particularly in that pose, looks like he's getting hit with some frost weapon or somesuch.

Do you know how long that takes in general?

Not that user but 30 min or so.

Weirdboy

I always love seeing your boyz - you got one of the nicest color schemes for orks.

Fugged up the mould line but p happy with my first krieger.

With base

Other angle

no idea why this is giving me some berserk vibes...

nice work user, i like the good mix of sources. Definitely always liked this motley crew type rag tag retinue rather than everyone in the same armour and style

i got a rhino for my death guard army, but i dont want to modify it with pustules and organic stuff, want a more rusted used theme, and well, i have a lot of spare nurglings.

any suggestion about how to customize it? ive seen some but i dont want to put some random nurglings around or put a plague marine with the combi weapon.

i was thinking getting some barrels and small chains and put em on some places, like chains on the barrels behind, or the back door, or trying to setup a marine or random guardsman up front

Devilman Crybaby has fucked my desire to build shit or even paint. /wip/, can you post your cool conversions to inspire me (and potentially others?)

Just basecoated and chucked an agrax wash on this boy as a test model for my Elysians. I'm trying to go for the scheme on the right but I feel like my guy looks a lot more dull and I might be off with the colours. I used Zandri Dust for the fatigues, Castellan Green for the armour and ushabti bone for the padding.
Any suggestions on how I could improve it?
Would it look good with these colours after highlighting or is the problem with my scheme down to mismatching basecoats?

Any tips on disassembling a solidly glued together plastic figure? It's not welded together with plastic glue but I'm unsure about going about removing a leg from the main body without causing it damage

Love the colors

Why not go for a pre-Heresy Death Guard paint job rusted to hell and back? And what's wrong with a Nurgling party wagon?

That looks really nice

i did some tests on models of the plague marines at that scheme, but im not sure about it yet, gotta improve the rusting techniques or learn one thing or two about weathering

also nurgling party van? could do some kind of love boat esque rhino with some lights and nurglings... but could look a bit bloated, just want to plan ahead

Could use some input again

Not sure what color I should go for the eyes on the book and I'm not in love with the color for the central eye either.

I'll be dozing a bit so I may not answer but I'd appreciate ideas

For mine, I painted in black and white. Then glaze with a very dark blue. Alternatively, VMC Black and Game Color Sombre Grey works nicely too

Here's an update to those techmarines from the last thread

I haven't taken many pics yet but I will soon. Probably a few at Captaincon if I work on some more dudes. This is it next to some various models I was working on.

This was in reference to

A different wip

And my most recently finished mini

Starting on my Exodite wraithblades... Still VERY WIP, but wanted /wip/'s thoughts.

Pretty cool. Like the combo with the tree dude stuff.

Would maybe add more wood elf bits to make it more tree-like. But a similar effect could be done just with painting or using a knife to make lines on the plastic to look like wood

Not that user, but maybe this would help with rusting/weathering in general? old man and I used to love doing this shit

Thanks! Yeah, I wanted more "tree" too but thought I might have been going overboard.

Still plenty of dryad/kurnoth bits to use plus I have some gorgeous photo-etched leaves I'll be making vines with.

Ultimately I'm aiming for "ancient" wraiths woken by the world spirit to aid the Exodites so they'll be well weathered/worn and covered in growth (vines, moss, etc...). Tricky part is I want winter theme, so I don't want to go too nuts with it all (which I am inclined to do).

Definitely go for inhuman eyes (weird colours, slitted pupils, etc).

For the central eye, I would go a compound eye, like a fly's, but that would be an absolute nightmare to paint. Would look awesome if you could pull it off though.

Source on these models?

Not him, but I'm guessing Infinity.

First time using Vallejo still water. Wanted to do base that looks like its in the water but it came out shit.

Might not look too bad if you cut away the meniscus. As long as it doesn't turn opaque where you cut it should turn out fine enough, no?

Clear silicone adhesive works amazing for this. I made a waterfall out of the stuff and it looked great (and simple too). Just put it on as thick as you want, then paint with some sort of wet effect paint to make it shiny/wet-looking.

Post stuff you are currently working on

This is WIP after all

just for scientific purposes, whats that mini?

looks like a pilot from infinity

try drybrushing

Ok, you asked for it.

New Tau stealth suits?

2nd one roughly assembled

Help me decide on a company for these captains.

It has to be either 3rd, 5th, 6th or 7th

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this one is the Lizard pilot from Infinity

But I've no idea where that one is from! I'm also very curious. At least we know it can't possibly be GW since it looks like an actual female.

Go with 3rd.
Dude looks really cool.

Lads, I need new brushes. Not just detail brushes, but medium-sized and ones suitable for drybrushing as well.

Most of the sets I see on ebay are normally just detail brushes, and to be honest I don't think I need much more than a Detail and a Fine Detail brush equivalents at that end.

I don't want to spend daft money, £25-30 overall maybe?

Need to try that. Can't get any worse. If you use imagination it might look like those are waves or something. I dont know. Bit bummed.

My Custodians. Gonna paint the plume blonde, still don't know how to base him.

First try at slightly modified Bloodletters.
I like the idea of demons of Chaos undivided so I took off the wierd head and painted them black/bony.
Any thoughts ? It's still WIP, kinda.

It looks okay but moldlines

I like the idea, small changes to rank and file can have a really big thematic impact on an army. Got to try and be more polished though, get rid of the mould lines and sprue nubs. What does the back of the head look like?

Thanks anons !
I need to invest in a good hobby knife.
The back of the head looks like he has a kind of mask. I moght go and fix that with a bit of greenstuff so that it will merge better with the body.

Hey, that's cool. Any tips on how you painted it? Step-by step would be highly appreciated.

Guys, Im starting the hobby and dont even have a workstation.

What are the basic stuff I need to get started and where are the best places to get them?

Like that geen-squared thing to put your stuff on top, or that Citadel butt plug and brushes. You know, the basic stuff that you wish you had when you started.
Thank you!

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Basecoat white and did Duncan's marble method (minus the first step for a whiter marble). Then for the gold I did balthazar, wash sephia, gehenna, a bit of reikland wash, auric, then highlight stormsilver.
For the gems I start with black, then went red, red-orange, orange, orange-yellow, yellow for the blend, each stroke smaller than the last. A single, tiny white dot at the top for that shine illusion.
The challenge is just that the custodes has a lot of details.

Nice.

Why it has to be one of those?
Legit curiosity, not a dick question, I swear.

Looks confusing, I'd add more white on the leg plates and feet, or at least leg plates, front and behind. Same with flat arm plates

I have a project of making all captains for my custom chapter, I have models or plans for models for the rest of the companies.

Some need to look a specific way ( terminator, assault, relic armor with antennae), some are modeled a specific company ( like a 2nd company captain with correct molded pauldrons). I have three spare captains with no company that could be any of the generic companies or the infantry reserve ones.

I am missing three captains (4th, 9th and a generic one) and I have ideas for all of them already.

3rd assigned.

That's my Blood Angels proxy captain so red fits as well.

Basic stuff? Brushes, paints, primer, x-acto knife, plastic model cement, cyanoacrylate superglue, cup that you don't mind permanently dirtying, paper towels, hard flat item to use as a palette, desk lamp. The paints are the hardest to come by and the most expensive, followed by the brushes. The rest is a piece of cake.

If you want to kick it up a notch, you can make a wet palette out of any old plastic tray, a shammy cloth, and some baking paper. "Green stuff" plumber's putty or some other modelling putty for gap filling is also a worthy investment, but not immediately essential. As for the green cutting mat, those are nice, but a luxury. I used old magazines as cutting mats for years, and it worked fine.

Thats cool!

Keep us updated user, that's a cool idea

The cutting mat is standard in nearly any craft/paper store.
A lighted magnifying lens is also decently easy to find.
You may want a stand for your paints, as well as a palette, again craft stores, also a decent place for you beginners brushes, because you *will* ruin them.
Also get a craft knife or two, with extra blades, a sharp knife may nick you, but a dull blade with gouge you once you apply force.

You'll want a really good desk lamp, one of the "old"ones with a long fluorescent bulb is great, prowls some thiriftstores

Emery board, or diaposble nil files, literally anywhere that sells nail polish with have them, for piling plastic that may foul up metal files.

Two cups, one for dirty water one for clean.

Specialist goods:
Straight side snippers, for removing from sprues, either hobby or tool shop.
Also pick up a set of metal files there.

Optional "advanced" goods
Pin vice, or hand drill, hobby shop or specialist tool shop
Razor saw, same places

Oh and a good chair, you have one spine, take care of it.

Is the bike company the assault (8th) one or is it one of the infantry reserve ones?

I may make a bike captain and call it a day

Currently stealing this idea for my conscript brick. Filing legs all day hurts my hands.

Here's the first company captain missing a pauldron.

Since I use mostly thunder hammer terminators lightning claws seemed good for it, and it's not like i have real game use for a terminator captain anyways.

Shouldn't the las gun serial code match the prisoners?, or did he still someones laz gun

8th is assault, 9th is devastator, 10th is scout

THE MAN WITH THE RIFLE SHOOTS
THE MAN WITHOUT, FOLLOWS HIM
WHEN THE MAN WITH THE RIFLE GETS KILLED
THE MAN THAT FOLLOWS PICKS IT UP

And apparently 6th and 8th are the two that use the bikes, with 7th heavy on the land speeder

Pretty amateur at painting minis still, and wondering how to get a decent 'black' skin on my verminlord like pic related. Are the tones on him even doable without an air brush? (I do have an air brush but I am not confident enough to use it yet).
What should I base it with? Only a black primer on it right now.

Compound eyes, well eye, might be interesting