Booyah- posted:

Looks awesome, I love the color balance and thrusters on the back.


I'm putting together the shadespire minis and I'm definitely going to want to fill these gaps. Can anyone comment on liquid green stuff as a gap filler? I've only used the putty kind.

Phi230 posted:

What's a good triad in Vallejo for a kind of leather brown

wdarkk posted:

The Jumpoff posted:

Hi, i painted my first mini in 7 or 8 years and boy am i trash at it. Have some terrible photos taken in my bathroom because it has the best lighting.





So i painted an Ork Nob for a test model and to find out my color scheme. I'm going with black and yellow and now that i have this poor bastard painted i think i can clean up a lot for future models. If i had to pick one thing i'm happy with it would be the axe, specifically the handle. Army Painter (i know) Leather Brown and a Matt Black wash worked really well imo. I just want advice on how to better handle the paint beause i don't know what i'm doing but it isn't going on as a solid color and more as a wash, but it's also keeping brush strokes as if i hadn't thinned it at all.

Hixson posted:

I painted a space man

Hixson posted:

I painted a space man

Kabuki Shipoopi posted:

How the hell do you do such seamless transitions from the shade to brighter parts of the armor?

bonds0097 posted:

I'm gonna guess glazes or airbrush.

Hixson posted:

You guessed right; I did both. Vallejo heavy red basecoat over a black/grey zenith prime and pre-shade. Highlighted with an airbrush up to Vallejo bloody red. Then glazed with bloody red.

It's the first time I've ever used an airbrush on an infantry model for more than just a prime and basecoat

Hixson posted:

You guessed right; I did both. Vallejo heavy red basecoat over a black/grey zenith prime and pre-shade. Highlighted with an airbrush up to Vallejo bloody red. Then glazed with bloody red.

It's the first time I've ever used an airbrush on an infantry model for more than just a prime and basecoat

TTerrible posted:

our favourite dead gay game.

Hixson posted:

I painted a space man

BULBASAUR posted:

You're getting much better with your digital camera too.

Pendent posted:

I've decided to start doing a new color scheme for my Blood Angels, partially because I'm bored with doing quite so much red, partially because a lot of my older stuff looks like crap.

Here's an Intecessor who's getting close to finished. Obviously not on the same level as a most of you in this thread (like those Thousand Sons above me) but it's some solid improvement over where I was even 6 months ago.

Pendent posted:

I've decided to start doing a new color scheme for my Blood Angels, partially because I'm bored with doing quite so much red, partially because a lot of my older stuff looks like crap.

Here's an Intecessor who's getting close to finished. Obviously not on the same level as a most of you in this thread (like those Thousand Sons above me) but it's some solid improvement over where I was even 6 months ago.

Pidgin Englishman posted:

Those are some amazing space ships, and my wallet is currently freaking out.

That chris foss like work...

I just finished up a Zu Yong, though, and felt the need to share. (NB: one of the fluff names is 'Terracotta Warriors').




Hot drat do I love heavy infantry. (also space ships)

Zuul the Cat posted:

I'm a big fan of that yellow trim. Looks good!

bonds0097 posted:

I like it, looks like actual blood red.

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

Sup Ork Buddy.

My first suggestion is to look at everything you do with one simple question; is there a way I can get equivalent quality while doing something faster? With Orks in particular you have a ton of fiddly bits that can take forever to paint, and when you're looking at 100 models it's easy to get burned out quickly. So do yourself a favor and get ahead of things by planning ahead. So let's look at your Ork. You have arms that are predominantly green, a head that's also predominantly green, pants and torso which are mostly brown, and then detail bits like rusty metal and your plating. If you (literally) divide and conquer you can batch paint a lot of that stuff and have a solid, reliable foundation from which to work with. I recommend looking at stuff like colored primers, and personally I'm a big fan of Army Painter's stuff.

If you glue the head and arms to a piece of spare sprue, hit with Army Painter Greenskin, highlight with a slightly lighter color, and then apply a green wash you'll get a pretty quick and good looking skin. You can then paint the metal, highlight (I love using drybrush for "dirty" metallic objects like ork weapons), and then wash. When painting use thin coats (I cheat and just paint with paints meant for airbrushing, since they're already thinned). You won't see brush strokes if you use multiple coats; maybe 2-3. The body you can use a brown (literally leather brown?), apply another highlight, and then wash with something like Army Painter strong or soft tone.

The yellow is going to be a significant challenge due to how transparent yellow is, but there are ways to cheat. GW used to sell "Foundation" paints that had a TON of pigment and covered well. My go-to method was to apply a base of their foundation yellow, hit the surface with a yellow ink to dramatically saturate the colors, weather the edges with a metallic color, and then wash the surface with a light brown or sepia wash to dirty things up. In your case I would paint yellow and then add black details.

If you want I can show you some of my dudes and the various recipes I used to paint them.

berzerkmonkey posted:

Flipped on the puppy cam in time to see my dog chowing down on at least one brand new, large size jar of Nuln Oil. Now there is a big, dark puddle on my rug.

There are three more in the bag that one came from. Almost $30 in paint. Also, my wife is going to kill me.

Shadin posted:

Did it flow well into the puppy’s recesses?

Booyah- posted:

I finished the primaris marines from the First Strike box set last night. Hadn't painted in over a year but really happy with how they turned out, especially the Reivers. Once I finish the death guard from the box some Skiitari will be next which I'm super excited for.

berzerkmonkey posted:

I'll find out when I get home. He's white, for the most part, so it ought to show up very nicely.

EDIT: Now he's laying in the puddle. Should have a few new spots when I get home.

DOUBLE EDIT: Yep, wife is super pissed. drat you, climbing dog!

Kabuki Shipoopi posted:

Also this is my favorite post in this entire thread.

Booyah- posted:

I finished the primaris marines from the First Strike box set last night. Hadn't painted in over a year but really happy with how they turned out, especially the Reivers. Once I finish the death guard from the box some Skiitari will be next which I'm super excited for.

Zuul the Cat posted:

What's your recipe for the red on these guys?

Ohthehugemanatee posted:

This is more of a modeling question but I can't think of where else to post it. I am trying to put together some cheap siege engines from scrap. There are tons of resources online about building everything from furniture to dungeons out of foam core and dollar store beads but I can find very little about hacking together a cannon or a catapult or something like that. In particular I'm trying to build something that would go well with some Reaper bones goblins and some Reaper bones dwarves, so anything on the spectrum from finely metal worked cannons to primeval catapults is cool.

So far I plan to throw some buttons down for wheels and slap a severed gnoll head on a dowel to make a cannon, and maybe cut up a bunch of foam logs and form them into a catapult, but if anyone has a guide they know of or some recommendations for materials I'd love to hear it.