Warhammer 40,000: 8th Time's the Charm

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WorldIndustries: Dec 21, 2004

Guy Goodbody posted:

well, poo poo. I was going to go with Blood Angels because the tutorials make painting space marines in general look reasonably easy, and I really liked the bright red of the Blood Angels.

You can still get a pretty bright red with the GW paints. When using one of their recipes I often find that I shift everything brighter by one shade more than they recommend. So for their blood angel recipe I would make evil suns scarlet the base coat, and then a first edge highlight of 1:1 evil suns and fire dragon bright, then a tiny edge highlight of just fire dragon bright.

I'm not a huge fan of the brighter citadel reds to be honest, they just don't get saturated enough for what I usually want. The bright red armor I like is from this tutorial and starts with army painter pure red:
http://taleofpainters.blogspot.com/2013/06/tutorial-how-to-paint-eldar-of-saim.html
A 1:1 mix of VMC Vermillion and vallejo game ink Red is also really nice.

WorldIndustries fucked around with this message at 05:28 on May 10, 2018

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OhDearGodNo: Jan 3, 2014

Thanks all for the words- I�ll be using this army (when done) for Nova and hopefully if we get a ham slam soon to play test it there.

JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:

These are freaking incredible. The painting and the conversions are so good. Are these white scars or custodes? They look way better in your color scheme than the usual custodes "ALL GOLD EVERYTHING"!

White Scars- I wanted to have and all-Primaris army, and that was my first attempt at a conversion. I will say it is not as easy as I had thought.

# ? May 10, 2018 02:21

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

So If I prime Mephiston Red, but then do a basecoat of Evil Sunz Red instead of a highlight, and then an edge higlight of Jokaero Orange, I'll be able to get a brighter red with only one extra step. That seems doable.

# ? May 10, 2018 02:29

Ilor: Feb 2, 2008; That's a crit.

Honestly, I'd prime white, then airbrush the Mephiston Red. If you really want a bright red, doing it over white is usually a good start.

# ? May 10, 2018 03:24

S.J.: May 19, 2008; Just who the hell do you think we are?

And if you don't have an airbrush you can still prime white and spray mephiston red.

# ? May 10, 2018 03:27

Booley: Apr 25, 2010; I CAN BARELY MAKE IT A WEEK WITHOUT ACTING LIKE AN ASSHOLE; Grimey Drawer

I prime white and airbrush mephiston. I think it looks pretty good and bright.

# ? May 10, 2018 03:38

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

Alright, thanks for the tip

# ? May 10, 2018 03:42

WorldIndustries: Dec 21, 2004

Guy Goodbody posted:

So If I prime Mephiston Red, but then do a basecoat of Evil Sunz Red instead of a highlight, and then an edge higlight of Jokaero Orange, I'll be able to get a brighter red with only one extra step. That seems doable.

I would use wild rider red, or the mix of evil sunz scarlet and fire dragon bright.

Jokaero Orange is a bit darker and while it works in their intermediate edge highlight step, it might not look quite right.

Remember to do a wash in the recesses of the armor too, I usually paint AP strong tone directly into the recesses and then clean up with the basecoat.

# ? May 10, 2018 03:47

Pendent: Nov 16, 2011; The bonds of blood transcend all others.
But no blood runs stronger than that of Sanguinius; Grimey Drawer

Booley is being modest, by the way. His Blood Angels are some of the best models I've seen on here

# ? May 10, 2018 03:54

Schadenboner: Aug 15, 2011; by Shine

Zuul the Cat posted:

I'll never get tired of watching that dude get rocked in the face.

Content! Here's the leaks I was talking about. (I didn't take these photos).

Schadenboner fucked around with this message at 08:41 on May 10, 2018

# ? May 10, 2018 03:56

DotyManX: Aug 9, 2004; Yeah I drive a minivan, big deal, wanna fight about it?

Cross post

Been working on a squad of inceptors for my space wolves

Tried for about 10 minutes to attach this guy to the flight stand before giving up for the night

# ? May 10, 2018 04:05

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

DotyManX posted:

Cross post

Been working on a squad of inceptors for my space wolves

Tried for about 10 minutes to attach this guy to the flight stand before giving up for the night

I'm going to use my Primaris as wolves too. Mine are that sweet, powdery baby blue though :nyan:

# ? May 10, 2018 04:06

DotyManX: Aug 9, 2004; Yeah I drive a minivan, big deal, wanna fight about it?

JBP posted:

I'm going to use my Primaris as wolves too. Mine are that sweet, powdery baby blue though

Yeah, I�m using the formula from one of the old WarhammerTV videos: base in The Fang, Wetbrush Russ Grey, recess shade with Agrax earth shade and edge highlight with Fenrisian grey.

# ? May 10, 2018 04:16

Booley: Apr 25, 2010; I CAN BARELY MAKE IT A WEEK WITHOUT ACTING LIKE AN ASSHOLE; Grimey Drawer

Pendent posted:

Booley is being modest, by the way. His Blood Angels are some of the best models I've seen on here

Ehh, they're good for what they are. They're just really clean basic paint jobs. I think my Fists are significantly better, as is the work that a lot of the 30k thread (bulbasaur, hixson, ijyt, endman, sulecrist, etc) puts out.

# ? May 10, 2018 04:24

dexefiend: Apr 25, 2003; THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!

dexefiend posted:

After talking to Corrode, I got some motivation to work on poo poo I already own. This is what happenened.

# ? May 10, 2018 04:31

Booley: Apr 25, 2010; I CAN BARELY MAKE IT A WEEK WITHOUT ACTING LIKE AN ASSHOLE; Grimey Drawer

dexefiend posted:

I have one of those that I can't even motivate myself to build. That looks great!

# ? May 10, 2018 04:43

Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

DotyManX posted:

Cross post

Been working on a squad of inceptors for my space wolves

Tried for about 10 minutes to attach this guy to the flight stand before giving up for the night

That gold looks incredible. What's your recipe?

# ? May 10, 2018 05:03

DotyManX: Aug 9, 2004; Yeah I drive a minivan, big deal, wanna fight about it?

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

That gold looks incredible. What's your recipe?

I base Bathalsar gold, wash reikland fleshshade, then hit upper parts with retributor armor.

# ? May 10, 2018 05:22

Zuul the Cat: Dec 24, 2006; Grimey Drawer

Playing a game tomorrow against my buddy. His first time trying out his Necrons, and my first time trying out a full Custodes list. 1056 points.

I haven�t played in a few weeks thanks to finals, so I�m excited to throw some dice!

I�m taking 2 Allarus Shield Captains, 3 Allarus Custodes and 3 squads of 3 Custodes.

He�s taking a Cryptek, an overlord, 3 5 man immortal squads with Tesla, 12 warriors, 5 Lychguard, 3 scarab swarms, 3 wraiths and an annihilation barge.

How badly am I going to get wrecked?

# ? May 10, 2018 06:20

Chiwie: Oct 21, 2010; DROP YOUR COAT AND GRAB YOUR TOES, I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THE WILD GOOSE GOES!!!!

Cooked Auto posted:

Here's a better picture of that entry by the way:

The last time this happened they managed to teleport an entire moon over to terra. I could not be more hyped for this codex.

# ? May 10, 2018 08:40

Endman: May 18, 2010; That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even anime may die

What's going on with the Fallen at the moment?

It seems like with the last FAQ that you have to take them in their own separate detachment, or am I getting that wrong?

Also I wish GW would stop putting little teasers in the codexes about how Luther escaped the Rock because it's just getting my hopes up for an independent Codex: Fallen Angels.

# ? May 10, 2018 09:08

OhDearGodNo: Jan 3, 2014

DotyManX posted:

Cross post

Been working on a squad of inceptors for my space wolves

Tried for about 10 minutes to attach this guy to the flight stand before giving up for the night

Inceptors are known to be a complete pain in the rear end to glue to their stands.

My suggestion is to use sandpaper on the ball, or failing that just don�t even bother using them.

# ? May 10, 2018 10:47

Schadenboner: Aug 15, 2011; by Shine

Endman posted:

What's going on with the Fallen at the moment?

It seems like with the last FAQ that you have to take them in their own separate detachment, or am I getting that wrong?

Also I wish GW would stop putting little teasers in the codexes about how Luther escaped the Rock because it's just getting my hopes up for an independent Codex: Fallen Angels.

I wish they had gotten the Sisters of Silence*/Assassins/LotD HQ-exemption.

*: Who didn't need it since they have an HQ although I'll grant that in terms of narrative it's a bit strange?

# ? May 10, 2018 10:49

moths: Aug 25, 2004; I would also still appreciate some danger.

Doesn't Strange Allies act as an exception? (I don't have the book in front of me.)

# ? May 10, 2018 11:25

Maneck: Sep 11, 2011

Endman posted:

What's going on with the Fallen at the moment?

It seems like with the last FAQ that you have to take them in their own separate detachment, or am I getting that wrong?

Also I wish GW would stop putting little teasers in the codexes about how Luther escaped the Rock because it's just getting my hopes up for an independent Codex: Fallen Angels.

GW overlooked them. The only way to take them is as a -1CP detachment, or as three squads together with Cypher. Which makes their placement in Codex Space Marines kind of :shrug:

I posted about it right after the FAQ, and it hasn't come up since. Seems like there are not a lot of people using Fallen in their armies.

# ? May 10, 2018 11:48

Thanqol: Feb 15, 2012; because our character has the 'poet' trait, this update shall be told in the format of a rap battle.

No one plays regular dark angels, why would anyone want to play double dark angels?

# ? May 10, 2018 12:14

Endman: May 18, 2010; That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even anime may die

Thanqol posted:

No one plays regular dark angels, why would anyone want to play double dark angels?

Dangles were my first horribly painted space marines and double dangles are the coolest

# ? May 10, 2018 12:26

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Endman posted:

Dangles were my first horribly painted space marines and double dangles are the coolest

See a doctor if your double dangles lasts more than 4 editions imo

# ? May 10, 2018 12:28

Schadenboner: Aug 15, 2011; by Shine

xtothez posted:

See a doctor if your double dangles lasts more than 4 editions imo

# ? May 10, 2018 12:35

Living Image: Apr 24, 2010; HORSE'S ASS

OhDearGodNo posted:

Inceptors are known to be a complete pain in the rear end to glue to their stands.

My suggestion is to use sandpaper on the ball, or failing that just don�t even bother using them.

The trick is to build them in reverse.

# ? May 10, 2018 13:01

dexefiend: Apr 25, 2003; THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!

Corrode posted:

The trick is to build them in reverse.

I bought Plastruct Clear Rod in 1/8" or 3/32" and I am going to go up through a foot.

It should be a stronger connection and less obtrusive.

# ? May 10, 2018 13:27

TheBigAristotle: Feb 8, 2007; I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.
I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.; Grimey Drawer

So once Orks and Genestealers get a codex, what's next?

# ? May 10, 2018 13:42

long-ass nips Diane: Dec 13, 2010; Breathe.

TheBigAristotle posted:

So once Orks and Genestealers get a codex, what's next?

They've gotta do something with Slaanesh at some point.

# ? May 10, 2018 13:46

Schadenboner: Aug 15, 2011; by Shine

long-rear end nips Diane posted:

They've gotta do something with Slaanesh at some point.

What, like, butt-stuff?

# ? May 10, 2018 13:49

Artum: Feb 13, 2012; DUN da dun dun da DUUUN; Soiled Meat

long-rear end nips Diane posted:

They've gotta do something with Slaanesh at some point.

Suppose we'll know on saturday if they will this year.

# ? May 10, 2018 13:50

Thanqol: Feb 15, 2012; because our character has the 'poet' trait, this update shall be told in the format of a rap battle.

TheBigAristotle posted:

So once Orks and Genestealers get a codex, what's next?

9th.

# ? May 10, 2018 13:55

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Last year's Warhammerfest covered releases for the next couple of months (the new starter set and lots of Primaris stuff) and gave a little peek at Mortarion who wasn't released until Sept.

Based on the schedule we know they're gonna cover the new Knights codex (almost certainly out in June) and Adeptus Titanicus in more detail. I think we'll also see the new Death stuff for AoS. I doubt we'll see much beyond this summer, and my money is on Orks arriving before Slaanesh.

# ? May 10, 2018 13:57

TheBigAristotle: Feb 8, 2007; I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.
I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.; Grimey Drawer