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Should I magnetise the arms on my Deathwing terminators so I may be able to give them assault weapons later? Going to say least do the heavy weapon as I like the Plasma Cannon look but it may be suboptimal, and fists/chainfists should be easy
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BizarroAzrael posted:Should I magnetise the arms on my Deathwing terminators so I may be able to give them assault weapons later? Going to say least do the heavy weapon as I like the Plasma Cannon look but it may be suboptimal, and fists/chainfists should be easy Only if you plan to convert / print those weapons. Any future assault terminators will almost certainly be sold as a separate kit and include more terminator bodies. If the Deathwing Knights kit is any indication, I'd also expect that not to include enough upper arms / shoulder pad bits to allow you to easily swap between hammers & lightning claws. Personally I would only consider magnetising the heavy weapon options where possible.
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xtothez posted:I'd also expect that not to include enough upper arms / shoulder pad bits to allow you to easily swap between hammers & lightning claws. im planning on trying to magnetize them but as above poster stated. its this
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I am proud to present, my mound of pride, my trove of opportunity, my entire 100% completed Tyranid army. Despair, for HIVE FLEET ALSAQR is here!                      
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Hell yeah those are rad
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Holy poo poo, that's rad as hell.
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Feb 7, 2024 20:10
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Al-Saqr posted:I am proud to present, my mound of pride, my trove of opportunity, my entire 100% completed Tyranid army. This is loving marvelous!
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Feb 7, 2024 20:20
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vivid color very cool
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Yeah, I can't get over how vibrant the army is, it's really wonderful.
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I'm not sure why so many people chose to paint their armies in dark colors, they look great in photos but I imagine you want to play some games with them too?
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Lostconfused posted:I'm not sure why so many people chose to paint their armies in dark colors, they look great in photos but I imagine you want to play some games with them too? Because I want them grim dark badasses and a grey brown blob from more than 24" away
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Lostconfused posted:I'm not sure why so many people chose to paint their armies in dark colors, they look great in photos but I imagine you want to play some games with them too? Both look good. I've got a grimey dark Iron Warriors army and a vibrant purple eldar army. A dark grimey scheme is also way more forgiving to paint.
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Al-Saqr posted:I am proud to present, my mound of pride, my trove of opportunity, my entire 100% completed Tyranid army. They look amazing!
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Captain Magic posted:I think it’s a lot of fun where things are right now, and the recent dataslate is really promising in terms of how game balance could be and also in terms of how they want to address adding and subtracting power from factions. That sounds genuinely pleasant. 9th edition had way too much codex knowledge to remember exactly how to deal with every single unit. I guess I’m gonna find a copy of the new edition along with codexes with my armies (Necrons, Knights, Drukhari) and see how they are now.
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Al-Saqr posted:I am proud to present, my mound of pride, my trove of opportunity, my entire 100% completed Tyranid army.  Thems some cool hopepunk bugs.
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Lostconfused posted:I'm not sure why so many people chose to paint their armies in dark colors, they look great in photos but I imagine you want to play some games with them too? Few reasons for that and it's mostly due to the fact that it's easier to do darker colours. Shadows will tend towards full black especially in recesses and spots fully occluded from light so you have less values to transition through. If you're painting a pure white marine there will still be spots that should end up completely black and it is difficult to transition the shadows down to that point. That's why a lot of very bright schemes end up looking like toys. The other thing is just from properties of paint. It's easy to add other colours like black or brown or blue to darken but you can't lighten a colour past its starting point unless you add white which also desaturates it. If your yellow isn't yellow enough there's nothing you can do.
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Lostconfused posted:I'm not sure why so many people chose to paint their armies in dark colors, they look great in photos but I imagine you want to play some games with them too? maybe some people just like dark colors ?
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The best Legion of the Damned designer is @algerothen
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Dark, desaturated pallets are really hard to gently caress up if you lean hard into sepia. It's not for everybody, but it's a great and safe way to get a unified look and a strong theme without risking gross color clashes or everything being hella busy. Al-Saqr's nids hit the bright-not-busy jackpot. They look like tropical fish instead of fruity pebbles, which is gorgeous.
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I’m practicing with some old Deathwing Knights before I break into the Deathwing Assault box. I’m not very happy with the Citadel Caliban Green base and Warpstone Glow highlight for the green cloth. Do you have a recipe from other ranges that you really like for deep, rich greens?
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Megaspam posted:I’m practicing with some old Deathwing Knights before I break into the Deathwing Assault box. Cold Vallejo dark sea blue (it's more of a green) base, Vallejo deep green layer, then Vallejo emerald Middle Ak Deep green then GW warpstone glow or liquitex gouache emerald Warmer Pro acryl dark yellow green, pro acryl yellow green, then Vallejo game color livery green or whatever the new one from their line is called
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Spanish Manlove posted:
its just called dark green but its pretty old school legit DA green
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TehRedWheelbarrow posted:its just called dark green but its pretty old school legit DA green I like the vince venturella one for warmer greens 
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Cease to Hope posted:
Any advice on doing like this? It looks like Dragonball hair and I was thinking about trying to sculpt some Dragonball hair for some guys.
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Spanish Manlove posted:I like the vince venturella one for warmer greens never even heard of that brand but then again i am just now painting my first couple modelis in 22 years so im sure things have changed. vallejo stuff seem very similar to what i used to work with.
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After following a bunch of Sonic Sledgehammer videos I'm definitely getting a taste for using Vallejo paints more. Just a shame I always have to order them online, compared to popping down to the local game store to grab whatever Citadel paint I need. (Even if their stock isn't 100% complete either, but then I can just order it there.)
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i just have a bunch of index cards from 20 odd years ago with like my go to mixes with like 2 drops x 1 drop flow reducer 1 drop water etc and they seem to be pretty accurate still.
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Is water okay for thinning Citadel and Vallejo paints for airbrush? I was looking at Tamiya thinner earlier but a quick stretch suggests that's wrong for water based acrylics? So far I've just used an old bottle of Vallejo air white and it's been okay neat but a little thick which I think caused issues in the nozzle I'd like to avoid.
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BizarroAzrael posted:Is water okay for thinning Citadel and Vallejo paints for airbrush? I was looking at Tamiya thinner earlier but a quick stretch suggests that's wrong for water based acrylics? So far I've just used an old bottle of Vallejo air white and it's been okay neat but a little thick which I think caused issues in the nozzle I'd like to avoid. I would imagine it might work, but not as well as thinner. I don't think it would hurt to try. I would think most airbrush thinners work, but if you are worried Vallejo airbrush thinner works fine with Vallejo Air paint.
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IncredibleIgloo posted:I would imagine it might work, but not as well as thinner. I don't think it would hurt to try. I would think most airbrush thinners work, but if you are worried Vallejo airbrush thinner works fine with Vallejo Air paint. It's mostly a matter of what I can get quickly, I think I have some in an order with Alchemist Workshop but I'm waiting for a Land Raider to come in.
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TehRedWheelbarrow posted:never even heard of that brand but then again i am just now painting my first couple modelis in 22 years so im sure things have changed. vallejo stuff seem very similar to what i used to work with. You should try them out, pro acryl is often very nice
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The only thing I really know about thinning Vallejo is don't mix high percentage alcohol with their primer because it doesn't react well with the polyurethane.
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Lostconfused posted:The only thing I really know about thinning Vallejo is don't mix high percentage alcohol with their primer because it doesn't react well with the polyurethane. i usually just used water. airbrush is different but standard dropper maybe flow reducer or increaser and water. never used alcohol ever  this was 20 something years ago example still want to get back up to that level again. TehRedWheelbarrow fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Feb 8, 2024 |
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Al-Saqr posted:I am proud to present, my mound of pride, my trove of opportunity, my entire 100% completed Tyranid army. These all look amazing. Well done Al-Saqr!
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Yeah I should add, excellent work, al-Saqr. Would get reduced to biomass by that swarm.
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It's nice seeing a complete army. One day I'll get one myself lol
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Al-Saqr posted:I am proud to present, my mound of pride, my trove of opportunity, my entire 100% completed Tyranid army. Very cool and good. Here's a bug of my own I finished this afternoon.  That concludes everything from the Christmas box. Looks like I'm gonna have to buy more bugs. I sure wish wish GW would get around to actually selling Maleceptors again.
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BizarroAzrael posted:Is water okay for thinning Citadel and Vallejo paints for airbrush? I was looking at Tamiya thinner earlier but a quick stretch suggests that's wrong for water based acrylics? So far I've just used an old bottle of Vallejo air white and it's been okay neat but a little thick which I think caused issues in the nozzle I'd like to avoid. Yes water will work, but it works by diluting the paint, the color will be less saturated. Use Airbrush thinner, which is just distilled water(90%) and Isopropyl Alcohol(10%), to thin non-airbrush paints to the general consistency you want, and then add a little bit of flow improver to get it dialed in. Tamiya thinner is probably way too hot for Citadel and Vallejo paints.
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