Fyrbrand posted:

Post more cool Salamander mans since I no longer paint them, thx in advance.

SRM posted:

Here's the third mob of 'Ardboyz for my Blood Axes. I used the Kommando big shoota model because I had it lying around, and it's a cool mini you don't see too often. Still undecided what to do for their trukk since I don't want to just make a stock one.

Wierre posted:

crime fighting hog posted:

Holy poo poo I actually finished this unit

WhiteOutMouse posted:

Woah, these look great, but I thought those lightning bolts were supposed to be the fast-attack icons.

Like this:


It probably does not matter, and maybe I am super wrong and those are a specific symbol for the legion.

richyp posted:

Next in my attempt to paint non-gw models



Painted like my older stuff thanks to the fact I found an old can of white primer. I bust the base when I slotted him in so I need a new one before basing.

signalnoise posted:

What's the right place to put my paints? Should I have all my paints readily accessible, or should I keep my paints off the table unless I'm using them? That kind of thing. What's a good way to organize my WIPs?

I'm less interested in specific suggestions for my questions, because I don't really know where to start with it, and more interested in seeing other peoples' workspaces and how they've dealt with organizing the 100 different things used in this hobby.

richyp posted:

If you want to maintain a cohesive but non-uniformed look then I'd stick to the same limited palette of colours applied to the entire unit to tie them together and go for a warband look, similar to a Necromunda/Mordheim gang or Infinity group using the same colorus through-out but not necessarily in the same places e.g. if one model has blue details then use the same shade of blue on the other models in different places.

You say keep the uniformity through greys but if grey is the only consistent colour then if you have a grey and red, a grey and blue, a grey and green model etc.. then they might look too different from each other to look like a single cohesive unit. I would paint one model up with colours that look good to you then use that exact palette on the other models but rotate around what colour is applied where on each piece.

Yeast posted:

Finished up my Steel Legion armies' Armageddon Ork Hunter unit;

ijyt posted:

This is pretty late, but who's the company that mixes resin and massive metal pieces so I can make sure never to buy from them.

CommissarRed posted:

I'm working on another of my themed warbands for Frostgrave, using the Cthulhu models from Scibor. The idea is that i'm going to run them as my summoner wizard, but I'm torn about using their Cthulhu proper model for my summoned demon. He's just a little too bulky for me and his wings are a bit small.

Aside from this one, I'm also shying away from Reaper's Cthulhu model as he looks like he's had one too many beers.

Anyone have any recommendations for miniature companies that make demons, monsters, etc., that I could use for the warband?

signalnoise posted:

I have found exactly one spraypaint which dries on bonesium. I don't know why this poo poo is aimed at newbies

Zark the Damned posted:

Oath Complete




First up are the Owlbears. The first one is vaguely based on actual owl markings, the second is more of a stealthy dusk-hunter (also the sculpt looks more like a hawk-bear or something but that's cool too). I'm aware of the speckles where paint has rubbed off and need to do some touch ups.



Next are the chunkyman hammerslappers. Shaded using purple ink for a more magic/techy feel (stole the idea from richyp in the painting thread, can't find the post but it was talking about different undertones for metallics).



Balthasar Gelt. The wizard himself is painted in the same palette as the hammerslappers (in my headcanon they're suits of armour he enchanted to move). Fairly happy with the white horsey despite the roughness.



Last and especially not least is the giant. Converted from a Harry Potter cave troll toy with an Otherworld head and numerous bitz. Really happy with this guy.



Couple of close ups of my favourite bits, and a scale pic alongside a dude, hammerslapper and the marauder giant. This guy's huge!

richyp posted:

Nah, the only plastic that breaks has Visa or MasterCard printed on it.

Gravitas Shortfall posted:

Today I found out that citadel washes now only come in ridiculous oversized pots.

Painting thread, please suggest good alternatives.

SRM posted:

Finished up my Contemptor from Betrayal at Calth! It's a breeze to assemble; kind of curious why they didn't make a proper mutlipart kit out of it with more options. Oh well!

Zark the Damned posted:

Oath Complete!


Classic Thrud, tried to paint this in a rough comic book style. It's also Speed Painted and follows Box Art (see below quote).


Tarzan, Jane and their pet Mini-Rex out for a family stroll.


Space Princesses of various kinds. I went with the classic sci-fi show method of 'weird skin colour makeup = alien' on some of them.


Meganob and Brutes, yet more fodder for my Waaagh Demons (Demon Prince and Possessed respectively). I may go back and put some 'binding sigils' and the like on the armour but I'm happy with them for now.


Big gribbly basilisk, with tree frog inspired colour scheme. The pics don't show it off well but he's glossy IRL.


In addition to Speed Painting and Box Art I'm claiming the Jurnal for the relaxing princesses plus the sheer amount of skin on display for most of my entry.

Drake_263 posted:

I can't find the tutorial but if I was to start an Ork army, that's how I'd do it - prime yellow (the brighter the better), wash the skin/flesh one or two times with a green wash, pick out the metal and detail colors, wash the whole mini with brown, clean up/highlight a bit. They're orks, the more simple you get the better since there'll be a metric fuckton of them.

Lord Twisted posted:

I'm UK based, any alternatives you'd recommend?

SRM posted:

A bunch of my yellows and oranges have all gone bad. I don't know if it's always been this way or it's just the yellow pigment GW uses these days, but my pots of Squig Orange, Flash Gitz Yellow, and Yriel Yellow are all bubbly, slightly colored water, with a bunch of chunky goop at the bottom I can't really use. I think they're all from about 2-3 years ago so it's not like they have the worst shelf life, but I've got old Foundation paints and hexpots that I've had for a decade that are still fine, albeit in different colors.

Anasurimbur posted:

I have a stupid question for anyone who is interested in helping a noobie to both 40k as well as to miniature painting.

According to everything I've read and have seen, Space Wolves (my army) and Marines in general have a setup wherein they color and adorn their shoulders. The Grey Hunters, for instance, will have a crimson red pauldron, and a yellow left one. They would then be adorned with the appropriate insignia of the Chapter as well as their individual Squad type.

The box that I received contains only a certain set of shoulder pads to use. Among those are pads that have random insignia, like wolf heads, that I believe fit into a different "Unit" aka the role of that particular wolf.

Almost every Space Wolf I have seen has that yellow shoulder on their left shoulder, and the Space Wolf insignia. My question - is that a standard for the Space Wolf, then?

Currently, I primed and painted one. It's not fully done; no shading or anything else. Then, on closer inspection, I noticed it has an insignia of a wolf head on it. This seems / feels wrong. It shouldn't have anything so I can paint and/or place a transfer on the yellow pauldron.

So, now I'm stuck wondering if I've built this guy wrong and, if so, how to remedy the situation. Removal of the shoulder seems to make sense. But then I have to ask - the instructions given on building these didn't provide any information on the appropriate shoulders to place. Which is frustrating.

I know, now, to leave the left shoulder blank and to adorn the right possibly, again, with a blank. But why have these adorned shoulders at all if they tend to just fit into a specific group (again, Grey Hunters with their insignia on their red shoulder.)

Anasurimbur posted:

The one they offer on the store, currently, appears to have three:

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-IE/Space-Wolf-Decals

The Stormwolves, The Drakeslayers, and the Blackmanes. This is, of course, incredibly frustrating although I understand the potential loss in cash in printing every Chapter.

GreenMarine posted:

That looks like an early generation 3d printer. We have them at the office (have many gens) and there are some tell-tale signs in the way the agents are layered up. It's not a cast model, but 3d printed. You could do that at home.

TTerrible posted:

That is shockingly bad quality. I'm surprised you didn't request a refund.

SRM posted:

I just finished up my unit of 12 Reiksguard. I had to mix in some Knights Panther bits because that's just what I have, but I'm pretty happy with the results nonetheless:

Moola posted:

only get dettol if you can't find Fair Power spray

it's so much better at stripping and easier to work with

GuardianOfAsgaard posted:

X-post, I finished up a Tyrannofex last night:





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