>>97873529
I think painting in subassemblies is easier when the models also aren’t cut up in weird pieces like modern GW sculpts.
I find skitarii easier to do in subassemblies but some of the necromunda models are horrible to paint whilst unassembled

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Almost finished building my Doombull.

You'd think not appearing in the last 3 collages would be a wakeup call to get my shit together and start painting again.

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About two weeks ago, an LGS near me had a painting competition but I haven't had time to repost the winners collage here until recently. Lots of nice models participated, the store owner had a harder time judging the vehicle/monster category.

>>97873726
wow those seam lines on the multimeltas on that parkour dread totally ruin it. never be lazy frens, especially on a competition piece.

>>97873726
Was the judge trying to fuck the primaris dreads artist? And who puts sexy slave ladies on a Khorne model? The nudity is based, but they should be Death Cult/Witch Elf types.

>>97873814
they could be on their period
khorne cares not from where the blood flows, after all

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I think I got a bad bottle of streaking grime. Instead of coming off in a soft gradient it's peeling off in big patches, and sometimes taking all my undercoating with it. I'm hoping it just gives me an extra weathered grungy look, but it's disappointing.

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Working on the last of my Skorpekh Destroyers. After them I'll only have 5 more models to paint before I'll need to build another model.

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The weekend is finally here, time for more ogres.

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After yesterday's failure and frustration with fraying green stuff, today I tried making mock-up tentacles from aluminium cable. The challenge here is how to install 3 more tentacles and position them in a way that is against the base. Perhaps I need to fill the sockets at the "hip" of the model with green stuff and stick the cables there for more durability?

>>97873529
>Broken Casca included

Wew.

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Anybody here paint imperial fists or similarly warm yellow things? I’m looking for inspo as well as a good complimentary trouser/pants color for imperial fist scouts. Like a khaki or warm brown

>>97873966
I don't have any pictures of it, but to make orange or yellow, unironically start with pink.

>>97873726
Those are some weak entries.

>>97873966
https://youtu.be/1CL84oXGyTc

>>97873726
most of those are fucking garbage ngl

>>97874049
>>97874059
post models

>>97874064
No.
There's literal basecoat/contrast in there, without even slapping on some drybrushed highlights. That's not just bad, that's unfinished.

>>97874079
>no models
opinion discarded, try painting something instead of thinking watching sloptubers makes you a good painter

>>97874093
My skill or lack thereof doesn't make these entries less shit, anon. Are you butthurt because yours is in there?

>>97874064
lmaoing at this nigga malding
entries are awful, the only decent one is guilliman

>>97873726
lmao these arent anything to really write about my man so dont ever post them again in this general

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>>97874049
>>97874059
I thought the jetbike was better in person, there's a freehand design on the bonnet that's tidy. But of all the dreadnoughts entered, like four of them - I personally preferred the others, the judging criteria I'm not sure was disclosed. There was absolutely a mixed bag of people entering for the sake of it.

The next one coming up is for a diorama, which I guess is going to filter a lot more people.

>>97874122
The number 1 entries are fine. The character and vehicle number 3 entries are utter shit. If I saw someone claim those were their first models, I'd believe them.

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>>97874104
>>97874109
>>97874118
>still no models

What's with the vitriol in this thread lately? Has /40kg/ had an exodus over here or something?

>>97874155
People are only saying mean shit about the competition winners because it's a fucking competition, the kind of place you expect to see nicer models than those.
If someone posted any one of those models to the thread themselves, people would slobber over them. It's different when they're actual competition entries.

>>97874132
The dread went a bit too heavy on something like Reikland Fleshshade, it wouldn't be as bad if something else got the ivory back in and diminished the gloss. Characters were quite saturated with Captain and Chapter Master equivalents, but some SoS and Infinity models I thought were quite clean and I'm surprised they didn't get into the Top 3.

>>97874167
It's a competition at a small local LGS you fucking sperg, it's unlikely it's going to havel GD contenders there holy shit

>>97874139
>noooo you must be an expert miniature painter to state what everyone can clearly see with their own eyes!!!!

blud really thought because one of his garbage models placed top 3 he was hot shit

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>>97874185
>no
>models
I'm NTA btw, you're just a fucking clown lmao

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>>97874190
you bore me
here, something I painted about 3 years ago

>>97874176
What would you rather us say? Only 1/3rd of the models are without any obvious mistakes or weak painting technique.
>>97873726
>Guilliman is nice
>Templar is decent
>Termi is nice
>Jetbike seems nice but pose and photo are lacking
>Dread has nice pose but bad painting and no gapfilling
>Demon has good framing but only passable painting
>Reaper fella looks like an interesting model but the paintjob is extremely plain
>Others are just plain tabletop minis

>>97873726
so which is yours?

>>97874208
None, I got pretty low in the vehicle category.

>>97874210
post entry we gotta see now

>>97874210
>losing to that
man it must have been a really weak entry

>>97874217
his probably wasn't doing a handstand

>>97873882
Very nice reposing and sculpting work anon

>>97874155
it's weekend, thread quality sometimes drops during that time

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>>97874213
I'd like to keep some semblance of anonymity, so have a collage of the category in full.

>>97873839
>and sometimes taking all my undercoating with it
Are you, perhaps, using AP paints, anon?

>>97874190
>>97874203
lmao GOTTEM

>>97874248
There's several better models in there, seems the judge was just enamored with the fucking handstand.

>>97874190
He posted models anon, now what?

>>97873726
The lighting and poor focusing in these photos don't do the entrants any favours. Still that winning terminator makes me feel way better about my own.

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>>97873966
AK British Khaki, AP Wasteland Clay, AP Ancient Stone. Ochres and creams are your friends when painting yellow. AK Rubber Black and Reddish Grey make a nice dark but warm grey-brown. Can go brighter again with something like GW Rakarth Flesh/Scale 75 Rainy Grey.

>finish base coating some dark angels
>using acrylics and it’s quite rainy, so it will take a while for the paint to dry and cure
>noticeable a huge plastic nub on the elbow of a marine
Fuck my life. I guess I will cut it, file it down, apply some brush on primer and paint that elbow black or ivory

>>97873434
the bottom is black highlighted with a bit of gray and sunny skin tone, the hood is dark sea blue, mixed with black for the shadows and mixed with sunny skin tone again for highlights, no washes

>>97871262
>>97873529
so did you try it? feedback is welcome (all kinds)

>>97874176
Then why make a Facebook post on /wip/ about it. Gtfo

>>97873966
If you want the bright yellow, lacquer paints would be your best bet ans coverage is a pain in the ass. Otherwise, use whatever you like on a pink primer or base coat and the result should be alright.
Theres shit like ionic high coverage yellow but I don’t think it looks as correct as a more saturated yellow like bad moons yellow.

>>97874308
god what a sad person you must be

>>97874313
not everyone is interested in your trivial lsg events pal and this thread isnt your personal blog

>>97874348
yeah your pointless seething is much more on topic

>>97873839
Which streaking grime did you use? They are usually dissolved in white spirits which can easily break down acrylic paint. It’s usually better to spray gloss varnish before applying it. Makes cleanup a lot easier, too.
Just remember the acrylic>enamel (or oils)>lacquer rule.
The varnish can be acrylic/PU based because it’s not a big deal if a bit of it dissolves. It still ought to protect the painting.

>>97874355
its called social conditioning

>>97874367
>which can easily break down acrylic paint
No, it can't.
>It’s usually better to spray gloss varnish before
It's a good practice, but it is not required (unless using AP paints, which tend to get absolutely blasted by white spirit and similar solvents). Generally speaking, satin will work just as fine.

>>97873726
I'm really glad LGS are doing these and people participate. But I feel several /wip/ posters would obliterate those front rows to dust.

>>97874248
>BT dread
Clean work, shame about the osl bending around corners, and the odd way the "Dorn" transfer was applied with a spirit level instead of being in line with the panel
>elder brain dragon
Nice to see one of these printed up, but the colours are a bit flat
>BA dread
Niiice, weird it didn't place

>>97874176
Don't forget to put NTA if you're going to try back me up but sperg out about it yourself. I agree with the sentiment, but don't get why they or you are getting so heated about seeing a competition collage

>>97874261
Guess I could understand spectacle amidst an onslaught of dreadnoughts, daemons, and knights, but it seems like the sort of thing that would get old fast.

>>97874435
There's some real painting wizards around here, absolutely.

Repostan from last thread:
What are people using for display cases? The IKEA one everyone used to use has been gone for years, and all the other ones I see now are above $200. Do I just lowball boomers on facebook?

>>97874473
Exactly, it's a gimmick. A painting competition should be about the painting.

>>97874533
Second hand is always the best cost to quality ratio.

Does too much water make green stuff fray and split?

>>97874786
It shouldn't, good greenstuff should not really be affected much even if you completely submerge it in water.

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Got some matchbox cars awhile back, finally getting around to gaslanding one up.
I do not play gaslands, likely never will just a fun project to do.
Finished going through the bitz box and finding a little random trash, now i'm printing a couple final details before getting to painting.

>>97874533
wich ikea one was that?

>>97874576
I wonder how something in mostly color-shifting paint would perform in this case. Every time I've heard of people use them holistically than on small bits, it's usually regretful.

>>97875013
Detolf

>>97874992
this thread needs more gaslands kitbashing

>>97874786
gs is a product for plumbers, water does fuckall to it

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>>97874533
I got one recently at a thrift store.

>>97875020
>Detolf
i see, the current BLÅLIDEN seems like a direct upgrade, how much was that one?

>prime black
>zenithal white
>fully opaque basecoat
why are y*utubers like this?

>>97875018
They look pretty cool, but applying them is not exactly a skill, so I wouldn't rate them highly in a competition. But then, neither would I rate a mech doing a handstand highly.

>>97875034
Last I checked about a decade ago $80 IIRC.
Why do I know this? I've never bought one.

>>97875034
>BLÅLIDEN
Looking at it the trim does seem like a straight upgrade, Detolfs didn't stop dust and tempered glass shatters easy when the edges are impacted. Accounting for inflation price is about the same (if your wages accounted for inflation ;P)

>>97875031
what kind of 2005 ass camera did you take this on nigga

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Ok, I'm going to ask this again. Does this look to be a good reference photo for how light interacts with a sword blade? I'm mostly interested in how to paint the fuller since the flat of a blade is pretty straightforward.

>>97875037
they're engagement baiting, just like you're doing right now

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Here's some progress on my Chaos Warriors for AHQ. Just gotta finish painting two of their bases and then varnish. Still figuring out which other CW model to use for Slaanesh to complete the four. Sorry for the harsh lighting, I suck with WIP pictures.

>>97873726
I can't imagine the competition was particularly stiff if that crone/witch thing with the scythe placed 3rd. It's so muddy and indistinct that I can hardly make out any detail on the model. Most of the others are reasonably good but mothing to write home about. Like another anon said, theirs a fair few around here that blow these out of the water.
Hell, other than the basing on the vehicles/monsters I don't think they're particularly great. That Khorne daemon that got second especially. Nothing about the actual painting stands out to me as being more than a basically competent paintjob. The base is easily the most impressive part of it. and the Dreadnought just looks plainly ridiculous. I like big mech parkour as much as the next guy, but that has way too much air to look even slightly realistic for its size.

I give up.
Painting doesnt cause joy anymore.
I dont know what happened, but the very moment I pick up a brush and start painting I'm overcome with stress, anxiety, and self hatred for whatever minuscule mistake.
I fucking snapped the kolinsky brush out of retarded rage.

97875176
This is a bait.

>>97875176
Okay bye

Does anyone make good modular plastic women miniatures? I know WGA and Northstar both have some female kits but they're pretty dumpy and obviously GW can't do women's faces at all, and I know there's some kingdom death plastics but they're mostly monopose and like $30+ per model.

>>97875055
>Detolfs didn't stop dust
this has always been my gripe with those... they also looked so flimsy

>>97875176
Vitamin D and I don't even joke.

>>97875181
I wish it was, anon.

>>97875195
Check out Eldfall Chronicles. I like their stuff. They have a pretty unique plastic though

>>97875204
I take 5000IU daily

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>>97875162
Also, do you guys like the painted base? Or should I go oldschool with it and do a simple flat texture with grey dry brush. This picture gives a better look of the painted base.

>>97875198
Pure glass, tempered or not, is a bad choice.
You aren't swapping it for your coffee table, you're putting it against a wall or in a corner, only the front needs glass and that glass needs protective framing.
Detolf is strictly worse than an open-air bookshelf.

>>97875204
Can confirm but for different reasons. I noticed my memory getting worse, I thought it was just an aging thing or something. I started supplementing vitamin D and now I can think straight again and also solved my insomnia problems.
Anyone who doesn't go outside a lot should take it.

>>97875176
>>97875209
No idea what's going on in your life but in my experience that means you are avoiding dealing with something you really should be dealing with. Identify it, the smallest thing you can do about it, and then do that smallest thing. If that doesn't apply to you, ignore this post.

>>97875133
looks like a sword to me

>>97875133
Just invert the shading of the blade for the fuller.

Can you mix speed paints together? I've got a dark blue that's a little darker than I want. But I've also got a regular blue that's brighter than I want. Can you mix speed paint colors? Does that work? Or does the way speed paints are made make them not combine when mixed?

>>97875304
I can't imagine it'll be like mixing water and oil. It's two different pigments in the same sort of medium so it should work fine.

>>97874533
go to estate sales and buy dead boomers' china cabinets.

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>>97874307
>so did you try it? feedback is welcome (all kinds)
I did! I can submit the feedback directly through the script, but for now:

Pros:
-- It saved me substantially on time - I'd say 40-50% time savings. Putting all the images together automatically so I can pick and choose cuts down significantly on the manual work. This is a big plus, especially late at night when I'm tired.
-- Having everything available all at once to reposition, resize, and rotate makes the actual "collage" part of my work a snap. While it might seem like it should be the opposite, It's actually much easier to keep a lid on than painstakingly moving around even only five or six images on different layers in paint.net.
-- Being able to throw out images we don't need (memes, reaction images, etc.) rapidly is bonus functionality that comes at negligible cost in terms of labour and time.

Cons:
-- The canvas size is fixed at 4000 x 4000. When I build collages manually, I actually start with a 12000 x 12000 blank. If that sounds huge, you wouldn't believe how quickly it fills up! What if there were a changeable default setting the user could set and save in the script?
-- I can't find a way to zoom in. Sometimes I'd like to get a close-up look to decide how to place what and where. As a workaround, I saved the "default" collage immediately and reopened that in paint.net so I could make better choices about how to arrange what I had to work with.
-- Bulleted lists should always have at least three bullets.

All in all, this is an incredibly useful tool for me. Are you the one I should be thanking for putting this together?

>>97874533
I have blåliden and I ended up using thin 5x1 neomagnets for the door since the original magnet leaves quite a gap in the door. A bit of dust has gotten in but its not too bad.

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>>97875726
>>97875730
>Posted my start of this lil guy a few threads back, I think he turned out pretty well. Very happy with the tongue and eyes (plox ignore the minute amount of orange touching one of the eyelids desu)

Oops realized I posted shitty compressed versions of the pics, here's the not compressed versions (getting an error trying to delete the posts if a jannie doesn't mind deleting them)

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>>97875748

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>>97875748
>>97875753
Tongue detail

>>97875766
You can't post lewds on this board. Also the focus in very narrow.
What I can see looks nice.

>>97875520
>Are you the one I should be thanking for putting this together?
yes

>What if there were a changeable default setting the user could set and save in the script?
noted, the extra size without the zoom would not make much of a difference i would think

>zoom
i thought about that, but it seems tricky to do, might look into it
since click and drag moves the images what would be a good way of panning? holding space like in photoshop? alt+scroll for zooming?

i have some other things in mind too, like uploading extra images

that's a hella buff johnny

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New halfling handgunner conversion. Kind of made this pose to complement one the other handgunners I did.

>>97875825
I plan to take more photos on Monday with better lighting and setup, this is just what I could get together last night after getting home before snoozin. Thank u tho

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The 3 handgunners I have done so far. Planning on doing a line of ten handgunners along with command and a standard bearer/musician.

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And the firing line, as she currently stands. Still a few things to do with the newest one. You can see how the complementary poses go together in this one, with the center gunner looking over in the direction that his comrade is pointing, when they are arranged side by side like this.

>>97875218
I like the painted base, I’ll dig out the ones from the 90s set I painted decades ago and you can feel even more self assured

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It's time for Nagash.

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Hi, it's me Ninjon, welcome to my new speed painting hack video. I will show you how you can make this in a 1 hour or 2 with 25+ years of model painting experience. Hope it helps, btw don't forget to check my sponsored links.

Friendship ended with Stormhost silver. White aluminum is now my brightest metal color.
Weirdly it seems quite a bit thicker than the Vallejo metal steel.

>>97876033
>trying another sloptuber bait because nobody took it earlier
genuinely pathetic, consider suicide please

>>97876033
Honestly with how simple the color scheme is and the lack of overall detail, you could absolutely crank this out in 2 hours even without the experience

>>97875162
Love the RGB scheme. Painted bases are always a plus.

>>97874059
bait

>>97873924
this image makes me reflexively whence out of fear of my eyes being poked out

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>>97874992
Printed bits added.

>>97873726
I always wonder if I should recommend this but it's as good a time as any.
VARNISH. If you use spray cans there's a risk of frosting, yes. But a good varnish makes every paint job look so much more put together.

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>>97875938

Okay, I'll stick with the painted bases.

>>97876069

Thanks, its less a RGB scheme and more a color scheme meant to evoke the four chaos gods; with each Chaos Warrior being a champion for its respective god. From left to right it would be Slaanesh, Tzeentch, Khorne, Nurgle.

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Seeing how all these paint jobs got mockups in SM2 gave me an idea to go back and look at how DoW did it. This wouldn't be able to do a lot of color schemes, but it's an interesting reflection on what kind of expectations they had.
>>97873966
/our/ best yellow painter uses Golden high flow diarylide yellow through an airbrush. If you don't have an airbrush, you could prime white and brush it on like a contrast paint.
Imperial Fist contrast paint is the GW version, it's got that something special that makes it go on better than most yellow contrasts.

>>97873990
>>97874051
>>97874311
>>97876134
"Didn't read the whole post" award.

>>97876127
then in that case, I love the RBG-P color scheme

>the year 2026 of our Lord
>still no metallic paints come even close to Vallejo Metal Color

how is this even possible?
also whats the absolute best gold paint for you anons?

>>97876051
>anyone who says something I dont like is the same person
Your meds, schizo

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Top or bottom?
I've already built one of them with 6 wheels, so i'm thinking to build this one with just 4 for variety. (the wheel-holding pegs would get removed ofc).
Thoughts?

>>97876196
try to be more subtle next time

>>97876198
I like the 6 wheels, looks beefy.

>>97876198
Six wheels looks much better, imo.

>>97876198
Bottom, doesn't look "tanky" enough to justify six wheels.

>>97876190
I really like skullcrusher brass, next time I'm at the hobby shop I'll try to find a vallejo equivalent

>>97876198
OK, so hear me out,
>Half Track
HALF TRACK

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concept sketch for my walker's legs

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>>97876127
Here you go anon, a very low bar, but this used to impress kids in 1993

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>>97876244

>>97876198
6 wheels, also take that chain off before you paint or it's gonna get filthy (good detail to add-on though)

>>97876222
What if he stuck it on a Leman Russ carriage?

>>97876244
Interesting that you are using the oft applied Skeletor paint scheme to the Chaos Sorcerer, you were ahead of your time as everyone painting up a set these days uses it haha

>>97876271
too tall, was thinking like the track set off a SDkfz 250

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>>97876244
Skeletor spotted

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I'm a basic bitch and I"m not very good, but I like to paint and I want to get better

>>97876222
Sadly i have no set of tracks small/short enough to replace 2 wheels. but it might look good.

>>97876271
Leman Russ tracks are too high to look good i think.
The chain will get primed and painted rusty. (its already secured with superglue in strategic spots)


But it seems the majority likes 6 wheels more than 4, and so it will be.

>>97875887
Like how they're coming out, lots of character with the poses. Looking forward to seeing them painted up.

>>97876299
drill yo barrells

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>>97876244
>>97876279
When I painted mine up I used the card art, but since the chaos sorcerer doesnt have a card I used the Les Edwards box art as a reference

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>>97876333
no

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Starting to actually understand freehand I think, once you start thinking in texture, light, and composition, and let color be much more secondary a consideration, it starts to come together.

>>97875218
that looks great anon

>>97875857
bruh are you putting those shield emblems on with hot glue?

>>97876033
Why is it the relicblade bad guys are all so fucking cool but the good guys are just weirdly posed and generic?

>>97876190
TTC Dragon's Gold. Best gold one I worked with so far, which is a problem since I don't see it available anywhere at my local shops.

>>97876341
That's really cool anon

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>>97876190
scale 75. decayed + moonstone alchemy is my preferred look but they're all good as long as you don't try to use an alchemy paint as a base coat.

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based this little fella

>>97876556
He is based, very based.

>>97876556
>diehardminis
>Abaddon the Unchained still out of stock
Man I am disappointed.

Anyways your fella looks lovely!
And the basing is good too!
I need to know what you did to create the basing.
Quite frankly I need to learn scratch building for terrain and basing too.

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My armigers I painted up last year and forgot to post. Really made me appreciate the airbrush, they would have been a real pain to paint purely by freehand.

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>>97876608
The paintjob makes it look like you built these at an imperial pick-a-part.

What's the latest version number for Stahly paint catalogue? OP MEGA have 2.0 version so I was wondering.

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>be me
>decide to take up a new skill
>become ever so slighty competent and further improvement requires deliberate practice, repetition, and time
>drop it
story of my life

anyway, I should probably get back to sculpting, its been over 2 years and at some point I should finish this fella...

Ill try and find the rest of the sculpts that I did actually complete, and share with you guys if youre interested.

>>97876619
i like the colors i like

>>97876633
at least 2.3

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and a group photo as promised, now that they all are finished

>>97876575
i use foamed pvc to make the floor tiles, the big bricks and the step on that one are 3dprinted rectangles with some roughing and texturing on top with a razor and with a bit of sprue goo, the rocks and sand are just sand from different sources

>>97876726
The colours aren't the issue, it's the way you've mismatched them, you've got two colors on each that appear on a single panel each, if you're going to defy the color wheel you need to distribute the colours more evenly to give them a feel of uniform prpriety instead of "I salvaged this one panel off another machine"

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>>97873924

I seem to have some sort of brain defect that makes me unable to work with green stuff, so I made the tentacles from 2mm aluminium cable. Hardest part is adjusting their position without breaking their flimsy connection to the hip sockets. But at least this solved the support issue. Will make some sort of claws to the end of the tentacles, but I need sleep and calm my nerves first.

>>97876299
Not bad. The white is lumpy, but white is a horrible pigment.

>>97876608
armigers are feel like they should be like 30% smaller with their design

>>97876895
>flimsy connection
Did you just glue the flat ends of the wire straight to the plastic instead of drilling holes in the sockets and gluing the wires inside of them like you would for pinning parts?

>>97876960

I drilled holes and added green stuff for extra strength.

>>97876556
>forbidden sippy

>>97876897
I don't think I thinned it enough desu but at a distance nobody would be able to really notice it

>>97876299
Fix the gold overspill on the chest and it will be a good model

>>97876976
you should glue them in with epoxy and use the modelling material to add the shape you want. I don't know why this thread loves to shit on craft paint but only wants to use craft adhesives.

Unfortunately I think I've reached the point on my current model where I not longer want to try my hardest and just want it to be done. I guess this is what happens when I try to fix something I already spent a lot of time on and can't be fucked to basically redo it.

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>>97876222

>>97876341
>starting to understand freehand, I think
>posts White Dwarf level freehand

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>>97876341
was having fun so did another

>>97877644
It's extremely sloppy in a lot of spots but I think my grimslop aesthetic lets me get away with a lot I couldn't on something clean and tidy.

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>>97875855
Thank you for making my task easier. I think the collages are something that most of the posters here have enjoyed, and this makes them much simpler to build.

>zoom
>i thought about that, but it seems tricky to do, might look into it
>since click and drag moves the images what would be a good way of panning? holding space like in photoshop? alt+scroll for zooming?
Something involving the scroll wheel on the mouse seems like the right direction.

>i have some other things in mind too, like uploading extra images
Ah! You may have noticed I added a few after manually I'd used your tool to build the collage.

>that's a hella buff johnny
Our lad in Beckenham has a World Eaters army (pic related), so one of the Christmas cards I sent a few years back (to him, but have since made some X-mas stickers of) was Johnny decked out as Kharn the Betrayer.

>>97877745
I like the half scheme on the demon engines

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>>97877703
>>97876341
That is some good shit.

>>97876198
Love this thing, where is that cabin from?

>>97877072
I will do this

>>97876198
Either way, the wheels should be lower to give some room for the suspension. It'd also look more interesting if the wheels weren't completely level due to the terrain.

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>>97874252
Nah I used proacryl out of an airbrush mostly.
>>97874367
AK interactive, which I've always gotten good results with in the past. This is a new bottle though, so I'm hoping I just got a bad batch and they didn't change the formulation. I put down the undercoat and the decals, then varnished with army painter gloss out of an airbrush, and then applied my streaking grime. I waited about half an hour before I came back with some q tips and a bottle of soilworks white spirits. It's always worked really nicely, but both of the tanks I did with this bottle of streaking grime had the same thing happen.

>>97876799
Saved

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>>97878072
>I'm hoping I just got a bad batch and they didn't change the formulation
I have a bottle of an ancient SG and a completely new one right here, and they behave exactly the same.
>then varnished with army painter gloss
My guess is that this is the fucky part. A lot of AP shit just melts when it gets in contact with white spirit/enamels. You can google army painter + white spirit and you'll see the horror stories. I even did some testing some time ago, picrel. It's one of (many) reasons I don't use AP. Anyway, when I was testing it, it took down even a rattlecan AP primer, so I wouldn't be surprised that their varnishes are also an absolute bottom of the barrel dogshit (like nearly everything else they sell).

Does anyone have the most recent Stahly pdf?
Humbly requesting.

>>97876289
>>97876279
I was a he-man kid for certain

>>97878072
Looks better I’ve thread I see it in

>>97878260
I don't approve of autistic color matching when you should just learn how to use or mix colors.
So no, I do not.

>>97878297
It's not for color matching. I wouldn't need it if manufacturer-made swatches accurately represented the colors. Not being an ass and assuming shit comes at no cost to you, my man.

>>97878318
I have very little in life outside of feeling good when I put down others, so actually there is a cost.

>>97878335
At least you're honest, I guess.

>>97878132
This is a good photo, except we can see the overhead, non fixed, non neutral lights creating glares on the smears.

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>>97878260
Gotchu bro.
https://litter.catbox.moe/loyl9acpadsph9lz.pdf

>>97878297
What a stupid thing to post.

>>97878344
Why does that matter?

>>97878352
Much appreciated.

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>>97878132
What varnish do you use?

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>>97878352
since it was posted I'll complain about the atrocious metal color naming again. some of these should legitimately be considered trolling.
>true brass looks like tin
>weapon bronze, brassy brass, balthazar gold all look like copper
>rusty brass when brass doesn't rust
even if you want to say "the people coming up with the names are marketing nerds who have no idea what bronze looks like" how could you not know what color a penny is or have never seen a brass candlestick or something before?

>>97878352
it matters because it doesn't present a pure picture of the blacks without light sheen. Still super useful tho.

>>97878372
Tamiya semi gloss. Models look better when they're slightly shiny and i'll die on that fucking hill.

When you get sick of working on a particular piece of a model, do you power through it and try to just get it done to satisfaction or do you take a break and work on something else? I'm getting really tired of working on the armor and I'm not sure if I should do the face or just try to get it done.

>>97876198
Top the vehicle carries a kind of dieselpunk look to it that is mostly held back from looking too goofy. I like that and I think 6 wheels isn't pushing it too far.

>WGA The Damned models now available
>I still haven't received my gamefound backings
>be leaf
We just can't catch a break from being raked can we?

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painting some blue lads

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Got started on painting, not much progress today

>>97878754
Decided a pair is better as well.
Did you know Lamborghini makes trucks? I didn't before buying this one.

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>>97878760
Fuck.

>>97878766
Well you're automatically based for playing Gaslands but you need to get that hair off of the door and tire immediately.

>>97878781
I already did. Regular thing with having a cat.

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Alright he is done! Just need to give him a base now. Imma need to get BT anon to teach me how he paints his dudes ---- this is a gift for my brother in law so It will be my one and only black templar.

>>97878801
Phenomenal. Meanwhile I'm happy if the gap filling works.

>>97878799
>air filter running behind me
>all minis go into a plastic tote when waiting to be painted or when in progress
Ragdoll, its a good thing she's cute.

>>97873839
I had an issue like this before with oil paints and acrylic sprays. Issue was solved by making sure the spray layer was fully cured and dry before applying the oil.

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>>97878735
Looks really boring. hopefully you're planning to do more, because your other guys looked okay iirc.

>>97878754
>>97878766
You may want to consider a different hobby. The paint is too thick, there is hair stuck all over teh green one, and somehow even though the paint on the blue one is too thick it's still got bad coverage.
Cool 40k weapons on the front though. The storm bolter especially.

>>97878801
I keep seeing you post these guys, and with all the tamiya putty I genuinely have no idea what you're trying to do. I assume they will look good once prime? I don't know. It looks like there's at least a possibility that you know what you're doing but I will have to reserve judgment.

>>97876799
beautiful, anon. minis source?

>>97878906
>looks really boring
>the model some anon just started
>followed by trying to fuck with a newbie
>then some more bitching about another WIP in the WIP thread
Fuck off and die tryhard

>>97878906
post
models

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>>97878817
Thanks anon, its been a lot of sculpting sessions.

>>97878906
>with all the tamiya putty I genuinely have no idea what you're trying to do
I use the putty to sculp with anon. He is a conversion from the emperors champion pic relatedl; you can see all the limbs are changed and he has a different pose. Where you see the white putty (its actually milliput and not tamiya) is where I had to create shapes from scratch: his whole back right leg (which had to be cut out from the tabbard), his back torso plating, every one of the soft armour joints, the pauldron (the mkIII left pauldron started as the mkVII pauldron like the one on the right pauldron), the belt, and the foot, the thigh, the tabbard.

>>97878943
Nta, but those are from diehard minis. 28mm white metal, good quality. Really nice snakemen, but the fitting is a bit iff for them.
The skeles are single piece which is nice

>>97878906
Bald and alone.

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My first time using an oil wash. How can I blend the grey oil wash into the white acrylic?

>>97879159
white spirits and a brush

Are Vallejo true metallic metal paints good?

>>97878801
cool but why did you give him pickle bumps on his shoulder? are they supposed to be rivets?

>>97879314
What is it you want to do with them?

>>97879159
aren't oil washes supposed to be really thin?

>>97879329
Paint things as if they were metallic.
Idk what kind of answer you want.
I just want some good quality metallic paints that cover decently well and thin well.

I used the old VGC metallic paints and it was quite an experience.
I also have a couple of Vallejo Metal color paints (which I love) but I find it lacking in colour variety, sorely lacking some golds among other thngs.

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>>97879328
This is what mkIII pauldrons look like.

has anyone here used the gsw metallics? I hear people talk about all kinds of their other products but never the paints.

Speaking of the vallejo true metallic paints, I wonder about the shades that are part of the set
are they 'metallic' as well on can work as a regular shade/contrast like paint???

>>97879331
No? A bit thick is better

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>>97878735
update

>>97879654
how is it a wash then?

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>>97878612
I hope you get your stuff soon LeafAnon.
I've been following the comments on the campaign page, and it seems even the Australians report getting their parcels now, and only Canada is missing.

Is shipping from UK to Canada really that expensive or difficult?

got two boxes like this a week ago, and this should reduce my hobby spendings this year to zero (ignoring purchases like primer, bases or other supplies that might run out)

>>97879502
They're just glossy washes that won't dull the shine.

>stash of Vallejo black primer runs out
>buy a new can
>It's significantly more glossy
Fucking hell. How hard can it be to stick to one formula? It used to be a very matte satin

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>>97876556
sovlfvl
love this

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WIP of scheme test for my retro Escher gang. First time painting a human face since I was a kid doing basecoat and chestnut ink wash on the marines without helmets. Used that infographic for female faces that gets posted in here and happy with how it came out. Just dont look at it as a side profile and its fine :)

>>97880051
Are you german?

>>97880051
nein what made u think that?

>>97879908
Based Sandroposter.

>>97880051
Cute!

What's everyone's air pressure when using a .3 nozzle?
for normal thinned down paint I stay on 20, for inks I'll drop it to 15

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WIP of my grey knight true scale kill team project. Here in between the primaris and plague marine champion from the KT starter set.

>>97880051
Amazing work on the eye anon
>>97879656
Very clean
>>97877703
That’s some unholy good freehand

>>97880128
love the grey on the middle guy. but the left looks more like a black knight, and there guy looks like some sorta green knight.

gj anyway

Someone help me understand, why are old minis so much more enjoyable to paint?

>>97880201
Are they?

>>97880201
because they are simpler, not overloaded with details and more details

>>97880201
I think it's less details and junk for junk sake. The sculptors were painters and everything was made with intention, edges catch paint easier. Heroic scale was more exaggerated. Most importantly tho its nostalgia, painting mini's you used to drool over in white dwarf and army books

>>97880201
simple form that evokes the actual shape, instead of direct details that must be painted correctly.
is that weird lump on the side of the scout marnie? the thing with all the little square? who knows, but if i paint the whole thing green its a grenade, if i paint it silver with red and green cubes, its a control panel, if i paint it yellow its a pineapple.
You fill in the gaps with your paint job, you are breathing life into a crude form and making it whole.

but really its just that they're chonky and theres less extra bits to paint.

>>97880201
because you're a paintlet that can't handle detailed minis

>>97879808
Tell me about what you bought and what you spent

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>>97876289
I never stopped painting skeletors, my necron lords are in the he-man 89 scheme … he man in space

>>97880361
Hell yeah woke up to a (you) with mofuggin SKELETOR.
Also >wedding ring
Congrats Anon I hope you have plenty of time to hobby

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>>97880051
How did you manage to master antigrav tech with your minis?

>>97879664
Because it flows better into the recesses than acrylic wash, and you can clean it, the only downside is that it takes 3 to 5 days to dry.

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First painted warmaster unit of empire halberdiers. In person i feel it looks better as the scale is too small to really get a good look at it. Im somewhat satisfied.

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>>97880394
Minis are a great family project at my house, the 8 year painted the mini with no help and the 6 year old year has been working on the popsicle stick house. When they start out you can buy some cheap 3d prints to practice on and terrain is always an easy gateway to the hobby.

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gonna do up another one like this today. getting pretty fast at it :)

with the two little ones I had to correct the pink after the fact, but with the Madcat (big one in middle) I was able to get the colours right on the first pass.

>>97880508
I have been getting my niece/nephew in to D&D and model painting. They're also 8, so they don't have the greatest attention spans and patience, but they LOVE using their own painted miniatures on a grid to battle it out with my little painted enemies. Helps pry them away from Minecraft and the brainrot nonsense their mother lets them watch on YT.

That popsicle house is super cute and would be a great centerpiece for an encounter. Glad you are able to enjoy the hobby with your little ones, hopefully they pick up on wargaming or RPGs or whatever as well so you can enjoy gameplay with them too.

Also I must now shit on you for watching Sam Seder in the BG, YOU FUCKING FAGGOOOOOT (reee).

>>97880525
With how thick your paints are, I am tempted to take a bit out of your mechs. They remind me of some delicious red velvet cake.

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>>97880537
they're really not that thick :<

>>97880528
>I have been getting my niece/nephew in to D&D and model painting. They're also 8, so they don't have the greatest attention spans and patience, but they LOVE using their own painted miniatures on a grid to battle it out with my little painted enemies. Helps pry them away from Minecraft and the brainrot nonsense their mother lets them watch on YT.
The 8 year old will play some 500 pt AOS games but otherwise they just like setting up our game table and making up stories with the minis

>That popsicle house is super cute and would be a great centerpiece for an encounter. Glad you are able to enjoy the hobby with your little ones, hopefully they pick up on wargaming or RPGs or whatever as well so you can enjoy gameplay with them too.
Yeah I just finished a blood bowl 90s set and I got my older daughters a team to paint for Easter. That was pretty easy for them to pick up and make silly rules for

>Also I must now shit on you for watching Sam Seder in the BG, YOU FUCKING FAGGOOOOOT (reee).
I’m a social conservative and fiscal liberal, there really isn’t a YouTube news channel that matches my outlook since it’s about the least popular politics you can have in the US

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>>97880354
Thats the plastic traitor guard crowdfunding done by Wargames Atlantic in 2023.

Took them almost 3 years to deliver, and some people are still waiting, but it was so worth it in my opinion.

Its essentially complete traitor guard army, with several types of infantry, cavalry, artillery, support weapons, ogryns, beastmen and APCs.

I think i spend around 500€ back then, and it should add up to 500+ infantry and a variety of all the additional stuff, including 4 of the vehicles.
So i will be quite busy for a while.

>>97880606
that's too many miniatures

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>>97880614
Realistically, it is. Especially considering that i already had some traitor guard to beginn with. But TG is my hobby love since back in the day when the Lost&Damned were a thing, and that campaign just screamed "its made for you" into my face. Its the only time i ever backed a crowdfunding anything, and i dont regret it. The price was good, and this mountain of plastic has actually sparked my desire to build and paint like nothing had for the past 6 month, and this last week i was quite busy with building and priming.

>>97880630
NTA, but these look great. How are they scale-wise? Modern Cadians, roughly? Also, hows the plastic? Some WA stuff reacts badly to cement, which I find weird.

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>>97880505
it's really hard to tell what's going on? I think they look cool but idk
>>97880361
NNNYAAAAHH!
>>97880051
what colour scheme? the pants and gloves? those are just regular clothes?
>>97879159
I use a combination of AK wargame wash (enamel, thins with white spirits) over tamiya / alcohol acrylics. using white spirit thinner (I use a giant container of brush cleaner I got from a hardware store) it'll just reactivate the enamel, and if I use isopropyl 99% it'll reactivate both. so I use those 2 in conjunction with eachother.
>>97878801
how'd u get the trim so smooth? is it a piece of plastic or clay?

>>97880639
The minis are pretty much the same scale as modern GW guard/humans and so far, my GW bits (and recast stuff) have fit on quite nicely, be it the Blooded KT or Cadians old and new.
Only the neck joints are a bit smaller, and not as deep, compared to the Cadians, but that is not a big issue i think.
They also match with Northstars Stargrave and Frostgrave plastics.

>Some WA stuff reacts badly to cement, which I find weird.

I never heard of this, and have not encountered any issues. I'm using tamiya glue if that matters. The plastic here is just regular plastic.
I also built some WGA Dark Age Irish some years ago, also without issues.

>>97880630
I'm glad ur having fun at least. I normally only paint one mini at a time, 500+ seems stressful to me somehow

>>97878372
ur tank is cute <3. love a slender woman with a big cannon
>>97876895
something like guitar wire might be better? has a texture instead of smoove. do you think maybe u should sand those before painting?

>>97877703
that's so rad

>>97876556
truly incredible. It's cool when u see a mini and it's just like "yeah that's perfect"

>>97875162
I love these colours. are you gonna leave the bases like that? seems like sorta a waste not to do something cool with them

>>97875218
Okay these actually fuck hard. nvm

>>97875748
>Greentext
how do you tell if you're posting wrong?

>>97876198
I usually bottom

>>97880546
Not poopooing u, just saying they are a bit thick (or maybe I'm a retard and the models are just chunky whitemetal in which case disregard me). I like dem.

>>97880556
Blood Bowl, hell yeah. I am trying to finish up my S3 set and get it to the LGS.

>I’m a social conservative and fiscal liberal, there really isn’t a YouTube news channel that matches my outlook
If I can recommend you a few, Hard Bastard/Hard News Network (also on Rumble), Multipolarity Podcast, Morgoth's review

>>97880717
>how do you tell if you're posting wrong?
I looked at the images and realized they weren't the full res versions

>>97876299
Fix around the chest plate thing and then work on pumping your red contrast values. also maybe do weathering idk

>>97876341
I love this. any tips on what brushes to use? mine are pretty scuffed but I wanna try some freehand soon

>>97876335
Skeletons are always so cool. these rock anon

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>>97880727
>models are just chunky whitemetal
that mini is shitty soft CGL plastic, it's abs molded or something idk. bunch of edges that should've been soft or hard bad mold lines on them. entire back panel is fucked, one of the gun barrels was pointing 30 degrees to the side... :<

>>97880740
>>97880525
Looks more than tabletop ready to me anon, it does have a velvet cake quality to it in photo it probably reads weathered irl

>>97879314
I have silver and gold and they are flaky, but ya know, it’s metallic

>BT mini is posted
>the samefagging begins

>>97879656
Really good work on the skin and face

>>97880740
Well that would also be a reason it looks so shitty (not your paintjob but the actual physical modelwork underneath). Still I must consume your models they make me hungry for sweets.

I will say as well it's a very nice Valentine-y/Easter-y colorscheme.

>>97879159
Wasn't this model all super bloody and gory a few weeks ago? Did you strip it bare to try a different scheme?

>>97876643
Ill take the silence as a "fuck off with your shit" lol

>>97876643
>>97880841
I actually forgot to respond to this post.
Post the sculpts.

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my friend paid me a visit today with his 3 around 10 year old kids
children were going crazy about that one drunken uncles toys and while they rummaged around my cabinets dropping and breaking shit like gamestone kids my friend was signaling me to downplay how fun this hobby is because he is not made of money
all in all i had a really fun day, also chimeras

>>97880606
Thanks for the answer, good luck, I usually buy a years worth of shit around Jan to march and spend the rest of the year painting too

>>97876236
Neat, is this your precursor to 3d printing it?

>>97880841
I didn't see your post but I'm always interested in seeing anons sculpting work so yeah do post them

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Made some sort of claws/talons at the heads of the tentacles, it looks decent to me, but maybe they need to be thicker.

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Can you help me figure out how to make the rune on the rats back pop more? I like the rest of the colors but i dont think the rune is visible enough.

>>97880659
>trim
Its both. Sadly my putty and plastic stock are both white which makes telling them apart hard, but this should make it easier. In the lower left picture what you see is plastic, in the lower right portion the extra bit is putty. There is one more peice of plastic you cant see behind the putty where it overhangs the edge. I like to use plastic whenever I can because its often faster to glue and carve down then it is to sculpt, especially where you want defined clean edges. Also having a rigid framework to do the putty on is super important for not going crazy. The more surfaces you have to define the harder it is to get the putty how you want it cause when you work on one surface you distort the rest.

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rip forgot picture.

>>97880776
Yeah this literal nudeposting faggot does that a lot. Can't figure out to just take his shit to reddit.

I know it's all just you, you absolute turbosperg.