Warhammer 40k

[Celtic Dragon]

Thanks for posting the "Nid", not what I imagined it to be at all.

If I get a chance or feel under the weather this weekend I'll see if I can get the base for my Heldrake done, or at least moving, Sway, the ideas have moved on since we last spoke . I've had a few ideas I'm starting to learn with this game, the only limits are your skill and imagination!

I also want to get my Trygon Prime started, whilst I remember the lessons I've learned with the Heldrake.

[Sway]

Great work chaps. I've now two and a half weeks off work - allegedly to do the first "big jobs" on the house...

In fact, I've got my GK Kill Team to finish, plus an entire AT Titan maniple...

Just started building the chassis for initial painting. I've chosen the Legio Astorum (Warp Runners). Key theme for them is speed and ferocity - so all my titans will be in some form of running pose. However, I want it to 'work', so each class of titan will have a very different gait. Warlord is a big heavy chap, so I've looked at pics of Rugby forwards in full flight. Reaver is a marathon runner. Warhounds will be ostrich sprinters...

Reaver No 1:


Warlord No 1 - taking it as a good sign for a 'jogger' that he stands balanced on one leg quite comfortably...

[youngsyr]

Rick_1138 said:

Completed the Bio-Titan commission, just to mid tabletop standard but guy is happy.



Back to working on my Golden demon stuff for start of may.

Those look great - that base is amazing!

[Zad]

For anyone interested, Modelmaking Guru on the youchoobs has got part 1 of his series painting the Vex Machinator, Arch Lord Discordant up at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPWN8OfztHI

He knows his stuff and makes good videos, so this should be worth a watch.

[Sevo]

Long time thread lurker.

Pleased with my latest painting efforts so thought I'd contribute - although its rubbish compared to most posted in this thread, some amazing work being shown. Working up to the excuse to buy an airbrush, tried to create a chameleon camo type fade with careful spray can use for this.

Turns out it's hard to photo models well, need to play around with lighting, maybe an excuse to buy a macro lens too!





As a random aside, dunno if you're all aware of https://snbattlereports.com/ but I enjoy the reports and the painting/scenery on display (no affiliation!).

Oh, and this is what "Hmmm, Games Workshop....I used to enjoy that 20+ years (Rogue Trader!!) ago...." leads to.

Edited by Sevo on Sunday 21st April 19:32

[Rumblestripe]

Sevo said:

Long time thread lurker.

Pleased with my latest painting efforts so thought I'd contribute - although its rubbish compared to most posted in this thread, some amazing work being shown. Working up to the excuse to buy an airbrush, tried to create a chameleon camo type fade with careful spray can use for this.

Turns out it's hard to photo models well, need to play around with lighting, maybe an excuse to buy a macro lens too!

You don't say what camera you are using but you are right about the light. You need to get the light mostly behind and to one side of yourself. Take advantage of this good weather to have a play about. If you have a decentish mobile phone try that they often have a pretty usable macro mode. Good thing about digital, it costs nothing to experiment.

[youngsyr]

Sevo said:

Long time thread lurker...

Looking good! Always difficult with models like Assassins - they're supposed to be able to hide in the scenery, so making them stand out, but not too much is tricky.

I won't show you what my foray back into the hobby looks like, but suffice to say it went from a couple of dusty boxes in a cupboard to overflowing out of one room!

The hobby has changed a hell of a lot over the past 30 years though - Super Heavy tanks, titans and Lords of War were pipe dreams when I was a kid.

Now they're pretty affordable and accessible.

[Sevo]

youngsyr said:

Looking good! Always difficult with models like Assassins - they're supposed to be able to hide in the scenery, so making them stand out, but not too much is tricky.

I won't show you what my foray back into the hobby looks like, but suffice to say it went from a couple of dusty boxes in a cupboard to overflowing out of one room!

The hobby has changed a hell of a lot over the past 30 years though - Super Heavy tanks, titans and Lords of War were pipe dreams when I was a kid.

Now they're pretty affordable and accessible.

Thanks. Just clocked what you last posted, it is tricky, yours looks very good. Bases are something I havent done much with yet.

The new paints and models are leagues ahead of what I remember, although I like to think I also paint with better care these days.

[youngsyr]

Sevo said:

youngsyr said:

Looking good! Always difficult with models like Assassins - they're supposed to be able to hide in the scenery, so making them stand out, but not too much is tricky.

I won't show you what my foray back into the hobby looks like, but suffice to say it went from a couple of dusty boxes in a cupboard to overflowing out of one room!

The hobby has changed a hell of a lot over the past 30 years though - Super Heavy tanks, titans and Lords of War were pipe dreams when I was a kid.

Now they're pretty affordable and accessible.

Thanks. Just clocked what you last posted, it is tricky, yours looks very good. Bases are something I havent done much with yet.

The new paints and models are leagues ahead of what I remember, although I like to think I also paint with better care these days.

Agreed, the paints, models and washes are way ahead of where they were 30 years ago, plus there's a huge amount of videos knocking around showing exactly what to do and how.

Even just last week a video showed me that I've not been doing dry-brushing quite correctly for 30 odd years (I need to use a softer brush, less paint and less pressure to avoid a chalky finish).

As for bases - you can even cheat there too - there are plenty of ready made bases that you can buy rather than having to build yourself.

I'm actually painting much faster than I was as a kid, although perhaps not as high a quality a finish. I finished off 3 predators in about 12 hours the other week. That would have taken me much longer to do one back in the day.

Edited by youngsyr on Monday 22 April 19:23

[robemcdonald]

Just in case any of you guys haven’t seen this news
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/05/10/ban...
Bandai are doing some 7” space marines.

[Zad]

Fully painted though, sadly. With that and the "does everything" paint, I have a vague feeling that they seem to be moving away from the painting side of things. I wonder how long it will be before they offer a pre-painted-in-China-by-7-year-olds range of Space Marines.

[Sway]

Zad said:

Fully painted though, sadly. With that and the "does everything" paint, I have a vague feeling that they seem to be moving away from the painting side of things. I wonder how long it will be before they offer a pre-painted-in-China-by-7-year-olds range of Space Marines.

For certain things, the new paint looks incredible:



Faces, flesh, ammo packs/leather, cloaks, banners, wax seals - all have now become really simple and straightforward.

Won't replace 'proper' painting of the core model though for me.

I'm really impressed. Rumours were an extended airbrush line.

[Zad]

Sway said:

For certain things, the new paint looks incredible:



Faces, flesh, ammo packs/leather, cloaks, banners, wax seals - all have now become really simple and straightforward.

Won't replace 'proper' painting of the core model though for me.

I'm not so sure. It takes all the fun out of it when you can either go >splodge< face >splodge< armour >splodge< cloak and it looks far better than painting all evening with your various colours and Series 7 brushes.

[robemcdonald]

I hadn’t heard of those new paints, so did a bit of searching on YouTube. (I’m always looking for an easy way of painting figures)
To be honest on the few videos I could find I wasn’t massively impressed. It may be a quick and easy way of getting a relatively good result, but it’s not a patch on some of the work on display in this thread.

[youngsyr]

robemcdonald said:

I hadn’t heard of those new paints, so did a bit of searching on YouTube. (I’m always looking for an easy way of painting figures)
To be honest on the few videos I could find I wasn’t massively impressed. It may be a quick and easy way of getting a relatively good result, but it’s not a patch on some of the work on display in this thread.

And I think that's great - makes painting up 30 Imperial Guard troops fun, rather than a chore to be endured.

Obviously you're not going to use them (or at least only them) on your chapter master, but for horde army they could be a god send. And you can always combine them with traditional techniques to elevate the finish.

I'm really hopeful for them - some of the minis painted in them look excellent for the amount of time spend on them.

[Du1point8]

You have 40k gamers who can sort of paint and doing some of the painting becomes a chore cause it never looks the way your mind intended, then you have those who can really paint.

The latter will still have fun and jobs doing commissions, the former will finally have an army that they can be proud of as they have had a little help from the new paints.

[youngsyr]

Du1point8 said:

You have 40k gamers who can sort of paint and doing some of the painting becomes a chore cause it never looks the way your mind intended, then you have those who can really paint.

The latter will still have fun and jobs doing commissions, the former will finally have an army that they can be proud of as they have had a little help from the new paints.

And the difference between the former and the latter is just how motivated you are to paint and improve your painting.

Everyone's first time painting miniatures look awful, but if you stick at it long enough you can reach the highest levels. Some people just aren't that bothered by painting and that's fair enough.

Think this has been posted before, but this is Duncan's (one of GW's painting instructors) first model:



And this is what he churns out now:

[Du1point8]

GW fans: “I just can’t play against an unpainted army”

GW: “Ok, here’s this thing, paint those 150
gaunts in about 10 minutes!”

GW fans: “No! They must paint like I did in 1996! They must pry open the paint rubberized lid of their paint pot. Dilute said rubbery paint with water, and mixing your colors on a palette! No, you’ll never get the same result twice, this is a hobby for God’s sakes, you aren’t supposed to enjoy yourself! Then carefully highlight all areas with a badly frayed brush, and then varnish it with a spray can that instantly frosts the paint job you just did so you can strip it and do it again! That’s how real men hobby, not by using this magical wash in a bottle!”

[bp1]

Been using 'magic washes' for 10 years now. When painting hundreds of figures havent found any other way to get an acceptable finish. Although i definetley paint for the stage and not the screen as it was once pointed out to me. Looks good en masse from 3 feet == good result

[kowalski655]

When GW did 20 odd Marines in a pack for a tenner or so,many moons ago,I just spray painted the lot black,did a few Blood Angel squiggles on them, a bit of glue & then on to battle

Also used that technique on a bunch of 25mm NMA horses,and the base for 15mm Swiss. (I was crap at painting)