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JFReturns said:
Monsterlime, proceed with caution and don’t buy any... else you’ll end up like me and have an enormous pile of plastic shame 
Example of how I think - new necron warriors are £29 for preorder. The recruit starter set is £32.50 and has the exact same models plus a royal warden, lieutenant and some intercessors. The starter set is such a bargain I better buy four just in case they sell out!
I’ve already got Indomitus and command edition by the way, which will take 1.5 years to paint at current progress... plastic crack, I tell ya!
Haha, I already have a large pile of plastic shame.Example of how I think - new necron warriors are £29 for preorder. The recruit starter set is £32.50 and has the exact same models plus a royal warden, lieutenant and some intercessors. The starter set is such a bargain I better buy four just in case they sell out!
I’ve already got Indomitus and command edition by the way, which will take 1.5 years to paint at current progress... plastic crack, I tell ya!
Just started painting some Wolf Aggressors with Space Wolves Grey contrast, not entirely sure I am a fan. A lot darker than I was expecting.
JFReturns said:
Yeah contrast paints are great, but for specific tasks - painting large flat surface areas is not one of them in my opinion! Have you tried thinning with contrast medium to get a smoother / lighter coat?
Painting flat areas with contrast can work - you just gave to put it on thinly and not let it pool on flat areas, a bit like a shade. Sway said:
Celtic Dragon said:
Question for the players amongst us, what are the rules about playing kit bashed pieces?
I’ve got 3 Agressors that I was thinking about altering in to something more Nurgleish as a bit of fun and to look on the shelf, amongst the ever growing collection!
As long as it's clear what they're representing, then typically zero issue. I’ve got 3 Agressors that I was thinking about altering in to something more Nurgleish as a bit of fun and to look on the shelf, amongst the ever growing collection!
So, I'd suggest thinking of them as being obliterators in a chaos space marine army.
Just got the small problem of 4 kill teams to start / finish first
JFReturns said:
Yeah contrast paints are great, but for specific tasks - painting large flat surface areas is not one of them in my opinion! Have you tried thinning with contrast medium to get a smoother / lighter coat?
I have, yes, but haven't been that successful yet. However, I have just watched this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL1elpYIEvQ which I think looks excellent, and will give that a go for the armour. Definitely not at the level to do it all to that quality, but I like the colour a lot more than just the contrast on its own.Definitely a bit of a learning curve with contrast paints!
My first commission. Payment = KitKat chunky. Hey, got to start somewhere 
I thought this was pretty cool, my colleague is very much a gamer rather than painter and didn’t fancy cocking up the stained glass window on his Sisters Of Battle immolator or church tank or whatever it’s called. He just said outside of window needs to be gold and do what I want with the rest.
Chose to actually keep the clear plastic on show. Looks okay normally:
But looks very cool with light behind it:
Also been speed painting a few Necron reinforcements. Focus for these is gaming so painting has to be quick and messy!
I thought this was pretty cool, my colleague is very much a gamer rather than painter and didn’t fancy cocking up the stained glass window on his Sisters Of Battle immolator or church tank or whatever it’s called. He just said outside of window needs to be gold and do what I want with the rest.
Chose to actually keep the clear plastic on show. Looks okay normally:
But looks very cool with light behind it:
Also been speed painting a few Necron reinforcements. Focus for these is gaming so painting has to be quick and messy!
Having been off plastic crack for over a decade, a 'friend' has now persuaded me to come back and play 9th edition. Dropped me off a free rule book which is nice. I have to wait until the 2nd to go see what state my old models are at my Mums house, only models I have at my house are a Kasrkin squad and cadian command squad.
Speaking of Kasrkin, apparently people charge a lot for the old OOP models on ebay. I don't like the Scion models as much but not sure I hate them enough to spend the money some people are asking. Managed to find 3 for £12 which seemed like a bargain given the asking price for some individual models. Someone wanted £120 for a full squad.
Speaking of Kasrkin, apparently people charge a lot for the old OOP models on ebay. I don't like the Scion models as much but not sure I hate them enough to spend the money some people are asking. Managed to find 3 for £12 which seemed like a bargain given the asking price for some individual models. Someone wanted £120 for a full squad.
AngryPartsBloke said:
Having been off plastic crack for over a decade, a 'friend' has now persuaded me to come back and play 9th edition. Dropped me off a free rule book which is nice. I have to wait until the 2nd to go see what state my old models are at my Mums house, only models I have at my house are a Kasrkin squad and cadian command squad.
Speaking of Kasrkin, apparently people charge a lot for the old OOP models on ebay. I don't like the Scion models as much but not sure I hate them enough to spend the money some people are asking. Managed to find 3 for £12 which seemed like a bargain given the asking price for some individual models. Someone wanted £120 for a full squad.
I have some old lead model of cadians, tallerns and some valhallans. Yanks, brits in ww2 in the dessert and Russians basicly lol.Speaking of Kasrkin, apparently people charge a lot for the old OOP models on ebay. I don't like the Scion models as much but not sure I hate them enough to spend the money some people are asking. Managed to find 3 for £12 which seemed like a bargain given the asking price for some individual models. Someone wanted £120 for a full squad.
Seems they are worth a fair bit as well as back then 90s the cost of lead/ white metal was high and the points value low. So an army cost alot compared to a marine plastic army.
Edited by vulture1 on Saturday 28th November 18:24
Celtic Dragon said:
I’m itching to get painting minis again rather than just painting the sodding house! especially as I have a death guard and Chaos marine kill team band’s waiting to be done. Plus the Apostle set and a couple of others to finish off.
I’ve set Sunday to be a day for me to do just that.
We've been doing more than a typical amount of decorating too! especially as I have a death guard and Chaos marine kill team band’s waiting to be done. Plus the Apostle set and a couple of others to finish off.I’ve set Sunday to be a day for me to do just that.
Last weekend, both better half and I had had enough - so we started a little terrain making competition to help me clear through the massive backlog!
Exhibit A (won't say who's, as it's being judged by a group which has members on this thread!):
Exhibit B:
The terrain pieces being installed on each tile are in the pics.
That was a nice few hours we spent over the weekend. Now at the uber ugly stage - from here everything that happens makes it look better. Tiles are approx. 9" square - I'll end up having around a dozen or so once fully done.
Sway said:
Funnily enough, I got my Titan legio out for some pics today...
Brilliant painting of Epic scale stuff. Mine has been sitting in a box in the shed for a decade, keeping saying I should either teach the boy to play or sell the lot.The Imperator had a decent paint job a long time ago...
JFReturns said:
Nice! My Dad is bored so is cleaning out the loft, looking forward to seeing what old minis are up there from the early / mid 90s
i was surprised by how much some of the out of production models go for on ebay. Even a pretty standard Cadian commander from before the rebrand to Astra militarum is going for £20+.i was also pleasantly surprised to find that my unbuilt box of Cadian Shocktroopers has twice as many models as the box currently on sale!
I'm not sure how much i will end up spending at GW, I'm keen to get some of the newer models but my friend who got me back into this keeps offering me free models. Won't complain!
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