PaintVagrant posted:

Just to elaborate, the client paid quite a bit for this army and Im not giving the recipes because its

a - hard to replicate because it uses a lot of funky glazing technique
b - I dont want any copycats of them out there

But anything else I paint Ill hand out recipes/help, just not these.

PaintVagrant posted:

What colors are you interested in? Im not going to try to remember every single color, but if there is a certain part or something that you would like to repeat Ill try to figure out what I did

!amicable posted:

Looks like deneb stone, highlighted with some ds+white, then white. The stains looks like chestnut ink and the old green ink. You could probably just use a dark green and a dark brown and guide the dripping more...

Broken Loose posted:

Tervigon brainstorming!


For those of you who aren't familiar with the upcoming Tyranid codex, a tervigon is a heavily-armored, monstrous Synapse creature (HQ or Troops) with an array of psychic powers that constantly gives birth to gaunts over the course of the battle (3D6 gaunts a turn, even if locked in close combat, runs out on doubles or triples).

Of course, there is no model for this monstrosity. The closest is Hydra's "Swarm Tyrant" which lacks the spike launchers of the tervigon and also lacks any notable synaptic features (crests or spikes on the head, mainly).

DOOMCOCK posted:

I'm deployed to Afghanistan and trying to paint up an Imperial Guard army while I'm here since I work two out of the twelve hours I'm on shift. Even with that much open time, I really don't enjoy using a brush to prime my models, super tedious. I can't order any spray primer since it would end up on a plane at SOME point. That being the case, can anyone give a suggestion on how to save time on this part of the hobby? I was thinking maybe airbrush since we have a giant air compressor here, but I thought I'd fish for ideas first. Now that I'm to the end of this post though, its looking like hand painting or airbrushing are probably my only options, hah.

PaintVagrant posted:

I like to wetblend my shades, sort of put the darker color on very thinly, and then using a clean brush to feather the edge so it blends in.

I dont actively blend 2 colors at once on the model too often though, because acrylics dry too damned fast.

CyberLord XP posted:

My parents come over for dinner tonight and my dad says "by the way I found a harbor freight air brush/compressor on sale so get it out of the car before we leave".

Translation: post your favorite airbrushing videos/tutorials.

Fyrbrand posted:

Maybe include basing instructions or suggestions for colors to paint the sand/ballast and base rims?

Edit:


It is at least conceivable that they'd fight somewhere other than their homeworld, and I wanted to avoid the cliche lava bases, so yeah.

Yog-Sothoth posted:

The Good Professor posted:

These are awesome, I especially like the eyes/power weapon blades. Can't say I'm a fan of the guns (all metal with nothing to break it up) but they do look well done.

alcyon posted:

Also, I LOVE the smell of real turpentine. It's awesome.

stabbington posted:

I haven't heard anything, positive or negative, about white gesso. I've had good results with grey (liquitex), and I've seen many other people do well with black.

e: also seconding airbrush info, holy poo poo. (and if we can get a definitive airbrush info post for PV to link in the OP, that would kick rear end, because that comes up all the freaking time)

Miles O'Brian posted:

edit2: someone remind me of that website some goon recommended for buying magnets in the UK. Going to line my movement trays and magnetise the bases.