Tabletop Warhammer?

Woogie · 3 Jan 2013 at 10:47

Seeing things Painted well makes me sad

Wish I could paint lol, Ah well, will try and get at least 1 of the Terminators finished this week and get a pic uploaded.

simon.deighton · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:14

Woogie said:
Seeing things Painted well makes me sad Wish I could paint lol, Ah well, will try and get at least 1 of the Terminators finished this week and get a pic uploaded.

Practice makes perfect! If you or anyone ever needs tips or suggestions shoot up some pics and I'll be happy to help with any pointers.

Ive tought tons of people to paint to a decent standard, my apprentice you shall become

Woogie · 3 Jan 2013 at 12:46

Think my biggest problem is not having very steady hands go in for fine detail on something and seem to have a mini seizure lol

clartymarty · 3 Jan 2013 at 12:47

simon.deighton said:
Practice makes perfect! If you or anyone ever needs tips or suggestions shoot up some pics and I'll be happy to help with any pointers.

Ive tought tons of people to paint to a decent standard, my apprentice you shall become

Id upload a warp talon that I have done, Ive only just started but I dont think its that great tbh but my brother thinks it looks good. I think I am missing some highlights though but any pointers will help.

I am currently only using Mephiston Red as the base coat

Ive orderd some more shades of red (khorne Red, Evil Sunz Scarlet)
I also have Runefang Steel and a grey texture paint - Never used one before

But I have never Highlighted before so some pointers would be great

How do I add photos to this thread?

Nikumba · 3 Jan 2013 at 12:54

ShadowMan said:
First of my 3 FW Broadsides. 2nd is done but base is still drying so no pic.

Looking good but where is the devilfish?

ShadowMan · 3 Jan 2013 at 13:23

Devilfish needs its hatch painting up tonight and I will put up a pic. The main body is done though to match in with the Broadsides.

Spuj · 3 Jan 2013 at 13:24

clartymarty said:
How do I add photos to this thread?

Upload to a online program such as photobucket, then copy the

link they give you for that photo. That would be the easiest way I'd say.

lordhughes · 3 Jan 2013 at 13:31

Yay my Dark Vengance and 20 paints is being shipped today

Love the FW broadside, awesome paint scheme too

on another note, check this out City gaming table (Reddit post) pretty awesome imo!

Woogie · 3 Jan 2013 at 13:39

That is one awesome gaming table..... Good lord I wish id kept at this now

lordhughes · 3 Jan 2013 at 15:05

my first 3 chaos space marines complete except for a few small details.

since looking at the picture on a monitor and not on my phone i realise just how bad the eyes are.

clartymarty · 3 Jan 2013 at 15:27

What do you guys think, it's my first ever models any tips welcome!

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Not the best but if you could make it better what would you do - I am limited with some paints but I think I have everything covered with highlights but not sure how to go about doing it

ShadowMan · 3 Jan 2013 at 16:02

How have you highlighted and shaded? Did you try a wash or just painted highlights?

gilljoy · 3 Jan 2013 at 16:15

They're absolutely fantastic for your first models. Very very well done.

As for critque, have you gave them washes / highlighted then? Also also put some gravel on the bases seal it with watered down PVA and paint the bases that'll make the models much nicer with no more painting.

Edit: if anyone is in there local hobby shops and sees any metal thousand sons models please give me a message via trust.

clartymarty · 3 Jan 2013 at 16:21

Basically what I did was put a base coat of Mephiston Red then used a black wash to bring out the creases - I havent used any highlights because I have 2 light shades of red in the post and for the bases I ordered some grey texture paint? dunno how that will turn out. going for street bases rather than grass/sand

P.S Thank you for the support

gilljoy · 3 Jan 2013 at 16:24

clartymarty said:
Basically what I did was put a base coat of Mephiston Red then used a black wash to bring out the creases - I havent used any highlights because I have 2 light shades of red in the post and for the bases I ordered some grey texture paint? dunno how that will turn out. going for street bases rather than grass/sand

Sounds cool.

As for the texture paint I like just using gravel ( buy a huge bag from b&q) and gluing that to the base and then painting it. I just use cheap arcrylic paints that aren't made for miniatures for doing bases etc and just thinning them down.

It looks very well far better than my first models I painted so keep at it.

ShadowMan · 3 Jan 2013 at 16:25

Texture paint seems a waste of time. Hugely expensive and does not cover evenly. Better off with PVA glue and some cheap sand.

Try to avoid black washes for general use. Use dark browns instead for shadows and you get a better effect. The best used to be Devlan Mud which was replaced with the less useful Agrax Earthshade from the Citadel range.

Army painter do a product called Strong Tone ink which is a 99% match to Devlan mud and great for shading.

ShadowMan · 3 Jan 2013 at 22:13

As mentioned earlier, pictures of Devilfish. Still missing its Gun Drones but will do them later on.

lordhughes · 3 Jan 2013 at 23:23

dam thats awesome!

Kavalree · 4 Jan 2013 at 00:24

That Tau scheme is so clean and crisp. LOVE IT!

My Eldar.

I really need to get the rest of the army done, EVERYTHING is basically done, but all heads need finishing, details and guns...so...really, only bodies and bases are done

ShadowMan · 4 Jan 2013 at 00:57

Dug out a couple more of the Tau. 3rd Broadside had its first 2 coats of white with the airbrush tonight. Should make a nice little squad on the tabletop. The Remora was actually a test model for the colour scheme as they looked cool. Really should get around to doing the other one!

Currently working on a couple of Tetra's which I should finish next week to bring some Markerlights to the game. (I think I may have a Forgeworld habit!)