Painting Advice/Show-off thread.

[DartStriker]

This is my First commander model, I was trying to sell him along with the rest of my army and start over with Gamesworkshop paint. I made the mistake of using Testors for my first few squads.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/zeonace/115-1532_IMG.jpg  

[A.R.G.U.S Mykal]

Typhus the Traveller - Herald of Nurgle, Host of the Destroyer Hive.


Kinda bad. That was my first Nurgle paint job. I'm gonna get another one and do it like my Death Guard Army to be.



This is the first soldier in my Death Guard army.

I'm starting off with Battle Patrol, and I'm gonna have a unit of Nurglings leading the way to a unit to Death Guard Plague marines. The nurglings can be shot over, so they'll keep a decent amount of wounds until they engage in close combat. Then my marines will mop up the pieces.
With True Grit, my army really are close combat specialists.
The Nurglings have 3 wounds per base, so 30 wounds, you can take it or leave it.
mrgreen

Yes, I posted this in another thread. But I have realised that this is the 'origianl' thread.
sweatdrop

-Mykal

 

[wash_away]

I like em they look nice, I alway's wanted to make a chaos army beacuse their armor and stuff is so different from model to model.  

[A.R.G.U.S Mykal]

wash_away

I like em they look nice, I alway's wanted to make a chaos army beacuse their armor and stuff is so different from model to model.

I chose Death Guard because their units look cooler, they have more variety, and I also like the storyline behind them.

-Mykal

 

[wash_away]

this is what I've got right now on my dreadnought



 

[Hisashi Ryuu Nara]

space marines look sweet in green  

[Rekam]

Here is a link to what DarkElf27 has demmed The Nail Polish Army. HAIL THE NAIL POLISH. Hey don't make fun of me because i am smart. it can come in any color and/or shines.
 

[Rekam]

Darn it... lets try this agian...
Rekams Grand Force  

[Rekam]

sorry gaia dose not like me right now crying  

[The Last Steampunk]

KchulaRrit

Ok, I recently decided to do a Chaos Army. Tau wasn't working out too well and I wanted a little more staying power than my other choices (Imp G and Tyranids). But I detest Space Marines. Then it hits me... who else HATES the imperium? Voila. Chaos.

I'm attributing most of my army to my patron, Slaanesh - and to lead off the collecting... I decided to do my Warlord, with as much conversion as possible.

I'll have pictures up tomorrow, probobly. It's over at a friend's house right now, but heres what I've done so far.

Took the body of a normal Chaos lord, (40k) http://uk.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.uk?do=Individual&code=99060102068&orignav=10

I hate that head, so I left it off. The same with the gun-arm. I wanted something a bit more... personal.

For the head I didn't want flesh and blood. I needed a helmet. I considered the Mounted Slaaneshi Champion (Fantasy) and the Undivided champion (fantasy) but both proved to be too small. Then, it came to me. Slaanesh = Hedonism = Ancient Rome = Laurels. So I lopped off the head of an Emperor's Champion and affixed it in a, in my opinion, sutably dramatic pose atop his shoulders.
http://uk.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.uk?do=Individual&code=99060101236&orignav=10

I kept the right arm, holding the space marine head, for no other reason than I HATE them. *laughs* But, the other arm needed to be re-made. I settled on taking an armored glove from another that was angled and shaped right for the next project.

I decided to take the sword from a warmachine mini by the name of "Goreshade the b*****d". Neat, huh?
http://privateerpress.com/WARMACHINE/gallery/miniature_pages/goreshade.html

Painted it all, and soaked the appropriate parts in red ink. Next came FURTHER personalization. I took the girl-model from the Goreshade box, painted her up to be a nearly-naked pleasure slave and took to the idea of having her chained to my lord... sortuva symbol to those that stand before chaos, as an omen of their fate....

All I have to do is... figure out how to chain her to him. AdmiralSnackbar suggests Greenstuff, but I've never worked with it before and I wouldn't know even WHERE to begin. This, after all, my very first conversion.

Fine metal modeling chain.
It works wonders.  

[Future_Saiyan_Trunks]

I use a lot of white for my colourscheme:

I find the best way to get solid colour with GW Skull White is to give it one thicker coat at once, instead of several thin coats. Thin coats leave blotches and patchy colouring, whereas one thicker coat covers the whole area, while still giving a flat and great looking surface.
Important note: I do this ONLY with a fine detail brush.
I have one assault terminator in my squad to finish, after which i will find a digi cam and post pics of them.  

[A.R.G.U.S Mykal]

Future_Saiyan_Trunks

I use a lot of white for my colourscheme:

I find the best way to get solid colour with GW Skull White is to give it one thicker coat at once, instead of several thin coats. Thin coats leave blotches and patchy colouring, whereas one thicker coat covers the whole area, while still giving a flat and great looking surface.
Important note: I do this ONLY with a fine detail brush.
I have one assault terminator in my squad to finish, after which i will find a digi cam and post pics of them.

Why not use a skull white basecoat spray, and then use a darker blue?

-Mykal

 

[OfWenzel]

My Tech Marine:

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/BrightStarNova/TechMarine.jpg  

[KchulaRrit]

Ok, took my ALOT longer to get a camera than I thought it would. But here goes.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0144.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0147.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0146.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0145.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0143.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0142.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0141.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0140.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0167.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0166.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0165.jpg

Tell me, honestly, what you think. This is my first conversion and I wanna know what I did right and what I did horribly wrong. mrgreen

And... some of my other minis. In case you wanna tell me how terrible my painting jobs are. Personally, I'd rate myself as a B-.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0181.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0179.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0177.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0176.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0171.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0170.jpg  

[I lol at Cows]

KchulaRrit

Ok, took my ALOT longer to get a camera than I thought it would. But here goes.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0144.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0147.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0146.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0145.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0143.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0142.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0141.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0140.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0167.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0166.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0165.jpg

Tell me, honestly, what you think. This is my first conversion and I wanna know what I did right and what I did horribly wrong. mrgreen

And... some of my other minis. In case you wanna tell me how terrible my painting jobs are. Personally, I'd rate myself as a B-.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0181.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0179.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0177.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0176.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0171.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/KchulaRrit/IMG_0170.jpg

actually there quite good! the conversion i thought was excellent...but it looks like u put a bit too much paint....it changed the texture of the arm quite a bit