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[gomystudentalpaca-blog]

Crabstodes

#warhammer 40k #warhammer #mini painting #warhammer painting #adeptus custodes #custodes #funny little guy

[blizz4rd12033333333333]

BEHOLD!!!! HER CORRUPT MAJESTY THE GRATEFUL PUNISHMENT

PUPPY DOG

#warhammer painting #wh40k #tzeentch #warhound titan

[shinithewitch]

The result of the last live

Here's Sister Palatine Candy finally painted.

Now it's time to paint her girfr-Ehm! roommate OO"""

#warhammer 40k #adepta sororitas #warhammer 40000 #warhammer painting #kitbash #miniature painting

[monstroys]

Hey Everyone!

Here's my WH40k tribute diorama - Khorne vs Ultramarines.

Hope that You'll like it!

Paul "Monstroys"

#warhammer 40000 #warhammer #hobby #art #miniature #painting warhammer #warhammer painting #warhammer fantasy #wh40k #games workshop #miniature art #miniature painting #wargaming #age of sigmar #mini painting #warmongers

[painting-warhammer]

C’Tan Shard of the Deceiver in the style of Sonichu (CWC)

I lied. This is my favorite figure. Commentary under cut.

#1: Rule Number One Is That You Gotta Have Fun

The other two figures I painted had ups and downs--days genuinely ruined and many frustrated moments where I just hated everything about this hobby and everything I was making. I'm sure this is no strange feeling to any artist, but since I kinda gave up on art over a decade ago only to pick this up after that decade, it really felt like that heartbreaking moment of making something that you know was bad and not improving fast enough.

I never had that for one second while painting Sonichu. I honestly giggled to myself a lot when I worked on him. When something fucked up (note how I didn't make as good of a glowing effect on the eyes) I just took that as "Well, that's just me being accurate to the original art." When something went well, I learned something that I would be able to apply in the future. If you look closely at the quills and the chest, you'll see that this was the first time I tried edge highlighting to get more of a good lighting effect. On top of that, I just used Baharroth Blue without a base paint, but rather as a base paint that I later darkened with a Tyran Blue shade wash for the creases in the sash. I did the same for the skin near on his abs and arms. (I should have made them blue. Damn.)

I also didn't get so bogged down in being accurate to the inspiration, or became better at knowing what to pick and choose. For example: Sonichu doesn't have a sash, of course. Instead, I decided to go with the color of the banner in Issue #0.

There was a point I briefly considered learning how to actually make a decal, then taking the title to be plastered on the front of the model, but I decided against it. I even considered some yellow streaks to give him a bit of a glow, but if you look at the base you'll see some of the experimental wetblending I tried (and would hypothetically cover later) and it just didn't look good.

Also the feet. Sonichu does have a distinct color for his shoes, but I just shrugged and figured it was more correct to just keep it in line with his hands on the model. I made the hands in the hideous style of the Bad Trailer Sonic, and figured the feet would probably follow the same principle. Besides, the sash had enough blue as it is.

#2: Rule Number Two - Just Don't Get Attached, Too

I said I had fun at all stages painting Sonic'hu, and I meant that. The painting part, that is. Gluing was a disaster.

If you're new to the hobby, understand this: Older models, things from the 90's or earlier, are produced using a plastic resin. It's very light gray (left) while the newer stuff has a dark gray tint and is made with a different kind of plastic.

Now Citadel sells ONE (1) glue, pictured to the left. It's a very good glue for the DARK GRAY plastic. It looks like this. Some people use the one on the right, but the listing on Amazon is apparently sketchy as hell and comes empty because they can scam you out of your money since you can't return or refund liquids. So I never fw it; if I encounter it in a hardware store or hobby shop, I'll pick it up and give it a shot.

This is all to ultimately say that in spite of Citadel selling only ONE KIND OF GLUE, that ONE GLUE cannot hold light gray resin figures together AT ALL.

I don't have pictures, but God was it frustrating. Sonic'hu would CONSTANTLY fall apart while drying. I would be holding his arm in place; the head would fall off. His spines would fall off. He'd flop over on his base. Even after priming him, his arm fell off again, and you can see his face is a mess of when my fingers were just covered and glue and I was just holding him in place frustratedly. I tried like three different glues (not including Tamiya, but Krazy Glue was one) and I don't remember which one worked.

However, whether Tamiya works or not, I actually did have to go back to resin on a different figure recently. I went through my old man's drawer and found this.

It's unreal how good this is. Put this on resin, and the plastic itself comes apart easier than the glue does. It also works okay on the dark gray figures, but I've had the odd part come undone and I went back to the Citadel Glue.

Fair warning though--I'm praising this version of Loctite specifically. There are a few varieties, and I can't say much as far as their quality, but I read online that the ones with an extra long cap tend to dry out and be unopenable later. This Gel Control version doesn't give me any problems like that, though.

#3: Rule Number Three - Wear Your Heart On Your Cheek

My only regret is not going harder with this.

There were some gemstones at the bottom of this model and I literally don't remember what happened to them. I was going to paint them like Chaos Emeralds, originally. Then I saw a paint job of the model that had stones encircling the C'tan Shard like he was making them rise up Dragonball style, and the thought came to mind to get little Chaos Emerald replicas to look as though they were orbiting him. (Unfortunately, Etsy pretty much only had them in a set size, and though Sonic'hu was the largest figure I'd worked on, he was too small to have those orbiting around him.)

I also wanted to learn how to model with Green Stuff using this model; there was a point where I considered making the actual sneakers, but more importantly the Pikachu ears and the one additional spine to bring it up to six total. I didn't not want to do that when I bought it, actually, but after the glue had settled after so much effort I was utterly sick of the prep phase and just went straight to painting.

There's also a little Necron that is at the base of the C'Tan that I also haven't painted, but the reason for that is that I am considering how to do the CWC's "The Classic" shirt on his rib cage. I keep waiting for the inspiration to strike.

So that's Sonic'hu. Honestly, having a shitpost figure was something that helped me be a little less afraid of failure and take chances, make mistakes, and get messy. I would resume tryharding by the next figure, and ultimately paint, in my opinion, my best figure yet.

#Sonichu #CWC #Christine Weston Chandler #Painting Warhammer #Games Workshop #Warhammer #Warhammer 40K #WarhammerCommunity #Warhammer 40000 #WH 40K #WH40K #Warhammer40K #Warhammer Painting #Miniature Painting #Painting Miniatures #Mini Painting #Necron #Necrons #Necron'tyr #C'tan #The C'tan #Shard of the Deceiver

[geekashgaming]

A bit more progress on my favorite greater daemon!

#warhammer community #big gay #warhammer miniatures #chaos daemons #warhammer 40k #warhammer age of sigmar #daemons #great unclean one #nurgle #tabletop #warhammer painting #warhammer fantasy #warhammercommunity

[blizz4rd1203]

Can't sleep so Carrion's Repent

#warhammer 40k #dark mechanicum #chaos knights #house caesarean #scions of Mordax #warhammer painting

[ghostinthegallery]

And he's finally done!! Orikan the Diviner, my second character model. Experimented with some stuff on this guy. Some new paints and new techniques. Some things worked well, others less so, but I'm excited to have another finished guy. Who very conveniently fits into my Nihilakh color scheme. How nice, wonder how that happened 🤔

Now I really need to paint up some more warriors 😂

#warhammer 40k #warhammer painting #necrons #orikan the diviner #love this new model #even if it did give me some trouble putting together #sub-assembly challenges

[hobby-n-chill]

POV: you lack the ability to focus on one project at a time

#hobby #miniature painting #model painting #board games #warhammer #40k #warhammer 40k #warhammer painting #adeptus astartes #space marines #cadiastands #imperial guard

[waste-of-a-song]

Finally started that space wolves combat patrol!

He doesn’t have a name but I’m sure he’ll get one eventually

#warhammer #warhammer 40k #40k #mini painting #warhammer painting #space wolves #space marines painting #space marines #I’m so proud of him #my boy! #my son! #look at my boy!

[angiethewitchdoesart]

tzeentch changeling completed

#artists on tumblr #my art #art #miniature painting #warhammer #warhammer art #warhammer painting #warhammer age of sigmar #age of sigmar #tzeentch

[gomystudentalpaca-blog]

Back at it again with another world eater kitbash, this time a character made in the fashion of the codex art from 9th edition.

#mini painting #warhammer painting #warhammer #warhammer 40000 #chaos space marines #world eaters #khorne

[clemency-for-the-wizard-king]

back at it again with 2 new sillymanders to add to the heap !! their names are patty(or Patrick) short for patrician (left), and Ryan short for centurion (right). (I was watching a classics lecture while I was finishing their bases)

closeup/detail shots below

here are some closeups of the bases- maybe my fav part of these minis. real happy with how the magma effect turned out !

and some more general shots just for new angles :]

#mini painting #warhammer 40k #warhammer 30k #salamanders 40k #space marines #warhammer #warhammer miniatures #warhammer minis #warhammer painting #miniatures

[angiethewitch]

dexcessa

#angie talks #im still a beginner pls be nice #warhammer #age of sigmar #slaneesh #warhammer painting #miniature painting

[alittlereclusive]

My uni's wargaming club is running a tournament right now and, as a part of it I've been painting up some lychguard and the first five turned out really well, so I wanted to show them off somewhere.

I decided to try some different stuff with the with the warscythes and I'm pretty proud the results.

#warhammer 40k #wh40k #warhammer painting #miniature painting #necrons

[painting-warhammer]

Callidus Assassin in the style of Ann Takamaki/Panther (Persona 5)

My personal best miniature paint job yet! At least, it's a personal best to me. Still plenty of flaws! Commentary under cut.

This is where a lot of what I'd learned really started coming together! A lot of Warhammer and painting channels will talk a lot about edge highlighting and it's pretty important to be sure, but a YouTuber named Ninjon broke it down in a way where I understand how and where to do it. Namely, you're supposed to think about light sources. I did that for Ann's hair and her boots; the undersides have their darker shades, but anything from topside is very bright.

The next big change was learning Ardcoat. With my Sylvanas figure, I completely fucked that one up, but with Ann I definitely put a fun candy gloss on top of the Baal Red contrast and the boots after I edge-highlighted. True, I could have added those highlights in a risky attempt to recreate a lycra effect, but as Ann already sorta sneaks around and is constantly mobile, I thought it would sell the illusion to have the lights move with her rather than make a single stationary reflection pattern.

The pink gloves were almost a disaster; I got a cheap, super viscous acrylic that made this lumpy gel as I painted, but after some trial and error I got it to cooperate.

The basing is still touch and go. I genuinely did try to edge highlight the bullet decals and the rocks, honest; I was actually hyped because I wanted to make it the stylish red, white, and black that Persona 5 is famous for. But in the end it came off as looking unpainted when I added whiter highlights, so I just doused the whole thing in Black Legion contrast.

The base was a happy accident. It's not how I initially wanted it. I put Mordant Earth down, thinking I would flow some red shader through to make a weird lava-ish effect that had the bright red of Persona 5 again, but they just mushed together to make this weird mud. A bummer, but it did teach me how to make mud in the future!

And the base. Yeah you're supposed to put black on the rims, but I had to go for style.

Overall, I just feel proud of this one, whether or not I should. I'm always glad when I get to use a color scheme completely different from canon or at the very least different from the on-the-box demo artwork.

The boots were me flying blind, and admittedly on Ann/Panther herself, they're a slightly darker red rather than an outright purple, but I thought purple was a bit more dynamic and I did it for the belt and various other straps as well.

I'll admit I had no good ideas for the poisoned needles, I just doused them in Barak-Nar Burgundy and moved on. The guns and sword I had an idea for, I was going to go for implying they were a polymorphed Morgana, but it just didn't seem interesting. I definitely just half-assed them, but I think it's fine given I wanted the attention on Ann herself. So even the weapons, something I struggle with to make interesting, turned out okay, I think. I got 'em done and moved on.

A small detail I thought was fun: the goggles. I made them Ann's specific eye color! I think they stand out pretty well on the overall model and they don't clash with anything.

Also, Baharroth Blue is the color I love/use way too much, and if it's not on my figure somehow then is it really complete? I think not. 😜

This isn't my favorite figure, but it's the one I pull out when I want to flex a little. I still got one more where it's from a media franchise to go before I post my main army. It's not going to be as good as Ann, but then again I don't know if I'd call it finished per se. Until then!

#Ann Takamaki #Persona 5 Royal #Persona 5 #Callidus Assassin #Agents of the Imperium #Painting Warhammer #Games Workshop #Warhammer #Warhammer 40K #WarhammerCommunity #Warhammer 40000 #WH40K #WH 40K #Warhammer Painting #Miniature Painting #Painting Miniatures #Mini Painting