August painting thread.

Piestrio · August 06, 2013, 11:57:35 AM

I stole this idea from the Privateer Press forums.

What to post:

Your plans for the month.

Progress pics.

Finished pics.

Advice/suggestions for painting.

For me I'm currently building a 40k imperial guard army with a marine detachment.

I just finished "test models" and am pretty happy.

So moving forward I'm pretty slow so currently I would like to get an IG infantry platoon done by the end of the month. Three squads and a command unit.

I'm waiting on a bunch of bits I ordered to do more marines so I can't promise I won't get distracted from the guard to do those this month instead

What about you guys? What have you got on the table?

danbuter · August 06, 2013, 09:10:55 PM

10 years ago, I'd have been all over this thread. Sadly, I don't own any paint anymore, and certainly no 40k models. I had a lot of fun when I was playing, though.

I did a Nurgle army in bone white with green highlights, along with lots of mutations. I wish I still had the pics for them. My dreadnaught had a big tyranid arm, for example. I also used zombie heads for some of the marines.

TristramEvans · August 06, 2013, 09:15:44 PM

Faces are very nice. Do you use a wash or is that blending?

Piestrio · August 06, 2013, 09:32:54 PM

Quote from: TristramEvans;678187Faces are very nice. Do you use a wash or is that blending?

Wash. I can't blend flesh tones to save my life.

Sacrosanct · August 06, 2013, 09:40:04 PM

First, I love this thread idea.

Secondly, I'm not that great of a painter, so don't expect professional quality

TristramEvans · August 06, 2013, 09:47:20 PM

Quote from: Piestrio;678198Wash. I can't blend flesh tones to save my life.

I hear you. Army Painter Quickshades are my saving grace.

I just started my Skaven army from IoB, haven't painted a mini since 98, and I've never worked with plastic before. Finished my first tester last night ( except for the base, haven't picked up any sand/ fake grass yet). Here's a crappy cellphone pic:

Needless to say, yours look much better.

I plan to do 5 a day after this until the regiments are done, and hopefully that will be enough practice to do a decent job on individual characters. Goal is enough for a 500 pt battle by the end of the month.

Sacrosanct · August 06, 2013, 10:00:46 PM

Ok, here are the three bones ones I'm working on now. Sorry they aren't from the very beginning, but I haven't done much on any of them.

All I did for the werewolf was do a quick base coat for flesh (black) and fur (grey). Then I did a quick dry brush on each and that's it. Haven't done any detail work yet.

The owlbear is more complete, but I haven't done the details or the drybrushing for the lighter feathered areas.

And the earth elemental is just a basecoat.

My typical process is:

Basecoat
Inking/Wash
Drybrush
Detail

TristramEvans · August 07, 2013, 05:56:58 AM

That's some very nice dry-brushing on that owlbear

Piestrio · August 07, 2013, 12:27:55 PM

Looking good guys

I just got the rest of the IG squad assembled and primed (the models are a pain in the ass to clean and assemble, BTW).

I'll start some blocking today if they dry quick enough.

Simon W · August 07, 2013, 01:47:41 PM

I really need to do some more painting. I got tons of figures that could do with it. Perhaps I'll be inspired by this thread to get the brushes out again.

Piestrio · August 07, 2013, 03:12:06 PM

Quote from: Simon W;678446I really need to do some more painting. I got tons of figures that could do with it. Perhaps I'll be inspired by this thread to get the brushes out again.

You should!

TristramEvans · August 07, 2013, 03:49:40 PM

Finished 5 more Skaven yesterday (only 120 + Doomwheel to go lol), will throw up pics when I get home. I'm keeping my sanity by doing a very simple approach on rank and file ( primer, base colours, touch ups, quickshade) and not striving for perfection, though of the 5 I'm nominating one figure to put a bit of extra work into (these will make up the front line of the unit).

Got five new ones primed for today this morning.

TristramEvans · August 07, 2013, 03:51:29 PM

Question for experienced painters: do you assemble first then paint your minis or will you paint arms/shields/heads etc separately?

Sacrosanct · August 07, 2013, 03:55:13 PM

Quote from: TristramEvans;678536Question for experienced painters: do you assemble first then paint your minis or will you paint arms/shields/heads etc separately?

I assemble first, unless it's a piece that really can't be painted otherwise. For example, in the Clockwork dragon, I only have one wing assembled. I'll paint the other separately and then glue on because if I have them both on, it's too hard to do a good job.

Piestrio · August 07, 2013, 04:35:48 PM

Quote from: Sacrosanct;678537I assemble first, unless it's a piece that really can't be painted otherwise. For example, in the Clockwork dragon, I only have one wing assembled. I'll paint the other separately and then glue on because if I have them both on, it's too hard to do a good job.

Same. Yeah, it's "better" to paint first but the pain in the ass isn't worth it for 'table quality' stuff IMO.