Just a quick update on my defiler kitbash. It seems to be turning into a diorama bit by bit. I made the pillbox out of the defilers old arm guns and an actual pill bottle. The paintjob is still very far from finished but I'm pretty happy with how its coming on. This is the biggest project Ive worked on to date, thanks to anyone whos given advice on painting techniques for aging metal. Its a rough job so far but its coming on
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I've heard people giving out about liquid green stuff. I genuinely think its one of the more useful tools in my painting arsenal. In this case I cut the barrel off a conversion Im working on and changed it for something more modern. There was a large gap left and I needed to fill it so I used plastic glue and plastic shavings from the barrel to create a structure then layered the green stuff on thick, giving it 24 hours to cure, then buffing it with a super fine Emory board to smooth it and shape the new barrel cover and repeating until getting the right finish. The models still a long long way from complete but liquid green stuff really helped make the conversion a success. Most complaints Ive heard are that it doesn't fill cracks or doesn't file well, but I genuinely think these complaints are an experience thing. I used to say the same until I started using more technical paints and learning how they work best. It's the same with LGS. Anyway, feedback welcome. (",)
Had an old Defiler from when I was a kid. It was in crap condition so I broke it down, stripped it and reassembled it with some Daemon Prince parts and some Helbrute parts also. Really happy with how it came out. Now to paint it (",) feedback welcome
Been working on this old Old Chaos Defiler I've had for years.
Broke it down and stripped it, then put back together with some kitbashed pieces from a daemon prince and helbrute. Also a heavy weapons team gattling gun. Opinions? Two arms or gun turret and arm?
Pretty much what the title says. Got a couple of ikea box cabinets with glass doors to keep dust off my finished models. All my WIP pieces are in the other, cause Im sick of dust and cat hair being on them when I wanna work on them. House not dirty or anything but its mad how much dust settles when you dont play tabletop games with your models. Really frees up the workspace too. Highly recommend.
Im a filthy chaos painter, so forgive my intrusion, but I was going through my 20 year old carry case and found my first ever conversion, which just happened to be St Celestine as I just loved the model. I even ordered metal replacement wings as this model came with a cape being lifted by Angels and I thought she was majestic enough to deserve wings. Please let me know what you think and if I should strip and restore her to her full glory?
Stripped and disassembled an old Defiler I painted years ago. There was gaps, broken bits and so much superglue.
Now im at the stage of cleaning mouldlines, sanding and putting the bits back together and while I was, I put together an idea for a kitbash using some Daemon prince bits. Thoughts and suggestions welcome, this is super early days
Almost finished with my first Chaos Lord. I've painted him to match my current army paint scheme. Mostly shading and extreme highlights to finish. Feedback welcome
I've been working on a Helbrute I stripped and rebuilt and when I did I kitbashed a few bits and pieces. In the process I came up with a shoulder/armour plate mutation that I originally wanted to look like clawed fingers coming from under the plate.
I saw it from a different angle and it struck me that it kinda looked like an insect, and Ive painted it very basically to get an idea of how it could look. My thought was to add some legs and claws, maybe wings where the tusks on the front of the plate are and make it some sort of symbiotic parasite.
Would love to hear any feedback or thoughts on the work so far.
I've seen loads of people come and go in retail, but a few really stick in my mind for getting themselves sacked either ridiculously quickly or in spectacularly stupid ways.
The one I'll never forget was a new guy who got himself fired for fraud in his first week.
I worked in the electronics department of a big box store. From day one this guy was useless. During training he'd mess around, constantly ask for help, then just stand back and let you do the work while he watched instead of actually learning anything.
One day he had a customer who wanted to buy a drone on finance. This was back when drones were still pretty new, and the finance company wouldn't approve it because they saw them as too risky.
Instead of just accepting that, he decided he'd found a loophole. He told the finance company the customer had changed their mind and wanted a camera instead, then messed around with the till so the customer actually left with a drone while the finance agreement was for a camera.
He came back looking so pleased with himself, bragging that he'd got the sale through and earned the commission.
That lasted about five minutes.
Someone spotted what he'd done almost straight away, he got dragged into the manager's office, absolutely ripped apart for committing fraud, and was fired on the spot.
First week on the job. Probably one of the stupidest sackings I've seen.
Anyone got any similar stories to share?
Been working on this Helbrute for a while and Im finally ready to paint. Im terrible at painting skin, especially necrotic or dead flesh for chaos. Has anyone any tips or tricks for this kinda skin?
Im painting the armour in khorn livery, so runelord brass and agarax earthshade for the trim undercoat and first wash, then khorne red for the armour plates, with mephiston red and scarlet sunz highlighting.
I had put together the Helbrute and didnt like how Id originally put it together so I stripped it, pulled it apart and rebuilt it with some replacement parts from a Daemon Prince, a shoulder pad, chest piece, khorne beast head and jump pack. Feels more dynamic and less squat and stumpy than the original pose. This was the first big paint job after I came back to the hobby and I really wanted to redo it once I'd had some practice and settled on an army colour scheme.
Original and redo attached. Comments and suggestions welcome :)
I love painting World Eaters, and decided to do a chaos marine chapter in their livery. As part of the colour scheme I used tesseract glow for all the weapons and eyes.
Also decided to use it for warp flames, and not sure if I like it. What does the community think? Any tips to improve?