Hey so as a change of pace I slapped together a Defiler Mound from StarCraft out of model magic, and just finished varnishing today:
For reference in case you have somehow forgotten what one obscure structure from a 20+ year old video game looks like:
Anyway the in-game sprite features a pit in between it's, uh... arms? which I have not chosen to model, becaaaauuuuse the hope is that I'll be able to use this as an enclosure decoration for a vinegaroon, in which case I'll scoop out substrate in the area where the pit should be to make a starter burrow for the little critter.
For the uninitiated, a vinegaroon is basically what the earth produced after learning how awesome defilers in StarCraft are, complete with the ability to squirt acid at its enemies (it's a weak acid that won't really do anything unless it gets in your eyes or mouth... which is admittedly what it aims for).
The mixing paint discussion was some time ago, but anyway.
Instar paints are changing their whole colour system to a mix it yourself system, having a limited range of base colours and then providing mixing tools and recipes.
Haven't tried anything from them so I can't tell what the quality is like but it's an interesting approach.
Hey so as a change of pace I slapped together a Defiler Mound from StarCraft out of model magic, and just finished varnishing today:
For reference in case you have somehow forgotten what one obscure structure from a 20+ year old video game looks like:
Anyway the in-game sprite features a pit in between it's, uh... arms? which I have not chosen to model, becaaaauuuuse the hope is that I'll be able to use this as an enclosure decoration for a vinegaroon, in which case I'll scoop out substrate in the area where the pit should be to make a starter burrow for the little critter.
For the uninitiated, a vinegaroon is basically what the earth produced after learning how awesome defilers in StarCraft are, complete with the ability to squirt acid at its enemies (it's a weak acid that won't really do anything unless it gets in your eyes or mouth... which is admittedly what it aims for).
I hope you post some pictures of your creepy buggy boi when you get it.
If not here, then in one of the pet threads in SE++.
More information on vinegaroons as pets, spoilered because not everyone finds giant bugs as cool as they are.
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Voting on the snakes at the LGS has started. Last time I checked I'm tired for third place with first and second being about triple the votes mine has.
Already seeing where I could have done better. Shouldn't have done just the one color for the scales. The two that are winning put patterns on the scales. Also their bases are a lot fuller than mine.
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Finished up Inking and polishing up this set of Dice I got off of Etsy. They turned out pretty good! Inking dice is a pain in the butt though. I hope they hold up. Can't wait to display them. It's really hard to capture the shimmer in a still photo, but damn do they shine! I'm going to have to roll them while wearing cotton gloves.
Hey so as a change of pace I slapped together a Defiler Mound from StarCraft out of model magic, and just finished varnishing today:
For reference in case you have somehow forgotten what one obscure structure from a 20+ year old video game looks like:
Anyway the in-game sprite features a pit in between it's, uh... arms? which I have not chosen to model, becaaaauuuuse the hope is that I'll be able to use this as an enclosure decoration for a vinegaroon, in which case I'll scoop out substrate in the area where the pit should be to make a starter burrow for the little critter.
For the uninitiated, a vinegaroon is basically what the earth produced after learning how awesome defilers in StarCraft are, complete with the ability to squirt acid at its enemies (it's a weak acid that won't really do anything unless it gets in your eyes or mouth... which is admittedly what it aims for).
I hope you post some pictures of your creepy buggy boi when you get it.
If not here, then in one of the pet threads in SE++.
More information on vinegaroons as pets, spoilered because not everyone finds giant bugs as cool as they are.
Speaking of Nolzur minis I got several and some NSFW figures [kingdom death}
The weapons are kind of bent so as it was said I can soak them and bend it straight or whatever?
My complaint about the kingdom death figures is they have NO instructions so you have to defer to pics or guess [the other ones I have are the halloween ringtail and a certain other halloween ones I noticed after I got it was festooned with penises
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Being covered in dicks, boobs and vaginas is just Kingdom Deaths thing. The back of their Pheonix is... ugh.
Being covered in dicks, boobs and vaginas is just Kingdom Deaths thing. The back of their Pheonix is... ugh.
the one I am talking about is festooned with them I only noticed that after I got the model and looked at the sprue
But yes the one I showed I made fun of to my brother that how she is swinging the sword over her large chest and how the cape has moved for an ass shot
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Being covered in dicks, boobs and vaginas is just Kingdom Deaths thing. The back of their Pheonix is... ugh.
LOL, out of morbid curiosity I tried looking this up and got pics of their giant bird monster. Why does it have a cluster of tiny human hands coming out of its crotch?
Being covered in dicks, boobs and vaginas is just Kingdom Deaths thing. The back of their Pheonix is... ugh.
LOL, out of morbid curiosity I tried looking this up and got pics of their giant bird monster. Why does it have a cluster of tiny human hands coming out of its crotch?
Being covered in dicks, boobs and vaginas is just Kingdom Deaths thing. The back of their Pheonix is... ugh.
LOL, out of morbid curiosity I tried looking this up and got pics of their giant bird monster. Why does it have a cluster of tiny human hands coming out of its crotch?
For grabbing things
This has been another edition of simple answers to easy questions.
Being covered in dicks, boobs and vaginas is just Kingdom Deaths thing. The back of their Pheonix is... ugh.
LOL, out of morbid curiosity I tried looking this up and got pics of their giant bird monster. Why does it have a cluster of tiny human hands coming out of its crotch?
Weird, inexplicable, body horror designs is just a thing with Kingdom Death, so 'that doesn't belong there!' is a fairly standard design component. IIRC, the base game setting was, 'the characters wake up on a plain of stone faces, with ink-stained eyes, next to a mound of mystic lanterns, the only light in the otherwise dark world,' and if you manage to keep your settlement alive for 25 years, the abomination that was growing beneath the mound of 'lanterns' hatches and leaves taking all the light with it and the darkness full of monsters.
Conceptionally it's cool as hell, although there are so many models that I would feel skeevy even painting, much less having in a display case for everyone to see. XD
Hey so as a change of pace I slapped together a Defiler Mound from StarCraft out of model magic, and just finished varnishing today:
For reference in case you have somehow forgotten what one obscure structure from a 20+ year old video game looks like:
Anyway the in-game sprite features a pit in between it's, uh... arms? which I have not chosen to model, becaaaauuuuse the hope is that I'll be able to use this as an enclosure decoration for a vinegaroon, in which case I'll scoop out substrate in the area where the pit should be to make a starter burrow for the little critter.
For the uninitiated, a vinegaroon is basically what the earth produced after learning how awesome defilers in StarCraft are, complete with the ability to squirt acid at its enemies (it's a weak acid that won't really do anything unless it gets in your eyes or mouth... which is admittedly what it aims for).
I hope you post some pictures of your creepy buggy boi when you get it.
If not here, then in one of the pet threads in SE++.
More information on vinegaroons as pets, spoilered because not everyone finds giant bugs as cool as they are.
I'm thoroughly wigged out by the idea of handling insects, but I also think hermit crabs and other crustaceans are just the coolest things.
My amygdala is currently going nuts trying to decide whether to classify that thing as a horrifying giant bug or an adorable land lobster :razz:
Well, let's throw a bit more confusion to your brain meats and look at the tailless whip scorpion, another harmless giant bug pet.
Spoilered again for the same reasons.
Hey so as a change of pace I slapped together a Defiler Mound from StarCraft out of model magic, and just finished varnishing today:
For reference in case you have somehow forgotten what one obscure structure from a 20+ year old video game looks like:
Anyway the in-game sprite features a pit in between it's, uh... arms? which I have not chosen to model, becaaaauuuuse the hope is that I'll be able to use this as an enclosure decoration for a vinegaroon, in which case I'll scoop out substrate in the area where the pit should be to make a starter burrow for the little critter.
For the uninitiated, a vinegaroon is basically what the earth produced after learning how awesome defilers in StarCraft are, complete with the ability to squirt acid at its enemies (it's a weak acid that won't really do anything unless it gets in your eyes or mouth... which is admittedly what it aims for).
I hope you post some pictures of your creepy buggy boi when you get it.
If not here, then in one of the pet threads in SE++.
More information on vinegaroons as pets, spoilered because not everyone finds giant bugs as cool as they are.
I'm thoroughly wigged out by the idea of handling insects, but I also think hermit crabs and other crustaceans are just the coolest things.
My amygdala is currently going nuts trying to decide whether to classify that thing as a horrifying giant bug or an adorable land lobster :razz:
Well, let's throw a bit more confusion to your brain meats and look at the tailless whip scorpion, another harmless giant bug pet.
Spoilered again for the same reasons.
To bring it back on topic (sort of) how hard would it be to paint up a tyranid swarm like these guys?
WAIT THOSE THINGS ARE REAL?!?!?!?! Dangit....
Edit: I gotta quit clicking on those spoilers. Here I only thought crickets/grasshoppers were creepy. I need to see painted neat things to cleanse my eyes.
For a while I wanted the tailless whip scorpion, and I still think they're super neat, but they're much harder to get than vinegaroons in my area, plus they seem extra reclusive and also their humidity requirements are trickier. I'm more comfortable with that sort of thing now that I've got some invert experience under my belt, but yeah.
I really love the tailless whip scorpion specifically for how powerful a lesson in prejudice it is. It truly looks designed to give human children nightmares, but is incapable of harming us and just wants peace and quiet.
And the occasional live animal to maul and devour with gnashing, claw-like mouthparts.
anyway painting
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Does anyone have a basing guide they use/like I could take a look at? I bought some of the The Army Painter base stuff (Brown Battlefield I think it's called) and it seems like a cool way to add some character to the figures, but I've been so focused on painting and just the brown field stuff looks lazy. Mostly I've been using Reaper minis who usually have a decorative base of some source built into the figures, but I'm usually not in love with them and I'd rather have more regular basing for minis that will be used in play.
Does anyone have a basing guide they use/like I could take a look at? I bought some of the The Army Painter base stuff (Brown Battlefield I think it's called) and it seems like a cool way to add some character to the figures, but I've been so focused on painting and just the brown field stuff looks lazy. Mostly I've been using Reaper minis who usually have a decorative base of some source built into the figures, but I'm usually not in love with them and I'd rather have more regular basing for minis that will be used in play.
Its not nearly as complicated as you might be thinking. Get some white glue, spread it somewhat evenly, these will help a lot there, sprinkle the stuff on heavily and let it sit for a day. Gently tap on the side to knock of whatever didn't land in glue. You can gently dry brush it with whatever colors after that if you want.
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Grasses, mosses and rocks make a lot of impact too. I love making rock out of cork. It's a lot of fun.
I’m still pretty new to the hobby but I have been using the contents of tea bags as ground clutter/leaves. Can easily make autumn, spring, etc with different types of tea
Does this work?
And they are done! 45 days ago the lads were a pile of sprue and hopes and dreams. Countless paint chips, more than 100 pieces of freehand and a shit tonne of weathering powder later, they are finished. 2000 points of Raptors ready to take #bladestorm2021 by, well, storm! Feeling very tired and also proud.
Copying Dayspring and doing an Insta because how do videos even work?
A group shot on the way to 2000 pts. Another unit of Rockguts plus the Troll Hag and basically done, if you don't their gigantic loonshrine terrain that I've been avoiding...
Cape looks amazing J! Distressed leather is fun hey? I did it on a bunch of my Raptors, and then completely covered it with weathering powder so you can't see any of the detail because I am a super genius galaxy brain.
Ok so the weathering powder you can buy from hobby stores is basically just ground pigment. The normal way of apply it is to get a rubbish brush (you are consigning itto death) and jsut get some powder on the tip of it and work it into recesses, like joins in armour. This gives the impression that dust and dirt has got worked into stuff. Model tank dudes use it all the time to make their tonks look really filthy. I've basically jsut fucked up the lower 1/3 of my marines with it to make it look like they've been hard campaigning in the desert
Do you seal your powders with a spray varnish or white spirits, or just let it hang out and rub off on stuff?
I always found as soon as I do anything to set powders, they instantly lose 90% of their dusty look.
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Do you seal your powders with a spray varnish or white spirits, or just let it hang out and rub off on stuff?
I always found as soon as I do anything to set powders, they instantly lose 90% of their dusty look.
The trick I use (when I use powders at al which isn’t often) is to water down some matte varnish about 50% then just touch the brush to the very edge of where the pigment is, and let capillary action suck it into and under the pigment. Got that from the Forge World stand at games day a while back. Seems like direct application moves the powder around too much no matter what you’re using.
Do you seal your powders with a spray varnish or white spirits, or just let it hang out and rub off on stuff?
I always found as soon as I do anything to set powders, they instantly lose 90% of their dusty look.
The trick I use (when I use powders at al which isn’t often) is to water down some matte varnish about 50% then just touch the brush to the very edge of where the pigment is, and let capillary action suck it into and under the pigment. Got that from the Forge World stand at games day a while back. Seems like direct application moves the powder around too much no matter what you’re using.
That's fascinating. I've mostly avoided weathering powders because I thought them un-varnishable.
Even with pigment fixer especially light pigments always turned too dark and not dusty for me. Haven't tried that method yet though. Might have to give it a go
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For reference in case you have somehow forgotten what one obscure structure from a 20+ year old video game looks like:
Anyway the in-game sprite features a pit in between it's, uh... arms? which I have not chosen to model, becaaaauuuuse the hope is that I'll be able to use this as an enclosure decoration for a vinegaroon, in which case I'll scoop out substrate in the area where the pit should be to make a starter burrow for the little critter.
For the uninitiated, a vinegaroon is basically what the earth produced after learning how awesome defilers in StarCraft are, complete with the ability to squirt acid at its enemies (it's a weak acid that won't really do anything unless it gets in your eyes or mouth... which is admittedly what it aims for).
Instar paints are changing their whole colour system to a mix it yourself system, having a limited range of base colours and then providing mixing tools and recipes.
Haven't tried anything from them so I can't tell what the quality is like but it's an interesting approach.
I hope you post some pictures of your creepy buggy boi when you get it.
If not here, then in one of the pet threads in SE++.
More information on vinegaroons as pets, spoilered because not everyone finds giant bugs as cool as they are.
Already seeing where I could have done better. Shouldn't have done just the one color for the scales. The two that are winning put patterns on the scales. Also their bases are a lot fuller than mine.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
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I'm thoroughly wigged out by the idea of handling insects, but I also think hermit crabs and other crustaceans are just the coolest things.
My amygdala is currently going nuts trying to decide whether to classify that thing as a horrifying giant bug or an adorable land lobster :razz:
The weapons are kind of bent so as it was said I can soak them and bend it straight or whatever?
My complaint about the kingdom death figures is they have NO instructions so you have to defer to pics or guess [the other ones I have are the halloween ringtail and a certain other halloween ones I noticed after I got it was festooned with penises
the one I am talking about is festooned with them I only noticed that after I got the model and looked at the sprue
But yes the one I showed I made fun of to my brother that how she is swinging the sword over her large chest and how the cape has moved for an ass shot
LOL, out of morbid curiosity I tried looking this up and got pics of their giant bird monster. Why does it have a cluster of tiny human hands coming out of its crotch?
For grabbing things
This has been another edition of simple answers to easy questions.
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Wilds of Aladrion: [https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/43159014/#Comment_43159014]Ellandryn[/url]
Weird, inexplicable, body horror designs is just a thing with Kingdom Death, so 'that doesn't belong there!' is a fairly standard design component. IIRC, the base game setting was, 'the characters wake up on a plain of stone faces, with ink-stained eyes, next to a mound of mystic lanterns, the only light in the otherwise dark world,' and if you manage to keep your settlement alive for 25 years, the abomination that was growing beneath the mound of 'lanterns' hatches and leaves taking all the light with it and the darkness full of monsters.
Conceptionally it's cool as hell, although there are so many models that I would feel skeevy even painting, much less having in a display case for everyone to see. XD
Well, let's throw a bit more confusion to your brain meats and look at the tailless whip scorpion, another harmless giant bug pet.
Spoilered again for the same reasons.
To bring it back on topic (sort of) how hard would it be to paint up a tyranid swarm like these guys?
WAIT THOSE THINGS ARE REAL?!?!?!?! Dangit....
Edit: I gotta quit clicking on those spoilers. Here I only thought crickets/grasshoppers were creepy. I need to see painted neat things to cleanse my eyes.
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I really love the tailless whip scorpion specifically for how powerful a lesson in prejudice it is. It truly looks designed to give human children nightmares, but is incapable of harming us and just wants peace and quiet.
And the occasional live animal to maul and devour with gnashing, claw-like mouthparts.
anyway painting
Its not nearly as complicated as you might be thinking. Get some white glue, spread it somewhat evenly, these will help a lot there, sprinkle the stuff on heavily and let it sit for a day. Gently tap on the side to knock of whatever didn't land in glue. You can gently dry brush it with whatever colors after that if you want.
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And they are done! 45 days ago the lads were a pile of sprue and hopes and dreams. Countless paint chips, more than 100 pieces of freehand and a shit tonne of weathering powder later, they are finished. 2000 points of Raptors ready to take #bladestorm2021 by, well, storm! Feeling very tired and also proud.
Copying Dayspring and doing an Insta because how do videos even work?
Managed to splatter the desk, curtains, couch, speaker, shelf, floor, and myself.
Fuck
Clog that suddenly gave way or popped the dropper top right out of the neck of the bottle?
Pushed the boat out a bit on this guys cape.
That army is rad
And the fact that you got it done entirely in 45 days is incredibly impressive.
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Cape looks amazing J! Distressed leather is fun hey? I did it on a bunch of my Raptors, and then completely covered it with weathering powder so you can't see any of the detail because I am a super genius galaxy brain.
(No but srsly, all that upthread is fucking gobsmacking good! Good job y'all!)
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That fleeting, tantalizing moment when the camera focuses deep into the background past the figs....what's back there, one wonders?
Ok so the weathering powder you can buy from hobby stores is basically just ground pigment. The normal way of apply it is to get a rubbish brush (you are consigning itto death) and jsut get some powder on the tip of it and work it into recesses, like joins in armour. This gives the impression that dust and dirt has got worked into stuff. Model tank dudes use it all the time to make their tonks look really filthy. I've basically jsut fucked up the lower 1/3 of my marines with it to make it look like they've been hard campaigning in the desert
Sadly, nothing that exciting,
I always found as soon as I do anything to set powders, they instantly lose 90% of their dusty look.
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That's fascinating. I've mostly avoided weathering powders because I thought them un-varnishable.