Warhammer 40k

[Pod 042]

I've seen people use weird things like purple as a base and get the most beautiful yellows ever. Probably some color theory shit a lot of us are too tarded or lazy to get into.

You can undercoat with any color really. It's less about color theory and more about how pigments have different sizes, making some colors naturally more transparent. If you want a solid yellow base coat your just going to have to apply more thin layers to achieve it. Also don't thin yellow paint with water, use a paint medium instead. As for why they often use purple as an undercoat, it's because they aren't going for a solid yellow base coat. Using purple is a way of pre shading the model, purple is yellows complementary color, leaving some purple in the recesses complements the yellow as its "Shadow". Here's a basic color theory chart for those who want a reference.

 

[Penne Dreadful]

Just getting into the hobby. Before I make the plunge and buy models, how likely is the company to go all woke and gay and rewrite lore to appeal to the worse sides of nerd culture? Are there lots of people like the one currently discussed?

GW are already pretty far gone, but fluff can't enter your game without your consent. You choose how you build and paint your models and your interpretation of the setting. GW's first priority is also money; they'll always take cash in hand over making a statement.

I hope this isn't you.

 

[daniel day]

Iron Hands

The Tranny is Inside the House

Just getting into the hobby. Before I make the plunge and buy models, how likely is the company to go all woke and gay and rewrite lore to appeal to the worse sides of nerd culture? Are there lots of people like the one currently discussed?

Even if everything that "chudhammer" (ie: faggots on youtube) says is going to happen, happens (femmarines, niggers, trannies, and blacks invade) then you'll still have 30+ years of lore and books to fall back on, not to mention all of Horus Heresy and the Fantasy novels.

If you read 1 book a month you'd finish just 40k novels in 30 years, if you read nothing newer than what has already been published.

 

[Gay Sex Enjoyer]

The Tranny is Inside the House

Hey I said because they looked cool.

 

[daniel day]

Hey I said because they looked cool.

>gaysexenjoyer
>ironhandsfan
name the difference (protip: you cant)

 

[Gay Sex Enjoyer]

 

[Tri-Tachyon'sClown]

Just getting into the hobby. Before I make the plunge and buy models, how likely is the company to go all woke and gay and rewrite lore to appeal to the worse sides of nerd culture? Are there lots of people like the one currently discussed?

This reads like it was made in jest, a rhetorical question if you will. If not...something something summer child.
Nah actually, it's not too bad. I hate any inclusion of that faggotry you'll see the usual clowns defend but so far it's not much. Most you got in terms of propaganda motivated retcons were Female Bananamen which were already shit on for a variety of reasons, other than that and a few small examples of an author's poorly disguised politics that don't affect anything, it's not looking too bad. The worst of it comes from the community, I mean all kt took was the annoucement of a new Warhammer store even remotely near the "Orange man" and these worthless ingrates went ballistic. The community has been infiltrated for years but surprisingly there's not too many examples of GW being totally corrupted by their ideology.
Give it a few more years, then we'll see.

I hope this isn't you

Wasn't that this thread? Post was either swept or deleted by the poster, but it was archived. Naturally the Thread Defense Force arrived and proceeded to seethe at his question.

 

[Penne Dreadful]

Wasn't that this thread? Post was either swept or deleted by the poster, but it was archived.

That's the one. Almost certainly swept, since all of the posts from that poster were deleted, and deservedly so. A rare good janny decision in an age when certain mentally-ill posters are allowed to roam free for years on end.

 

[dezazlop]

Ok, I think that should cover everything for now and leave people with enough info to start down a ridiculous rabbit hole if they want to.

Color theory really is quite amazing, specially when applied to painting miniature toys. For anyone who thinks its too hard, or is always having trouble coming up with good color schemes for their dudes, i can't recommend buying a small color wheel and keeping it with your painting tools enough. Finding which colors to use to create lighter/darker tones from a specific paints helps a lot when trying to do shading and highlighting,

 

[31 Black]

The models are notorious and it's like 7 bucks for a tiny cumspurt of the official paint.

Thankfully you don't even have to buy anything from GW if you don't have a spare kidney, the third party market is pretty open if that's your thing.

I find Army Painter speed paints to be a great alternative to the official GW cumspurt, especially at $4 a bottle, and you don't need a lot at a time. It reminds me of watercolor paints in how it applies, but it doesn't need a wet palette at all, otherwise it eventually gets too wet to apply; I picked up a $2 artist palette from Walmart that has worked so much better for me. I don't care much for painting, but it has at least removed the daunting feeling.

 

[Bœuf Bourguignon]

I find Army Painter speed paints to be a great alternative to the official GW cumspurt, especially at $4 a bottle, and you don't need a lot at a time. It reminds me of watercolor paints in how it applies, but it doesn't need a wet palette at all, otherwise it eventually gets too wet to apply; I picked up a $2 artist palette from Walmart that has worked so much better for me. I don't care much for painting, but it has at least removed the daunting feeling.
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I think they are great, especially if you do some good underpainting (depending on model size though). At some point, however, I found that I wanted normal acrylics to paint details properly and highlight things (or for drybrushing, ehich is often combined with contrast paints as well).

 

[winderson_silva]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/wlaxvots/revealed-dan-abnetts-latest-novel-sees-a-hive-city-teetering-on-the-brink/

So, a non-bolter porn novel for once, sometimes you forget how much of an unexplored mine Warhammer remains despite being 39 years old.

 

[Catgirl Tyranid]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/wlaxvots/revealed-dan-abnetts-latest-novel-sees-a-hive-city-teetering-on-the-brink/

So, a non-bolter porn novel for once, sometimes you forget how much of an unexplored mine Warhammer remains despite being 39 years old.

Fuck yeah! I'm hungry for more Hive City goodness. I hope it gets an audiobook.

 

[Cheb Dagness]

Also less whining about inconsequential foids and post more hobby you maggots

I second (third?) this. Spit on these "communities".
Here's a Hellbrute I dropped, had to repair and decided to touch up a little today.

 

[iceteayo]

I second (third?) this. Spit on these "communities".
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Went back to painting 40k shit for a bit for my White Scars, gonna have to do a double power armor special as I will be finishing up my 30k scars too...

 

[Dead Lion]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/wlaxvots/revealed-dan-abnetts-latest-novel-sees-a-hive-city-teetering-on-the-brink/

So, a non-bolter porn novel for once, sometimes you forget how much of an unexplored mine Warhammer remains despite being 39 years old.

Dan Abnett is an instant buy no matter what anyway but it does look neat.

 

[winderson_silva]

Was reading Masters, Bidding. The EC guy not only is tastefully monstrous, but also flexes by stealing a potential plague marine from the DG.

We need more stuff where the villain is 100% a bastard and not a tragic figure. At one point, there is so much subversion that being subversive means nothing.

 

[p1138]

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Went back to painting 40k shit for a bit for my White Scars, gonna have to do a double power armor special as I will be finishing up my 30k scars too...

That's some nice clean paint while still having weathering and not being covered in sludge like so many people tend to do these days.

 

[iceteayo]

That's some nice clean paint while still having weathering and not being covered in sludge like so many people tend to do these days.

Yeah I like damage but not to much. Here’s the the other stuff I did. I have an issue with liking power armor…will be doing eldar corsairs later after my heresy/other non 40k stuff.

 

[Imperial Citizen]

Also don't thin yellow paint with water, use a paint medium instead.

Trying that out now and it’s really working. Thanks for the tip!