painting

Hey everyone! When painting larger kits, often times it is best to leave some pieces separate from each other until after they have been painted in order to make it easier to reach and paint all areas of the model. So I was wondering, how do most people do this? Do you leave the part that...

Hello Everyone! I run a newly started FLGS in Rhyl, North Wales, and one of our opening events was to have a painting competition using a standard marine that was handed out for free in-store. The only part of the model that was permitted to be modified was the base, other than that, everyone...

I am new to painting and am unfamiliar with any artistic techniques. I have recenlty painted my 1st Vanguard and Something seems to be off. I don't know if it's to many colors or something else. Any tips or suggestion please Thanks!

Lately I've been offering painting services to those in my area. I don't know if im breaking any rules here by posting my services. here is the quality I usually do for core troops, at very reasonable prices. depending on the type. I'm still waiting for my opportunity at a single piece, where...

Gday guys, Today has been my first day back at Warhammer after two and a half years! And so I thought I would resign up to this wonderful site for some tips as GW seems so different lol. Now, I have a fairly large unpainted army of Warriors of Chaos that needs attention and the colour scheme I...

I'm in the US, and was wanting to invest in an airbrush to aid in undercoating and tank painting, I do not want to spend an arm and a leg, I'd prefer to get one that i can use a independent tank with, 5-8 gallon tank... I've heard that badger makes good guns but I am reaching out looking for...

I have been painting miniatures all my life, Love doing it, love new challenges and most of all I love it when I paint things for people and they love it ! So I figured I would try commission painting ! I will do anything people want, Am not limited to a certain game/ style or painting. Will...

So earlier today i built up a unit of fenrisian wolves and painted them all up in a brown coat theme and the result was... a disaster :weep: so i decided to ask the brilliant online community if they have any simple but unique painting schemes for all things wolfy. Any themes would be...

Did some searching and couldn't find anything in the hobby section, so thought I'd start one! How does your workstation look? As neat as a space marines room, or as messy as a trench filled with guardsmen defending against 'nids? Somewhere in between? Here's what mine looks like right now. Have...

Hey guys so this is my first post on the LO forums in quite a while I came over here from warhammer-empire and was interested in posting some pictures of my snail paced empire army. My name is Pete im 18 years old I have been playing all manners of Warhammer since I was 7 or something rediculous...

I started painting my WHFB Tzeentch Demon army, which includes 6 Screamers (9 if my bids go through on eBay) and find that the "wing-flaps" have large areas of flat space, which is difficult to paint well, so I am looking for any suggestions on solutions for this issue, such as what others may...

Hey everyone, just thought maybe people would like a spot to show off some Ork and Goblin models that you've been working on or maybe have finished. I'd like to see what people have done. (: Here's my currently in progress Grimgor. Sorry about the photo quality. Phone camera. P: Tell me...

Hi all, I just thought I would post my two painted 'big things' from my Hive Fleet Leviathan Tyranids army. Battle Scene - Carnifex, Hive Tyrant, and Blood Angels Assault Marines Carnifex Hive Tyrant So yeah, just thought I'd put them on here and see what people think. The Warlord...

I have been painting peoples armies for a long time now but things are getting tight for me so I have decided that i need to start making at least enough to pay for the paints and glue that I use. If you have an army that needs painting or converting please message me and i can show you some...

help I don't know how to prime! Greetings fellow painters and brush enthusiasts, I come to you today seeking knowledge on priming mini's I've watched the tutorial on army painters youtube countless times, but I'm still unsure of my own skill, he says to keep constant movement but I fear too...

Right guys I've done a little research into "lower tier armies" and I have found that most people agree that Beastmen are..... underpowered (I am by no means saying these are the worst, just out of the "lower tier armies" I found I like these the most). I always like a good challenge so I am...

Hi there, I've recently bought a wood elf army to paint up intime for the LO meet at the end of july... But I've run into a bit of a problem. Every time I thought up a colour scheme it involved gold armour, something I find very difficult to paint. As I was trawling ebay I found this listing...

I am very new to painting citadel models and i have recently took up the Necron army. So i am getting close to finishing my warriors and i was wondering, is theyre any sort of protective coating such as ClearCoat i should put on the models to keep theyre paint in good condition? As i said...

Hi, Starting this thread for all the people who cant think of a paint scheme for their IG (like me!), post as many ideas as possible, pictures would be great!

Hi, Could you guys help me with this? I need to paint leather details on some Space Marines I am doing. I cannot get a good tutorial on how to paint leather. How do you paint leather? I wish the leather to look in prime condition, not too worn (I think my Space Marines replace worn bits...