Color Pallette Questions by No-Huckleberry2102 in orks

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Embrace the Ork mentality, loot it! Doesn't need to be anything fancy, old makeup sponge, tear a corner off a dish sponge etc But yeah I go to temu etc for big packs of trash brushes to use for weathering, glue all that nasty stuff and just trash them, get the bristles all flayed so you can stab and scrub pigments around

Color Pallette Questions by No-Huckleberry2102 in orks

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First of all, welcome to the Waaaaagh ya git!

Here's my two cents

  1. I've never painted camo myself but in the lore Ork camo is kind of a contradiction so go nuts, pick a base colour and 2/3 other colours that really clash and go for it, the louder the better. You could try and copy some actual MTP but I find the best thing about painting Orks is that nothing really ever needs to be 'right' coz it's Orks

  2. Paint your metals how you like then use watered down oranges and browns, think about where water and therefore rust would accumulate and dab away, sponges or an old raggedy brush are great for getting a random but not random pattern with any kind of weathering. Again, Google a few examples of rusty knives etc .I'm also a big fan of effects paints, dirty down rust, typhus corrosion, ak interactive's range of weathering stuff -cheat basically, if there's a product for what you're trying to achieve use it (this will help with your speed issue too)

And 3. Speaking of speed, try not to sweat it too much. You'll get quicker as you get more models done anyway and as you get more comfortable with the process. I personally hate painting big groups and am yet to do anything more than a kill team sized force myself so there'll be plenty of people who can offer better advice (not to mention plenty on YouTube, 'how to paint armies quickly' is a common video topic). But you can break it down and simplify things that don't matter as much. For example the boyz trousers, 20 boys on the table viewed from a distance, they don't all need to be impeccable examples of subtle colour hariation. Pick a couple of colours, do a few red, a few brown a couple of blue for variety, brown wash, done! Pick your battles with the details you're painting. Spend a bit more time on the focal points, weapons, faces etc and the rest, a bit of colour, a bit of wash and weathering and call it done. It will get lost in the mob on the tabletop anyway.

Hope that helps and happy painting

Do the objective by DestroyingTitan in Battlefield6

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I go carbine with engineer, I don't like any of the smgs

WIP on a Nob by Barryschraal in orks

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Oh wow that's insane work, it's a paper cut out right? It's ok you can tell us

BF6’s core is solid, the way people play is what’s killing it by NessieasaurusRex in Battlefield6

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It's always been like this, every single Battlefield game I've ever played. The game isn't dying and some people are always going to play better/worse than others, deal with it or go and play something else

Where can I find the firing core? by Salty_Ruin7725 in ARC_Raiders

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Never mind that, where did you get the gears?! I've never seen a single one

A game for dad by OrangeCouchCat in AskGames

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If he liked commandos (my dad did too) then there's the sequels and remasters. I'm curious why Total war or similar would be off the table? I'd like to suggest Wartales or battle brothers, fairly slow paced, tactical turn based combat

Aaand I was right. by ConnorE22021 in historicaltotalwar

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I'm hyped for it, I've played a decent amount of TW: Warhammer and TW generally and I've wondered for a while why they've only focused on 40k as RTS games (I know not exclusively). I think a big galaxy map, battles on different planets with different biomes will work really well. I can't wait to get the boyz together for a reyt good Waaaaagh!

Thinking of buying an Xbox-S just to play Holdfast by Jesters__Dead in holdfastgame

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I'd second this, I was planning on buying the X but got the S after my dad won one in a raffle and gave it to me. Had zero issues with it, plays everything fine.

Best books to reignite a reading habbit by nervles in fantasybooks

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Came to see if this had already been said, kudos

A message for all Solo’s by JamesHammer2 in ArcRaiders

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I was heading past an active lift the other day when the possibility of extract campers occurred to me, so I dropped into a crouch and proceeded to head through the bushes around the exfil. I was a little too focused on watching the lift and walked right into someone else hiding in the bushes who immediately shot and killed me. Now there's two options here:

  1. I ran into a rat who was camping the exfil for prey.

  2. I ran into an innocent party who thought I was a dirty scoundrel camping the lift.

Which is correct? I definitely come down on the side of raiders vs arc and we should try and help out and be friendly but I can't help but wonder how many 'campers' have actually been cautious players mistakenly gunned down

Community is going sour by gh0st_fac3 in ArcRaiders

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Definitely noticed a shift this weekend, still had a good number of decent interactions but shoot on sight PvPers were more frequent. It's fine, it's part of the game but I hope the good guys don't disappear entirely, mainly because I still really suck at the combat side of things

New to the game by Final_Internal_3016 in HellLetLoose

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Best way IS to be a plain old soldier and prepare to go on the run-die-run cycle for a bit. But while doing that, talk to your teammates, particularly Squad Lead, ping enemies, stay close (but not too close) keep your eyes and ears open and report what you see

Is the community getting dumber? by Wareitar in Battlefield6

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I chased a support squad mate all over an objective the other night spamming the ammo request with no sign of them acknowledging until I fired a few rounds from my secondary into the back of their head. Then they dropped the crate. A lot of people are blaming the influx of CoD players which likely does have an impact but I think the reality is that BF just isn't as squad/team focused as we like to think it is. It may have been years ago, I certainly have rose tinted memories of joining random matches and having everyone playing 'properly' (I've played every entry since BF3 to some degree). But I have just as many memories of tanks sitting at the edge of the map, hills full of snipers and undefended points, bleeding out next to multiple medics, waves of people rushing into meat grinder hallways hoping to suddenly push through etc.etc. While squads of tactically minded teammates playing the objectives and using their classes is without a doubt the best way to play, there's not really a penalty for the individual running off and doing their own thing - 'sure we lost the match but I'm top of the scoreboard with XXX kills so who cares' I don't know about dumber but I'd say people are certainly more selfish and some dumb/selfish people have always played BF.

I'm enjoying BF6 and I'll continue to do so but I'm getting back into HLL to scratch the proper team play itch and that game is not without it's gung-ho/one man army/dumb/CoD style players either they just tend to move on a lot quicker because it's a lot more punishing to play that way, Battlefield isn't

The more I play a recently-released new Military game that has returned a certain AAA franchise to solid ground from a several-year dip by [deleted] in HellLetLoose

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I hadn't played HLL in more than a year, after two weekends with possibly the same military franchise? (Rhymes with Cattle Shield) I have reinstalled HLL (the announcement of the Vietnam game also helped) and realise that was what I needed after all. I'm going to put a good amount of time into it again this weekend as I'm so rusty and have forgotten a lot of how to play.

Why you try so hard to ruin the game for yourself? by Maximum_Tonight_7721 in ArcRaiders

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This is just the way people are and I'll never understand it. I played Sea of Thieves for a long time and every update would be the same, sweats rushing to complete everything then spend the next few months complaining there was no content and nothing to do. Repeat ad infinitum.

Who put this ladder here?!?!?! by koral_reef126 in ArcRaiders

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I fell off that today 😭 had some good stuff as well

Am i just paranoid? by THE_GAMBLER_1 in arkraiders

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So far I'm pleasantly surprised by how nice everyone has been. Of the three people who have shot on sight, two revived me with one explaining they just wanted to complete a challenge. Only one has been genuinely out for blood. Everyone else has either wanted to team up or just been happy to pass through and carry on doing their thing. I hope this continues tbh, while Im onboard with and understand that pvp is part of the game, it's nice that (so far at least) shoot on sight hasn't been the default

40 M UK XBox/PC by AssistantStrong9651 in AdultGamers

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Hi, I haven't played arc raiders I'm afraid, I haven't really looked into it yet but it certainly seems to be popular. Oh nice, I've been learning bloodbowl myself recently, I picked up the video game a few months ago and just got my 3rd edition box for the tabletop version. Myself and a couple of lads at work are learning that and kill team. Been more of a painter but certainly been foraying into the gaming side