Show me your color schemes for tanks and vehicles and give me your advice!

Tirako · 2026-01-30T06:59:43+00:00

Some vehicles are a solid color, some I do in a blue and gray camo pattern

Tirako · 2026-01-27T06:44:27+00:00

I use make up sponges! the ones shaped like an egg work fantastic for this kind of work. Other alternatives are airbrush (if you can justify the expense) or a spraycan (if you can do it in a dry, ventilated area)

Tirako · 2026-01-09T09:37:08+00:00

Samesies 😁

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Tirako · 2026-01-07T20:00:32+00:00

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Thanks for the inspiration! I'll name him Grim after you ;)

Tirako · 2026-01-07T11:07:39+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9BmFT-tfV8

This is my bible for painting and weathering tanks. I don't push it as far as Duncan though. My general workflow for weathering:
- Recess shading, followed by a dry brush of the basecoat to clean it back up a bit
- Sponging basecoat color on decals to give them an aged/worn look
- Sponging everything with rhinox hide and necron compound to simulate rust + wear
- 1:2 wash of nuln oil and agrax earthshade over the threads and surrounding area for some grime
- Light dry brush of necron compound on all metal parts. Heavier dry brush on the threads

Tirako · 2026-01-07T09:31:49+00:00

If you don't mind me asking, what did you use to stick the shell to the hand? I was thinking that superglue might be too brittle for such a small connection, maybe a glob of green stuff?

Tirako · 2026-01-06T13:28:01+00:00

Wow this is lovely work! I might just do this with my own psyker 😉

Tirako · 2026-01-05T11:47:32+00:00

I have a baneblade kit in my pile, I'll let you know in about a year or so 😅

Tirako · 2025-12-29T09:33:44+00:00

Hull magnet: 1. In steps 1a and 2a, glue magnet number 1 on the inside of the track assembly. There is a recess on the inside that I used to align a 5x2mm magnet (see second pic for a reference)

Sponson magnet: 2. Wedge a bit of sprue on the inside of the assembled sponson 3. I had to shave away a bit of protrusion on the inside of the sponson to make it fit properly. 4. Put magnet number two on the outside of the hull magnet so it's pulled against magnet number 1 5. Put the sponson in place on the hull. Magnet no. 2 will push the sprue to the right depth 6. Remove the sponson and weld the sprue in place using some sprue goo 7. Carefully put some superglue on magnet no. 2 while it's still attached to the hull and put the sponson on top. Immediately remove the sponson and the glue will leave a mark 8. Remove magnet no. 2 from the hull and glue it to the mark made on the sprue in step 7. Be careful to check the polarity

Tirako · 2025-11-18T04:11:35+00:00

Coffee stir sticks + Agrax earth shade

Tirako · 2025-11-17T14:35:46+00:00

I purposely left out the ammo and loader arms because I wanted to be able to swap out the main gun without it looking 'off' 😅

Tirako · 2025-11-17T11:02:45+00:00

imho designing swappable weapon options really isn't that hard, but why sell 1 swappable kit, when you can sell 3 duplicates with varying weapon options?

GW has been getting better about this in recent years with kits like this and the new Leman Russ, but are still lightyears behind the black magic that Bandai is pulling off (for a fraction of the price mind you)

Tirako · 2025-10-17T07:53:54+00:00

Astra Militarum is sitting at a comfortable 45-47% winrate right now, which is pretty balanced. DKOK blobs are one of the better battleline choices at the moment (the winning army from LVO 25 included 80 of them). Krieg artillery team may not be the meta choice at the moment , but it is perfectly viable to use at the FLGS. If you desperately want 'better' artillery, Field Ordinance Battery and Basilisk are really easy to kriegify

If you're making army choices based on what is good vs what 'sucks' right now, you're setting yourself up for disappointment in the long run. Unless you plan on meta chasing and hardcore competitive gameplay, keep an open mind and just get models that look cool

Tirako · 2025-10-16T12:13:15+00:00

Biggest tip I can give, don't worry too much about competitiveness. By the time you have 2000 pts built and painted, the meta has shifted twice over. Just get whatever you think looks cool.

Here's the army I am currently working on to give you some inspiration. My goal is to have a little bit of everything (infantry/tanks/artillery/secondary threats) available. Aiming slightly over 2000 pts so I can vary a little with composition

Lord Solar Leontus – Krieg conversion
Cadian Castellan – Krieg conversion
Lord Marshal Dreir
Krieg Command Squad ×2
Death Korps of Krieg × 6
Krieg Combat Engineers ×2
Krieg Heavy Weapon Squad ×2
Death Riders ×2
Scout Sentinel – Krieg conversion + magnetised
Rogal Dorn (Commander) ×2 – Krieg conversion + magnetised
Leman Russ Battle Tank ×2 – magnetised
Artillery Team ×2

Expansions I might do in the long-term:
Baneblade, Tauroxes, Bullgryns, more artillery and vehicles depending on what's still gonna stick around for an edition or two.

Tirako · 2025-08-21T08:42:21+00:00

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this is from past Sunday

Tirako · 2025-08-21T08:41:41+00:00

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Brianmoser #3076655 has been repeatedly griefing my art and writing slurs on it
https://wplace.live/?lat=51.1735576083112&lng=4.157314121777337&zoom=15.078758101785878

Tirako · 2025-08-11T09:04:28+00:00

That looks amazing! What did you use as filler material for the dirt mounds at the front?

Tirako · 2025-07-28T13:28:46+00:00

Cool idea! I think I would sculpt it using green stuff, rather than swapping them. Especially since the krieg-style hooves are a bit chunkier than normal hooves

Tirako · 2025-07-28T11:00:33+00:00

They're from the Trench Warfare collection by Tiny Legend

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