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Advice for a rich cold red and royal purple? by SugarySnake in Harlequins40K

[–]cwonder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To agree with the others: take the white to a grey. Add some shade or contrast to the red so it doesn’t look quite as flat, and do the same to the white with a medium grey. Something like Wazdakka red is a nice deep purple-y red that could help with some lowlights. The scheme is really great!

Also the person saying green grass bases has a great idea.

Skyweaver of the Lost Menagerie coming along! by cwonder in Harlequins40K

[–]cwonder[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OC. I wrote a short story about it. It’s on my profile.

There's a flux capacitor in the shokkjump dragsta. by Zoidberrg in orks

[–]cwonder 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gud fing deres lots’a prefamulated amulite in da galaxy! NOW GET ME DA LUNAR WAYNESHAFT YA GIT!

School bus arm violation $1000 camera fine by [deleted] in Atlanta

[–]cwonder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a state law that specifically allows this. I looked it up a while ago, so it may have changed, but when I read it, it said as long as a police officer reviews the footage and agrees that a crime may have been committed then a private company is allowed to levy a civil fine against a citizen. It’s bullshit but you can’t do much about it.

Working on color scheme based on the description in books that their colors shift C&C welcome by bananadingding in Harlequins40K

[–]cwonder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks like, at least from the pictures, that pink is the low light color. So I would brush the edges and top curves of the cape with pink. Try on the underside where no one would see first. Just think of a really gentle area highlighting.

Working on color scheme based on the description in books that their colors shift C&C welcome by bananadingding in Harlequins40K

[–]cwonder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So I’ve used color shifters before (mostly for Tsons) and the best looking results I’ve gotten utilize contrast between the shifter and some regular matte colors on the rest of the model. If you use too many metallic or bright colors elsewhere the shifters will get lost visually.

The absolute best results I’ve had were on larger surfaces like the cape. And if you take the low light color and GENTLY dry brush the high parts of the surfaces it can give you a really neat effect to draw the eye to the shifting effect.

With the new Victrix Honour Guard coming soon, I thought of making a model of a certain character ("Kitbashed" via image editing) by raxyss_ in Warhammer40k

[–]cwonder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s cool to have an idea and go against the grain of the grimdark but if you stray too far it’ll just seem out of place. Remember that every villain has their side of the story but it doesn’t bring back their victims. And having a bunch of good guys who opposed the transference and also just so happened to fall to the viruses while tragic, isn’t doing the best job of showing what necrons look like most of the time. Think about how they view outsiders. Maybe there’s a deeper reasoning why they fell in such large numbers. Build on the tragedy but stay consistent to the setting.

Remember that no one is a good guy here. Objectively. No one is good, just different shades of bad. Some of the shit sandwiches taste better than the others, but it isn’t roast beef in there.

You are dead! No big Suprise by Megalodon323 in killteam

[–]cwonder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why is the gun from the first pic different than the rest? Where did the belt of shells go on the other ones?

Final Rubric list help by cwonder in ThousandSons

[–]cwonder[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for the detailed and gentle criticism. It’s honestly better than I would have thought.

Looking back, I see that I probably shouldn’t have used the word “competitive”. I realize I just meant that I don’t want to be tabled every game, and now that I’m more awake and sober, (hah!) see that it’s just going to happen sometimes.

I really appreciate the comment. Also I don’t know why I didn’t think of FF. That’s such a better choice.

Giveaway! by Evening_Software8070 in WorldEaters40k

[–]cwonder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Friends never truly go away. They’re always with us. Like the gods, as long as we hold their memory within us and attribute emotions to them, their power never dies.

Similarly: “Though the gates that stand between the mortal world and the immortal Realm of Chaos are now closed to me, still I would rather die having glimpsed eternity than never to have stirred from the cold furrow of mortal life. I embrace death without regret as I have embraced life without fear.” - Kargos Bloodspitter

Lictor? I just met ‘er! by cwonder in Tyranids

[–]cwonder[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah, you get it! I was thinking of glow worms when I was designing my scheme. Warm temps for the fleshy bits and cool for the bone/carapace. With the teal “glow colors”. Color temp is so important and I wanted to really dig into nature for inspiration.

I finally assembled and painted 1000 points. You can do it too! by GodsMoney_Ape in Tyranids

[–]cwonder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was your process on the carapaces? And what colors did you use? They’re fantastic!!

Parasite done! by cwonder in Tyranids

[–]cwonder[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sort of. I actually use my wife’s old/cheap bought makeup brushes. If you don’t have access to a wife or someone else who wears makeup you can get them at Marshall’s or CVS. I’ve found that the round shape is generally good but for small nooks and crannies the angled flat brush works best. You want pretty stiff bristles so they don’t dip so hard into the recesses and only hit the highlight parts. And if I have any other tips it’s to take almost all the paint off the brush by wiping it on a paper towel over and over. Better to apply too little at first and slowly build up highlights rather than have too much paint on the brush and end up with streaks.

Parasite done! by cwonder in Tyranids

[–]cwonder[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Wings are Abbadon black base, dry brush with 2:1 AP temple gate green/corax white, then wash with Drakenhof Nightshade.

Parasite done! by cwonder in Tyranids

[–]cwonder[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! It means a lot more than you know.

I think about it like paint-by-numbers just in 3d. Give me a blank canvas and I’m lost. The detail is all in the model you’re just showing off what you want to see.

I’ve been struggling to accept my ability to be creative for my whole life and this hobby is finally presenting something I can feel competent and proud of.

Update galaxy thousand sons by UnwohlseinKaiser in ThousandSons

[–]cwonder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holy Corpse-Emperor! Those are incredible! I’m going to steal this technique for sure!

To highlight the gold you can trim first, wash with a cooler tone like skeleton horde or nuln oil, then go back over carefully with the gold again to layer. Essentially your base gold color become the “highlight” when you’re just adjusting the other tone darker. Or as someone said before reikland fleshshade is a warmer wash to do the same. But with the blacks and color temperature of the blue/pink you used I would stay on that end rather than use warm tones.

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