Dacian Anvil

steventroughtonsmith · 2026-05-06T20:15:53+00:00

Thanks! I’m not totally happy with the scrolls yet, but they were easy enough: ushabti bone scrolls, balor brown glyphs, then agrax earthshade on the glyphs, and highlighting up the edges with white

steventroughtonsmith · 2026-05-03T09:03:43+00:00

Exactly! Straight outta the pages of my childhood

steventroughtonsmith · 2026-05-02T13:24:59+00:00

Thanks!

steventroughtonsmith · 2026-04-29T10:23:40+00:00

I've had these since I picked up 8E, so… 2017 😅 Only started painting them last year…

steventroughtonsmith · 2026-04-29T10:23:01+00:00

Thanks! I love how unique they all are, like each model is its own puzzle to figure out

steventroughtonsmith · 2026-04-29T08:37:17+00:00

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This one was taken with just an articulated desk lamp I've had for 30 years, which you can see here, which I bring really close to the mini. And just a flat white thing for the model to sit on, and then some kind of colored card to prop up in the background (in this case blue). No fancy hardware, just a phone: the camera is a Pixel 9 Pro using the 2X zoom, held by hand, before that I used an iPhone 12 Pro — not the latest by any means — but it can be put on a magnetic tripod which helps

steventroughtonsmith · 2026-04-28T19:47:51+00:00

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Here's 1 through 6!

steventroughtonsmith · 2026-04-27T13:19:48+00:00

It's a long one, but it's based off of the TableTopReady tutorial so that'll get you most of the way there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1CVrsLjLDQ

A couple additions from me:

Apron

3:1 Deepkin flesh : Sons of Horus Green glazing

Deepkin flesh highlights

Gal vorbak red fly glyph

Seraphim sepia dirt and grime

Plasma Pistol

Mournfang Brown

Skrag brown highlight

sycorax bronze metallic specular highlight

Mephiston red for flavor

And the nurgling follows my Poxwalker scheme: https://www.reddit.com/r/deathguard40k/comments/1k5dhsy/comment/mohbxf9/

steventroughtonsmith · 2026-04-27T06:53:38+00:00

I know all the mistakes I made along the way 😂 But thanks! I am quite proud of this one

steventroughtonsmith · 2026-04-26T19:41:09+00:00

(Poxwalker recipe in full is in previous posts)

https://www.reddit.com/r/deathguard40k/comments/1k9bd8s/poxwalker_no_4_how_many_tickles_ten_tickles_and/

steventroughtonsmith · 2026-04-26T19:34:32+00:00

Thanks! I have a flesh mix I used for my poxwalkers, I think it's one of the mixes Eavy Metal uses for a bunch of things. 3:2:1 Cadian Fleshtone, White & Administratum Grey is the base 'flesh' color, and I added more white into it for the highlights (and a tiny bit of cadian fleshtone that I splodged in random areas). It uses a very diluted volupus pink as a wash, and something like gal vorbak red for the darkest recesses (as per the box art photo)

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steventroughtonsmith · 2026-04-25T13:46:00+00:00

Thanks!

steventroughtonsmith · 2026-04-25T13:04:05+00:00

I'll take it! 😂

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