this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
64 points (98.5% liked)
Warhammer 40k
5693 readers
2 users here now
A community dedicated to the universe of Warhammer 40k, a tabletop setting in the far, distant future.
This is a general community for 40k miniatures, art, lore discussion, and gameplay discussion.
Rules
-
Keep it civil. Don’t insult other community members in posts or comments, and don’t make posts designed to insult other community members or parts of the fandom with different opinions.
-
Posts must be on-topic.
-
No real life politics. That means no political advocacy, and no real life political discussions vaguely dressed up as on-topic posts. If you want to discuss real life politics, you are free to start your own community.
-
No memes/low-effort spam/Youtube poops style posts. grimdank is a place for those.
-
Posts must be coherent.
-
If a post is otherwise allowed but has realistic gore or nudity, please mark it NSFW.
Helpful Links
Related 40K Communities:
!grimdank@lemmy.world
!oldhammer@lemmy.world
!warhammer30k@lemmy.world
!killteam@sh.itjust.works
!imaginarywarhammer@lemmy.world
Other tabletop hobby communities:
!tabletopminis@lemmy.world
!battletech@lemmy.world
!swlegion@lemmy.world
!coldwarwargaming@lemmy.world
!wargaming@lemmy.world
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
That looks really good! White paint is a real pain in the ass.
Yeah, I didn't even try to do smooth white for this guy. Pure trickery.
Zenithal prime white over grey; All over Apothecary White Contrast; All over Drakenhof Nightshade (read: blue) Shade; Really heavy "dry brush" Reaper Ghost White (read, slightly blue white); More normal dry brush Reaper Solid White for the edges.
Ideally all the different tones work together to convince you that it is solid white with natural shadows.
I tried apothecary white contrast over white scar primer and it came out super grey, didn't read white at all. This is what I ended up with after a lot of fiddling, but it was a
pain in the ass.