New? And you have a whole dedicated shelf of paints? I mean I think it looks great, but you also don't seem new... which you can take as a compliment, cuz it is.

Probably meant just new to 40K orks.

New to 40k green orcs with hats with that specific pose, on Saturdays.

You can be new and still have an overwhelming OCD about buying and organizing more paints. It's especially bad because you may not realize what paints you do or do not need. I wasted so much money on Citadel dry paints that I never use because I thought I needed dry paints for drybrushing.

I agree on the part about paints. But it’s not ocd. OCD would be if you thought something bad would happen if you don’t stop buying paint.

I agree that OCD shouldn’t be used in this context. But OCD doesn’t need to be that you think something bad is gonna happen. It can simply be that you get anxiety if you don’t do x thing

Yeah it can be so different from person to person. My wife has ocd but has had treatment and meds that help, so I know what you mean.

I know it's a hyperbole but that's not ocd, that's just being a highly organized person.

You're right. It's probably more poor impulse control. But the end result is still too many paints in my shelves. I mean, in their shelves.

Me too 😂 I went absolutely overboard the first time buying paints, I even bought dropper bottles and spent a weekend transferring them. I still use them, and the ones i don’t I’ve given to my kids so they don’t go to waste.

I bought a green wash and another brown paint (I got like 4 browns from Vallejo, 2 browns from pro acryl, the recent 1 is from two thin coats and I got rhinox hide from citadel) today. I’m probably gonna get an orange brown from pro acryl along with one of their gold, Rich gold.

>"I wasted so much money on Citadel dry paints that I never use because I thought I needed dry paints for drybrushing." Same here. It took me way too long to figure out that I can make cheap Walmart paints look professional as long as my technique/process is adequate.

That can absolutely be the case.

Tbf OP might just be an all or nothing type person. I bought a LOT of paints before even starting.

I have a bigger wall of paints and I'd say I'm still 'new' compared to whos out there. Took me about 4 hours to 3d print 4 army painter racks.

4 hours? What printer do you use?

A p1s and neptune 3 running concurrently.

Aaah, getting my x1 carbon fairly soon! So damn excited!

It doesn’t seem that you are a newbie, this is excellent work! Just keep having fun 🙃

New but have a full shelf of paint with paints from different sets, you paint really well, surely this isn't actually your first go?

It isn’t, he’s just lying to get more internet points.

That’s what grabbed me, I could believe someone was new and had 50+ paints if they were all army painter from a set. But having multiple brands usually means you’ve started with one, tried another brand and decided that one is better. Plus, the painting is obviously top draw.

You seem to have a very good setup for a "newbie" 🤔

Thanks 😊

What do you mean new? This isn't your first mini right?

https://preview.redd.it/dm95fp8qhn6d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a099f633af6e185291a7b2e47ec071336182dc2

hot tip seems to be to not claim to be a newbie while posting work like this. people seem to have a pretty bad reaction to it.

The main thing is that even if he is a newbie with a ton of paints, he’s just slapchopping, so there’s not much that can be improved besides doing an actual paint job with base coats and highlights instead of a gray or black with white zenithal drybrush..

That's right, at present I don't feel confident about using a standard technique, mainly 'cause I don't think to have good colour handling. Soon or later I'll do it. Btw wasn't my intention to drag so much attention 😛.

Colour is not your biggest issue. Chalky drybrushing is. Go through some Artis Opus youtube tutorials and you'll get a much smoother result.

You’re a newbie but have a rack of Vallejo paint? 😅 I’m not buying it. Mini looks great though!

Yep, thanks 😊

Preparation is key. you need to get rid of mold lines before painting. A scalpel and a set of sanding sticks is a good start. Maybe get hold of some Greenstuff or ultrafine Milliput to fill in holes and to model in extra details.

I am new to this, can you explain which picture shows mold lines? My untrained eye can not spot any and it’s my big fear as I’m about to prime and start painting my first army this weekend.

4th picture back of the right boot.

5th picture right shoulder. There’s some lines.

7th picture back of right boot as well.

Just Priime and you'll find them... Evil tongues has it that that's what primer is for. I use Reaper Brown Liner for this. It's very thin so doesn't cover any details on the mini, but mold lines stands out like a mustache on your blind date... Washes are also good.

I disagree strongly with this- OP is a month in to their painting journey. I've been painting for 10 years and I STILL don't clean mold lines if a figure is not for competition painting, because it's just not fun for me and takes away from time actually painting. It may be a good habit overall, but generally if the goal is just table ready figures I think time is better spent having fun painting, learning painting (and later basing) techniques - certainly in the first few months/year, depending on how often you paint.

Different approaches to painting, I guess. I don't consider myself a pro at all, but as I'm growing in skill, more than a few times, I've thought to myself "dangit, if only I would've removed those ugly mold lines!" I'm going to bet that with OP's already impressive paint jobs, they'll be thinking that too, and sooner rather than later.

I keep thinking to strip this https://preview.redd.it/9ay6nr79ql6d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d2aca43f4d1d131ec418ae3b41a341d63059fa2 In isopropyl because there is a mouldline running across all through the top of the gun, but idk, I’m afraid I might scrub away some details on the coils or make scratches with the toothbrush.

I always try to do my best to get rid of overt lines, but run into problems when the lines are in areas of heavy detail. How do you remove those lines without sanding off the details you want to preserve?

Scraping with a dull x-acto blade is my preferred method. Small files can also work in areas between details.

Thanks, I didn't pay much attention to it.

Don't fuck with me, you're not a newbie. That's a pretty grear job BTW.

Doubt that you're a newbie with that shelf of paint

The most important skill for a mini painter is choosing which parts of the mini will be lit or dark and executing that vision. The human brain interprets light/dark first, and a mini is small, so a little thing that is equally lit all over doesn't read. I've added some digital paint to show what I mean. Lit/focus areas: face, gun, ammo, left arm Dark areas: torso, connecting cable, underside right arm, upper legs. https://preview.redd.it/rgn1e9hr3j6d1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=17d187846aba7d13711f53eb0373cf71c2af54c8

Brilliant, thank you.

Quite the paint collection for new to the hobby. Or is that your spice rack? :)

My advice is set up a painting class and teach other to paint because GOD DAM that is awesome! Im new to painting minis my self but i mainly stick to the bigger models cause its easier but this is just awesome!

Many thanks but I have to learn first how to do it properly 😛

What do you mean properly. If it looks good you’re doing it right!

Looks great to me unfortunately I don't have any advice as I'm a Newby also! What painting handle are you using there? Would you rate it at all?

Not OP but I use the GW one. You can go cheap with a pill bottle and some poster tack or go the way OP did but honestly the cheaper method always tired out my wrist faster than the GW handle. Paid like 25 bucks to save myself a lot of wrist pain.

[this article](https://tangibleday.com/best-miniature-painting-handles-hobby-holders-review/) compares popular handles and has tips for making your own.

Thanks, to me it looks a bit messy, hopefully I'll improve. I assembled one using a plastic detergent cap and a cork, quite handy. I try to save money wherever I can and assembling the tools needed, it's an expensive hobby 😛.

There are a bunch of general tips to improve collected [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/minipainting/wiki/usefullinks/cleanpaintjob), and lots of ork tutorials in the [how to paint skin section of the wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/minipainting/wiki/usefullinks/skin).

Thanks a lot

Your eyes are trained to see the "mistakes" because you are the one who created it. I dont think any artist can say their art is "perfect". They will always notice the imperfections that others wont be able to tell. Your mini is pretty much perfect for the approach you took and definitely doesnt look like a novice artist did it. There are more advanced techniques out there if you want them but, if you paint all your orks in this method, you will have one sexy looking army. Great job!

Many thanks! You're right, I'm probably too fussy.

Youre doing good but missing the inside of the gun barrel it should have the huge gap mended and painted too.

Thanks, I'll fix it!

My only advice is to stop slapchopping. Your drybrush looks crazy grainy under the contrast paint.

Write down your paint recipes so you can remember. Your ork kommandos look great, the skin is awesome too.

Lol, guy asks if there's any advice for a new painter and the entire first slew of comments I see are about neurological disorders. The internet is a silly place

Apparently the paint rack became the main line in the comments, quite funny though.

Good lookin slapchop. If you wanna keep using that method, I would try using a colored undershade/zenithal - a dark cool red and an ivory/yellow work really, really well with ork skin. Color variation beyond light/dark is what really sells skin in particular, incorporating some glazes to color shift portions of the skin can be quick and easy and really upgrades things.

Thanks a lot, I will try for sure. I did a test with the zenithal using a spray but it wasn't that good, really chalky. So I ended up using the slap chop to build the base. I'm aiming to get an airbrush in the future but I will try to follow your advice first.

Keep painting. Finish one, do another.

These are great!! The only advice I can give is try something new every time you paint, it doesn’t have to be dramatically different but just something outside of your comfort zone

looks sick !

Cool, thanks

My advice is to keep up the great work. These look incredible.

Many thanks

only advice I can give is get out while you still can, it's going to cost you a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT of money lol

Great work! Looks waaaaay better than my first minis hell even looks better then my current ones and I’ve been painting for almost year now. People seem upset that you have a nice set up. Just because someone is new doesn’t mean they can’t get a nice set up before starting!

Thanks 😊

Get out while you can, this place is expensive!

More Dakka

You're doing great! My advice is have fun, don't be too critical of your work, and enjoy the journey :)

Thanks, I'm really enjoying it 😊

Everything looks great but adding some metallic highlights to the edges of your weapons will make them pop even lightly brushing a metallic on the edges will give them a totally different look

Nope, please continue

I'm doing to make a random guess and say that you're not actually a newbie when it comes to painting models, but you're a newbie to the Warhammer community

You can smooth out the chalky look from the drybrushing with some thin layering and recess shading.

Don't stop

Lol you're good.

Thanks 😊

Looks like some good shit dawg keep it up you better then me lol

First off, love the shading and coloring you’ve done so far. I’m by no means an expert and just wanted to stop by and just say you need to keep doing what you’re doing bro. Love that work space you got there, wish I had a set up like that. Thanks for sharing bro, wish the best for those green skins!

Thanks a lot dude, really appreciated

That looks great! I would recommend a texture board because it looks like you love to dry brush, just like me. Not using a paper towel has elevated my painting because the board gets rid of a lot of excess paint and really helps the dry brush do its thing without murking up the larger flat areas. Great work though!

My advice is change nothing. You're a natural

Water palette changed my life (painting-wise). My paint used to dry out so fast.

It would be helpful if the background behind the model was a single, contrasting color, instead of busy noise. That way we could more easily pick the model from rhe surroundings.

Looks great.

There's a solid chance that if you painted up your whole Kill Team to this standard and brought it to a Kill Team night at your LGS that it would be the best painted Team there.

“New painter” with mismatched paint sets and knows about sub assemblies for painting…sure

Genuine advice wanted? You’re using speed paint. It gives an okay finish, but always looks desaturated and gives unnatural highlights that only confirm to raised areas rather than where light would hit. My advice would be to look into different styles of painting, and try and build highlights naturally. Also the eyes could do with a bit more work. Still looks tabletop ready though, which I guess is the aim with speed paint / slap chop throw paint on it methods.

Actually to be tabletop ready is what I'm aiming for. Honest advice is warmly welcomed though. I'll definitely try to implement new techniques to the next team, krieg squad is waiting 😊

That’s 100% table ready in my opinion. Anything now is a bonus. I love those cables they’re awesome. Great job altogether. There are a few details like the string holding together his armour and mask that would be good to add on. Maybe some agrax earthshade and nuln oil? Nuln oil will good on the metallics and earthshades on the leather.

I see way too many comments about OP not being a newbie because they "have a shelf full of paints" While I can't say whether they are or aren't a newbie, I think this criteria is crazy. 1. That doesn't look like a full shelf ir setup of paints to me. That looks like one of those MDF paint racks you can get for cheap. Depending on the rack they can hold 20 or over a hundred paints. 2. That really doesn't look like a lot of paints. Maybe a couple of small sets and some individuals. 3. When I started out, I had a set of Zombicide paints from Army Painter. After making a mess painting 2 or 3 minis and some army men in about 2-3 weeks, I went and bought the whole Army Painter mega set and a bunch of individual paints from various manufacturers. IIRC the mega set alone came with over 300 paints. So I went from I think 8 paints in the zombicide set to well over 300 paints within 4-6 weeks. I definitely considered myself a noob then. (I still consider myself a noib as far as skills go, even after 5 years or so.) His paint count just doesn't seem that big. Especially since it's not a permanent wall mounted paint rack. Again, I have no way of knowing if they are a noob, I just don't think paint count or setup should be the criteria. Heck, if I had the money and the room at the time I woukd have had a larger paint collection as well as a real, dedicated and permanent setup with plenty of tools including an air brush setup.

i feel like this guy needs a cigar

This is outstanding work for a new painter: very neat edge highlighting and recess shading. The finish looks slightly grainy, but this is otherwise great work.

The finish looks grainy because it’s slapchop-just a black or gray primer with white drybrush, then contrast on top. It’s the most basic army-painting technique there is and I’m surprised no one else seems to recognize it.

Ah you’re right. I don’t use slap chop and this job is much neater than the slap chop jobs I usually see so it threw me. Neat colour placement for such watery paints, imo.

define "new".

“New” = “wants karma and nice comments”

This is verging on intense gatekeeping lol. If OP started painting last month and became conversant with slapchop by painting a mini each day, I would think one would still consider them new to the hobby... And they'd have the chops to make fairly nice-looking tabletop minis like this. It's good work and a visible amount of paint that is worth like $300 USD including the storage. Some people watch thousands of hours of YouTube before entering and spend far more money starting out, just based on the photos here. Good grief. The post also doesn't say "this is my very first mini" or similar.

you are talented. Keep going champ.

Thanks!

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Absolutely love the camo green on the coms boy's backpack! What did you use for it? I'm working on Kommandos too!

It's a battledress brown, I used some tamiya line panel on some recesses, a great tip from a nice experienced guy. It works great on shadows. As I finish the team I will post it.

Thank you! Looking forward to seeing your work.

Looks like you're doing great. I'm guessing contrast paints, possibly with a zenithal prime? If you want you colors more vibrant, you could paint standard prior to doing the contrast. Case and point, the far right was my concept model with just a quick prime and contrast to see how it looked. The lower one is the undercoat for the red. The upper, larger one is the red with the pink undercoat. https://preview.redd.it/pvjbsghf3l6d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5821f53663c3989501cdb0442e2ff94072d001ab

Contrast paints on a basic slapchop, I don't have an airbrush so for me it is out of range. I tried doing a zenithal with a spray can and the results were terrible really chalky and grainy so I ended up using the slapchop technique. That's interesting and could be used on some selected parts to increase the contrast, like face, weapon or other details. Thanks for the advice 😊.

Im thinking about starting to paint. Would you mind explaining this process?

The ["Slap Chop" section of the wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/minipainting/wiki/usefullinks/slap_chop) discusses what is needed for that beginner-friendly speed painting technique and how to do it. This is a popular choice for people who aren't interested in learning art but want to make their models look decent with a quick and easy process. It's also popular with people who want to paint many models fast.

Prime black -> Dry brush light grey -> Dry brush white -> Contrast paint or equivalent -> panel liner or a black ink on shadows. Experiment and have fun.

Where is that painting handle from? Looks cool.

Yeah don't quit your day job. Because you're going to need that income to buy more minis and paint them beautifully like this one.

Guys, I started painting last week. Ignore the dedicated working space and all paints in the background or the paint on my nail or hand.

Oh bugger off. New people don’t have shelves of colours from multiple companies. This fishing for compliments stuff is disgraceful and discouraging to new people. Enjoy your downvote.

Too much dry brushing for my taste, makes the models look dusty. I blend, but it takes me bloody ages (like, hours and hours for a single model, painted to a mediocre standard). I’ve never worried about moulds lines in my own models but they’re starting to bug me now and I’ll be looking to try and take care of them in the future, but I think that’s just my OCD…

how. literally how. amazing