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Apart from finishing an army, I have to say that it's inking a model after painting on several different base layers and seeing it come all together and the details inked out. It just feels and looks so damn good and the change is so dramatic!

 

If you have pictures, then do show them to help us see what you mean!

 

Oh and here is one other of my favourite moments! It feels like freaking christmas opening presents! :biggrin.:

 

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When I make a conversion that, after a basecoat is applied people can't tell what was added or changed. I have one of the old metal veterans that I swapped a chainsword and bolt pistol for a pistol and power axe from the forge world mk III weapons pack.
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Since you don't want to hear "finishing an army" I won't say "finishing a unit" either and go ahead with: Priming a heavily converted model and it looking like it's supposed to look like that. ;)

 

Since I always since the beginning learned to use washes and drybrushing I don't get why some people are so hyped about applying washes tho. It's just a regular required step for me. :huh.:

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To make a nurgle champion for my CSM in 3rd I took a Seraphim squad leader, cut off the head, filed down the shoulders, took the head and neck peace from the Tomb King hero who only had half a rotted face on her (more rotary tool cutting and filing), and worked in some bird wings from an eagle model instead of the jump pack. It turned out really well, though now I think I could have added another set of wings coming out the back while the others remained parallel to shoulders to make it more dynamic.
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I agree with undercoating a conversion into a whole, and with the magic reveal of a wash. Very satisfying, never got dull for me.

 

I also offer that brief moment when the plastic glue is not quite dry and you can adjust a pose a little - especially if attached parts all move together. Like lifting a bolter and arms raise with it.

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Applying the first edge highlights after the basecoat, layering, and/or shading are done. They really make the model "pop" and the sense of satisfaction is great. :tu:

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I think the Knights i've been working on recently are definately up there. Constructing my own arm join out of magnets and then using some simple techniques to make a paint job that many have told me looks very technical with even just a WIP is pretty coooooool.

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When I finished painting my Lysander model in Iron Hands colors. I didn't do a single bit of conversion work, but it still looks *ace* and it was my first model with edge highlights of grey on black instead of just dry brushing the grey, and the total result convinced me to start repainting my whole army. I'll provide a picture at a later date.
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Succeeding with something new.

 

I'm only just back in the hobby, having last painted in 2010 and played maybe 2011. So lots of things are new to me, particularly on the painting front. I'd never thinned my paints before, never edge highlighted, never really used washes. So when things I'm trying for the first time work out I'm really pleased.

 

Recently that's been (nearly) finishing my Raven Guard Dreadnought as my second ETL vow. It's the first time I've painted a vehicle, so that's gone well, and it's the first time I've really tried to capture the lens effect with brightening layers and a white dot. There are five lenses on my dreadnought and they all look (in my opinion) great. I'm really satisfied with how well I've done. Yeah, they could be neater, but show that model to golfdeltafoxtrot-of-15-years-ago and I'd have laughed in your face if you'd said that I'd painted it.

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Well, for one, finishing my first ETL vow this year. I joined very early January last year, and was very sad to know that ETL would not happen that year. To have it happen this year made me happy, insamuch as I could be, knowing that it got canceled last year due to family health issues.

 

Regardless, seeing my model complete and posted up for the honor of the Necron forum, made my heart swell.

 

I will also echo Reaper and Panzer when I say that primer covers all things and makes everything look natural and clean. That's always nice to see.

 

Modelingwise, it's when a model comes together perfectly, either conversion or not. Everything settles just right, the gun pose looks right, not awkward, and everything goes okay. Not sure why it feels good, but it does.

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I hate painting, so finishing something is always great for me lol. Converting on the other hand... If I can get a mini to look like the image in my head then I'm well chuffed.

 

So far I would sat the best painting moments would be the last 3 ETL events. Being part of something bigger (and winning) is a good feeling.

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Whenever I first start painting I've got a nagging feeling that the model is badly painted and will become a disaster. The moment when that feeling changes into optimism that a paint job is proceeding well is probably the most satisfying moment apart from actually finishing the model(s).

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Whenever I first start painting I've got a nagging feeling that the model is badly painted and will become a disaster. The moment when that feeling changes into optimism that a paint job is proceeding well is probably the most satisfying moment apart from actually finishing the model(s).

 

Me whenever I attempt edge highlighting. :D

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Great topic.

 

I think mine is when I’m painting a mini and I’ve finished making it look nice and new and I get to dirty it up with weathering. Second satisfying moment is when source lighting ends up looking good and not like a total mess.

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Actually I do have two fond memories of painting. One was the first Slaanesh mini I painted, a first ed Terminator with the skull face. First time I ever used inks and the skull looked great.

 

The second is the test mini I did for my Wolves, first time I did edge highlighting without messing it up.

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OK, so this needs a little context:

I paint all the bits while they're on the sprue, because I tend to get jittery hands when working on fine details and painting on the sprue makes it easier for me.

This means that I often have literally no idea how a model will really look until the painting is finished and I start gluing pieces together.

Sometimes it turns out at least close to how I imagined, but often the model falls short of what I'd envisioned, which is... disappointing.
And up until summer of 2017 - after about fifteen years in the hobby - I'd never had a Space Marine come together to look exactly how I'd wanted.

Then, I got a box of Reivers, and this happened:

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And this, in a single model, is the soul and character of my Chapter.

He's seen something large and threatening heading his way, and his only response is to plant his feet, draw steel and dare his foe to see who yields first.

It's such a perfect encapsulation of the White Hawks' character that a year later I'm still struggling to believe that I did that, with my impatience issues and jittery hands. :sweat::laugh.:

He's just a line trooper, in all honesty, just one of a squad of five Reivers and, in game terms, nothing really special.
But brother Haystan of the White Hawks is, without any doubt my greatest modelling/painting triumph. :happy.:

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Well I am split by two from modelling and painting.

On the modelling side, this was one of my first proper unique kit-bashes when I made a full plastic set of Sternguard back when they first emerged in 5th Ed. I made a Rindaris pattern combi-flamer from the lost Librarium of this site and made my own unique variant of helmet. When it was all put together, it looked great and inspired me to continue on, making a fully unique 10-man Sternguard squad that exists nowhere else:

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The other, which was a real labour of love and is still one of my proudest models built and painted to date, was my counts-as Pedro Kantor, using the 25th Anniv mini spliced with Pedro's metal bitz and then when it was painted, it is still possibly one of my greatest models I have painted to date, where I managed to finally nail a good purple with texture and with freehanding in places:

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There's likely others I have forgotten, probably from my Operation Reclamation projects repairing and refurbing old models from eBay wins and the like, but those stand out above.

Cambrius

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OK, so this needs a little context:

I paint all the bits while they're on the sprue, because I tend to get jittery hands when working on fine details and painting on the sprue makes it easier for me.

This means that I often have literally no idea how a model will really look until the painting is finished and I start gluing pieces together.

Sometimes it turns out at least close to how I imagined, but often the model falls short of what I'd envisioned, which is... disappointing.

And up until summer of 2017 - after about fifteen years in the hobby - I'd never had a Space Marine come together to look exactly how I'd wanted.

Then, I got a box of Reivers, and this happened:

gallery_46204_9220_368568.jpg

And this, in a single model, is the soul and character of my Chapter.

He's seen something large and threatening heading his way, and his only response is to plant his feet, draw steel and dare his foe to see who yields first.

It's such a perfect encapsulation of the White Hawks' character that a year later I'm still struggling to believe that I did that, with my impatience issues and jittery hands. :sweat::laugh.:

He's just a line trooper, in all honesty, just one of a squad of five Reivers and, in game terms, nothing really special.

But brother Haystan of the White Hawks is, without any doubt my greatest modelling/painting triumph. :happy.:

Now that pose is freaking impressive!

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Now that pose is freaking impressive!

Many thanks! :biggrin.:

 

It's actually mostly vanilla Reiver bits, plus a Chaos Warrior head tilted slightly backward - it's easier to achieve the 'looking upward' effect with those hats since their neck joints are different from the Primaris ones. :happy.:

 

In short - very easy to replicate. :laugh.:

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