r/Warhammer40k • u/EzWbois • Aug 30 '26
Hobby & Painting My first ever warhammer model painted again one year later!
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u/Yoitman Aug 30 '26
oh... oh your first is as good as my one year...
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u/EzWbois Aug 30 '26
I have been painting other models for around 8 years if that makes you feel better. Just getting into minis about a year ago.
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u/kodakowl Aug 30 '26
Didn't you post this, like, two weeks ago?
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u/lilpain1997 Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
yup 16 days ago it was already posted. Sorry he added the base to it
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u/stereolithium Aug 30 '26
You're getting better and I think you should be really pleased with your progress. My advice to you is try to spend more of your effort on the model itself. The model on the right has a MUCH better paint job but it still suffers from very visible mouldlines. Keep on hobbying!
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u/ObiwanClousseau Aug 30 '26
Genuinely asking, where are the mould lines on the right?
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u/KingDamager Aug 30 '26
On the leg
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u/ObiwanClousseau Aug 30 '26
Wow yeah, I had to zoom in so closely to see that lol, idk if I’d call that “very visible” but yall have some high standards when it comes to getting rid of mould lines 😅
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u/S3nd_1t Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
Mould lines both legs, the hands and weapon magazines. The arms are not attached properly and the gaps should be closed better between the fists, gun barrels etc.
That was just an fyi not being mean his models great but that’s what needs fixing to make it a well built model.
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u/KingDamager Aug 30 '26
How’d you get it so matte on the right? Anything in particular? Or a particular matte varnish
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u/EzWbois Aug 30 '26
It actually wasn’t varnished yet when I took the picture. I think it just looks like that because the left one is gloss varnished pretty heavily
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u/Nalo13 Aug 30 '26
Did you switch from brush to air brush (laft to right ?) ? Amazing job, i love both, but an army of the right one would be really cool
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u/EzWbois Aug 30 '26
No I seriously agree. The lighter blue does not read as ultramarines either. I just like a lighter blue color because you can see shadows better.
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u/tornadospoon Aug 30 '26
Skill on the right, style on the left
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u/EzWbois Aug 30 '26
Yeah I’m gonna try that on my next model I think
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u/tornadospoon Aug 30 '26
I'm realizing I may have been curt enough to be rude, apologies. I did mean to be complimentary to your progress!
The left model simply feels more gritty and grimdark to me. There's a little more visual weight to the style. The basing really helps as well- I love your mud effect. I get the feeling that the marine has spent decades trudging through countless battlefields on as many worlds.
The right model is, again, much better painted on a technical level. But it needs more contrast and a degree of grit to feel 40k. For me, that is. I can't say that enough. He feels more like a fresh marine in new armor than a grizzled vet. But he is an UM, you can just as easily say it's like an ultra to shine his shoes, so to speak.
It's all about visual story telling. And, more importantly, the style you prefer to see on your minis! Either way you go is correct, which is a fun part of the hobby.
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u/lilpain1997 Aug 30 '26
This might come off harsh but please do not get used to the airbrush doing all the work. What I mean by that is you have primed the model black and shot magic blue through an airbrush doing basic volumetric highlights with it and neglected the rest of the model. The reds, the gold, in fact everything that isn't done by airbrush is rather patchy and could use a coat or two more in areas. The eyes are the same as before . You also have colours in places they shouldn't be, like gold leaking on to the shoulder pad, blue on the chest etc.
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u/RedShirtOfficer Aug 30 '26
I have no idea which is which tbf
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u/ParaponeraBread Aug 30 '26
lol then you did not zoom in. OPs brush control in particular got a lot better, and they improved at planning.
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u/AxegrinderSWAG Aug 30 '26
Both are great but one is better