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Im fairly new to it but so far it's the stupid Chaos Obliterator. It's been my first experience in to metal models and all the silly knives and guns on the arms/hands drive me nuts. I finally get it...

I have made a few improvements to my metals since these guys, but the basics remain the same. I prime in black, then I do two light coats of bronze. Then I do a wash of brown (4 drops brown, 4 drops...

Thanks guys! Yeah I am a bit frustrated with the blacks and I have thought about doing some highlights on it... it's black and well that in itself makes it frustrating.

I am about to start a...

Plastics are a tough one... I have heard that people have used a diluted Castrol Super Clean (purple cleaner)... a 50/50 mix of it and water. I haven't tried that though.

I use simple green for my...

Well I just put the finishing touches on my defiler tonight. I opted to go fairly standard with him since it's my first army and first defiler I ever built. Overall I am really happy with how...

My very first army is a Black Legion CSM army and I have done a huge number of guys using the extreme highlight method. Painting chaos black and highlighting edges with grey.

The biggest problem I...

Those ideas did help, much appreciated. The highlights using a thin brush is somewhat where I tried to go but I think two things happened. My paint wasn't thin enough and my brush was too big. I use...

Yeah I have seen the extreme highlights done so well by others with the thin lines, my hand just didn't want to be that steady. I am still so puzzled on how best to highlight black. I have seen...

I just had to post this guy because well he's the first unit that I have been very happy with and felt that he came out almost like i wanted. Still need to work on my highlighting for blacks but the...

I use simple green with great success. I just cleaned 7 models and they all came out great.

If they are metal you can go straight out of the bottle without any problems, or a 50/50 mix with water....

I did think about doing just that, and I do have the extra spikes, they are just quite a bit smaller than the standard spikes but they would work.

Most of the time just one main project at a time. As I finish the end of it I will begin assembling or priming the second project. I also have a casual project or two that I work on when I need a...

Not sure where the best place to ask this would be, but I figured this might be the best area.

I have an Abaddon the Despoiler that is in great shape... except he's missing one of his shoulder...

I like it quite a bit. Love what you did with the base.

Yeah totally loving the look there, great job.

Thanks everyone for the feedback, much appreciated! It's been a great experience painting these miniatures. My wife thought I was nuts when I showed her how tiny these guys are.

As far as the red,...

Hey guys, well I posted here showing some pictures of a big mistake I had with my first group of CSMs, but they were also painted with brushes way to big for the models so I got some new brushes and...

Not sure what a "hardcore" gamer is but I buy a lot of things on ebay. I enjoy the painting though so I either buy unpainted, still on sprue or badly painted pieces to be repainted.

I don't buy...

Okay I gotta say having a son who is also 3, that is impressive. The criticism here is a little silly in my opinion because as a parent, I would also be proud. My son likes to paint with me when I...

Yeah that was actually my first group of models I built and I realized after it was done I needed to spend a little more time on cleaning up the models.

After a lot of careful consideration and...

Thanks everyone for the responses. Paint remover or nail polish may be the best bets considering if they work they should work somewhat quickly and I can apply them in select areas. I did a good long...

Ha just realized my title was a "bit" mess up instead of a big mess up. Oh well.

Nail polish remover and simple green huh. I will give them both a shot. I'll raid my wife's cabinets for some nail...

Okay quick summary. I made a bone headed mistake and quickly realized that I am still new to the painting game :p

I ended up painting my marines, everything was fine then I went to put my clear...

I usually run about 3 hours per regular model, HQs and such obviously longer. That being said, I am a Black Legion player so I mean really once I prime my model with a good coat of black half the...

One thing NOT to use... would be an enamel clear coat. I totally botched my first batch of chaos marines when I sprayed them with an enamel finish. I didn't pay attention to what I bought. Sprayed my...