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Hi, I'm a 13 year old 2-3 year warhammer 40k player who has played a few armies and is now moving onto orks I will paint more and put the pictures up if you like the painting anyway here's lootas only 1, shoota boys and a trukk will come later please rate and tell me what I can improve on thanks

Hmm... doesn't look half bad. Can't say that mine look better. Do you have some more views? Teeth got done pretty nice.

I agree. Not too shabby. Would you be able to post a few more with different angles/close up?

Thanks very much I'm new here and hearing all the positive comments on my posts is amazing If you want to see more I recommend looking at my other post (my first post is in the wrong thread ) that has the side of the gun but until tomorrow I won't have anymore pictures sorry

Got one

Yeah, seeing it from that angle, that is pretty good. Better than a lot of what you'll see on the tabletop at the average FLGS, even. The gun has more colors than I thought and looks cool, but personally I'd paint the hoses on the gun a different color than the rest of the gun, that's just my preference.

Thanks what colours would you recommend for the hoses ?!

Really good work mate stick at it and stay consistent even if it takes a bit longer,I'd go for a black/yellow hazard stripe pattern on the gun but only if you're confident if not black/dark brown will look good.

Yellow and black would be amazing thanks a lot for the idea will certainly do that on one of my other lootas tomorrow and paint the pipes differently thanks people that is if I have a yellow

Beware yellow is a nightmare to paint unless you do a light colour undercoat.

 FURIOSO wrote:
Beware yellow is a nightmare to paint unless you do a light colour undercoat.

Only when you're doing flat armour plates over a darker colour.
In terms of hazard stripes it should be quite simple to just layer yellow over black until you get a nice, consistent colour.

Nice work!

Off to a great start. You are already doing better than many twice your age.

Looks like an effective paint job.

Definitely a decent standard for the rest of your army.

I'd look into some tutorials for the HQs but eh...who doesn't need that for the more important models.

 ZultanQ wrote:
Yeah, seeing it from that angle, that is pretty good. Better than a lot of what you'll see on the tabletop at the average FLGS, even. The gun has more colors than I thought and looks cool, but personally I'd paint the hoses on the gun a different color than the rest of the gun, that's just my preference.

I agree that the hoses should be a different color but other than that the only thing I would suggest is adding a brown wash to the entire model. Delvan mud is the best brown wash around but if you cant find it you can easily make some with mineral spirits and a decent brown oil paint. Keep up the good work!

Pretty good paint job, I'm old enough to be your dad and my paint jobs look like a kindergarten kid did it, lol

Thanks made me laugh when I read that

Highlights!!!!!!!!!!!! Step it up and highlight all the easy to reach areas in the pre wash colors. You have the skills to get this far, keep going!!

Wow! Great paintjob for a youngling! I have to agree with Dax415, guess painting skills don't come naturally with age


Keep it up and look forward to more!

You and I watched the same painting tutorial on YouTube I think, as that is how my very first model looked as well with different colours. Keep up the good work, and don't he afraid to experiment a bit!

I'll chip in with a single mantra:

'Faces and bases'.

Without those, the mini will look unfinished, and people won't actually look at your paintjob - get some sand on the base, paint it, then a few dabs of static grass or tufts (don't over do it), and you'll find it looks a hell of a lot better.

Don't shield yourself with age.

You can be good regardless of the age and you can be bad regardless of the age.

I am old and I know I could learn a lot from people that are half my age...

My 2 cents:

- double check mould lines
- paint slower (patience = precision, I am still looking for my equilibrium in serenity... you can see that on my paintjobs... )

Keep practice!

GL! and Cheers!

Looking good I did my hoses in Blue, Red & Yellow like what you'd find in plugs and such.

The leather work looks fab and the teeth and face, I'd maybe put a nuln oil wash over the metal work just to give it a bit more depth and grime look. But impressive work so far!

Thanks for all the comments and I try not to shield myself so that's why I'm saying don't be scared to not feed me compliments I won't be offended I generally want to know what you really think but thanks to everyone who commented that there good and what to improve on I have some pics of the changes I went through !!

Some guts ect love the gore aspect of orks

And two more pics the starting stages of my hazard stripes


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And the last pic is more .... HAZARD STRIPES only got bases to do and more touch ups on hazard stripes

Okay here it is (there is a dread knight in the background incase you were wondering )

Take some time over those hazard stripes. They're all over the place. Well done for having the courage to try them, now make them work. Keep it up.

winterdyne wrote:
I'll chip in with a single mantra:

'Faces and bases'.

Without those, the mini will look unfinished, and people won't actually look at your paintjob - get some sand on the base, paint it, then a few dabs of static grass or tufts (don't over do it), and you'll find it looks a hell of a lot better.

Good mantra. Faces and bases take the model from tabletop to display quality.

Cheers the hazard stripes are something I did without any practice and I'm going to work on it