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Guardsman with Flashlight





Hello my name is Alex Buck i am new to this site and if i could get any tips on anything from painting to gaming it would be greatly appreciated.

The Armies I have are Imperial Guard, Chaos Space Marines, Chaos Demons, Orks and Tyranids

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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot





Subsector Australia

Welcome to Dakka! Wow, that is a lot of armies! I'm assuming you're an experienced hobbyist. Number 1 tip for improving your paintingractise makes Perfect.
   
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Guardsman with Flashlight





Thanks and that's what I'm mainly working on and building them I'll post a few Pictures today but it wont be till Wednesday that's when my area is fully set up and I'll really start

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Guardsman with Flashlight





Hopefully this works trying to upload a picture of a piece of scenery I've painted
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Lady of the Lake






Welcome to Dakka Dakka and nice cannon.

   
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Guardsman with Flashlight





Thank you very much for the complement and I wanted to know how i can improve my Guardsman paint scheme
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Guardsman Front


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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot





Subsector Australia

I like That's a standard Cadian colour scheme, but I think you can improve it by adding some camo to his fatigues/armour.
   
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Guardsman with Flashlight





How do you suggest doing that i more than open for new ideas.

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Bugswarm






Hello and welcome! it looks like there isnt much I can tell you about painting, you are far better than I am, nice job!
   
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Guardsman with Flashlight





Thank you very much i hope to be one of the best one day if i can balance it with a job.

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Bugswarm






I know Ill never be the best at painting, I hope to be one of the best at conversions and scratch building, but still a long way to go.
   
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Guardsman with Flashlight





I saw your work its amazing when i get to my Orks can you give me some ideas?

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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot





Subsector Australia

For Imperial Guard camo look here:http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=2400008 andhttp://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/242021.page. I hope they gave you some ideas
   
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Massachusetts

Welcome to Dakka!

BlackHeartBuck wrote:The Armies I have are Imperial Guard, Chaos Space Marines, Chaos Demons, Orks and Tyranids


That's a lot of armies... O.o

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Guardsman with Flashlight





Thanks i was looking for a way to Camo my Tanks and it looks like with a smaller brush i could do infantry. ill spray a Walker and see how it works out.

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Guardsman with Flashlight





Poor IG walkers don't know there guinea pigs....


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Before I go to far which colors should i do? My Cadian part of my army I wanted to stay close to the classic if i could.
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Test walkers 1,2,3

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Gun Mage





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Guardsman with Flashlight





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Well maybe I'll spray them if this fog lifts....

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Toowoomba, Australia

Welcome to dakka Alex.

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Auckland New Zealand

Hi,

Welcome to Dakka

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Guardsman with Flashlight





Thank you for all the welcomes I'm really enjoying this site and I'll start work on the camo tomorrow because its either foggy or raining here.

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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot





Subsector Australia

Wow, this is becoming a huge thread! Blackheartbuck, why don't you create a new thread in the painting and modelling section/blogs with all your minis?
   
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Guardsman with Flashlight





I'm going to start up a second forum about Imperial Guard camo schemes if any one wants to join.

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Realm of Hobby

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Chicago, Illinois

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Dorset, UK

Hey
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Steelton PA

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Welcome to dakka. Nice paint job on the models.

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