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2012/01/19 19:19:16
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Fresh-Faced New User
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I have been pondering this for a while. I just built orks from the Assault on Black Reach box and a few of the models were a pain to paint. I have come to believe that the big shoota boys in the black reach box are the hardest models to paint: their gun is attached at the belly and there are some nooks that even a fine detail brush cant hit. What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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2012/01/19 20:02:15
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Sure Space Wolves Land Raider Pilot
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Eldar for sure..all those gems...a hell...
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2012/01/19 20:09:52
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Stealthy Warhound Titan Princeps
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Wolf_Ov_The_Void wrote:Eldar for sure..all those gems...a hell...
Gems aren't so bad to paint.
Really, any model has potential to be insanely difficult to paint, depending how you go about doing it.
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2012/01/19 20:24:34
Subject: Re:What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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2012/01/19 20:31:42
Subject: Re:What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Mind. Blown.
That Avatar...
Yeah, you can dedicate tremendous efforts to any single model, but I think the OP was more talking about model peculiarities that make them a pain to paint even at average standards.
Speaking of standards, I'm tempted to nominate banners. If you don't want to use transfers, better improve your drawing skills.
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2012/01/19 21:01:17
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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For me personally, it is Tyranid Hive Tyrants...
I have 3 metal ones, and holding them while painting is seriously awkward, which is really the factor that for me makes them difficult to paint well.
After that, for me is the Stonehorn/Thundertusk model, and anything else for me may not be easy to make look good, but provide me a good challenge to work with.
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2012/01/19 21:05:05
Subject: Re:What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Troubled By Non-Compliant Worlds
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Heavily detailed models are pretty difficult. Vulkan He'stan was a decent challenge, a very busy model. About 3/4 of the way through I just wanted it to be over. I have a Helbrecht commission lined up and he looks like he'd be a good challenge as well.
Orks overall strike me as a bit more difficult to paint (well, painting well). Such must chipping, rust, damage, etc. Even moreso for checker/ zag markings.
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2012/01/19 21:21:23
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Fresh-Faced New User
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I've found the fire warriors to be horrid. The bad molds do nothing for them.
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2012/01/19 21:34:30
Subject: Re:What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Eternally-Stimulated Slaanesh Dreadnought
rainbow dashing to your side
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crons 
but really, I find tanks far too hard to paint as they either look flat or like something out of tron 
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2012/01/19 21:39:09
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Stabbin' Skarboy
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I don' think the OP is asking what is the most detailed model. He is asking what is the most difficult, as in robes and areas on the model that get in the way, or even the weight or size of the model.
For me, the most detailed model I've painted is the ork warboss from the Aobr set.
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2012/01/19 21:58:03
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Sinewy Scourge
Grand ol US of A
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Black Templars...Straight Primer is the worst and I really tire of seeing marines sprayed black with white shoulder pads.
But when you start adding bits from the templar box with all the chains, baubles, crusader seals, tunics, etc they can be a pain. After that probably an archon or haemonculus. DE skin is stuipd and they carry a lot of trinkets on them.
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d3m01iti0n wrote:
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2012/01/19 22:05:06
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Dour Wolf Priest with Iron Wolf Amulet
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Not sure about 40k, but the new VC Coven Throne thing looks ridiculously difficult to paint...
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2012/01/19 22:07:21
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Hardened Veteran Guardsman
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Call me crazy but i think space marines are hardest to paint, well at least. Theres such a stigman attached to the marines that if you dont do a really outstanding job you (can) get heavely critisized, just because everyone has seen some really good marines and therefore kind of hold marines up to a differt/tougher standard than say deamons or tau or other less common armies. But from a technical level I think that alot the tryanids are realy hard to paint, they have those deep resesed area that are a pain to get to and do correct.
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2012/01/19 22:10:47
Subject: Re:What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Neophyte undergoing Ritual of Detestation
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Hyd wrote:
That Avatar...
Which one? 
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/01/19 22:11:05
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2012/01/19 22:16:11
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Pyromaniac Hellhound Pilot
Australia
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My hardest was the damnable terminator librarian! So many lucky charms and keys and books and scrolls and eagle badges and cables!
He started off with the staff, and ended up with the sword after I dropped him from about two inches! Gah! Resin!
Still, he looks very cool now, but he will never leave my display cabinet!
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 The Screaming Beagles of Helicia V
 Hive Fleet Jumanji
I'll die before I surrender Tim! |
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2012/01/19 22:23:00
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Stealthy Warhound Titan Princeps
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Jihadnik wrote:My hardest was the damnable terminator librarian! So many lucky charms and keys and books and scrolls and eagle badges and cables!
He started off with the staff, and ended up with the sword after I dropped him from about two inches! Gah! Resin!
Still, he looks very cool now, but he will never leave my display cabinet!
I really enjoyed painting my terminator librarian... he came out so well!
(check mah blog if you wanna see him!)
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2012/01/19 22:27:56
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Fixture of Dakka
On a boat, Trying not to die.
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Big Mek with a KFF.
Jeebus, does that guy have detail.
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Every Normal Man Must Be Tempted At Times To Spit On His Hands, Hoist That Black Flag, And Begin Slitting Throats. |
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2012/01/19 22:29:46
Subject: Re:What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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to paint and paint well its hands down ...Harlequins
I painted a couple troupes for some friends many years ago...will never paint one again.
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2012/01/19 22:37:40
Subject: Re:What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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ClosetRoller wrote:Hyd wrote:
That Avatar...
Which one?
Great gods, there was another one.
I caught a sunburn just by looking at it.
And is that Harlequin wearing a trollface ?
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2012/01/19 23:41:39
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Pyromaniac Hellhound Pilot
Australia
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Horst wrote:Jihadnik wrote:My hardest was the damnable terminator librarian! So many lucky charms and keys and books and scrolls and eagle badges and cables!
He started off with the staff, and ended up with the sword after I dropped him from about two inches! Gah! Resin!
Still, he looks very cool now, but he will never leave my display cabinet!
I really enjoyed painting my terminator librarian... he came out so well!
(check mah blog if you wanna see him!)
...Wow...that is...much better than mine...I've seen your thread come up many times before, but I've never actually checked it out before. That's some very nice painting there, the fading effect between the colours is amazing!
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4th company
The Screaming Beagles of Helicia V
Hive Fleet Jumanji
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2012/01/19 23:52:07
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Masculine Male Wych
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Going to Dark Eldar after painting hoards of Orks was tough, those little guys are so small!
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2012/01/20 02:07:26
Subject: Re:What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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1st Lieutenant
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Space Wolves. Not an individual space wolf mind you, but a whole army of them w/ all their little wolf blingy everywhere. It gets old FAST.
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2012/01/20 02:34:03
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Deranged Necron Destroyer
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Orks. All orks are obnoxious. So many bits to paint and detail. Very hard to paint good looking orks.
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malfred wrote:Buy what you like.
Paint what you love.
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2012/01/20 03:27:32
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Preacher of the Emperor
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Most awkward: Exorcist tank. Definitely paint before assembly
Most fiddly: Harlequins. Have fun making a unit look coherent.
Most difficult: Tactical Marines. Boring flat surfaces in uniform colours. Even makes NMM look crap :(
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1500pts
Gwar! wrote:Debate it all you want, I just report what the rules actually say. It's up to others to tie their panties in a Knot. I stopped caring long ago.
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2012/01/20 08:12:38
Subject: What do think is the most difficult model to paint in 40K?
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Fresh-Faced New User
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C'Tan, No matter what you do other people will rip your paintjob to shreds with their opions of what C'tan skin looks like...
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Why iz Orks green an' stupid? Coz if they were pink an' stupid they'd be Humies!