Warhammer 40k
A community dedicated to the universe of Warhammer 40k, a tabletop setting in the far, distant future.
This is a general community for 40k miniatures, art, lore discussion, and gameplay discussion.
Rules
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Keep it civil. Don’t insult other community members in posts or comments, and don’t make posts designed to insult other community members or parts of the fandom with different opinions.
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Posts must be on-topic.
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No real life politics. That means no political advocacy, and no real life political discussions vaguely dressed up as on-topic posts. If you want to discuss real life politics, you are free to start your own community.
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No memes/low-effort spam/Youtube poops style posts. grimdank is a place for those.
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Posts must be coherent.
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If a post is otherwise allowed but has realistic gore or nudity, please mark it NSFW.
Helpful Links
- 10th Edition Rules
- iOS Warhammer 40k App
- Android Warhammer 40k App
- 3rd party site for running Kill Team games
Related 40K Communities:
!imaginarywarhammer@lemmy.world
Other tabletop hobby communities:
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Welcome to the hobby! The advice from the other two commenters (at time of writing) is fantastic.
Remember to thin your paints - you can always build up layers if they're too thin, but having too thick paint will totally cover up details.
Don't panic if you make a mistake; you can brush off paint while still wet, paint over something after it's dried, or totally strip paint in a number of easy ways if you need to!
Good luck with the emperor's children - super cool model range!
I learned that the hard way while painting hair haha. what's the best way to thin paint? just adding water?
Haha, it's tricky for sure! But, as with all things, it just takes a bit of practice.
I just use water yeah, but I think there are other products out there that can help thin paints down further than just water called "mediums". I don't use them personally and I'm by no means an adept at painting 😅
It depends. For stuff like layering, washing etc where you need really thin paint I prefer thinner medium, but for base coats and in the beginning, water will suffice. But use clean water.