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You guys could always have the first Sunday of the month or whatever be the playday for a 40k escalation league that requires painted models, so people start small but can eventually build their lists up. Unless you were talking about Warmachine specifically. v vEDIT: Gonna second the Preferred Enemy: Unpainted rule. Would kinda screw over Orkz and Nids, though.
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I picked up some Malifaux figs today and the cast was really poor quality, and very soft metal. Is this a common thing for them?
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Jun 19, 2011 05:32
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I'm looking for forward facing, open-palmed Space Marine hands like these: The top one is from the GK Power Armour and Terminator boxes with a bit of green stuff, but what about the bottom one? Are there any other similar hands?
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Jun 19, 2011 06:16
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The bottom one is the arm that holds the missile launcher steady in the Tac Marine box. I used the same hand for this guy. NecronSchmecron fucked around with this message at 06:28 on Jun 19, 2011 |
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Jun 19, 2011 06:26
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It is! Thanks  Now I just need to actually get those bits.
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Jun 19, 2011 06:38
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NecronSchmecron posted:The bottom one is the arm that holds the missile launcher steady in the Tac Marine box. Strong Revenge of the Sith vibe coming off this model.
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Jun 19, 2011 07:00
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Real hurthling! posted:Strong Revenge of the Sith vibe coming off this model. Well then Squats can be Ewoks :] In other news I think I am getting the hang of highlighting with black :] Took me a few tries. I know everyone says to do a basic color scheme for my army, but I atleast want to make my first model good looking. How many shades of during a highlighting stage would I want to do ? (This is a blue highlight keep in mind).
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Jun 19, 2011 07:21
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Real hurthling! posted:Strong Revenge of the Sith vibe coming off this model. "I feel like you're breaking my heart." I get that a lot. It wasn't the original intention, but it's good for a larf so I go with it.
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Jun 19, 2011 07:25
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Protip: Do not spill half a pot of Chaos Black on your carpet.
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Jun 19, 2011 07:34
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ghetto wormhole posted:Protip: Do not spill half a pot of Chaos Black on your carpet. keep spilling more until you have a chaos black carpet.
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Jun 19, 2011 09:48
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My buddy and I have convinced our girlfriends to try painting models. He hates painting and just wants someone else to do it, I used it as an excuse to buy another army. He's going to get a lot of models like this:  Thankfully, my girlfriend's color scheme seems a tad more subdued:  Should be fun, I'm glad they're both getting into it. I doubt they'd ever actually play, though 
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Jun 19, 2011 09:54
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Mango Polo posted:I'm looking for forward facing, open-palmed Space Marine hands like these: Already said but yeah that's the tac marine missile launcher hand, its pretty handy  I used it for a librarian for my marines.
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Jun 19, 2011 10:30
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Ezekiel_980 posted:STOP! ... Hammerhand
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Jun 19, 2011 12:21
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Inverse Icarus posted:keep spilling more until you have a chaos black carpet. That statement made me laugh pretty hard. The quick image I got of someone just sitting there giggling and pouring paint on their carpet is great.
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Jun 19, 2011 13:16
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The real question is what should he highlight it with?
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Jun 19, 2011 13:46
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Mango Polo posted:I'm looking for forward facing, open-palmed Space Marine hands like these: The top model's open hand is from the new power armour grey knights.
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Jun 19, 2011 14:36
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Ashcans posted:STOP! I hate you so much
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Jun 19, 2011 15:42
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Ezekiel_980 posted:Can any one recommend a varnish that can be used with an airbrush? I've been looking at the Vallejo ones but I'm not sure they are meant for airbrushing. I may be a bit late on this, but I love using Future Floor Wax for for my first layer of clear. It's an acrylic that shrinks down and dries perfectly clear, then you just spray on some of the Model Master flat coat to kill the shine and you're done. Plus it can be cleaned up with Windex, so none of that nasty impossible to get rid of solvent based stuff will get into your airbrush. I'm using a Badger gravity feed dual action, which does make getting the mechanism clean a bit easier than on a siphon feed.
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Jun 19, 2011 16:16
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Beerdeer posted:I picked up some Malifaux figs today and the cast was really poor quality, and very soft metal. Is this a common thing for them? All of them? One of my friends had a miscast and Wyrd was really good about sending out a replacement. I don't remember Malifaux figs being any softer than any other metal figs. If you're just used to recent GW metals then I can see what you're talking about. The most recent GW metals were way harder than any other metal figs I can think of.
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Jun 19, 2011 17:06
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Ashcans posted:STOP! Similarly, 
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Jun 19, 2011 18:05
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Yea, GW metals are a lot harder than many other companies. I think that it was partly to get better definition in the casts, possibly just because they were swapping to a different alloy. I know Reaper uses a softer metal and I think many smaller shops do as well; it doesn't make for worse miniatures, it just takes a little getting used to. spacegoat posted:Similarly, This is the most amazing thing.
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Jun 19, 2011 18:13
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I am mostly used to GW metals, and the weak points were thin bits like shovel handles and swords. As far as the quality, it was mostly a shallowness. Hard to explain, but it was like the old Partha figs that were really thin front to back. Detail was there, but not "substance" if that makes sense. If that's how they are, then that's how they are I guess.
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So here are a few photos of my progress. They came out utterly horrible picture wise and my camera oveemphasized the highlighting. I swear it isn't as blue as it appears.    ^^ That's where the blue really came out for some reason. I am only showing this one for the image of the highlighting of the pants. Also I haven't started the feet nor the gun and a shoulder pad yet.
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Jun 19, 2011 18:52
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Beerdeer posted:I am mostly used to GW metals, and the weak points were thin bits like shovel handles and swords. I guess I'm used to softer metals and am used to storing and handling bits that might break. I don't really think about it any more. I can kind of see what you mean. The bare metal minis aren't terribly impressive. Wyrd's minis have more realistic proportions. GW's usually aren't realistic at all. Have you ever seen Infinity models in person? I think those are some of the most true to scale and they look so tiny next to GW stuff.
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Jun 19, 2011 20:50
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Trollblood Warbox complete
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rzal posted:Trollblood Warbox complete Red Trolls own so hard.
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Those trolls are pretty awesome. The red is a nice color, and the basing is well done, too. I have to say that I really like the PP bases, they just seem to encourage more creative/interesting base work, which can really help pull a miniature (or army) together. My Kopta got some approval in the Oath thread, so I am posting it here as well:   
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Jun 20, 2011 15:16
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GoodBee posted:All of them? One of my friends had a miscast and Wyrd was really good about sending out a replacement. I don't remember Malifaux figs being any softer than any other metal figs. If you're just used to recent GW metals then I can see what you're talking about. The most recent GW metals were way harder than any other metal figs I can think of. One of my death marshalls' pistols wasn't cast properly, I was just forgiving/had a spare wild west pistol to replace the miscast bit. They seem about normal casting quality honestly.
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counterspin posted:You don't get anything other than the Paypal message. I just received some bases from them exactly a week after I placed the initial order (Friday to Friday). GoodBee posted:I was just looking for bases and Dragonforge has a big notice that said they are currently processing June 3-5th. Looks like they're catching up on back orders. Let us know when you get them in. I'm looking to put a small army on some fancy bases and I liked Dragonforge the best. I just got a notice that my items have shipped today, 10 days after the order went through. I didn't notice they had that "backed up" message, it's all good.
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I found some zombies that I painted aged 13 yesterday! I only painted about half the regiment then, so I figured I may as well start painting up the rest. I should probably have improved more than I have.. The bluish one is newly painted.
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Jives posted:I found some zombies that I painted aged 13 yesterday! I only painted about half the regiment then, so I figured I may as well start painting up the rest. I love younger teenage paintjobs. SPLOTCHES OF BLOOD EVERYWHERE! Of course I did the same.
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lilljonas posted:I love younger teenage paintjobs. SPLOTCHES OF BLOOD EVERYWHERE! Of course I did the same. It does make a tiny bit of sense, they are zombies after all. (every other model I painted was just as bloody)
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Jun 20, 2011 22:09
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I once painted a bunch of dire avengers(or was it guardians?) all black with blood splotches when I was 14 or 15. What the heck was I thinking?
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Inverse Icarus posted:My buddy and I have convinced our girlfriends to try painting models. I have had two past girlfriends try this. One chose a Mordheim Dregg to paint, giving him turquoise skin and silver (mythril silver) hair. The other chose a Cherub to paint (never put a brush to it) and a single tallarn autocannon, which she painted the trim gold. Mistakes, I've made a few. 
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Post 9-11 User posted:I have had two past girlfriends try this. One chose a Mordheim Dregg to paint, giving him turquoise skin and silver (mythril silver) hair. The other chose a Cherub to paint (never put a brush to it) and a single tallarn autocannon, which she painted the trim gold. 4 years ago my wife painted a thousand suns terminator but spent like three weeks shading the armor plates on the one guy. She worked on second model for a few minutes and then gave up. Hoping she can get into painting cygnar for me once her schedule cools off. I showed her photos of weathering powder effects and she's excited.
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My girlfriend does a lot of that lightning and fire on my various gravtanks. Art degrees, she's got a few. Nerdscore! Incidentally, crossposting!  
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theironjef posted:My girlfriend does a lot of that lightning and fire on my various gravtanks. Art degrees, she's got a few. Nerdscore! 1: those are awesome 2: where the hell do you get those wings I need 50
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Jun 21, 2011 05:04
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Those are the wings that come with them.
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I cant believe the jump in quality from the old DE range to the new one. Wow.
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PaintVagrant posted:I cant believe the jump in quality from the old DE range to the new one. Wow. It really is nuts, isn't it? Between the finecast thing and these guys, I bet their stuff will be smouldering poo poo hot in 4 years.
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