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JerryLee posted:So like does Amazon just throw poo poo up that they think they might totally be able to get in a few months, regardless of any sort of contract with the supplier? Yes, in the sense that Amazon lets other sellers put up literally whatever they want. It's not even like you need to be a "real" business: you can just treat it like an online garage sale if you really wanna.
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Avenging Dentist posted:Yes, in the sense that Amazon lets other sellers put up literally whatever they want. It's not even like you need to be a "real" business: you can just treat it like an online garage sale if you really wanna. Well, yeah, but this was specifically sold by Amazon themselves. I just went back and checked; it's "Amazon.com, LLC,"which is distinct from stuff that I've bought from third parties through the Amazon storefront. Anyway, it's whatever, I didn't lose any money. Like I said, I'm just surprised that Amazon themselves were part of a fly-by-night deal. vvvv Yeah but again, that's not a product that they literally won't fulfill your order for, ever. I know to take release dates with a grain of salt under those sorts of circumstances; this is something different that I've not encountered before. I realize there's nothing to be done about it, though. JerryLee fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Feb 20, 2016 |
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Feb 20, 2016 00:34
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JerryLee posted:So like does Amazon just throw poo poo up that they think they might totally be able to get in a few months, regardless of any sort of contract with the supplier? All the loving time, yes. I've lost count of the number of books I've wanted to buy like, months early because Amazon published a pre-order release date they just pulled out of their collective arse.
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JerryLee posted:Well, yeah, but this was specifically sold by Amazon themselves. I just went back and checked; it's "Amazon.com, LLC,"which is distinct from stuff that I've bought from third parties through the Amazon storefront. Oh, weird. I thought this was a third-party seller the whole time.
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I think I was the one that shared that link. Sorry, I had no idea that Amazon was that lovely 
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Well, I just spent a half hour sawing, but I have successfully decapitated a space marine and didn't damage the body or the head. But holy poo poo does my hand hurt. I need a vice or something.
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BULBASAUR posted:I think I was the one that shared that link. Sorry, I had no idea that Amazon was that lovely It's all cool - we would've been sad if they had delivered on it and none of us knew about the deal!
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JoshTheStampede posted:If you'd rather not screw with spraying it, Scale75 make really nice colored metallics, in colors that look a pretty close match to the final result there. Wouldn't happen to have the names of those colours would you? LGS's putting in an order for some Scale 75 and I've grown sick of glazing my Alphas, it just takes too much time and has too much margin of error.
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SteelMentor posted:Wouldn't happen to have the names of those colours would you? LGS's putting in an order for some Scale 75 and I've grown sick of glazing my Alphas, it just takes too much time and has too much margin of error. I'm guessing Cobalt and Emerald. http://www.scale75.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=55_62_73
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Ah, yeah. Now I see them. Their colour metallics are all labeled alchemy. My eyes kinda glaze over when I see big unorganised grids like that. Has anyone had any experience with Scale 75? My frame of reference for paints is mostly Citadel.
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SteelMentor posted:Ah, yeah. Now I see them. Their colour metallics are all labeled alchemy. My eyes kinda glaze over when I see big unorganised grids like that. I've just ordered those two, so I can post up my thoughts when they arrive, though it might be a week or so. e: Peridot might be a nice colour for some metallic Salamanders.
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I'm honestly horribly tempted to order that metallic pink and make some *~*Faaaabulous*~* Marines.
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Are ghost tints ok for brush work or are they something to wait for an airbrush to pick up?BULBASAUR posted:I think I was the one that shared that link. Sorry, I had no idea that Amazon was that lovely
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SteelMentor posted:Has anyone had any experience with Scale 75? My frame of reference for paints is mostly Citadel. I have a bunch of their metallics, but haven't had the chance to paint anything, since it's too cold to prime. (And I have a bunch of dudes to assemble anyway.) I do know that they grind the mica a lot finer, so the metallic effect looks less like glitter/sequins on your dudes.
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BULBASAUR posted:Mango, are those yours? They look great. No, no, I wish I just have a ton of bookmarks for metallic marine painting recipes. SteelMentor posted:Ah, yeah. Now I see them. Their colour metallics are all labeled alchemy. My eyes kinda glaze over when I see big unorganised grids like that. Here's an example of AL painted with the Alchemy. quote:
You could easily simplify that down by doing less glazes. e. Do post results of Alchemy paints! I was thinking of eventually getting a set to paint metallic gems. Mango Polo fucked around with this message at 08:02 on Feb 20, 2016 |
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Another glue removal question: is it possible to dissolve plastic glue that hasn't bonded to anything? It's slathered all over the Mantic restic that I mentioned before so it isn't stuck to the models. I also need to remove some huge blobs from a bunch of clear plastic bases, but the glue has bonded to them. Am I better off just throwing them away and buying some new ones?
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If the glue has not bonded, you could try the freezer trick or just carefully pick it off. But where it's bonded, you're hosed, it welds the plastic. UNless you can cut or file it down to a surface you're happy with, chuck that poo poo.
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Feb 20, 2016 12:39
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That's what I thought Sometimes I hate buying second hand stuff.
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Spiderdrake posted:Are ghost tints ok for brush work or are they something to wait for an airbrush to pick up? They work fine with brushes, I used them with both airbrush and brush for my oath this month in the oath thread (that I haven't posted as complete yet).
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Spiderdrake posted:Are ghost tints ok for brush work or are they something to wait for an airbrush to pick up? They go on ok with a brush, if you're doing deep saturation. However, they also dry really quickly, and if you gently caress up the finish on it you will never recover it.
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Barwell have just dropped the price (a week after I order some  ) of Stynylrez primer. If you're in the UK, now is a good time to grab some. http://www.barwellbodyworks-shop.com/144-stynylrez-primer EDIT: Huge thanks to all the people who suggested solutions for my white issue. Final solution was a basecoat of VMA Sand (Ivory), zenithal highlight of VGC Off White and a final very, very soft highlight of the dreaded VGA Dead White. After gloss and then matt varnish it makes a beautiful soft fade up from ivory. I couldn't be more pleased with it. 
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Krushgroove I fixed the airbrush. Was the bit of the quick release which attaches to the hose! I think something got it jammed. Replaced the release and it works perfectly now. Total cost including replacing the valve when I didn't need to - £22. I'll take that.
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Lord Twisted posted:Krushgroove I fixed the airbrush. Was the bit of the quick release which attaches to the hose! I think something got it jammed. Replaced the release and it works perfectly now. Well that's good! As far as I know there isn't a 'big name' brand that does the QR, it's all no-name stuff as far as I can tell, so there's a possibility of one going bad or getting messed up somehow. Glad to know you got it figured out. You guys looking for an Alpha Legion recipe, this is what I got from Matthew Kane, the ex-FW painter who came up with the recipe. This recipe includes all the new names for the paint colors: Alpha Legion
Originally he'd said to use Citadel Leadbelcher and Ironbreaker in a 50/50 mix for step 1, but now he says to do all the airbrushing with Tamiya paints and all the brushwork with the Citadel and Vallejo paints. I'm pretty sure he hasn't tried the new FW airbrush paints though. I plan to try Minitaire Ghost Tint Plasma Fluid as that's a nice teal candy color, but I have all the Tamiya clears and metals just in case.
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ijyt posted:That's like 7 stages too many. The super quick version would be gunmetal, silver from an above angle, then Plasma Fluid over the whole thing.
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No Pun Intended posted:Does anyone know were to get warmachine style round bases in bulk? How many are you looking for? Reaper sells 30mm in packs of 12, 40mm in packs of 10, and 60mm in packs of 10. You can also try your luck on ebay with  sellers, but that can be a mixed bag sometimes (quite literally; I ordered 50mm ones once and got 40mm instead).
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Wyrd does 30mm ones at $4 for 10, which is slightly cheaper than reaper/PP, and they are also more likely to be available at your FLGS. (they are at mine) I'm pretty sure I've gotten their bases mixed up with warmachine ones, so they're pretty similar. Not slottabases though. Privateer also sells theirs at $5 for 12, and DGI sells them 30% off like all other PP stuff. You probably aren't getting much cheaper than DGI without going chinese reseller. Apparently the wyrd ones are 10 for $2.10 at DGI. http://giveusyourmoneypleasethankyou-wyrd.com/collections/bases http://www.discountgamesinc.com/warmachine-30mm-bases-12-bases.html http://www.discountgamesinc.com/malifaux/core-product/plastic-bases-30mm-10.html
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They're currently out of stock, but Dark Age bases are very similar, except that they have deeper wells (designed for you to add inserts or sculpt your own bases), and they're $3 for 10: https://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/miniatures/dark-age-games/accessories-2/dark-age-warmachine-30mm-deep-bases-10.html
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JoshTheStampede posted:The super quick version would be gunmetal, silver from an above angle, then Plasma Fluid over the whole thing. I'd still do a layer of Blue in there, because that one really helps to catch to shifting colour feel of the AL. e. Krushgroove, do you know of any EU-but-not-UK site that sell spare Badger parts? Mango Polo fucked around with this message at 13:09 on Feb 21, 2016 |
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No ikea where in the EU you are put for northern Germany there's PK-Pro: http://www.pk-pro.de/BADGER-Spare-Partsdrunkill posted:Post this to the armada/xwing thread because people will love it. Nice work. I'm painting my Imperial Squadron pack now, for the first time painting models since I was a kid. It is... interesting. Thanks! The wrecks are going to the Tactica convention next weekend, i'll try to snap some nice pictures of the whole table and post them in the wangs thread.
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Bistromatic posted:No ikea where in the EU you are put for northern Germany there's PK-Pro: http://www.pk-pro.de/BADGER-Spare-Parts That's perfect, thanks.
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This VSP poo poo clogged my airbrush worse than I thought. I had to disassemble & clean. Is there anything specific I should use to clean the cup to spray nozzle area? I've got some normal pipe cleaners around but I don't know if that material would just clog it.
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I've given up trying to use my fancy lightbox I got for Christmas. It just really flattens out all the highlights and shading, so back to the cardboard box wrapped in foil for now. Here's a thing I did:  
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I've been dying to practice airbrushing. Whenever I tried airbrushing more than just basecoats before, by brush would clog when I would turn down the PSI to try  blends and highlights.I just wasn't thinning my paint enough! It was such a "duh" moment, I felt so stupid it took this much reading to figure out. Bought a cheap tank to practice Cygnar colors on since I have two giant models I gotta paint soon and though I was just dicking around, I'm pretty happy with how some of the effects came out -and it was rather easy!   
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Yeast posted:Finished my first Hellhound, and another 3 Chimeras over the weekend This thing is sexy as hell. The little chains being used are a great touch and really add some grit and realism to the model.
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Cross posting from the oath thread. The camera isn't showing off how great the brown and orange scourge units look in person nor the purple sheen stripes on the metallic scourge but what are you going to do. Oath Complete! Claiming both technical and theme challenge though obviously only one applies. The zombie covered in blood and the leaping Medusa are most of it, though technically I suppose any of the flying transports for the Scourge could count. I forgot to take a solo picture of Micheline Tendress so she is in the group shot with the Blood Bowl Amazon team I didn't oath for the month but painted anyway. She is just the giant female ogre and the little goblin running for her, so sorry for any confusion for the judges. Just the ogre and goblin in this one  Just the ogre and goblin in this one  Some ate his Valentines hear and needs a napkin or two   For some reason the purple isn't showing but that's ok    I must admit that I am a little embarressed to have painted up the Sister Sledgehammers being cheesecake dwarves, but something about the fact they were originally made without beards spoke to me, and I just had to sculpt beards on some of them and fix the error:   Everyone done for the month in one shot  
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Today I learned the hard way that the best magnets for carnifeces and hive tyrants are 1/4 inch, not 1/8 inch.
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Gareth Gobulcoque posted:I've given up trying to use my fancy lightbox I got for Christmas. It just really flattens out all the highlights and shading, so back to the cardboard box wrapped in foil for now. Yeast posted:Finished my first Hellhound, and another 3 Chimeras over the weekend This entier page is great for painting, but I wanted to give these some more love. Both of these are ace. Gareth those highlights and blends really stand out. Yeast I really like your style for painting your steal legion tanks. Unique and colorful. You make me want to paint my army differently.
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