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Went and made myself a static grass applicator today. It took maybe an hour to put together and used at most, $15 worth of materials. A $5 electric fly swatter, soldering iron, gator clip, wire mesh, and an old container. Really simple stuff. Took about an hour or so to put together. My first try with it gave some interesting results:   I applied little globs of PVA glue on wax paper, laid out on a metal sheet with the gator clip attached. I may have used too much glue, since it's more like mounds than tufts; as well, the grass itself is pretty short, so it doesn't really pop up too far. But it doesn't seem like it's dried fully either, and the grass IS standing up, which is the entire point of the device. I'm going to get some longer grass, around 5mm or so, and see if I can get better results.
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Nice work! If you're having any trouble removing the tufts from the wax paper, try baking parchment next time. I tried both methods when I got my static-grass applicator, and found tufts were much easier to remove from parchment than wax paper.
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Jan 7, 2020 06:19
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R0ckfish posted:I painted some danger noodles while waiting on stuff to dry: I love your noodles they are v good
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Jan 7, 2020 07:25
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Slimnoid posted:Went and made myself a static grass applicator today. I don’t understand what the tool does but this is rad and I applaud your science
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Jan 7, 2020 07:27
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JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:I don’t understand what the tool does but this is rad and I applaud your science Static grass applicators are a regular thing in the model railroad community and anywhere that regularly does large dioramas. Essentially, they charge your static grass with, well, static electricity, so that it stands up as you're applying it instead of lying down, and that way the glue only sticks to the ends and you have fake grass that looks like it's standing up like real grass instead of lying on your diorama in clumps like you just sprinkled it on to a surface covered in glue. This is, in fact, the "correct" way to use static grass, and is why it's called static grass. I think most railroad modelers use it in conjunction with spray-on glue, so that you get a thinner glue application.
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Jan 7, 2020 08:34
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Painted up the 1st Awakened Wyldwood this morning, 3 trees = 1 wood, so I'll need to buy 3 more apparently    Quick and dirty contrast and drybrush with a couple of spot highlights
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Jan 7, 2020 12:51
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Nice work! I'll give that a try. I'd read somewhere that wax paper was a better choice as it was less absorbent but I may as well try both.
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Jan 7, 2020 13:47
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what the fuuuuuuuuck
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Jan 7, 2020 19:11
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richyp posted:Painted up the 1st Awakened Wyldwood this morning, 3 trees = 1 wood, so I'll need to buy 3 more apparently And a Treelord Ancient to summon them with. 
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Jan 7, 2020 19:57
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richyp posted:And a Treelord Ancient to summon them with. Stormcast: who's going to stop me, the trees? Oh my god no Seriously though like much of your work its magnificent and something to inspire towards
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Jan 7, 2020 20:34
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I doubt these are going to look as good as advertised but might be good enough to get some newer painters to hang up their brushes, sadly. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heroforge/full-color-custom-miniatures-with-hero-forge-20
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Jan 7, 2020 20:51
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nesbit37 posted:I doubt these are going to look as good as advertised but might be good enough to get some newer painters to hang up their brushes, sadly. Heroes Forge is more for pen & paper RPGs, especially Dungeons & Dragons, you won't be able to copy figures from already established table top games. Their service is meant for one time models, but you're suppose to paint them yourself is how it works right now. So I don't think anyone is going to give up painting that is already into the hobby.
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Jan 7, 2020 21:10
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Not wargames, no, but I know a lot of people that only paint figures for D&D or other RPGs.
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Jan 7, 2020 21:14
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Speaking of Hero Forge, has anyone ever ordered from them that can speak to the quality of the minis? I'm in a recently begun D&D campaign and considering pulling the trigger.
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Jan 7, 2020 21:18
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Their bread and butter options, plastic and premium plastic, are just fine. I haven't ordered one in a while but it was of good enough quality. I run a makerspace as part of my day job, so once they started selling the STL files of your mini's to you directly I just started buying those and printing them myself.
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Jan 7, 2020 21:22
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Ben Nerevarine posted:Speaking of Hero Forge, has anyone ever ordered from them that can speak to the quality of the minis? I'm in a recently begun D&D campaign and considering pulling the trigger. Haven't ordered but from what I've heard their current plastics are fine and at least nicer than stuff like Bones. If you're willing to drop $20+ on your PC's model and you're happy with how the 3D image looks in their creator, go for it. I'd avoid the metals; even their own website admits they look worse than the plastics, not accounting for the annoyance of painting or the higher price point.
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Jan 7, 2020 21:26
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Thanks. Having painted a lot of Bones, I'm perfectly okay with something that quality or better.
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Jan 7, 2020 21:38
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Slimnoid posted:I'll give that a try. I'd read somewhere that wax paper was a better choice as it was less absorbent but I may as well try both. Nice! Here's the one I built last year.  I find 2mm grass doesn't work too well, but the longer stuff does fine. I used parchment paper and it worked fine, the base is an old cookie sheet.
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Ben Nerevarine posted:Speaking of Hero Forge, has anyone ever ordered from them that can speak to the quality of the minis? I'm in a recently begun D&D campaign and considering pulling the trigger. I've ordered three, all premium plastic. My only real complaint is that if you get one with an integrated base and use a Citadel paint handle, I feel like the base flexes too much for comfort. There's a few faint print lines, and there's some cleaning up of support nubs you'll have to do, but no worse than say a plastic sprue or a metal mini.
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I painted another Lizardguy     I had lots of fun with these guys, I'm hoping all of these detailed models will help me when I go back to Space Marines Professor Shark fucked around with this message at 00:01 on Jan 8, 2020 |
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Jan 7, 2020 23:59
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Hero forge sent out an email with an image of what the multi colored prints might look like Looks like at least Heroclix or Wizkids level of quality
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Ben Nerevarine posted:Speaking of Hero Forge, has anyone ever ordered from them that can speak to the quality of the minis? I'm in a recently begun D&D campaign and considering pulling the trigger. So I did order from heroforge but not being in the US I bought the reduced 3D file for $7.99 and sent it via a local 3D print service which worked out about $10 cheaper than the normal service at 25nm resolution. I am in the midst of painting this and actually need some advice so will post up a pic later. Very happy with the quality and will definitely be ordering again. No prep needed whatsoever for my model, a friend ordered at I think a lower resolution and had a fair bit of clipping/cutting prep to do. Pot luck on local services for 3d printing I suppose.
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Today I am receiving in the mail, a new paint brush (da Vinci Watercolor Series 10 Maestro Paint Brush), that Battletech starter box that came out last year through Kickstarter that includes 8 miniatures, and a WH40K Adeptus Mechanicus Belisarius Cawl.  I'm always kinda nervous about buying brushes online since i've had at least one bad experience with it, but I don't know of any places locally that sell good quality brushes.
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Jan 8, 2020 16:46
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Am I supposed to thin Vallejo's Matte Varnish? It seems to clog my airbrush pretty quickly.
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Jan 8, 2020 16:52
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I put a little flow improver in mine. Otherwise you've gotta be pretty on the ball about wiping your needle off.
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Furism posted:Am I supposed to thin Vallejo's Matte Varnish? It seems to clog my airbrush pretty quickly. I thin mine like I would any other Vallejo paint
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Flow Improver it is. Thanks!
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I said come in! posted:Today I am receiving in the mail, a new paint brush (da Vinci Watercolor Series 10 Maestro Paint Brush), that Battletech starter box that came out last year through Kickstarter that includes 8 miniatures, and a WH40K Adeptus Mechanicus Belisarius Cawl. Rosemary & Co. is a good choice for online sales since she makes them all herself and you don't have to worry about counterfeits. edit: she doesn't make all of them, but the ones you want, series 33, she does. Cat Face Joe fucked around with this message at 17:33 on Jan 8, 2020 |
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Cat Face Joe posted:Rosemary & Co. is a good choice for online sales since she makes them all herself and you don't have to worry about counterfeits. Thank you, going to bookmark this. Counterfeit brushes on Amazon are a major concern, i've seen a lot of reviews that point this out.
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Got a new paintbrush today too, ready to paint my first Battletech figures. 
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Speaking of, what's the best way to make the tiny masks required for stripes etc... for stuff like Steiner Lancers
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I said come in! posted:Got a new paintbrush today too, ready to paint my first Battletech figures. those are some good lookin' robots. might have to get some.
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Phi230 posted:Speaking of, what's the best way to make the tiny masks required for stripes etc... for stuff like Steiner Lancers tamiya masking tape. it's sold in most hobby shops. the smallest size is 6mm wide but you can very easily and cleanly xacto it smaller if necessary.
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Speaking of, anyone ever tried using nail striping tape for mini applications? Don't know if it's cost effective, but I already have a bunch sitting around.
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I said come in! posted:Got a new paintbrush today too, ready to paint my first Battletech figures.  Battletech buddies! Mine are in progress, just deciding how much to detail these things before I base
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DressCodeBlue posted:Speaking of, anyone ever tried using nail striping tape for mini applications? Don't know if it's cost effective, but I already have a bunch sitting around. No idea what that stuff is but generic old masking tape and an exacto knife also works just fine for masking.
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After about a billion years of waiting for water effects to cure, a carnifex is done!
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So I'm looking to get back into painting minis (years and year ago I got into painting LOTR minis) with a particular interesting painting Gloomhaven minis. I'm still doing research and looking at tutorials, but what do you all think of this kit? https://www.amazon.com/Reaper-Miniatures-08906-Learn-Paint/dp/B00NTMC49G I've seen this kit recommended in different places, and on its face a beginning kit with different colors and brushes AND some basic minis start off with SEEMS like a good deal.
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:So I'm looking to get back into painting minis (years and year ago I got into painting LOTR minis) with a particular interesting painting Gloomhaven minis. I'm still doing research and looking at tutorials, but what do you all think of this kit? The Reaper Learn to Paint kits are good stuff. If you get this one and the layering kit, they're designed to provide a good starter set of paints between them.
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R0ckfish posted:After about a billion years of waiting for water effects to cure, a carnifex is done! AWESOME
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