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moths posted:Four big helps with fraying are: I generally abide by all of this except #3, that I was not aware of. I'm sure I've definitely subjected many to too-hot water at the end of a painting session. Winklebottom posted:When you've dipped them in water, give them a quick wipe on a paper towel so they're damp but not wet. They've held their tip just fine for half a year at least. Half a year? Lol yea I'm lucky to get a couple months out of mine before I want to replace them  Generally I: -Scoop paint onto palette with an old crusty rear end flat wide brush -Thin it with some water off a different old rear end brush -Use my actual painting brush to pick some up, put as much as I can on the mini -Wash it off to prevent any un-applied paint from drying on the brush, giving it a generous swish in my cup -Drag the brush along a paper towel to dry if it's a flat brush, or slowly twirl it while dragging it if it's a pointed brush -Go back for more paint to continue painting I suspect I'm not drying them well enough which would be how I accidentally pick up too much paint, but I dunno. But yea - if I can't seem to take care of a loving paint brush then I feel like I should not spend hundreds on an air brush. Sab669 fucked around with this message at 14:47 on Jul 9, 2020 |
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I'd like to get into airbrushing cause I'm lazy, but I'm bad at normal painting already so maybe when I can be decent at painting with brushes I will branch out
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Jul 9, 2020 14:46
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Max Wilco posted:It looks like both the Badger and adapter aren't in stock right now, but the SprayGunner site and Harbor Freight sound like the places to go. Alternatively pick up a quick disconnect with a Badger size connector. They often have an air valve built in which is handy for doing quick fine pressure adjustment and if you pick up another airbrush (like a cheapo Master's for priming or clear coating) then you can swap between them effortlessly since the male QD connectors are the same size.
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Jul 9, 2020 15:04
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Sab669 posted:I was always just afraid of not taking care of one well enough. I kill so many paintbrushes I feel like it should be illegal, partly because I share them with my family and my kid can be rough on them. I buy 3x new brushes each at $10+ every three months. Recently I'm starting to dig the hobby brushes (army painter in particular) just because the bristles are longer and it's easier to control the tip and keep paint out of the ferrule. ANYWAY, I was reluctant to start airbrushing for the exact same reason as you. I didn't want to make a $200 investment and not like it or break it on day one. Rest assured though, airbrushes are a lot tougher than paint brushes and it's pretty hard to destroy them. (Plus you can get replacement parts.) I wouldn't let a fear of breaking it deter you. My advice: get your airbrush and take it apart to familiarize yourself with the pieces day one.
After painting I clean the airbrush like this:
Pro tip: You'll see people mixing and cleaning their airbrushes by holding a towel or something over the end and shooting air through. Blocking the tip causes the air to flow back into the bowl and bubble. This is possible on any airbrush, but it takes a little more finess if you have a brush where the needle protrudes from the shooting end of the brush (badgers do this for example, while I think Iwata airbrushes are flush at the end). Take a wet paper towel and ball it up, then put the wet end over the tip of your airbrush. If the towel is properly wet you'll get this air backflow, bubbling action. Really the only way you can permanently damage your airbrush is bending the needle. The trigger mechanism has a spring that I don't think you can easily get to (so you can't really break it or over-stretch it), and even a major tip clog can probably be fixed by using a sewing needle or something to push out the paint. However, if you bend the needle you'll probably have a jerky trigger forevermore.
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You could always just do what I do and treat your airbrush like trash and order a new one every year from the badger sale. Sure it takes 6 months to deliver, but by the time you get it it's time to replace the last one you trashed. It's like a subscription service for people that can't maintain their things!
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Jul 9, 2020 15:23
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Gameko posted:ANYWAY, I was reluctant to start airbrushing for the exact same reason as you. I didn't want to make a $200 investment and not like it or break it on day one. Rest assured though, airbrushes are a lot tougher than paint brushes and it's pretty hard to destroy them. (Plus you can get replacement parts.) I wouldn't let a fear of breaking it deter you. Thanks for this thorough write up 🙂
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Jul 9, 2020 15:28
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Here's another pro airbrushing tip: Holding the needle in your mouth to free up your hands during cleaning/disassembly is a great way to accidently bump the end and drive the point into the roof of your mouth.
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Ghazk posted:Here's another pro airbrushing tip: Khorne must have Khorne's due.
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Jul 9, 2020 15:50
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Brush chat: I've been using these for a while now and I absolutely love them. They have a nice fine point, and are right in the middle of cheap brush and expensive brushes price wise. RedGrassGames They also have a really nice, but kinda pricey wet pallet. As long as you have some masters soap, and store them with the bristles pointing up, (I just keep mine in the plastic tubes they come in in my brush cup) they should last for quite a while. The dude at Michigan Toy Soldier turned me on to them and I am very happy with them.
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For those of you looking to save a few bucks on airbrushing. Cleaner and thinner can both be made with Isopropyl Alcohol (90%+) and distilled water. Thinner is 10:1 ratio water to alcohol, cleaner is 1:1 (or just straight alcohol).
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Jul 9, 2020 16:01
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Kabuki Shipoopi posted:Brush chat: Seconding that recommendation. Almost as good as my Winsor & Newton Series 7 brushes. Also, their wet palette is amazing.
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Jul 9, 2020 16:08
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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/07/09/the-app-all-you-need-to-know/ GW finally lifts the lid on how the new app is going to work. Seems like most of the features are going to be subscription based though. Only £3.99 a month, which is roughly 5 bucks.
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Jul 9, 2020 17:12
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Looks like they’re doing the “scratch off with coin for access code” thing. “Reference all your rules, fast!” being a very specific sentence construction.
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Jul 9, 2020 17:18
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Scratch off and sniff the grim darkness.
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Jul 9, 2020 17:23
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The aggravating thing about the app is that once codexes for armies I don't collect start showing up, I have to pay to buy that codex to get the code or see the utility of the app as a one stop shop for stats and rules decline with each release.
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Harvey Mantaco posted:You could always just do what I do and treat your airbrush like trash and order a new one every year from the badger sale. Sure it takes 6 months to deliver, but by the time you get it it's time to replace the last one you trashed. It's like a subscription service for people that can't maintain their things! My badger messed up and discovered you can send it back to them was service for like 20 bucks or something. They fixed it perfectly with no trouble. The only awkward part was having to ask my Mom to write a physical check to mail them. I am in my late 30s and have never used a check from my personal account once.
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Jul 9, 2020 17:38
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If I buy it the first month and then switch to free, do I lose all the 8th edition codexes?
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Jul 9, 2020 17:46
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That app article has what looks like a new art piece of a spread of Dark Imperium units, including the Primaris Ancient, which is not in Know No Fear. They don't commission art like that just for Warhammer Community articles, so that's least a soft indicator that all those sprues will continue to be available in some form.
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Jul 9, 2020 18:05
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I'm just going to use battlescribe
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Jul 9, 2020 18:30
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You guys mind if i plug one of my friends Kickstarters for Custom Ork Boys? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1897010345/junkyard-boys-3d-printable-ork-warriors
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jng2058 posted:The aggravating thing about the app is that once codexes for armies I don't collect start showing up, I have to pay to buy that codex to get the code or see the utility of the app as a one stop shop for stats and rules decline with each release. That's a good point. The price (3.99 pounds, 4.99 USD?, 5.99 CAD/AUD?) seems a little too high. While it seems more reasonable when subscribing means you don't have to buy every codex and supplement to know all the rules, there's a caveat in addition to the codex drop off. That is, it looks like the army builder will not be included, or at least not feature complete, at launch. For this to be good value, that "reference all your rules, fast" feature better be real good. GW's also going to end up going after Battlescribe. $60 a year versus $1.50 (for all features), yeesh.
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Hihohe posted:You guys mind if i plug one of my friends Kickstarters for Custom Ork Boys? I plug my poo poo frequently and no one says boo. Speaking of which, I hear this guy makes great products and also is adept at pleasing his wife. https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SigmariteBoutique
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TKIY posted:I plug my poo poo frequently and no one says boo. I'm sure you'll find someone eventually! Just don't give up, that way lies only  .
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Cooked Auto posted:https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/07/09/the-app-all-you-need-to-know/ They are 85% good and 15% bad with this. My issue: They still want to have an in-print focus. Maybe it’s because they still have a contract to fill with a publisher or something, maybe it’s that the miniature part has margins that are too thin; either way they should consider reducing print copies and removing the requirement to have purchased one. Allow the purchase to be made as a one-time thing fully digital like they do with the current ebooks. In fact now that I mention it, the Apple Books version is the price of a codec and they advertise free updates. Now you’d need to buy the physical book, and subscribe to get updates. This is an effective price increase.
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Has GW changed the times they put their pre-orders up? I thought it was usually between 12 and 1 EDT, but the announcement for the 9th edition pre-order says Saturday morning. Which is true if they're going by pacific time, but confusing overall for a global company.
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OhDearGodNo posted:They are 85% good and 15% bad with this. I think it's mostly conservatism. They know books make money. They're not making big changes until they're sure the digital tools will be as profitable. That way, if the app tanks, it hasn't lost them as much money.
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https://trade.games-workshop.com/article/indomitus-sold-out/ If you're getting yours from a third-party supplier, it looks like you're going to be fighting over what's been already ordered.
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Hello I don’t know really anything about armies or army building, I’ve always just liked painting models, whether 40k or big tiddy fantasy babes or whatever. But the Indomitus box and new rules have me tempted a bit. I think if I was building a Space Marine army it would probably be Blood Angels just because I like making jungle bases and the red would pop nicely against the green and brown. Would the entirety of the Indomitus box be applicable to Blood Angels, or is a bunch of it kinda specific to Ultramarines?
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Someone in the GW marketing team doesn't understand the idea of a price comparison. £3.99 is the price of just a paint brush every month is bad, because it makes me think "hang on, I never buy 12 paint brushes in a year!". The idea of saying "for the price of a large coffee each month" is to make people think "hey I buy a coffee every day, I could not have a coffee and it would cover the cost of that app". Unless the army building stuff is awesome as hell I can't see me subscribing to it if I'm honest. I was hoping it would have stuff to track my crusade army rules and things, if it doesn't well i don't really care about access to all codexes and battlescribe let's me build armies, and I have the core rules PDF on my phone anyway
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Contingency posted:https://trade.games-workshop.com/article/indomitus-sold-out/ This loving company. In the midst of a loving lock down epidemic they "under estimated" demand and apparently cant print more poo poo.
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For_Great_Justice posted:This loving company. They can't! Books are made across the world, and that takes lots of time
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I had three orders already paid at my discounter. He was told today his allocation was cut from 200 boxes to 45.
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jesus WEP posted:Hello It is not Ultramarine specific. The water transfer decals might not have Blood Angels but you can take a crack at painting your own or buy some secondhand on ebay etc or just leave them iconless.
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TKIY posted:I had three orders already paid at my discounter. He was told today his allocation was cut from 200 boxes to 45. The retailer I was going through was taking reservations to get a count. Hope he wasn't waiting to Friday to place that order. 
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Contingency posted:https://trade.games-workshop.com/article/indomitus-sold-out/ I wonder if that's US specific or a worldwide issue. As yet I've heard nothing about UK orders being reduced.
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jesus WEP posted:Hello They will make excellent Blood Angels with decals included in the box. Buy it since it's good value in terms of price vs miniatures. Sell or trade the Necrons with someone else.
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Lovely Joe Stalin posted:I wonder if that's US specific or a worldwide issue. As yet I've heard nothing about UK orders being reduced. Probably for North America. To meet the release schedule, the boxes are probably already in Memphis.
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Kabuki Shipoopi posted:Brush chat: Question about "bristles pointing up", if I were to get/fashion a holder that the grasps the brushes by the shaft such that the tips hang DOWN but not touching the table would that be better from a perspective of water drying and flowing off the tip instead of into the ferrule?
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This 40k app is going to cost the same as Netflix in Australia I reckon. It's a terrible value proposition.
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tangy yet delightful posted:Question about "bristles pointing up", if I were to get/fashion a holder that the grasps the brushes by the shaft such that the tips hang DOWN but not touching the table would that be better from a perspective of water drying and flowing off the tip instead of into the ferrule? This is absolutely a thing, and you could fashion a holder from a jewelry or tie rack, and tape loops of cord to the ends of your brushes 
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