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one: probably good idea to leave the prints out in the sun for a day or two two: should probably wash the models as well three: use CA glue
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Geisladisk posted:Poly cement works by melting together plastic and doesn't work on anything except the very specific plastic it is designed for. I dunno what gorilla glue is, but superglue is the way to go for gluing 3d printed stuff, yeah. Yeah it has a very noticable sheen to it and is very hard and white, compared to the other 3d printed stuff I got in that kind of slightly translucent blue/grey. I'll give it a rinse and try dig out some superglue in the house
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Gorilla glue is basically a polyurethane glue that expands as it dries, so you definitely wouldn't want to use it on something small with details like a mini.
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Sydney Bottocks posted:Gorilla glue is basically a polyurethane glue that expands as it dries, so you definitely wouldn't want to use it on something small with details like a mini.
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tangy yet delightful posted:"oh I use gorilla glue and it's fine" but they are actually using CA glue by the GG company. Right, I use their CA glue because it was a good price on Amazon, but it's not that really think junk.
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tangy yet delightful posted:Yeah I'm sure that Gorilla Glue, the company, now makes a regular CA glue under their own branding - but their original success as a company comes from their "Gorilla Glue" that has some sort of expanders and what not in the glue, none if which you want for miniature assembly. Because of this you might get someone saying "oh I use gorilla glue and it's fine" but they are actually using CA glue by the GG company. Ironically, I've used their gel super glue and I don't like it 
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It's the world's second-favorite monkey-tailed protagonist, Zidane! 
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Cease to Hope posted:i definitely remember how to spell polyurethane rather than looking like an idiot. anyhow acrylic polyurethane and water-based polyurethane are basically synonyms and yes what vallejo is selling is more likely what you'd use on an indoor floor than a deck. It's a shame Warmahordes is no longer being made in metal, and probably soon not to be made at all since 250g metal minis with pointy bits everywhere would probably benefit from some extra strong paint. You can also argue extra tough paint would be good for Gundam Winklebottom posted:It's the world's second-favorite monkey-tailed protagonist, Zidane! That is an insanely smooth Zidane with the most psychotic eyes ever.
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Z the IVth posted:That is an insanely smooth Zidane with the most psychotic eyes ever. He turned out a bit more Chucky-like than I anticipated
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They were wip, now they're not  wip wednesday 
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Winklebottom posted:It's the world's second-favorite monkey-tailed protagonist, Zidane! Oooh that flesh shading is so nice. Also yeah lemme tell ya chipping expanded gorilla glue off a mini isn't difficult but it's not fun either.
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Winklebottom posted:It's the world's second-favorite monkey-tailed protagonist, Zidane! Very nice smooth blends! The skin almost looks transparent, and I mean that in a good way!
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Basing question for you all, how do you get bigger cracks with crackle paint? I have some Golden Crackle paste I picked up, but even throwing it on pretty thick it’s giving me relatively small cracks. I’ve had similar experiences with Agrellan Badlands and Stirland Mud, which each can be used to build up a muddy or lumpy dirt dirt texture, but I want like huge crags between dried out dirt type texture. I threw down a few layers of gloss varnish before the crackle paste and it didn’t seem to help much.
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Finally got my hobby desk set up and I am once again on my Weird Lil Guy bullshit I am also once more asking if anyone has some Sicarian Ruststalker heads that they want to sell/trade, they're increasingly hard to get online and I don't want to have to buy another box just for the heads.
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Arcturas posted:Basing question for you all, how do you get bigger cracks with crackle paint? I have some Golden Crackle paste I picked up, but even throwing it on pretty thick it’s giving me relatively small cracks. I’ve had similar experiences with Agrellan Badlands and Stirland Mud, which each can be used to build up a muddy or lumpy dirt dirt texture, but I want like huge crags between dried out dirt type texture. I threw down a few layers of gloss varnish before the crackle paste and it didn’t seem to help much.
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It's funny because when I use crackle paint and hit it with the hair dryer I get smaller and finer cracks then if I just let it dry normally. I've tested this multiple times too.
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AndyElusive posted:It's funny because when I use crackle paint and hit it with the hair dryer I get smaller and finer cracks then if I just let it dry normally. I've tested this multiple times too.
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I saw this on my feed, thought it was rad AF. From this artist https://twitter.com/CerberusXt/status/1692119860183020008?s=20
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Majkol posted:I saw this on my feed, thought it was rad AF. Cerberus is a great hobbyist. Really willing to put their head in the fire pissing off a lot of chuds in various groups whenever I've seen them pop up on twitter or facebook
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Majkol posted:I saw this on my feed, thought it was rad AF. I don't recognise the flag about the trans one, but that whole middle column goes hard
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The one above the Trans one is the Non-Binary flag
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Before painting my last Leman Russ, I decided to convert it into a tank commander. I've been holding back on starting the project since I knew I had to scratchbuild the turret to match my other LR. It took a while to hand fit the pieces, just like last time. The finished result is pretty decent though, and surprisingly sturdy too.   While on a conversion spree I also decided to "fix" the new IG Ordnance Battery. I don't like how the gunner sits behind the gun, since he's too low to aim it using iron sights anyway. I moved the gunnery controls to the right side, giving the loaders more room to work. After magnetising the gun options I realised the ridiculous rocket pods wouldn't fit on anymore, so I had to build new mounts for the launchers. I ended up being pretty happy with them too. 
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Majkol posted:I saw this on my feed, thought it was rad AF. goddamn the enby flag makes for a killer power armor color scheme, ace isn't bad either
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Decorus posted:While on a conversion spree I also decided to "fix" the new IG Ordnance Battery. I don't like how the gunner sits behind the gun, since he's too low to aim it using iron sights anyway. I moved the gunnery controls to the right side, giving the loaders more room to work. After magnetising the gun options I realised the ridiculous rocket pods wouldn't fit on anymore, so I had to build new mounts for the launchers. I ended up being pretty happy with them too. just to nerd out a little bit, indirect fire weapons arent aiming directly at their target. theyre aiming at either a set of aiming posts or a collimator off to the side, preferably at a 45 degree angle to the front on the side of the sight. the guns are facing a certain direction, and are in specific spots, as determined by the recce party. the command post is told where the bullets/rockets need to go by the forward observer, they do some quick math, then tell the gun crews the elevation and bearing the gun needs to be set at and how much propellant to use. the sights on ever 105mm howitzer ive fired has had the sight, elevation handle, and traverse handle are in a position where sitting on the trail is necessary.
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My Spirit Otter posted:just to nerd out a little bit, indirect fire weapons arent aiming directly at their target. theyre aiming at either a set of aiming posts or a collimator off to the side, preferably at a 45 degree angle to the front on the side of the sight. the guns are facing a certain direction, and are in specific spots, as determined by the recce party. the command post is told where the bullets/rockets need to go by the forward observer, they do some quick math, then tell the gun crews the elevation and bearing the gun needs to be set at and how much propellant to use. the sights on ever 105mm howitzer ive fired has had the sight, elevation handle, and traverse handle are in a position where sitting on the trail is necessary. Thanks, I have to admit I don't know anything about modern guns. I looked at some ww1 and ww2 vintage reference pictures, didn't see any guns with the gunner sitting behind the barrel. I figured these guns are supposed to be lighter than 105 mm stuff, more in the 75 mm range. Like you said, the M101 howitzer is almost exclusively an indirect attack weapon, barring extraordinary emergencies. I was mostly going for a more ww2 AT gun look, since the gunner has to be in position for both the bombast cannon and the heavy lascannon. I'm pretty sure the latter is an extremely direct fire weapon.  I thought about deleting the gunners seat entirely for maximum "realism" for 2/3 of the weapons, but the huge base looks pretty barren with only two crew. I'll still have to take off the gunner when I play them as rocket artillery.
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Decorus posted:Thanks, I have to admit I don't know anything about modern guns. I looked at some ww1 and ww2 vintage reference pictures, didn't see any guns with the gunner sitting behind the barrel. I figured these guns are supposed to be lighter than 105 mm stuff, more in the 75 mm range. Like you said, the M101 howitzer is almost exclusively an indirect attack weapon, barring extraordinary emergencies. I'm converting my bombast to look more like a ww1 field gun. I agree that the feel of them in game is much more like an infantry gun than proper artillery. I'm removing the computer and seat for sure, making a new gunshield, and printing larger wheels that aren't the more modern rubberized wheels.
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These are great.
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Ravus Ursus posted:Strapping the paint bottle to an oscillating saw isn't stupid! This is a bad idea because despite whatever nonsense duct tape solution you've dreamed up, if the saw blade manages to catch the bottle in the wrong way, suddenly you've got a vial of torn open paint oscillating at high velocity. It's also probably yellow, because that's the kind of paint that needs to be shaken well. I uh... heard it happened to a friend. Ohthehugemanatee fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Aug 18, 2023 |
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i just bought a bunch of glass shot and shake the bottles, idk why you'd make it more complicated
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Any suggestion on what color cockpit jeweling would go well with a turquoise/light blue color scheme? I went with blue on my camo mechs, but don't think it would stand out enough on a primarily blue scheme.
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Saint Celestine posted:Any suggestion on what color cockpit jeweling would go well with a turquoise/light blue color scheme? I went with blue on my camo mechs, but don't think it would stand out enough on a primarily blue scheme. Yellow is a good with blues and greens.
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Saint Celestine posted:Any suggestion on what color cockpit jeweling would go well with a turquoise/light blue color scheme? I went with blue on my camo mechs, but don't think it would stand out enough on a primarily blue scheme. Flaming orange.
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painted a plaster aquarium rock  i also made this terrace with cork board. but it warped. so i glued it down to some plasticard. meh  sci fi doohickies!  trains...WITH GUNS  passenger car   VW-esque hover bus  
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Nebalebadingdong posted:passenger car These are all awesome, but as a Bay Area resident my favorite has to be the tiny BART train: 
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That VW Hoverbus is giving me terrible ideas. Like finding a VW van kit in the right scale for Warhammer and turning it into an Ork Trukk.
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Eej posted:That VW Hoverbus is giving me terrible ideas. Like finding a VW van kit in the right scale for Warhammer and turning it into an Ork Trukk. i have an extra VW hoverbus if someone wants to do this for epic
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The best complement I can give you Nebalebadingdong is that I can tell the minis are painted by you without even looking at the name.
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Saint Celestine posted:Any suggestion on what color cockpit jeweling would go well with a turquoise/light blue color scheme? I went with blue on my camo mechs, but don't think it would stand out enough on a primarily blue scheme. Ochre!!
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