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Please don't use a glass baking tray, if anything use a metal one with some magnets under each base.
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My Spirit Otter posted:wrap em in bubble wrap and tape the bubble wrap closed Unfortunately I think that would result in a lot of them getting squashed in the suitcase! quote:Please don't use a glass baking tray, if anything use a metal one with some magnets under each base. That was my first instinct as well, but I can't find a metal baking tray with a solid lid small enough. Surely a sturdy glass baking tray well packed in among clothes would be fine? I've traveled with bottles of alcohol in my suitcase numerous times without issue.
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MeinPanzer posted:Unfortunately I think that would result in a lot of them getting squashed in the suitcase! Magnetise the bases, put them in a metal biscuit (cookie I guess) tin or similar. The kind of thing you get fancy biscuits in that often get repurposed to hold sewing supplies. The magnets stick them to the bottom of the tin, the lid protects them from being squashed. Or, to make them more convenient to remove, stick them to the inside of the lid and put the tin on as a lid if you see what I mean. Either way I'd still individually wrap the individual figures in bubble wrap and tape the bubble wrap as My Spirit Otter suggests, just in case they come loose en route and bash into each other inside the tin.
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bouncing off that, you could probably get two dollar store muffin trays and put little magnets on the base and have them be pretty safe
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I tried some speed painter paint and uh  holy moly i'm happy with the results. I wanted to give him nice hair because he's an evil warlock so that you know that he could have spent his life being very good looking but gave it up for Unnatural Power. I wasn't patient with the transparent parts so it looks smudged but even then!! I really like some of the results here. I also picked up 3 pre primed goblins. they were 5 of dollar. they have faces from those weird memes about chads.    The paintset i got didn't have a white so i tried mixing liquitek white in it and that was Not Good. Muddy colors. One kobold came out pretty good though   Especially when you compare to the smudgy bolds from a couple weeks ago Ominous Jazz posted:I'm glad I finished painting the smudgy kobolds, they were hideous and very unsatisfying to paint but I learned a lot and got some excellent recommendations to burn a hole through my paycheck. This hobby is so relaxing to me. I've been getting way better sleep. But that might be fumes. I also wanted to say that this thread is so nice to new people and encouraging and I was very worried about that before I started posting. Thanks gang. Ominous Jazz fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Nov 20, 2023 |
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I forgot about the kobolds, time to laugh again for a while. Yeah it was absolutely the models, your newer ones look much better
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I wanna see what a minipainter like Richard Gray could do with one of those kobolds. Someone send him one as a challenge. "Polish this turd, Dick" But don't ask him like that.
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SiKboy posted:Magnetise the bases, put them in a metal biscuit (cookie I guess) tin or similar. The kind of thing you get fancy biscuits in that often get repurposed to hold sewing supplies. The magnets stick them to the bottom of the tin, the lid protects them from being squashed. Or, to make them more convenient to remove, stick them to the inside of the lid and put the tin on as a lid if you see what I mean. Either way I'd still individually wrap the individual figures in bubble wrap and tape the bubble wrap as My Spirit Otter suggests, just in case they come loose en route and bash into each other inside the tin. Ominous Jazz posted:bouncing off that, you could probably get two dollar store muffin trays and put little magnets on the base and have them be pretty safe Good points! Thanks. Hadn't even thought about the biscuit tin, to be honest. Looks like I have a serious reason to go treat shopping.
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Ominous Jazz posted:I tried some speed painter paint and uh Great job! Those look good, it really shows how important having some minis that look like things is. I also find the thread really encouraging, there are some world class painters in here, but people still always take the time to comment on my minis.
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AndyElusive posted:I wanna see what a minipainter like Richard Gray could do with one of those kobolds. Considering those people who paint tiny murals of the Emperor fighting Horus on the side of a Rhino or whatever I'm sure a painter of sufficient skill could polish that turd
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chin up everything sucks posted:Not "could", has. It has bankrupt at least several people, and ruined a number of marriages. It's commonly called Plastic Crack for a reason. I just started getting back into painting in June of this year, I bought some brushes and paints and two box sets (warriors and hormagaunts). Then I bought the leviathan set. Now I've ordered a bunch more models, and the big set of nice boxes of brushes from Artis Opus. I haven't finished the warriors and hormaguants yet, let alone started on the Leviathan minis. My wife is less than impressed but I think she knows I'd just have bought a new gfx card or joystick or something if I hadn't blown it on 10 years worth of minis (at my current rate of painting).
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I just bought some spray paint equipment to help me prime faster, and already I'm thinking about buying stuff for basing my models....and new brushes, I really need new brushes for doing better highlights. Yep.
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Nobody steal my "Priming Paintball Gun" idea while I raise venture capital.
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I'm already in the patent applied for stage of my Homer Simpson style shotgun shell army painter. method
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Spanish Manlove posted:I'm already in the patent applied for stage of my Homer Simpson style shotgun shell army painter. method 
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Prawned posted:My wife is less than impressed but I think she knows I'd just have bought a new gfx card or joystick or something if I hadn't blown it on 10 years worth of minis (at my current rate of painting). It's incentive to get good at painting. The wife will be a lot more impressed when you tell her that you can sell your little toy soldiers for 300% of what you spent on them. It's just like flipping houses 
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Spanish Manlove posted:I'm already in the patent applied for stage of my Homer Simpson style shotgun shell army painter. method Dad, wargamers won't like being shot in the face.
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In a painting phase podcast they were talking about that and the little lasgun magazine tin for dice with the little skull holder thingies. I remembered I had the latter and dug it out of storage. It's such a cool little dice box
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Mini-adjacent: I'm reverse magnetizing my models using steel strike plates under them, and got a sheet of that printer-friendly magnetic sheet but it's extremely weak. Anyone know where I could get stronger, flexible magnetic sheets or what language I should look for that would describe the strength on products?
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Springfield Fatts posted:Mini-adjacent: I'm reverse magnetizing my models using steel strike plates under them, and got a sheet of that printer-friendly magnetic sheet but it's extremely weak. Anyone know where I could get stronger, flexible magnetic sheets or what language I should look for that would describe the strength on products? I don't but I'm just going to recommend that you do the exact opposite and magnetize the minis.
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Springfield Fatts posted:Mini-adjacent: I'm reverse magnetizing my models using steel strike plates under them, and got a sheet of that printer-friendly magnetic sheet but it's extremely weak. Anyone know where I could get stronger, flexible magnetic sheets or what language I should look for that would describe the strength on products? no such thing. magnet rubber sheet won't hold much more than its own weight ever. it's really only useful as a surface for rare earth magnets to adhere to
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Prawned posted:I just started getting back into painting in June of this year, I bought some brushes and paints and two box sets (warriors and hormagaunts). Then I bought the leviathan set. Now I've ordered a bunch more models, and the big set of nice boxes of brushes from Artis Opus. I haven't finished the warriors and hormaguants yet, let alone started on the Leviathan minis. Christmas is around the corner. Get her an army.
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  More supports for my 12mm Soviets.
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Springfield Fatts posted:Mini-adjacent: I'm reverse magnetizing my models using steel strike plates under them, and got a sheet of that printer-friendly magnetic sheet but it's extremely weak. Anyone know where I could get stronger, flexible magnetic sheets or what language I should look for that would describe the strength on products? Yeah, there's a reason everybody does this the other way around. If you wanted a sheet that was as strong as the neodymium magnets people usually glue under models, it would probably have to be a whole sheet of neodymium magnet. It looks like you can buy 3M flexible magnetic sheets that have neodymium magnets in them, so that'd be your best bet, but I have no experience doing it that way. https://www.first4magnets.com/us/neodymium-flexible-magnetic-sheet-t226
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I haven't finished the markings on the tank, but I'm really happy how the skintone turned out on the commander. I added some stowage for additional visual interest, and I'm pretty happy how well that turned out as well. 
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Really appreciate you painting the straps and buckles on the back of the tank that nobody will ever see. Because I think about it every time I see the backpacks on my guards minis.
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Thanks! On a model that large, they're pretty necessary. The flat armour plates are so boring that the eye is drawn to the few details. If I leave them half done, they'll look terrible.
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AndyElusive posted:I wanna see what a minipainter like Richard Gray could do with one of those kobolds. Send them to Ninjon and Duncan, see who can’t paint the best worst miniature Great work, Jazz!
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Hear me out. Joint Mini Painting / Uninspiration contest: best you can manage with the club kobold
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Dip it in acetone and convert it into a slime.
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Encase it in clear resin, make it the victim of a gelatanous cube. Makes the melty features make sense.
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Slyphic posted:Hear me out. This is honestly a fun idea
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SiKboy posted:Encase it in clear resin, make it the victim of a gelatanous cube. Makes the melty features make sense. Kobold Ark of the Covenant diorama
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Beffer posted:Christmas is around the corner. Get her an army. She actually paints paints, like on canvas, so I got her some eldar dudes to try and she's quite enjoying painting them. I also plan to assemble the marines in the leviathan box and see if she wants to have a little game. Unfortunately she isn't much into dorky things despite my best efforts.
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