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I have to tap everything twice.it sucks

 dsteingass wrote:
I have to tap everything twice.it sucks

That's what she.......didn't say .

Now that you mention it I have to as well, but I've gotten used to it since I have to do the same on my iPhone. I rarely am at a desktop anymore, so I don't use a mouse or one click anything.

Well I found the other tips and needles for the airbrush, but the paint still clogged it all up . I cleaned he brush out four times and kept finding paint jammed everywhere. so i definitely need to get one specific paints/ paint easy thinner as I was about to chuck the compressor and brush.

Instead, I got out a storage box and tried for better pics. Not really any luck there either, but here's some orcs, they still need the teeth picked out and eyeballs.



School tonight, need to work on some homework now.

looking good, I need to ask tho...pic is not really that helpful in terms of hue... are the mantic orks meant to be green skins? can´t tell atm... but the yellow looks very good!

honestly I don't know if they are green or not in mantic land

They have very little skin showing(modest orcs ) only their faces and some spots around knees and elbows are showing any skin. I gave them a dark green basecoat and then highlighted with waaagh flesh by gw.

Game wise they have great armor and a racial ability of crushing strength (reduces opponents armor values) the heaviest orcs have crushing strength (2) which reduces enemy armor by 2pts (on a d6) which is awesome and the leader has crushing strength (3). They can also get trolls and giants which have good crushing strength as well. The boys hit hard and are durable, but have low leadership which if they get stuck in a fight then they tend to get overwhelmed. This happens a lot vs my brother in law, who fields units of zombies that are maxed out at 60-80 and I can't do enough damage in one hit to break them. They have really high leadership because hey don't care if they die or not.

Our games have been on a flat field with no terrain whatsoever, which is way too much to his advantage. His hordes don't have to manuever and they can crawl forward and surge when needed. I have fielded heavy amounts of gore riders(pig riders), but they aren't as effective without terrain to block advancing hordes.

Orcs also have extremely limited ranged attacks, and only magic is a special character who seems pointless. The undead can throw out tons of wizards to move their guys forward, or blast you with zap spells. They aLos have catapults which when they hit (rarely) they bust you up.

I realize my pics need different light and side lights, guess the other table will be used still after all.

say...after building these hordes... what would you say are the converting possibilities of these?...

also...have you thought about adding warpaint to some of the barer faces? like in LotR ? might look cool on some...

There's only three body types on the sprue, not a lot of customizing potential, but that's what I found in most fantasy GW kits as the models must rank up in position. 1 of those ones has the head attached already, I think theres 3-4 heads to choose from to customize the others.some arms have the shield attached, some don't. The ones that don't can get a second axe to be the morax orcs (more ax). There are 2 poses of the other Orc which are heavily armored to be the pole arm wielding orcs (more crushing strength), they have extra heads and bits to make banner bearers and musicians.

War paint might happen on a few of them, squad leaders or banner bearers. I'll probably o something a little different with the bases to sort units.

I think what your photo there is missing, is light from the front.
From what I can tell, a lightbox is there to light the object from pretty much all angles to avoid shadows that hide details. You have light from above and sides, but not front.
Don't be tempted to use flash though, use a lamp.

Looking nice and yellow though. Keep it up, you'll soon be through these few (hundred) models.

Games with no terrain? Blasphemy!

thanks for the insights theo!

@Vik, http://www.manticgames.com/SiteData/Root/File/Kings%20of%20War%20Webrules%20German%20Ver1.pdf mantic games 32 page rulebook in german and its FREE. It's all translated by a fan I believe, but you can download and play from a tablet or desktop. Really easy, Oscar and Felix may enjoy it. I think I'm going to work up some 1000point armies from warhammer figs so my kids can start to play it.
@dr. H, yep, all my lights are overhead right now, I'll grab a lamp and set it in front, thanks its always the obvious I keep missing.
@dsteingass, I know, but we've been playing mainly for learning the rules, now we got the basics down its time to start the other stuff. We haven't needed to worry about cover saves as neither of us has had missile troops .

Okay I stopped by hobby lobby last night and got some airbrush paint.

Will try it out once kids are on the bus today. I bought the six pack of primary colors (plus black, white and green) in the opaque. Hopefully dave and the others didn't just When seeing these.

The set of 6 was $24.99, minus the usual 40% off coupon plus tax made it around $16. Not bad for 12 oz of paint (about700ml) or I could get 12ml of GW paint and thin it down at $4 a pot , and we've seen how that's worked out for me .

See you soon, hopefully with something to show for it.

Createx works just fine. My local Michaels used to carry it, and I had that exact set. (purchased with a 40% off coupon too) If I recall, it needed to be shaken all the time.

Well shook it vigorously, but its all still messed up. I get about 3 sprays then clumps. I checked the paint, no lumps. Stripped and cleaned the brush again, it clumps again, cleaned again, more clumps. Cleaned again and sitting to the side. I'm shooting at 15psi, I've adjusted all my knobs and stuff, can't figure this out. All the openings are clear (I can see all the way down the barrel when the needle is removed. Time to time the cap bubbles over with paint, or the cleaner when I'm clearing it. Do I have the pressure too high?

Took a picture

This is what's happening. Will try with lower pressure next.

What are you cleaning with? Alcohol can cause clumping in acrylic paints. (won't bore you with the chemistry of it) so please water only, with maybe a touch of liquid dishsoap-- like 1 drop per cup.


Here is a trick I use. Thin the paints just a touch with some thinner if needed. Now screen the paint through a filter of some sort that will catch any clumps, but won't filter the pigment...so no coffee filters...use a nylon mesh like uh, it is called Voile I think.

15 PSI is not too high for a gravity feed, but it is near the maximum you'd want. For a siphon feed ~20 PSI usually works.

Also, try shooting water through it after cleaning, using the water like it is paint. This is a way to get a feel for trigger control, and to see that the brush is working properly. Spray it on old newspaper or something and try to control the patterns, lines of varying thickness and also spots of varying diameter.

Final note, start the airflow, ie depress the trigger, then pull back on the trigger to get the paint flowing. Always do this rather than trying to shoot paint right away. Trigger control is the essence of airbrushing. And this require practice.

And when painting, if you notice build up of paint on the needle, you can wipe it off with a q-tip or toothpick, but never anything metal.

Thanks red, I've got he pump set to 13psi right now. I'm cleaning with windex, there's a bunch of YouTube video discussing cleaning and even thinning with windex and they all say , but I'm thinning with testors airbrush thinner. I thought I had it figured out, was missing an o ring by the front tip, which one video said that allows the air to backup into the cup. Replaced th owing, but problem persists still , I've changed needles(and corresponding tips) still no luck. Think I'm going to just use my brushes again for awhile, maybe. Break will give me fresh eyes.

Maybe the o-ring got pinched? I am sticking with hand brushing.

If it's bubbling out of the cup, you've got dried paint on the tip (where the needle opens and closes) That's pretty common when spraying acrylics. Just unscrew the spray regulator and scrape it off. I keep a stiff brush handy with some water to randomly clean it when spraying before it dries. You'll get used to it after awhile. Don't get discouraged.


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I've given the tips good cleaning, even switched to the third needle and tip for it(correct tips and needles at same time). It's been mentioned in a lot of the videos I've watched. I even have brushes for the tips which I've used, its clear inside.

Backed an early bird on this https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeremyglen/creature-caster-first-wave, looking at the pincer daemon, possibly the spider daemon.

Final cleaning tip. The inside of the nozzle. Paint can build up inside it, so use a toothpick or even a sharpened q-tip shaft to clean it off. Never use anything metal to clean it.

When you work the needle back and forth do you get a sputter spray and then it stops, but when you work the needle back and forth it sputter sprays again and stops again? This indicates a clog in the nozzle.

Tip-dry is generally on the outside of the tip, but internal clogging could happen as well. your needle tip isn't bent is it? That'll do it too.

I've had some great success with using craft paint thinned with distilled water that I have run through a ab paint strainer (sold by harbor freight). As long as I clean the ab out thoroughly it runs just fine.

I checked needle tip, not bent, fully cleaned out, tried using soap and water to clean, still having the sputtering issue. I'll look into a new airbrush soon, for now I'll just go back to my brush, when I get to paint again.

Easter weekend was fun time with the family , much egg hunting done, unfortunately everywhere we went had egg recycling, so no free plastic eggs, just a ton of candy . Got to see some family (mine) yesterday before going to work and he wife taking the kids to her dads and grandparents.

Nothing new hobby built, ideas are percolating, but the motivation hasn't hit me. But something is scurrying around in the dark corners of my mind .

The Testors airbrush thinner is specifically for acrylics right? I know you'll never get a mix from totally incompatabe paint and thinner (like acrylic paint and mineral spirits / enamel thinner) but if it's something like water based paint and isopropyl alcohol they will mix but they might act funny anyway.

What made me think of this is I've been dying leather with alcahol based dye through an airbrush recently and swapping H2O and the alcohol would give me the opisite problem of the "paint" not drying quick enough.

Yeah, Testors is for Acrylics, but there is no alcohol in it. I think theo is just using that el-cheapo Iwata Knock-off I sent him,....

Just ordered a new airbrush, hopefully I'll get it to work right otherwise there will be a lot of models and a slightly used compressor on eBay soon . I kid......maybe. I did some brushwork this morning, 20 mantic orcs now have their basic yellow layer down or armor and cloaks, and the initial green skin base tone is on hem as well. He wife is out tonight at a trivia night, I'll be home with the kids, Harry potter movie and Dairy Queen concretes . I'll probably sit at he kitchen table and maybe do a few more colors and layers while they watch the movie or do their own crafts.

Creature caster kickstarter is still going strong and has unlocked the treewoman, next looks like a zombie dragon. Though my favorite suggestion for a stretch goal is in the lead, I don't see it happening, though I hope it does. Image spoilered for effect.

what a gigantic beaver shot...er...

well your AB struggles sure don´t sound good... I keep crossing my fingers for you theo...productivity limitations due to tools that don´t do their duty... with our free time being so limited...that is not a thing we should tolerate ...

also...thanks for the rules...the whole minions theme in itself makes it even possible to field two entire armies yellow minions vs purple and then I could use these rules even

scary Chimera of Canada there!

What AB did you order?

@dave, http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004KNDQMM/ref=redir_mdp_mobile, it's the one the blackadder uses(hehe), also a clone and got it on sale for $28.49, three needles as well. Once i have it I will have something to compare my other one to and see if I can figure what's wrong with it.
@vik, not only is it a big beaver shot it has a huge rack as well
@shaso, the new name circulating around for it is the canucachimera.

Not much painting happened last night, more snuggle time than anything. Still catching up
On sleep, wicked tired this week. Maybe today after church and stuff.

Sweet! That looks kind of like an Iwata HP with the needle regulator on the back. What is that control on the bottom front I wonder? I'll definitely be interested too see how it works! Remember to use the bigger needle for acrylics first to eliminate frustration.