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I noticed someone here discussing airbrushes, and someone commenting that you should always buy the most expensive one you can afford.

I disagree with this. Although I'm usually the one to say that it's worth paying the extra $$ to get a quality/respected brand, my own recent experience with this is slightly contrary to that sentiment.

First airbrush I bought cost around $120 bucks, a branded brush that came with no spare parts whatsoever. While using it, I kept getting blockages, spitting (even when thinning my paints to the extent that I had no coverage whatsoever) and it was hell to clean. Then about a month ago, I managed to "break" the nozzle while trying to unscrew it for a thorough clean. I went to the store where I bought it (a good 1hr drive) to get replacements, but they were sold out. At that point I'd just started a new project and was really impatient to get going, so on the way home, I went to a discount tool-shop (less than 30 minutes from my house) and bought a $60 brush. Same nozzle size, and it came with spare parts. When I came home to try it out I had really low expectations of it, but I was really very pleasantly surprised. No blockages and no spitting even after using it for a long time, and cleanup was at least half the effort. Where the old, expensive one is better, is in detail painting, as the paint-flow control is somewhat better. But I can still paint quite small details with the cheapo brush.

I've long thought about doing a Necromunda gang. Unfortunately, no one around here plays. But if I were to do one... I'd have to play the fuzz. Arbites all the way. I've always been fascinated by the Adeptus Arbites. I even bought that Arbites omnibus... and made it thru the first book. I may try the next one some day to see if gets better.

If I made an arbites force, one would have to be named Dredd
He could draw massive fore for my other arbites, and his shout would be on his base for all to see, "I am The Law!!"

Glad to see that you're back to 'munda Dave!

Give me a while to go through everything that I missed...

I need to go back thru the thread and find the Necromunda stuff to look at. I didn't want to sift thru over 400 pgs worth of stuff.

Pretty much his start, he converted card stock and made them out of plasticard for a more solid and 3-d feel

When I saw that first post, I didn't read closely enough. I thought those were GW Necromunda buildings!!!

Seriously good job, dstein!

Thanks guys. I'll have a bit of a delay I'm afraid. I'm sick, and if I don't feel better by friday the doctor will probably admit me to the hospital for pneumonia. Bad case of Bronchitis.

Sounds nasty Dave. Take care.

Valhalla, I just got the Arbites trilogy paperback yesterday along with the newest Dan Abnett: Pariah. I'll probably read it soon after Pariah.
Well, I'll read bits between drug/fever-induced naps anyways

Hope you feel better, Dave. That Arbites book was decent, if not as good as Abnett. I stilll look forward to reading the rest some day, but I seem to have acquired a nice library of BL books that I haven't gotten thru yet.

I love Dan's books, the part I hate is that I've read them all, so now I have to wait forever for new ones.

 dsteingass wrote:
I love Dan's books, the part I hate is that I've read them all, so now I have to wait forever for new ones.

I feel your pain Dave! I love a good Black Library book myself sad thing is they're far between in a lot of cases! I still think Ian Watson's 'Space Marine' is the best i've ever read!! and I can also sympathise with you about being crook! I too have just been in hospital with pnuemonia and asthma+Bronchitis not fun, it put my posting of the Golden Bathtub prizes back a while, I should get to it today fingers crossed! then on to painting that tank of mine

I had pneumonia last year for all of February. Didn't know it until the end of the month when I finally went to the doctor and got some meds that cleared it up in a week or two.

You guys can work thru this.

Hope you feel better Dave, I have only just got over a case of Bronchitis myself ( although not majorly bad ) A few antibiotics and I was back on track , hope you feel better quickly mate.

Hope you get well soon, Dave.

Hate chest cookies

Chest Oysters! :-(

Dave, two bits of news for ya dude! firstly I have sent the supply drop to you today! just popped it in an unmanned shuttle for transport, programmed the servitor to bring it straight to you soon! and secondly I did manage to finish my tank i started! :-)

Oh dude, I haven't sent yours yet!
Thanks everybody! Ladygeek is taking wonderful care of me.

Good to hear, it is best for rest aand fluids with lung oysters

Yeah, I slept about 18 hours yesterday, I'll probably doze again soon, codeine has that effect


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@SgtSixkilla- you are right, before you buy an airbrush you need to decide on a General Purpose AB or a detail AB. I'd suggest a GP brush first, then expand onto a detail AB when you are ready. They may look similar, but as shown in my previously posted needle/nozzle photo, paint has to be carefully manipulated to spray through a tiny detail AB nozzle. Pressure is also super important, since ideally, you want the atomization set so that the paint doesn't dry before it hits the surface but also isn't too wet that it runs.

Sleep is the best ally for the immune system

hey dave... that sounds like a nasty piece of sickness... sleep it off! and let your lady geek take care of you! tho hospital is a pretty bad lookout... only ever been there once in my life... hated every damned day of it... no real sleep and food and the nurses were bad... and not in a bad good way... just bad.... talk about ruined clichees...

well really... get better!

 dsteingass wrote:
Oh dude, I haven't sent yours yet!
Thanks everybody! Ladygeek is taking wonderful care of me.

that's alright Dave i'm in no rush! I just wanted to make sure i got everything i had to send out posted in one hit! I just hope I didn't mix up the addresses of everything or it could be interesting in a week when people get random things in the mail! I hope you enjoy the goodies and they are useful? can't wait to see what you do with them when you get better! I hear inhaling paint from an airbrush does wonders for Pneumonia?

Thanks man.
I REALLY don't want to be admitted to the hospital, it sounds like it will suck any way you look at it. I think I'm getting better, but I dunno, I've slept the last three days away, I don't know much at all other than the book Pariah, which I am about to finish. If you're a fan of the Eisenhorn/Ravenor books, this is a MUST..it's so good, really good.

I need to buy both of those omnibuses so I can then get the new book.

YEs! They are worth $15 or whatever a paperback each, also this year's BL Games Day Anthology book has a prequel story to Pariah in it. Having finished Pariah just now, I am off to read it

congrats on finishing the tank buddy, and the new stuff looks promising too. cant get enough guard.

Thanks Neil!- Although they look like Guard, they are in fact, the newer Orlock sculpts

ha ha ha , i was talking about the cadian/catchan dude with the sword, although the orlocks would make a nice ranger /sniper detachment though.