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logg_frogg wrote:This is the unit I have been using Iffy
It's pretty much the heaviest duty *home style* unit tha you can buy and it cost me $100 + shipping.
I am quite happy with it but am looking to upgrade to a comercial style unit for approx $130.(similar to this one: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/DSA50SE-SK2-FULL-SET-INDUSTRIAL-GRADE-3L-3-17QT-250W-DIGITAL-ULTRASONIC-CLEANER?item=290604862797&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8247319298606037777)
The important things to look for when purchasing an ultrasonic cleaner are quality of construction and the amount of control you have. more control over heat and time are essential to getting a good clean!
If you are looking it's worth saving the extra few dollars to get into a small comercial/industrial style unit.
Basically if you aren't spending $100 for a new unit you are probably wasting your money and nobody likes that!

Ah, now this is something I agree with. No point spending even small amounts of cash if the product is going to be a "waste".

I may well invest in one of these, they would save me a lot of hassle in the long run.. my funds have been decimated by Diablo 3 (€60 Blizzard, are you fething for real?) and the webcam I am buying so I can record mini painting and what not, but if I get a few more Ebay sales before this batch of commissions is done, I will prob get one of these soon enough.

I also need to stop overworking commissions I am already doing cheaply I think.. slight epiphany this morning :S ugh. /slaps self

logg_frogg wrote:I almost forgot to mention, Excellent work on the tank!
That is the style I want to do my nurgle tanks in, loving it!

The tank is super fun, I wrote how I painted it on my FB painting page, but Ill pm you it if you want

Gitsplitta wrote:BYW Iffy... speaking of work you didn't get paid for. I loved the artwork you put on the box you sent my orks in. I'll keep and post it. I'd send the next batch of figures back to you in that same box except it looks like it got pretty squished on the trip over-seas.
However... I do remember winning a little contest you sponsored on your blog a while back... trying to guess your favorite drink or some such, the prize for which was a drawing... I'll count the box as my prize for that!

Oh.. OH. I HAD FORGOTTEN I DID THIS.
The womans face in the post office, the stare I got, AHAHAHAH AKLSD:LAKSD: oh WOW it was freaking hilarious.

Post office lady : /suspicious glare
Me: "Uh.."
Post office lady: /narrows eyes
Me: "..It's.. for a friend?"

Brilliant.

Haha! I preordered my Diablo III as soon as it was available >.<

It will end my free time starting on the 15th..... oh boi..

I'm lying to myself by saying I will use the auction house enough to actually make back the cash the game has cost me..

It could possible happen in fairness. I get.. grindy.. with these games.

Hrmh.

Ifalna, what color did you use for that bright green on the Carnifex's claws? I must have missed it--but I need that green for my ALEPH for Infinity...

Main body of the green is scorpion green, final bright parts are sunburst yellow with a hint of scorp

Sweetness. Thanks Ifalna.

That Nurgle tank is corking. It's great to see your talents extend in all directions (not that that was ever in doubt, but still). Irritatingly talented, arncha?

inmygravenimage wrote:That Nurgle tank is corking. It's great to see your talents extend in all directions (not that that was ever in doubt, but still). Irritatingly talented, arncha?

Ohhh man, it was totally the sponge and airbrush, they did nearly all the work!

I finished up the tiny commish and the tank today, heres the Empire guys first.



Loads of fun, just to tabletop but I sneaked in some wood grain detail cause WHY NOT. Fun trying to make them quite defined looking while not going above tabletop, and working with yellow is always.. enjoyable../cough.


And the rhino, which I am super proud of as it's actually the first vehicle I have ever painted! MILESTONE TIME!!

Huge pic for zoomy.



I think I went above tabletop with this which I really should not have, but I was enjoying myself an awful lot and learned plenty from it. Such as " These things are much larger than I thought and I need to charge more, bigtime. " ugh.

There are 6 more marines to be painted in the exact same scheme, but they need to be reassembled after a horrible issue in transit Haha.

The squig had some work done today but its very subtle shading and highlighting so far, so not worth a photo update

horrible issue in transit

Oh my...I hope they're alright...

It seems that all my favorite blogs here are shutting down after the 15th. I'd be upset, but I think I'll be too busy to notice

Dang Iffy... that rhino is first class!

prime12357 wrote:

horrible issue in transit

Oh my...I hope they're alright...

It seems that all my favorite blogs here are shutting down after the 15th. I'd be upset, but I think I'll be too busy to notice

What's the 15th?

Diablo 3 I'm going to try and not vanish by painting at my desk while I grind. It's... the only way.

And cheers gits, I'm well proud of it considering I had no idea what to do originally.

Rhino is great, congrats on your first vehicle

first vehicle!?! well it looks great Iff, luck of the irish much?? nice weathering btw

I have that same model of ultra sonic cleaner, I use it in a commerical application to clean dirtly carbs and parts it works really well and would clean up the models nicely and help with fixing warped mini's

You'd think I'd know that as I also ordered it.

Awesome rhino, Iffy! I love the worn, dirty look of it!

The weathering on the top hatches for the Rhino are really terrific.

prime12357 wrote:

horrible issue in transit

Oh my...I hope they're alright...

It seems that all my favorite blogs here are shutting down after the 15th. I'd be upset, but I think I'll be too busy to notice

On the plus side the issue happened on the way there and not on the way back after shipping

That reminds me of the forgeworld order I received in a crushed flat box last year >.< Lets just say air packing was my best friend!



I actually can't wait for the cash auction house! It will save me having to sell items on eBay!
IIIIII can't wait for the grind! I'll PM you my accnt once I get things up and running if the servers allow cross continental gaming

logg_frogg wrote:
On the plus side the issue happened on the way there and not on the way back after shipping
That reminds me of the forgeworld order I received in a crushed flat box last year >.< Lets just say air packing was my best friend!

I actually can't wait for the cash auction house! It will save me having to sell items on eBay!
IIIIII can't wait for the grind! I'll PM you my accnt once I get things up and running if the servers allow cross continental gaming

Yeahhh, I've been lucky enough to not have any packages arrive in horrible shape, this was just an internal packaging issue. He thought cotton balls would do the trick, they did not. Hahaha. Poor wee guys. Unpinned metal figs in transport = no.

Sounds like a plan, I am hoping for cross cont multiplayer too, hopefully will be possible as won't be near the server strain of running an mmo on worldwide servers, fer sure. Will be grinding non stop. Seriously. I have problems with this kind of thing.

I at one point had 8 wow accounts for multiboxing grinding lulz. Oh god.

That only makes me wonder how they're going to handle the auction house when they inevitably release the game on cosoles...

Sell gear for Microsoft Points? For Sony Cash? Link a Paypal account to your 360?

Madness.

I think I'm going to have to wait for Torchlight 2... if only because of this guy.




I mean... that's a character class right there.

can you show us how you paint that beautiful rhino?

Capitansolstice wrote:can you show us how you paint that beautiful rhino?

I cannae show you how as I don't have any way to record painting at the moment, but a quick walkthrough I posted on tumblr was:

Great ageing on the tank! Any tips you can give?

Don’t be neat!

Seriously, thats the main thing I’ve learned from aging, the neater you try to be the less organic it looks.

I airbrushed it from black to bleached bone to dead flesh, then sprayed on mud with dark flesh and bestial brown, then I ripped some sponge up and dabbed on dark flesh and BB again to make rust, followed up by a lighter sponge of boltgun and mithril.

I then slapped on a mix of badab and devlin mud with a tank brush and wiped it off any flat panels, then I added some Devlin mud streaks dripping from some hinges. After that was dry, I rehighlighted the chipped areas with mithril and gave it a final touch up of Devlin mud in areas I figured should be darker.

It sounds like it takes forever but you really need to focus on making it organic and not spending a long time getting it perfect.

Oh and as for the xbox d3, Im guessing paypal? Not sure how else it could work. Torchlight is amazing, I have near 100 hours on the original. God, what is wrong with me. Can't wait for the new one either

Ifalna wrote:

logg_frogg wrote:
On the plus side the issue happened on the way there and not on the way back after shipping
That reminds me of the forgeworld order I received in a crushed flat box last year >.< Lets just say air packing was my best friend!

I actually can't wait for the cash auction house! It will save me having to sell items on eBay!
IIIIII can't wait for the grind! I'll PM you my accnt once I get things up and running if the servers allow cross continental gaming

Yeahhh, I've been lucky enough to not have any packages arrive in horrible shape, this was just an internal packaging issue. He thought cotton balls would do the trick, they did not. Hahaha. Poor wee guys. Unpinned metal figs in transport = no.

Sounds like a plan, I am hoping for cross cont multiplayer too, hopefully will be possible as won't be near the server strain of running an mmo on worldwide servers, fer sure. Will be grinding non stop. Seriously. I have problems with this kind of thing.

I at one point had 8 wow accounts for multiboxing grinding lulz. Oh god.

haha!! good you will fit right in! One of my close friends IRL took 2 weeks off of work for launch ... and he's a bank manager

logg_frogg wrote:

haha!! good you will fit right in! One of my close friends IRL took 2 weeks off of work for launch ... and he's a bank manager

My partner took a week off for launch too, it is going to be an extremely geeky week. I am beyond excited. I don't care if its basically d2 with improved graphics and crafting. I don't care.

That's because D2 was freaking amazing!

The math behind the game is top shelf!

After playing 4 different versions of the beta over the last 6 months what we are ending up with is far superior to what they started with!.... 6 more days! Too bad I will be stuck at work for the first 18 hours after release.

logg_frogg wrote: Too bad I will be stuck at work for the first 18 hours after release.

Want me to call you in sick?

It's hard to call in sick when I'm at a fly in fly out location 700km north from home

They would just ask me to go see the nurse!... and our higspeed connection isn't hooked up yet so I can't even pre-download >.<

The particular irony for logg_frogg is he actually is a treasure hunter in real life. Seriously considering blowing the money I'll get for exam marking on an Xbox and d3 m'self.

inmygravenimage wrote:The particular irony for logg_frogg is he actually is a treasure hunter in real life. Seriously considering blowing the money I'll get for exam marking on an Xbox and d3 m'self.

I actually am part of a team that manages construction and expantion at a Gold Mine That's like treasure hunting right?

On a side note. Gold bricks are way heavier than shown in movies. the average gold brick weighs 25kg's