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Ive got alot of questions, that I need some help finding the answers for.
Christmas is coming as we all know, or whatever holiday you happen to celebrate this time of year.
And, theres some things im looking for...

1: Does anyone know of a good, hobby starter set, like the tool set GW sells for about 120$, comes with a vice, clippers, file set, sculpting tools, etc.
2: Does anyone know of good green stuff tutorials, im looking to model trenchcoats on my imperial guardsmen.
3: Where to get good, cheaper green stuff. Im thinking of buying from Gale Force 9, since 100g's of greenstuff goes for around 20$.
4: Where I can get pig-iron minitures, the head spruces, and backpack/pouch spruces for a good price.
5: A paint set, like the GW one, thats currently being sold. Goes for around 250$, has all the paints, flock, paintbrushes, glue, etc.
I think thats it...

Thanks for your help Dakka.

i would say try building the starter set piecemeal, on ebay for example.
same for the green stuff.

on the pig iron, check out: http://www.rattleheadgames.com/index.html

go check thewarstore.com there is cheap green stuff, and for those drills and sruff go visit some random hobby store.

For tools I use www.expotools.com

Shipping to France from the UK isn't too bad,
not too sure about USA though!

Probably will still be cheaper than Games Workshop!

Zaku350 wrote:
5: A paint set, like the GW one, thats currently being sold. Goes for around 250$, has all the paints, flock, paintbrushes, glue, etc.

GW make a good one a lot like that!!!!!!

The GW hobby starter kit is the only one I know of but you can get all the same tools or better, cheaper, elsewhere. You have to do more searching around.

Green Stuff is the putty called Kneadatite, repackaged and marked up in price. Check the Internet for cheapest suppliers.

Look into other epoxy putties such as Milliput, as well.

Pig Iron bits can be ordered direct from Pig Iron and the way the £ is tanking at the moment that may be the cheapest option.

No-one does a complete painting/basing starter like the GW one. As with the tools set, you can get all the items cheaper elsewhere but you have to shop around.

Soon I'm going to do some modeling of trench coats. When I do, and I've got it down pat, I'll post an article on it here. It's going to have to wait a bit though.