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Try resting you elbows on the arms of a chair when you paint it might help. Or you could be diabettic and not know about it.

I wish my chair had arms ;-; I are too poor to afford the arms.. Lol jk jk xD It doesn't have arms sadly.

I could be.. Wouldn't be surprised actually. Hives when I scratch, itchy all the time, shakes. I'm just a walking health problem >< xP I'm actually thinking meditation would help.

I have knee problems if that makes ya feel any better.

A good paint stripper I use is Castrol Super Clean, or under the new name Super Clean. As for painting , Practice practice, practice. All there is too it. For the broken clear plastic Flight bases, you can simply drill a very small hole into the stand itself and insert a cut safety pen into the hole and poke it into your drone, where the peg used to sit

Bunnygurl- a little

Medabee- Hmm ok.. Ill look into that one too. And yes, ill practice my arse off pretty soon. Yeah I think Ill try that once I get ahold of a pinning drill. Greenstuff, pin it, and prey the super glue holds all xP

bunnygurl wrote:I have knee problems if that makes ya feel any better.

Me too.

Seems to be the only thing I lack is knee problems ><

Tazay wrote:Seems to be the only thing I lack is knee problems ><

That I have .....

Went to doctor today about my shaking, said it was natural >< So I guess Ill deal with it. Also found out my skin is super dry >< Yay

Ok a quick pictureless update..

Today was a good day. So here are the events that took place.

1: I got the battles suits roughly painted.Ill do some fine details pretty soon this weekend probably.
2: I almost ruined my drawing tablet and brother's camera. Spilt my paint water all over them >< Managed to dry them quickly enough to avoid any noticable damage.

3: I've gotten some support for my Fundraiser Marathon Thingy for Child's Play. 8D If anyone wants info on that you can find it here- http://on.fb.me/e3wqB4

Thats all for now.. Sadly.

1. Glad to hear to got some painting in. I started painting more Clanrats yesterday afternoon, but promptly ADDed and moved on to assembly my Beastmen Chariot, which btw, is a b**ch to build, at least IMO.
2. Kudos to your swiftness. I could only imagine there would be hell to pay for a ruined camera, no?
3. 58 hrs of video games? My hubby would be proud. -_- However if it's for charity then would wouldn't be proud eh? Good luck.

Ill have pictures of my battlesuits tonight, as they are almost all done somewhat xP . Ouch. Always hate B**ches to build. Currently trying to help my friends with his baneblade >< Sooo many parts..

Thanks Yes, he spent 700 dollars on it, and I'm the only one who uses it xD Id have to pay him back, and I don't have even a tenth of that to my name ><

Yep 58 hours of Halo xD Most people would be proud. Just got the local comic store to help support it, so we will have some more coverage 8D

Mate have a look @ my Night Lords please.

Miss Dee wrote:Mate have a look @ my Night Lords please.

I was last night, they look awesome

Well I painted a little more last night. Tried a new idea on the battle suits. I don't think it turned out very well (Sad Face) But oh well..

Sorry the paint jobs are not the greatest. My paint refuses to work with me. I tried watering it down, and it wouldn't stick. Hopefully I can get a job soon to start buying better paints, and maybe get some new models to paint up.

They eyes need ALOT more work on this one.




All slanty xP

The grey, black and white looks good. Better than the red. I love the red windshield on the Devilfish is it? I'm not that up on Tau.

I agree, its much nicer, and cleaner. And yes it is a devil fish. Looks so devlish.. ( xP )

Do you wash your minis b4 painting?

Hey Tazay, Your new scheme is very similar to my old tau which had a white over black with red highlights, I liked the slick look it gives the battlesuits and firewarriors, a real B*%ch to do on vehicles though! I have to say you need to start using more layers and thinning your paint though, some of paint is quite chunky.

Looking forward to seeing more!

Miss Dee: I didn't. I didnt think to wash them until after I started painting everything. Sadly.

Blackhand: Yeah I'm trying to find the best mix for water and paint for my paints. And yeah more layers will be put on. Hopefully an improvement will be sson on the firewarriors soon. And really? That sounds sweet. Do you have pictures?

Yep, heres my Tau blog, these where the first minis I ever painted and they suffer from thick paint syndrome as well but you have to start somewhere!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/287309.page

Have since sold them to a guy in the states but still have a few Kroot lying around waiting for a paintjob

Ok those are awesome! I love the paint job you did. Didn't think white and black with red would look good. I was wrong >< Thick Paint Syndrom thankfully goes away.. Hopefully xP

Thanks man, I just wish that foundation paints and washes were around when I painted them, would have been much easier to work the white up from denehb stone instead of having to paint like 4 coats of white!

It was cool the way that the white undercoat blinged up the blood red though. Have a think about getting the FW tau transfers as well. They are pretty nice, and crisp transfers always help give an army a "finished look" IMHO

If you have thick paint tru to get your hands on mixing medium P3 have it, but I have never been able to get any.

Mixing Medium P3? Hmm

Looking nice. I do like that color scheme. My only issue (and it's a small one) is that the shoulder pads on the Fire Warriors are upside down, but I'm just nitpicking. It has to suck to have to use 20 year old paints.

For my Tau I use an olive green, black, dark brown, and light gray with white sept markings.

Here if you want to see.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-40568-14910_Shas%27o%20Mann%27s%20Wip%20Tau%20Army.html
(Don't mind the Die, I was bored and painted it.)
I just got the battleforce about a month ago so I only have a few models painted and not all have been photographed.

Also, I think it is cool what you are doing for charity btw.

I like those colours. The olive, brown and gray really go together well!.

I know they are upside down I deliberately did it that way. Thought it looked nicer.

Thanks. We are still looking for people to help promote. Give publicity to us. Its getting to the point its just friends, and we are kind of getting really antsy about it ><

Thanks. Oh, I see, I wasn't sure if it was deliberate or a mistake.

Ok so I have yet to get anymore painting done on anything. Sadly BUTTT I did model something new(ish)


Using some spare bits I had, and my friend had laying around I created the Tau Mobile Exo-Suit v1.



I know it still needs legs. I was hoping one of my friend would have spare SM legs, but sadly no one does ( crying) so I think I'll have to make due with Firewarrior legs. (Though I want to beef them up a bit though don't know how to go about it).

I used a CSM body, tau helmet (Inspired by another Tau Blog on Dakka, can't remember which one though >< ) and Battlesuit arms (from my broadside). I'm hoping to make a whole squad eventually. Which would look pretty epic.

I think It will count as a Battlesuit (The rules I use for it). But without deepstrike capabilities. Any ideas on what weapons I can put on him etc?

Other pics-

Update: I started painting some more (at school right now so I don't have any pictures yet) BUT I watered down the paint just a little bit more than I usually try and it seems to have gone on A LOT smoother than usual. Though it will require a few layers more than usual to cover up the black completely.

Also for my conversion models I have decided on stealth suit legs, so I think I will make a squad of 3 of them for fun. So ill be buying a stealth suit squad soon for this little project.