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Ahah - I didn't come up with a good substitute for Spanish when I was typing that

Thanks fellas.
Vik, you're a DCM!- when did that happen? Belated welcome to the Elite!

Hey, don't be cutting up any Mordians I might be trying to buy. I still need to get a squad of them.

You missed his welcome thread in the mosh pit Dave?

OK, don't cut up any Mordians that Valhalla's looking at. (Have we got a Mordian220 on Dakka who wants Valhallans?)

Dr H wrote:^ beat me to that Vik

LOL!!!

dsteingass wrote:Thanks fellas.
Vik, you're a DCM!- when did that happen? Belated welcome to the Elite!

thank you dave! and it was a birthday present of shrike.... now i need to get me some spare time to really enjoy that for real!^^

I hear all kind of freaky gak happens in DCM land? lots of leather and glass coffee table type stuff! maybe even a bath full of custard a wetsuit and a shaved ferret?

aye... that totaly correct! better join now

Woh sounds like the place I've been dreaming about

 Rogue Wolves wrote:
Woh sounds like the place I've been dreaming about

soho?

Anyways fellas, I'm going to call this one finished!












Thanks for listening, Chiiiildren!

Gotta say, you made me more of a fan of the malc. Still not a Dan of space Brits, if I'm honest.

Sweet! Quality malc there Dave, some great weathering, and good choice of vehicle number too

Yeah WM, never saw you as a Dan

Thanks WM! I think it's because FW made this great tank, then only markets it for "second line defenses and renegade militias" -It's 100x better than the new crappy Russ kit IMHO.

Thanks Monkey! The number is, of course a reference to Douglas Adams

Great weathering on that tank, Dave. And I love the redcoat!

Thanks Merlin! Much appreciated!

Outstanding! Now that looks a tank in need of a fresh paint job! excellent weathering of sand storm blasted paint!

Thanks Shas! If anyone would be kind enough to vote for the images, I'd appreciate it as always.

Wait, these images can be voted on??? Gosh!

I post the completed pics here on Dakka due to popular demand, (and the nifty auto-fix option) but my WIPs are usually quicker just to upload to photobucket.

Ok voted for them
It would however be easier if you had arranged all those pics as one (simply stack them up in photoshop or something)

I'd call that a jolly spiffing job. Well done old chap.

 monkeytroll wrote:
You missed his welcome thread in the mosh pit Dave?

OK, don't cut up any Mordians that Valhalla's looking at. (Have we got a Mordian220 on Dakka who wants Valhallans?)

Hah! Nah, my IG army has been in progress since 2000. I started with Valhallans, but I recently decided I also wanted a squad of each of the metal models. Or at least the Praetorians and Mordians. I think the Tallarn would look out of place with the winter soldiers. And then I'm getting a squad of Squats to round it out. I also have a penal squad made up of Necromunda figures and a couple of old Rogue Trader mercs led by the new Arbites leader model. Painting them has never really gotten off the ground. I jsut can't sit down and do one thing long enough to finish anything. Not to mention that I now wnat to strip and repaint all my old models. Or... maybe just rebase them. I did manage to get 30 models painted up and they would disappear into the sea of troopers pretty well I think...


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Oh, and fantastic Malc, dsteingass. Very well done.

Thanks Valhalla! - I've got a few old Mordians, Tallarns, Steel Legion and Valhallans (you can still buy them all from GW Specialist games part of the website btw), but I never got any Praetorians or Vostroyans in metal. Like you, I just wanted a squad or at least one of each pose.

Oh, yeah.. I had a squad of Steel Legion that was stolen from me. I'd like to replace them too. So... add that squad in too. lol

You would think Vostroyans would fit right in, but I really don't like them. Although... originally I didn't like Mordians and now i think they're super neat.

I never finished painting my Steel Legion because I never found the heavy bolter or lascannon teams for some reason. I got a few Missile Launcher teams, but never found the other HW teams.

And now onto my favorite subject..TOOLS
specifically, the infamous $8 airbrush




It has a nice heft to it, at first I was afraid the action was a bit clunky, but it turns out it just needed broken down, disassembled and set-up properly.
It's a high quality machined aluminum, not cast pot metal like one moronic internet reviewer wrote. I'm also surprised at the high quality of the Chrome plating, inside and out.

The color cup is rounded on the bottom, not beveled, and not flat, so paint should flow nicely in theory

The needle protector is nice and deep, so there shouldn't be any real chance of bending the needle accidentally when working or when backflushing the tool while cleaning.

Another feature, that is much different than my Badger Airbrushes, is the brass nozzle. On my Badgers, this is not threaded at all, it is just friction-mounted. On this brush, everything else is tool-less except the nozzle, it uses this funny-looking wrench.

Here you can see the spray regulator housing is universal for all 3 needle/nozzle sizes that fit this airbrush. This is the .3mm needle/nozzle tip, it also supports a smaller .2mm, and a larger .5mm needle/nozzle combo if so desired.

This little set screw on the bottom fits into a groove in the spring assembly to help you tighten the spring tension. On my Badger brushes, this feature is another knurled adjuster ring on the spring assembly itself. Not wrong, just different
Now I am anxious to try spraying, it has definitely exceeded my expectations so far.

I had almost the exact same airbrush

Its a great little workhorse, did crumble and die after a year of frequent use though.

At $8, I think I'm ok with that
What do you mean crumble and die? What broke?
I ruin at least one Badger needle a month myself, I couldn't imagine one needle lasting a whole year.
At this price, I could easily buy a bunch of them, teach a class or something, and give an AB to every student, or just give it to someone to learn with or get started airbrushing. There is a lot of general airbrush advice out there on the web, in books and magazines, but I'd say 90% of it is irrelevant to hobbyists lie us. We waste so much time reading about single action, external mix, siphon feed, etc. That crap is useless for our scale. Hobbyists are going to be dissapointed and frustrated if they spend $100+ on something that is unusable. Double action, gravity feed, needle limiter are the most useful features for our hobby, everything else is just noise we don't need or want.


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The way I see it, it's a lot like playing the Piano or the Guitar, you really NEED the instrument first in order to learn how to play it.


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DOH! My Badger Ab hose fitting is too small!! I need a fitting before I can test it.

This guy's review of the G22 points to the strange O-ring behind the nozzle as it's biggest weakness
https://sites.google.com/site/donsairbrushtips/master-g22

Comparison shot

I couldnt work it out, it was puzzling, just gave up the ghost one day. I think its to be expected eventually with a cheap airbrush though.

It served me damn well though, painted my titan with that little sucker

I love titans, but I could only own a Warlord titan, and that would be much too big. I do plan to buy the Epic model of it one day though.

Titans are never too big! Do it do it It only takes up ~3 cubic feet