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Nice work on the terrain there, dude!

Viktor von Domm wrote:by the way...what material is the ROB made of by the way?

It is some industrial plastic. I am going to say ABS hard plastic, it can take quite a hit.

Casey's Law wrote:Nice work on the terrain there, dude!

Danke! More to come.

Thanks for that info, was expecting it to be made of resin ...but that sure is more sturdy...

Im glad you decided to use grass instead of just painting the board. Really classes it up.

Viktor von Domm wrote:Thanks for that info, was expecting it to be made of resin ...but that sure is more sturdy...

you must be crazy to think it be resin. That is forgeworld !

40kFSU wrote:Im glad you decided to use grass instead of just painting the board. Really classes it up.

Thanks.. Back to the title of this thread, i did some work and put in a teaser of what is next.

As with everything in my life. When i complete, i must take pics. It just needs a protective coat of varnish and its good to go for the table.

Beautiful work.

It looks great comradepanda , the weathering/wash really tied up the look . Love the last picture it really looks to me like he finish guy is picking on another guy with no arms.....poke whoopsies you fell over . I would never endorse this.....but might laugh

Good work Panda. Looks like it's seen quite a few battlefields.

The last pic' looks to me like he turning to the other one and saying "What the **** happened to you?"

Camkierhi wrote:Beautiful work.

Thanks Cam!

Theophony wrote:It looks great comradepanda , the weathering/wash really tied up the look . Love the last picture it really looks to me like he finish guy is picking on another guy with no arms.....poke whoopsies you fell over . I would never endorse this.....but might laugh

your thoughts here seem to be a trend

Dr H wrote:Good work Panda. Looks like it's seen quite a few battlefields.

The last pic' looks to me like he turning to the other one and saying "What the **** happened to you?"

You sir made me laugh.. have a cookie.

Really lovely job, matey!

It is looking like a thing of antiquity there!

looking good!

may I ask if you started a new comp already without me getting invited???

Today..marks a sad day... the wraith knight is most likely ruined. We will see. But, thus far looks like the varnishing process destroyed him..

So... yeah.. no pics.

Sad day!?!? Nonsense!! The perfect reason to go buy more stuff!!

 40kFSU wrote:
Sad day!?!? Nonsense!! The perfect reason to go buy more stuff!!

but 40 hours worth of labors.... he seems to be quite ok now at the varnish dries more. We will see.

Ouch... How, why???? Would sanding help?

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
Ouch... How, why???? Would sanding help?

Sanding a varnish? Well I never varnished before, so I may just suck at it(be completely new). Go figure. Because it can is my best bet.

Use a bettered fine sanding paper, this might work...
I cross my fingers for you...

Good luck. Hope it turns out ok.

I remembered something I read over at the Painting and Modeling forum. It was a thread about a guy who varnished his army and the models turned cloudy and gross. One of the responders said to re spray with a different kind of varnish. Testors Dullcoat, maybe. The second coat fixed the problem and models looked good as new. May be worth your time to try and find the thread and try it out.

Viktor von Domm wrote:Use a bettered fine sanding paper, this might work...
I cross my fingers for you...

the knight survived for the most part. Small amount of touching up need, I may need to break the head off and repaint it, but the body is ok.

Dr H wrote:Good luck. Hope it turns out ok.

Its turning out ok for a bad situation.

40kFSU wrote:I remembered something I read over at the Painting and Modeling forum. It was a thread about a guy who varnished his army and the models turned cloudy and gross. One of the responders said to re spray with a different kind of varnish. Testors Dullcoat, maybe. The second coat fixed the problem and models looked good as new. May be worth your time to try and find the thread and try it out.

I did exactly that. The foggy ness went away, but I have a very rough finish. Hoping some brush coat and mineral spirits will fix it.

I have no idea if this will work, but if I am working on wood, and I get a bad coat, I wire wool and wax it. Kinda French polishing. Works a treat. Strips back a layer, polishes it smooth. Not sure if it will work in a model. A small abrasive pad, and some bees wax, maybe worth a go.

I know varnishing screw ups can be totally demoralizing, but clear pictures of what happened will help in giving the correct advice/instruction to fix it. Cloudiness, for example, usually results from the spray varnish drying before hitting the model. The cloudiness comes from the light hitting an uneven surface. It can often be fixed with a layer of gloss varnish - which will smooth out the surface and make everything well again (and then you can reapply a matt finish) But without pics, it's hard to say that this would be your best course of action. Post some pics up. Let DakkaDakka re-moralize you

Hey Panda, for some reason I've missed this blog of yours - some wonderful work as always from your good self

Huzzah! the dark gods favour me. I saved the mini. I used some mineral spirits and a paper towel to buff the varnish and smooth it out. It isn't perfect, but the guy went from ugly to pretty. Keep that tip in mind.. also.. a quick photo for proofs. He isn't perfect any more, but he will play.





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Camkierhi wrote:I have no idea if this will work, but if I am working on wood, and I get a bad coat, I wire wool and wax it. Kinda French polishing. Works a treat. Strips back a layer, polishes it smooth. Not sure if it will work in a model. A small abrasive pad, and some bees wax, maybe worth a go.

maybe, idk, I am dont touching him! haha

for now.

Arakasi wrote:I know varnishing screw ups can be totally demoralizing, but clear pictures of what happened will help in giving the correct advice/instruction to fix it. Cloudiness, for example, usually results from the spray varnish drying before hitting the model. The cloudiness comes from the light hitting an uneven surface. It can often be fixed with a layer of gloss varnish - which will smooth out the surface and make everything well again (and then you can reapply a matt finish) But without pics, it's hard to say that this would be your best course of action. Post some pics up. Let DakkaDakka re-moralize you

Danke Arakasi, you motivated to me to touch it, and try to save it with some small amount of victory.

Ruglud wrote:Hey Panda, for some reason I've missed this blog of yours - some wonderful work as always from your good self

Hey Ruglud, Welcome.. I am just about to throw this thread into over drive.

Bless chaos united... Thankfully the model is back to pretty again!
Tho I have to ask...why has it now that greenish tint? Or is it justllightning?

Good to see it worked out in the end.

I am just about to throw this thread into over drive.

Woot!

 cormadepanda wrote:

I am just about to throw this thread into over drive.

Buckled up for the ride, hit the gas!

Didn't notice the "angry eyes" before, nice

Viktor von Domm wrote:Bless chaos united... Thankfully the model is back to pretty again!
Tho I have to ask...why has it now that greenish tint? Or is it justllightning?

just the lighting, it looks quite normal in day light/real life.

Dr H wrote:Good to see it worked out in the end.

I am just about to throw this thread into over drive.

Woot!

Thank you Dr!

Theophony wrote:

 cormadepanda wrote:

I am just about to throw this thread into over drive.

Buckled up for the ride, hit the gas!

Didn't notice the "angry eyes" before, nice

More skinny pedal.

A shaky moment but it looks like you owned it. Overdrive? Hell yeah!