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BadAss as always, Dr H.

Remember that you will get the least paint where you start your brushstroke, and the most paint where you end it. Consider this when highlighting for example.

 Paradigm wrote:
A kind of obvious one, but if you don't know how to do something, research it! In this day and age the Internet is flooded with tutorials, ranging from real-tive videos to written step-by-steps and across all levels of skill and detail; a quick search, read and plan before you sit down to paint can be immeasurably handy and save you hours of trial and error.

Obvious, but often neglected, particularly by newcomers to the hobby who want to charge in there with a brush and pot of glue. Even among hobbyists who've been at it for 2 years, I'm shocked by the amount of them who haven't looked up drybrushing, shading and other essential techniques.

Squash sprue with pliers to make it thinner. Poly cement to the underside of the base. This gives something thicker to pin into.

When removing paint, make sure you do it in well ventilated area, as paint stripper chemicals may release fumes that are strong in smell/taste. Do not faint, please!

One I thought about earlier: don't dismiss the techniques you learned when starting out. They might be simple, but with the brush skills you'll have learnt since then, drybrushes/washes and other basic techniques can still go a long way even when you're painting more advanced, detailed or technical stuff!

Absolutely. I hated dry brushing because it always looked clumsy and reminded me of how rudimentary my starter skills were.
I am just returned to it now, and can get some very soft, almost airbrush results with patience.

Which brings me to today's thought: There's too much paint on your brush.

When using super glue or epoxy, don't touch your eyes you utter moron.

Trevor 7: me 1

...7?

Should I call an adult?

I was testing the durability if the join on the tail - you'd think 24 hours for 90 second araldite would be enough.

Instantly gave.

HRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG

So I sanded and filed, switched to tarzan's grip, held it again - never even tried to grab.

Right, now it is time for fire. So I set him on fire to burn off any residual glue and to satisfy my need for inflicting ultraviolence.

I super glued him together, let that grab, put it in instant mold to try and build a frame to cure it. broke in the mold, refused to hold. The mold is now the wrong shape.

I screamed (on the inside, because everyone was asleep) and then got out the spring clamps. By spring clamping the larger section, I can get the smaller section to gracefully fall onto one of the arms of the same clamp - this solves my key problem, that there is literally no way of holding this bloody thing.

Anyway, I cleaned it, scored the surfaces, added more fire, then gave it a healthy dose of pure 5 minute araldite, mounted it, and walked away.

About 5 minutes later, I heard a loud BANG, and looked over to see what is left of a spring clamp spinning on my desk. Fortunately, this was a spring clamp holding together my fancy new Fulgrim models base, and not trev. No real damage, but here is another tip - don't buy cheap spring clamps.

And yeah, at some point I've managed to get glue in my eyes

kb_lock wrote:
Buttery, i built a paint shaker for about $20 here - the cheapest jigsaw you can buy, the smallest quickgrip clamp you can get.

Put the clamp in like a blade (i had to grind mine down a bit) then clamp in the paint pot.

Push butan, paint mixed

This got me thinking. Rubber band + Personal Massager wand your lady friend may have "for her neck and back" + paint = mixed paint with little effort?

kb_lock wrote:
Terrible

I don't think I've ever laughed so hard at a post on P&M.
Do you see why I sent that fether off to boarding school, now?


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Gwaihirsbrother wrote:
This got me thinking. Rubber band + Personal Massager wand your lady friend may have "for her neck and back" + paint = mixed paint with little effort?

Fella named Priest Foxley tried that out the other week, seemed to work well enough. What his wife thought isn't documented.

Gwaihirsbrother wrote:

kb_lock wrote:
Buttery, i built a paint shaker for about $20 here - the cheapest jigsaw you can buy, the smallest quickgrip clamp you can get.

Put the clamp in like a blade (i had to grind mine down a bit) then clamp in the paint pot.

Push butan, paint mixed

This got me thinking. Rubber band + Personal Massager wand your lady friend may have "for her neck and back" + paint = mixed paint with little effort?

No, silly, personal massagers are for getting air bubbles out of your silicone and plaster castings!

You want one of these - > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtMLHFV-hVA

Buttery Commissar wrote:

kb_lock wrote:
Terrible

I don't think I've ever laughed so hard at a post on P&M.
Do you see why I sent that fether off to boarding school, now?

I'll make a man out of him yet, don't you worry.

Also, this Grade A swear filter doesn't remove it from quoted text, I can see what you wrote.

Thought today: Painting symmetrical eyes is often easier if you hold the mini upside down to do the second.

Gwaihirsbrother wrote:

This got me thinking. Rubber band + Personal Massager wand your lady friend may have "for her neck and back" + paint = mixed paint with little effort?

I was wondering something similar. Instead of a "personal massager" (snicker snicker) maybe use some kind of tape, a toothpick or preferably something a little wider (like a popsicle stick or a lollipop stick), and a Sonicare toothbrush for mixing paint. Would ultrasonic vibrations like that be good for mixing paint?

No chance. Paint needs a ton of agitation

My second entry here. Agitators for your paint pots. Ball bearings, or little bits of metal or sprue. Dump one in your paint pot and shake, and hoo boy, does it help. I have a lot of problems with Vallejo paints seperating, and buyinh a bag of BBs has saved me a huge number of head aches.

 goblinzz wrote:
My second entry here. Agitators for your paint pots. Ball bearings, or little bits of metal or sprue. Dump one in your paint pot and shake, and hoo boy, does it help. I have a lot of problems with Vallejo paints seperating, and buyinh a bag of BBs has saved me a huge number of head aches.

make sure its a VERY good stainless steel Ball Bearing. you dont want it rusting inside.

Same goes for other bits of metals and stuff.

On the safer side use glass or stone beads.

 goblinzz wrote:
My second entry here. Agitators for your paint pots. Ball bearings, or little bits of metal or sprue. Dump one in your paint pot and shake, and hoo boy, does it help. I have a lot of problems with Vallejo paints seperating, and buyinh a bag of BBs has saved me a huge number of head aches.

Wait what

how does this work

 Desubot wrote:

 goblinzz wrote:
My second entry here. Agitators for your paint pots. Ball bearings, or little bits of metal or sprue. Dump one in your paint pot and shake, and hoo boy, does it help. I have a lot of problems with Vallejo paints seperating, and buyinh a bag of BBs has saved me a huge number of head aches.

make sure its a VERY good stainless steel Ball Bearing. you dont want it rusting inside.

Same goes for other bits of metals and stuff.

On the safer side use glass or stone beads.

I use little ceramic beads from a jewellery store! No risk of anything discolouring, so thumbsup for the stone beads ^^

 Matthew wrote:

 goblinzz wrote:
My second entry here. Agitators for your paint pots. Ball bearings, or little bits of metal or sprue. Dump one in your paint pot and shake, and hoo boy, does it help. I have a lot of problems with Vallejo paints seperating, and buyinh a bag of BBs has saved me a huge number of head aches.

Wait what

how does this work

Same principle as the ball in a rattle can. It rattles becuase there is an agitator, basically a stainless steel ball, that helps mix the paint up when you shake. If you have paints that keep seperating (my yellows are very badfor this) dump an agitator in, and shake!

 goblinzz wrote:
My second entry here. Agitators for your paint pots. Ball bearings, or little bits of metal or sprue. Dump one in your paint pot and shake, and hoo boy, does it help. I have a lot of problems with Vallejo paints seperating, and buyinh a bag of BBs has saved me a huge number of head aches.

I did this years ago with what were supposed to be stainless steel ball bearings. They rusted. Ceramic or glass would definitely be safer.

Yes, even Reaper moved away from metal (sadly, their skulls were so cool!) agitators.

My tip for the day - don't throw out all your leftover sprue!!!!!! As I just found out - lamo

I literally have 5kgs of sprue that I can't bring myself to throw out. What should I be doing with it?

5kgs?!!!! Crikey - you needs to start Building stuff!!

kb_lock wrote:
I literally have 5kgs of sprue that I can't bring myself to throw out. What should I be doing with it?

See the previous page...

Resin or plastic, kb?

FW resin makes good Dragon Teeth for IG, Orks etc.

Actually... Make the Dakka Waaagh some housing from it!

Oh I've seen your stuff before Dr H, I am not that creative. I thought Januine had discovered how to melt them down into new marines quickly and easily.

All plastic BC, though I am sure I have some resin sprue here as well.

I really should find a way to utilise it somehow, especially for the orks, but I am quite satisfied with the 43 existing projects I have urgently awaiting attention before the next 18 arrive in 4 weeks (I've placed my order )


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Holy hell, look at this insanity

http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=163767.0

I am not that creative.

Sure you are, kb_lock.

Tip for today: less of those negative waves, man.


Give something new a try. Possibly on each model you build (this is what I try to do).
And don't give up if at first you don't succeed. You'll only get better by trying again.

Complicated results are often the result of layers of simple processes.
Don't look at the result and think "I can't do that".
Try it out, step by step, and you might surprise yourself.

I'm definitely giving those bricks a try one day. Good find.