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They're not microbeads. They're Citadel™ Finebeads™.

Completely different (and far higher quality) thing.

Are there any photos of the GW Battlemat?

Oh yeah, it's been quite some time I've been looking for a decent Urban themed battlemat. If it's anything close to the Sector Imperialis - I'm sold on that one.

- Wrong thread -

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Also, it's the equivalent of declaring that you slowed down global warming by riding your bike to work once. The tiny amount you might release by rinsing your brushes would be infinitesimal compared to what the cosmetics industry is doing.

That is funny. Ride your bike to work, but use up all that hydro and cause even more pollution. How ironic some people are.

Close up shot from War of Sigmar:

Today I learned several things, one the mictobeads exist, and people have a seething hatred for them.

Would these microbeads be a good size to use as molecular bonding studs on marine armour of older marks?

 StygianBeach wrote:
Microbeads!

For feths sake!

I am not happy about that.

What do they start adding in next time, Fluoride?

Oh good lord...

Daedalus81 wrote:

 StygianBeach wrote:
Microbeads!

For feths sake!

I am not happy about that.

What do they start adding in next time, Fluoride?

Oh... Oh my. This thread has certainly brought out some "interesting" points of view. Watch out for those chemtrails, guys.

To put it in scientific terms: microbeads and similar plastic particles *ARE* a problem. That stuff - predominantly added to cosmetics and personal hygieFne products - get washed down the drain and end up being eaten by small animals, which initiates their propagation through the food chain. And while they are not harmfull as such to humans, they can cause a lot of havoc for wildlife, being indigestible etc.
Now, Miniatures get stripped rather rarely all and all and texture paint is not something people use on a gallon per year basis (unlike scrubbing soaps or toothpaste), so the ammounts of microbeads that will be released to the environment from citadel paints is probably negligible, all things considered.
On the other hand - why does it has to be there in the first place? Fine sand would probably work just as well, if you stirr your paint a bit before use (as you should anyways, I bet even without sedimentation of the particles, half of those paints will suffer from phase sepparation when left unstirred).

Fluoride on the other hand, is an essential trace element, required for lotsa stuff in your biochemistry, so I fail to see how that is even a concern. In case you mean Fluorine, the element - well then, that would first ignite the paint pot, then the paint, then whatever else it comes into contact with, so I doubt it will become standard ingredient in paint formulations anytime soon.

That being said, is there a picture of what the textured paint will look like in practice?

 motyak wrote:
Let's focus on the topic, yeah?

 Ghaz wrote:

 motyak wrote:
Let's focus on the topic, yeah?

Good idea.

So, I got some details regarding the new battlemat (posting it here, don't see a more suitable topic)

*It's covered in neopr-something (the same thing mouse pads are made from) and the bottom is made from rubber. It's really thick (~0,5 cm) and it has some special corners preventing from splitting like mouse pads do.
*The price is 65 euros.
*The size is 4x4.
*It has some road, connecting to a building.
*They are planning to make more.

That's lame. For that money I get a 6x4 mat from gamemat.eu in (very likely) the same quality.

too bad that mat is only 4x4 and not 6x4 :<

As someone who is pretty much done playing games that use 4'x6' in favor of ones that use 4'x4' (including Kill Team, low-point AoS, and Zone Mortalis) a mat that will probably look nice and not require me to pay an absurd shipping rate (since it seems like most are made in UK or the EU) is very enticing.

I'd really like to see some pictures though. I'm half expecting a photo of a painted Sector Imperialis board.

 Kosake wrote:

Daedalus81 wrote:

 StygianBeach wrote:
Microbeads!

For feths sake!

I am not happy about that.

What do they start adding in next time, Fluoride?

Oh... Oh my. This thread has certainly brought out some "interesting" points of view. Watch out for those chemtrails, guys.

To put it in scientific terms: microbeads and similar plastic particles *ARE* a problem. That stuff - predominantly added to cosmetics and personal hygieFne products - get washed down the drain and end up being eaten by small animals, which initiates their propagation through the food chain. And while they are not harmfull as such to humans, they can cause a lot of havoc for wildlife, being indigestible etc.
Now, Miniatures get stripped rather rarely all and all and texture paint is not something people use on a gallon per year basis (unlike scrubbing soaps or toothpaste), so the ammounts of microbeads that will be released to the environment from citadel paints is probably negligible, all things considered.
On the other hand - why does it has to be there in the first place? Fine sand would probably work just as well, if you stirr your paint a bit before use (as you should anyways, I bet even without sedimentation of the particles, half of those paints will suffer from phase sepparation when left unstirred).

Fluoride on the other hand, is an essential trace element, required for lotsa stuff in your biochemistry, so I fail to see how that is even a concern. In case you mean Fluorine, the element - well then, that would first ignite the paint pot, then the paint, then whatever else it comes into contact with, so I doubt it will become standard ingredient in paint formulations anytime soon.

That being said, is there a picture of what the textured paint will look like in practice?

LoL Daedalus81... nice edit there. Now, where did I leave my tin foil hat....

When I mentioned Fluoride it was a reference to Fluorosulfuric acid.

The microbeads are dangerous and should not be used in a product which will end up in the waterways... much like Fluorosulfuric acid.

GW has posted a Textured Paints pdf for the new Texture paints. The results look quite good.

I am loving these 'chunkier' texture paints, the large cracking martian paint looks ace and will definitely try the new snow one out for my Beastclaws.

Also like the base displays were they have textured over part of the debris to make it look like its sticking out of the ground.

The snow effect one looks interesting. If that picture is a representation of how it really comes out, it might replace some of my existing go-to snow methods.

But after the horrible "snow static grass" they had years back I think I'll wait and see before I start throwing out my Woodland Scenics Soft Flake Snow and microballoons.