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Post by tapecrawler on Jan 28, 2019 2:26:43 GMT
Thanks for sharing. It was a good read.
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Post by tapecrawler on Jan 25, 2019 23:43:18 GMT
@ pyr0maniacal - But if they got broke, you’d have to make some more. Practice first!
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Post by tapecrawler on Jan 25, 2019 20:30:40 GMT
Have you checked Horde o Bits on eBay for the missing parts? They used to carry pretty much every GW part. I’d check myself but I’ve forgotten my login for eBay and it pisses me off to no end so I don’t go there anymore.
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Post by tapecrawler on Jan 22, 2019 0:46:29 GMT
It’s probably an unpopular viewpoint but I liked the rock, paper, scissors aspect of MKII. This new Swiss Army approach is good for selling a bunch of models but uninteresting because it seems like if you wait long enough and complain loud enough there will be a model that fills the void. I think there should be solvable voids in each faction but not in every list. The new models seem to address all of the major weaknesses of their factions.
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Post by tapecrawler on Jan 22, 2019 0:20:18 GMT
Am I the only one that thinks the little froggy model for Grimkin is a really cool sculpt? His stats do make me a bit sad when I look at our adjunct though.
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Post by tapecrawler on Jan 18, 2019 4:07:47 GMT
Easy way to make a lot of bricks: youtu.be/w508UtQbd_IIf you were to punch bricks while watching tv, you probably would have plenty for your project in a night or two.
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Post by tapecrawler on Jan 15, 2019 19:41:11 GMT
The thing I’ve discovered about the higher end airbrushes is they easier to maintain. They are designed for the end user to be able to strip them down fairly easily and the parts are robust enough that they don’t cross thread or otherwise go together crooked. I’m not sure about the cheaper airbrushes. I had a lower end double action airbrush that was nothing but a source of frustration and then got a Badger Krome. It’s not one of the more expensive airbrushes. I think I got it for a little over $110US but it has been worth every penny! Apparently it wasn’t as much me as it was having an airbrush that was consistent every time I used it. I also spent a lot of time talking to the airbrush guru at the local hobby store. The most important part of airbrushing is keeping the damn thing spotlessly clean in the guts. As long as you can do that you should get good results once you get a little practice.
I would recommend only working with airbrush ready paint until you get past the learning curve. Otherwise you’re adding a really dynamic variable that will drastically effect the outcome every time you pull the trigger.
If you want to practice cheaply get some drawing ink and a watercolor pad. It will teach you trigger control which is another of the most important aspects of airbrushing. This will help a lot because once you get more comfortable with the airbrush you’ll reach for it more and more to do modulations, fades, highlighting, zenithal highlighting, and so forth.
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Post by tapecrawler on Jan 15, 2019 0:24:33 GMT
The fingers are definitely cleaner on your stuff! What problems are you having with the airbrush? I know a little about them. I’ve played around with three of the four I have quite a bit.
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Post by tapecrawler on Jan 14, 2019 4:38:34 GMT
I wish there was some advice I could give you that would help but I don’t know anything about 3D printing.
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Post by tapecrawler on Jan 11, 2019 21:40:05 GMT
That’s Les Bursley’s tutorial. He makes the Secret Weapon washes for Misterjustin. I mixed some a long time ago they were very good even with tap water.
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Post by tapecrawler on Jan 8, 2019 4:14:04 GMT
It sounds like you just burned out. Maybe between the constant battles with Shiver and others in General Discussion, dealing with the nimrod at the LGS, and work stuff - it has overwhelmed you. It should come back fairly quickly because you have been very motivated by the games and also have an active gaming community. Maybe try playing Cryx for a while. 😜
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Post by tapecrawler on Jan 3, 2019 4:35:56 GMT
I tried to paint my Doomies with hairy chests. It was pretty much a disaster.
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Post by tapecrawler on Dec 23, 2018 7:20:52 GMT
I wish I could help you. It took me a long time to get my wife to understand that the job comes second to your sanity. She was a salaried supervisor and was working 70-90 hours a week. She was so concerned that all of this work they dumped on her needed to get done right now. She busted her butt for that company for five years and how did they repay her? Laid her off with no notice or severance package.
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Post by tapecrawler on Dec 22, 2018 4:31:37 GMT
Knucklehead, you’ve got it backwards. Thinking about it should lower stress not make it stroke level!
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Post by tapecrawler on Dec 22, 2018 0:40:14 GMT
Whenever it gets stressful take a minute to think about MonPoc! 😜
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