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It was at Hobbycraft, for Five English Pounds. Checking the packaging there is no further info about the manufacturer beyond the brand name, so no clues for finding US stockists. PV, I think you did some ogres (for Hordes?) at some point with tartans on them. Do you have any pics about? I'm about to paint some kommandos I kitbashed ages ago, some with fantasy orc kilt/tunic legs so I could use some demotivation  EDIT: I mentioned my bulb quest to one of the guys in our local GW the other day and he mentioned getting a halogen lamp with a magnifier from Argos and really liking it. Looking at their site there is one for £24.99 that is probably it. Shallow fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Apr 7, 2010 |
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No hobbycrafts down here in civilization so I'm gonna pick up a random halogen lamp and glue the fucker down. Thanks duder
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Apr 7, 2010 19:42
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Shallow posted:It was at Hobbycraft, for Five English Pounds. Checking the packaging there is no further info about the manufacturer beyond the brand name, so no clues for finding US stockists. http://s49.photobucket.com/albums/f281/BBivona/Miniature%20Painting/Trollbloods/
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Apr 7, 2010 19:47
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Zarkov Cortez posted:Posted this in the wrong thread. You got the bits and have some vague idea of what he should be armed with. The rest really isn't anything that requires much in the way of recommendations. A torso from the possessed set is good, though. Get some bio armour for him. The arm with a sword melting into the hand is good for nearly any melee weapon you would actually want to put on him (if you can sculpt it into a barb-tipped whip instead it would be ace). The bare, giant-horned head from the CSM champion sprue is also good. Helmets from various chaos warriors and knights are always popular and so are marauder and knight shoulder pads. The arm with apothecary stuff on it, needles and cutters, from the space marine command sprue is great. If you can trade for this from your local group do so. Tyranid stuff is a little harder to make fit. You get some spikes and armour plates, I guess. Carving out the ribbed parts and smoothing them out with greenstuff should make some rending claw hands fit.
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PaintVagrant posted:http://s49.photobucket.com/albums/f281/BBivona/Miniature%20Painting/Trollbloods/ Oh, Trollbloods not ogres. Look at my terrifying ignorance of non-GW games. Cheers dude. Well that's bolstered my confidence a fair bit, the orc bits are a lot less wrinkly than the surfaces you pulled of some nice tartan on.
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Apr 7, 2010 20:13
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PV, I love everything you paint and post pictures of. It makes me wish I had the time and money to play a game with minis.
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Apr 7, 2010 20:18
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Tactical Bonnet posted:It makes me wish I had the time and money to play a game with minis. me too broseph, me too 
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Apr 7, 2010 20:20
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Fast_Food_Knight posted:Can anyone recommend a lamp set up I can pick up in the UK for £20 or less that will be ideal for painting minis. I dropped my desk lamp last and now we have bulb afficionados I need help. http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=47980 This is what I use, it is excellent.
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=47980 Is it easy to get used to actually using the magnifier bit? Seems like it might be a bit odd to paint that way.
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Apr 7, 2010 21:29
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I tried using a lamp with a magnifier lens a while back when I was working on some other miniature projects but my perspectives got all wonked out because there's always that warped distortion towards the edge of the lens. I dunno, if it doesn't bother you go for it. Personally I prefer those goggles more if I really need to see tiny stuff.
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MY WIFE helped reinforce my crack/ham habbit by buying me a mag-lamp a couple of years ago for my birthday, it's the singlemost greatest thing I ever received to improve my painting. I don't use the magnifier but the lamp is the best. It was from http://www.wargamesworkshop.com I think. Also PV, thanks for the drugs tip I'll check with my old man dealer/dr pal and see what he can score me.
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SERIOUS TIP for people looking for lamps/bulbs: fabric/sewing stores will sell this kind of thing for LADIES who like to sew and embroider and do all that kind of thing. I know these shops are really scary to nerds but they will totally be able to sell you really good daylight/magnifying/superfly lamps and bulbs to put in the aforementioned lamps.
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Danger - Octopus! posted:Is it easy to get used to actually using the magnifier bit? Seems like it might be a bit odd to paint that way. It takes some adjusting to, but I only use the mag for eyes. The light and manouverability of the lamp is what make it awesome.
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:It takes some adjusting to, but I only use the mag for eyes. The light and manouverability of the lamp is what make it awesome. sweet. going to head up to the maplin just up the road at the weekend and get some I LOVE LAMP on. I got a cheap desk lamp with a bendy neck and a good bulb, but the lamp is poo poo because when you bend the neck too far, it overbalances and falls (usually onto miniatures)
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chelsea clinton posted:You got the bits and have some vague idea of what he should be armed with. The rest really isn't anything that requires much in the way of recommendations. A torso from the possessed set is good, though. Get some bio armour for him. The arm with a sword melting into the hand is good for nearly any melee weapon you would actually want to put on him (if you can sculpt it into a barb-tipped whip instead it would be ace). The bare, giant-horned head from the CSM champion sprue is also good. Helmets from various chaos warriors and knights are always popular and so are marauder and knight shoulder pads. I actually have a complete command squad box minus the smaller banners. I'm torn on what to do with all these marines (I'd rather not sell them).
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PaintVagrant posted:me too broseph, me too Dude I've exhausted my game budget for the next three months just buying two d3s and the parhfinder core book. At least it looks like the game will be fun. 
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Danger - Octopus! posted:SERIOUS TIP for people looking for lamps/bulbs: What warham worth his weight in polystyrene glue isn't already incredibly familiar with his local Michaels/Joann Fabrics?
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I've got a magnifier lamp, but don't use the magnifier. It makes my head swim to try, and my eyes are pretty good anyways, but the light on that thing is friggin awesome and the swivel arm on it is way useful.
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Manifest posted:What warham worth his weight in polystyrene glue isn't already incredibly familiar with his local Michaels/Joann Fabrics?
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For you guys that are using the magnifier lamp only for the light (like Fix), do you see a difference with that circular light tube vs. a single light bulb? I went the cheap route for lighting, 10 bucks for a swivel arm lamp with a clamp on the bottom for 11 bucks at office depot.
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Captain Invictus posted:I got funny looks when I went into Joann's and bought two boxes of wax paper on clearance. "Baking a lot of cookies, are we, son?" I once got a one of those compartmented sorting trays for bitz from Michael's.The label was festooned with beads, and the old lady at the register couldn't resist. "Got a lot of beads, do we?"  I responded the only way I know how... I twisted up my face into a look of belligerent dismay, and said "BEES?!!" Honestly, one of my prouder moments with this hobby.
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 Just bought these. I want to make them look like chaos marines but don't know where to begin. Should I start hacking and filing off the purity seals and blood drops? Or keep the gems on? I'm thinking the paint scheme will be Angels of Ecstasy, like this  which is a poo poo picture, so I redid it on painter  So, what do you guys think? Worth the trouble? What chaos bits should I tack on? I'm tempted just to use a bunch of the possessed bits, or should I have the corruption be more subtle?
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Swap out the wings on some of them for bat-lookin' wings. There's some Harpy wings that aren't extended, right? What God are they with, if any? Because if it's Slaaneshi, well, there's already muscles molded on, so just GS on a tittie...
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Most definitely slaanesh, and I'm keeping the angel wings on as that's pretty much why I bought the kit
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Angryboot posted:For you guys that are using the magnifier lamp only for the light (like Fix), do you see a difference with that circular light tube vs. a single light bulb? I went the cheap route for lighting, 10 bucks for a swivel arm lamp with a clamp on the bottom for 11 bucks at office depot. I used one like that for a long time, and would probably still if the switch hadn't broken. The lighting on the tube I think is better, though the color on mine is a little too blue for photographing. I got one of those pop-up photo studio things for $40 from thinkgeek, but I don't really like the results that much, so I've been trying to shoot mine outside in more natural light. It's pretty hit or miss though. For painting though, it's fine. Can't say whether I'd be doing just as well with a better single bulb on my old lamp, though.
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I'd definitely replace the legs, I can't stand those fourpack knees. Also file off the blood drop gems, purity seals, possibly the scrollwork too.
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Oh god nipples on power armor.
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You know, those are freaking amazing for plastics, and from a technical standpoint, well-sculpted. But at some point, someone there needs to take a rolled-up newspaper, whack the sculptor in the nose, and yell "NO" because that is basically the only appropriate response to nipple armor and those kneepads. edit: cfh send me your leftover sanguinary guard axes, tia
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Goons uncomfortable being reminded of sculpted male physique itt
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Fyrbrand posted:You know, those are freaking amazing for plastics, and from a technical standpoint, well-sculpted. But at some point, someone there needs to take a rolled-up newspaper, whack the sculptor in the nose, and yell "NO" because that is basically the only appropriate response to nipple armor and those kneepads. The kneepads are weird but the torsos are basically in line with Hellenic/Roman era armour.  Click here for the full 1605x1056 image.
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The kneepads aren't just painted that way? I thought someone in the warhammer thread said they weren't actually molded that way.
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I figured they were basing it off some kind of real world armor, but that just means I think the roman stuff looks weird too. If other people like it, that's cool, I just don't care for it myself.
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Chenghiz posted:The kneepads are weird but the torsos are basically in line with Hellenic/Roman era armour. I personally think that the aesthetic clashes with the rest of the armor. Hellenic armor is closely modeled to an idealized physique. The Sanguinary Guard have the torsos, but its matched with regular enormous shoulders and the huge bellbottom legs with these little grooves and stuff that are supposed to allude to that look, I guess. I don't have anything against the look, it just has a weird fusion with Space Marine stuff and doesn't quite come together. The sculpting and molding work is impressive, though, and ultimately it does look like a very good kit. It is also possible that I am biased because I just don't really like the Space Marine look in general.
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I sort of want to do this too  The wings scream mutation (chaos) to me and drop some chaos horned helmets on them, maybe swap out an arm or legs for some possessed pieces too. Beyond looking awesome I guess they could be counts as raptors or something       
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They come like that. Also I'm real bad a removing purity seals jesus christ.
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You could always just take a little gs and fill in the grooves.
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The bare plastic knee looks like a belly button.
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Fyrbrand posted:The bare plastic knee looks like a belly button. i will never unsee that. gently caress you I know
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