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Dumb question, but what is a cheaper alternative to GW's PVA glue for basing my minis? Some people have been saying elmer's glue, but that sounds a bit iffy.
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Miles O'Brian posted:Welp, I tried to make the stock Exorcist a little less ridiculous, but keep some of the flavour. What do we reckon, better or worse? But I love the organ of death! AbdominalSnowman posted:Dumb question, but what is a cheaper alternative to GW's PVA glue for basing my minis? Some people have been saying elmer's glue, but that sounds a bit iffy. GW PVA glue isn't that expensive, gives you heaps of glue to work with amd works fine for me. It's not like when we say get non-GW superglue or plastic glue because those suck. Wazzu fucked around with this message at 00:04 on Oct 27, 2010 |
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Oct 27, 2010 00:01
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AbdominalSnowman posted:Dumb question, but what is a cheaper alternative to GW's PVA glue for basing my minis? Some people have been saying elmer's glue, but that sounds a bit iffy. I use this glue: http://www.elmers.com/product/detail/E430?filterPath=craft/ Regular grade-school elmer's glue is terrible for basing because it doesn't stick to the plastic of the base, but the craft glue works really well.
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Oct 27, 2010 00:04
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AbdominalSnowman posted:Dumb question, but what is a cheaper alternative to GW's PVA glue for basing my minis? Some people have been saying elmer's glue, but that sounds a bit iffy. 
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Oct 27, 2010 00:13
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I use regular old Elmer's as well as generic equivalents and have never had a problem.
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Oct 27, 2010 00:56
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Me too, but I don't ever put it on bare plastic/metal. I always prime, then paint the base my chosen color, then slap on the glue.
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Oct 27, 2010 01:15
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Any PVA glue (a.k.a. craft glue, white glue, etc.) will do, since they're all basically the same. Just make sure you water it down some. On a related note, I recently found clear PVA glue, I wasn't aware it existed.
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Oct 27, 2010 02:36
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MaliciousOnion posted:Any PVA glue (a.k.a. craft glue, white glue, etc.) will do, since they're all basically the same. Just make sure you water it down some. Most PVA glue dries clear. I remember seeing some clear or transparent blue Elmer's glue back when I was in grade school, though. I thought it was pretty cool, but my mom wouldn't let me get any. 
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Oct 27, 2010 02:41
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Aranan posted:Most PVA glue dries clear. I remember seeing some clear or transparent blue Elmer's glue back when I was in grade school, though. I thought it was pretty cool, but my mom wouldn't let me get any. poo poo was cash. We put it on our hands and peeled off glue skins. School owned.
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Oct 27, 2010 05:21
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Miles O'Brian posted:Brazier of Holy Fire redux. I'm still not completely happy with this but the only other option is buying 5 Canoness models and hoping I get the single brazier backpack with each one. Yo, I posted this a short while back.. any use? enri posted:Right, someone over in the 40k thread vaguely mentioned in passing that they wanted flaming braziers, I forgot who but nevertheless thought I'd share my own technique for making them yourself.
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Oct 27, 2010 09:05
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Silhouette posted:Congratulations, you've discovered dipping Sorry I hurt your feelings because I'm a lazy 'ham who prefer to get ten models painted instead of one in the same amount of time. Will this make up for it?     its dipped as well
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Oct 27, 2010 13:59
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gently caress Striking Scorpion arms. One out of five actually fits in the loving model. ARGH!
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Oct 27, 2010 14:17
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The plague furnace fumes were what, thraka green over sunburst yellow or something?
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Oct 27, 2010 14:19
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Pretty much Thanks! Pretty good for a dip-job, eh?  VVVV Not a viking fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Oct 27, 2010 |
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Oct 27, 2010 14:25
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I'll remember to steal it then, because it looks fanfuckingtastic, dude.
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Oct 27, 2010 14:34
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enri posted:Yo, I posted this a short while back.. any use? Thats actually pretty cool, I'll give it a shot. Thanks.
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Oct 27, 2010 14:54
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This month me and a buddy decided to try to get an entire 2250 point Empire army painted for him to play around with. We live some ways apart and he has almost no painting experience, so we decided that I would paint characters and such in advance and then meet up this weekend and get the bulk of the army speedpainted in the Talabheim scheme. I'm going to do the base colors and he'll handle the washes. Some WIPs for the stuff I have at hand:   I hated the GW horses pulling the War Altar so I got some buffalo instead. Luthor got a new horse as well.  Priests are magnetized and can be switched for Volkmar on the altar.  There guys are my favourites. LOAD THE MORTAR KARL! PUT THE CANNONBALL IN THE MORTAR OVER THERE!
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Oct 27, 2010 17:44
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I finished the IoB swordmaster unit  I will bulk the unit up to 18 if I actually get around to playing. The banner needs more work but I want to start on the Seaguard while I still have the steam. 
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Oct 27, 2010 18:45
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Oh, neat idea on the waves for the Swordmaster banner, I may have to yoink that for my second SM Banner since I'm leaning towards doing a "Naval Expeditionary Force" theme for my dudes because of all the Seaguard and my kitbashed Seaguard Prince/Noble.
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Oct 27, 2010 19:14
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Miles O'Brian posted:Thats actually pretty cool, I'll give it a shot. Thanks. no problemo  
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Oct 27, 2010 22:07
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Well, I have another IoB hack-up conversion I to attempt: Whoa, awesome conversion and scheme!
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Oct 27, 2010 23:16
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How do you get paint from pots onto your palettes? Right now I've been using a brush, but it takes forever. And I worry that pouring will lead to giant messes and sticky pots.
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Oct 28, 2010 00:30
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Either a brush (the big fat #2 that I do most of my painting with these days) or a cheap plastic palette knife.
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Oct 28, 2010 00:34
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Pfhreak posted:How do you get paint from pots onto your palettes? Right now I've been using a brush, but it takes forever. And I worry that pouring will lead to giant messes and sticky pots. One of the sculpting tools I have has a curved scoop end on it. I just use it to spoon paint out of the pots and onto my palette, then I use it to do my stirring. I tried just using brushes, but I feel like I waste a lot of paint when it gets sucked up into the bristles and I wind up washing it off.
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Oct 28, 2010 01:04
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Am I wrong for using the end of my brush to transfer and mix paint? Cause it works for me.
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Oct 28, 2010 01:17
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NecronSchmecron posted:Am I wrong for using the end of my brush to transfer and mix paint? Cause it works for me. You're not wrong, you're a motherfucking genius. I've been using wooden coffee stirrers, breaking off the ends as paint dries to them to prolong their life. I feel like an idiot for never thinking to use my brush ends, and just wipe/scrape off the excess. You've just changed how I mix paint, I think. Dude. 
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Oct 28, 2010 02:21
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Glad to change one's life.
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Oct 28, 2010 05:59
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Ikke en viking posted:Sorry I hurt your feelings because I'm a lazy 'ham who prefer to get ten models painted instead of one in the same amount of time. 1. What is that 2. Looks good 3. Get back on IRC sometime
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Oct 28, 2010 07:02
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So dudes, I have some space men that I want to paint two different shades of yellow. What is my best bet for getting a good foundation layer? Whats the best way to paint yellow for that matter?Ikke en viking posted:Sorry I hurt your feelings because I'm a lazy 'ham who prefer to get ten models painted instead of one in the same amount of time. This is off the hook.
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Oct 28, 2010 08:00
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for paint to pallete I just use knackered old brushes that have absolutely no right to be sitting in my big cup o'brushes, you know the ones.. they're the 'ferrule caked in paint' ones or the 'bristles crazier than your hair in the morning' brushes. To hell with wasting paint. Does the job perfectly fine for me, plus I can thin the paint with the same brush and use it to test the consistency on a spare side of the pallete.
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Oct 28, 2010 08:43
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I use W&N 7's for picking up and mixing paint, I also use virgins tears to thin my paints 
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Oct 28, 2010 09:35
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Limp Wristed Limey posted:I use W&N 7's for picking up and mixing paint, I also use virgins tears to thin my paints You cry into your paint? 
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Oct 28, 2010 09:39
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I use a cocktail stick. One drop from the end of that goes a long way. Never pour from the pot, that'll waste loads.
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Oct 28, 2010 11:10
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Sole.Sushi posted:You cry into your paint?  For content, I use little eye droppers. They give me plenty of control from pot to pallete.
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Oct 28, 2010 11:27
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Sole.Sushi posted:You cry into your paint?  Well messing around with painting rust and my second attempt at verdigras looks better than it did on my first attempt. Any recommendations? 
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Oct 28, 2010 12:13
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Boy oh boy, I have a billion questions this morning. For my previous yellow question, I want to do a really vibrant Imperial Fists goldenrod and, separately, a very pale, subdued yellow. For the brighter shade, I was thinking of building up a ton of different layers from a bright white primer which is the obvious answer I guess. To do the subdued shade though, I was thinking of going white then something like Astronomican Grey (probably something lighter) but I don't have any ideas for color progression that. I'm painting a Termie helmet. I want some of the scheme to be really glossy, like obsidian, but have my highlights still be matte. So should I apply glossy varnish with a brush to the areas where I want it and then hit it with matte varnish when I'm done? Ingo Pech fucked around with this message at 13:29 on Oct 28, 2010 |
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Oct 28, 2010 13:26
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Silhouette posted:1. What is that 1. Skaven Plague Furnace 2. Thanks 3. I'm picking up my new computer right now after the old one died so I might just do that edit: I'm just going to download Starcraft 2 and, oh is it December already? 
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Oct 28, 2010 14:05
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Here's my Iron Warriors warband so far - I just finished the Vindicator today, and the Terminators a few weeks ago. The Marines I painted up between the end of 2009 and the beginning of this year, as with their rhino. Because of this they don't look quite as good, but are still looking decent. I'll start with the Vindicator:      And here with the rest of the army, which have their own individual threads:    And things don't look too good for the Imperial Fists: 
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Oct 29, 2010 02:17
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Hey gents, Ive still got some warhammer/nerd related products left in my clearance thread, check em out: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3304041&pagenumber=1&perpage=40#post376788083 NOS space marines, tools, glue, plasticard kits, some basing materials, MERCs minis, some p3 paints, a bunch of used early edition eldar, etc.
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That's the cleanest chaos vehicle I've ever seen.
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