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I know this isnt technically painting/modelling but not sure which other thread to ask this in. As I work this time around to not make all of my armies not look like a hot mess, I have no idea what I am gonna do when I need to carry more than 6 models around with me again. Are there recommendations for army bags/foam carriers etc? Several years ago I made fun of people who had them and now as I am regluing and repainting older models, it is they who have the last laugh.
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KR Multicase!
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May 22, 2014 18:44
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KR Multicase!
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May 22, 2014 20:28
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krushgroove posted:Finished my first-ever painting commission: my first-ever tank! Just out of curiousity, how do painting commissions usually work? I've got a lot of free time...
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May 22, 2014 20:35
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I've got KR Multicase bags, card cases, and an aluminum case from them, and they're all fantastic. KR MULTICASE! 
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May 22, 2014 20:35
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Weirdo posted:Just out of curiousity, how do painting commissions usually work? I've got a lot of free time... It depends on the parties involved, but usually someone very talented works for sub-minimum wage and then finds their work on eBay going for what they should have charged.
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May 22, 2014 20:38
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Weirdo posted:Just out of curiousity, how do painting commissions usually work? I've got a lot of free time... Don't do it for the money. You'd make more per hour at McDonalds.
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May 22, 2014 20:40
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I just ordered myself a Kaiser 4 with four cases because of all the praise that comes out of these forums for them. Even if I don't end up playing a lot of games and require them for constant transportation I'm going to need them one day when I need to safely move these plastic robot mens around. Speaking of which, I finished up my Catacomb Command Barge with Anraykr.     Also incoming Tomb Stalker (my first ever Forge World anything)    Crits, suggestions, get outs welcome.
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May 22, 2014 20:46
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AndyElusive posted:Crits, suggestions, get outs welcome. Sorry, but I have only  s for your work. Fabulous stuff.
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May 22, 2014 20:47
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Also got to compliment his photography. Oh and, KR Multicase!
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May 22, 2014 21:24
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Once again supporting the voices for KR Multicase as the choice of transport bag. And to avoid "empty quoting" I might as well drop off some WIP pictures of my next conversion project. Which I'll start on once I get some free time where I'm not mentally fatigued from work and gotten my hands on 8 or 9 sets of lasguns with arms.  
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May 22, 2014 21:47
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moths posted:It depends on the parties involved, but usually someone very talented works for sub-minimum wage and then finds their work on eBay going for what they should have charged. Haha, well put  AndyElusive posted:Crits, suggestions, get outs welcome. If it weren't for the price, that'd be an excellent model to run in D&D.
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Weirdo posted:Just out of curiousity, how do painting commissions usually work? I've got a lot of free time... Unless you're crazy good you give up all your free time to get paid less than minimum wage, get burnt out and give up painting all together.
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May 23, 2014 00:38
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AndyElusive posted:I just ordered myself a Kaiser 4 with four cases because of all the praise that comes out of these forums for them. Even if I don't end up playing a lot of games and require them for constant transportation I'm going to need them one day when I need to safely move these plastic robot mens around. I really like your silver metallic. It looks all tarnished like the exposed steel on the innards of an old firearm.
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May 23, 2014 00:46
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I told you before that Anraykr looks boss as hell, the finished chariot is super. Great work on the metal effects. I just now realized that GW cribbed the "shoulder blades" of the old Wraith models to make part of the rear of the chariot (at least the design, if not copy the bit and modify it. 
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Thanks, guys. I really appreciate the feedback. Past few months has been the first time I've taken this hobby seriously and this thread has been a constant stream of inspiration and excellent suggestions. Post 9-11 User posted:I just now realized that GW cribbed the "shoulder blades" of the old Wraith models to make part of the rear of the chariot (at least the design, if not copy the bit and modify it.  It continues to surprise me how much influence the older sculpts have had on the newer model line. Little motif details from things like the Wraiths and Destroyers and even Warriors get carried on to the vehicles. It's poo poo they didn't have to do, but ultimately helps unify the army in subtle ways. But on the flip side, there's Flayed Ones. 
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 So this is the color I have for my Death Guard white. Of course it's not a very 'even' application and I still think it could be a bit lighter. Any input?
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serious gaylord posted:Unless you're crazy good you give up all your free time to get paid less than minimum wage, get burnt out and give up painting all together. This is how I'm feeling about it - I'd love to paint stuff full-time but wouldn't want to get burnt out. I'm doing a few things cheap for a friend to do new techniques I haven't done on my own stuff, practice a bit and build different models, but also I want to build up a portfolio of sorts and get some interest from people who want their own stuff painted. From the Dakkadakka painting forum it looks like there are tons of people who have the dream of 'wow I can paint stuff for money' but very few can make it work because most are unrealistic or delusional.
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krushgroove posted:This is how I'm feeling about it - I'd love to paint stuff full-time but wouldn't want to get burnt out. I'm doing a few things cheap for a friend to do new techniques I haven't done on my own stuff, practice a bit and build different models, but also I want to build up a portfolio of sorts and get some interest from people who want their own stuff painted. From the Dakkadakka painting forum it looks like there are tons of people who have the dream of 'wow I can paint stuff for money' but very few can make it work because most are unrealistic or delusional. I do commissions but very very rarely and even with that low schedule i end up stopping my painting for a while.
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SUPER NEAT TOY posted:
The colour is good, but make sure your wash is going into all crevices and depressions properly-- that'll leave primer showing if you have an air bubble.
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krushgroove posted:This is how I'm feeling about it - I'd love to paint stuff full-time but wouldn't want to get burnt out. I'm doing a few things cheap for a friend to do new techniques I haven't done on my own stuff, practice a bit and build different models, but also I want to build up a portfolio of sorts and get some interest from people who want their own stuff painted. From the Dakkadakka painting forum it looks like there are tons of people who have the dream of 'wow I can paint stuff for money' but very few can make it work because most are unrealistic or delusional. The trick to not get burnt the gently caress out is to charge what you feel comfortable with +1. If people are going to eat up your time, then they're going to have to pay you a decent wage. You also have to point out that it will take some time--three to six weeks depending on the size of the project. Yeah sure you can get 10 dudes done in less than a week, if that's your only project, but that's rarely the case in my experience. I'm in the process of finishing up a lingering commission, and after that I'm going to (finally) put up a site with commission info and start doing this poo poo full-time. I've been doing this for so long that I don't really get burnt out, because I know how to pace myself accordingly and have the discipline to power through things. It's not like I've found a job locally so gently caress it, why not?
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I dont know if any of you guys used it, but GW have shut down the Facebook Group Eavy Metal despite not being in control of it. They filed a complaint with Facebook to gain control over the group from the admins, then told everyone they were shutting it down and to gtfo. That was a group with almost 6000 of the worlds best painters on it, including current and former GW staff like Darren Latham etc. I'm rather annoyed.
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Make a new one called Eavier Metal. v: Haha, so it has. https://www.facebook.com/groups/707327075998173/ Still, GW leadership seems to be wanting to turn away their more loyal consumer base. Which sucks because my local GW store has a fantastic customer, but at this point I really don't want to support poo poo like this. But back to miniature chat, I wasn't even aware that such a group existed, so it'll be cool to see a bunch of awesomely painted minis I've not seen before. ijyt fucked around with this message at 16:41 on May 23, 2014 |
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ijyt posted:Make a new one called Eavier Metal. Its already been done!
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serious gaylord posted:I dont know if any of you guys used it, but GW have shut down the Facebook Group Eavy Metal despite not being in control of it. They filed a complaint with Facebook to gain control over the group from the admins, then told everyone they were shutting it down and to gtfo. I know that bagging on GW and their lovely business practice is par for the course, but seriously, what the gently caress? Why do this?  "These rapscallions are painting our miniatures with out our supervision, this must be stopped."I get that it was likely the Eavy Metal name that caused the issue, but I think there may be a better solution than 
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ijyt posted:Make a new one called Eavier Metal. Go ahead and do Eaviest Metal too. Or even more awesome/terrible Odacious Metal Like name so that GW can't pull bullshit shenanigans. I really am not understanding what the hell GW is doing, it's like they are trying to one up EA and Comcast.
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serious gaylord posted:I dont know if any of you guys used it, but GW have shut down the Facebook Group Eavy Metal despite not being in control of it. They filed a complaint with Facebook to gain control over the group from the admins, then told everyone they were shutting it down and to gtfo. So... is their leadership currently being filled by crazy people? Is that what is going on here?
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Kerzoro posted:So... is their leadership currently being filled by crazy people? Is that what is going on here? Ultra conservative, old school business clashing with the "new" business model (which is not all that new anymore). Give rules away for free; are you mad? What are you talking about, the internet is a terrible way to communicate with our consumers; the magazine stays and is our primary vector for delivering our news.
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Kerzoro posted:So... is their leadership currently being filled by crazy people? Is that what is going on here? The group was originally started by the Eavy metal team and for a long period was invite only. As in they personally invited you into it. Then when GW switched from the high end painting to focus more on new starters and 'the average wargamer' they gifted the group to a few of the guys that posted the most content. A few stuck around still posting their stuff but the group was opened up and that was a much better way of doing it. It was never a sanctioned GW group, they've come after it because of the name and the fact a lot of non gw models were being posted to it lately. The killer blow though was that it was shut down by a guy who runs a department in their warehouse.
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waah posted:Go ahead and do Eaviest Metal too. Or even more awesome/terrible Odacious Metal Like name so that GW can't pull bullshit shenanigans.  Well you see, due to the way trademark law works they must aggressively pursue all potential infringement, or else they run the risk of losing the trademark altogether! I'd hate to see "'Eavy Metal" become a genercized term... 
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My pot of Agrax Earthshade apparently dried up on me, so I started hunting through my storage of older paints that don't see much use. In doing so, I found a half full pot of Devlan Mud that I think I bought back in 2011 or 2012. You know how the old washes used to smell terrible? Give one a few years to age without opening it and apparently it smells like cat piss. Like, eyes watering "Oh, my god, why did I open this jesus christ open the window!" kind of strength. Model is coming along nicely now, though. 
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Yeah I had a hoarded "last pot" of Devlan that I actually couldn't get through using the last of because it was so foul.
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May 24, 2014 04:20
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Cross posting from the main 40k thread. I'm pretty sure I've posted most of these models in here before as I've finished painting them. First time I've ever bothered taking pictures of the whole army though.       
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May 24, 2014 05:37
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Those are gorgeous. I love how much that blue pops on the carapace. 
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May 24, 2014 05:57
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I'm not a huge fan of the Behemoth scheme but that blue is just super. Might anyone know how to reduce the shine on tuft (e.g. GW Mordheim Tuft)?
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May 24, 2014 15:13
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That black to blue transition is straight wargaming porn.
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I painted up some scouts finally, really dislike the base model so I went with some helmets.
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Hey all. I'm an awful painter, due to (in part) some prescribed meds loving with my finer motor functions when I was younger. So my hands are a bit shaky when trying to do really minute movements. In addition, I've also never thinned my paints, because I painted my Ork army before doing things that required common sense became fashionable. Now I've got a lil' Ork army (Warboss in mega armor, 2 mobs shootaz, warbikes, trukk.) as well as an Orc army (gently caress creativity, Black orcs own). So with that retarded preamble out of the way: 1) Is there a reliable way to strip your miniatures of paint that Google isnt telling me? I've looked at mine, and while not laughably thickly painted, its obvious that a finer touch is needed as well as using thinned paints. I was doing straight out of the pot paint (because the lid had a little lip that I assumed was a makeshift pallet, you see) I've got a few pewter figures I'd like to one day repaint. 2) If I gently caress up a fine detail like eyeballs (which were always the funnest part to do I felt. Nailing a white/red speck on a tiny red ball was sweet as hell) is there an immediate reactionary measure to redo it? Or should I just wait for it to dry, lace it with proper green to make it look right, and move on? I've got a Boargut Facebeater, some Black Orcs, and a 40k Warboss in Mega armor I'd like to try again on. All are pewter figurines. So any info would be great!
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Can anyone suggest a hand dremel for drilling holes for magnets?
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QMacdeo Lurjtux posted:Can anyone suggest a hand dremel for drilling holes for magnets? No. Way too much power. I just use a drill bit in a speed chuck. I've literally drilled hundreds of holes in metal and plastic with it. The amount of control will save you from hurting tons of models. 
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