I served with Goblin Green. I knew Goblin Green. Goblin Green was a friend of mine. That's no Goblin Green.
Looks almost like scorpion green.
It's Moot Green because I don't have Goblin Green or an equivalent.
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Can't really find any videos on it but is it easy to get the GW varnish through an airbrush?
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Oh hey, my Greenstuff World order came in. I guess that'll force my hand on maybe using paints again ... maybe. >_>
Man, I really hope you all just enjoy my company, because at this point I'm definitely pursuing all my hobbies that aren't miniatures/models on a far more regular basis. I picked up a fountain pen last weekend and have just been writing random words in a book daily. Apparently that's my new therapy - trying to make nicer lines with a pen. :P
Huh, I'm also left-handed... This is actually kind of weird considering how statistically rare we're supposed to be
Lefty here too, and one of the ladies who plays D&D with me is a lefty as well. During Prom I went on a double date and 3 out of 4 of us were lefties, and when I worked on a commercial printing press 3 out of 4 of us on shift were lefties too. The one righty hated that.
I wonder if Lefties gravitate towards each other. Maybe there is some subconscious body language. We might pick up on the ink smudge on the palm without realizing it.
After sitting on my shelf basecoated and washed, I'm finally getting around to highlighting my marines!
Intercessor Squad
Hellblaster
Aggressor:
I'm not a fan of the big bullet mittens, so I replaced his arms with Tartaros Terminator arms.
And bonus tagalong, my Ordo Xenos Inquisitor, who's sanctioning the whole Explorator Fleet.
The model is a Necromunda Van Saar with a Palanite Enforcer revolver.
He's very smol next to his bodyguards.
After a longass week a work, I finally had time to knock together my first Indomitus set. A couple of small conversions are done for my space wolves... LOTS of green stuff fur to add now.
(I'm totally following Hermano's lead with posting from instagram. Saves so much time reformatting my phones HUGE photos and screenshots)
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I finished up another 'Mech group, a star of Clan Wolf from Beta Galaxy.
I had to make some adjustments to a few of these sculpts. For instance, the hips on this Linebacker normally sit right underneath the main body, and give you no ability to rotate the torso. So I build it up underneath said torso with some laser-cut parts, and after fixing the thigh-hip attachment points it actually looks like it could both walk and torso-twist.
This Pouncer kinda drives me mad, because I like the sculpt, but the attachments points at the "shoulders" for the arms is basically nonexistant. I have no idea how the sculptor ever intended the arms to stay attached to the torso. I therefore sculpted a layer of greenstuff to thicken the torso in the z-axis, and give the shoulder nubs enough volume to actually stick the pins of the arm parts into mating holes, along with adding some volume to the hips to match.
I tried a few new techniques on these 'Mechs, including using my airbrush and a mask to lay down the base colors (top half/bottom half). It worked out pretty well! Not sure when I'll try that trick again, but it was nice to see it work out pretty well.
Nips on
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I feel like I tend to go too heavy on priming minis. Primed a test model today and I felt like I put too much on. No detail was obscured but still felt heavy.
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I have acquired a can of acetone today. The plan is to soak my airbrush's tip, needle, cup and lower body for ~24 hours to loosen up all this dried paint, followed by rinsing it out with water.
That said, the can warns not to use it "to clean or flush spray equipment". So I just want to make sure before dunking my airbrush in a Frappuccino bottle half-full of acetone: is this okay? Y/N
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I have acquired a can of acetone today. The plan is to soak my airbrush's tip, needle, cup and lower body for ~24 hours to loosen up all this dried paint, followed by rinsing it out with water.
That said, the can warns not to use it "to clean or flush spray equipment". So I just want to make sure before dunking my airbrush in a Frappuccino bottle half-full of acetone: is this okay? Y/N
Any materials I shouldn't use as a container? I've got an old plastic jar, #1 PETE body and #5 PP lid that I could use.
Glass is certainly preferable. You might want to test any other plastics with a little bit for a few days before committing a large amount.
The other thing would be to make sure you don't soak any parts that have rubber in them. See about removing the bit where the hose connects - there should be an O-ring in there you don't want submerged, and paint shouldn't have gotten into that area anyway.
I have a gummed up or jammed can of old citadel paint
In the time I have had it it cooked off so paint slowly or what not worked it's way into the nozzle so I was debating about soaking it in rubbing alcohol and seeing if that clears the nozzle
I think it's also dried just behind the ball bearing so it's a debate about going forward with this plan or just abandoning it
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Unfortunately rubbing alcohol is chronically in short supply whenever I go looking for it these days.
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I have acquired a can of acetone today. The plan is to soak my airbrush's tip, needle, cup and lower body for ~24 hours to loosen up all this dried paint, followed by rinsing it out with water.
That said, the can warns not to use it "to clean or flush spray equipment". So I just want to make sure before dunking my airbrush in a Frappuccino bottle half-full of acetone: is this okay? Y/N
I don't think there is anything inside an airbrush that the acetone will dissolve. It wont melt rubber but too much exposure will hurt the rubber.
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What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
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I actually don't see any rubber seals on this airbrush. It might just be that old, though a lifetime in Nevada may mean they disintegrated and got thrown away long ago.
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Good results with dunking the airbrush cup in about 2 ounces of acetone in a glass bottle, swishing it around or rinsing with water every hour or so. Gonna let it sit overnight as some bits of paint at the cup's bottom are being especially stubborn.
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I have acquired a can of acetone today. The plan is to soak my airbrush's tip, needle, cup and lower body for ~24 hours to loosen up all this dried paint, followed by rinsing it out with water.
That said, the can warns not to use it "to clean or flush spray equipment". So I just want to make sure before dunking my airbrush in a Frappuccino bottle half-full of acetone: is this okay? Y/N
I'm going to guess that it's the 'spray' part that's important, in that you don't want to be filling the air with aerosolized organic solvent. There are certainly worse things than acetone to do that with, but it's still not great.
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Also some spray guns (the big ones they use for painting cars and walls) have plastic reservoirs and even plastic nozzles.
Can I just send you all my plastic and you can paint it like Ultramarines for me @DocSamson? Great, thanks, it's on it's way.
Seriously, as a fellow UM painter/player, that's great stuff. I aspire to a place where my smurfs look that good.
I appreciate it! I have gotten a few comments on my ultras about how much people like the blue and it makes me feel a bit guilty, because it’s just Macragge blue with a Calgar blue highlight. Right out of the Duncan videos. And having that blue in a rattle can just makes life so much easier, I feel for all those armies that don’t get that easy first step.
But I just used like half a $35 can of retributor gold on a custodes tank and it’s making me think an airbrush is actually going to save me money in the long run. These damn cans add up.
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Looks almost like scorpion green.
It's Moot Green because I don't have Goblin Green or an equivalent.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
Man, I really hope you all just enjoy my company, because at this point I'm definitely pursuing all my hobbies that aren't miniatures/models on a far more regular basis. I picked up a fountain pen last weekend and have just been writing random words in a book daily. Apparently that's my new therapy - trying to make nicer lines with a pen. :P
Perhaps I can interest you in my meager selection of pins?
@J also a lefty. Git gud son
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This is on topic, right?
You talk clean and bomb hospitals, so I speak with the foulest mouth possible
Lefty here too, and one of the ladies who plays D&D with me is a lefty as well. During Prom I went on a double date and 3 out of 4 of us were lefties, and when I worked on a commercial printing press 3 out of 4 of us on shift were lefties too. The one righty hated that.
I wonder if Lefties gravitate towards each other. Maybe there is some subconscious body language. We might pick up on the ink smudge on the palm without realizing it.
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Untappd ID: Discgolfer1981
Intercessor Squad
Hellblaster
Aggressor:
I'm not a fan of the big bullet mittens, so I replaced his arms with Tartaros Terminator arms.
And bonus tagalong, my Ordo Xenos Inquisitor, who's sanctioning the whole Explorator Fleet.
The model is a Necromunda Van Saar with a Palanite Enforcer revolver.
He's very smol next to his bodyguards.
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
Those helmets are fucking dope as shit. What exactly are bullet mittens though?
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Untappd ID: Discgolfer1981
Aggressors have big goofy gloves with built in guns
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Nintendo Network ID: AzraelRose
DropBox invite link - get 500MB extra free.
just Gw paints, Dawnstone as the base, Mechanicus for shade and celestra gray and ulthuan for highlights
PSN- AHermano
(I'm totally following Hermano's lead with posting from instagram. Saves so much time reformatting my phones HUGE photos and screenshots)
Gamertag - Khraul
PSN - Razide6
I finished up another 'Mech group, a star of Clan Wolf from Beta Galaxy.
I had to make some adjustments to a few of these sculpts. For instance, the hips on this Linebacker normally sit right underneath the main body, and give you no ability to rotate the torso. So I build it up underneath said torso with some laser-cut parts, and after fixing the thigh-hip attachment points it actually looks like it could both walk and torso-twist.
This Pouncer kinda drives me mad, because I like the sculpt, but the attachments points at the "shoulders" for the arms is basically nonexistant. I have no idea how the sculptor ever intended the arms to stay attached to the torso. I therefore sculpted a layer of greenstuff to thicken the torso in the z-axis, and give the shoulder nubs enough volume to actually stick the pins of the arm parts into mating holes, along with adding some volume to the hips to match.
I tried a few new techniques on these 'Mechs, including using my airbrush and a mask to lay down the base colors (top half/bottom half). It worked out pretty well! Not sure when I'll try that trick again, but it was nice to see it work out pretty well.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
That said, the can warns not to use it "to clean or flush spray equipment". So I just want to make sure before dunking my airbrush in a Frappuccino bottle half-full of acetone: is this okay? Y/N
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@ArcticLancer ?
In the time I have had it it cooked off so paint slowly or what not worked it's way into the nozzle so I was debating about soaking it in rubbing alcohol and seeing if that clears the nozzle
I think it's also dried just behind the ball bearing so it's a debate about going forward with this plan or just abandoning it
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Well though fun with chemistry you can make your own
I don't think there is anything inside an airbrush that the acetone will dissolve. It wont melt rubber but too much exposure will hurt the rubber.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
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I want Ahmed Best's "CRISP!" to also enter the lexicon.
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I'm going to guess that it's the 'spray' part that's important, in that you don't want to be filling the air with aerosolized organic solvent. There are certainly worse things than acetone to do that with, but it's still not great.
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3DS: 1650-8480-6786
Switch: SW-0653-8208-4705
Seriously, as a fellow UM painter/player, that's great stuff. I aspire to a place where my smurfs look that good.
I appreciate it! I have gotten a few comments on my ultras about how much people like the blue and it makes me feel a bit guilty, because it’s just Macragge blue with a Calgar blue highlight. Right out of the Duncan videos. And having that blue in a rattle can just makes life so much easier, I feel for all those armies that don’t get that easy first step.
But I just used like half a $35 can of retributor gold on a custodes tank and it’s making me think an airbrush is actually going to save me money in the long run. These damn cans add up.