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Author Topic: Bison's Tales of Hobby Crafting  (Read 56261 times)

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Reply #255 on: May 10, 2022, 08:40:23 PM
Not my game but those look great!! Those colors really look great



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Reply #256 on: May 10, 2022, 09:02:25 PM
I did not think it was a game for me either but my boys and I have had a lot of fun the past few weeks. They ask to play 40K daily. Truth is I actually have really enjoyed building and painting the models. And the game is actually really fun. Some days rolling a fist full of dice is just right.



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Reply #257 on: May 11, 2022, 01:57:28 AM
Outstanding  :notworthy:



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Reply #258 on: May 11, 2022, 06:21:59 AM
A few channels I watch say ultramarine blue is the worst contrast paint but those look awesome to me

I’m more jealous of sitting down with the kids and playing 40k lite - good for you 🥰



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Reply #259 on: May 11, 2022, 07:39:37 AM
A few channels I watch say ultramarine blue is the worst contrast paint but those look awesome to me

Well, the base of the ultramarine is actually Citadel Air paint and an old-fashioned pot of Macragge Blue. I did follow the suggestion from a how-to paint video and used Basilicanum Grey as a shade on the silver areas and to line the space marine armor. I wanted Levathon Blue to do the lining but every game store in my area was out of it. It actually works well as a shade and is much easier to control.



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Reply #260 on: May 13, 2022, 08:49:56 PM
The 40K armies underwent a significant surprise feline attack today. I need to conduct emergency operations to fix a weapon and a couple of smaller parts broken during the attack. Nurse I need paper clips, super glue, and excess sprue stat!



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Reply #261 on: May 13, 2022, 08:56:46 PM
Never had the cat attack issue but I sympathise - there’s nothing worse than finding your carefully crafted men in little bits



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Reply #262 on: May 14, 2022, 06:04:37 AM
Its the same with map and counters......




It also proves beyond doubt that the world is round. If it was flat, then cats would have pushed everything off the edges by now.

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Reply #263 on: May 14, 2022, 07:21:50 AM
Heh - you’re move old man

Touch me, I dare you



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Reply #264 on: May 14, 2022, 07:33:43 AM
I decided that discretion was the better part of valour, and remembered I had something more important to do. A dental appointment, I think it was.

“O Lord God, let me not be disgraced in my old days.”

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Reply #265 on: May 14, 2022, 10:36:20 AM
Cats are jerks. They hold some unwarranted worldview that they are in charge of everything.

I was able to pin the weapon back in place. I needed to take a break after supergluing my fingers together multiple times...

Now I just need to figure out how I am going to fix some tiny shoulder armor pieces. I think if I cut down paper clips and then use superglue to create a point to fix the side of the piece it may work. The pieces are too small to use a little hand drill to fix. Otherwise, the Necron bosses will lose some super sweet bling.



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Reply #266 on: May 14, 2022, 02:56:05 PM

“O Lord God, let me not be disgraced in my old days.”

'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'


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Reply #267 on: May 14, 2022, 05:34:07 PM
At some point, I need to do some rust or verdigris effects on some Warcry terrain. I will have to look into these products but they are not something I have seen in the US.



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Reply #268 on: May 14, 2022, 05:58:16 PM
I use the AK Interactive effects stuff.  It works great.



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Reply #269 on: May 15, 2022, 02:33:41 AM
I find GW corrosion paint dry brushed with ryza rust works well if you don’t want to get too technical