Tabletop Warhammer?

Juniper · 21 May 2011 at 00:55

Painting with red is really frustrating

GothicGhost · 21 May 2011 at 01:06

Werewolf said:
What's the place in Luton called? (assuming it's safe for work as it were).

Thinking about it, it sounds like a great place...

I think it is called the After 8 Club

Or the Private Eye club but anyways it's all win win lol

Really liking the look of the skavens

next buy maybe will be http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440084a&prodId=prod900134a

@anewhope how did you get the shading on the white cloth it looks great

Kavalree · 21 May 2011 at 16:47

GothicGhost said:
@anewhope how did you get the shading on the white cloth it looks great

The shading looks like washes and highlights, bleached bone for the highlight maybe?

EDIT: Just finished my first Mandrake.

JHeaton · 21 May 2011 at 17:42

anewhope said:
Painting with red is really frustrating

Completely agree. It's probably why I haven't made much progress over here.

Werewolf · 21 May 2011 at 21:29

I think my brother found airbrushing red (and yellow) gave better results than hand painting - at least for his test models base coats.

GothicGhost · 21 May 2011 at 23:14

No painting tonight as i am sorting my models getting them ready for some primer

Lots of cutting from sprues to do

Messy desk atm lol.

Squark · 21 May 2011 at 23:23

My camera seems to have broken and wont sync with my pc so I can't get any pics off it to post

kylew · 22 May 2011 at 00:06

vincent1989 said:
something like this'll do you

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AIRBRUSH-KIT-...Crafts_DrawingSupplies_EH&hash=item5635b6fe82

most miniature painters i know (including myself) have this kit or a variant of this kit, the compressors are usually the same but the airbrushes differ from auction to auction but they're usually similar enough models.

i've only use hot water to clean mine, seems to have done the trick so far but even if you need to do a proper clean once in a while it wouldn't cost a lot!

I've got a variation of this, and bizarrely the airbrushes that came with it stand up to my 2 Iwata HP-Cs in terms of quality.

Kavalree · 22 May 2011 at 10:59

Question for you all, how do you guys protect the paint on your figures? What varnish do you use?

GothicGhost · 22 May 2011 at 11:13

Jaffa_Far i was going to ask the same question myself soon as i have almost finish off my first box

Freelanc3r · 22 May 2011 at 12:03

Got my new Kanz. Off to Warhammer world next sunday which should be a treat. Going to have about a 6k battle on the epic tables there!

£70 to spend on the Waaaagh...
I'm thinking big mek /w shokk attack gun, then purchasing a deff dread (counts as a troop choice with big mek)

Arcimbaldo · 22 May 2011 at 12:28

I honestly do not bother varnishing my models, they rarely get chipped and when they do in my eyes they look more battleworn

, however if you use an army sharder quick dip im told that you should use an anti shine spray as it shines quite a lot, not 100% sure on this though.
@Freelanc3r, I highly reccommend the shock attack gun, am i right in saying if you roll a double 6 for it anything the ordanance template touches is automatically destroyed, no questions asked?

Kavalree · 22 May 2011 at 13:06

Arcimbaldo said:
I honestly do not bother varnishing my models, they rarely get chipped and when they do in my eyes they look more battleworn , however if you use an army sharder quick dip im told that you should use an anti shine spray as it shines quite a lot, not 100% sure on this though.
@Freelanc3r, I highly reccommend the shock attack gun, am i right in saying if you roll a double 6 for it anything the ordanance template touches is automatically destroyed, no questions asked?

I do not want 2-3hours per model to get chipped. What is the GW Purity Seal like?

And I need models for my Dark Eldar grotesques, I cannot think of what to use...

Freelanc3r · 22 May 2011 at 13:08

Arcimbaldo said:
@Freelanc3r, I highly reccommend the shock attack gun, am i right in saying if you roll a double 6 for it anything the ordanance template touches is automatically destroyed, no questions asked?

Yep!
Going to head down to my local GW and buy one tomorrow.
However on a double 1 it kills the mek and any models with D6

However that's the fun of playing orks!

It's ordnance 1, large blast. Range 60'' and AP 2

strength = 2d6 and obviously consulting the chart.

Werewolf · 22 May 2011 at 14:56

The shokk attack guns are great fun...we had a game where the mek was sat in a bunker with his buddies and missfired the gun rather spectacularly - the mek killed himself, his buddies, and the bunker from memory

Freelanc3r · 22 May 2011 at 14:58

Werewolf said:
The shokk attack guns are great fun...we had a game where the mek was sat in a bunker with his buddies and missfired the gun rather spectacularly - the mek killed himself, his buddies, and the bunker from memory

That's all part of the fun

Unsure whether to stick him in my 10man squad of Lootas that I normally sit on a hill at the back of the board. Or have him alone incase he rolls a 1,1 and kills everyone within d6''?

Raziel1 · 22 May 2011 at 18:59

started to paint my high elves yesterday. Just working on a mage, unit of silver helms & a unit of archers at the moment to try & work out my colour scheme. Going for a very untraditional colour scheme tbh, more what you would expect from a dark elf force. The idea being its a small defence force for an outpost that has spent too long fighting the dark elves & chaos. Main colours are deep red & a very dark turquoise.

Always like to have a little narative/ backstory for my armies.

Will get some pics done when its more than just a few base colours.

One of my mates is going halves with me on the starter box so we have the latest rules, I get the (rather nice looking) high elves & he's looking at starting skaven. The new tomb kings models are rather tasty too, so I'm having to avoid going into a GW store or I'll end up walking out with some

kylew · 22 May 2011 at 19:14

Jaffa_Far said:
Question for you all, how do you guys protect the paint on your figures? What varnish do you use?

I use a lacquer based gloss/satin/matte top coat to protect anything that I've painted, and I spray it on through an airbrush.

Werewolf · 22 May 2011 at 20:34

My brother uses Vallejo matt I think, or a can one.
I've just bought a half litre bottle of matt varnish (only about £6-9), which we're going to try spraying on.

kylew · 22 May 2011 at 21:46

Predicament said:
Its depressing to see 40 y/o men playing with toys

That's right, we should all change our names to Graham Grey, wear only grey suits, and dye our hair grey too to match the theme and spend our time complaining about the weather, traffic the "state of this country" and immigrants as well as various other inane thing that are *so* important and serious "adult" topics.

(to anyone called Graham, I'm sorry about your name, it's not your fault...

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