Tabletop Warhammer?
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Well if you ever manage to get fast AND this good, you should try a few commissions!
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Recently just splashed a little cash on some new brushes from Rosemary and Co. After ruining my winsor newton ones (before I discovered that you shouldn't have paint in the ferrel) and not being able to afford to replace them, I opted for some Series 33. We have a 2/0, a 1 and a 2. Going back, I would have just got the size 2 and the 2/0. The 1 isn't going to get used much.
Cost me £12 for all three, pretty decent price for sable hair.
It's so much easier painting with brushes that dont have split ends!
Can I ask where you had them from? looking for some new brushes.
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Got them from the actual Rosemary and Co online store, HERE. Postage is decently priced and they stock all their brushes. Highly, highly recommend the Series 33, but even their synthetic ones are decent.
Finished some terrain for an up and coming DnD game as well as 2 out of the 5 wolves I need to paint up. Not very good at all, pictures make them look worse! Still, its nice to have painted miniatures for DnD! Very happy with the terrain though, thats really going to help visualise battlefields easier with DnD.
Finished some terrain for an up and coming DnD game as well as 2 out of the 5 wolves I need to paint up. Not very good at all, pictures make them look worse! Still, its nice to have painted miniatures for DnD! Very happy with the terrain though, thats really going to help visualise battlefields easier with DnD.
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Commissario
I'm sorely tempted by the deathwatch starter, but I've already got box upon box of GW models including two lots of machines from the Deathstorm, Shield of Baal sets, 2x Renegades, Deathwatch, and half the models (at least) from pretty much every main game box for the last 10 years. Not to mention the additional models for armies I've actually started painting (Tau, Nids, Skaven).
I've also just ordered the new Infinity set, a bunch of models from Hassle Free miniatures for a necromunda type gang, and some Malifaux.
I've also just ordered the new Infinity set, a bunch of models from Hassle Free miniatures for a necromunda type gang, and some Malifaux.
Soldato
What's the best paint nowadays and what's the cheapest place to get it?
Currently have all citadel.
Currently have all citadel.
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I use Vallejo Game colour paints which I buy at shows or on ebay. There won't be a huge amount in it price wise I imagine.
Very impressed with that paint job, I note you're in Nottingham if you want to get your time up and other tips pop into hq as you're close to heavy metal standard imho.
Soldato
Any recommendations for a decent lamp for painting? Currently painting with an LED torch held in my mouth to see certain details and it's less than ideal 
I guess any desk lamp would do really? Was just curious if anyyone had any thoughts.
I guess any desk lamp would do really? Was just curious if anyyone had any thoughts.
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Just ordered Death Masque and i don't even collect warhammer anymore
Caporegime
Any recommendations for a decent lamp for painting? Currently painting with an LED torch held in my mouth to see certain details and it's less than ideal
Depends how much you want to spend really. The ideal one is the Tritube lamp but it's a good £100+. I'm just using a normal desk lamp with a daylight bulb, a couple would be better though.
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This is the lamp I use, we got one from Amazon in the black friday offers year before last for £75, having already got two from another company (I have one on my desk, my brother wanted one, and we bought a third for use in the garage spray area).
We bought them after looking at one of the CFL tube versions and talking to one of the Heavy Metal guys at Warhammer Fest who was using one and he said how much better the LED version was (IIRC at the time it sounded like GW were replacing the CFL versions with LED ones as they died).
If you've got a fluorescent fitting in the room you can get daylight tubes, or even compact fluorescent bulbs.
I managed to get a couple of daylight 4 foot tubes for the garage spray area from B&Q a few years back (and I think 60 watt equivalent CFL's from Homebase), but I haven't seen the tubes in any of the local B&Q stores for a while.
When our 6 foot tubes die I may replace them with daylight versions if I can get them locally (Phillips do them, but they're a pain to find).
We bought them after looking at one of the CFL tube versions and talking to one of the Heavy Metal guys at Warhammer Fest who was using one and he said how much better the LED version was (IIRC at the time it sounded like GW were replacing the CFL versions with LED ones as they died).
If you've got a fluorescent fitting in the room you can get daylight tubes, or even compact fluorescent bulbs.
I managed to get a couple of daylight 4 foot tubes for the garage spray area from B&Q a few years back (and I think 60 watt equivalent CFL's from Homebase), but I haven't seen the tubes in any of the local B&Q stores for a while.
When our 6 foot tubes die I may replace them with daylight versions if I can get them locally (Phillips do them, but they're a pain to find).
If you are looking for a slightly cheaper alternative, I'm using this one below:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B016BEEH3O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It gives good output, massive difference over the crappy light I was using before, definitely able to see and pick out detail better without having to strain my eyes. It has 3 settings for intensity so you can adjust the brightness up, with the top setting being very bright indeed (one of the reviews has pictures to give you a rough idea).
However if you have the cash the two recommendations above are better for sure.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B016BEEH3O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It gives good output, massive difference over the crappy light I was using before, definitely able to see and pick out detail better without having to strain my eyes. It has 3 settings for intensity so you can adjust the brightness up, with the top setting being very bright indeed (one of the reviews has pictures to give you a rough idea).
However if you have the cash the two recommendations above are better for sure.
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£74 including postage 
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I've just noticed some more deathwatch things available for pre-order on GW's site.
Caporegime
Yeah it's nothing new though, just the old sets with a Deathwatch upgrade sprue.