Not had a chance to try them yet as I have been busy upgrading my pc, I will let you know my thoughts on them.How you finding them new paints? I'm tempted to try a few out just for edge highlighting
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Looks like Heresy is getting battleforces this year
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Never thought we'd seen anything in plastic bigger that a stompa. Makes me excited to see what else we get on that scale in future.
Was stuck for something to do on Saturday, so in an effort to get the boys off their screens for a bit, we took a trip into Birmingham and went to the Warhammer store - I used to play when I was their age (well more paint than play), but this is going back to when they were still "Games Workshop" with the red & yellow branding, and the hexagonal paint pots rather than the new round/dome shaped ones, I did have a brief dabble again about 10 years ago, and still have a few Eldar from then.
Have to give the guys in store 10/10, we played a quick game, then the boys painted a space marine each; was thoroughly impressed at my 6 year old's effort - obviously not perfect, but far from terrible
They both enjoyed themselves, so we ended up walking out with the 40k starter set, paint starter set, couple of model holders for painting, some extra brushes and a couple of extra colours (they both wanted different combat patrol sets to start with, but those, along with the terrain kit would have been 2x the price and without the rulebooks etc., so bargained with them to give the starter set a go and if they stuck at it they could choose their own armies later on).
They spent most of yesterday building and painting models which was nice as a change from constantly moaning about screen time, and I had fun doing some of the terrain; also managed to dig out a few of my old models (which need repainting TBH, I might try to strip the paint off and give "slapchop" a go - looks quite fun & effective).
Other than that, any hints/tips/suggestions for some newbies/someone coming back to the hobby after a long time? Thinking of picking up a "wet palette" as seems to be highly recommended, especially when using the contrast/speed paints for the slapchop technique.
Have to give the guys in store 10/10, we played a quick game, then the boys painted a space marine each; was thoroughly impressed at my 6 year old's effort - obviously not perfect, but far from terrible
They both enjoyed themselves, so we ended up walking out with the 40k starter set, paint starter set, couple of model holders for painting, some extra brushes and a couple of extra colours (they both wanted different combat patrol sets to start with, but those, along with the terrain kit would have been 2x the price and without the rulebooks etc., so bargained with them to give the starter set a go and if they stuck at it they could choose their own armies later on).
They spent most of yesterday building and painting models which was nice as a change from constantly moaning about screen time, and I had fun doing some of the terrain; also managed to dig out a few of my old models (which need repainting TBH, I might try to strip the paint off and give "slapchop" a go - looks quite fun & effective).
Other than that, any hints/tips/suggestions for some newbies/someone coming back to the hobby after a long time? Thinking of picking up a "wet palette" as seems to be highly recommended, especially when using the contrast/speed paints for the slapchop technique.
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Welcome back to the fold, I would not advise using contrast or speed paints on a wet palette just use them straight out of the pot or with a bit of lahmian medium if you need to thin them down a bit more, you will be fine with regular acrylics though
Also checkout Warhipsters channel on Youtube for contrast paint tutorials which will really help you.
Also checkout Warhipsters channel on Youtube for contrast paint tutorials which will really help you.
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Thanks, yes that makes sense I guess, since they are already pretty watery! I ended up ordering the Speedpaint 2.0 "Most Wanted" set for a good range of colours, and that comes with a medium if needed.
Just finished stripping down my wraithseer and wraithguard, so when they're dry tomorrow I can reassemble them ready for priming. They were previously a sort of inverted Ulthwe scheme - mainly bone white with black secondary, but I really like the look of the Iybraesil scheme (blue/teal base with white secondary), so going to give that a go - I realise I can't actually use them for combat patrol, but they're nice models and worth having if we end up playing bigger games
Just finished stripping down my wraithseer and wraithguard, so when they're dry tomorrow I can reassemble them ready for priming. They were previously a sort of inverted Ulthwe scheme - mainly bone white with black secondary, but I really like the look of the Iybraesil scheme (blue/teal base with white secondary), so going to give that a go - I realise I can't actually use them for combat patrol, but they're nice models and worth having if we end up playing bigger games
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