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Re: The best part is...

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:32 pm
by Wg Cdr Luddite
Basing. I love engraving my monogram and date on the underside. Then grinding the edges completely square. Then painting the pefect 3 mm matt black line around the bottom. At this point I enjoy the buzz of satisfaction knowing the model is finished and light up a cigar.
Erm.. It's just me isn't it ?

Re: The best part is...

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:53 pm
by World2dave
Applying washes and watching the magic happen. I don't use them all that much but when it works, it really works.

Re: The best part is...

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:42 pm
by garyp
Just lately, it's been experimenting with the GW contrast paints. They don't always work, but when they do it is soooo satisfying, particularly when you can paint half a dozen figures in an hour and they look as good as stuff I've painted that takes an hour per figure.
Of course the worst bit is when they don't work and you've f***ed up two quids worth of figure and have to start again

Re: The best part is...

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:47 pm
by MarshalNey
FAces. When the figure has character and the sculpter has given you something decent to paint. I thought my Mexican miltia types had very good Mexican (Indian?) faces.

Re: The best part is...

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:08 pm
by levied troop
1. Iā€™m with Dave on wash applying.
2. Building the storage trays, applying the magnetic tape, fitting them into RUBs and placing them in order in the basement. Anal? :shock: You think so?

Re: The best part is...

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:13 pm
by valleyboy
World2dave wrote: ā†‘Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:53 pm Applying washes and watching the magic happen. I don't use them all that much but when it works, it really works.
I most heartily agree - most of the time - unless I applied too much and they look like a dirty bunch of ragamuffins when they're dry the following morning

Re: The best part is...

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 1:46 am
by grizzlymc
FreddBloggs wrote: ā†‘Tue Apr 21, 2020 4:08 pm To crush your enemies, to see them driven the enemy before you, to hear the lamentations of your opponents die rolling....
Wot ee sed.

Re: The best part is...

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 9:26 am
by BaronVonWreckedoften
levied troop wrote: ā†‘Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:08 pm Anal? :shock: You think so?
I would have gone for "methodical", but your call.....

Re: The best part is...

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 9:32 am
by grizzlymc
On these pages anal means something else.

Re: The best part is...

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 5:02 am
by Buff Orpington
There was a word search grid going round FB where you were going to get the first 3 words you spotted once lock down ends. I was quite fortunate as anal was the 4th word. For the record I got money, travel and arse, which isn't necessarily the same thing.