And staying just the right side of the “no dicks” rule 😉

Those aren’t dicks. Just plastic knobs. But be aware of any Justin with clippers! A man who bins perfectly good minis can’t be trusted! *g*

@blink465 it think it was quicker for a number of reasons.

For a start there’s not shaking the paint and prying the lid off.

You don’t have to reload the brush ever so often, it’s just there.

Using a tip instead of a flexible brush I felt more confident with my application of paint.

When I swithed colours there was no need to clean the brush…[Read more]

@blinky465 agreed – they are either too pale and yield no result, or conversely too dense and might as well be a thinned paint. I’ve been experimenting with gloss varnish airbrushed to give better “flow” to the contrasts, especially if I want to get it in the crevasses, and not just pool on the surfaces. Snakebite Leather has responded best so fa…[Read more]

@zoidpinhead great job – they look much more than “just” speed paints! And staying just the right side of the “no dicks” rule 😉

Paintbrushes are a great point of contention too.
I guess it’s because they’re so subjective (and each brand can be so hit-and-miss as well).
And because brushes can change how you feel about painting too. Scratchy,…[Read more]

I had this error tonight – first time I’ve seen it.  I wonder if it is the new version of the Cloudflare connection error we used to get?  The full error message read:

read error on connection to 10.0.0.4:6379

WordPress is unable to establish a connection to Redis. This means that the connection information in your wp-config.php file are i…[Read more]

@blinky465  I’m glad you have a style that works for you both in terms of final look and overall output.  I’ve settled on a very similar approach myself and am very happy with the volume of miniatures I can get done and onto the table.

Year Zero – Like blinky I’m a big fan of AP Speedpaints and did buy the big box when the 2.0 version came out a…[Read more]

I don’t buy big boxes of paints. Waste of money.

I will buy sets of themed paints, sometimes.

Currently, I mostly use AK Gen 3. They’re fantastic. Apparently AK has a contrast type paint now which I would like to try. GW Contrast is hit and miss with being either fantastic or useless.

Tagged @blinky465 under the recent XLBS

I never bought “big boxes” of paints. I did buy two “themed sets” from Valejo back in the day but other than that I would stay mostly with Army Painter Warpaints and Speedpaints. Simply because they go well with my style and way of “getting shit done quick”.

But I’m anything but a good painter and I always try to make work what I have before…[Read more]

It’s not happening in the forums but only on the comments on content like mine on the current XLBS

Where is says “Squirrel Lord” I tagged avernos. If you look at his profile you’ll find “Squirrel Lord” is his “real name”

That only is noticeable when “real name” is not the same as user name