Games Workshop, An Appreciation Thread

[JoeK]

Right then, some work on the base. Ignore the transparent 'plinth' (for want of a better word!) - it was painted black, but severe misuse of masking tape caused terrible, terrible things to happen, so thought I'd strip it back completely and work out how to respray it at the end (wish me luck).

Anyhoo, I've been trying out some Araldite glue for a first layer of the swamp. You know - that dual pump stuff which you can buy. To my delight, it works really rather well - much, much better than anything water effects can do in much quicker time. Admittedly, I'd not like to do clear water with it, as it'll bubble something terrible, but for my purposes it's come up fine.

I've been faffing about with gently splashing ink into the mix, as well as very fine shavings of pastels, which give a bit more interest to the green. Not sure you can see any of this (nor much of the shine really), but I'm happy enough so far. After the Kroot is painted and placed, I'll add another layer of the stuff for depth, and a bit more variation. Enjoyable though!

[remute]

Quick update, I've got no new pictures at the moment, but I've managed to finish off another 5 Gargoyles and 4 Termegants, just over a quarter of the army is complete!

Only another 101 models to go

[Wiper]

Snap - I've just spent the afternoon finishing off the Grey Company - all 40 of them are now at least tournament legal. Only 46 regular rangers left to paint, plus 4 characters (maybe 5, if I decide I need a mounted Faramir as well). 18 more days to get them done...

[idespair]

Good luck on getting those done in time - I'm looking forward to seeing your pictures when they're all done. As my Beastmen are pretty much finished, I've just started work on a Lizardmen army (I picked up loads of them in trade recently). I spent some time changing 60 Saurus over from Spears to Hand Weapons, and then used Army Painter Crystal Blue spray to prime the first 30. At which point I realised that I would be better off removing the shields and spraying them with red primer separately. That was a fun hour.

[Wiper]

Just rejigged my army list a little, trading a few regular units for optional extras (specifically, banners). I have sixteen fewer models in my army! All of which I've already painted (meaning I now have 153 out of 203 models painted, instead of 169 out of 219)

Ah well. At least I get to see have two banners flying the field, in place of the sixteen chainmail-clad warriors that preceded them. Much prettier!

[Herbalizer]

Anyone here interested in the Space Marine or Orc minatures from the Black Reach Boxset? The only piece i'm using in my Grey knight army is the Dreadnaught so the rest are up for grabs. I need to raise funds for my Grey Knight Army, I've only got enough minatures for a football team so far

[Rogue Soul]

Looks like GW will be re-releasing a 'one off' boxset of Man O'War later this month.

Anyone played the original.. and was it any good?

Edit: Another link 'bout Man O' War - with pics.

[Wiper]

I've not been following this with great attention, but as far as I'm aware it's not a remake of Man O' War, but rather a new game following the same core concept - i.e. naval battles in the Warhammer Fantasy world. No idea what it will look like, but the name seems to be Dread Fleet, and it's a weird skirmish setup, featuring ragtag Empire-friendly fleet of ships (including Bretonnian, Elf and Dwarf ships) versus a vampire pirate fleet. Smaller scale battles than MoW, with larger ships. Not really sure what to make of it, but it doesn't sound quite as exciting as I first hoped when people were talking about it being a MoW remake.

[Padlocked]

I'm going to be (re)painting some plastics in the coming months. Just went into GW and there in store selection was shit. For someone who's a) not all that good and b) wants to just kinda play around and see where it ends up, what's the best thing to do paint wise? Get one of those army painter starter sets?

[Joyrex-J9]

Get one of those army painter starter sets?

Probably yes, they have decent selection of colours in.

Maybe pick up the Hobby Starter Set which has a brush, cutters & glue. Then pick up another brush or two and maybe a few more pots.

If there is a Hobbycraft near you I suggest popping there there for cheaper glue, files, cutters and brushes. Many have a GW concession in store so you could get your Citadel paints there too.

[Wiper]

It's also worth noting that while the GW paints are expensive (and their tools, glues, flock etc. woefully overpriced), their foundation paints and washes are genuinely excellent, and well worth buying.

[xibxang]

Probably yes, they have decent selection of colours in.

Maybe pick up the Hobby Starter Set which has a brush, cutters & glue. Then pick up another brush or two and maybe a few more pots.

If there is a Hobbycraft near you I suggest popping there there for cheaper glue, files, cutters and brushes. Many have a GW concession in store so you could get your Citadel paints there too.

God damn I think I can remember them being £8.75 when I was painting miniatures.

[Padlocked]

Cheers guys. I looked at the hobby kit but couldn't figure out why I'd need cutters or grass or glue (I have a 3 yr old so have oodles of super glue and PVA). I mean, these are Space Crusade figures

At £30 it's about a tenner over the similar starter kits from army painter too (from eBay at least)

Good tip about hobbycraft though - I'll see where my nearest one is.

I'll have a read through the thread as well - I've no idea what drybrushing and stuff is and no real concept of doing anything. Last time I did this was with Space Hulk and I wasn't even undercoating them!

[Wiper]

Question: are the models plastic or metal (or resin, if you can tell)? (It's been far too long since I played Space Crusade )

[Exit Chamber]

They will be plastic.

[Wiper]

I guessed as much. A shame, as it'd be useful to strip the paint off the models before repainting, but that's very hard with plastics. Brake fluid will do the job, but it's slow. Still, Pelekophoros, it might be worth using it - basically, immerse the painted models in brake fluid (DOT 3. DOT 4 stuff will melt the plastic) for a day, then scrub them with a toothbrush. It may take a couple of immersions to work, though.

Er, and in case you have unusually sensitive models/toxic brake fluid, you might want to test it on an expendable model first, like a gretchin.

[Wiper]

(though, looking a bit harder, it seems that Dettol, Fairy Power Spray or Mr Muscle cleaner will do the job too)

[LyonJacques]

Dettol and Fairy Power spray work well on both plastics and and metals. My patented process is:

A) Spray with Fairy, leave for 30mins then scrub off with an old toothbrush. This should take off at least 80% of the paint straight away (though thick spray undercoats are harder to shift) The painty goo will come off easily with warm water.

8) Put the models in dettol (I use plastic takeaway tubs) to soak and leave in the cupboard under the sink for a couple days/months. Then when you take them out remove the last of the paint with a toothbrush, cotton buds, blu tack and cocktail sticks. The paint gets wet and liquefied in the dettol and turns back into paint on contact with water so you have to be a bit careful, and only wash the model once it's completely clean.

You can skip the power spray and go straight to dettol, but I find this gets through dettol rather quick which works out surprisingly expensive (I tried a poundland equivalent and it refused to do the job), with my method it'll last several batches. You still need to wear gloves but using cleaning products sure beats having brake fluid or paint stripper in the kitchen

[bcofn]

I gave this a go and it seems to be pretty good. You only need to leave the models in for a couple of hours I think and the paint just comes off.

http://www.biostrip.co.uk/buy-biostrip/Biostrip20/

[rsbrowndog]

Anyone here interested in the Space Marine or Orc minatures from the Black Reach Boxset? The only piece i'm using in my Grey knight army is the Dreadnaught so the rest are up for grabs. I need to raise funds for my Grey Knight Army, I've only got enough minatures for a football team so far

I'm interested in these, price?

Cheers,

Ryan

[Padlocked]

Cheers again guys. This is likely to be more complicated than I thought. Maybe I'll start with the unpainted ones first, just for ease...

[Herbalizer]

I'm interested in these, price?

Cheers,

Ryan

Hey guys, anyone help me on this. How much should I be asking for the Black Reach minatures, excluding the Dreadnaught.

[Padlocked]

Whatever is on these - and is no idea what kind of paint it is - it's coming off pretty readily with cillit bang.

[Padlocked]

So I took the first 5 Space Crusade marines that had been painted badly - 2 blood angels and 3 imperial fists. Because its Space Crusade I figured that as they're in the base colour already I'd go over it in the eighth colour paint.

Having picked up so none-GW acrylics from Hobbycraft (which are fine, and I'm not skilled enough to warrant double the cost materials) I got to work.

First, I really don't have any innate skill. Second, I'm a bit shit. They're going to need at least another coat yet. This could get interesting.

I'm going to restrict myself to painting stuff that's shit for a while (a dozen or so figures). Only when I'm feeling a it more confident will. Start from scratch.

[moosegrinder]

Did you primer them, dude?

[Padlocked]

No, I think that was my mistake. I thought that as the models are either grey or a similar base colour they'd be ok.

Only done 5 so far, but I can see me getting a tin if spray (or using some standard primer I have in the garage ffor touching up the car!)

[moosegrinder]

I think car primer might be a bit thick, but I wouldn't quote me. I got some Plastikote stuff from Wilkos, that does the trick if you don't want to get the Chaos Black/Skull White GW stuff.

[Wiper]

Or you can just prime with, er, paint. It's slower, but it'll work - just lay down a thin layer of acrylic paint to the plastic. Once it sets, if it's extremely patchy add another layer. After that, you should be able to paint without too much trouble.

(I was brought up on this method, and it works a treat on plastics. Less fun on metal models, though - it will work, but it'll take a few layers)

[Cocky]

I've used car primer before and it works well enough when starting out. The only downside is if you try to strip off the paint later as (when using dettol) it will react and form a very sticky gloopy substance which is almost impossible to remove from plastics. You have to bear in mind that colour comes from the paint and not the priming agent and so the mini can be primed even though you don't have a complete coating of black or white. The purpose of priming is to help the paint adhere to the mini whereas a nice flat basecoat helps to achieve smooth colours.

[Padlocked]

Awesome, thanks guys. I have both a wilkos and a motopoint near me so shall rectify this today.

Tbh I'd rather spray primer on it than paint it like I did last night. Far too slow.