'Lunchtime painting get-together'...
Brilliant Sean!
Over here we just call them Mass Production Sweatshops, but maybe we'll try it your way and get all these international humanitarian organizations off our backs.
Diet Coke kills.
Fun!
But it looks like Rob is holding a piece of chalk.
Just another reason why I hope that someday I'll be able to do RPGs full time.
Spread the love of painting, SKR. There's never enough metal at the the table.
That portable "mini-desk" Ross has look pretty nifty
David is correct. On the Paizo store, we currently carry both, though. (If you want the wooden one, you want the $40 "Painting Station", not the $33 "Paint Station".)
Our distributor is currently showing 'limited stock' for the wooden one, since its discontinued, so if you want one like I have, don't delay.
Diet Coke kills.
I can quit anytime I want.
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so acrylic or oil paints?
(i think i spy games workshop acrylic paints by Ross...)
Yeah I was a sucker and bought the Citadel Mega Paint Set. On the other hand, it will be a long time, possibly ever, before I need to buy more paint.
Yeah I was a sucker and bought the Citadel Mega Paint Set. On the other hand, it will be a long time, possibly ever, before I need to buy more paint.
It's also quite good for sharing in such painting parties. :D
Any idea how the size of the two paint tables compares Ross?
I haven't seen the plastic one in person, so I don't know. The impression I get, though, its the plastic one is ever so slightly smaller, and of course lacks the shelf. In exchange its cheaper (and is probably even cheaper to make), doesn't require assembly, and has embossed rings to hold paint pots.
Both have two spaces that perfectly fit the Citadel Water pot. The wooden one has holes in the shelf to hold brushes upright. So does the plastic one, but since these are shallower, I don't know how well they work.
The front edge of the plastic one has curves on it, which implies it's designed to sit in a lap as well as a table. The wooden one kinds requires a flat surface.
Any idea how the size of the two paint tables compares Ross?
I haven't seen the plastic one in person, so I don't know. The impression I get, though, its the plastic one is ever so slightly smaller, and of course lacks the shelf. In exchange its cheaper (and is probably even cheaper to make), doesn't require assembly, and has embossed rings to hold paint pots.
Both have two spaces that perfectly fit the Citadel Water pot. The wooden one has holes in the shelf to hold brushes upright. So does the plastic one, but since these are shallower, I don't know how well they work.
The front edge of the plastic one has curves on it, which implies it's designed to sit in a lap as well as a table. The wooden one kinds requires a flat surface.
ahhh the mega paint set. Worth its weight in gold, I tell ya.
What flavor of Marines are you playing? I used to work for GW once upon a time, and I've always had a thing for Black Templars.
Edit -- What are you working on Hyrum?
Always good to see folks painting.
What flavor of Marines are you playing? I used to work for GW once upon a time, and I've always had a thing for Black Templars.
Codex-standard Space Marines, with a black paintjob ('cuz it's easier). The "Bearers of Reason", possibly an Iron Hands successor chapter. In this case 'Reason' means 'Explodey death'.
What flavor of Marines are you playing? I used to work for GW once upon a time, and I've always had a thing for Black Templars.Codex-standard Space Marines, with a black paintjob ('cuz it's easier). The "Bearers of Reason", possibly an Iron Hands successor chapter. In this case 'Reason' means 'Explodey death'.
Well these *are* space marines we're talking about, 'Explodey Death' is pretty much what they do... I mean heck, their average weapon is a belt-fed, rapid-fire, rocket propelled grenade launcher. Ahh bolters.
Any of you post pictures anywhere? I'd love to see what you're all working on.
SKR, you've been reading my deepest inner thoughts again. I shall create a helmet out of tin foil to keep you out.
Maybe I'm just a slow painter, but I have to wonder: what can you possibly get accomplished in only an hour?
Maybe I'm just a slow painter, but I have to wonder: what can you possibly get accomplished in only an hour?
Well...I can only speak for myself, but I managed to get a green basecoat, brown basecoat & beginning leather armor details and lighter green highlights on the serpentfolk mini done in an hour.
A skeleton fighter mini I did took two of these lunch sessions.
Maybe I'm just a slow painter, but I have to wonder: what can you possibly get accomplished in only an hour?
In 45 minutes that day, I basecoated four minis and painted a large cloak on another mini.
Learning how to assembly-line your methods will increase your speed. As in, "I have ten guys who need this color brown, I'll open the brown, paint all the brown spots on those minis, then close the brown and get to work on the next color." Depending on how simple the mini is, I can do about 8 identical paint jobs in an hour.
Here are some links to speedpainting articles I wrote on my site:
Learning how to assembly-line your methods will increase your speed. As in, "I have ten guys who need this color brown, I'll open the brown, paint all the brown spots on those minis, then close the brown and get to work on the next color." Depending on how simple the mini is, I can do about 8 identical paint jobs in an hour.
That will never be me, I'm afraid. I started down the pernicious path of painting with glazes, and it has dominated me ever since. I think it's an expression of OCD.
I have stupid, clumsy hands, (and less practice), so I'm slower than Sean, but I put details in three colors on about 15 space marines and two dreadnaughts in that hour. Next week, I expect to finish the detail on those minis and put on varnish.
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Maybe I'm just a slow painter, but I have to wonder: what can you possibly get accomplished in only an hour?
I'm super slow and I don't get much done. However, I go for two reasons: 1. because it is really fun to hang out and a lot of the people who do this "mini painting lunch" work downstairs and I don't get to see much of them and 2. because I am new to painting minis and there is a wealth of knowledge for whenever I have questions.
Maybe I'm just a slow painter, but I have to wonder: what can you possibly get accomplished in only an hour?I'm super slow and I don't get much done. However, I go for two reasons: 1. because it is really fun to hang out and a lot of the people who do this "mini painting lunch" work downstairs and I don't get to see much of them and 2. because I am new to painting minis and there is a wealth of knowledge for whenever I have questions.
Yeah, that's one of the best parts of painting mini's... the community. If nothing else it's nice to sit with friends and look at each others work.
What you can get done in an hour really varies by what you're doing. If you're doing troops ("tabletop" quality) then you can make good progress on a bunch of models... but if you're looking at characters ("case" quality) then you're obviously going to spend quite a bit more time on things. If it's skeletons/necrons/marines, with the right dip and a bit of luck of you can finish whole batches very quickly.
Currently I'm working on a unit of Swordmasters of Hoeth for a High Elf army I'm building. I just finished up a unit of Lothern Sea Guard, and I have to say those models were DETAILED for a core unit.
Any of you folks dabbled in "real" metals yet? Nifty little thing, snag a clump of steel wool and use it to polish the sword of one of your pewter figs... looks great, takes no time.
Sorry, I've rambled, you all just got me worked up heh.
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Yeah I was a sucker and bought the Citadel Mega Paint Set. On the other hand, it will be a long time, possibly ever, before I need to buy more paint.
Do keep an eye on the consistency of the paints, especially ones that you don't often use. When Citadel switched to the screw-top bottles, I noticed that mine dried out quicker. I can normally rescue anything that hasn't hardened completely with a squirt of water and a good stir.
Their foundation paints are fantastic, but dry out even quicker.
Do keep an eye on the consistency of the paints, especially ones that you don't often use. When Citadel switched to the screw-top bottles, I noticed that mine dried out quicker. I can normally rescue anything that hasn't hardened completely with a squirt of water and a good stir.
Store them upside down. The paint itself will create the airtight seal.
Yeah I was a sucker and bought the Citadel Mega Paint Set. On the other hand, it will be a long time, possibly ever, before I need to buy more paint.
Do keep an eye on the consistency of the paints, especially ones that you don't often use. When Citadel switched to the screw-top bottles, I noticed that mine dried out quicker. I can normally rescue anything that hasn't hardened completely with a squirt of water and a good stir.
Their foundation paints are fantastic, but dry out even quicker.
I have the 3rd generation of Citadel tops, which are flip-tops in the same vein as the newer foundation paints. They stay sealed pretty well. That said, they do often require a good shaking before use.
For a year or more (a while back) I would keep a tackle box full of paint and brushes and minis at work, and go to town painting at lunch. Didn't get any new gamers, but got lots of minis finished!