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count_zero99uk Lieutenant JG
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:31 pm Post subject: Cough Splutter hack. |
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Well there now primered, wasnt as bad as i was thinking it would be, but also im not sure if its as good as it could have been. I want to get to the fun bit.
My next will be better preperation.
Follow the link, more photos added.
thanks. _________________ My continuing efforts
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Rick Smith Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 02 Sep 2008 Posts: 266 Location: Silver Spring, MD
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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Looking good so far. You could probably use a few more passes of the primer though. I think I can see a little bit of metal peeking through in the creases - especially around the join where the bridge meets the saucer section.
Coming along though. _________________
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count_zero99uk Lieutenant JG
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the comments, i see what you mean, ive had a look at the pics, but not the minis as yet. Ill see what its like in the cold light of day, 22:30 here now no sun.
A quick tangent though, just getting my paints out ready for tommorow. These are vallejo model color. Some colours seem more seperated than others. Should i shake them all? how long for, etc etc.
Thanks again
Zero. _________________ My continuing efforts
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Scoutdad Commodore
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 4754 Location: Middle Tennessee
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:09 am Post subject: |
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count_zero99uk wrote: | ...Should i shake them all? how long for, etc etc...
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Not ot sound silly... but... shake them as long as is required o thoroughly remix them. There's no hard, fast rule that I've found. Some of the paints I use seperate easily (and therefore remix easily)... some, take longer to separate, but when they do - it takes longer to remix them.
I have found that by dropping a couple of BBs (you know, the small pellet pellets fired froma child's gun... not the really big starships ) in the paint tins, they seem to mix more thoroughly and just a bit faster.
I liken it to having the bearlng (or whatever) in the can of aerosol primer. _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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Rick Smith Lieutenant Commander
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:33 am Post subject: |
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Completely agree with Scoutdad - ALWAYS shake your colors!
And always thin them with water before you start in on the actual painting too. _________________
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count_zero99uk Lieutenant JG
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:00 am Post subject: |
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bb idea, great in theory. My vallejo bottles have teeny tiny holes at the top, and i dont think a bb with fit in there.
Im sure im missing somethign obvious, but its 1am, ive been playing fable 2 and i need sleep.
So fairwell and goodnight to you all.
Zero. _________________ My continuing efforts
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Scoutdad Commodore
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:29 am Post subject: |
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Actually... the tip of the bottle comes off, leaving an opening plenty large enough to insert BBs in... _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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