tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34967887.post5863348932110273441..comments2023-10-30T10:54:32.716+00:00Comments on AktoMan: How I PaintAktoManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464579446969241392noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34967887.post-71617684377137558842009-01-15T23:17:00.000+00:002009-01-15T23:17:00.000+00:00Oops, missed replying to you, Dave. Sorry.No, I ha...Oops, missed replying to you, Dave. Sorry.<BR/><BR/>No, I haven't tried that finish. I think one of the chaps at the club was going to give it a go. Isn't it "Warlord Figures" who are advertising it with their range of 28mm plastic figures?AktoManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464579446969241392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34967887.post-43282963177924949882008-09-27T08:50:00.000+01:002008-09-27T08:50:00.000+01:00Have you tried The Army Painter "quickshade" finis...Have you tried The Army Painter "quickshade" finish for your figures yet? I saw a demonstration in this months "Wargames...Soldiers and Strategy" and it looks quite good. Of course its nothing new and I have been using dilute colour washes to achieve shading for ages but it just seems a better, quicker finish to me. I will be getting some for a trial anyway. The Macedonians are getting grumpy at not being finished........<BR/><BR/>DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34967887.post-9468749245126176082008-09-13T23:36:00.000+01:002008-09-13T23:36:00.000+01:00@Phil - I have collection bags for different coins...@Phil - I have collection bags for different coins, and seem to run low on 1p and 2p pieces. Strangely, I always find the Queen's head provides the better gluing side.<BR/><BR/>@George - I find it relaxing. It also explains what I do (sometimes) when the computer is off and I'm not online.<BR/><BR/>@AB - there's a good supply of paints in Games Workshop here in Aberdeen. They have cracking painting guides, and some of the chaps in 'historical' wargaming used to work for them.<BR/><BR/>As to bases, when I'm painting for a unit-sized base, I'll blu-tack the figures temporarily to coins, paint them, then base them on card later, finally texturing the base.<BR/><BR/>@PTC - I could never do the bigger stuff. Too much detail to apply. Painting is great fun, holding the image in the head, and trying to recreate it on a 3 dimensional model. Each part of the production means another step closer to completion.<BR/><BR/>A few years back at the wargames club, a few of us decided that we wanted the look of the game to be as important as the flow of the rules. In fact, the rules were less important than agreeing on painting styles and type of flock to be used on the bases. We would find a set of rules, but no-one wanted to waste time and energy on re-basing.AktoManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464579446969241392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34967887.post-20567909013611121472008-09-13T15:10:00.000+01:002008-09-13T15:10:00.000+01:00Great stuff.A few years back I was ill which meant...Great stuff.<BR/>A few years back I was ill which meant I was house bound for many months and I as I got better I got back into model making. It was bigger stuff though, sci-fi figures and the like. <BR/>Very cathartic, very good fun. I enjoyed the painting process most of all.<BR/>I'll maybe go back to it when I find the time again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34967887.post-64937060926220999072008-09-13T13:57:00.000+01:002008-09-13T13:57:00.000+01:00Great stuff Dunc.I used to paint figures like thes...Great stuff Dunc.<BR/><BR/>I used to paint figures like these too although mine were often the knights and goblins and monsters.<BR/><BR/>I like the idea of affixing them to bases to keep them from falling over. I wish I'd thought of that back in the day. :)<BR/><BR/>BAmerican Bushmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590788536207061628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34967887.post-61796368455826247632008-09-13T12:14:00.000+01:002008-09-13T12:14:00.000+01:00WOW! I'd never have the patience to sit and paint ...WOW! I'd never have the patience to sit and paint figures that small. <BR/><BR/>Probably explains why I'd only play computer wargames too. :-)Londonbackpackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14033452922754263301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34967887.post-87892077340482861852008-09-13T10:27:00.000+01:002008-09-13T10:27:00.000+01:00So, any 2p coins splattered with paint I come acro...So, any 2p coins splattered with paint I come across - I'll know who to blame!PhilWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14009521573076514881noreply@blogger.com