sillybrian

The submission form for the December LGS promotion isnt quite right, the selection box only shows October LGS. Im a bit nervous to submit with October selected. Any feedback on this?

Mine may have gone to the back of the line because of a change/fix I asked for to customer service. That being said, I have not yet seen any shipment notifications, so there is certainly still some backlog.

No Santana Ortega... Wyrd why you do dis to me.. Ordered other stuff though. Neat sale, looking forward to painting up Sandeep crew!

27) Always remember to check if your opponent made the TN of his Ca before you decide whether or not to cheat with your last good card. 28) 25-35 SS Henchman games are a thing. Try it, it's a nice change and offers different challenges.

There's quite a lot of advice and linkage in the replies already, so I will shy away from that. What I would like to add to the discussion is that there are three steps I find critical to improving in painting and I would strongly recommend this mantra to anyone that asks: 1) Paint! Don't be shy or scared. Get in there and try it. Yes, the models are expensive and yes, we are all afraid of ruining them. Overcome that fear, and get in there and paint. 2) Honest critique. When you finish a model, don't just move on to the next one... stop and look at it, and decide what you like, what you don't like, what worked just as you thought it would, what didn't... I personally keep a little journal, but that's just my style. The important thing here is to spend the time embedding the learnings in your mind. 3) Push yourself. Make sure that every model you work on, you do so with at least one technique in mind that you are "uncomfortable" with that you are determined to try. You have to challenge yourself, and the only way to get comfortable with new techniques is to push through the period of being uncomfortable. There really is no way to generalize how to thin paint or how to apply washes for every case. Some people like models that look more realistic, while others painting the same model would prefer that it look like it jumped out of the panel of a comic book. Both can use different thinning and washing techniques for the same surfaces. There are many videos on youtube, and picture files and everything.... but like everything in life, the more you try it yourself, the more value you will actually get when you go back and watch the video again or look at the photos again because now you truly have a frame of reference.

I'm a big fan of Wyrd and am looking forward to picking some items up during this special event, but I really do have to say here... I'm not sure why anyone would advertise that the sale will be starting Wed. Nov 23 if the store is not going to be open on Wed. Nov 23 (potentially until some undisclosed time)... it seems like a rather annoying and unnecessary level of secrecy with no real benefit. If you want to wait to start the sale until the evening on Nov 23 or whatever that is perfectly fine... but just come out and say it, so folks know what to expect. Keeping the customer in suspense about when the store will be open is not really a popular business model. I guess one could hazard a guess that they are trying to limit the spike in instantaneous webstore transaction traffic, but I really find that hard to believe... besides, there are other ways of dealing with that issue that don't include misdirection. Anyways, I'm a fan and will purchase stuff when the store is up... but really, the misdirection is a bit frustrating and unnecessary, so please figure out how to not do it in the future.

I learned that lesson the hard way, apparently. I can't help but agree. It was spraying ok for about two figures, then suddenly it started sputtering and spewing paint globs, and then alternated between spraying pure (paint free) gas, and then sputtering small globs. Not sure what happened, but I couldn't get it to do anything else. I gave it 10 minutes to rest, shook it like I meant it, and tried it again... same problem. Even tried clearing the nozzle for 10 seconds. No improvement, just sprayed all gas for a few seconds, then some paint globs, then all gas again. I had to toss it. I had the same thing happen with a can of Goblin Green, but I was probably halfway through the can. The Matt Black, Uniform Grey, and Ultramarine Blue cans have worked great, haven't had any problems.

I just picked up a brand new Children of December box set as one of my first armies. Just getting into the game. I love the models, but the Wendigo really really bothers me... the Wendigo itself looks great, but the random dude getting mauled is... well its not bad, but it just isn't what I want on the table when I'm moving him around. It looks out of place on a gameboard, to me... especially if there are no Guild folks running around. Anybody have any pictures or suggestions for Wendigo conversions? I've found a way to do the left foot that I'm pretty happy with but I can't seem to figure out how to get his left hand. I'm not very good at sculpting, and I haven't had much luck trying to mold/cast his right hand and swap the thumb. The fingers are so tiny that the casting resin just doesn't fill the tiny mold very well, even with air vents. Anybody have suggestions or ideas?

I had this same problem with my Dr. Grimwell. The white primer I tried to use turned out like coarse talcum powder, and it was just too grainy to even paint over. I soaked him in Simple Green for about 24 hours. Then I took him out, rinsed him in warm water quickly, and tried to brush it off. No go, wouldn't budge. Then I immediately dropped him into a bath of rubbing alcohol, just like you can buy at any CVS or Rite Aid (or Walgreens, etc etc). I let him sit there for about 5 mins, but NO MORE. When I pulled him out, a soft toothbrush took the primer off in one swipe. I was amazed. It practically fell off. PS. I don't know if the Simple Green step was necessary. It was the first thing to try... it may or may not have softened up the primer so that the alcohol had better effect, I have no idea. PPS. This was a brand new rattle can of Army Painter Matt White acrylic spray primer. Good luck with your model. I know how absolutely heartbroken I was when my Dr. Grimwell looked like he was made from coarse grain sugar, and I sincerely hope you manage to get it cleaned up.

ebay, rinse, repeat lol... I would love to pick up one or two. I'm surprised nobody is auctioning sealed NIB mystery boxes on ebay. That would make for some interesting auctioning.

I haven't seen these mystery boxes in any of my LGS. =(

So I am fairly new to painting miniatures, and most of my current ones are some level of experiment. I'm not sure if this is the right forum or if there is another one better for painting advice, but figured I'd try here first. That being said, I wanted to ask for some thoughts on shading and highlighting to get some good depth on some of the really numerous, small, shallow wrinkles in the cloth pants of some of the models. Specifically in this case I'm talking about Bayou Bushwacker #3, from the Mah Tucket box set. If you know the figure, or at least can see the photos I attached... Those pants are very, very small and the wrinkles in the cloth are numerous and very shallow. I've had a difficult time trying to shade and highlight them, and I'm not super happy with the results. For the base color I went with Vallejo Model color Orange Red. I like bright things, and this was a bit of an experiment with this color. I shaded with Citadel Agrax Earthshade. In retrospect, that may have been a mistake... it is pretty dark on that bright orange.. but the other issue is that those creases and wrinkles are so small that even the shade has trouble staying in place, and it ends up spreading and doing more tinting across the area rather than shading in the crevices. My first highlight color was to bring the ridges back to the base Orange Red, and that was accomplished but... it just doesn't look right with such splotchy dark areas. I probably need to re-basecoat and redo everything, but with how small these creases are I don't have too many more mistakes before I start losing detail... So considering that I'm a newbie, anyone have any ideas or advice on how I could have done these pants better? Anybody done these types of numerous, small creases before and know a good trick for it? I'm all ears. Or, eyes technically I guess... anyways thanks!

Cool! Thanks for the help, folks. Can't wait to get my Gremlins dressed up.

Hey folks. I just recently got back into tabletop miniatures, and found Malifaux. I pretty much fell in love with the Gremlins, and am painting up a crew now. I saw in the store something called an Arsenal Deck from Wave 1. I see that there are also wave 2 arsenal decks online, and that the deck for wave 1 is discontinued. Should I run out and pick up the wave 1 deck because it is unique and discontinued? Or is everything I need in the new wave 2 deck, but just updated? Thanks