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Mine's Brainy Bob Hard Rider:(,

If you can afford it go for a Sennheiser headset great sound good micks and very comfortable on the head and ears.Great for long gaming sessions.
Been using them for around 6 years the only make I...

Yeah the normal stuff takes a while to get use to but back in the back in the 80's Milliput was the only thing you could get your hands on with ease.I use to sculpt 6mm miniatures called...

The Standard Yellow-Grey would do for most things I use it for washes.

I've only used the standard gray and terracotta for scuplting so not sure that the rest would be like.

Some tips.



1 Always use Palpay coveres both you and the seller, though their policies faver the buyer more than then the seller.

2. Always send items Recorded Delivery.

3.First time...

Voted and good luck :).

Hi fieldarchy was reading the post and happened to clink on your link for your website and my Kaspersky picked up a virus Trojan-Downloader.JS.Gumblar.

Congrats on the pin, like the look of the mini though as Freakinacage say\'s some lager pics would be nice to see the details.

SCUM like that need to just be took out back and hung. Descent people are in the minority these days and governments cater for the lowlifes of this world. They don’t fear the rule of law anymore as...

Building your own is not that hard, I’ve built around 10 over the years its cheaper and you get what you want spec wise.

There are plenty of sites on the web that can show you what to do. You...

Hi Miffmoff I do a lot of commissions with magnets.As Jester said your best bet is using rare earth magnets lots of sellers on eBay.

The sizes I use most are 3mm and 6 mm.

Dreadnought arms I...

Scantly glad girls never did like them, even as a teen.

Though stick me in a fantasy world and change my sex and I would have to go with the tits out, booty showing approach. Male dominated world...

Yeah Detol works wonders.

When I got back into painting had miniatures with 21 years of paint and grim on them.Week soaking it Detol and some brushing with a tooth brush and they came out looking...

My God that was as bad as black ink spewed from the anal passage of a large sea worm, like the demonic child regurgitating black oil upon the pale white, alabaster, cracked veined marble of a heaving...

It was on its way out the first day of launch, they released it a year to early and they opened to many servers the first week.Once the numbers of players started to drop most of the game was like a...

Don\'t pick a high pop server I\'m on Karak-Hirn prime time theres queues of 1 hour+ to get on.
And if you can play Order they has less wait times to log in and to play in the instanced pvp battle...

When I ship miniatures I cut a length of bubble wrap twice the hight of the miniature and about 30cm long.Wrap it around and then tape it.

I have 2 different packing boxes, one that does 1 to 5...

Painting like that makes me sick with Envy brilliant piece of art.

Have to say my eBay listing are in a dead clam state :). Lucky I only paint for eBay in between commissions when they sell its a nice little bonus.

Commission wise I\'ve got them coming out of my...

Yeah was in a rush stupid me normally test first with a old miniature I have.

Thankfully a touch of brush on gloss sorted out most of the misting.

I\'ll not be running out to repeat this one...

Hi and welcome .

Just sprayed 15 Ultramarines for a commission and they all went misty go go GW purity seal :(.

Oh and on Monday my PC blew up so all in all a nice week for me :).

Think I\'ll go wrap myself up...

:*( I for some reason misread it as Dragon Forges new song, thought he was branching out a bit.

Damn you to hell Roger :). I ended up clicking the video link and now I think my ear drums are bleeding.

Feck that was horrid :(.

Host your pictures on Photobucket or a site like it. Once its uploaded its will give you a link that you just copy, then paste it into your forum post and the picture then shows in the post.

Wine corks

I find 1mm paper clips work a treat can use them to pin most things.100 or so to a box will last you a long time.

Happy Birthday and one hell of a cool treat.

Now just wish when its my Birthday someone takes me out and lets a few great looking birds fly my way :).

We only get one shot at life Matty.Now think ahead 25 years,you have a great paying job stuck in a city you hate and maybe you will be thinking back about missing out on a life with Laura.

Love is...

Yeah Matt that game can be like crack and just as hard to get off.I just wiped if from my pc and give my copy away, that way I could not fire it up and get hooked again.

Great piece Matt makes me want to go out and buy some Eldar to paint and I hate elves :).

Sorry Matt if you find it offensive but sometimes people need a good kick up the butt and dear Wombat needs one.

The more I look at the gold on the rune priest the more I know he has talent and...

Sorry Wombat but blowing your top in this post and at Dragonsreach when he commented on your Konrad is just sad.

99.9% of your miniatures posted on cmon suck ass big time.11 years painting in what...

Cut a chunk out of it build a tunnel network(ant farm type thing) and fill it with a load of Snotlings going about their business.

Then on the rest of the globe do the Warhammer world map in...

Instead of his dots of colour can\'t they just send him up with Beagle 2.Would then save me from ever having to set eyes on that stuff he calls art.

Congratulations :D

Do you mean something like this?

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3779/30688432dd9.th.jpg

Yeah anyone that thinks we are the only living beings in existence need their heads looked at.

The other day I was reading up on Sumerians, cuneiform earliest known form of written expression.They...

Looks like Tamiya is out too got this from a site:

Tamiya TS MS & AS sprays have been recalled to Japan following labelling & constituent issues to meet new European Laws. We have been informed...

So last commission I did used up the last little can of Dullcote :(.Seeing as its now banned over here anyone got a alternative and a place to buy it?.

I loved WOW though it did take a lot of my spare time up which was good as it cut my drinking from 3 nights a week down to one.

Helped run one of the best guilds on the server we played on.But at...

Bare naked ladies
The Eels
Black eyed peas
Frank Zappa
Damien Rice
Paul van Dyk
Paul Oakenfold

hot chick singers and their groups
Evanescence

I built sets dressed sets , done get in and get outs (putting a show with its sets lighting sound and the like in, the taking it out at the end of the run).Also rigging lighting & sound in my...

If I got stung by a jellyfish and someone peed on me they would be the one going to see a Dr,
peeing on someone is only ok when its sex :D

Worth is hard to define Shadzar mate I know some sellers on eBay get more for a squad and the paint jobs are not as good but it takes time to build up a good customer base.

I know my level of...

I have my sweets,crisps and soft drinks picked out and waiting :).

I use to play Elric of Melnibone RPG as I kid but seeing as I was a better gm at the time than the guy running it somehow I managed to end up not only playing Elric but had stormbringer as well.
...

When I got back into painting I got a daylight desk lamp £75, at the time I thought it was a hell of a lot of money to spend on a lamp but after I put a miniature I painted with and without the lamp...

Hot whiskey, cloves and honey after after 8 your that drunk you forget about your cold.

Well thats the thing Liz they need to look like they are doing something for their money.A few years back in the uk some scientist got a £10k grant dunking digestive biscuit into tea.

Ended up he...

My first job was in the Modellers nook in Belfast .Got hooked on D&D and Games Workshop games when I was 12.Got to know the owner well and at 14 asked for a Saturday job only made £5 for the day but...

Getting near the end now just need to do the odd touch up and the skin on the front marine has only a base coat.

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd291/Razofang/dkgrp3.jpg

Got all the power armour done now onto the first base coat of metal trim and guns.Also fixed them to their bases.

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd291/Razofang/grppic2.jpg

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\"OH Crap\" James thought to himself,handbrake turns just don\'t work on two wheels.

Though Naggaroth does have the edge over Canada as its just got mad bloodthirsty elves running around it :twisted:

Well TH as with everything there is good and bad catnip try Ratherbee Catnip Cigars as I have never seen a cat not go ape over one of those :).

NOW get back on topic.

Got some more work done and put some white on the highlights as well for TH.

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd291/Razofang/dkwhite1.jpg

I thought this one was a cracker http://www.xkcd.com/393/

Thats one cool ball throwing machine :).

When I was about 8 or 9 me and my brother had 2 lovely big white rabbits only problem was I think they came from Transylvania as they had a test for blood.Feeding them carrots you had to count your...

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Global warming \"I don\'t believe it\" done in a Victor Meldrew voice
...

Yeah you can\'t go wrong with space marines.

One thing to never do is put pro any were in you listing as 5 miniatures looking at the PRO painted miniatures on eBay is enough to make most sane...

I\'m the same TH only I look at it as a triangle with a line at the top and 2 little wings and 4 little feet sticking out at the bottom.Think I\'m painting too much as I break symbols down into easy...

Done a little more work on the squad have the head and shoulders done on all 5 though may push the highlights up another layer or 2 not not sure yet :)...

The ass :).

Yeah going for a over the top highlight to make them stand way out :)





Sam bases have noting other that the first layer of paint to show the design.Going to try a marble type floor for the...

Easy to explain if you have the high ground you have a advantage in a battle, so any good hero would go for high ground :).

So doing a 5 man squad from the Space Marine Battleforce set.Trying my version of extreme highlighting,this is what I have so far.Also did 5 bases with a DA symbol for the squad.I like how the bases...

I was always a bit of a strange one, love painting miniatures,reading rule books,game fluff but the playing side never appealed to me that much.
So would have to say Artist, I paint miniatures and...

I\'m with you Meg :).Criminals are taking over and the governments of the west lack the balls to sort if out.In Northern Ireland over the last few year there has been a growing number on attacks on...

Cool vids.

Have to say when watching the 3 new Star Wars movies I would have found more enjoyment if someone was dragging my nuts over sandpaper they were that bad. :P

I just assemble and prime with black undercoat any place to hard to get to I leave. Seeing as the miniature is primed black those small spots that the brush can\'t get just end up looking like very...

Though the cruel bastard that sprayed that cute little baby turtle chaos black needs a kicking :).

Well Wren if he shags a table just think what he would do with all that extra wood .Only thing he would end up getting up would be his pecker :).

Dan you should take the two bottom bits of wood cut then in the middle at a 45 degree angle fix one to your display cabinet and the other to the wall.

That makes a wall mounted cleat level both...

Well Dan its only a door mate, easy to replace or fix were a hand is not :).

Hehe Dave did you need to go get new undies :).

Here you go Liz bigger pics of the cork wall,the painted wall was a fast 2min paint job for the article just to give a idea what it looks like.
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I see it, its behind the very back tree on the right.Hard to see due to it having winter camouflage netting on.:twisted:

Yeah have to say Dettol works wonders I striped a batch of miniatures that was painted 20 odd years ago with no problems.

One or 2 needed a second dunk but seeing as the paint was old thats to be...

I read ever bit of info I could on nmm when I got back into painting.But reading and doing are to different things.

My first attempts were not good but with a lot of hair pulling and repainting...

Never met him but like many I walked the paths he laid out in all the work he did.Sad day though on the bright side if there is a heaven when we get up there he will have worlds of mages and...

A little group of chaos marines bigger pics than the ones in the gallery shot.

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd291/Razofang/Chaosaquad-5.jpg...

Yeah Gussy colour wheels are very good if you are trying to work out what goes with what.

Sometimes I think I should have a look at one when I\'m slapping paint on a miniature but I like messing...

Th thats my patent pending rock texturing tool its all hush hush at the moment so no one can steal it :).

Sorry about the colour Jericho was using it as it picks out the blades well and leaves the rest of the mini sort of in the background.Read the article a few times already but just placing down the...

Well a miniature that can do someone a lot of hurt is a good thing,nice to look at but also doubles up as a ninja space marine throwing star = A+.

So I\'m getting the hang of nmm so going to do some real metallic painting now.Using what I have learned by doing nmm.

So far I have this: using boltgun metal as the base, for the shadows mixing...

So update on the base filled out the back with 3 slate steps just to show how he got up on the rock and stuck some stronger highlights on the back scroll for you Th :).
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Yeah the base ain\'t great but was sick of flat bases, the right leg would need to be moved up and forward really but it and the cloak are one piece and I do not have the skill to cut out a full leg...

So painted up Captain Lysander Of The Imperial Fists. Done lots of damage on the armour, but starting with a chaos black undercoat was a bad move took about 16 layers of yellow to get a base coat....

Clearing out a cupboard and found a full box of very old skeletons, so can anyone remember when these were released ?They are from the skeleton army box set.Paint job is not great as they were done...

What I do for backpacks is get a nice thick part of the pack and drill a small hole on the fixing side and glue in a paper clip. You can then stick the other end of the paper clip into your box and...

Ain\'t watched the first one is about 15 years but from what I recall he was some nut-job killer that was killed and then his soul possessed this kids doll.

Its only a number :) I try my best on each miniature I do, sure some turn out better than others but thats life. Its nice to get other peoples views on my work but I ain\'t going to run out and hang...

All made by Rackham diddy. The ones with all the spikes are a boxed set( The Apostates of the Darkness), the dude with the wings is Kelen the Thirteenth Voice and the last one is Arakan the Just.

\"Damn it that mini has a bigger penis than me\".

Group pic with the 5th member of the team :).

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6492/11grpez4.th.jpg

Hi ziemek welcome to the boards the darkness hunter coat started with a mix of Games workshop scorched brown/chaos back 50/50 mix then mixed in bestial brown for part of the highlight and I think I...

Have not prepped the 5th one yet as Im not sure what I want to paint yet. Its either going to be Worg (Waning moon) jumping off a very large rock which I need to undercoat or Arakan the just.

OK next week will be the end of my second month back at painting in 21 years (old fart) so decided to push myself a little this week. On Monday decided I would try painting 5 miniatures in a week...

Dark mate what ever you do don\'t use manroom people will be thinking its gay porn lol. Unless its a cunning plan it get some of those pink pounds/dollor\'s.

Gussy mate the website is linked into my signature at the bottom of my posts :).

Group shot of the drunes all 3.

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd291/Razofang/drunegep2.jpg

Its a Kelt Drune from Rackham part of the Red Karnagh blister pack.

I\'m really digging the shape of the base Square is so over done :).

Well kids and 8 nippled chocolate cows( cant get that pic out of my head not sure if its the nipples or the chocolate or maybe a combo of both) spent the last few days working on a website to try...

I should have photos of all three Drunes up on Sat to update the post along with a chaos space marine.

Damn I must be getting old I\'ve never noticed any nakedness or bobbies :*( other than those on miniatures.

Time is your friend if it takes a hole night to get a single piece of a mini to look good take the time to do it don\'t rush anything.

From what I can see you need to thin your paints down work...

Amazing work there hope you get boat loads of dosh for them.

Advance Order — Vampire Counts Varghulf
Within every Vampire lurks a predatory creature, driven to feed on blood time and again. There are a few Vampires who embrace their thirst, who allow the...

Two more Rackham on the go think the armor came out real nice was going for weathered copper seeing as I used a few shads of gray along with brown green and blue washes. Very happy with how it...

Yeah just read it on the bbc web page bummer liked him was always a joy to watch on screen.

I would take the hole thing back to the shopkeeper and beat him round the head with it till he cried like a little kid :) and at least give me my money back for selling pee water.

What a shame it...

So just before Xmas I went a little mad and spent £200 on Rackham miniatures wanted to paint at least a few before they went prepainted.

So over the week I put paint to the first 2 Darkness hunter...

Make sure it looks good nick my last ebay miniature ( first go at nmm) went for £34 should have seen the smile on my face :).

Its nice to see people like my painting the 6 miniatures I have sold...

Cloak was graveyard earth just highlighted with bleached bone and a little skull white.

Thanks Dragon Forge yeah price is the main sticking point for most people :) but I will just do a sample run and see if they sell if they don\'t not a big deal, can always use want I don\'t sell as...

Yeah Gussy I was hoping for getting them knocked out at around £5 but have to pay for the CnC time which runs at £4 a base so selling them at £5 went out the window very fast best laid plans and all...

So there you go kids the dangers of smoking crack on tv.

Just SAY NO. :)

Got the bases priced coming in at £7.50 for each one bloody CnC machines cost a arm and a leg to run :) and the spraying making up most of the cost. If I do them unsprayed its £6.00

Also knocked...

I don\'t play games anymore and have to much crap in the house as it is so I take pics of each mini then sell them that way someone gets to enjoy playing with my minis and I do not end up will 100\'s...

For the skin bronzed flesh washed with flesh wash then elf flesh (in very thin coats leaving the washed bronzed flesh for the shadows) highlighted with white.

Nick the gold was done using snakebite leather then highlighted up to vomit brown then highlighted with bleached bone. Shaded using chaos black and terracotta.

The axe was codex gray highlighted...

Nick the gold was done using snakebite leather then highlighted up to vomit brown then highlighted with bleached bone. Shaded using chaos black and terracotta.

The axe was codex gray highlighted...

Worst movies I had to sit through ( got this little thing that once I start watching a movie I have to finish it :\'( ).

Dracula 2000 .
Spider Man 1/2 and that travesty number 3 Sam Raimi should...

First nmm mini ever need to work on highlighting and blending but for a first attempt think it worked out well. Axe is more gray than metal looking but I did not want to bugger it up this one was...

Wonder would he have cut off the mark of the beast if it was on his penis ?

Well I\'m back after a little 21 year break from painting :). To push myself and make sure I try my best on each miniature I decided the best way to do it was to promise myself each and ever...

Well 4th in 21 years stopped painting when I was 14. Worked part time in a model shop in Belfast way before games workshop had a store here.

Made more money doing commissions and or selling...

So onto my 4th mini so trying a tectmarine. Weathering down the shoulders weapon arm and the servo arms.

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd291/Razofang/tectmarine2.jpg

Cart me off to prison now then :) got 2 mp3 players and 2 pcs with all my albums on them .

The only fair these companies know is eveyone if fair game I for one I\'m sick of buying say a dvd and...

I cut up some 12 mm wood dowels, fixed to a 40 mm square base with a slot cut halfway down the dowel. I then pin both feet of the mini and wrap the wire between and around this.

Then when finished...

Your Score : 93 credits
You\'re an extreme sci-fi geek! You\'re probably wearing your very own homemade TRON costume right now!

Shame you can not see which ones you got wrong :).

Hi all! only back into painting miniatures, I\'m a cabinet maker by trade and did some small display bases for the figures I\'m painting.

They are made from offcuts when we size table tops and...

just finished the dark angle http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3038/darkangleaseeken0.th.jpg

Better pic I hope and a shot of the book above his head along with the new one Im painting dark angels space marine librarian Ezekiel.

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9052/a1libde6.th.jpg...

First mini in 21 years so don\'t make me cry :). Photos did not turn out to hot first time trying to take a shot of a miniature. Still need to finish off the book that goes above his head and the...