Recent content by silasvb

For a while now, I've been interested in trying out using an airbrush. Problem is, I don't know anyone who has one, and all the advice I've seen is to avoid buying something really cheap to test the poor quality makes it very off-putting to use. Does anyone have any ideas for where I could...

Any one else backing this or have experience with previous Mantic Kickstarters? I'm in for the Giant Pledge, Dwarf Resins and Dwarf Warband

Hi, Ive recently invested in a low end SLR (Canon E400D), a cheap light box, tripod, and can use my phone as a remote trigger. The camera came with a stock lens. What I'm wondering about is whether the investment into a low end macro lens is going to have a significant return at this point, and...

I have a couple of miscellaneous questions that have been bugging me over the last couple of months with regards to CMON. Not sure whether this is the right place to ask them, apologies if not. Here goes... 1. What is the 'Rep Power' thingy displayed below avatars on the forum. I had at first...

I'm just getting back into modelling, so very short of models to paint. At the moment, I'm more interested in getting minis that are interesting to paint than following any particular faction or manufacturer (currently I've turned to GW through familiarity). My painting skills are pretty weak at...

Hi all, Please excuse a new WIP log from another beginner; I hope not to offend anyone. My objective is to use this to primarily monitor my own progress, but any thoughts from more experienced eyes would of course be much appreciated. Clearly the voting system on CMON isn't perfect, but it's a...

Mobile theme - accessing my account content 'My Account' content is not supported when using Mobile theme, but theme is configured under My Account. Now that I have tried the mobile theme I don't seem to be able to change back out of it.

Hi All, Growing up I used to love figure painting and modelling, but stopped when I was around 15. Having a slow Xmas so thought I'd give it another go... The results so far seem OK, but I'd love to get thoughts on how I could improve. Reading through advice given on these forums the most...

is there anyone out there who can help me with painting metal. I am a OK with doing chainmail as you can simply layer it with different metalic paints but i have a big problem with plate mail. When trying some knights i gave up and just left it black with a very light code grey highlight...