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Indeed, Mike was the first person to ever PM me here, made me feel very welcome.

Hi David, welcome to CMON.

Is this the kind of thing you mean?

http://hfminis.co.uk/shop?category=accessories~converting
...

Hi Vike.

It's becoming a regular old timer reunion in here.
Looks like I'll have to sign up on Facebook again if only to get some more minis chat.

As for old paints, believe it or not, I still...

I might need to rejoin Facebook, I hadn't even heard of WarColours and now I want the Monster paint set, I wonder if they've accurately replicated the inability of the lighter shades to cover without...

Hi Marcel.

Already replied on the other thread, but I thought I'd say hello here too.

Like you, I'm just getting back into painting after a long break, hoping my skills aren't too rusty and my...

Hi Avelorn, nice to be back.

Yeah Facebook doesn't seem ideal for this type of thing but I guess it's convenient, all your interests in one place, always on your phone. I quit Facebook years ago...

Likewise Shypa, welcome to the forums, although you seem to have been lurking for a few years judging by your joining date.

Hey Mike.

As long as there's pink champagne on ice, I don't mind.

Hi squidders.

Yeah, the painting and photography forums still seem well populated, but I suppose people get their chat and general nonsense on social media these days, miss the camaraderie and...

Hi folks, it's been almost 10 years since I last posted here, been lurking around the past couple of days, nice to see a few of the old names, Dragonsreach, supervike, Ritual, Avelorn .

Seems a...

I've used PVA Glue to make lenses for model cars in the past, a small drop onto a sheet of waxed paper, dries clear and can be tinted with Tamiya transparent colours, I've also used acetate and yes...

Hi Karnstein.

It sounds like you're paint could be too thick and the 0.2mm nozzle is rather small for spraying basecoats, especially with acrylic paint.

Are you stopping the paint flow before...

Hi Karnstein, I can't help with colour choice, but a few tips for a smooth transition.

1) Don't try to do it all in one pass, multiple light coats are the way to go.
2) Don't pull the airbrush...

Chronologically 37, mental somewhat less, like many here I suspect.

Try putting gloss varnish on the area first, then the decal, then matt varnish over to the top.

You can also buy decal softeners which help the decal conform better, I use Microscale Micro Set &...

Hey Airhead.
I don\'t know about the US, but over here IPA isn\'t generally the same as rubbing alcohol, the stuff I use is 99.something % , the stuff they use in the electronics industry basically....

For thinning acrylics, I use a mixture of water and isopropyl alcohol 1:1 ratio with a drop of flow enhancer.

Some people manage with plain water, but I can never get a decent finish that way.
...

Some of these folk have shuffled loose this mortal coil, but it is fantasy right?

Drums - Cozy Powell
Bass - Flea
Guitar - Andy Summers
Guitar - Rocky George
Male Vocals - Joe Strummer
Fem...

Darwin never cheated on his wife, neither did James Clerk Maxwell, Isaac Newton never even married and, indeed, evidenced no interest in members of the opposite sex, nor, despite many rumours,...

What I wouldn\'t do is immediately rush off and get the camera.

Rab.

S\'alright, I know you\'re just jealous of my long, flowing locks. :D

Rab.

Hey Tooshy, nice to be back.

As for my legs, I am Scottish, it takes me a week in the sun just to go white, I\'m normally pale blue :D



I don\'t think that means what you think it means :)
...

The seat\'s one of the Specialized Body Geometry saddles, one of the best things I\'ve bought for the bike.

The Hardrock\'s a good bike and it\'s a proper mountain bike too, able to take a serious...

It\'s a bitsa, bits from here, bits from there, I put it together myself.

It\'s an Airborne Titanium frame, Bomber forks, Shimano LX groupset, Avid disc brakes and various other finishing bits. ...

Been away for a while, but I return and what do I find? A PYP thread. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Here\'s me & my bike at Blackness last week, enjoying the near unbroken...

Depends how low you set your standards :D

Rab.

Well, we Brits have to hang on to our former glories, there ain\'t much happening here these days.:D

Stonehenge
51.09281,-1.80573

Urquhart Castle (Loch Ness)
57.3236,-4.4437

Rab

Ahem, RADAR wasn\'t invented at MIT Vike, it was invented in the U.K. by Robert Waston-Watt and his team in 1934.

Just to keep this thread on track.
Forth Bridge
55.99861,-3.387997

Rab.

Anything by John Gribbin\'s a good start Vike, much easier to read than \"A Brief History of Time\". You could check out \"Almost Everyone\'s Guide To Science: The Universe, Life and Everything\" ...

Aye, it\'s well smart. The images aren\'t real time, according to the website they\'ve all been captured in the last 3 years.

Rab.

I made no judgements, I corrected a number of mistakes you made relating to physics and the forces thereof, and stated that astrology cannot be considered a science, which it cannot.

Well first...

Sorry Markus, but you\'re wrong on that, the only \'universal\' force is gravity, the electromagnetic and strong & weak nuclear forces act on charged particles, and sub-atomic particles respectively....

Because we don\'t like certain films? There are many things I may feel ashamed about, but disliking anything with Meg Ryan isn\'t one of them.

Films can be bad for many reasons, acting, plot,...

Alien Resurrection.

I love Jean Pierre Jeunet\'s films, Delicatessen, City of Lost Children, Amelie and A Very Long Engagement, but that film was probably the most dissapointing film I\'ve ever...

Shaz, a group calling themselves \"Secret Organisation Group of al-Qaeda of Jihad Organisation in Europe\" has claimed responsability and, despite the ludicrous name, the authorities are taking the...

Bloody hell! Those guys were damn close, lucky nobody lost an eye. Not as big as I\'d expected either.

They should\'ve got us Brits involved, we\'re tops at smacking probes into things at...

The stuff you buy in the shops is already treated and dyed. They soak it in glycerin which replaces the water in it, otherwise it would dry out and go all crunchy.

Model railroad guys use buckets...

On each hand? Mutant, mutant run for your lives!!!!!

Our tech teacher (shop teacher in the U.S.) was missing 1 finger on each hand, made me pay attention when he said \"Be careful, this machine...

Never trust a slim chef, or a bald barber.

Rab.

I think the whole megapixel thing has become something of a headline grabbing, selling point for many manufacturers. A 3 Mp camera is probably sufficient for most people, there\'s certainly enough...

Right, Rab\'s barbeque recipe.

Get ready in plenty of time so that the food is nearly ready as guests arrive.

Drink beer.
Fill barbeque to top with charcoal.
Realise you can\'t fit the grill...

I think Zofmax is right, the Soviets didn\'t really go in for nose art on their aircraft, I\'ve seen a few with eagles and slogans on them, but that\'s about it.

Rab.

No, no it isn\'t. The producers obviously tried to fit in every \"extreme\" sport they could think of and Diesel Van wears a sheepskin coat for halfof the movie.
He\'s meant to be an ultra-cool...

Aww, shucks, I do spin a convincing web of deceit don\'t I?

I\'m serious about the hats.

I remember now, I think it was War Griffon that asked about websites and I went off on a huge,...

Eh, what, me?

Sorry, I was watching the Le Mans 24Hrs so I missed the start of this, remiss of me I know.

It\'s a great idea, you can show the world your collection of hats, never mind...

I\'ve still got all of the original inks (except chestnut) as released by GW in the \"Expert Paint Set\". Expert my arse, all it did was turn my badly painted miniatures into badly painted...

If you listen closely to any of the last 3 Star Wars movies you\'ll hear the following, subliminal message:

\"Buy the toys, buy them now. Pester your parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, pester...

I liked this bit (\"Why allow young girls 12, 13, 18 to be exploited like that?\" he said.).

Damn right, it\'s disgraceful: 14, 15, 16 & 17 year olds all have a right to be exploited too!

Stop...

Napier University, Edinburgh. Named after John Napier who invented logarithms and thus assured that he\'d become the bane in many a maths student\'s lifes.

Rab.

What McEwan\'s lager,also known as the Blue Plague or McEwan\'s Export (The Red Death)? Both are pretty bad.

Other Scottish beers to try:
Fraoch (pronounced fruch) is a heather ale and very...

It\'s not our wall, the Romans built it, funnily enough, Antonine\'s wall runs right through my town. The Romans got here, took one look at the place and said \"That\'s far enough\". :D

Dunno...

Ooh this is a big can of worms.

I want to see the movie in its original aspect ratio, I don\'t want a widescreen version of Casablanca and I don\'t want a pan & scan version of Lawrence of Arabia....

Painters do it...

Hunched over a desk.

Rab.

I\'d go back to the Jurassic era and bury bits of intriguing electronic devices all over the place. Just to give Von Daniken and Hancock something to think about :D

Rab.

I\'m British, in fact, I\'m Scottish and I still can\'t stand it.

Every single Englishman in the movie is either an effeminate, mincing ponce or a brutal cockney thug. The Scots, on the other...

I think Shawn meant \'bonsai\' trees :D

Rab.

Not from me, Mike\'s done a sterling job in keeping this all together.

Tammy, if you see this, I hope your situation improves soon.

Cheers - Rab.

Because they\'re sad wankers with sod all else to do except write viruses and masturbate to grainy photos of Britney Spears in a bikini.

Not that I have strong feelings about virus writers :D
...

Yep, great tutorial, I used the making slate part for both my Journeyman Warcaster and my Heresy Demon.

Rab.

Just reading through some of the replies here (the sensible ones that is), it seems that a lot of you apply the glue directly from the tube/bottle to the model, it that right?

I always pour a...

You\'ve got to love the headline the following day though:

\"Blind man bites dog\", had me looking to see if it was a sequel to \"Man Bites Dog\" :D

On the subject of self castration, a...

So the defence companies in question wouldn\'t actually be producing the models, they purely want royalties from the sale of any kits representing their products?

Seems faintly rediculous to me,...

Well, here\'s my contribution. That Gnobblar is one of the worst pieces of plastic I\'ve ever had the misfortune of painting.


http://www.rrob.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/models/Ogre1.jpg

...

I didn\'t realise that, I don\'t have the Ogre Kingdoms book, I wonder why Green Stuff split the models up like that?

I\'ll just stick to the standard paint scheme with some blue tatoos and leave...

Green Stuff posted a list about a page back that split all the miniatures into units, ours was :

professorplump 1 Lead Belcher
Rab 1 Bull Ogre standard
Joshua 1 Bull Ogre \'Musician\' 1 gnoblar...

Following my internet-less week snowboarding in France, I\'ve missed a few posts here I think.

I\'ve received the Bull Standard (cheers Mike) and a Gnobblar with a big stick.

Can somebody...

Here\'s a few links to try:

http://www.fine-tools.com/feile4.htm
http://www.violins.on.ca/tools4.html
http://www.fohrmann.com/e/shop/art/3722.htm

There might be something there that matches...

The Mr Color range is made by Gunze Sangyo, a paint range beloved by military modellers all over the world. You should be able to find it in a model shop, if not there\'s plenty of places online...

In both your cases, it\'s more likely to be \"There, there\" as the nurse comes around to to tighten the straps, how do you manage to type with a straitjacket on? :bouncy:

Thanks for the comments...

Howdy folks.

The Fallen One that I posted in the WIP thread is finished, it\'s still waiting for approval, but you can see it here.

That\'s right, he\'s blue, and why not, he\'s cold, look at...

Ooh, nice frames Itchy, how on earth do you weld metal matrix?

The covering on PCBs is conformal coating, it forms a barrier preventing corrosion and also acts as an insulator, reducing the chance...

It\'s 26.5%, the EUST at 15% is levied on top of the 10% import tax, so you\'re taxed on a tax. That\'d be illegal if a corporation did it, but it\'s the government so it\'s OK :D

In the UK VAT...

The taxes you\'re being asked to pay are import taxes charged by your government; Import tax (Zoll) at 10% and Value Added Tax (EUST) at 15%. I think those rates are correct, they vary from country...

Frechkid and Kendaric have already given you the correct answers, but you need to know why you\'re doing what you\'re doing.

For the 1st question what you\'re trying to do is calculate the maximum...

I\'m an engineer (electronics & software) for BAE Systems in Edinburgh, but I always really wanted to be ..............

A Lumberjack :D

Hmm, an engineer that paints miniatures, fools around...

What, with worms in your mouth? Yuck :D

Rab.

Lots of places, but probably taken from the bible, although I think it was originally \"Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die\", so no being merry :D

Rab.

Cool, so we\'re down to

1 Butcher
6 Ogre Bulls
22 Gnoblar Fighters
1 Gnoblar Scrap Launcher
3 Maneaters
1 Slave Giant

Assuming it\'s cheaper to post these things than just buy them...

In an attempt to figure out what we need to buy, here\'s a list of what we need Vs what\'s in the army deal

Need:
1 Tyrant
1 Hunter
1 Butcher
12 Ogre Bulls
8 Ironguts w/ Gutlord
2 ...

The front page looks nice, although the \"Display Random Image\" code doesn\'t work in Mozilla.

Unfortunately, none of the sub pages (gallery, news, services etc) appear properly either, all I get...

Cheers tidoco, contrasting colour, so something pale and light? Maybe a bleached bone look? The handle of the sword is sculpted to look like a backbone, so that could work.

Hmmm, I like the...

Feeling somewhat overwhelmed by the display of talent in this thread, but here\'s my current WIP. Heresey\'s Fallen One.

http://www.rrob.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/models/fallen1.jpg

As you can see,...

Jappobra, you need to have at least 5 miniatures, with more than 50 votes each, before your correct rank is displayed.

Rab.

Tooshy, you\'re a gem, that\'d be fantastic. If your local store\'s got any, could you get me a couple of pots (assuming they\'re the 30ml ones).

I\'ll pay for them obviously, cheque, cash,...

I\'d like to help out, but I\'m not sure I\'m at a high enough level.

One question, when\'s this going to be happening? I\'ll be off on my snowboarding holiday from Jan 29th to Feb 5th.
...

Thanks Eric, Mike & Klute.

I\'ll take all the advice onboard and hopefully it\'ll pay off in the future.

Cheers - Rab.

Thanks Peter.

I\'m always afraid of going too light with the highlights in case it ends up looking harsh, I shall be more bold in the future :)
I definitely need to find some more of that...

Not at all, I\'m in the UK and I\'m still up, it\'s the weekend now, the end of my first week (well 2 days actually) back at work and 3 weeks tomorrow I go on my snowboarding holiday :bouncy:
...

@Sin3br

Thanks for the comments, all input is welcome especially from \"non-pro-painters:)\" . I\'m working on the blending but struggling to get it smooth, hopefully it\'s one of those things...

Hi folks.

I need a bit of help, I seem to have reached a bit of a plateau with my latest submission, Privateer Press\'s Journey Warcaster.

I\'m not sure where to go next, it\'s obviously...

I hope not, if you paint any better than you already do, I\'ll burn all my brushes and pour my paints down the sink in disgust at my own lack of talent.

Rab.

Mosch is probably right but if you\'ve got some spare time on your hands.

When you say it\'s not being recognised do you mean the machine can\'t see it at all or it sees it but claims that it\'s...

Yep, and envelope lickers too. They\'ve replaced those old licky type stamps with self-adhesive ones in the UK and I kind of miss the licky ones.

How\'s this for thread diversion then?:D

Rab.

I like the kind of blending that leaves obvious bands of colour, in the manner of a monochrome rainbow.

At least that\'s what I tell people when they ask why I did it that way.

Rab

Maybe aye, maybe no :P

Rab.

Yes, I understand that in a certain profession, licking is considered a very important skill ;)

Rab.

For future reference, this site:

http://games.queriousdesigns.com/downloads/index.php

has a bunch of 40K themed fonts available for download which includes a bunch of Imperial symbols and Space...

Just to repeat what others have said, be honest but don\'t undersell yourself, if it\'s gaming quality say so, if it\'s Golden Demon quality, say so.

I build and sell scale model cars and,...

Many happy returns Mike.

Remember, if you count your birthdays in ice ages then you\'re just a young thing :)

Rab.

Me.

I don\'t see why I should be legally obliged to identify myself to anyone if I\'m behaving in a perfectly legal manner.

As Finn\'s already mentioned, ID cards are planned for the UK too and...

Which ones are you stuck with? As far as I can see, questions 2 & 3 are pretty much answered.

Rab.

Yep and Karl Urban (Eomer) is in \"Chronicles of Riddick\".

Rab.

log4((x-5)(x+2))=3

solves to:
(x-5)(x+2)=4^3

multiplys out to:
x^2-3x-10=64 (x^2 means x squared)

gives:
x^2-3x-74=0

Happy new year from Scotland.

Lang may yer lum reek.

Rab.

Mainly Mars Bars rather than Snickers and it\'s not just in Glasgow, you can get them in a lot of places. You can also get deep fried pizzas over here and yes, they are every bit as disgusting as...

I think it isn\'t that the ending is too long, more that the climax (the destruction of the ring) takes place half an hour before the movie finishes.
It illustrates perfectly the difference...

Casting aspersions on the noble name of Rab? How dare you sir!

My sunday name\'s Robert but I\'ve been Rab about as long as I can remember, even my parents call me Rab :)

I can\'t believe...

I doubt it, in the commentary on one of the films, Peter Jackson explicitly states that the extended versions are the last he\'ll do, so it seems unlikely.

Neither the Scouring nor the Barrow...

I\'d also suggest using 2-part Epoxy resin to glue the parts together, superglue isn\'t particularly good for heavy parts or shearing loads.

Rab.

All of the Tamiya paints are like that, they\'ll lift the existing paint off the miniature if it\'s not completely dry.

I think it\'s the alcohol they use in their paints.

Rab.

Well, it\'s only a wee place, you\'ll probably find that the map\'s 1:1 scale :D

http://www.multimap.co.uk has a seach facility to locate towns in the UK, might be of some use to you.

Cheers -...

As it should be Tooshy, as it should be. Look at all the sauce chillers around here though, 2:1 ratio, they must all come from hot places \'casue that\'s the only excuse as far as I\'m concerned.
...

I just saw the Ladies in Glasgow doing a bunch of the songs from that album, incredible live band.

As for Jethro Tull I hope you all stood on one leg and pretended to play the flute.

Rab.

I\'ll just tell you about this one bit;

Frodo and Sam are facing some Orcs and then this big Orc says \"I am your father\" and then Frodo screams \"Nooooooooo\" and pulls out his lightsabre and so...

Chips and cheese, ooh lovely.

As for catsup, I did a bit of research and although it was common synonym in the past, these days most U.S. people spell it ketchup.

That\'s what happens when you...

Voted and commented, really nice Tammy.

Have you used blue for the deepest shadows on the face? It looks great.

Cheers - Rab.

But without tomatoes there\'d be no pizza and I don\'t think I\'d want to live in a world like that.



In parts of Scotland (ie the civilised bit that I live in) you get salt, vinegar & sauce...

I can\'t believe there are so many sauce refrigerators here; perverts the lot of you :)

We don\'t get enough sun here to make ketchup go off, as Billy Connolly said \"I\'m so pale, it takes me a...

I was just munching on some hot dogs and spotted that the ketchup (catsup for our trans-atlantic viewers) bottle claims that it should be refrigerated.

Why? It\'s not like it\'s going to go off,...

Some stuff here:

http://www.eurotattoo.co.nz/tribaldesigns.htm
http://www.tattoonow.com/Tattoo-Designs/Tribal/
http://www.tattooflashs.de/_private/neue_seite_44.htm

Cheers - Rab.

Thanks for the comments so far folks.

@LouisCypher - The \"Wow factor\" I know what you mean, impossible to define but you know it when you see it :)

@Donga - I tried a more contrasting colour...

Good morning ladles and jellyspoons, I\'ve finished my latest re-painting effort; an Eldar War Walker, click here to view.

I\'m reasonably pleased with it although there\'s a few places where my...

Hi folks.

I\'ve finished off my Eldar War Walker, click here if you want to see it.
I made my own chains for the banner and was wondering if a \"How To\" article would be of any use, or does...

Yep, 29th January to 5th February. Me and 2 mates are booked up for Morzine. I hope there\'s some snow by then, France is still a bit bare at the moment.

Got me a new board this year too, it\'s...

It\'s what you do \"in the back row of the movies\" (what, talk on the mobile phone, blether to your mates and throw popcorn?).

It\'s a common word here and I\'d always thought it was Scottish,...

Cheers folks, it wasn\'t a trick question, just one of those crises of confidence, one of those moments when you go \"Hang on, maybe that\'s not a good idea\".

But 3 people have said it\'s OK and...

Howdy folks.

I\'ve been working on an old Eldar Warwalker that I rescued from its hideous paint job and in light of the slighty dodgy banner I put on my Titan, I thought I\'d go for something a...

Nice provoke_me.

Other (arty type) hobbies: 3D Computer Graphics, scale model cars like this one:

http://www.rrob.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/models/lotus25_52.jpg

Rab.

Oooh, nice.

Looks like a cross between a Warlock and a Beast. Did you make the body yourself? What about the neck?

A friend of mine had the 24 fret Ironbird, beautiful guitar to play, but I...

Ah, the age old story...

Boy (dressed as Spider-Man) meets girl (dressed as a pink elephant), boy scarpers at the sight of the mole grips in girl\'s hand (elephants don\'t have hands though), OK...

I got fed up paying through the nose for Tamiys thinners and ended up making my own.

A 50/50 mix of IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol) and water with a dash of flow enhancer seems to work well, it makes a...

Well this might be considered cheating, but :

14 years ago:

http://www.rrob.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/models/lego_old.jpg


A few months ago:
...

Not just you two...

\"I like trucking. I like trucking. I like trucking and I like to truck\"

It must\'ve been good \'cause I was just a kid then and I remember it.

Cheers - Rab.

Absolutely, no offense taken, I didn\'t think your comments were brutal at all, constructive criticism (and yours was constructive) is always welcome.

Thanks again to all who helped, may your...

Yep, you\'re probably right, but the only way to improve is practice, post and get feedback, and these kinds of comments are exactly what I\'m looking for, besides, it\'s meant to be squint, honest...

I don\'t think cynical bastards are an endangered species on this forum Finn :)

Rab.

Right, gotcha, it\'s going to be difficult to score highly with an older, less detailed miniature, especially one that\'s been seen a billion times before, makes sense really :)

To be honest,...

Sorry Airhead, I should\'ve explained myself better. I didn\'t mean that you didn\'t like it, I realise it wasn\'t a criticism, just that no matter what colour scheme one chooses, there\'ll always...

Thanks for the comments so far guys, some helpful stuff in there and thanks for the compliments.

@Ritual: Directional highlighting, hmmm, might be a bit beyond me at the moment but definitely...

Good day to you all, you fine citizens of Cmonland.

My last miniature, an Eldar Titan, is currently sitting at 7.7, a score I\'m more than happy with and I\'m looking for tips on how to improve,...

You can\'t possibly mean me. I had a great mind once, but I swapped it for a shiny badge, a cowboy hat and a toy train. Now all I\'ve got is a hamster in a wheel and a head full of fluff.

Rab.

Aye, yer right enough wee yin. Aw this modern slang\'s fair got ma heid burlin so it hus, a dinnae ken whit the wurlds cumin tae. Tell ye whit though a\'m gled it\'s no sae dreich noo is it wis,...

The fact that English has Latin grammar rules applied to it doesn\'t help either. How daft is that? Ooh, we\'ve got a language based on Old Saxon (Germanic) with large a Norman (French) vocabulary,...

Some of the really cheap Vodkas are only fit for paint thinner really :)

Ahh, deep fried Pizza, possibly a uniquely Scottish \"delicacy\", I knew an American girl who didn\'t believe it until we...

What War Griffon said.

Tamiya acrylics are alcohol based, so you can thin them with rubbing alcohol, windscreen washer fluid or really strong vodka :)

Also, don\'t paint repeatedly over the...

A hair dryer? Well OK, just for you Tooshy.

http://www.rrob.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/photos/tooshy_sub.jpg

:D Rab.

Short of stopping anonymous voting and forcing people to leave comments I can\'t see any way of preventing it.

Of course all that will do is discourage people from voting at all which kind of...

The website itself, dunno; the Truespace stuff\'s pretty much taken over, I used to have a lot more random nonsense on it but people don\'t really want to read my opinions on brown cars and soap...

OK.

http://www.rrob.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

There\'s no miniature/gaming/painting stuff there though, just 3D graphics stuff, guitar tab and some snowboarding nonsense.

Hasn\'t been updated for...

It depends on what you\'re planning to do with the site, big downloads and loads of visitors = big bandwidth.

If you\'re just doing a personal miniatures website with galleries, tutorials etc then...

Yep, I agree with you Corvus, all the websites I\'ve done have been hand coded using an HTML reference and a text editor. I don\'t use the programs \'cause I like to get my hands dirty and they can...

Go for it Dom, it\'s not difficult.

First off software: If you\'ve got Internet Explorer or Mozilla then you should already have what you need, IE comes with Frontpage Express and Mozilla comes...

Tooshy, I\'m probably going to regret mentioning this, but \"loosley\" is spelt \"loosely\".

Oh I\'m in trouble now.

Rab :D

My name is, suprisingly, Rab. It\'s a fairly common contraction for Robert in Scotland, although whenever I introduce myself as Rab, non-Scots immediately start calling me Rob :D

I use a 1:1 mixture of water and isopropyl alcohol with a drop of flow enhancer to thin metallics.

Cheers - Rab.

Golden and Liquitex do quite a range of these, I\'ve used the Golden paints on my model cars, you can also tint them with inks and get paint that flips between different colours, depending on the...

Should be OK, it\'s paid for hosting with 10 Gb a month limit.

Rab.

Mike, if you like I can put them online, I\'ve got plenty of webspace.

Rab.

They\'re pretty similar in use, although the Tamiya seems a bit thicker and the Vallejo doesn\'t weld it\'s lid closed.

The Vallejo ones aren\'t alcohol based like the Tamiyas so they don\'t dry...

Sheeba your pic reminds me of Steven Page, one of the singers in Barenaked Ladies. Not meant as an Insult, they\'re one of the best live acts I\'ve ever seen.

Cheers - Rab.

Except at the moment we\'re on British Summer Time, not GMT.

Rab.

Hugely short sighted, -7 in one eye, -7.5 in the other and astigmatism in both. Been wearing glasses since I was 8 though so nothing to do with painting.

Rab.

I\'m just posting to say how disgusted I am with the behaviour of people attempting to boost their numbers.

I would never stoop to such empty posting purely to increase my meagre rating.

Oh,...

By all means, I\'m more of an Islay man myself although I\'ve never tried Glenfarclas, might have to track some down and give it a try, I\'ve had several nice Speyside drams. I\'ll tip a glass to...

Possibly, possibly, Irn Bru is now widely available in England so progress is being made, but I can\'t give any guarantees you understand.

Cheers - Rab.

It\'s not that he\'s Irish, my mother\'s maiden name was O\'Toole so there\'s some Irish blood in these veins too, more that he seems to have his head up his arse most of the time and wouldn\'t be...

Bono! Bono!!! That\'s it, you\'re a dead man Crispy. I\'ve got a knife, a spade and I doubt you\'d be missed. lol

Cheers - Rab.

That\'s pretty much my neutral expression, as a result I get people telling me to \'smile\' and \'cheer up\' all the time. Henceforth I shall grin like an idiot at all times :D :D



That was...

Just to make up the numbers here, this is me, looking a little grumpy I\'m afraid, normally I\'m all sweetness and light, honest :D

http://www.rrob.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/photos/me.jpg

This is me...

Some of you may remember my delightful and oh so delicately painted Legolas miniature (check here http://www.coolminiornot.com/30550 to refresh your memories). Well after nearly a year I finally got...

Ooh, now I\'m jealous. This webpage here:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eric.evain/decalgb.htm
has got a step by step description of how to go about using an Alps.

There\'s also a mailing list you...

For the ordinary troops it doesn\'t really matter, buy Dark Angels stuff or generic Space Marines, as long as you paint them in the correct chapter colours. You won\'t get the nifty Dark Angels...

What I usually do is import the image into a word processer application (MS Word or something) at full resolution and resize it in that. Print it out on normal paper first to make sure it\'s OK and...

Vince, the slash should be a forward slash, not a back slash [/url] not [\\url].

See if this works.

VINCEGAMER\'s MINIS

That\'s actually an urban legend.

Initially both the USA and Russia used pencils, but the leads break and having pieces of carbon floating around near electrical equipment is a bad thing.
...

Ooh a favourite authors thread.

SF
China Mieville
Neil Stephenson
Iain M Banks
Richard Morgan
Alastair Reynolds
Neal Asher
James Lovegrove

Well this thread\'s turned into a fantastic advert for the Australian & U.S. tourist boards.

Correct me if I\'m wrong but doesn\'t Australia also have the most poisonous land snake, sea snake and...

I don\'t think they used many CG wolves in Underworld. Judging by the documentary and commentary on the DVD they only used CG for the transformation type stuff.

The majority of the shots were...

Can\'t you just clean the brush in some warm water? I usually scrub the miniature until all the paint is loose and then scrub it under the tap with the water running. Cleans the miniature and the...

I usually leave them in overnight and then give them a good scrub with a toothbrush the next day.

Be aware though that alcohol/washer fluid really only works with acrylics. Enamels, oils, most...

I\'ll give Dettol a try too, cheers. I take it that Dettol is safe for plastic miniatures too (that\'s the biggest drawback with Nitromors).

Cheers - Rab.

Try

http://game-mart.co.uk/
http://www.jerseyonlinetraders.com/store/index.htm
http://www.chelgames.net/
http://www.em4miniatures.com/
http://www.princeaugust.ie/

HTH - Rab.

6 good brushes from 000 to 3 and a couple of old brushes for the odd bit of drybrushing.

I mostly use the 0, 1 & 2 with the 3 coming out for larger areas/varnishing and the 00 and 000 for finer...

I use Nitromors on metal figures and windscreen washer fluid (alcohol basically) on plastic figures.

Rab

Prince August sell a variety of casting metals on their website. They\'re based in Ireland so postage might be an issue.

Website : http://www.princeaugust.ie/

Cheers - Rab.

Nah, D&D had green Orcs way before GW. Anybody remember 1st edition MERP? It had purple Orcs on the box art. lol

Rab.

Good Luck, hope everything pans out for you.

Well as everybody knows the only colour for green butt stripes is old, old, old Citadel woodland green. It\'s so old it\'s in the original round flip-top pot :)

Rab.

Parts of your country are below sea level as I remember, so you actually have negative elevation :) It\'s a very pretty country from the air though, I flew over it going from Amsterdam to Bremen a...

I use the small plastic BB\'s you can buy from many model shops, the ones for those airsoft guns.

Rab.

There\'s a full colour list here http://www.colossalgames.com/supplies/vallejo/paint.htm of both the game colour and model colour ranges and the seem to be in some semblance of order.

Looks like...

I remember when I thought we had real mountains in Scotland, then I went on holiday to the French Alps. Ben Nevis (the highest in Scotland, or Britain for that matter) 4408 ft, Mont Blanc is 4807...

I\'m in the same position as you Talion, I didn\'t even know what NMM was until recently :)

I think people do it for a variety of reasons:
It looks cool when it\'s done well.
It\'s a bit of a...

For stripping metal figures I use Nitromors, It\'ll take any kind of paint or varnish off but it eats plastic in minutes and it destroys resin too.

Alcohol works pretty well on acrylic paints and...

Corvus, you can buy water slide decal paper for inkjets. You print out your design then varnish over it, you can then use it like any other water slide transfer (GW etc).

It comes in clear and...

Well it appears I spoke too soon, I\'m now merely 8th in the worst miniature category sniff :( My victory was short lived it seems.

Thanks for all your comments guys but I think you\'re all being...

Hi folks, I recently discovered this place and for a laugh I posted an old, old, miniature of mine.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/?id=30550

It is now the number one worst miniature on this site,...