Questions about dipping?

[Harbringer of Doom]

Hi everyone, I want to start dipping but i have some questions:

- How does dipping work on scale armour? (like High Elf armour)
- Should I put the mini in the can or brush the dip on?
- Does the colour of the dip change the colour of the mini? ( For example, if a robe is blue, and I put chestnut coloured dip on it, does it become brown?)
- How does chestnut coloured dip affect white paint? ( does it make it grey or brown?)
- Should I mix the dip with anything?

Pfew, that\'s all I want to know for know, any sites with advice are also welcome!

 

[Godlikebuthumble]

well:

- Scale armour... dunno.
- Depends on what kind of dip you use and what effect you\'re going after on what kind of mini. Just try it out and have a look.
- It definitely becomes darker if blue.
- Generelly, the paint beneath will become more brown, so white will become more bone-ish.
- Again, depends on the stuff you use and what you\'re going for. Depending on the dip, you might be able (or required) to mix it with either water or paint thinner (turp).

 

[airhead]

here:
http://www.drunkdwarves.com/pages/artttgttcdipping.html
is where I first saw dipping.

Answers to your question are: \"It depends.\"
Will it change the color? Yes to some extent. How much depends on what\'s underneath, what stain you are using and the density of that stain. A dark mahogany stain is going to make everything a dark red/brown unless you wipe it off quick.

A light cherry stain would not be so drastic.

Minwax is cheap by the pint. Get some and let us know.

 

[mattsterbenz]

I use Minwax Polyshades (stain and polyurethane) Antique Walnut color. I don\'t mix it with anything. I have tried dipping all sorts of things (wood elves, imperial guard), and they turn out looking nice for the table, scale mail turns out fine too.

Dip the whole model in, holding the base with a wrench to avoid getting stain on your hands. I was trying to come up with a way of using a drill, but have yet to try it. My theory was:

-Glue a nut to the bottom of each base.
-Put a bolt inside the drill.
-Attach the bolt to the nut in the base.
-Dip the model, then spin with the drill to flick off the extra.
-Take the model off, and repeat with others.

In theory this should work (hope so), and would relieve a lot of arm stress from wailing your arms about flicking stain off models.

-Matt

 

[airhead]

good way to get a room covered in stain..

lol

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by mattsterbenz

Dip the whole model in, holding the base with a wrench to avoid getting stain on your hands.
Matt try Latex gloves.You should be able to get cheap and cheerful throwaway ones from a handicraft store.
I was trying to come up with a way of using a drill, but have yet to try it.
Make a Jig. Cut a length of thick plasticard (Styrene) to fit 4-5 figures on it and go in your dipping tin. In the centre drill a hole and place a long bolt through it securing it with 2 nuts.
Secure figure to plasicard with Double sided tape and dip.
Alternately you could make the Plasticard grip the figures with a \"C\" profile which would reduce chances of movement.
Place bolt in drill and then cross fingers and pray figures don\'t become projectiles.
Oh and I\'d suggest making a kind of safety guard such as a Cardboard box to do the spinning in. Wives Mothers & Significant Others rarely appreciate Splatter. (I speak from experience )

 

[Harbringer of Doom]

Look what I found:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOibm5fjSXk

Looks pretty smart, I have to ask my dad about this.