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Post by Farseer Kyladras on Jan 22, 2014 16:13:35 GMT
Looks great, very dwarfy, or is it dwarfish? Anyway it looks great and I look forward to seeing it painted!
FK
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The Irontooth
Bloodclaw
Tale of Gamers: 3 units, 4 pieces of terrain
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Post by The Irontooth on Jan 22, 2014 16:35:32 GMT
And hour, and minute, and second. Friday, 23:59:59 sounds like a good time to finish, doesn't it? Yes it does.
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Post by doomzombie on Jan 22, 2014 18:39:13 GMT
Now that i do like mate, may pinch the idea for when i start my "Dwarves" sometime around September/October..........
Now get to finishing it.............
Doom....
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Post by doomzombie on Jan 28, 2014 18:41:06 GMT
Now i do like the look of those guy`s, but will have to wait till i start my Dwarves in Sept / Oct............
Doom....
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Post by ghostwalker on Jan 29, 2014 15:19:33 GMT
some of the new stuff for the dwarves does look good doesn't it (eyes bits of a battalion box lying idly by). I like the much darker look to the posted pics, not so sure about the character on the front of white dwarf weekly though...more the colour choices than the actual model though.
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The Irontooth
Bloodclaw
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Post by The Irontooth on Jan 31, 2014 23:33:59 GMT
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Post by paladin7221 on Jan 31, 2014 23:56:28 GMT
Looks excellent.
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Post by Lord Draconiroth on Feb 1, 2014 7:31:49 GMT
That's awesome!!
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Post by ghostwalker on Feb 1, 2014 11:48:09 GMT
Agreed. That looks amazing. Now you only need the rest of the fortress.
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Post by Harkon Greywolf on Feb 1, 2014 11:50:15 GMT
Fantastic work mate, I'll take 12 thanks! LOL
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Post by doomzombie on Feb 1, 2014 15:14:44 GMT
Fantastic work mate, I'll take 12 thanks! LOL Count me in, i`ll have 6 please................. Very nice mate, now that`s a great piece. Can`t wait to see the next big piece you have planed................ Doom....
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Post by Lord Draconiroth on Feb 1, 2014 15:26:05 GMT
By the way, what did you do to make the snow awesome? I've tried a couple of times and always looks shit!
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The Irontooth
Bloodclaw
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Post by The Irontooth on Feb 1, 2014 16:18:39 GMT
By the way, what did you do to make the snow awesome? I've tried a couple of times and always looks shit! I tried something 'new'. First put some PVA glue on a mixing tray. I actually used hobby vinyl glue (made for kids to fidle with) instead of GW pva (which I use for basing models) or Bison pva (which I use for making scenery). It is a bit more liquid (more like yoghurt, maybe even a bit more fluid than that). Anyway, next I add some Armypainter's snow flock to the glue. Instead of GW snow flock which is more like white static grass, armypainter's flock is more like white sand. I just sprinkle the snow flock over the glue and then mix them together in the tray. Keep adding flock (a bit at a time) so the mix begins to thicken. Don't make it too thick though. That's the reason why I didn't use Bison PVA. Bison PVA is a very strong PVA (which is much stronger and dries much faster than the hobby vinyl glue, so great for making scenery) and when I tried it with Bison it immediately ended up too thick. It immediately formed clumps. That's not what you want. You want to find that mix that keeps it liquid enough to be able to apply it with a brush, but with as much flock in the mix so there's a grain in it. Now apply it with a brush. First use a bigger brush to apply as much and as fast as possible and use smaller brushes where you need to (try to push it with your brush if needed, don't only rely on 'painting' it on). As the mix is now thicker than yoghurt, it won't look flat and actually already looks quite good. Then I sprinkled some extra snow flock on top of it. Now let it dry. If you want to you can now built up layers (to further remove the flat look of snow used on scenery and miniatures that is often seen), but most important thing: make sure the previous layer has completely dried, as otherwise the new layer will break down the previous one. The vinyl glue has a drying time of a couple of hours. This will mean you'll probably only do one layer each day, but has the advantage that if you applied the mix somewhere and think by yourself "damn that does look out of place at that place" you can just wipe it of with a clean brush. I for example also applied the mix on top of the embattlements, and it just looked plain stupid (I guess the wind would blow it away) so I just wiped it off. Hope this helps. Pictures of my first Dwarfs will be uploaded soon. But this weekend it's the world championships cyclocross so my priorities don't lie with taking pictures at this moment. Now of to buy the new White Dwarf. May be doing a review on it.
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Post by Lord Draconiroth on Feb 1, 2014 17:15:35 GMT
Cheers! The most thorough answer I've ever gotten about doing snow!
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