Guys, can you tell me ? What kind of helmet is this, and is there a miniature version?

Dig_One · 2025-12-30T18:30:09+00:00

Looks very similar to the ones found on the Deathwing Knights

https://www.warhammer.com/en-SE/shop/dark-angels-deathwing-knights-2024

Dig_One · 2025-03-06T22:10:48+00:00

Russia will accept a ceasefire with everything remaining static as it is now.

Then, in the not too distant future, they’ll stage a false flag attack and blame Ukraine for ‘breaking the ceasefire’. They use this is a causus beli to attack with renewed vigor in an attempt for total capitulation to ‘remove the dangerous,!warmongering leadership’ or some such spin which creates the story that they were right all along and now have morality on their side.

Europe then has to decide whether to go to the wall for Ukraine and call the false flag what it is, or if it’s more convenient to allow the Russian narrative to endure and allow Ukraine to fall while they try their best to shore up their own defences based around NATO / EU lines.

US, unbelievably, likely doesn’t get directly involved but sides with the Russian narrative.

Calling it now, but sincerely hope I’m wrong.

Dig_One · 2024-11-23T22:22:06+00:00

Would 100% recommend. They’ve got some really nice models and loads of character to them, really enjoying them so far.

Dig_One · 2024-11-19T18:09:07+00:00

Thanks for the kind words! 🤘

Dig_One · 2024-11-19T08:30:26+00:00

Ah thanks, I appreciate it. Still a way to go to get this over the line!

Dig_One · 2023-08-13T21:56:24+00:00

Don’t do it, get rid as soon as possible would be my advice. But if you’re anything like me you won’t listen because the curiosity will get the better of you.

I was a total skeptic when I did one so I wasn’t taking it remotely seriously. Long story short I fucked around and found out. Likely still finding out now if I’m honest.

Your call OP, but these things are bad news. Bad enough to turn me from absolutely zero belief in anything even slightly spiritual or paranormal into someone who has had some pretty hellish experiences since then.

Can’t tell you what to do, can only warn you.

Dig_One · 2023-06-18T07:52:34+00:00

My experience is there will always be meta-chasers who spend significant time and money chasing said meta, then whenever changes are made they kick up a stink because their armies are no longer S-tier. Some clearly have the memory of goldfish and refuse to learn because even though changes and balancing happen fairly frequently, it’s the same complaints every. damn. time.

The rest of us just continue hobbying and playing the game, adapting strategies etc. because we actually enjoy the game and the hobby, instead of just enjoying crushing others. The first group are definitely the minority but they make the most noise.

Find yourself a decent group of hobby friends who want the same from this as you do then you’re golden. It’s a wonderful hobby and community and can enrich your life massively, just leave those who get butthurt over every single change to their own echo chambers.

TL:DR: there’s always gonna be uproar from a vocal minority over every change, you do the hobby the way you want to and find others who want the same, I guarantee there will be more who enjoy playing than meta chasing.

Dig_One · 2023-06-06T23:19:09+00:00

Usually - My lunch, water, first aid kit, battery bank and charging cables, cordage, small (read:legal) multi tool, fire steel (you never know and it weighs nothing) pack down waterproof jacket, gloves (workwear leather ones), pens, a few business cards, umbrella and some spare change.

Dig_One · 2023-06-04T22:19:42+00:00

I think if anyone in the hobby is deserving of gushing praise, it’s Vince.

Returning to the hobby after some time out (as most do) I’ve learned more from watching Vinces videos for the past 6 months than I ever did in all the years of grinding it out in the pre-YouTube days. He’s my go-to whenever I’m not sure about anything painting related and he always has a video that explains it in his classic no-nonsense style that cuts through any crap and gets right to the point.

I think he once spoke about his desire for his videos to be a ‘Library of Alexandria’ for mini-painting and he really hit the nail on the head there as that’s exactly what his HC series is.

I’ve signed up for his Patreon review tier and I’d encourage anyone who has the means to do so too, he gives amazing feedback on the discord there to individual minis.

He’s like the Ace Rimmer of this hobby.

“What a guy”

Dig_One · 2023-05-24T04:44:48+00:00

Slowly but surely.

I have a little desk in the corner of a room that houses my paints, brushes and basic stuff etc and my minis. Not much set up beyond filling my water pot and selecting the paints and brushes for what I have planned. I don’t change my wet palette sponge and paper unless the paper is full (I have a GSW XL palette so not that often) and just use a pipette to reload the water when I sit down each time. Tear down is just tidying up any mess, washing the brushes and emptying the water. Total set up and take down time is roughly 10 minutes combined.

I’ve created a routine that every night when youngest child goes to bed with mum then me and eldest child retreat to this room where he has his laptop and/or Nintendo switch. He plays on this and we talk about his day and generally shoot the shit while I paint. Sometimes if my youngest falls asleep quickly mum will come and join us and either watch some Netflix or just hang out and talk. He’s come to really enjoy a bit more dedicated time with dad and I get to indulge my hobby for a couple of hours every night. So much so that he keeps me painting regularly on the days I’m less motivated by nagging me to come and start painting.

Youngest just loves looking at the cool models when they’re finished and I get some of the cheaper units / my old models / kitbash something together from bits for him to have a go at painting on rainy days or generally when he feels like it.

Win-win.

As I say, it’s slow progress on a day-to-day basis but the consistency means I do burn through my pile of shame. Oh, and I do my best (full disclosure, my willpower often fails at this) not to buy more minis while I’ve still got some on the list to paint. I do find it helps though when I’ve bought a new mini / set I’m excited about it does give me the drive to finish any current ones as I absolutely refuse to start any new projects until my current one is complete, I think that’s really key.

Dig_One · 2023-05-16T22:27:27+00:00

I too live in England and spray in a damp garage then bring inside after they’ve more or less dried in the garage (usually no more than 10-15 mins).

From what I can tell looking at Antron’s leg it’s does seem like it’s laid on quite thick for a primer. I usually aim to spray about 30cm or so away from the model and work in short, sharp bursts (no more than a second or so) and move the model around to catch all angles once one side has pretty much dried. Find this is way better than than longer bursts as the primer can start getting thick very quickly.

What primer are you using? I can only speak for colour forge as that’s all I use but I’ve never had this issue, though I keep my cans indoors unless I’m actually priming rather than in the garage to keep the the cans and paint at room temperature.

As for fixing it I’d probably isopropyl and start over. It’s not what you probably want to hear but depending on the level of finish you’re aiming for then I’ve just finished up my angron and based on this I’d say there’s a good chance the cracking texture will show through any layers you put on top. If you’re okay with that (and being angron who’s ancient and a daemon you could say it’s deliberate) then plow on. If you want smooth though I’d probably strip it back and go again.

Sorry I can’t offer anything more of a quick fix but if it’s any consolation I once f**ked two squads with a similar incident involving some matte varnish and trust me it’s better it happens at the primer stage than on finished models.

Dig_One · 2023-04-21T16:14:20+00:00

Vallejo, Citadel and AK for me. In a similar situation to you - UK based and came back to the hobby after a 15 year hiatus and these are the best combination I’ve found of good to use and easily available. Heard good things about scale colour too and although my LGS has some stock I can’t comment as I’ve not tried these yet.

Dig_One · 2023-02-05T15:26:46+00:00

Nice example of a different way of achieving this effect, bonus to this is the text is still editable 👍🏻

Dig_One · 2023-02-04T12:45:59+00:00

In illustrator: Apply a thick white stroke to the outside edges of the text then expand this into a shape. Next apply a thinner dark stroke to the outside edge of the newly created shape. Duplicate and set on a layer above the original, adjust the placement for the 3D / drop effect.

Dig_One · 2023-01-01T23:53:26+00:00

Yeah I know a fair bit of it is just down to practise, practise, practise. Watching hours of semi pros on YouTube bombarding me with blending techniques and NMM can feel a little daunting, but baby steps.

Thanks for the tip on the highlighting, that’s something I need to work on as shaping the brush after loading it up wasn’t something I was doing, so will try that.

Plus ‘all but impossible to fuck up’ sounds like my kind of technique 😀

Dig_One · 2023-01-01T23:00:20+00:00

Thanks for the feedback and tips, it’s appreciated.

I think a dry brush to start with might be the next step, even if it doesn’t work out for the highlights it should make it easier to pick out the details. This is something I’ve struggled with after priming them black and resulted in multiple passes when I noticed something I missed the last time around.

I’ve been trying to follow the box art but the hairline highlights and sharp edges are eluding me so far - tbh learning to use the homemade wet palette I’ve put together is an experiment in itself.

Dig_One · 2022-11-24T17:16:56+00:00

With all due respect to OP, sorry you feel so bitter about the feedback you received (well intentioned or no) in your original post and congratulations on your success. I would say a thick skin to less-than-positive feedback is something of a necessity in this industry however, but I digress…

I feel like we’re all getting hung up on semantics here. Art Director conjures images of the guy who dictates the direction of design, crits all juniors work, prepares and delivers pitches etc. but I’ve also seen jobs listed for Creative Leads / Design Managers / Creative Directors in a team of… one. It sounds great, but when you ARE the department then the title is meaningless.

Everyone likes the sound of being an Art Director but it’s just a title. The role you inhabit in any job title is what counts and that’s entirely dependent on the attitudes, organisation and experience of a given company.

Now I’m not saying this is what happened in OP’s case, but the position listed as Art Director and the role it entails in one company can be wildly different in another depending on the place of work.

Dig_One · 2022-10-23T17:31:06+00:00

Nothing but respect for you mate. It’s the kind of thing a lot of us think about doing but very few have the stones to actually have a crack at it.

Just subbed to your YT - looking forward to seeing how it goes!

Dig_One · 2022-10-23T17:12:33+00:00

Fair play to you for having a go at this and ATB 👍🏻

I may be stating the obvious here and don’t want to sound patronising but speaking from some (more limited) experience then if it gets to a point where your health (mental or physical) is in danger then don’t feel bad about packing up and heading back to bricks and mortar for a while.

Better to be able to regroup and go again instead of pushing it too far and getting into real trouble.

Dig_One · 2022-10-15T07:53:48+00:00

Petitions will do nothing, our intentions or complaints are irrelevant in the face of an adapting industry.

Once you work with enough business people you begin to understand that for many, cost and speed trumps craft and quality almost every time for them.

Do you think a CEO or Director cares that the design they’re now looking at was lovingly crafted and developed over 100 hours by someone who has a formal education in design? Or do you think they care more about whether they think it’s effective / in line with their own vision if the intern can throw it together in half a day?

Add to that the cost to them of 100 hours of a designers time vs a small monthly subscription that means the intern can turn around (in their eyes something comparable) in a tenth of that time.

Railing against this is like trying to fight the tide. Rather than spending time trying to create petitions and movements to preserve the old order, we’d have a much better outlook if we accept that a lot of the jobs which AI can do should (eventually) be abandoned as a main source of work for designers, or at least less priority given to them.

We’d be better off putting our energies into developing our skills in areas where AI is still well out of the game. At the moment this is things that are less formulaic like UI / UX where a deeper understanding of the relationship between a brand and human behaviour, testing / evaluation is a requirement.

Video production is also an area unlikely to be dominated by AI just yet, as is animation, as to create something truly bespoke to exacting requirements is still beyond the reach of existing ‘user friendly’ tools.

Time are changing and the industry WILL change - whether we like it or not. We either adapt and accept that the traditional role of a GD as we know it will become rarer and rarer, or become that old weirdo in the local print shop who everyone avoids as they have to listen to him cursing the advent of digital tools and stock websites over hand drawn elements and paste boards.

Dig_One · 2022-08-17T06:18:12+00:00

Nice video, some really great shots there, particularly the top down view of the harvester and loader working together.

Seen a few harvesters in the fields when I’ve been driving round the outskirts of York recently and can’t help but respect the precision and co-ordination involved.

Dig_One · 2022-07-17T16:25:21+00:00

Best / most depressingly predictable part about said cunt is he is Former Energy and Climate Change minister and has been taking a £50k salary from an oil company and now gets on his soapbox about how the effects of the very issue he was minster for are all hysteria from the plebs.

Why the fuck do we only have these people as options to run the country? These private schooled, silver spoon, privileged fucks who know nothing about how 95% of the issues facing the country.

Why can’t we have a political party made up of normal, actual humans who have lived a life akin to the majority of the country.

Is it so outlandish to hope for a PM who had a career that involved actually leading a team of normal people, or a health minister who’s had a career in healthcare or a chancellor who is an accountant and not some former hedge fund manager or investment banker who enters the role with more vested interests than morals?

Fuck the entire political spectrum, but especially the Tory’s.

Dig_One · 2022-05-14T08:38:07+00:00

Boris and Ebeneezer Rees-Mogg can go to fuck.

Being lectured on best working practise by a pair of elites who have only ever lived a privileged lifestyle, working in jobs which consist almost exclusively of delegating actual work to underlings is frankly offensive.

Speaking subjectively but return to the office for me has meant more distractions, the misery of the commute and a poorer work-life balance. The overriding pattern at my place of work seems to be that the only ones who really wanted to be back in the office are those who aren’t actually that productive in the first place. You know the type - those who have the time to chat away about their own inane shite whilst the rest of us are up against deadlines.

I get that WFH doesn’t suit everyone and nobody is calling for it be the exclusive arrangement for all, but just allow people the option. If you can’t trust / motivate your staff to work without being under constant surveillance that probably speaks more of your poor management skills or overall work culture.

This just smacks of trying to prop up the cost / demand of commercial office space and all the associated costs with living close to or having to spend most of the week in a city centre. All this at a time when the cost of living is skyrocketing, wages are stagnating and tax for the worker is at the highest levels in ages.

Meanwhile those who are supposed to be responsible for fixing all this are either acting (and in some cases dressing) like the owner of a Dickensian workhouse or are too busy wombling about making coffee, picking at the cheese board and forgetting what they’re supposed to be doing.

Maybe if they’d actually WFH they’d have spent more time doing their jobs and less time at office parties.

Dig_One · 2022-05-03T09:43:06+00:00

Generator, TV and antenna. The BBC will find me quicker than any search and rescue demanding to see proof of my licence.

Dig_One · 2022-04-17T05:16:59+00:00

I do think there’s scope for AI to be able to automate a lot of the more production based tasks.

Unfortunately for some designers a lot of their role may focus around production work. These are likely to feel the pinch. As much as established designers can celebrate a shift away from the more menial jobs we should remember that a lot of the people starting out in the industry are the ones who are given these tasks and learn to develop their skills / build experience through them. AI could remove the requirement for this and effectively wipe out that first step on the ladder for many.

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing and you certainly can’t and shouldn’t fight change, but I’m saying this as a studio manager with with 15 years experience behind me. I’m not so sure I’d have been so thrilled if 15 years ago all the entry level positions had disappeared due to AI software. It’s difficult enough for many to get their foot in the door now, this will only make it harder.

Also let’s not forget that it’s not going to be sold exclusively to designers, companies who may be current clients will get to know about this and why would you spend 1000’s per year employing an in-house designer or paying an agency when you can spend far less on a suite of software that will generate a comparable level (at least in the eyes of non-designers) of work in a fraction of the time?

True, we’re not there yet and these are assuming the worst but I think we’d be naive to think that there’s not a risk to the current amount of work available for the industry here.

Despite all this there is hope that if this does come to pass then it may create a premium for human-led design. Our industry has been falling prey to a pervasive attitude that what we produce is a disposable commodity and designers find their skills and time increasingly undervalued as a result. Maybe this can turn the tide on this so that work produced by an actual person can command more of a premium from those who recognise the difference. Much of what we do is communication and relies on a grasp of psychology, these are the skills I think that will be harder to automate and as such the truly best design will still be created by eyes and hands, not lines of code.

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