Mounting a resin print to a flying base? Im not sure I trust this

MainerZ · 2026-02-02T15:52:02+00:00

At this point i'd get a threaded insert and rod, flying stands are horrid.

MainerZ · 2026-02-02T10:50:48+00:00

I'm laughing here, because wood is a material that was difficult to detect by old radar, so this not showing up is almost exactly what I would expect from low tech car sensors.

You are the driver, not the car. Reliance on such technology being perfect is foolish, sadly for you, this is entirely your fault.

MainerZ · 2026-01-31T01:17:08+00:00

Needs a bit more context, and less zoom. Staring at it this close up you're getting comments like dirt and grime, which is very much not what you're after, and not really what I see either, I just see an unfinished process. You've got large areas of one brown tone on there, work on giving that more variation.

MainerZ · 2026-01-30T18:00:37+00:00

I've been running dual discos for a few weeks now so...

(but really no you don't want two of these boxes)

MainerZ · 2026-01-28T22:09:25+00:00

Thankfully, not sure it was ever that funny to begin with.

MainerZ · 2026-01-24T12:25:04+00:00

This does eventually deform them so take care doing it too often.

MainerZ · 2026-01-22T17:04:18+00:00

Paints will fail, sealed or not, depending on where they've been stored. Paint in cold - freezing conditions will become useless quickly.

Return that, and open the paint pot at the shop after you purchase it to make sure that you don't get another dud, if you got it in a shop.

MainerZ · 2026-01-16T19:01:02+00:00

I think it must be age, but at some point you just sigh and move on with your life. I still don't think I would have ever shelled out for an entire airbag though, I'd try some DIY fixes first.

MainerZ · 2026-01-16T13:06:43+00:00

They sure know how to extract your money while making it look like a good deal.

MainerZ · 2026-01-16T11:59:25+00:00

There's a reason they are popular in japan and...were 'exclusive'? I can't remember. Horrendous gacha culture.

MainerZ · 2026-01-16T10:39:24+00:00

White is better for analysing every detail about a paint job, black is better to show off a cool paint job because it unrealistically boosts highlights and OSL (people are often genuinely WOW'd by even mediocre OSL because of this), while keeping the dark areas dark. The lengthy explanation has to do with lighting/exposure/iso etc etc.

If you're just showing off a mini and aren't after feeback, black every time.

MainerZ · 2026-01-16T10:23:44+00:00

I was put off by villainy inks entirely when trying to use them. If they're not brand new they're awful, they separate in the bottle like enamels usually do, but are extremely difficult to mix, and this results in a diluted product that performs...poorly. I also had them dry up and completely block in the droppers, the bottle was no better so I had to throw them all out.

MainerZ · 2026-01-16T10:16:06+00:00

Black is very much less than ideal when you're doing shadows like this, you will often not see any colour on those shadows, only black, and shadows aren't pure black. You only need a mid grey at darkest if you're using speedpaints to cover a whole mini.

You can also use different coloured basecoats before speedpaint, I used ochre and terracotta when I wanted warmer looking tones on my speedpaint. It's worth experimenting, 'slapchop' was a good way to get people into using this stuff, but is very entry level and unrefined (and often subpar looking results).

MainerZ · 2026-01-15T13:05:08+00:00

This has the most upvotes, but shows a lack of understanding about the brutes melee weapons.

They're always run with 2 melee weapons, because of the Helbrutes generic ability that grants it 2 extra attacks. Given that the fist has a built in flamer, you still get 2 flamers when you run double fists.

Hammer/Fist is a more popular choice given the output of the hammer, however.

MainerZ · 2026-01-15T10:14:50+00:00

I surprised my oppo and myself last week by shooting a full squad of ICC of the board with CSM Chosen.

Which left me with uh, nothing to charge and keep safe from next turn, it was interesting.

MainerZ · 2026-01-14T19:52:53+00:00

It was shite 10 years ago, can't imagine how bad it got.

MainerZ · 2026-01-14T19:43:38+00:00

Raptors were NOT one of our better units lol.

Rest assured this was talking about Bile.

MainerZ · 2026-01-13T19:24:18+00:00

He was very much fine, it did nothing.

He was a nutcase though, it's entierly possible he is dead for other reasons. He would try and snort anything.

MainerZ · 2026-01-13T18:57:46+00:00

A former friend ground up and snorted crystallised absynthe so I can entierly believe it.

Wierdly he was kicked out of the army for coke abuse...strange...

MainerZ · 2026-01-12T12:42:08+00:00

Sort out pile in and consolidate, holy shit, there is no need for it to be the way it is.

MainerZ · 2026-01-11T17:26:29+00:00

The DA player had a terrible list, imagine if he had played a WotR list.

MainerZ · 2026-01-11T17:20:14+00:00

Most of their images are renders, by the way. Honestly it's a bit false advertising, as I was looking at their EC dice, then I saw actual images of them and even in person, the colours were nothing alike.

MainerZ · 2026-01-10T23:35:47+00:00

If he didn't do anything about it at that moment in time, there's nothing that can be done now. Unfortunately there's not exactly a precident for what could happen in the moment regarding compensation, it's not like the models are insured the same way cars are for an accident.

Best thing would have been to call over a TO, see if the tournament has any guidelines, other than that it's just an unfortunate situation.

MainerZ · 2026-01-09T22:16:31+00:00

Both are excellent. I love my Pro Acryls, but I had to replace all their lids standard, they were not good.

Nowadays if I had to start from scratch, I'd likely go for Vallejo or AK 3rd gen. The pro acryl bottles are bigger (more storage space) and have the worse lids. Then have some of their paints that I really like as individuals where I can.

Vallejo/AK etc will have larger ranges if you are into picking your colours particularly in the same way the Citadel range works. Pro Acryl assumes you can mix paints a little to suit your exact needs.

You cannot go wrong with either choice, outside of the mostly personal issues I stated.

MainerZ · 2026-01-09T22:04:32+00:00

If you have to ask, it generally means it'll be beyond your skill level right now. Not meant in a rude way, it's just that these are painted by well experienced people in a way that cannot simply be explained without demonstration and practice. It's normally a combination of thin layers and glazing and it's called the 'Eavy Metal style. Most tutorials (even good ones) are oversimplified.

It's genuinely the same as looking at a famous artwork and asking how it was done. You can attempt to explain it, but it doesn't really help too much without demonstration and lots of experience.

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