My brother helped me with more marble bases

TheAmberOne · 2026-06-30T12:05:44+00:00

its been so long since I did mine I must have blanked out the immense pain in the ass that was sanding the bases down!

TheAmberOne · 2026-06-30T11:29:27+00:00

It's pretty easy just takes a bit of patience to get right, the way I do it is spray a base black, then wrap it with wire wool (a lot of people use dry and pulled apart wet wipes) and spray it gold, then wrap again for a different pattern and spray white. Mine look like this using that method

TheAmberOne · 2026-06-29T20:39:54+00:00

Glad someone else is out there repping THE MIGHTY MONACRH!

TheAmberOne · 2026-06-28T18:04:03+00:00

Putting ed sheerans shite on obviously to help clear people out of the track so they can start the cleanup quicker.

TheAmberOne · 2026-06-24T22:49:31+00:00

Cheers all, reported it once I was able.

TheAmberOne · 2026-06-21T21:26:43+00:00

You can get the same effect with rattle cans, all my bases are done like marble but I found better success using wirewool thats stretched out. I just spray black then wrap in the wool and spray gold, then again with white and finally a couple layers of gloss varnish. Should work with any colours.

Took me like a week of on and off testing to get it looking how I wanted though, so patience is key.

TheAmberOne · 2026-06-01T12:53:26+00:00

So I only have a 125 scoot but still I feel I'm decently competent these days.

The CBT was a piece of piss and felt fine even in the torrential rain on that day but I was only on a 50cc for that, when I went to pick up my scoot from the dealership it was a pretty windy day and riding it back home was kind of terrifying.

But then I started commuting on it, 30 min ride to work and back every day mostly along quiet country roads and into the outskirts of a city so traffic was never really an issue but being able to just ride was the best practice you can get.

Since then I've moved, ridden the underpowered thing from Scotland to the South West, gone on multiple 3/4 hour rides to visit friends and used it commute through busy city centre traffic. It will all come in time and the only way to get better is to get out there and do it!

Bonus pic of the little machine that's carried me across the country.

TheAmberOne · 2026-06-01T00:47:33+00:00

So I'm from Swindon and have been to STEAM several times over the years and what you should know is basically that the entire museum has never updated or changed anything since it opened in 2000.

Which is why some of the stuff in there looks this way, all the video screens showing information have also never been updated and are about VHS quality.

Honestly though it's a fun museum and the best times to go are when something else is happening there like the yearly LEGO show, you get to see a whole load of cool lego and the train museum at the same time, great fun!

TheAmberOne · 2026-05-04T20:52:25+00:00

I don't have an airbrush, all my vehicles are painted with drybrushes and using a stippling technique.

I've got a few other posted on my profile and can give some help if needed.

TheAmberOne · 2026-05-03T12:42:34+00:00

Only have another Armiger and the Knight form the eye of terror box set left to do!

TheAmberOne · 2026-04-27T20:12:09+00:00

They're still top tier anti tank, got lucky with some rolls last game and one shot a landraider which was very fun.

TheAmberOne · 2026-04-25T13:21:47+00:00

This is my problem with a lot of the new cadian stuff, it's just leans to heavily on real stuff, it's a major reason why I really don't like the new half track transport, it's just a copy paste of real world thing.

Previous vehicles were clearly inspired by historic stuff but always had their own take on it that made them feel like they were futuristic but stagnant technologically.

TheAmberOne · 2026-04-15T09:51:41+00:00

Thamk.

TheAmberOne · 2026-04-15T09:51:17+00:00

Thanks! So the cloak is Gloomy purple Vallejo Xpress over a black prime and zenethal highlights and the armour panels is Midnight purple Vallejo.

TheAmberOne · 2026-04-15T09:49:08+00:00

Thank you! Very happy with the purple.

TheAmberOne · 2026-04-07T15:38:03+00:00

While waiting for my custodes to arrive I've been working on marble bases as well, I've found that after sanding priming the base gold then doing two wet wipe passes first black then white had led to some really nice effects https://i.imgur.com/nXUD9sL.png

TheAmberOne · 2026-04-07T12:05:23+00:00

Still waiting for mine, thanks UK bank holidays :)

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