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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 4 2011, 05:34 PM (679 Views) | |
| Inkwell | Feb 4 2011, 05:34 PM Post #1 |
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This place is a huge clearing house of info,inspiration and motivation. I really do love this site,good people,good ideas.So along those lines I'm going to try and put up some kind of short cut,money saver,tip at least once a week.Feel free to post up your whizz bang ideas as well ! Digging around in my bits closet I came across this great political sign one of my neighbors had stuck in my yard.I love it when people give me stuff! Well I was working on scratch building some machines so I pull it out,hmmm -I Beams!!!this is a coragated plastic sign, you see them every where![]() and I've got enough scale i beams to build half of New York.
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| tinker | Feb 4 2011, 05:45 PM Post #2 |
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You can only hope for a tight district race and the followers of these politicians putting up more signs! Ya might even be able to use the material for buildings too! |
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| Legionnaire | Feb 4 2011, 05:47 PM Post #3 |
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My missus will kill me sooner or later! I have started hoarding cardboard due to certain advice here, next up is to trolley the £-shops and charity shops (there must be at least 10 in town) for suitable vehicles... Ahhh, junk. |
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| tinker | Feb 4 2011, 05:53 PM Post #4 |
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Get that woman on your side! Take her with you, buy her lunch. Tell her how much more you love her now than the day you married... If she smells a rat, tell her it's most likely from Tinker's Shop
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| dexter | Feb 4 2011, 06:12 PM Post #5 |
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Rather than charity shops wait till the weathers better and start trawling carboots. You find a much wider variety of junk thats useful for gaming. dex |
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| Legionnaire | Feb 4 2011, 06:15 PM Post #6 |
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Oh, you don't know my missus, I can tell that! She can't fathom (love that expression ) the hobby and refers to my minis as "dolls" ( ).Although she "allows" me to doodle with the hobby as long as it doesn't interfere with family or other chores, which is gracious enough of her. |
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| Legionnaire | Feb 4 2011, 06:18 PM Post #7 |
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Excellent idea. And the bonus is that I can get some stuff for our little one as well. |
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| Mr. Clean | Feb 4 2011, 06:37 PM Post #8 |
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Thats a great tip Inky!Thanks.The race for Chicago mayor is soon.......B^) Legionnaire-I have just the opposite problem with my wife,she gets pissed if i play with out her! Brian |
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| Inkwell | Feb 4 2011, 06:41 PM Post #9 |
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Chicks can't pass up sales...they can't. Dem I beams be sweet though,I've been checking out toys on ebay and those damn sets that have i beams always go high because they're "vintage" which is code for your going to have to pay out the ass cause its old.So i've been looking for something cheap.Just lucky I picked it up ,if somebody had'nt been pushy about thier political views and stuck it in my yard I would have never snagged it.The plastic isnt very thick ,certainlly sufficent for dressing up terrain and small construction though
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| mattblackgod | Feb 6 2011, 12:51 PM Post #10 |
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Nice tip. Good find! |
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| Inkwell | Feb 10 2011, 02:58 PM Post #11 |
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Hidey hoe wastelanders, ol' inky here with another tip of the week.Yes I have gone bonkers but there is a method to my maddness!Do you like washes with inks?Well I do but man I paint a lot and those little bottles are both expensive and tiny so.....I make my own.some of you might be privy to this but for those of you who dont here's a nifty little trick.Acyrlic floor finisher . I make my inks up johhny on the spot.make up a wash with water and your paint/pigment and add a drop or two of the floor sealer . 10-1 is a good ratio to start with.The acyrlic in the floor finish very closely mimics the properties of a premium "ink" wash for pennys.MMM need a royal blue ink wash ,make one! I would recommend that you experiment a bit with it before you pull out your masterpiece.It really pulls the pigment down into the detail and keeps it there .It takes a little longer to dry and it does leave a shine but I triple dull coat my figs anyways.The above bottle I've had for several years and I've even done the floors a couple times with it..I've also heard of folks making dip out of it as well.Give it a try and you might add it to your tool box of tricks
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| kfc v lot | Feb 10 2011, 03:11 PM Post #12 |
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Lucky sod over here its called Johnsons Klear (or was they changed the formula much to the distress of man scale modellers :(. |
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| Mr. Clean | Feb 10 2011, 03:21 PM Post #13 |
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Thanks Uncle Inky! I've been meaning to try that out for a while.I use GW inks on my minis but they are to expensive for terrain.I have this jar of black and brown paint mixed with water for the big stuff,but theres no flow-improver type stuff in it.I just slop it on let dry for five minutes and dab the high spots with a paper towel.Works OK.Also it stinks like hell after a week. Brian
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| Dr.Falkenhayn | Feb 10 2011, 03:42 PM Post #14 |
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thx for the Tip.will give a Try might be a good Idea for washing Terrain and larger Minis/Vehicles etc You can always add a Dot PVA Glue to yr Ink.Works very well too... |
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| Inkwell | Feb 10 2011, 04:06 PM Post #15 |
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OOhh,Will try the glue thats a new one for me |
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| tinker | Feb 10 2011, 04:41 PM Post #16 |
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A slight drop of dish soap will also act to help flow, but it can also screw up your paints too if insufficient time has been given for proper drying. |
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| Inkwell | Feb 10 2011, 05:11 PM Post #17 |
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Lord yes,wait till the paint is all the way dry or it will float off.Use with caution till you get the feel of it. |
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| Desertrat | Feb 10 2011, 06:17 PM Post #18 |
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Cheers for the tip Inky. I'll give this a go when I start building some more Necromunda terrain....
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ideas as well ! Digging around in my bits closet I came across this great political sign one of my neighbors had stuck in my yard.I love it when people give me stuff! Well I was working on scratch building some machines so I pull it out,hmmm -I Beams!!!this is a coragated plastic sign, you see them every where
and I've got enough scale i beams to build half of New York.



) the hobby and refers to my minis as "dolls" (
).
Chicks can't pass up sales...they can't. Dem I beams be sweet though,I've been checking out toys on ebay and those damn sets that have i beams always go high because they're "vintage" which is code for your going to have to pay out the ass cause its old.So i've been looking for something cheap.Just lucky I picked it up ,if somebody had'nt been pushy about thier political views and stuck it in my yard I would have never snagged it.The plastic isnt very thick ,certainlly sufficent for dressing up terrain and small construction though

Hidey hoe wastelanders, ol' inky here with another tip of the week.Yes I have gone bonkers but there is a method to my maddness!Do you like washes with inks?Well I do but man I paint a lot and those little bottles are both expensive and tiny so.....I make my own.some of you might be privy to this but for those of you who dont here's a nifty little trick.Acyrlic floor finisher . I make my inks up johhny on the spot.make up a wash with water and your paint/pigment and add a drop or two of the floor sealer . 10-1 is a good ratio to start with.The acyrlic in the floor finish very closely mimics the properties of a premium "ink" wash for pennys.MMM need a royal blue ink wash ,make one! I would recommend that you experiment a bit with it before you pull out your masterpiece.It really pulls the pigment down into the detail and keeps it there .It takes a little longer to dry and it does leave a shine but I triple dull coat my figs anyways.The above bottle I've had for several years and I've even done the floors a couple times with it..I've also heard of folks making dip out of it as well.Give it a try and you might add it to your tool box of tricks


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