Today in the hobby I....

[Moonstalker]

My best friend from High School moved back to the US from London after being gone for a few years.  Helped him clean up his barn (our old gaming space) earlier this week.  Got another friend flying in from Miami later this month, get together planned for the 16th.  It'll be the first game of 10th edition that any of us play.  I need to assemble a unit of Bladeguard that I got at the local Warhammer store's Secret Santa to finish my list, and print out some cheat sheets/quick references for army rules for everyone.

[lhg033]

last night in the hobby....

Did a couple of colours on the test models for my deathwing colour scheme.... just the green robes, purple onteh purity seals and a bit of touching up on mistakes on the bone. A lot more still to go but it scratched the itch and I'm now feeling the bug to paint again which is nice. Just need to carve some time out again now things will be calming down again after the holidays.

 

I also trimmed out one of the better press molds I did a while ago for DW terminator symbols. I think if has come out fairly good to the naked eye. I'll have to take view with some point on it next to see if it has really kept enough detail to be usable.

[Norman Paperman]

Today in the hobby I took the plunge and got an airbrush (Iwata Revolution HP-CR)! Well, I bought it two days ago and now I'm waiting on the Amazon truck to bring the compressor and all the bits and bobs I need to go with it. I've got the beginnings of a setup in the basement and have spent the last 30 minutes taking the airbrush itself apart and putting it back together again. Reminds me of cleaning a rifle! 

 

Hoping to start with easy stuff like bases, priming, and base coats, and develop skills from there. I anticipate it will be like brush painting that I'll have no idea what I'm doing at the start and then gradually build up competence and confidence. But if this thing can just save me time on base coating, I'll be thrilled. I've been painting up some Squigs that my wife got me for Christmas (AoS stuff) and boy did I get sick of painting red real quickly! 
 

EDIT: Holy balls I love this thing already

Edited Thursday at 10:14 PM by Norman Paperman

[NiceGuyAdi]

I went for bargain basement cheapo on my airbrush, and even that is amazing for simple stuff compared to a hair brush.

 

Things I wish I knew when I first started:
-always wear a face mask, unless you want to breathe atomised plastic

-airbrush thinner and airbrush flow improver are different things. I find the flow improver to be far more helpful for actually thinning acrylic paint

-when you're done painting and cleaning, leave some airbrush cleaner in the reservoir cup, so if there's any paint still in the gun, it won't dry out and clog things up.

[Norman Paperman]

3 hours ago, NiceGuyAdi said:

I went for bargain basement cheapo on my airbrush, and even that is amazing for simple stuff compared to a hair brush.

 

Things I wish I knew when I first started:
-always wear a face mask, unless you want to breathe atomised plastic

-airbrush thinner and airbrush flow improver are different things. I find the flow improver to be far more helpful for actually thinning acrylic paint

-when you're done painting and cleaning, leave some airbrush cleaner in the reservoir cup, so if there's any paint still in the gun, it won't dry out and clog things up.

Thanks for the pointers! I got a mask and made sure the seal was good before any spraying happened. I don't think I have flow improver, but I was getting good mixes with some regular ol' vallejo game color paint and vallejo thinner. I'll try out leaving some cleaner in the cup, that's a good tip that I was wondering about. 

[TheArtilleryman]

…. had a go at converting an inquisitor from the Skaventide Knight-Questor:

 

 

 

I’m quite pleased with the model but I’m finding myself a bit stuck for Imperial iconography. I’ve managed to remove most of the lion and comet motifs from the armour but I feel like it needs some aquilas or inquisition symbols to bring it fully into the 40K universe. I’ve got loads of bits like ammo crates and the like that have the aquila, but they aren’t easy to remove and make thin enough to apply to armour. I could try green stuff but I’m not confident in my sculpting skills… 

 

So far the best I could come up with is adding the ammo crate to the base but it doesn’t feel like it’s enough.

 

What do you guys think of the conversion, and do you have any ideas for where I could find the symbols I need?

[Moonstalker]

7 hours ago, TheArtilleryman said:

…. had a go at converting an inquisitor from the Skaventide Knight-Questor:

 

 

 

I’m quite pleased with the model but I’m finding myself a bit stuck for Imperial iconography. I’ve managed to remove most of the lion and comet motifs from the armour but I feel like it needs some aquilas or inquisition symbols to bring it fully into the 40K universe. I’ve got loads of bits like ammo crates and the like that have the aquila, but they aren’t easy to remove and make thin enough to apply to armour. I could try green stuff but I’m not confident in my sculpting skills… 

 

So far the best I could come up with is adding the ammo crate to the base but it doesn’t feel like it’s enough.

 

What do you guys think of the conversion, and do you have any ideas for where I could find the symbols I need?

 

I think the conversion looks great.  Instead of trying to remove a suitably sized Aquila from another bit, consider casting it using greenstuff instead?  You can also get some Mr. Surfacer to help clean up the roughness from where you removed the iconography.

[skylerboodie]

Today in the hobby I took the plunge and bought some GodHand nippers, as I damaged my previous DSPIAE ones (stupidly tried cutting a paperclip with them for pinning piece and ruined them). £66 so will be extra careful this time, and only use for small delicate pieces and try not to damage again.

[Frogian]

i recently got some ruitool single blade ones (like the godhands are) and they are so much nicer to use. cut so smoothly and clean.

[TheArtilleryman]

14 hours ago, Moonstalker said:

 

I think the conversion looks great.  Instead of trying to remove a suitably sized Aquila from another bit, consider casting it using greenstuff instead?  You can also get some Mr. Surfacer to help clean up the roughness from where you removed the iconography.

 

Thanks. I did actually manage to shave off an aquila from an ammo box in the end and fix it to the shoulder plate. Can't get a good picture but will post one when it's painted. I also added a purity seal from a space marine's leg.

Good idea about the rough surface. Unfortunately I'm a bit too cheap at the moment to buy another product, but I did get a reasonable result using a thin layer of PVA glue. That seems to have got rid of most of the rough texture, especially with a primer over the top.

 

Cheers for the suggestions!

[TheArtilleryman]

… ordered these guys from eBay. I’m blown away by some of the designs this guy is selling and these are gonna be my inquisitor’s warband.

 

[Brother Carpenter]

On 1/3/2025 at 6:35 PM, TheArtilleryman said:

…. had a go at converting an inquisitor from the Skaventide Knight-Questor:

 

 

 

I’m quite pleased with the model but I’m finding myself a bit stuck for Imperial iconography. I’ve managed to remove most of the lion and comet motifs from the armour but I feel like it needs some aquilas or inquisition symbols to bring it fully into the 40K universe. I’ve got loads of bits like ammo crates and the like that have the aquila, but they aren’t easy to remove and make thin enough to apply to armour. I could try green stuff but I’m not confident in my sculpting skills… 

 

So far the best I could come up with is adding the ammo crate to the base but it doesn’t feel like it’s enough.

 

What do you guys think of the conversion, and do you have any ideas for where I could find the symbols I need?

Maybe a transfer?

With micro sol and set a aquila or incuisition ransfer on the shoulderpad or edges of the cape

[TheArtilleryman]

9 minutes ago, Brother Carpenter said:

Maybe a transfer?

With micro sol and set a aquila or incuisition ransfer on the shoulderpad or edges of the cape

Thanks! Just finished the model for the 12 months of hobby. Managed to shave an Aquila off an ammo crate after all: