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If your using enamels through an airbrush you'll want to make sure you're well ventilated. Both the varnish and the thinner are pretty noxious. I also use respirator mask . I've just started using...

It's a bit of a pain, but I got rid of decal marks with this process: (paint), apply gloss varnish, then decal, then decal solvent, then gloss varnish (at this point I do the whole thing for...

I prefer to use airbrushed varnish, then pick and mix depending what finish I want. Also means you can apply really thin layers to get it right. I'll usually do a gloss coat before weathering, then...

Great work, made me do a double take when I saw the photo list.

The only (constructive) criticism I could give is that the carapace could be a little wider at the front and the head a little...

Loving the bold colours. If you'd said, I'm going to do black and yellow marines I'd have been pretty doubtful, but these guys pull it off real well. Nice one.

Good work. Really like the idea of using heraldic shields - works really well. And good objective markers. Might need to steal that idea!

THE POWER OF SCIENCE!
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I'm regularly extending paints (hot summers here gum them up a little). Water or acrylic thinner will work. It won't get you much more paint (with red's already poor coverage you should be careful...

yellow or brown.

I'm leaning to the brown, a bit less imposing than the yellow, but it's also what I use on my bases!

OK, that's gotta hurt. I've still got some of most of the old inks. There are somethings washes won't do. Black shouldn't be too hard to replace should it? I have a P3 brown that flows well.

I can't really agree, it's more of a problem of over-engineering. I had just successfully used some Mig powders in the same session, and it was not a question of concentration. The lid itself is...

Inspiring work sukigod!

Wow, this guy hangs together really well, really fits in with the spacemarine vibe. Tops effort. Only thought is that the canopy windows look too small (have too much trim) when compared to the...

Ouch! At least I could vacuum up most of the pigments! Hopefully black can be the new black for you.

On a better note, I'd emailed Vallejo yesterday (not wanting to just slag them off on a forum)...

A word of warning when using vallejo weathering powders. This does not relate to the quality of the powders themselves, but to the packaging.

I just bought two shades of green to make moss/mould...

If you don't seal it, the powders will come off with contact. BUT, if you do seal it, the dilution will weaken the strength of the pigments (from opaque to almost clear). If you apply them wet...

These guys are looking good. Cool skull flail.

Since you asked for feedback - the contrast between model and base could be improved - grey + gold on a grey + brown base prevents the model from...

+1 for powders. I also use oils. All over a gloss varnish.

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I'm using the oils half way between lining the shadows,...

Wikipedia's entry on sci-fi is a little missleading, since the second sentence talks about 'scientifically established or scientifically postulated laws of nature'. This is a bit of diversion, since...

Totally agree. It smacks of weak writing. Perhaps not as weak as 'they all woke up and it was a dream.' I'm fine with old one existing, and even having one or two races related to them (like the...

Pretty good for a first effort :). Wheels turned out really well - this is usually the bit people seem to get wrong (look at the Venator on the FW site). The balance between what is and isn't dirty...

Well, yeah, if no one was playing them then there is no point, but people are (see Col Corbane's post). It's just a different way of playing the game - it says that list building optimisation isn't...

What if you switch it up a bit. A lot of list conversations are of the 'how to I make this more bad-arse?' variety. If you take the list as given, you can still discuss how do I use this possibly...

Looking at the rear picture it looks like the groin thing and his hips are not much wider than in a regular dread, making his whole waist profile very narrow compared to his upper body . I think if...

I think the bald/beard head is better for this guy. The braids work well, but maybe the beard needs to be a little bushier over his cheeks (next to his mouth) to fit in with the increased scale? I...