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James Ballentine
tolomere@...
Dec 4, 1998 6:12 pm
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Hi all... For every one that who's taken the time to subscribe to the list (if anyone has), I'd like to say welcome! Has anyone got anything to say?!?! :-) Or...
James Ballentine
tolomere@...
Dec 18, 1998 8:59 pm
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Except for Reaper minis and some Partha, almost all minis will benefit from a nicelooking base. Just painting the base black or green will usually not be...
Paul Raukas
paul.raukas@...
Dec 21, 1998 10:53 am
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Hi all... I thought that Paul's suggestion about the bases was an interesting one...I never thought about using other things to cover a base, besides the...
James Ballentine
tolomere@...
Dec 21, 1998 7:48 pm
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Hi, I'm Mark, and I'm a gamer... ... I'm into (mainly) sci-fi skirmish. My friends and I have been working out a set of rules for our own 25mm game. We've...
mark or jodi hansen
mrkh@...
Dec 21, 1998 10:49 pm
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and any other minipainter who's interested in sculpting miniatures for themselves. Take a look at http://www.pipeline.com/~altbob/sculpting/how_sculpt.htm Bob...
Paul Raukas
Paul.Raukas@...
Dec 29, 1998 8:36 am
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Yeah, I checked this one out. Great stuff. It gave me enough strategies to give me the courage to try it. I've started out by making some of the figure's...
mark or jodi hansen
mrkh@...
Dec 29, 1998 5:54 pm
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Hi ! I browsed the archive of the list (impressive 7 messages ;) and stumbled over the so far unanswered questions how to build Stones and Rocks as decoration...
Dominic Heutelbeck
heutelbeck@...
Jan 15, 1999 8:22 pm
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Hi ! I am Dominic Heutelbeck and I am glad to have found a mailing list about miniature painting. I am painting miniatures since 1993/94, and since then I am...
Dominic Heutelbeck
heutelbeck@...
Jan 15, 1999 8:22 pm
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This is a cool idea. I've never based a 28mm model with anything besides flock, but I think it would be cool to try it. When I'm making terrain, I've always...
mark or jodi hansen
mrkh@...
Jan 15, 1999 8:37 pm
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Hi Dominic, I'm new to the list myself. Didn't seem to be much activity going on here right now, which is too bad, because I've been looking for a good mini ...
Laszlo Jakusovszky
L_Jakusovszky@...
Jan 16, 1999 2:58 am
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... Just like myself ;) ... This seems to be a nice idea, putting some minerals on the scenery will shurly be very impressive in a diorama. I have also used...
Dominic Heutelbeck
heutelbeck@...
Jan 16, 1999 5:31 pm
13
Hey! I have a few pix up on the site. Just a quick note here, on a few of my figures I used unusual material to cover the base. I used gun powder I smothered...
russ
goradok@...
Jan 16, 1999 9:25 pm
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Hi Everybody, I am glad to see some action on this mail group at least. ... I really like this idea and am going to try it for my desert dogs. To try and get...
Lee Cumberland
cumberl@...
Jan 18, 1999 10:09 am
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... Well, I like reaper too, but opposing to the opinion of the reviews on the home page of this list I really donīt like their bases. I like to prepare most...
Dominic Heutelbeck
heutelbeck@...
Jan 18, 1999 2:48 pm
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Hi! I've been doing a lot of research lately on sculpting, and I've begun to attempt it. So far, so good. I'm working out this lizard-ish alien race for our...
mark or jodi hansen
mrkh@...
Jan 18, 1999 2:58 pm
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... I like them too especially the goblins (quite funny), however I am more interested in a more traditional medievil style fantasy minatures as opposed to...
Lee Cumberland
cumberl@...
Jan 19, 1999 10:04 am
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Hi ! One of my latest painting experience was trying out acrylic retarder, and I find this stuff very useful for several reasons : - Its purpose is to delay...
Dominic Heutelbeck
heutelbeck@...
Jan 19, 1999 1:22 pm
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I already posted this to the Miniature Place web board, but I'll repost here: I paint pretty much anything, as long as it's a well-sculpted miniature. I do...
Laszlo Jakusovszky
L_Jakusovszky@...
Jan 19, 1999 2:34 pm
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BASING - ... I've been using unusual basing materials for years... Natural stones, pieces of model airplane parts (for scifi minis), etc. Anything that will...
Laszlo Jakusovszky
L_Jakusovszky@...
Jan 19, 1999 2:34 pm
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Hi all: Glad to see some activity on this list as well! I have to say, my favorites are Reaper. I agree that some of the figures could be a little 'rounder'....
tolomere@...
Jan 19, 1999 4:48 pm
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... Another line which contains a lot of flat minis are the Star Wars mitatures from west end games. But a question raising to me out of this is, if the...
Dominic Heutelbeck
heutelbeck@...
Jan 19, 1999 5:55 pm
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... I think their Inferno line has some nice stuff, but they will be surely boring to paint if you have to cope with more then three or four of them, since...
Dominic Heutelbeck
heutelbeck@...
Jan 19, 1999 5:55 pm
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... Dominic, Yes on #1: I've been using acrylic retarder for a few years now... the stuff works great, as you've found out! I wouldn't do any blending without...
Laszlo Jakusovszky
L_Jakusovszky@...
Jan 19, 1999 6:32 pm
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FLAT MINIS - As far as flat minis go: to my knowledge the reason they're like that is the casting process. Basically, minis are put into a round,...
Laszlo Jakusovszky
L_Jakusovszky@...
Jan 19, 1999 9:19 pm
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Well, every company has *something* that's worth while to paint: I forget which line Rafm has that's all horror-based (ghosts and nightmares, etc, but not the...
Laszlo Jakusovszky
L_Jakusovszky@...
Jan 19, 1999 9:19 pm
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He all, I just checked my Ral Partha paints and found them all dried up, is there anything any of you know that I could do to recover them or should I just...
russ
goradok@...
Jan 21, 1999 1:42 am
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... As I mentioned in the colors thread, mine comes from "Lukas" which also do have a wide range of bottled and tubed acrylic paints. (But I dinīt try a lot...
Dominic Heutelbeck
heutelbeck@...
Jan 21, 1999 4:47 pm
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... [...] ... Yes, I think the skill thing is very important here. Do you know what I hate ? Yes, parting lines right through the face. How can a caster be so...
Dominic Heutelbeck
heutelbeck@...
Jan 21, 1999 4:47 pm
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... If they're totally dried out, just chuck 'em! Acrylic paints don't respond too well to reconsistution attempts - must have something to do with the plastic...
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