Hello all! So, my wife and I decided that we needed a new camera (canon Rebel XTi), and last summer I got a light tent setup for my birthday. Anyway, after...
Hello all! So, my wife and I decided that we needed a new camera (canon Rebel XTi), and last summer I got a light tent setup for my birthday. Anyway, after...
... feel ... The rebels are great cameras for miniature photography. I would recommend a light tent as well (something like an EZ Cube or one of the less...
... Keep in mind how focusing works. You focus the lens on a point in space and things drift out of focus on either side, so half of your depth of field is in...
Two questions: Someone a while back posted a web site of a company that sells Vallejo paint -sized mini bottles like the kind Vallejo paints. What was that...
Here's a link to a topic in Reaper's forums about color equivalacies that i found very helpfull and thorough. It's three pages, so look through the entire...
Check out western plastics: http://www.western-plastics.com/brochure1.shtml They sell all kinds of bottles. I ordered from them years ago and don't have the...
... Vallejo paint-sized mini bottles like the kind Vallejo paints. What was that again? ... www.essentialsupplies.com/ www.sks-bottle.com/340c/fin21a.html ...
Check this thread for RMS to GW equivalents: http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17678 There's a link in the thread to a place with GW to...
After painting a metal figure I always apply a coat of gloss varnish followed by 2 coats of matt varnish. I recently used the Vallejo gloss varnish. I...
The gloss varnishes I have used, both Vallejo, Testor, and Citadel have all left my models with a kind of milky look to them. I heard it was condensation...
... varnish ... it down ... white as if ... wrong, and if ... I have found when you place a matte varnish over a gloss varnish, regardless of drying time, you...
... I've only run into it a couple of times, and both times it was humid outside and late at night (Houston summer and fall - we're talking very high humidity)...
My son and I have been painting for several years now (mostly Warhammer but also D&D miniatures), and we have lately been discussing which is the "best paint"...
According to Dave Smith, on 10-1-07 15:35 the word on the street was... ... IMHO, it is -- else there wouldn't be people who paint with acrylics, enamels,...
IMO there's a simple criteria for "best paint". What works for you? Some people use craft paint because it fits best in their budget. Some people like...
Hi There Well when it comes to me and judging all the paints out there and the new ones that seem to be coming out daily I judge them several ones, one is...
For me personally, I look for two things in paints I buy. 1) Smooth, clean blending and layers. I hate for paint to dry thick or chalky, so I like one that...
I have a Coolpix 995 I've had for a number of years. Over the last and a half or so its have a blurry corner in all the pix. I sent it to Nikon to get a repair...
IMO the most important thing is color saturation. Color can always be desaturated, but it is impossible to increase color saturation with mixing. Every other...
As regards the comments made about saturation and a 'true' shade that mixes well, this is an issue because almost all of the hobby paints, including those...
hey there all. first post ever here.! me i like to use gw paints,reaper and vmc paints for my models. i find that by having a large selection really lets me...
This is exactly why I use artist oils or acrylics to paint with. The colors start out much more vibrant when they are single pigment, the drawback is that I...