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Post by miltonmurphy on May 5, 2014 20:39:47 GMT
Thanks for the kind words everyone! New batch coming soon.
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Post by miltonmurphy on May 5, 2014 20:38:52 GMT
Me and my girlfriend are about to start painting bones soon. What should i get to start? What kind of paint did you use on these guys? Hi jazI use basic acrylic paints from the local hobby store plus some Reaper paints that I ordered through the Kickstarter (mainly because they were offered much cheaper.) Frankly I'd go with the cheaper paints from the hobby store if I had to choose between then because they are just as good in my opinion. Looking forward to seeing your work! Cheers, MM
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Post by miltonmurphy on Apr 25, 2014 0:54:14 GMT
Cool idea, thanks! If you don't have double sided tape, poster putty works too. I think he used single sided tape..... he put a long strip sticky side up and used smaller pieces to tape it to a board. Oh yeah daveb. He was definitely using singlesided painters tape. Whatever tape gets used you definitely want to make sure it's not a strong bond.
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Post by miltonmurphy on Apr 24, 2014 19:37:10 GMT
I've crafted two of these calendars for close friends of mine, and both absolutely loved the design... :-) I'm going to give this a go as well. Got to break out the Dremel since my "workshop" consists of a portable worktable and a ruler.
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Post by miltonmurphy on Apr 24, 2014 14:06:28 GMT
Howdy Crafters,
I follow a wood working podcast "Wood Working for Mere Mortals" by Steve Ramsey. He had a neat birthday calendar project which required spray painting some small woodsies and shows a technique for keeping them in place. I thought it might come in handy for folks since we deal with small pieces all the time (and I know I've had this problem before!)
The tip starts at 2 minuted 54 seconds (which the link below takes you directly to) if you don't want to watch the whole vid.
Happy Crafting!
Cheers, MM
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Post by miltonmurphy on Mar 31, 2014 1:48:07 GMT
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Post by miltonmurphy on Mar 28, 2014 13:43:49 GMT
Howdy crafters,
Here's a YouTube video I came across that talks about using balsa templates when doing foam cutting to get precise cuts. The central topic of the makers (Flite Test) is hobby airplanes but the technique is awesome if you want to do some precision hot wiring or produce duplicate pieces of something. He also has a neat homebuilt foam cutting rig.
Cheers, MM
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Post by miltonmurphy on Feb 18, 2014 20:38:23 GMT
Hi skunkape, Yep. Those are them. The specific ones I ordered were CK Products Icing Impression Mat Cobblestone, CK Products Icing Impression Mat Brick, CK Products Icing Impression Mat Diamond & Square Assortment 4 pk., and CK Products Icing Impression Mat Woodgrain. Cheers, MM
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Post by miltonmurphy on Feb 15, 2014 18:59:51 GMT
Milton, where did you buy your mats? Scotty mentioned Wal-Mart for his. I didn't have much luck on Amazon. Howdy @earlteagray, I had the same problem as you and skunkape. Impression mats are actually use to mold fondant for cakes and other baked products which you probably already know but once I figured that out a whole new world opened up. I ended up ordering mine from www.cakesupplies4u.com. The wood grain, cobblestone, and brick patterns were sold separately and I bought one other set that came with 4 individual mats (two different size squares and two different sized diamonds.) It came to about 20 bucks (that's with shipping included) for 7 mats. The vendor was quick to get it in the mail too. Cheers, MM
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Post by miltonmurphy on Feb 13, 2014 0:46:12 GMT
I keep on meaning to buy some cheap single ply toilet paper just to use this technique. Excellent video guide. Thanks for putting the effort into making it. You're welcome adamantinedragon! I was surprised that it was as easy as it was. Some additional tips: I bought a large tissue (plain, no aloe or anything like that) box of Kleenex. Those sheets covered the whole impression mat. When I was gluing the cobblestone texture to the foam, I had a weight holding down the sheet. Even though the impression was dry it flattened out so if you glue it to anything use light, light weight to hold it down (in my case I used pins to pin it to the foam while it dried.) Once it's glued to something solid (like the brick walkway glued to the cardboard) bending it can crack it. I tried to bend the bowing out of the walkway and it cracked across it. In most cases it won't matter but good to know.
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Post by miltonmurphy on Feb 12, 2014 22:13:25 GMT
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Post by miltonmurphy on Feb 12, 2014 20:33:47 GMT
I ordered some impression mats in wood grain, cobblestone, brick, and 1 inch squares. In this video, I show how I used the different textures to experiment on a small craft piece.
Cheers, MM
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Post by miltonmurphy on Feb 9, 2014 2:32:22 GMT
Guessing it is the new D&D pre-painted minis being release by Wizkids?
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Post by miltonmurphy on Feb 5, 2014 0:48:54 GMT
I like the angled edges.
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Post by miltonmurphy on Feb 4, 2014 14:09:04 GMT
I was about to go bed to get some much needed rest when I saw an egg carton on the kitchen counter... Oh no, here we go again! Right on thedmg. I had the same feeling when my wife used the last egg from the carton this morning. But while I wasn't looking my daughter took the carton and ripped it in half (not a big deal for my purposes but the slow motion "noooooooooooooo" went through my mind. ) Love the paint jobs on the doors adamantinedragon. Those Hirst moulds seem very nice. I'm trying to track down some Hydrostone locally to give casting a whirl. Cheers, MM
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Post by miltonmurphy on Feb 4, 2014 14:03:26 GMT
You get some karma for working with that scale! Good job all around. The mini mods and the beholder are nicely done.
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Post by miltonmurphy on Jan 30, 2014 1:26:21 GMT
The roper was the creature that brought me to D&D. You've inspired me to make one... and maybe, a COLOSSAL ROPER! Sounded good when I typed that out, but I don't know what I would do with it. Might I suggest keeping it on your mini shelf and always put the minis for your encounters behind it. That way whenever you stat to set up a combat you can pull it off the shelf and ask one of your players to hold that then get the minis you need. Everytime they'll wonder "Is this the end?" ashrothedm
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Post by miltonmurphy on Jan 26, 2014 18:49:00 GMT
For my 2 cents, time is a main factor for me but there's also that white glue being liquefied seeps into the piece and can cause warping. That said each has its own sweet spot. Hot glue melts certain materials (foam, acetate, thin plastics, etc.) and white glue doesn't tightly bond others (glass for example.) Lastly texturing is a nice technique that I (and obviously others) use and it's impossible with white glue since it dries thin. YMMV.
Cheers, MM
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Post by miltonmurphy on Jan 26, 2014 16:10:52 GMT
The only thing 'negative' thing I have to say about Bones is that they are too lightweight, and move around too easily. You can partially remedy that by gluing a 1 inch washer to the base of the mini, but it is not ideal. Also, Bones cannot be effectively be given a first coat with most paints if they have been watered down, the plastic is very hydrophobic, and you will need to do a second or even third coat as the paint will bead. This can be annoying if you have a collection of old paints that you rescued from oblivion when you started gaming again after a five or ten year hiatus. Straight out of the jar, though, I have never noticed any issues. I'd generally agree slurpy but since I don't water down that first coat (or I hand paint a base coat (spray paints don't cure on Bones figures!)) I usually don't have that problem. One suggestion I've heard from folks is to add an acrylic floor finish (like Pledge with Floor Finish) to paints instead of water to thin paint (or hydrate it as with old paints.) I haven't tried it yet though I plan to. The only (fixable) minus that's reported it that the floor gives it a shine (good for floors, generally bad for minis ) but hitting it with a dull coat will fix that. YMMV. Cheers, MM
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Post by miltonmurphy on Jan 24, 2014 14:19:38 GMT
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