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euen mcmurry
United States
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So, I promised pictures of some finished Dust Tactics miniatures+Space Hulk miniatures would be here, on my blog, last weekend.
Yeah, that didn't happen, because, as usual, life got in the way. I ended up spending the weekend playing a big solo Dust Tactics game against myself on my old Warhammer 40k urban ruins board, and then my family ended up doing a bunch of stuff as well. Sooo, not much got done.
And it looks like you guys won't be seeing any finished Dust Tactics walkers by the end of this week, either.
Why, you ask? Simple. The AK interactive weathering enamels I got (endorsed by Mig Jiminez of Mig productions) ended up being a massive failure, and are going to the trash. "But their endorsed by one of the most famous modelers of them all!", you say "How can they be crap!?".
Simple (I'm using this word a lot), they failed me 3 strikes system:
Strike 1! They are toxic and smell bad, plus did I mention they are runny and hard to control? I have to wear latex gloves and go outside to be able to use the stuff.
Strike 2! They don't work like they should. I followed the instructions, and instead of forming natural streaks like they are supposed to do when you apply the "white spirit" (code-name for "paint thinner"). Instead, the enamels sorta spread out everywhere and stained the white camouflage markings on my walkers a orange brown...meaning I have to go back in and re-apply white over all the areas that I attempted to weather. Which takes forever.
Strike 3!They take to long to use. I mean, I just don't have the time to do all of the above! Even though acrylic weathering looks a bit bold, I am going to stick to that from now on, because with acrylics, I have no toxins to worry about, they are fast, efficient, odor free, and easy to use and (most importantly) easy to remove.
Sooo, what with one thing and another, I will not have pictures of finished Dust Tactics walkers up for a good while yet. Ugh.
I will have some pictures of Space Hulk stuff soon, though. I am hoping to have 4 more marines, and 6 more genestealers, done by the end of the week, for a total of 8 finished marines and 18 finished genestealers.
Cheers!
Euen
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