Reply To: Hobby Weekender 24/08/2018

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@bothi thanks for the tip re OSL. I have tried the ‘thinning down and brushing on repeatedly’ method  with very mixed results. targeted drybrushing as you suggest might be a much easier approach. I will look forward to giving it a go. That double blind game sounds like it would have been amazing fun! A lot of work to set up and organise (and in the case of @andre77 a lot of work to GM no doubt) but those types of gaming experiences are the ones that you remember for years after so well worth the effort no doubt 🙂 Best of luck finishing the pledge! Please don’t rush in and do anything prior tot he varnishing curing properly just to get it finished. 40 points for responses, painting tips and old war stories 🙂

@mage that is a lot of potential projects! And all worthy ones at that. I think you and I both need to set up a project log to keep track of the projects that each of us have planned 🙂 The board games do sound like nice self contained projects but I do personally have a leaning towards armies etc.

Sorry to hear that your opponent for Dreadfleet was a bit arrogant – hope that hasn’t tarnished your opinion of the game.  And just so we’re clear, “weird fiery poo cloud” does not really invoke a mental image that will help me to sleep soundly 😛 Was the witch hunter diorama you were thinking of perhaps the “Rescue of Sister Joan” by Victoria Lamb? That was the first time I remember seeing OSL on a mini/diorama and it blew me away.

Historicals were all varnished in Army painter Dark Tone. I was thinking of using Strong tone for the French troops in greatcoats but then they might end up with a different look to the troops without greatcoats, so dark tone all the way for consistency. Reaper mini has already had a coat of ink. It’s pooled nicely down into the recesses and not discoloured the white base coat at all, so I’m really keen to see how it works on finished minis. Gave it a targeted application to the cultists for my terrain challenge project so I will see tomorrow how it looks once dried over proper colouring. Skaven are yet to get a dip, probably Army Painter dark tone again, although the Strong tone might make them look a bit more grubby and grimy, almost like they have been hanging out near weird fiery poo clouds, 😉   so I will have to have a think about that before I opt for one shade over the other. Printing at the moment has been shorter print jobs on the weekend when I can turn them over regularly, and bigger ones (paved road sections currently…) during the week when I can put one job on to run during the day when I am at work and another one overnight. Shoot me a PM re what you have in mind 🙂 70 points for long detailed feedback and responses.