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@arkmechanicus @onlyonepinman I agree that the use of masking tape is a good idea. I do my priming with an airbrush and then hit the display bases with a cloat of black and then mask off areas with poster tac. One thing that I’ve found has been masking tape for curves. The regular Tamiya tape is a paper and is similar to the stuff used in scrapbooking. I remember that Tamiya had a yellow acrylic or vinyl tape for masking that is great for going around curves. I still have some left in yellow but I think they switched the color to white in order to know which is which at a glance. I have the old Pandora crew for Malifaux that I picked up from a FLGS that were based with the purple bases which I’ve primed black. I’ll get some pics later after hitting them up with a few sprays  from my brush (finally getting around to the 2019 pledge stuff) and show how its held up.

In the meantime here are a couple videos on masking tape that might be of use.

@rayzryr I’ll leave my commentary on the dark elf along the lines of that found in the Blood Bowl game regarding elf cuties and Big Moot sandwiches.

@woldenspoons I agree that GW has a stranglehold on the market for mass playability. Vanguard looks interesting as a game system that has been boiled down to skirmish size. I might look more into the game with time. I just saw the core books for Legend of the Five Rings and I’m a bit in awe of the work that was done to overhaul the game entirely. I really really really want to start playing that again now.

@mage Onward nerdling herder! Your scars of noble battle against the waves of endless sprues brought on by hobby knife to be mended with super glue are badges of honor and should be born proudly. It is a glorious thing to shrug off the wounds of your hobby to plough onward through hordes of miniscule personages (and not so mini monsters) and field them in vibrant colors for the labor you expend upon them. Be brave, good sir! Fear not, for your wounds are badges of honor that will tell your tales of valor until you are placed to rest in the dirt. Go forth and hobby!  **cue barrage of horn blasts and shouts as hordes of painters charge figure sales booths at a convention bearing the awesome force of their brushes, files and knives with the support of airbrushes and mobile rattle-can squads**

*chuckle* I wonder if we’ll ever live to see such silliness