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@evilstu @rayzryr Don’t worry about the temperature here too much. Its about 12.2 C. January into February is normally cold. The last real dumps of snow (something I believe you guys out there only get to see on film) happen in March. I remember years ago getting flurries on the 4th of July which threw a monkeywrench in the plans for some people seeing fireworks that night. Last real news that I heard of from out near you was comparisons of the heatwave drought and man drought. Odd to hear but then again you have things called brumbies, billabongs and a bunyip.

@woldenspoons We never buy figures to actually play with them. Are you serious that someone puts their hard work in peril of being chipped? Dear lord, what madness is this you speak of?!

@rayzryr See, madness has occurred! That is crap luck on the figure. Pin that poor figure if it hasn’t been already and avoid repeat of the same. If it is pinned just try and put in longer ones into the lower leg. Superglue is great but that kind of thing is bound to happen again at some point and is a pain to try and keep applying.

@mage How can getting more supplies be a mistake? Having one set of fine hair brushes for the regular paint and a set of cheap nylon for metallics is perfectly reasonable.

With everybody talking about upgrading their painting gear I’ve sat and thought about lighting my desk. Its nice to have a lot of light on the airbrush area but I just don’t have anything else that is easily manageable. I’ve found 5000k daylight LED strips that I think I can build some slimline diffusers for and get better use from my devoted area. I was inspired by the things I’ve seen done with rimless aquariums and figured that it can also work for this hobby. I’m debating the inclusion of soft light boxes as an option to avoid direct lighting shadow issues so its all up in the air. I think I just need to see what kind of output the light strip kicks out.

In the meantime… Lets kick this pig!