Pirate Wench
Scalpel supremo
my favourite finger paint is strawberry flavour
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Post by Pirate Wench on Jan 30, 2005 11:20:05 GMT 12
whoa.. for $170 you could by a decent set of molds from these guys www.hirstarts.com/and make your own stuff, over and over and over |
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Post by Aaron on Jan 30, 2005 11:46:15 GMT 12
Things like the Minis Tirith Wall by Games Workshop was resin, its $170 for a wee bit of terrain, but it's the best bloody terrain I've ever seen Ok the sickest piece of terrain has got to be the Imperial Fortress. www.forgeworld.co.uk/acatalog/QUATERMASTERS_STORE_WARHAMMER_40K_TERRAIN_7.html625 pounds!! but its big, that tank in the middle is a super-heavey tank the small one on the left is a normal GW tank. I wonder if they have ever sold any? |
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Pirate Wench
Scalpel supremo
my favourite finger paint is strawberry flavour
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Post by Pirate Wench on Jan 30, 2005 11:53:18 GMT 12
whoa. I see they ship it express at no additional charge, in that case i'll take two!!
but really if I was able to fork out that kind of money I'd rather be investing it in the equipment to create my own moulds than buy an already created piece
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Post by PitYak Studios on Jan 30, 2005 13:44:53 GMT 12
Hmm, I'd never looked at that forgeworld site before.
Doesn't it piss you off when you invest hours and $$$ producing something only to find GW have already done it.
Apart from the "diorama bases" I counted half a dozen things on that page that i have already made or have under construction.
Today's lesson is "marketing 101 - Do your product research BEFORE you develop your products."
Opinions on my pricng please; GW do 4 x 25mm for 3GBP and 4 x 40mm for 6 GBP. Mine are $5 a pack, with 5 x 25mm or 3 x 40mm per pack.
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Post by fantasychild on Jan 30, 2005 13:52:48 GMT 12
Your pricing's great. When I actually get some $$$ I'll probably get some of those floorboard bases.
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Post by PitYak Studios on Jan 31, 2005 23:04:13 GMT 12
I know it's not like me to self promote, but I've got a no reserve auction running for the bases at the moment. Good opportunity to get a pack cheap!
And by the way, my wife, who lurks, wonders if that's you in your pic?
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Post by PitYak Studios on Jan 31, 2005 23:06:15 GMT 12
... pulling out small bits from my ball of working putty and stretching them out til they're thin enough. Have you tried rolling it out? |
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Pirate Wench
Scalpel supremo
my favourite finger paint is strawberry flavour
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Post by Pirate Wench on Jan 31, 2005 23:15:40 GMT 12
i find pulling them works nicely. I work with it pretty soft and just use my thumb to stroke the putty out into a long tongue shape, also has the effect of getting a thin edge on it rather than a cut edge, which i'd have to do if i rolled it. I just press the tongue shape to the tail then cut it with my fingernail and press the scale in. Only tools I've used for his so far was a teaspoon handle to press the tops of the scale in, that was until i worked out i could do it with my finger and cover up the fingerprints with the next row of scales. It gets me a more random shaping too
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Post by fantasychild on Feb 1, 2005 6:43:23 GMT 12
Heh, I wish I was that good looking ;D
Nah, it's not me, found the pic on some LotR screenshot page.
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Ed
Ambitious Upstart
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Post by Ed on Feb 1, 2005 14:40:17 GMT 12
Ah yes the joys of New Zealand. Yeah, 'tis a hard life down in the colonies. By hard I mean it's hard to decide where to go, the GW that's 15 minutes away, the GW that's 30 minutes a way or the independant stockist that's 10 minutes away and covers some reaper models.  |
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Pirate Wench
Scalpel supremo
my favourite finger paint is strawberry flavour
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Post by Pirate Wench on Feb 1, 2005 14:49:38 GMT 12
Yeah, 'tis a hard life down in the colonies. By hard I mean it's hard to decide where to go, the GW that's 15 minutes away, the GW that's 30 minutes a way, the independant stockist that's 10 minutes away and covers some reaper models or the independant stockist that's 25 minutes away and at last check stocks VMC paints, reaper and rackham minis. meh, you're in Auckland or something aren't you? anything north of the bombay hills isn't counted as being NZ anyway |
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Ed
Ambitious Upstart
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Post by Ed on Feb 1, 2005 15:03:28 GMT 12
Yeah, we aren't part of New Zealand, we [glow=red,2,300]are[/glow] New Zealand. Don't try to fool me by telling me their is life past them hills. Coming up with crazy names, Waiuku, Petone, Wellington.
Hah, you really expect me to believe there is a place called Wellington. All lies.
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Post by Aaron on Feb 1, 2005 15:04:36 GMT 12
meh, you're in Auckland or something aren't you? anything north of the bombay hills isn't counted as being NZ anyway Maybe we aren't but at least we were sensible enough to build our city in a place where the ground sits still.  Has anyone ever lost a model to an earthquake? |
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Post by PitYak Studios on Feb 1, 2005 15:14:30 GMT 12
Has anyone ever lost a model to an earthquake? DON'T even go there! Apart everything else, last friday or whenever it was I got a Batman embedded in my head. while we wait for Pirate's mermaid, here's another cool one; www.geocities.com/spectrestudios/IMGP2844.jpg |
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Abaddon
Putty pusher
Bringer of Chaos
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Post by Abaddon on Feb 1, 2005 15:30:24 GMT 12
i am now gonna convert 2 normal chaos marine squads into plague marines
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