Well yesterday I managed to get the airbrush back into working order! The tiny fluid nozzle arrived on Saturday morning and the brush works again! Yay! I cannot wait until I get my ultrasonic cleaner to help with the cleaning!
Anyways I will catch you later on!
Cheers
Sunday 25 March 2012
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Some of my painted models
Hi All
I seem to be a little busy on this blog today but I thought I would add some pictures of my models (mine and commission jobs).
Cheers
I seem to be a little busy on this blog today but I thought I would add some pictures of my models (mine and commission jobs).
Cheers
Airbrushes!
Hi All
I thought I would put up a little something on airbrushes. My chosen weapon is is an Iwata Custom Micron plus. I chose this model due to adaptability of the nozzle from 0.23mm down to 0.18mm. The claim from the company is utmost precision for the elite professional! I don't doubt that for a single minute!
However, last week I was painting a load of zombies and and found problems with my airflow. Took the lead liquid nozzle off (screw piece with a cool little spanner to help), cleaned it and then put it back to find no difference in zirflow etc. Took it off once more and then screwed it back into place - only to shear the thread section into the airbrush itself! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH is a slight understatement! I couldn't believe that happened and what's more, the nozzle isn't covered by the 5 year warranty! I could have cried.....in fact I almost did when I got a quote from someone to fix it - £80+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I took it into the mechanical labs dept of my university and the head technician chappy fixed it in around 5 minutes! To say happy is a bigger understatement! Two things would explain this; 1. I am very heavily dependant on my airbrush due to the quickness, covering abilities, airbrush techniques looking good, the list goes on, and 2. Now I only have to pay £40 for a new nozzle and my pride and joy will be back spraying loads and loads of undead for my Vamp Counts!
One thing all of this did flag up to me was the cleanliness of the airbrush itself. Paint gets everywhere and the use of ultrasonic cleaners and the like are very important. I used to clean my airbrush (used to as in will not anymore) by using an airbrush cleaning brush (will keep on with this) and blasting water through the airbrush when finished with a particular paint. Opening the airbrush sections so that he could remove the existing thread, the technician found the nozzle housing fairly clogged with paint! So be aware of this! I am getting an ultrasonic cleaner very soon but another thing I will be getting to help keep the airbrush clean, will be some proper airbrush cleaning fluid. With the cost of some of these tools, you cannot be too careful about the cleanliness of the airbrush!
Cheers
I thought I would put up a little something on airbrushes. My chosen weapon is is an Iwata Custom Micron plus. I chose this model due to adaptability of the nozzle from 0.23mm down to 0.18mm. The claim from the company is utmost precision for the elite professional! I don't doubt that for a single minute!
However, last week I was painting a load of zombies and and found problems with my airflow. Took the lead liquid nozzle off (screw piece with a cool little spanner to help), cleaned it and then put it back to find no difference in zirflow etc. Took it off once more and then screwed it back into place - only to shear the thread section into the airbrush itself! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH is a slight understatement! I couldn't believe that happened and what's more, the nozzle isn't covered by the 5 year warranty! I could have cried.....in fact I almost did when I got a quote from someone to fix it - £80+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I took it into the mechanical labs dept of my university and the head technician chappy fixed it in around 5 minutes! To say happy is a bigger understatement! Two things would explain this; 1. I am very heavily dependant on my airbrush due to the quickness, covering abilities, airbrush techniques looking good, the list goes on, and 2. Now I only have to pay £40 for a new nozzle and my pride and joy will be back spraying loads and loads of undead for my Vamp Counts!
One thing all of this did flag up to me was the cleanliness of the airbrush itself. Paint gets everywhere and the use of ultrasonic cleaners and the like are very important. I used to clean my airbrush (used to as in will not anymore) by using an airbrush cleaning brush (will keep on with this) and blasting water through the airbrush when finished with a particular paint. Opening the airbrush sections so that he could remove the existing thread, the technician found the nozzle housing fairly clogged with paint! So be aware of this! I am getting an ultrasonic cleaner very soon but another thing I will be getting to help keep the airbrush clean, will be some proper airbrush cleaning fluid. With the cost of some of these tools, you cannot be too careful about the cleanliness of the airbrush!
Cheers
Monday 19 March 2012
My best friend's birthday present!
Hi All
Well the other day I found myself in a bit of a situation - I forgot my best friend's birthday for over a week! To say I felt bad was an understatement(!) so I decided to get him something from the Lord of the Rings range at Games Workshop and to paint it for him. I went along to my local store and got him the Sauron with Isildor and dead king model set. I absolutely hate finecast with a massive passion (as you may know) but on inspection of these models, I was pleasantly surprised. The mace was straight and with a few smaller air bubbles the models were not too bad - also they took the paint rather well!
Anyways here are some piccies on the paint jobs. Please comment if you like.
Cheers
Me!
Well the other day I found myself in a bit of a situation - I forgot my best friend's birthday for over a week! To say I felt bad was an understatement(!) so I decided to get him something from the Lord of the Rings range at Games Workshop and to paint it for him. I went along to my local store and got him the Sauron with Isildor and dead king model set. I absolutely hate finecast with a massive passion (as you may know) but on inspection of these models, I was pleasantly surprised. The mace was straight and with a few smaller air bubbles the models were not too bad - also they took the paint rather well!
Anyways here are some piccies on the paint jobs. Please comment if you like.
Cheers
Me!
Saturday 10 March 2012
GW glue update!
Hi All
This is a small post in update the Games Workshop super glue post a little while ago. I was having a chat with my uni friend (plays a lot of 40k and well-versed in fantasy) just yesterday (we are in the same postgrad room although he is researching material physics and I am researching astrophysics) and he informed me that he did a specific test on GW super glue to find the constituent chemical make-up and to compare it with Loctite super glue. The results shocked even me - not wanting to get into too much depth, super glue uses a specific compound called cyanoacrylate with other stuff to enhance and bulk out the glue. The loctite had an active ingredient content of around 70-80% whilst the GW super glue had only approximately 30%!!!!! My jaw hit the floor! Now I know this, there's no wonder why it's so crap, around 70% of the GW glue is water and other rubbish!
Cheers
This is a small post in update the Games Workshop super glue post a little while ago. I was having a chat with my uni friend (plays a lot of 40k and well-versed in fantasy) just yesterday (we are in the same postgrad room although he is researching material physics and I am researching astrophysics) and he informed me that he did a specific test on GW super glue to find the constituent chemical make-up and to compare it with Loctite super glue. The results shocked even me - not wanting to get into too much depth, super glue uses a specific compound called cyanoacrylate with other stuff to enhance and bulk out the glue. The loctite had an active ingredient content of around 70-80% whilst the GW super glue had only approximately 30%!!!!! My jaw hit the floor! Now I know this, there's no wonder why it's so crap, around 70% of the GW glue is water and other rubbish!
Cheers
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