A very BIG SIGH!!!!

Hi All

Well the cold turkey didn't go so well for me!  Seeing all the great models and people painting them got me pining too much for the act of painting models once again!

Well I have decided to start up my painting once again but this time to limit it down to around 30 mins to 1 hour only after doing at least 2 hours of work on my PhD!  However I do like to keep Sunday's free of 'work' due to the 10 commandments, and so started to paint one of my chosen Crimson Slaughter chaos warriors (already did 2 cultists last night).

But something has happened to make me cry like a little baby....my f***ing head nozzle of my Iwata CMC+ has started to kick up a big fuss with something called skipping.  I cannot find a big enough un-smily face to put on this page at the moment.

As you may remember I had to replace one of these tiny highly expensive pieces of metal a while ago due to one snapping at the thread.  Over £40 later got the new thing in and started to use it - so far sooooo good!

However, tonight the airbrush started skipping which is an intermittent pulsing of the airflow through the brush.  Not too bad I thought as this has happened before but after a quick clean to remove the offending piece of dried up paint, everything is ok....until now.  I have cleaned the airbrush more times than you can shake a stick at.  I have disassembled and reassembled the airbrush far too many times for comfort trying to find the problem.  After doing a quick lubrication test on the thread, air is leaking and causing the skip.

I would love to swear huge amounts of nasty words on this page but I won't.  I have just had to order what is known as a Fluid Head System which are all the parts which do the magic for the airbrush. £131 later and I'm not happy.

My advice....do NOT remove the head fluid nozzle ever!!!!  Not unless you have a stupid amount of paint stuck in it.

This Painting Abstinence is Hard!

Hi All

Release of the Dark Vengence box set, models screaming for paint, YouTube videos a plenty of people nicely painting models etc.!  Wow this not painting thing for a year is HHHAAAAAARRRRRDDDDDD!!!

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!  I know I must stay strong but I feel like I'm going through cold turkey or something!!!! I made the decision not to paint any models and to concentrate nearly all efforts on my PhD - makes perfect sense when you consider the final year of three years worth of work will help an awful lot to progress in the wider world (not to mention being a Dr!!), but the lure of the model and paint pot and GW staff can be awful!

Anyways I thought I would share this one with you and let you know that I am still here on the blog and still doing videos for my YouTube channel.

Catch you later and have fun painting - think of me and try not to laugh!!!

Cheers

After a little while....

Hi All

I have been able to put some more videos on my YouTube channel!
The latest is....http://youtu.be/N5aMabb0XNc

Cheers

Some more photos!

Hi All

Well I am stuck at home today as the money situation thanks to HBOS screwing up their computer systems has meant that I cannot obtain money from my bank accounts and fill the fuel tank!  So I though I would put a few piccies up on the latest models done!  I am trying to smash out my Dreadfleet models as soon as I can so I can start playing the game!
So here are some pictures of what has been done!

Cheers
Andy

Coming at You in HD!

Hi All

Well I managed finally to get a video on my channel in HD!  I did try earlier and was not successful due to not upgrading my upload limits!!!

Anyways it is the second part of the ethereal tutorial!

Cheers

http://youtu.be/vmVREQjzqAI

All Things Mini!

Hi All

Well I am making videos thick and fast and don't want to even think about the upload limit I am smashing!  I tried very much in vain to upload episode 4 in HD.  Had to go to normal view but I do hope to get some in HD on there.

Anyways episode 4  part one is a painting tutorial on ethereal painting with part two coming very shortly on the sea base.

http://youtu.be/hps9bzZLclk

If you watched and liked it, please do subscribe as I will know that some people are interested in what I have to say and do!


Cheers
Andy

Woo Hoo! The start of the YouTube channel!

Hi All

I uploaded my first video today onto YouTube!!!!!!

I hope to cover things such as airbrushing, modelling and the games in general! Please have a view and spread the news!
Cheers
Andy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WdXhq5FHGo&feature=plcp