This evening I got my finger out and started on some of the 15mm Samurai forces.
I have made a sort of Bandit force that includes some Ronin and a renegade monk.
The above were all painted with the Dipping Inks. I am really pleased with the majority of them. The only one that is a bit weird is the black shadow dip. I like it, but the guy front right has his kimono painted with it. It is more a grey green. Basically to me, it is a naming thing rather than a useless colour. For full disclosure I had heard this and ordered it anyway as it is a useful colour.
I still have the following dips to try out.
Hopefully I will get some more done tomorrow. I am now off to order the shrine set from 3DAlienworlds.
The last few days have been some of the most frustrating in 3D printing since the infamous Kabuto incident of 2019…I said I would print up a 40k Rhino for him. I suggested Thingiverse as sometimes there is good stuff is on there… sadly not this time. I got there in the end but it is Crap!
Here Mr Otterton inspects it. I had a few issues… first off was what is one supposed to look like. With zero interest in 40 k I wasn’t actually sure l. After checking a few reference pictures it seemed to be fine…ish. Seems to be missing rear exhaust ports and looks really wide.
The model itself was solid… way too much resin so I had to hollow out all the pieces.
It was split into five bits with no keys to make it go back together easily. Not dissing the designer here as I couldn’t have done this, but it really would have helped.
Each set of the two sides took nearly twelve hours to print… two sets of six for each bit.The middle section went weird and the rear doors look like the inside of an old ladies knitting box. This bit was over eight hours because of its size.
But the most annoying bit…
The sides are different sizes. Initially I thought user error, somehow I accidentally increased one of them. I don’t think so as the lights and exhausts seem to be the same size on both sides, same with the indentation. To be fair I could have reprinted one side and matched whichever it fitted… but by this evening I really, really couldn’t be ars*d.
Now there are a few out there that he could purchase, but he will need to check that they look right and also that they are printable.
Tonight I heard one of my new favourite taglines… this was by Chuck Yeager… he had mentioned ‘Sexual Intellectuals’ aka F*cking Know it All’s. I am so going to use it from now on.
I also finished the Sohei this evening…
Just some flock to add😜
Tomorrow I will endeavour to get some more painting done. I have a pile of samurai forces already undercoated in 15mm, so they seem a good place to start.
Luckily not me, at least not yet… I am supposed to be writing my Standards and Quality report for work and it hasn’t happened yet!
What was in hot water were the dwarves…
I was quite a long way into resin printing before I found it about how hot water really helps remove the supports. So it is now often a standard practice with my prints.
I have now done another dozen dwarves, veterans this time…
The above are the two handed axeman. The other half dozen are single handed axe dudes.
I painted the bases of the sohei today, but didn’t take any photos. The dipping inks were ideal for this.
By Heck…this little blog of mine has been going five years…who would have thought that i could spout random guff for so long… but evidently I can.. I have spouted so much in fact that I now have to pay for it…
Anyway in those five years I have managed …
1806 posts …that’s quite a lot I think
Over 14,000 visitors with 43,200 views
With my best ever views in a single day being 137.
I would seem to have 203 followers, of which about a tenth engage with me and and probably not that many know what a model soldier is…upon saying this there are artists and even a couple of members of my family… Esther probably keeps an eye on me to see what I am sending my pocket money on :🤣😅🤣😅
My first post was a Flintloque one…actually my first one said so it begins… my first one with anything to look at can fe found below…
So after a stint of something like 960 daily posts, I have dropped right back… to once in a blue moon…I really must get back into the swing of things again…
Tonight I got the Sohei just about finished. Basically the metallic bits to do.
I will hopefully get their opposition painted soon. You could really tell that I hadn’t painted for a while as a lot of the Contrast paint had settled.
Speaking of paint…
I got my new Dipping inks through… I used a couple on the Sohei.
I also did some painting on rocks with the kids at school. Here is my effort…
The printer is still going non stop, I had a sod of a time printing the trebuchet arm. I may actually redo it.
Sorry no blog for a while, the title really says it all. I have just literally run out of steam.
I have plenty to be going on with. Part of me is waiting for a pile of tufts to arrive so that I can finish off the undead… I could add rust, but for some reason don’t want to… probably scared I balls things up to be honest.
I have 15mm Samurai and imperial stuff either undercoated or part finished sitting right next to the paint.
Hopefully a regular service will return shortly!
As I have done sod all I thought I would share my class WIP on the Great Wall.
Well if you remember I managed to order a couple of blues in error yesterday. I sent a nice email enquiring if they would be able to swap it out for any random colour. I mean the error was mine and they could have easily said no… tonight I got a nice email back…
Just updated your order. I have swapped it for 1 PAPYRUS DIP color
I think you will use it.
Regards,
I.Soriano
So a big thank you to Greenstuff World… a very happy chappy here in Shetland.
Unfortunately I wont be buying much paint for a bit of a while. Sadly my 11 year old VW Polo has decided that it is time for it to retire. 126,000 miles has taken its toll and tonight I had to go and look for something with a bit less on the clock. Gone are the days of a £500 car. The one we are looking at is £8100 and at 100k less on the clock is a bit better. It is however 7 years old this year.
Bogenwald 