worst task in wargaming

[TinyTerrain]

Nice looking Persians there by the way J S........get them based and they will look amazing 

Cheers,

Craig
Tiny Terrain Models

[AndyT]

Repainting figures when the varnish goes white.............

Or a variation on this - when I picked up a can of white spray paint thinking it was spray varnish then had to repaint a lot of figures 

[Syr Hobbs]

Oh tha has happened to me once on some beautifully painted LOTR Warg Riders from GW.  I'm not sure I've gone back to fix them.   

Duane

[Hertsblue]

Repainting figures when the varnish goes white.............

I assume it's matt varnish that goes white when it reacts with the paint? If so, try the old trick of gloss-varnishing the figures first and then when it's dry matt varnishing over the top. Takes a bit longer but stops the "whiting". 

[Orcs]

I don't think I have had the misfortune of varnish going white on figures over time.  I only had it once when i used some very old humbrol varnish, and it dried that way.

I use artists acrylic varnish and its only about £4 for a bottle, Imake a note when I buy the varnish and throw it away after about a year or if it starts to thicken too much.

[Poggle]

Painting cavalry is the worst chore for me. The scale doesn't matter, it's always a chore. 

[wargamesbob]

Other than having to pack away your troops and terrain...Having to repaint and replace a damaged figure in a unit that you painted so long ago the colours have faded. The little b*gger always stands out like a sore thumb.

Bob

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Got another one - p[acking up after a show on the 1st floor......with storage on the ground. I ache all over.


IanS

[Hertsblue]

Maintenence generally. Drilling out broken spears and replacing them with steel rod; gluing back sundry vehicle bits that have come unshipped during transit; re-fixing riders that have lost their horses. It's all unproductive time.

[Malbork]

Agree with Hertsblue, am just rebasing Early Polish cav and almost every second knight needs to be refixed to his steed; Really time consuming.

Also take Poggle's point. Why is it that cav are such a pain to paint? The only "easy" ones I've ever done were Teutonic Knights -black undercoat, white cloaks and a bit of chainmail here and there. Any parts of dobbin sticking out remained black!

[dicehead]

The worst I've ever had was when I bought several fantasy armies at once and in my excitement decided to base and undercoat the lot in one massive blitz to get that over with. Tedious enough at the best of times but I'd been a cheapskate and picked up a spray can from the £1 shop. Looked ok at first but then the paint just started peeling off.

Total fiasco. Had to strip them and do them all again for the sake of a couple of quid. I was cursing myself for that one.

[WarrenAbox]

Finding time to actually play the games.  I can squeeze painting and basing and rules reading into the odd 20-minutes here or there, but knocking down the honeydo list down to a reasonable number of items so I can sneak out of the house to game for a few hours without feeling guilty about it - that's the real chore.

[WeeWars]

1. Cleaning off flash - especially when I find I've carefully and laboriously cut off what was part of the figure.

2. Having to remodel a bit of a figure I just cut off thinking it was flash.

[FierceKitty]

Congratulating a cocky opponent on winning.

[peterdong]

1. Cleaning off flash - especially when I find I've carefully and laboriously cut off what was part of the figure.

2. Having to remodel a bit of a figure I just cut off thinking it was flash.

I completely agree.