What can you not stop buying?

[Sandinista]

Does Chamele translate to camel? That would be funny 

Cheers
Ian

[getagrip]

Does Chamele translate to camel? That would be funny 

Cheers
Ian

We can always hope so 

[Ithoriel]

Chamelle - female camel - so misspelled too

[Subedai]

Pushkin or Eristoff black here, or if al else fails, real Żubrówka. 

Now you are talking. I don't know why western countries think they can rival the eastern Europeans when it comes to making vodka, snowballs in hell have a better record. My mate's missus is from Lodz (pronounced Woodge) and if her relations come over some vodka comes with them. Luckily we have a few eastern European shops here so the variety of both vodka and food is mind-boggling. Also our next door neighbour is Latvian and if we look after his plants when he and his family go back, we always get a nice bottle of apple vodka as a thank you. Sometimes life is really good.

[Techno]

I give up.....
Twice I've tried to answer Gareth's question about different qualities or brands of putties from page 1 .....And both times they've disappeared into the ether.....The first one was DAYS ago.
Not doing it a third time. 
Cheers - Mr Grumpy !

[getagrip]

I give up.....
Twice I've tried to answer Gareth's question about different qualities or brands of putties from page 1 .....And both times they've disappeared into the ether.....The first one was DAYS ago.
Not doing it a third time. 
Cheers - Mr Grumpy !

And I thought you were just ignoring me

[Techno]

I shall have ONE more go.......
(Oooh....I know.....I'll see if this comes out and then edit it.)

So far...so good.
(Seems to be, if I try and 'quote' something from a previous page 'it' throws a wobbly and the post disappears.)

Right, Gareth.

Green stuff.....
Doesn't come in different 'grades' but you can mess around with the putty, and mix different proportions of the blue and yellow 'parts'.
The more yellow you mix in...The softer and more adhesive the putty will be.
Advantage....You can get this mix to stick to cured putty....Or bare metal, much more easily.
Disadvantage(s)....Takes longer to cure/set and a lot more difficult to get sharp edges until it has at least 'half cured'.

The more blue you mix in.
Advantage(s)......Quicker to set...Easier to pull sharp edges.
Disadvantage..... A swine to get it to stick to metal or cured putty.

When mucking about with the proportions, you can't go too mad, or you'll find that the mix won't set properly/at all......Which from putting a model in a press, is a complete no-no,,,It'll actually 'squish' and leave a right mess in the mould. Basically, a completely useless model....I've only ever done this once, by mixing so little yellow with the blue, I could still move the putty around after 3 days.

Other putties. (That I like, and use sometimes.)

ProCreate.
(Pretty damn sure this is Clibby's favourite !!)

Acts in a very similar way to Greenstuff, where you've mixed in a greater proportion of 'blue'....So it's basically a 'stiffer' putty to use than GS.
I don't use a lot of this, simply because I've not got a 'normal' grip for a chap, and I find it quite difficult to mix together.
I get around the mixing problem by heating the ProCreate on a radiator, which softens the putty.
All well and good...But, because the putty is warm, it 'goes off' rather quickly as far as pushing it around is concerned.

Similar advantage, in that it's slightly easier to get sharper edges with.....What I DO like about it is the fact that it 'scrapes and sands' much more easily and neatly than cured GS.
Easier to 'smooth' than GS.
Disadvantage....You can probably guess....Not so easy to get it to 'stick'.

Brown stuff.
Not dissimilar to ProCreate.....Cures very quickly, but with a 'brittle' finish.
It snaps, rather than bends if you want to 'tweak' something....Very expensive compared to GS and PC.
Personally. I don't think it's of much use for smaller scale modeling.

You CAN mix parts of the different putties together (Blue of GS with the 'white' of PC.....or the yellow of GS with the 'black' of PC. These both give a similar 'feel' and work well for certain types of modeling.)

Finally, I sometimes use MagicSculp (A very soft putty.....Next to useless on its own for small scale figures) to mix in at around a 50/50 mix with either GS or PC to soften the feel of those brands of putty.
I find that useful for certain tasks.

Hope that helps...I'm sure I'll have to keep coming back to edit this....As Mr Preview still seems to be awol. 

Cheers - Phil

[getagrip]

Awesome; thanks Phil.

So essentially, all green stuff is green stuff.

Thought you might have a "modelling" grade.

[Techno]

So essentially, all green stuff is green stuff.

Not unless I've missed something, Gareth....Which Is always possible. 
Just down to mixing different proportions.

Green stuff was originally sold as a 'plumbing putty'. for fixing leaks in pipes.....and very difficult to get hold of unless you lived in the USA.
Nowadays it appears that it's sold primarily/solely as a modeling putty.

There was a 'green putty' sold in tins (ages ago)...Not the same thing, at all.
I believe that was a type of 'paste'.....again, to fix leaky plumbing.....Only ever heard of that....Not seen it, never used it....Don't know of anyone that ever did.

There WAS a round 'tube' type of greenstuff......(I think produced by the same firm.)...Which I found in a DIY store, well over 10 years ago.
That was a nice putty for working on 40mm figures (and bigger) as it was SO easy to smooth.

There was absolutely NO give in it, whatsoever, once it had set, though..(Think of a finished master made out of glass.)..So if you messed up.....You had to carve chunks away.
Again..That'd be of no use for the smaller scales.....Even if it is still iproduced. (Which I doubt !  )

Cheers - Phil

[getagrip]

Cheers Phil,

Now I'm just going to practise for 25 years and steal all your business mwah hah hah

er...oh

[Techno]

And just how are you planning to hold a wax 5 in your trotters ? 

25 years ?....What a thought.
Cheers - Phil

[getagrip]

And just how are you planning to hold a wax 5 in your trotters ? 

   

[Westmarcher]

And just how are you planning to hold a wax 5 in your trotters ? 

25 years ?....What a thought.

Indeed. May have just saved your bacon there, Grip!

.... OK ..... who groaned?

[Techno]

Am I allowed to say that I can't stop buying CDs ?
Got to have something to listen to, while I push the putty around.
Cheers - Phil

[getagrip]

Am I allowed to say that I can't stop buying CDs ?

Yes, better CDs than downloads where you don't actually own anything

Of course, a significant factor is what CDs they are; I have a feeling I:

a)  Won't like them;
b)  Won't even know who the bands are.