Knock on the door, hey presto, delivery man with a nice little box in his mits. :)
Opened the box and 12 lovely Army Pack bags inside. :D
Oh life is so wonderful.
What were the army packs?
Packs containing an armies worth of figures, Fenton ;D :o
The Army Packs are:
Greeks
Achaemenid Persians
ECW Parliament
ECW Royalist
Marlburian French
Marlburian N. German States
SYW Prussian
SYW French
Napoleonic 1809 French
Napoleonic 1809 Austrians
ACW New Confederate
ACW New Union
Just ordered another bunch yesterday as well. :)
Flipping heck that some painting your going to be doing
Take care
Andy
So which army are you starting with?
@Paulr - Just finished washing them all.
Tomorrow the first job will be to use the bench grinder and a quick removal of any spikes, etc. off the bases of the figures. Then after removing any flash or mold lines (which there seems to be remarkably little of) it will be a case of sticking them onto the ubiquitous lollipop sticks. Then priming them all. At that stage we will decide which to start on first. :-\
@Womble - This is only the beginning. We aim to cover the whole Pendraken range, producing very good tabletop quality painted figures for the market. We are also doing some others as well in different scales 6mm Baccus and Adler and also possibly a specific range of new 15mm. Hence the pseudonym 'Fig.ht', the name of our website, www.Fig.ht (and for those that look the site isn't public yet! :) )
Are you based in Haiti or was the domain name available and cheap? ;)
Pity about the ACW. ;)
Quote from: paulr on 28 January 2015, 04:23:58 AM
Are you based in Haiti or was the domain name available and cheap? ;)
In a related piece of trivia, a large chunk of the GDP of the tiny island nation of Tuvalu comes from their royalties for any .tv domain name.
Quote from: paulr on 28 January 2015, 04:23:58 AM
Are you based in Haiti or was the domain name available and cheap? ;)
No, neither in Haiti or was the domain 'available and cheap', though I wish it had been! ;)
Seriously though, it is a domain I invested in many years ago when it became available for sale on the secondary market. It is what is known as a 'hacked domain' where the suffix forms a recognisable word or phrase when used with the domain name. They have never been valued as highly as non-hacked domains, but with domains such as Fight.com valued at between $500k - $2million I reckon I got a good little bargain when I bought Fig.ht. :D
Quote from: Leon on 28 January 2015, 05:01:19 AM
In a related piece of trivia, a large chunk of the GDP of the tiny island nation of Tuvalu comes from their royalties for any .tv domain name.
Leon is absolutely correct about Tuvalu, whose suffix is of course .tv. Many smaller nations try to use their national domain suffix to produce national income, sometimes by a very substantial amount. I was domaining (buying and selling selling domains) for many years, fasinating area of commerce, you have to learn about so many things that can influence a domains value. But anyway, as our hobby becomes more and more 'online' referenced it seemed logical to utilise an asset I had in the cupboard so to speak. :-\
Excellent about the ACW.
QuotePity about the ACW.
yeah, i hear a lot of people got hurt. But never mind, it was a long time ago and they were all Americans. And they sort of freed the slaves a bit, before lynching them a lot.
They only had two colours (with a "u") ... GrEy and Blue.
Except for the ones in red and brown.
Quote from: Fig.ht on 27 January 2015, 07:39:38 PM
Tomorrow the first job will be to use the bench grinder and a quick removal of any spikes, etc. off the bases of the figures. Then after removing any flash or mold lines (which there seems to be remarkably little of) it will be a case of sticking them onto the ubiquitous lollipop sticks. Then priming them all. At that stage we will decide which to start on first. :-
I'm impressed. I don't even have a bench - let alone a grinder.
Many years ago Rita was Len's grinder.
Quote from: Hertsblue on 16 February 2015, 11:41:26 AM
I'm impressed. I don't even have a bench - let alone a grinder.
Another machine that I wouldn't be allowed near !.....I'll stick with the Dremmel. ;)
Cheers - Phil
When you are cleaning up 1,000's of figures at a time a small bench grinder is invaluable as an aid, saves a heck of a lot of time just flattening the bases. :)
Mind you, the drawback to getting any equipment is that 'The Boss' suddenly realises they can also be used for other things, some horrendous at that, like DIY ! :(
Quote from: Fig.ht on 27 January 2015, 03:56:29 PM
The Army Packs are:
Greeks
Achaemenid Persians
ECW Parliament
ECW Royalist
Marlburian French
Marlburian N. German States
SYW Prussian
SYW French
Napoleonic 1809 French
Napoleonic 1809 Austriansh
ACW New Confederate
ACW New Union
I'm impressed, what rules are you using ? And how do you find time to paint them?
Quote from: Techno on 17 February 2015, 08:12:57 AM
Another machine that I wouldn't be allowed near !.....I'll stick with the Dremmel. ;)
Cheers - Phil
I've just bought a dremmel. What do you use for removing flash from the bases? I have vision of clogging up the small grind stones with lead.
A cutting attachment ,perhaps?
BTW does anyone use a air brush? It thinning the paint down and by how much.
Quote from: Fig.ht on 27 January 2015, 03:56:29 PM
The Army Packs are:
Greeks
Achaemenid Persians
ECW Parliament
ECW Royalist
Marlburian French
Marlburian N. German States
SYW Prussian
SYW French
Napoleonic 1809 French
Napoleonic 1809 Austrians
ACW New Confederate
ACW New Union
Just ordered another bunch yesterday as well. :)
I'm not sure you are going to get a balanced game with that lot.
Quote from: Dragoon on 07 March 2015, 01:32:59 AM
I've just bought a dremmel. What do you use for removing flash from the bases? I have vision of clogging up the small grind stones with lead.
A cutting attachment ,perhaps?
I
tend just to use an old scalpel blade (attached to a handle !! ;)) to 'nick/scrape off' the feed from the bottom of the base.....Simply cutting down towards the cutting mat, LH.....I find the 'fat' end on a 10A blade the most effective.
When a bigger 'lump' has to be taken off......Yes, I will use a burr attached to the Dremmel.
Depending on the type and size of the burr, they can clog up rather quickly.....But it's not
too difficult to 'pick/flick' the white metal out of the gaps in the burr, by using the 'pointy end' of the same 10A blade.
You can stop them clogging to a certain extent, by using the Dremmel in short bursts, so the white metal doesn't have the chance to soften through the friction. (That's when the burrs are
most likely to clog)
Tungsten Carbide burrs tend not to clog up quite so quickly, but in my experience, this is because the heads of burrs made from this material tend to be quite a bit bigger !
But they 'eat' through the white metal at a rate of knots.....Much more effective than standard burrs.
They also are more prone to send
oodles of white metal shards flying around, so be a little careful that these don't fly into your eyes.
Safety goggles perhaps ? (I've got glasses and an Optivisor covering my eyes, so I've got away with this ....SO FAR !! ;))
Hope that helps !
Cheers - Phil
I used to work for an engineering company back in late '90's and I 'borrowed' a 8 1/2 inch bastard file. Gets lumps of the bottom of bases like nobody's business, and, if you are not careful it trims fingernails and the end of fingers as well. I would recommend one of these to the general wargaming public as they are quick and much safer than scalpel or craft knife blades.
Lumps on bases?
Stanley knife, cut down onto the cutting mat. Also make sure you have a good sharp blade fitted...blunt blades=cut fingers!
Flash?
Rat tail file.
Always remember to keep your fingers BEHIND the cutting edge never cut towards yourself and make sure the 'work' is held firmly.
This is all basic stuff that I thought everyone knew.
For flash on 6 and 10mm I use a very fine file that is clogged up a lot so it doesnt burr the metal too much
I use the set of tiny files I got from Minibits a little while ago. They don't have teeth like most files but a surface like very fine emery paper. Ten of them in lots of useful shapes. Having just checked, it seems they don't stock them any more. Pity.
I seem to get through files like stink; they too clog up. Anyone know a solution to that?
I've thought about heating them to melt the pewter off but:
a) Have the feeling this will wreck the file;
b) Probably burn my house down!
A fine 'haired', brass bristled, suede shoe brush ought to get the worst out, Gareth.
Cheers - Phil (NO !....I do NOT wear suede shoes...And neither does the better half.....Goodness knows why one of these items under the sink !)
Quote from: Techno on 07 March 2015, 04:07:06 PM
A fine 'haired', brass bristled, suede shoe brush ought to get the worst out, Gareth.
Nice tip, thanks Phil ;)
Another designer "on tap"; although this one is a finer vintage and is probably bottled. :D
Quote from: getagrip on 07 March 2015, 12:50:41 PM
I seem to get through files like stink; they too clog up. Anyone know a solution to that?
Yup buy them from the pound shop. I think the last lot I bought were 6 for a £1. I just throw them out and buy more when they become really crap and gunged up
Quote from: Fenton on 07 March 2015, 04:36:04 PM
Yup buy them from the pound shop. I think the last lot I bought were 6 for a £1. I just throw them out and buy more when they become really crap and gunged up
Really must make more use of the pound shop, really must make more use of the pound shop, repeat until it sinks in...
Cheers Steve ;)
Leman wrote
QuoteMany years ago Rita was Len's grinder.
That's different from a fluffer? Or kind of similar? ;)
Quote from: Subedai on 07 March 2015, 09:56:41 AM
I used to work for an engineering company back in late '90's and I 'borrowed' a 8 1/2 inch bastard file. Gets lumps of the bottom of bases like nobody's business, and, if you are not careful it trims fingernails and the end of fingers as well. I would recommend one of these to the general wargaming public as they are quick and much safer than scalpel or craft knife blades.
That's what I normaly use but after digging out some mikes models Hoplites and some Macedonian pike I thought, being as they are the only figures that I need in quantity, I cleaned the lot up.
It just remains to decide, do I use the old cast spear and pike or drill out the hands and fit 30mm.long Pike and 20mm. Long spears.
Those Donnington pikes have sharp business ends, but spectators only catch them once. ;-).