Ready for the painting comp; here is my new space :D :D :D
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p61/get2grips/c4a973c0-cbf9-49a2-a855-5c5f98c1ca08_zps1bafea9a.jpg) (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/get2grips/media/c4a973c0-cbf9-49a2-a855-5c5f98c1ca08_zps1bafea9a.jpg.html)
FAR too tidy !! ;)
Looks really good !!
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 22 January 2014, 09:24:01 PM
FAR too tidy !! ;)
Looks really good !!
Cheers - Phil
Cheers Phil...tidy good :)
Quote from: Techno on 22 January 2014, 09:24:01 PM
FAR too tidy !! ;)
Looks really good !!
Cheers - Phil
Give him time, my guess is about 43 minutes, he has only just moved in :)
Grip, you lucky bastard :)
Quote from: paulr on 22 January 2014, 09:29:50 PM
Give him time, my guess is about 43 minutes, he has only just moved in :)
Grip, you lucky bastard :)
;D ;D ;D
Cheers Paul.
Been here for 7 years; just got my cave (finished putting it all together 2 weeks ago) :D
Looking good, and nice to see you doing some shopping on the laptop there...
:D
Quote from: Leon on 22 January 2014, 09:32:46 PM
Looking good, and nice to see you doing some shopping on the laptop there...
:D
Bit of product placement never goes amiss ;)
Looks good I especially like the quick handy bog roll just in case you accidentally eat a pot noodle
I half expected the top totty thread to be on the laptop :P
Quote from: Fenton on 22 January 2014, 09:43:52 PM
Looks good I especially like the quick handy bog roll just in case you accidentally eat a pot noodle
:-& :-& :-&
Anyone else use rolls of kitchen roll or bog roll?
Quote from: fateeore on 22 January 2014, 09:46:02 PM
I half expected the top totty thread to be on the laptop :P
Who do you think I am? Harwood? :P :P :P
Nice set up you have there
take care
andy
Cheers Andy :)
Quote from: get2grips on 22 January 2014, 09:47:14 PM
Anyone else use rolls of kitchen roll or bog roll?
Yes. In the kitchen and in the bathroom.
Oh - I see what you mean...yep - kitchen roll is great for dry brush wipe-off & bog roll best for brush cleaning :)
Quote from: get2grips on 22 January 2014, 09:47:52 PM
Who do you think I am? Harwood? :P :P :P
I don't just have the Top Totty thread open y'know...I love tabbed browsing (& multiple devices) 8)
Anyway - that beautiful sense of order is inspirational. It'll never last. :d :D
Lucky man! Looks like a great set up! 8)
I get the dining room table after everyone has gone to bed! :'(
Looking at your setup again - and in the spirit of positive, constructive, criticism - I'd look to bang in a shelf in your central console bit: you're using less than half the height...
Quote from: nikharwood on 22 January 2014, 11:10:54 PM
Looking at your setup again - and in the spirit of positive, constructive, criticism - I'd look to bang in a shelf in your central console bit: you're using less than half the height...
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That section is sheet steel; I will be able to attach figures on it with magnetic bases ;)
Quote from: mad lemmey on 22 January 2014, 11:06:02 PM
Lucky man! Looks like a great set up! 8)
I get the dining room table after everyone has gone to bed! :'(
;D
Quote from: get2grips on 22 January 2014, 09:25:22 PM
Cheers Phil...tidy good :)
I tidy my desk just about every morning before I start pushing putty about....Micro modeling tools here.....Dental tools there....Scalpels next to them.....Models I'm working on neatly lined up in groups.....Takes me about 15 minutes to return it to complete chaos. !! ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil.
Looks good. I'm impressed with the very orderly way you have your paints organised. (You may want to talk to a professional about that.)
Are the lamps daylight bulbs? I can't paint without them. (I ain't that bloomin' good with 'em!)
Quote from: Techno on 23 January 2014, 07:41:10 AM
....Models I'm working on neatly lined up in groups.....
Blimey! Your house must be like a perpetual Miss World competition!
Quote from: fsn on 23 January 2014, 09:01:57 AM
Looks good. I'm impressed with the very orderly way you have your paints organised. (You may want to talk to a professional about that.)
Are the lamps daylight bulbs? I can't paint without them. (I ain't that bloomin' good with 'em!)
To quote someone on a different thread (Nik I think); I have CDO: it's like OCD but with the letters in the correct order :D
They are daylight bulbs: there is also an angle poise daylight from above (you can just see it in the photo). Makes a massive difference to your painting. ;)
Quote from: get2grips on 23 January 2014, 09:20:24 AM
To quote someone on a different thread (Nik I think); I have CDO: it's like OCD but with the letters in the correct order :D
They are daylight bulbs: there is also an angle poise daylight from above (you can just see it in the photo). Makes a massive difference to your painting. ;)
The only thing that would make a massive difference to my painting is someone else doing it.... :( :( :(
Quote from: Hertsblue on 23 January 2014, 09:30:11 AM
The only thing that would make a massive difference to my painting is someone else doing it.... :( :( :(
;D ;D ;D
If Darth Vader had seen this, "Impressive!"
Quote from: fsn on 23 January 2014, 09:03:45 AM
Blimey! Your house must be like a perpetual Miss World competition!
But without a word of a lie, I can say I used to get paid for taking photo's of thousands of models. ;D ;D ;D ;D
That's actually impressed some people.....Until I've explained. :P
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 23 January 2014, 10:39:24 AM
But without a word of a lie, I can say I used to get paid for taking photo's of thousands of models. ;D ;D ;D ;D
That's actually impressed some people.....Until I've explained. :P
Cheers - Phil
=O =O =O
Quote from: Hertsblue on 23 January 2014, 09:30:11 AM
The only thing that would make a massive difference to my painting is someone else doing it.... :( :( :(
I did a controlled experiment to decide on the best lighting rig. I changed the lighting whilst painting Pendraken ACW infantry (ACW1) to the same scheme. They were all undercoated the same way beforehand 10 figures were painted under each lighting condition. Each figure was based with a code underneath so that they could be mixed and judged in a blind test. Each figure was scored for paint quality in daylight and only then was the base checked to see what lighting conditions the figure was painted under. Throughout, the same paints and brush were used, and the order in whch the paints were used was standardised. The experiment was conducted over a series of nights, starting at the same time every night and noting progress after every hour to see if speed was affected by the light.
* a daylight lamp either side, 12" from the figure plus overhead lamp.
* removal of overhead
* Removal of each daylight lamp alternatively,
* putting both daylight lamps on one side
* removal of daylight lamps, overhead only
* removal of overhead lamp, painting by the glow from the telly
* (Power cut option) 1 candle, 6" from figure
* total darkness.
The results were inconcluive. No lighting rig provided a better quality of finish, and the speed was only marginally impaired by total darkness.
I'm going to try again changing brush size. I think this 2" brush may have been the problem.
;D ;D ;D
Quote from: fsn on 23 January 2014, 01:05:49 PM
I'm going to try again changing brush size. I think this 2" brush may have been the problem.
;D ;D ;D
He gets worse, doesn't he?
Put him back in the microwave ! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil.
I just wish I had my own dedicated space... :(.
I have a dedicated painting table. but because I can leave it up all the time it is now full of crap with no room to paint at it anymore
I'm lucky I have a study to paint in. However my painting kit fits into one of my wife's old make-up boxes so easy to tidy away - 25 or so paints, couple of brushes, file, scalpel, couple of sheets of A4 to paint on.
Quote from: Techno on 23 January 2014, 03:03:03 PM
Put him back in the microwave ! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil.
Why does the image of the dormouse in the teapot spring to mind
:-\ ....Probably rather an apt observation Steve.
The Mad Hatter ? ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Fenton on 23 January 2014, 04:06:46 PM
I have a dedicated painting table. but because I can leave it up all the time it is now full of crap with no room to paint at it anymore
;D :D ;D
Quote from: get2grips on 22 January 2014, 09:47:14 PM
:-& :-& :-&
Anyone else use rolls of kitchen roll or bog roll?
Yep I buy the cheapo toilet roll and I have a " Wire hanger" screwed into the bottom of a shelf next to me so I can jsut grab a bit from the end of the roll when needed. Get through quite a bit.
Got in trouble the other day - I ran out and nicked the last spare roll of Andrex out of the bathrom. I was informed that :-
1 Needing it for painting did not constitute "an emergency
2 "my need was not greater than the needs of the rest of the house". I did try to argue that with three toilets in the house there was actually 3 rolls avaliable for conventional use but this was overuled. >:(
To this I replied that in future my "painting roll" was not avaliable in emergencies as loo roll no matter how dire :d
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 24 January 2014, 09:30:58 AM
To this I replied that in future my "painting roll" was not avaliable in emergencies as loo roll no matter how dire :d
;D ;D ;D
Unless it's YOUR emergency however ;)
Quote from: Fenton on 23 January 2014, 04:06:46 PM
I have a dedicated painting table. but because I can leave it up all the time it is now full of crap with no room to paint at it anymore
Yup, me too. With the same result. However, I've developed a technique whereby I place my big cutting board flat on the edge of the table and shove it forward until it occupies its own space. It's then only a matter of picking up whatever has fallen off the other edge. I do recommend putting all the caps back on jars and tubes first though.
Quote from: Hertsblue on 24 January 2014, 10:15:25 AM
Yup, me too. With the same result. However, I've developed a technique whereby I place my big cutting board flat on the edge of the table and shove it forward until it occupies its own space. It's then only a matter of picking up whatever has fallen off the other edge. I do recommend putting all the caps back on jars and tubes first though.
;D ;D ;D
Ah...the: " shove that crap out the way with this crap
tm " technique ;)
I thought everyone did that ! ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Yes, but as you can see I've trademarked it. :D :D :D
Quote from: Hertsblue on 24 January 2014, 11:11:00 AM
Yes, but as you can see I've trademarked it. :D :D :D
Dear Phil Techno;
Please cease and desist your use of the " shove that crap out the way with this crap
tm " method or referral to the same.
Any referral to said trademeark may result in legal action.
Additionally; you must also not use the term or method with any of your subsidary or related companies or enterprises.
Colonel Grips
(On behalf of E.E. Hertsblue)
I see that the EE have issued a "Cease and Desist" on Pendraken using "shove that crap out the way". It is apparently too close to "Shovel that Crap", which is of course, the title of their sales manual.
Quote from: fsn on 24 January 2014, 12:40:49 PM
I see that the EE have issued a "Cease and Desist" on Pendraken using "shove that crap out the way". It is apparently too close to "Shovel that Crap", which is of course, the title of their sales manual.
;D ;D ;D
I would pay to see Leon's face if he reads your message before he sees the rest of the thread :D
Consider me to have ceased and desisted....for the moment. ;) :P
I shall be consulting my solicitors....Messrs Sue, Grabbitt & Runne to check the validity and legality of this order. :D
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: fsn on 24 January 2014, 12:40:49 PM
I see that the EE have issued a "Cease and Desist" on Pendraken using "shove that crap out the way". It is apparently too close to "Shovel that Crap", which is of course, the title of their sales manual.
???
Who, what, where?!
Quote from: Leon on 24 January 2014, 04:46:52 PM
???
Who, what, where?!
;D
Thanks for playing along...you are a terrible actor ;)
Quote from: fsn on 24 January 2014, 12:40:49 PM
I see that the EE have issued a "Cease and Desist" on Pendraken using "shove that crap out the way". It is apparently too close to "Shovel that Crap", which is of course, the title of their sales manual.
Actually the "cease and desist" was issued on Techno - EE in this case standing for "Excessively Erratic", something people have been accusing me of for many years. ;)
Don't you start picking on me Ray !
Excessively erratic ?.....Cheek !! :P
Mind you.... I did go into the local village this morning to arrange for someone from one of the local shops to come and deal with the silver haired Mother-in Law's ****ing washing machine (AGAIN)...
After giving the nice lady the name and addy, she asked..."And the phone number ?".....
And my brain went completely blank !
I blame it on having to take another cat to the vets VERY late last night/early this morning......'Heck'....I'm so bloody tired, I don't know what day it is.
Cheers - Mr Sleepy.
It's Tuesday Phil - honest.
IanS :) ;)
Quote from: ianrs54 on 25 January 2014, 04:16:36 PM
It's Tuesday Phil - honest.
IanS :) ;)
;D
Old man #1: Windy, isn't it?
Old man #2: No, it's Thursday.
Old man #3: So am I. Let's go for a pint.
I'm even more tired now.
Is tomorrow Sunday ?
Cheers - Phil
No its Demanche
IanS :D
Quote from: Techno on 25 January 2014, 06:04:20 PM
I'm even more tired now.
Is tomorrow Sunday ?
Cheers - Phil
No ;D
Well I wish it could be Christmas every day.....
I wish it could be the nicest day in Summer every day. :D
Cheers - Phil.
Nah, we'd be back to water shortages again. There's always a downside. :(
You may have water shortages Ray, We don't.
IanS
They don't in Somerset either if you watch the news. :o :o :o
Saw that.
IanS
Glug, glug, glug...
I
Quote from: get2grips on 27 January 2014, 07:20:20 PM
Quick someone...Nik's drowning :o
I'll fetch the planks, you get the nails, should have a boat by easter.
IanS
If Nik's on Exmoor he's a long way from drowning - horizontally and vertically. ;)
I've been on Exmoor, trust me you don't need flooding to drown on Exmoor, you could do that in just the rain!
Quote from: get2grips on 27 January 2014, 07:20:20 PM
Quick someone...Nik's drowning :o
Nope - sorry for the confusion, I was just having a drink ;) :D
Quote from: Hertsblue on 28 January 2014, 08:25:04 AM
If Nik's on Exmoor he's a long way from drowning - horizontally and vertically. ;)
Quote from: Ithoriel on 28 January 2014, 08:59:49 AM
I've been on Exmoor, trust me you don't need flooding to drown on Exmoor, you could do that in just the rain!
This is all true...
Quote from: ianrs54 on 28 January 2014, 06:29:01 AM
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I'll fetch the planks, you get the nails, should have a boat by easter.
IanS
;D Nicely done, Ian, nicely done ;D
Quote from: Ithoriel on 28 January 2014, 08:59:49 AM
I've been on Exmoor, trust me you don't need flooding to drown on Exmoor, you could do that in just the rain!
You made the mistake of standing still, didn't you! :D