tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482288536688436146.post792551263531424651..comments2023-12-06T00:24:08.029-08:00Comments on Return Of The Poacher: How Time Flies When You Are Not Having Fun.Poacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16729018997149272797noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482288536688436146.post-10297887909779379362013-06-30T13:18:34.713-07:002013-06-30T13:18:34.713-07:00Hi Chrissie,
Not all paints are available at anyt...Hi Chrissie,<br /><br />Not all paints are available at anything like a reasonable price in the US. I just priced some Testors acrylic paint from a major hobby store and it was over five dollars a bottle. Iremembered it being high a few yers ago when I was building some Italian aircraft in 28 mm scale. I do not believe that Humbrol is too available at all and I have never seen any of their products in any catalog.<br />Go figure. Have fun with the Thebans -sounds like a very nice little army.<br />JerryCelticCurmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687177512999052331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482288536688436146.post-21303355881571858312013-06-27T12:32:03.179-07:002013-06-27T12:32:03.179-07:00I have tried some of the craft acrylics available ...I have tried some of the craft acrylics available here in the UK and found them to be okay for terrain, but not for plastic figures. Not tried them on metal. :-)<br /><br />I think Coat D'Arms are cheap compared to any of the others. The bottles are larger too. I think they used to do the old paints for Citadel a long while back.... <br /><br />Don't Testors do a range of acrylics over there?<br /><br />Finding a decent matt varnish was hard here a few years ago. Every damn make I tried suddenly seemed to give a satin finish. Finally Humbrol seemed to get their act together and made a decent matt spray again. I bought two cans but seem to have mislaid them somewhere. I just bet the next ones i buy will be give a satin finish again.. :-(<br /><br />I will use a bottled varnish for gloss, but matt varnish has to be sprayed for a decent finish, I think.<br /><br />Chrissie<br />xx<br /><br /><br /><br />Poacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16729018997149272797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482288536688436146.post-12964135645253952152013-06-27T12:22:46.844-07:002013-06-27T12:22:46.844-07:00Hi Chrissie,
Word verification is on as far as I...Hi Chrissie,<br /> <br />Word verification is on as far as I know.<br /> <br />What I was going to remark is that I agree with you about the Coat d'Arms paints. They are my favorite colors for thinks like Bavarian blue, wood brown and the whole range of horse colors. My problem is cost - the price for UK paints is very high, sometimes fifty percent more than an equivalent volume of Vallejo. Idid suggest that some of the craft paints, sold in four ounce tubes, can work very well and I do use them for colors like dark brown horses, black and white horses and for things like Prussian blue uniforms. If you are spraying them with a sealer like Testor's Dull-Cote, the relative softness of thwe paint for say the Americana brand is totally irrelevant. I did not mention it but using colors that stand out is very helpful when doing horses. If you have a dark brown or black horse then use Vallejo red brown or saddle brown for the horse furniture. A light brown horse, such as a light bay or roan might use a dark brown or black. Since you are working with ancients consistent colors for such things as leather work are irrelevant.<br /> <br />Oh, there was a slightly teasing remark which I made in response to you choosing to go shopping with your friends. It went something like "Wow, imagine that! Choosing a real human activity like going out with one's friends rather than hanging out with a bunch of smelly individuals at a wargames convention..."<br /> <br />Anyway, you might be able to lift this onto the reply section of the blog entry...or not. Just thought it would be a good thing to let you know that someone was reading your blog and enjoying what they read.<br />Be well.<br /> <br />JerryPoacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16729018997149272797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482288536688436146.post-11107163047300738722013-06-26T16:52:44.697-07:002013-06-26T16:52:44.697-07:00Hi Chrissie,
What? Having a normal life? Hanging a...Hi Chrissie,<br />What? Having a normal life? Hanging about with non-gaming friends? Sounds perectly normal to me.<br />In order to keep your painting costs down you might want to try craft paints as alternatives to Vallejo or GW or Foundry, While I agree that Coat d' Arms makes very nice paint, it is a bit difficult to obtain here in the US at anything like decent price. <br />Spent my 65th birthday yesterday painting and organizing some 28 mm ACW figures. Best birthday yet!<br />I use paints like Delta Ceram Coat for things which need large surfaces covered like horses (I use a dark burnt umber a lot) or all dark blue uniforms (Prussian blue). It costs a quarter to a third of the hobby paints and you might find it worth a try.<br />Jerry<br />CelticCurmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687177512999052331noreply@blogger.com