Storage horde
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Citizen Sade
Member
Metal Magic Obelix! Great range. I have a Bloodbowl team made up of figures from the Britons set.
Brother Meredith
Member
Still available to purchase? https://www.asterwargame.com/collec...tal-magic-the-gauls-obelix-with-dogmatix-25mm
That sounds fun! Do you have photos?
Citizen Sade
Member
Only some old & low quality ones. I’ll take some new ones but it’ll take me a day or two.
symphonicpoet
Moderator
They certainly took longer than acrylics, but I wouldn't say it was forever. It forced me into batch painting, which in retrospect wasn't a bad thing. As I recall I would paint about five to ten miniatures with a given step of the process and by the time I was done I could go back and start the next step with the first one, so I was probably painting more quickly on average. (I've had to relearn batch painting as I've tried to get some fresh armies painted. I'd quit doing armies sometime in the 90s and switched to civlians and adventurers. Until I decided I needed guardfolk and space elves to go with my spez maroons, orks, and dwarves.)
MichaelStockin
Member
That is interesting, my memory had me convinced it was hours until they were even touch dry.
twisted moon
Moderator
hope you're pleased to be reunited with these old friends.
symphonicpoet
Moderator
There may be some variation between brands and formulations. In fact, I think I recall such. I mostly used Floquil, which painted on very thin and dried fairly quickly straight out of the jar, but most people I knew used Testors, which was much thicker stuff and took longer to dry. Not sure where Humbrol fell on the spectrum. Additionally, I wasn't necessarily waiting until a coat was completely dry, as I did blend shades on the model to a certain extent, even then. I'd make sure the base coat was good and dry, but for anything else, touch dry was plenty good enough, since I was either blocking in adjacent areas or blending related shades. I think I probably also waited longer before painting fine details over the primary colors.
When I was attempting to recreate the same workflow to batch paint imperial guard and eldar a few years ago with acrylics I found I could do it, but I had to paint very, very quickly indeed so that the first miniature wasn't completely dry before I started blending in the middle shade. (I would typically use a three tone process for shadows, midtones, and highlights of a given color. Sometimes I do it a little differently now, since I started using inks sometime in the 2000s. After I made the acrylic switch.)
All of it has changed in recent years anyway, thanks to health discoveries and new regulations and so forth. (Testors acquired Floquil's parent company Pactra-Polly S some years ago and completely discontinued the brand, allegedly amid health concerns.) I couldn't find the same stuff anymore if I tried, and whatever is left probably paints differently. There's some new brands now, and I think there's wider availability of UK enamels in the US now than there was in the 80s, so maybe I could try some of that Humbrol goodness.
Brother Meredith
Member
It’s fun to rediscover them, but a little bittersweet as the collection was shared with my younger brother who passed away in 2012…
symphonicpoet
Moderator
^Ooh, yeah. Condolences. I . . . uh . . . may have some of my late sister's doll house furniture mixed onto my gaming table. (And other bits from other honored dead friends and family. Getting older is pleasant, but complicated.) May the bitter flavor fade with time, and may the sweet memories persist. Very un-space-marine-like, but *hugs*
Brother Meredith
Member
Thanks @symphonicpoet, TBH little annoyed that he swapped off a load of great Space Orcs, including the classic plastic battle wagon!! :/
Brother Meredith
Member
EricF
Administrator
Very sorry to hear that. Well maybe getting them all up to speed now can be a tribute!
The battle wagon, like gold dust on ebay now! I have one of the earlier Armorcast resin ones for my orks to romp around in at some point. Been busy this evening cleaning up some Space Ork dreadnoughts and a Hot Splat gun ready for assembly.
Brother Meredith
Member
I know, what was he thinking?!?
symphonicpoet
Moderator
^There's some fan sculpts out there in STL files if you have a 3D printer. And Curtis Fell has some resin models that work very well indeed for ork vehicles.
Brother Meredith
Member
There are 3d files for everything these days! There’s not much left of the Space Orc army (and more than enough of the others) so that can go on the back burner for now…
symphonicpoet
Moderator
^The sky high eBay prices were going to make sure of that. 
Have fun with the other stuff though!
Have fun with the other stuff though!
Brother Meredith
Member
Will share a pic of what is left, they are actually painted!