The Age of Strife

Just a can of Hycote Matt Lacquer I had hanging around that we'd use for sealing (somewhat) some of the Halloween props last October. Nothing special, but seemed to help stick down some of the loose rocks, seems matte enough for this purpose - generally I quite like Hycote, I use their grey etch primer on stubborn resins sometimes.

For my minis I airbrush them all with Vallejo Polyurethane varnish or brush it on sometimes when I want a thicker coat. I've never really quite trusted spray can varnishes for that job.
 
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Eric said:
Just a can of Hycote Matt Lacquer I had hanging around that we'd use for sealing (somewhat) some of the Halloween props last October. Nothing special, but seemed to help stick down some of the loose rocks, seems matte enough for this purpose - generally I quite like Hycote, I use their grey etch primer on stubborn resins sometimes.

For my minis I airbrush them all with Vallejo PU varnish or brush it on sometimes when I want a thicker coat. I've never really quite trusted spray can varnishes for that job.
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Ta
 
Just finished putting some replacement arms and weapons on the few of Robin Ewbank's Eldar that had lost them - Robin did mention the Guardians in particular had seen a lot of tabletop action and many might need a little dab of paint here and there. So I'll tidy up the re-prime on the arms and see if I can quickly get these lads and lasses back in the cabinet with their colleagues with a simple paint job on the arms. One fella still needs something popping on the end of that shortened lasgun, but I'll find an off-cut of something to use. Anyhow nice to feel like I've made a start on these at long last.

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Think I will probably try to get back to finishing up the Night Haunts next to get them out of the way. I'm also slowly getting back onto the Beasts of Nurgle. They have not worked as well as I hoped, but I think I'll just push on and get them okay-ish and accept that is what they are.
 
Haha! You’re quite right @Eric! Wonder why they settled on round bases?

In my mind I associate hex bases with D&D; my formative first minis was the Dungeon Monsters Set and all the hex maps prevalent in the games.
 
ManicMan said:
Hexes are sci-fi? the only ones I used or saw in person in the day were on Fantasy figures...
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It was a pretty small minority, but some of my Rogue Trader adventurers had hex bases out of the blister. The first scout, I believe. (The one who looks like Lawrence of Arabia with a shuriken catapult.) Maybe the sensei. I've always had a few.
 
huh... alot of the old citadel box sets (mostly the BC range) I've seen in person had Hex bases... wonder if they just randomly picked a bunch for them. And they were fantasy... learn something new all the time.
 
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