FOW Project
The basing is a little different from what I usually do but I think they came out ok.
They look GREAT to me. If my old eyes were a little better, and I had the time I'd reconsider FoW.
I'm just up to me ears in 28mm ancients at the moment, with a pile of 28mm ACW on the back burner when those are finished up.
But you're doing a wonderful job and I wish you the best of success with these.
Like the looks of those bases. And the figures look good, too.
Thanks for the kind words. They came out pretty good but it took a long time to get the camo look half way decent. I do like the challenge of it but dont think I will do a whole army that way for awhile. The bases were something new I tried. Kind of going for a mud look with sparse grass and shattered trees.
Like the base work Bill some folks hate spending any time on bases but I always try to put some effort into them. I find it adds to the over all look of the figures. It works very well with the FOW squad base as each one is a mini diorama. My only issue was that my turf based guys look great in the field but not so good in a urban setting I was always tempted to do additional platoons for this but only ever did it with some German units. Slippery slope and all next thing was winter then desert, oh well it was all great fun.
Great buzz on gaming up your way. I know Bath and the game days are a bit of a haul but I hope to see you and the crew at Huzzah come May.
Wayne
Hi Wayne,
I have been trying to spend more time on the bases and I know what you mean about the urban ones. I havent tried to make any yet because if I wasnt playing on an urban board I think it would look too funny. The same with winter ones. Where the rural based ones look ok to me in any environment so I go with that generally. Hopefully we will see you at Huzzah but a lot depends on work.
Lately I have been working on camo vehicles with an airbrush. But man does the air brush give me fits. It clogs and sputters and spits and only ocasionaly works right. When it does though it makes some great patterns that look really like they were sprayed on a vehicle.
Take care.
Bill
I just replaced my old Badger this year. It would have been great to have had one when I was painting FOW you can base coat a platoon in short order. You'll have to post some photo's of the camo work. I'm getting the hang of 28mm but 15mm will take a steady hand.
I picked up a Iwata Eclipse general purpose and so far so good. I've had the same issues with spitting and with this one I have a water trap on the compressor and another on the brush that and a good thinner seam to work well. Used it with craft paints for the Legation building with no problem's.
I get the work thing I was considering giving Havoc a go this year but I'm on call that weekend.
Wayne
Aside from experimenting with different thinners (water, alcohol, "official" thinners like tamiya), if it's your airbrush itself that's the problem, keep an eye out in the newspaper for AC Moore coupons, they have 40-50% off coupons just about every week so you can get a good deal on an airbrush. You do have a compressor right? Those compressed air cans are terrible.
I have an Iwata Eclipse with a compressor that has a moisture trap and sometimes it works really well and other times I dont seem to be able to get it to do anything right. I use mostly Valejo paints and usually thin them 2 parts paint 1 part thinner. Maybe I should try thinning it 1 to 1. I am using about 20lbs air pressure so if I thin it out maybe I can use less pressure?
That's what I use as well paint is Vallejo regular and Air. As for the thinner I'm honestly not that exact I do use Vallejo's thinner but measure by eye mix well and test perhaps a bit less than 1 to 1 but not by much (not with the Air line of paints). The compressor is at 50psi and as I work in the basement I have to drain the traps often. I was a bit careless with the Badger so with this one I flush between each color and strip and clean it after each use. All of my training with this is OJT so take my advise with that in mind.
Wayne
I use a Paasche with a trap, regulator, and a compressor. I do all of my spraying outside so I can do it only seven months a year. I do not have a problem with splattering or misfires. The only accessory that I may add to my kit is a filter screen for the siphon hose. I also use eye droppers to load paint and thinner, never pouring. Maybe most of the clumps of pigment stay at the bottom of the bottle or jar and do not get into the eye dropper. I also stir my paint, never shaking. Shaking creates too many micro air bubbles which will affect the output too.
Mike
Wow you spray at 50 psi?? I have only been using 20. I will have to try higher pressure. It is funny but last night the green and yellow paint worked pretty well but as soon as I put in brown I started having spitting and then clogging issues. It doesnt seem to matter which of 2 or 3 different browns I tried either. I will have to try stirring rather than shaking as well as using an eye dropper instead of squeezing it from the bottle. It is very annoying that sometimes it works great and others it doesnt at all.
