For some reason I thought this deserved a seperate post.
I'm going to try and fit in the finishing touches to this one AT-43 UNA trooper that I've been toying with to find the right color scheme for my army. I realized I don't paint enough green and so I'm going to use a mixture of Citadel/Foundation paints and P3 paints to get this guy done. I'm almost finished. I'll post a picture of him tomorrow.
This picture business all depends on if I can get a hold of a digital camera tomorrow, which may be scarce. I'm hoping I can.
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Showing posts with label Rackham. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rackham. Show all posts
Monday, July 23, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
RE: Rackham Color
So, continuing on my 'try new paints' quest I finally tried the colors from my Rackham Color paint set I bought ages ago; and I have to say, I'm not liking them.
I like different paint lines, I think it keeps things interesting within the realm of painting and allows a broader range of colors to exist and wait to be used in combination with other paints from other ranges. However, I found Rackham Color to fall behind such paint lines as Citadel, or P3.
Rackham Color's paints are much thicker than any other paint line I've seen (even GW's Foundation line), which can usually be solved by adding water. What seemed like a bucket of water later, I had finally got the paint on my palatte to be of a fine consistancy only to see that it still goes on pretty streaky. Not to mention that when it dries it looks a bit dull. Now I'm not looking for a gloss, but the pigment just doesn't seem to stand out; and with fantasy and science-fiction models, that's what I want.
Unfortunately the paints are too vibrant for historical games, leaving Rackham Color in some sort of limbo, destined to never truly fit either genre. I thought I'd give the paint another shot, by adding less water (for whatever reason), and found that hardly anything changed. More water just made the paints, well, watery; and left me with some terrible coverage.
One thing I do like about these paints is the eye-dropper lids which can be removed from the pot should you not find eye-droppers to your liking (strange, but I've heard that complaint about Vallejo before). Personally, I think eye-droppers are brilliant and thus I don't remove the lids from the Rackham Paints. Yet, I even have a problem with the bottles, for they are in a cube shape and make for some awkward squeezing. I would have much rather preferred they keep the round design that Citadel used to use, and P3 does; or use the Vallejo skinny-bottle design (but keep those removable eye-dropper lids).
Overall, I'm not psyched about these paints, and would not recommend these to any painter. What would I recommend? P3, of course. P3 is my new favorite brand of paint, and I can't wait to flesh out my collection with the rest of the range they released. I'm pretty sure I did a P3 review somewhere on this blog, so check that out. Otherwise, I'm gone.
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P.S. I've bought and finished building, basing, and priming my Dark Age models and will start working on them on the 28th of June, after my Warhammer Dwarfs are completed. Strategies is having a huge Dwarf battle, where a fellow gamer and I will bring out a whopping 10,000+ points of Dwarfs, and take on all comers. I'm gonna be bringing out the White Dwarf, and hopefully get some pictures for this blog.
P.P.S. I'm also doing a cowboy gang for Warhammer Historicals Old West game, using Black Scorpion Miniatures (which are flipping fantastic). To paint them I'll be using a mix of Citadel and P3 paints, and I'll post pictures as they develop.
I like different paint lines, I think it keeps things interesting within the realm of painting and allows a broader range of colors to exist and wait to be used in combination with other paints from other ranges. However, I found Rackham Color to fall behind such paint lines as Citadel, or P3.
Rackham Color's paints are much thicker than any other paint line I've seen (even GW's Foundation line), which can usually be solved by adding water. What seemed like a bucket of water later, I had finally got the paint on my palatte to be of a fine consistancy only to see that it still goes on pretty streaky. Not to mention that when it dries it looks a bit dull. Now I'm not looking for a gloss, but the pigment just doesn't seem to stand out; and with fantasy and science-fiction models, that's what I want.
Unfortunately the paints are too vibrant for historical games, leaving Rackham Color in some sort of limbo, destined to never truly fit either genre. I thought I'd give the paint another shot, by adding less water (for whatever reason), and found that hardly anything changed. More water just made the paints, well, watery; and left me with some terrible coverage.
One thing I do like about these paints is the eye-dropper lids which can be removed from the pot should you not find eye-droppers to your liking (strange, but I've heard that complaint about Vallejo before). Personally, I think eye-droppers are brilliant and thus I don't remove the lids from the Rackham Paints. Yet, I even have a problem with the bottles, for they are in a cube shape and make for some awkward squeezing. I would have much rather preferred they keep the round design that Citadel used to use, and P3 does; or use the Vallejo skinny-bottle design (but keep those removable eye-dropper lids).
Overall, I'm not psyched about these paints, and would not recommend these to any painter. What would I recommend? P3, of course. P3 is my new favorite brand of paint, and I can't wait to flesh out my collection with the rest of the range they released. I'm pretty sure I did a P3 review somewhere on this blog, so check that out. Otherwise, I'm gone.
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P.S. I've bought and finished building, basing, and priming my Dark Age models and will start working on them on the 28th of June, after my Warhammer Dwarfs are completed. Strategies is having a huge Dwarf battle, where a fellow gamer and I will bring out a whopping 10,000+ points of Dwarfs, and take on all comers. I'm gonna be bringing out the White Dwarf, and hopefully get some pictures for this blog.
P.P.S. I'm also doing a cowboy gang for Warhammer Historicals Old West game, using Black Scorpion Miniatures (which are flipping fantastic). To paint them I'll be using a mix of Citadel and P3 paints, and I'll post pictures as they develop.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
An Escalating Update
Three things:
1. I finally bought WARMACHINE: Escalation. I know it came out, something like, three years ago, but now I finally own it. And yes, I know that all the stats can be found in the card packs; but the book has so much great fiction, and pictures; as well as a really handy painting guide, and an interesting campaign system. I think it's well worth the $44 (CDN) that it costs, even today when all the stats are availiable through the WARMACHINE faction card-packs.
I'd like to, one day, run through the campaign systems in all their books, one after the other, to play through the whole Khador/Cygnar conflict and the invasion of Llael and everything. I think it'd be really interesting and fun to see how that works. They have the campaign system in Escalation, and then the one in Apotheosis, and I don't own Superiority yet, but I'm sure they have one in there (That's the next one I'm gonna get 'cause those Cygnar cavalry look soo good!)
2. Moving from WARMACHINE: now that I've finished the Cygnar starter set, I'm gonna take a WARMACHINE painting break (Ugh... Right when I bought Escalation) and work on my Eldar Combat Patrol for Warhammer 40,000. The Combat Patrol tournament starts tomorrow at Strategies, and I'd like to have, at least, something to take out for it, and get at least one game in tomorrow. I'm hoping tonight I'll finish my Dire Avengers and only have to sub in my old Scorpions, Banshees, and Vyper.
I haven't finalized my list yet, but it's looking like this: 5 Dire Avengers w/ Exarch (power weapon, shimmershield); 5 Dire Avengers w/ Exarch (dire sword, shuriken pistol); 5 Howling Banshees w/ Exarch (executioner); 5 Scorpions w/ Exarch (scorpion's claw, shuriken pistol); 1 Vyper Jetbike w/ Bright Lance. I'm hoping this will equal 400 points. I'll, for sure, post pictures here, of the list as it gets done.
3. RACKHAM'S AT-43 WORLD-WIDE CAMPAIGN SIGN-UP STARTS TODAY! Visit the AT-43 Website for more info, but the campaign will be a la Games Workshop, with a worldwide arena, and web-support. I don't remember when it begins, as it doesn't mention it on the site, but it will allow you to report battles now, I think... I wouldn't report any until you read Cry Havoc 14, or you actually play some battles.
Remember, it's a wargame, so it IS about competition; but my favorite part about worldwide events is that you can follow a story, and move competition down a notch in favor of fun (not to say that competition can't be fun, but you know what I mean). I'd recommend (as a veteran of every one of GW's world-wide campaigns) that you play the scenarios, and report accurate, and true battles. It's more fun that way, and it makes you look like less of a Goob (that is: someone who cares only about winning). I, personally, can't wait!
That's all, I'm gonna go work on some Dire Avengers, and get myself psyched up for the AT-43 campaign. Later!
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1. I finally bought WARMACHINE: Escalation. I know it came out, something like, three years ago, but now I finally own it. And yes, I know that all the stats can be found in the card packs; but the book has so much great fiction, and pictures; as well as a really handy painting guide, and an interesting campaign system. I think it's well worth the $44 (CDN) that it costs, even today when all the stats are availiable through the WARMACHINE faction card-packs.
I'd like to, one day, run through the campaign systems in all their books, one after the other, to play through the whole Khador/Cygnar conflict and the invasion of Llael and everything. I think it'd be really interesting and fun to see how that works. They have the campaign system in Escalation, and then the one in Apotheosis, and I don't own Superiority yet, but I'm sure they have one in there (That's the next one I'm gonna get 'cause those Cygnar cavalry look soo good!)
2. Moving from WARMACHINE: now that I've finished the Cygnar starter set, I'm gonna take a WARMACHINE painting break (Ugh... Right when I bought Escalation) and work on my Eldar Combat Patrol for Warhammer 40,000. The Combat Patrol tournament starts tomorrow at Strategies, and I'd like to have, at least, something to take out for it, and get at least one game in tomorrow. I'm hoping tonight I'll finish my Dire Avengers and only have to sub in my old Scorpions, Banshees, and Vyper.
I haven't finalized my list yet, but it's looking like this: 5 Dire Avengers w/ Exarch (power weapon, shimmershield); 5 Dire Avengers w/ Exarch (dire sword, shuriken pistol); 5 Howling Banshees w/ Exarch (executioner); 5 Scorpions w/ Exarch (scorpion's claw, shuriken pistol); 1 Vyper Jetbike w/ Bright Lance. I'm hoping this will equal 400 points. I'll, for sure, post pictures here, of the list as it gets done.
3. RACKHAM'S AT-43 WORLD-WIDE CAMPAIGN SIGN-UP STARTS TODAY! Visit the AT-43 Website for more info, but the campaign will be a la Games Workshop, with a worldwide arena, and web-support. I don't remember when it begins, as it doesn't mention it on the site, but it will allow you to report battles now, I think... I wouldn't report any until you read Cry Havoc 14, or you actually play some battles.
Remember, it's a wargame, so it IS about competition; but my favorite part about worldwide events is that you can follow a story, and move competition down a notch in favor of fun (not to say that competition can't be fun, but you know what I mean). I'd recommend (as a veteran of every one of GW's world-wide campaigns) that you play the scenarios, and report accurate, and true battles. It's more fun that way, and it makes you look like less of a Goob (that is: someone who cares only about winning). I, personally, can't wait!
That's all, I'm gonna go work on some Dire Avengers, and get myself psyched up for the AT-43 campaign. Later!
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