Product review AK Interactive

Hello again everyone! Like most of you I strive to become a better painter and will use any and all available techniques available weather it's the salt and hairspray technique or home made oil washes the problem  being that these techniques are mostly guess work and hairspray can do all kinds of nasty things to an airbrush.

 Imagine my surprise when Modelair (http://www.modelair.co.nz/ ) said they were going to stock AK Interactive they posted it on a Monday morning on their Facebook and I was there by 1 (Also not having to work that day was good) I picked up some of the enamel washes a couple of weathering pigments the heavy acrylic chipping fluid and a few track colours in their airbrush range.

What I was most excited about was the rust streaks and fuel stains set because they're enamel they have a long working time but not as long as oils and this is a good thing because I am very impatient I've also experimented with their Dust Effects and they look pretty good just remember to gloss varnish first.

Now the above took about 20 minutes to do it would probably look better once varnished and decalled and all the little bits tidied up on it. Now for the rust and fuel streaks and stains I've used a Forgeworld Comtemptor Dreadnought for this.

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There are over 100 options in the AK range and anything that doesn't make my office smell like a meth lab is a win, win!

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The War Never Ends

Holy nostalgia Batman just when you had no more money left for toy soldiers and Games Workshop was royally screw everyone (Spots the Space Marine, Never forget, Never forgive) Prodos Games hits back with a blast from that past friggin Mutant Chronicles Warzone Resurrection  now I found this gem on Kickstarter and from what I can see it's pretty cheap. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/513277403/mutant-chronicles-warzone-resurrection

Truth be told I never played the game although all I hear is good things there were even some limited edition miniatures made in New Zealand with silver ferns on their shoulder pads. Now there's still 52 Days to go so that's plenty of time for you to go drop some of your hard earned coin on what will hopefully be a great game.

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Hugh Quality Brushes

Need better brushes?

So you've always wanted some of those fancy kolinsky sable hair brushes but seen the prices and though "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck that" meanwhile you're paint jobs suffer you know you can do better but it's the brushes right?  Now you all know me, well not really, I wouldn't endorse something if it wasn't worth your time and money.

Chris over at http://wargamerontour.blogspot.co.nz/ told me about a Kickstarter campaign http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/554355176/games-and-gears-pro-studio-brushes?ref=live ,if you don't know what Kickstarter is it's basically crowd funding you come up with idea, you pitch idea to the masses, they give you promise of money, reach and/or exceed funding expectations and product is created the Kickstarter folks, usually, get theirs before anyone else along with all the freebies.

Anyways this particular Kickstarter is offering 5 double sided  kolinsky sable brushes for 15 pounds or $30nzd now that's 10 brushes (technically) for $30 dollars that's $3 a brush ,insanity!, However i might go for the 40 pound/ $80 set. The campaign has 20 days left and the shipping is free to most parts of the world I'm going to put some money into it how about you?

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Finally!!!

It's done finished, completed, over I started this comission nearly 2 years ago and now it's completed the reason for the slowdown was life getting in the way I can go through a list of excuses but I won't. Anyways I present you with Pete's Churchill Company with all options....

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Ho ho ho I've got a Machine Gun!

Merry Christmas fellow readers I should've timed this just right so that the majority of my readers are still celebrating Christmas. I had a short sweet Christmas here nothing to related was received although I got a few more gardening books, my other other hobby, fortunately no socks and undies this year although my sister tells me there's presents for me at her house so I could be in luck.

So as I have the middle of the week off I'm going to carry on painting, like you all should be, I have to paint two mini's for Malifaux by February and some Warmachine stuff by March. I'm not sure if there's going to be and Early & Mid war Flames of War GT in Auckland (see my ragey posts a few months back) Either way I'd like at least the Mid War GT to happen because everyone loves Mid War well that's enough from me have a Happy Christmas and a Wonderful New Year.

Thanks
-Daniel

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Sh*t Everywhere! Product Review

Obviously not my desk I'm a team Jacob guy!

Hello everyone and glorious weekend to you all! My name is Daniel Linder and I have a messy desk. My desk is covered in shit paint, mini's, glues and other strange chemicals that I'm sure if mixed right would explode.

Now it never used to be this bad I had some Vallejo, Tamiya and GW paints. However Slave to Painting started selling Vallejo Air and I picked up 50 Reaper paints for $100 so I've ended up with 400 odd paints and no friggin painting room.

Then I remembered I'd seen a few of my friends liking something on Facebook called Back 2 Base-ix Wargaming Products and they sell some awesome stuff their main product is paint holders random pic below.

I've added these guys in the links on the right.

Despite the prices they are a must have for any wargamer and to be honest disposable income is what the hobby is all about and if you think dropping $50-$60 on an organiser is bad just ask the missus how much Lash recovery serum is not to mention they probably got their eyebrows done and tinted at the same time (It's $150 for the serum and $70 for the eyebrows).

I Purchased the Wall Climber in MDF, I LOVE THE SMELL OF LASER CUT WOOD IN THE MORNING!!!!, and it was so awesome I got 2! By the looks of things they're offering free shipping too wow you're going to be some lucky geeks this Christmas.



I still need another 2!

They can also stack on top of one another and come with an instructional DVD, which I didn't need cos I'm awesome, As you can see I've tried to arrange the paints by shade but I've already taken a bunch out so no doubt this'll be messy as all hell again soon. So once again I've added their link in the Stores and Shops section and any of these products would be a great help to any modeller/wargamer. 



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2012 Round up and catch up!

Hey patient readers/views/blog enthusiasts hope you've had a good 2012 so far this year has been good I got a promotion at work have tried more gaming systems and played more board/card games than I have in the last 10 years.

As usual I like to post only when I've painted something I think is cool or when I find a product or toy supplier or game that's awesome I also like to keep you abreast of dodgy pricks like Maelstrom Games aka Eye of the Storm and other silly moves seemingly smart gaming companies make.

I've also help start a gaming club in West Auckland called T.C.O.W (That Club out West) so that we could break away from all the drama that one club decided was wholly necessary there's also a new website for  New Zealand gamers http://www.nzwargamers.com/ so if you're a Kiwi or just like toys and games head over that way.

So far this year alone I've quit and re-picked up Warmachine/Hordes, tried Dystopian Wars and Firestorm Armada, Won prettiest painted at a Malifaux Tournament, played my first and last game of 40K in 15 years and only played in 1 Flames of War tournament. I wish I had more time for Flames but historical paint jobs can really slow you down and ware you out. As much as I'd like to have the time to blog more often I feel I'm doing injustice to a customer who needs their toys painted before mine.

That being said I'll have a product review up shortly for a product which has helped me so friggin much over the last few months (It's not Simple Green but I'll do a tutorial on that soon enough).

Thanks for reading I promise another blog update very soon none of this disappearing BS and coming back just to prove I'm alive (unlike my cat).

P.S The chair fund made a grand total of zero dollars thank you for believing in me :P

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