The Taproom

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December 2, 2009 at 1:44 am #8180
Gavin
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Tonight, for the first time in months…I painted something.

Granted, it was just fixing undercoating, but…it’s a start.

Might get those two Knights of Dol Amroth painted soon. Barring incident or accident. They’ve only been in the stripping pot…thrice.

Gavin
December 2, 2009 at 5:03 am #8183
jdbrown55
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I understand Gavin, not painting for several months. I am in the process of getting motivated again.

Can’t wait to see more of your work.
December 2, 2009 at 8:29 am #8185
Gildor
MMP Elder
well me too… not painted anything in months, actually since my baby was born…
December 2, 2009 at 10:36 am #8186
Barliman
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Lots of painting done, but no babies to worry about (if you exclude Nob and the cat)…Bliss!
December 2, 2009 at 10:46 am #8187
Gildor
MMP Elder
You forget about Bob my dear Nob and Bob…
December 2, 2009 at 10:52 am #8188
Barliman
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Ah, but Bob’s not a baby, happily, since the horses would tread on him if he was that small.
December 2, 2009 at 3:35 pm #8189
Gildor
MMP Elder
so Bob is not a baby but Nob is? how odd indeed
December 2, 2009 at 4:55 pm #8192
Barliman
Participant
You mean you hadn’t noticed…?

Nob: small, lots of trouble, never does what he’s supposed to… = child.
Bob: capable of dealing with horses, works hard, can hold his ale, and has sufficient intelligence to own a cat… = adult.
December 2, 2009 at 5:31 pm #8193
Theobald
Participant
Huoommmm …. convincing definitions …
December 2, 2009 at 5:43 pm #8194
OriginalAragorn
Participant
Broggha is a bit morbid for my taste.. but I’m sure I’m the exception, not the rule!
December 2, 2009 at 9:06 pm #8196
Theobald
Participant
Huoommmm … I cannot tell, Master OriginalAragorn … about Broggha, I mean … huomm … so far I had no chance to have a close look at him, holding the figure in my hands … rhuoomm … maybe that’ll be in time for Christmas if I’m lucky … rhuoommm … just have a look at the latest newsletter provided today … huoommm … all those hasty people … anyway, I hope that this would only mean a very short delay … as there are other delays that still keep me worrying … rhuooommmhomhom … some there are … rhuoomm … and I don’t refer to MS-releases with this … huooommmm … it’s the regular M-series … rhuom … but why worry … huom?
December 4, 2009 at 3:44 am #8204
OriginalAragorn
Participant
Questions for my comrades:

I just got Smaug the Dragon Triumphant (Lovely!) and The Lord of the Nazgul (Charming!).

My questions:
1) Have you used drill & pins to hold the limbs in place, especially in places that have weight (such as the Fellbeasts feet attachment, Smaug’s limbs, etc)?
2) Do you use any special kind of glue? I just have regular GW hobby glue (super glue).

Thanks!
George
December 4, 2009 at 5:20 am #8205
presto247365
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I think Broggha is going to be great friends with this guy:

[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/10_dunlending_warrior.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/10_dunlending_warrior.jpg[/imgz]
December 4, 2009 at 7:49 am #8206
Gildor
MMP Elder
the Lord of Nazgul parts are not very very heavy actually, I have used super glue, but no need of any drill in addition. Everything is perfectly balanced

as for Smaug Triumphant, since he is resting on his four legs he does not have problems either, BUT in order to be certain, I used, in addition to super glue, some of this two-component paste used by craftmen to fix and repair many things under pressure. (two component pastes that , when mixed, heatens, then becomes rapidly very very strong and hard as stone and resistant to pression) It is like Miliput but 10 times more resistant and also it dries ten times more rapidly (you have to sculpt quite fast in it before it dries!) you can then use files to smooth this hardened surface and make it continuous with metal.

I use this paste for fixing tails and wings of all my dragons, instead of miliput. The Vengence of Smaug though, on flight, needs some drilling between torso and tail, and wings and torso, as it is very badly balanced
December 4, 2009 at 7:52 am #8207
Barliman
Participant
That two-part paste sounds useful, Master Elf – what is it called?
December 4, 2009 at 8:21 am #8210
Arthadan
Participant
I always pin big part such wings and so, but as Master Gildor said, is not indispensable. I recommend Gale Force Nine superglue, it’s the stongest one I have ever tried.
December 4, 2009 at 12:16 pm #8213
Gildor
MMP Elder
about the paste I use, well, it has several names since several brands sell it… It is not a modelling tool, it is use for house works.

here is a link to such kind of product : http://www.diybathrepair.com/html/kit_mastic.html

when you have to fix things fast, and with quite some tensile strength (such as metallic wings) it really makes miracle!
(my “unbalanced” smaug triumphant NEVER broke with this paste, it bent… but in bent due to the metal of the figurine, never on the junction points with tails and wings. )
Besides you can drill it, file it, sculpt it (fast!) … far better than any kind of miliput for crucial and dangerous fixations.
December 4, 2009 at 1:40 pm #8215
Wendy
Participant
Five minute epoxy works too…
December 4, 2009 at 3:23 pm #8216
OriginalAragorn
Participant
Thanks for the great suggestions!
December 4, 2009 at 5:22 pm #8218
Turambar
Participant
mmmh, returning to the statement of Master Presto 247365: Yes! It seems that way.
A great conversion that is. And a wonderful paintjob also!
You should post this somewhere else here in the depths of the MMP !!!
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