The "subassembly holder" is, quite literally, paying for sprue. Just use a friggin bit of cut-up sprue glued to a spare base, and it'll be the exact same thing.
I have an old 30cm metal ruler which I use for spraying minis. Because I magnetise all my minis I just place them on the ruler and spray them without fear of them falling off. Works great.
I use a paint stir stick you get for free from the hardware store and some cheap mounting tape ... Make sure it's the cheapest mounting tape you can find so you don't have to struggle to peel em off
Instead of helping hands or poster tack, I nest models that the glue is curing in a container of rice. Museums have used this trick for years since the can't use super glue. It works great for heavy metal or resin models.
The Helping Hands thing could be very useful for people with limited mobility, or conditions that make it difficult to keep their hands steady. It also fits the handle into the middle of it which probabky makes it easier to set the handle down while assembling. I won't be getting it, but it may be a godsend for some people. The paint stick has holes to hold the sub assembly things so I can see a little bit of a benefit in using them with the handles. I might buy them if they're cheap because I need to use my £10 voucher for Warhammer Plus. I'll report back if they're any good.
For that roller I've had great results using vaseline and water. I lightly cover fingers and tools and lightly wipe with water. Helped me a bunch. Sisters do look great and yes on the warsuits they looks fun
I have the old gw spray stick since we found it cheap, and honestly, i love it. It's more convenient and comfortable than the good ole paint stick. Making your own would probably work just as well, but might not be as comfy. Since i shake with that stuff, the stick works really well for me. Might pick up the new one if i find it cheap
I love that original GW mini holder, and I remember it being one of the rare hobby products from them that was reasonably priced. That new one is just hilarious.
My brother and I just cracked open our Command Edition Box, (hes SM and I'm Necron). We both used Green stuff World Rollers for our bases for the first time. I used some weird tech hex patterns and he used cobblestone for rubble look. The bases look really good. They look similar enough that they could be in the same world, but different enough to be their own army. I was rather pleased.
For spraying I just use a stick with a strip of double-sided mounting tape slapped down on it. It’s strong enough that I can hold the stick upside down or swing the it around in eights to dry without anything moving. And the whole model gets sprayed in one go since only the underside of the base touches the stick.
I use a 2” by 2” bit of wood that’s a couple of feet wide. I use balls of blu-tack, or poster putty or what ever you want to call it. Blu-tack is a hobby staple of mine. I also use it for masking things off, holding bits while glue dries like Jay mentioned in this very vid, and shock and awe, for putting up posters and notes to remind myself of crap I need to do.
I never thought of drilling a hole in the bottom of heads for sub assemblys, I just super glue the heads to toothpicks and stick them in Styrofoam blocks whenever I'm not handling them.
Get a bottle of wine. Use the cork that comes with it, stick a wire in it for a sub assembly holder, or stick more wires in it to hold a mini together in place while building. Blu-tac your mini on the cork, screw multiple corks to any long, small object in a row instead of buying that ridiculous paint stick. A sinlge blu-tac cork replaces that mini holder. Conclusion: A wine bottle and wire replace all expensive tools advertised by GW. Oh, and you can drink the wine too!
Citadel colour spray stick: easily replaced with any other stick, board, cardboard, corflute, wood, ruler etc + poster tack/ blu tack. Practically free. If it makes you feel more legit, you can always get a sharpie, and write citadel colour on it yourself 😜
All you need for a spray stick, are some long strips of thick cardboard and some rubber bands. I took 4 strips of corrugated cardboard, stacked them and put some rubber bands around to hold the miniature, much like the GW spray stick. Worked wonderful on my Genestealers.
I make these sticks from the spruce, then make a point at one end and glue the heads on there. Its really helpful for painting heads that cant be or you dont want to paint after assembly, spruce come along for free with every model too. But yeah I just cut them and use them again.
Thanks for the video! Just to share, I use the same type of Citadel holder, but for normal size models. And in fact this small thin neck of the holder works quite well! :)
12:10 rubber bands and nails already sounds like work and you need to store it. Go to any B&Q, they have wood pieces they throw away from cutting. Get one. Ask for it. It's free. Then get some blue tac. Done 💪
They fixed the audio issues they created when they smushed Astartes together on the WarCom page. They also took out the copyrighted music from it too, some of the music I noticed immediately was taken from the Dredd (2012) OST. They've also tried to change the audio for the Astartes armour sounds that were just straight ripped off from the power armour sounds from Fallout 4 :D
Meh I like the original audio more. If it's a copyright issue though then it makes tactical sense why they'd change it. I'll just continue to watch the youtube version though.
For the greenstuff roller, I use super sculpy, i have a putty roller but you can use a rolling pin. I use baby powder to keep it from sticking to the roller. I use clay circle cutters to get them close to base size. And if you make a mistake rolling the texture roller, clump it up and reroll it
Confession time! Seeing comments about what people use as a spray stick... yeah, all those warnings about how hazardous spray cans are really stresses me out, to the point I've always been anxious about using a spray can. It's probably the actual reason why I've neglected to paint many models. I'd happily go invest in an airbrush, but that brings it's own anxiety inducing quirks, that merely the thought of it causes my creative spirit to just wither and die. Especially when in the end I convince myself it'll never get used enough to justify the effort... which also applies ro all those fabulous miniatures that I'll never play an actual game with either... why must I torment myself so?
For painting heads and helmets, I just tack them to a bit of leftover sprue, and paint away. Even gives a handy handle, and I can do a bunch at once. :D And I admit, for snow bases.... I did get my hand on some of the scenery snow for 50 cents as part of a post-Christmas clearence sale, and makes for some pretty good "Deeper snow" bases.
My family got me some of these tools for my birthday: the sub assembly holder, the handle, and the base with the arms. I had the same thoughts you did, useless. I use them all the time now. The base stations is great for positioning models like grey knights with the 2 handed weapons, fantastic for the desolation squad and its great for getting dynamic posing right. I also like the way all the tools work together, like all those house are sized for the sub assembly holder, so you can keep everything attached to the same handle. Do you need them? No. Should you buy them? I do, and they make things very easy, simple at a price premium.
Those rollers are fantastic. I just use some baby powder in the water. It’s important to keep your hands and roller moist. Pro tip: buy a nice set of cookie cutters - they should cut circles the size of most GW bases (for my sisters army at least). You can also roll out green stuff / brown stuff on a waxpaper sheet, cut them out using your cookie cutters, then once dry superglue to bases (I find sometimes the roller messes up the last few mm of the edge by pulling it off the base if you do it straight on the base)
Green Stuff World has the round cutters you speak of, I bought them and they have round cutters starting at 22 mm all the way up to 60mm. I use the 25mm and 32mm the most. I roll out some green stuff and give it a coat of olive oil before using the tecture roller. I works really good to stop the stick.
products like the assembly thingy are often for old people or with diabilities. imagine missing a hand and still want to assemble minis, that might be helpful here. ofc they dont advertise it as such to not scare off potential customers. same deal with some of these seen on tv commercials where people are too clumsy to handle life, the product is actually for old or disabled people
Honestly, the painting stick is one of the best things in that lineup- Yes, you can make your own version with tape or blue-tack, but both get messy as they involve adhesives or sticky surfaces, and are often times in need of replacement since paint tends to completely cover the sticky surface. For someone who airbrushes a lot of miniatures at once, the rack is really useful as I can apply zenothal highlights and basic colors to ten minis at once and swap them out quickly without hassle or needing to replace tapes, and don't have to deal with the sticky bottoms gathering dust. That being said, there are a lot of FDM STL's that are awfully similar to the product...
Painting Handle : 6/10 - wood cube handle is better Helping hands : 0/10 - ridiculousness Sub Assembly Holder : 0/10 - waste of plastic, waste of money and waste of time Priming Handle Stick : 4/10 - use the wood cube blocks or a wooden stick Always, always DIY you accessories at home or check your dollar stores for cheaper alternatives.
I mean people even buy the games workshop water mug for 15 bucks. Those fanboys are the reason GW even produces this garbage, because people buy everything they shit out. Buying miniatures is one thing, but buying this crap is a joke.
It's a shame that you don't do festive content based on your channels views. I enjoyed your video last year. Really helped get the Halloween juices flowing. Your Santa mini was also a treat!
For the spay painting holder I just use a piece of hard cardboard and a lot of poster tac, it can comfortably hold like 10 minies and I don't have t worry about them falling of
You're absolutely correct about most dioramas. One of the most common comments from judges when judging a diorama category is that there is too much space for the story being told and the miniatures being used. If the space isn't critical to telling part of the story, it shouldn't be a part of the diorama.
Ok so I can understand assembly issues as well as anyone probably because my dominant arm is mangled from a construction accident and I can no longer make a full fist with my right. The solution I found is after dry fitting the pieces several times I use baking soda to create an instant bond, this also is great for filling and cracks and can make a passable snow effect for bases. There are 2 drawbacks though . 1. The chemical reaction get hot fast so watch getting glue on your hands and coming into contact with the soda! 2. It can give off some naucious fumes that while I don't think are poisonous or anything will open up the old sinuses
I attach sub-assemblies by drilling holes in the pieces and attaching them with paperclips/steel wire that are in turn attached to little plastic cups.
Huh, that citadel multi-model holder reminds me of this thing I did where i lined a paint stir stick with squares of double-sided tape. Worked great and I could spray a dozen models at once.
Hey Jay, I know I watched the pumpkin video. May I suggest you Pachow the video so we can easily go look at it again? And Pachow any video you want to reference?
The moment you said that secret weapons was going under I ran over there a bought a bunch of stuff, their weathering pigments have been my lifeblood. Will be sad to see them go.
I thought the same thing with the paint handle. I always used the chonky handle. My girlfriend bought me the skinny one and I honestly prefer it now, I barely use the old one now. I never realised how much my hand blocks my paint brush until I got it.
I *think* that the idea with the head holder thing is that you drill a hole into the head's neck and glue that little spike into the hole. Once the head is painted you snip off the spike at that point. That means the head is well attached when you're doing the painting but you still have a bit of plastic at the bottom of the head you can still use to glue it to the body. While I too fail to see the point of the thing, I think that's how it's supposed to work. I have some of the old GW painting handles and recently I got some of the new ones. They're more comfortable than I expected but the new style clamp isn't quite as secure as the old one.
It may be worth posting sticky links to videos if they're mentioned, and maybe in the video description. Your explaining the diorama made me want to check it out.
Your sisters look great bud! The sisters were what originally got me into 40k after getting a copy of the deamonifuge from a library book sale. Personally I loved the Nundams and got a box as soon as my local game store had them in stock ( I wish the sancresants would come in finally again cause I missed out on them), and I had a Morven Vahl professionally done as well. The sisters just have so many awesome models and it's a joy to collect them, can't wait to get a hold of the new ones for kill team with the old penguin habits!
I use the old spray paint stick from GW for priming and it is quite useful. The skinny normal sized handle is nice and reusable for models with bases already fixed on. For subassemblies, I use the tops of tea jugs (Milo’s) which fun fact work as 40mm bases when using a partially painted model in a game. You can use poster tak for bottle/jug caps and it’s a way to recycle them until they get covered in paint or varnish.
Milliput isn't very effective for rollers in my experience. Green Stuff or brown stuff is much easier. I used a roller for my first army which is necrons and it's made finishing it so much easier
@@BurnsidesAP oh I didn't even consider that. I'm fairly new to epoxy products so didn't even know you could combine them so easily. Will have to try that out in the future
I use this old style handle, bough it once only because i was dreaming about it when I was a kid. I was skeptikal about it, I suspected that this is some junk, but I found it is super useful. But it has flaw too - it is non rotating, and this vice-part is large, so sometimes you can not put brush where you want, you have to unclip mini and put it back in another orientation. Not a big deal, but it exist:). And I am starting to understand why you all stick minis just to some cork. It has smaller radius even than a base, so there's nothing in the way of a brush. I've catched this just now, you know;], now look at that...
5:36 that weenie little thing is giving me a reliability in design conniption. I think they calculated to make it exactly thin enough to break in exactly 2 years.
Dont forget they designed their shade bottles exactly so they can tip over easily and spill out forcing u to buy a new one. So yeah this will break after a few uses especially when using heavy models.
Great video as always Jay. That new hobby stuff from GW is crap. I made my own sub-assembly holder a few weeks ago. I used plastic glue to hold a piece of sprue across the diameter then drilled three holes along its length and glued a toothpick cut in half in each hole. I drill a hole in the bottom of the head and push it down and it holds down by friction. I can do three heads at a time, and if I need to down the track I can make more. All using parts I had on hand, AND it works with the Citadel handle. You are right that the new handle is crap, but I own five of the old ones and they’re great. The painting cup is pretty decent too. I’ll give the Halloween diorama vid a watch tomorrow after the live stream. Kudos on another episode of Models and Memories by the way, it really is a good series.
The "subassembly holder" is, quite literally, paying for sprue.
Just use a friggin bit of cut-up sprue glued to a spare base, and it'll be the exact same thing.
I have an old 30cm metal ruler which I use for spraying minis. Because I magnetise all my minis I just place them on the ruler and spray them without fear of them falling off. Works great.
I use a sheet of card and blue tack, and use an upside down chapstick as a handle while painting, so i can turn the model with 1 hand easily
Get yourself an old finishing trowell. Much bigger than a ruler and has a built-in handle!
Genius
A paint stick meant to stir paint and double sided tape does the job for me,
I use a paint stir stick you get for free from the hardware store and some cheap mounting tape ... Make sure it's the cheapest mounting tape you can find so you don't have to struggle to peel em off
"People go way too big with their dioramas"
Squidmar: Hold my beer....Ima make a diorama with a Tau Manta
It's not just a diorama. It's an entire play table.
Oof, Squidmar...
Meh seems like a waste of a good manta to me tbh but to each there own.
@@FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf he'll make fat bank from it, so for him it isn't
@@Diceslice he is a souless market exec at heart.
Instead of helping hands or poster tack, I nest models that the glue is curing in a container of rice. Museums have used this trick for years since the can't use super glue. It works great for heavy metal or resin models.
Thats a bloody amazing trick and ive used it since seeing this comment, came back 10 months later to thank you.
Oh man, that Diorama might be one of my favorite things you've made/painted.
10/10
The sub assembly helper things on the primer pistol grip thing cracked me up
The Helping Hands thing could be very useful for people with limited mobility, or conditions that make it difficult to keep their hands steady. It also fits the handle into the middle of it which probabky makes it easier to set the handle down while assembling. I won't be getting it, but it may be a godsend for some people.
The paint stick has holes to hold the sub assembly things so I can see a little bit of a benefit in using them with the handles. I might buy them if they're cheap because I need to use my £10 voucher for Warhammer Plus. I'll report back if they're any good.
Great reviews of these, especially for players who just don’t know better yet
For that roller I've had great results using vaseline and water. I lightly cover fingers and tools and lightly wipe with water. Helped me a bunch. Sisters do look great and yes on the warsuits they looks fun
I have the old gw spray stick since we found it cheap, and honestly, i love it. It's more convenient and comfortable than the good ole paint stick. Making your own would probably work just as well, but might not be as comfy. Since i shake with that stuff, the stick works really well for me. Might pick up the new one if i find it cheap
The biggest issue with the old one is getting to the other side of the minis, so I'm probably going to pick one of the new ones up :)
I love that original GW mini holder, and I remember it being one of the rare hobby products from them that was reasonably priced. That new one is just hilarious.
I watched the diorama video! One of the first EoB vids that I watched, I believe along with some short basing videos.
Not no one watched the pumpkin diorama video. I did! And it was really cool!
The new intro is slowly growing on me, especially seeing the sneaky battletech box hiding there...
I have grown to just love this channel so much!
My brother and I just cracked open our Command Edition Box, (hes SM and I'm Necron).
We both used Green stuff World Rollers for our bases for the first time. I used some weird tech hex patterns and he used cobblestone for rubble look. The bases look really good. They look similar enough that they could be in the same world, but different enough to be their own army. I was rather pleased.
I use a regular old pill bottle and poster pudy for a handle, works great.
I like how smug you look beside the word shill in the thumbnail.
I also really liked those seasonal videos.
For spraying I just use a stick with a strip of double-sided mounting tape slapped down on it. It’s strong enough that I can hold the stick upside down or swing the it around in eights to dry without anything moving. And the whole model gets sprayed in one go since only the underside of the base touches the stick.
Paint stir stick from the hardware store is what I use. Usually free or super cheap, some sticky tack or tape and good to go.
I use a 2” by 2” bit of wood that’s a couple of feet wide. I use balls of blu-tack, or poster putty or what ever you want to call it. Blu-tack is a hobby staple of mine. I also use it for masking things off, holding bits while glue dries like Jay mentioned in this very vid, and shock and awe, for putting up posters and notes to remind myself of crap I need to do.
*long, not wide.
I use a long chunk of styrofoam from my laptops box packing, some toothpicks and sticky tack.
I use magnets on the bases and a cheap metal ruler, holds 5 minis easily.
For painting heads, I just drill the neck, glue in a toothpick then stick it in a cork to hold.
Awesome color scheme on your SOB! It’s the one I went with! Glad to see more white/purple. Now you need a whole army! Looks great!!!
I never thought of drilling a hole in the bottom of heads for sub assemblys, I just super glue the heads to toothpicks and stick them in Styrofoam blocks whenever I'm not handling them.
Real talk, if GW would just put Astartes and Astartes 2 on a Blu-Ray...I'll buy the shit out of that
Oh yeah, pay them for something they took down in the first place. Briliant
Get a bottle of wine. Use the cork that comes with it, stick a wire in it for a sub assembly holder, or stick more wires in it to hold a mini together in place while building.
Blu-tac your mini on the cork, screw multiple corks to any long, small object in a row instead of buying that ridiculous paint stick.
A sinlge blu-tac cork replaces that mini holder.
Conclusion: A wine bottle and wire replace all expensive tools advertised by GW. Oh, and you can drink the wine too!
Use with discretion as too much application of wine can cause messy models
Citadel colour spray stick: easily replaced with any other stick, board, cardboard, corflute, wood, ruler etc + poster tack/ blu tack. Practically free. If it makes you feel more legit, you can always get a sharpie, and write citadel colour on it yourself 😜
All you need for a spray stick, are some long strips of thick cardboard and some rubber bands.
I took 4 strips of corrugated cardboard, stacked them and put some rubber bands around to hold the miniature, much like the GW spray stick.
Worked wonderful on my Genestealers.
I like the thin neck mini holder. I tend to hold it between my fingers.
Use baby powder on the base before rolling the texture in. Just sprinkle some on and use a brush for even coverage.
Titles of these videos are always amazing.
I make these sticks from the spruce, then make a point at one end and glue the heads on there. Its really helpful for painting heads that cant be or you dont want to paint after assembly, spruce come along for free with every model too. But yeah I just cut them and use them again.
Thanks for the video! Just to share, I use the same type of Citadel holder, but for normal size models. And in fact this small thin neck of the holder works quite well! :)
So interesting to hear your thoughts on hobbystuff, like that awesome looking snow! It looks so real! 😳
I like seasonal content. I never watch it, but it's nice knowing it's there.
12:10 rubber bands and nails already sounds like work and you need to store it. Go to any B&Q, they have wood pieces they throw away from cutting. Get one. Ask for it. It's free. Then get some blue tac. Done 💪
The orange violet combo on those sisters is amazing!
I need me sum JAYyyy BATTLETECH video STUFFfff... 🍷🤖🎩🎥📺
Love that Halloween diorama, I'm pretty sure that video was what made me subscribe
how I sub-assemble/paint faces
I clip it out with the part of the sprue it's connected with
voila, nice handle to paint it
has anyone noticed how good eobs intro song is?
Once you guys hit 50 episodes of models and memories weekly you should put together a montage of all the different times you said “how.”
How?
Took me half a video to realise you were taking the piss with the pricing thing......I am slow 🤦♂️🤣
i use a bit of olive oil on my GSW texture rollers to keep my putty from sticking.
The sarcasm is strong with this one!
They fixed the audio issues they created when they smushed Astartes together on the WarCom page. They also took out the copyrighted music from it too, some of the music I noticed immediately was taken from the Dredd (2012) OST. They've also tried to change the audio for the Astartes armour sounds that were just straight ripped off from the power armour sounds from Fallout 4 :D
You know, when Astartes came onto Warhammer TV i thought it sounded different, but figured i was just insane.
I asked GW on a FB post when they said Astartes was going to + if they were going to finish it. They replied its being worked on currently.
Meh I like the original audio more. If it's a copyright issue though then it makes tactical sense why they'd change it. I'll just continue to watch the youtube version though.
U in good shape keep it up 💪💪
Jay at it again with a banger of a title and the utter hilarity of the GW product reviews
For the greenstuff roller, I use super sculpy, i have a putty roller but you can use a rolling pin. I use baby powder to keep it from sticking to the roller. I use clay circle cutters to get them close to base size. And if you make a mistake rolling the texture roller, clump it up and reroll it
Also until you actually bake it it is completely reusable and can be redone until you like it
I use a bit of card and blutac for spraying minis and an empty pot of paint with blutac on top for a painting holder. Works perfect.
I just noticed that in the example image of the spray stick all of the heads are on the subassembly posts. That's probably why it's a new version.
I use the small handle helping hands during assembly with some of my models. Works well for me 🤷
Confession time! Seeing comments about what people use as a spray stick... yeah, all those warnings about how hazardous spray cans are really stresses me out, to the point I've always been anxious about using a spray can. It's probably the actual reason why I've neglected to paint many models. I'd happily go invest in an airbrush, but that brings it's own anxiety inducing quirks, that merely the thought of it causes my creative spirit to just wither and die. Especially when in the end I convince myself it'll never get used enough to justify the effort... which also applies ro all those fabulous miniatures that I'll never play an actual game with either... why must I torment myself so?
Don't huff the spraypaint, and you'll be fine. I admit to having spray painted indoors with no ill effect, though you should still do it outdoors.
Well done in the video Jay! You’ve earned a like and a comment!
For snow check out Golden's light moulding paste. Works super well
For painting heads and helmets, I just tack them to a bit of leftover sprue, and paint away. Even gives a handy handle, and I can do a bunch at once. :D And I admit, for snow bases.... I did get my hand on some of the scenery snow for 50 cents as part of a post-Christmas clearence sale, and makes for some pretty good "Deeper snow" bases.
0:33 wat?
Outro collab with Miniac possible?
how about a tutorial on how you painted the Sisters
My family got me some of these tools for my birthday: the sub assembly holder, the handle, and the base with the arms.
I had the same thoughts you did, useless. I use them all the time now. The base stations is great for positioning models like grey knights with the 2 handed weapons, fantastic for the desolation squad and its great for getting dynamic posing right.
I also like the way all the tools work together, like all those house are sized for the sub assembly holder, so you can keep everything attached to the same handle.
Do you need them? No. Should you buy them? I do, and they make things very easy, simple at a price premium.
Those rollers are fantastic. I just use some baby powder in the water. It’s important to keep your hands and roller moist.
Pro tip: buy a nice set of cookie cutters - they should cut circles the size of most GW bases (for my sisters army at least).
You can also roll out green stuff / brown stuff on a waxpaper sheet, cut them out using your cookie cutters, then once dry superglue to bases (I find sometimes the roller messes up the last few mm of the edge by pulling it off the base if you do it straight on the base)
Green Stuff World has the round cutters you speak of, I bought them and they have round cutters starting at 22 mm all the way up to 60mm. I use the 25mm and 32mm the most. I roll out some green stuff and give it a coat of olive oil before using the tecture roller. I works really good to stop the stick.
When you lifted the texture roller up to look at I honestly thought you were going to sniff it like a cigar 😂
I loved the halloween and christmas episodes!
products like the assembly thingy are often for old people or with diabilities. imagine missing a hand and still want to assemble minis, that might be helpful here. ofc they dont advertise it as such to not scare off potential customers. same deal with some of these seen on tv commercials where people are too clumsy to handle life, the product is actually for old or disabled people
Honestly, the painting stick is one of the best things in that lineup- Yes, you can make your own version with tape or blue-tack, but both get messy as they involve adhesives or sticky surfaces, and are often times in need of replacement since paint tends to completely cover the sticky surface. For someone who airbrushes a lot of miniatures at once, the rack is really useful as I can apply zenothal highlights and basic colors to ten minis at once and swap them out quickly without hassle or needing to replace tapes, and don't have to deal with the sticky bottoms gathering dust.
That being said, there are a lot of FDM STL's that are awfully similar to the product...
ok
Painting Handle : 6/10 - wood cube handle is better
Helping hands : 0/10 - ridiculousness
Sub Assembly Holder : 0/10 - waste of plastic, waste of money and waste of time
Priming Handle Stick : 4/10 - use the wood cube blocks or a wooden stick
Always, always DIY you accessories at home or check your dollar stores for cheaper alternatives.
I mean people even buy the games workshop water mug for 15 bucks. Those fanboys are the reason GW even produces this garbage, because people buy everything they shit out. Buying miniatures is one thing, but buying this crap is a joke.
It's a shame that you don't do festive content based on your channels views. I enjoyed your video last year. Really helped get the Halloween juices flowing. Your Santa mini was also a treat!
For the spay painting holder I just use a piece of hard cardboard and a lot of poster tac, it can comfortably hold like 10 minies and I don't have t worry about them falling of
You're absolutely correct about most dioramas. One of the most common comments from judges when judging a diorama category is that there is too much space for the story being told and the miniatures being used. If the space isn't critical to telling part of the story, it shouldn't be a part of the diorama.
You know what works well at keeping the green stuff rollers from sticking? Flour! Yup, just like if you were making a pizza
Ok so I can understand assembly issues as well as anyone probably because my dominant arm is mangled from a construction accident and I can no longer make a full fist with my right.
The solution I found is after dry fitting the pieces several times I use baking soda to create an instant bond, this also is great for filling and cracks and can make a passable snow effect for bases. There are 2 drawbacks though .
1. The chemical reaction get hot fast so watch getting glue on your hands and coming into contact with the soda!
2. It can give off some naucious fumes that while I don't think are poisonous or anything will open up the old sinuses
The new handle is nice
My paint handles are lucozade bottle tops with bluetack on xD
the plastic holder works well, I thought the same thing a buddy bought it, and I tried it and it is awesome.
I attach sub-assemblies by drilling holes in the pieces and attaching them with paperclips/steel wire that are in turn attached to little plastic cups.
Huh, that citadel multi-model holder reminds me of this thing I did where i lined a paint stir stick with squares of double-sided tape. Worked great and I could spray a dozen models at once.
Hey Jay, I know I watched the pumpkin video. May I suggest you Pachow the video so we can easily go look at it again? And Pachow any video you want to reference?
Link the old vids. Diorama looks great. Nice to hear about how architecture experience shaped it
The moment you said that secret weapons was going under I ran over there a bought a bunch of stuff, their weathering pigments have been my lifeblood. Will be sad to see them go.
If you have an art supply store near you, powdered pigments for making paint are pretty dirt cheap for the volume that you get...
I use baby powder for my greenstuff rollers! works way better than water.
With GS I always use vasaline!
It works and lasts longer than water, the only trouble being it makes for hard handling.
I thought the same thing with the paint handle.
I always used the chonky handle.
My girlfriend bought me the skinny one and I honestly prefer it now, I barely use the old one now.
I never realised how much my hand blocks my paint brush until I got it.
I *think* that the idea with the head holder thing is that you drill a hole into the head's neck and glue that little spike into the hole. Once the head is painted you snip off the spike at that point. That means the head is well attached when you're doing the painting but you still have a bit of plastic at the bottom of the head you can still use to glue it to the body. While I too fail to see the point of the thing, I think that's how it's supposed to work.
I have some of the old GW painting handles and recently I got some of the new ones. They're more comfortable than I expected but the new style clamp isn't quite as secure as the old one.
The corn starched water "works' with the rollers pam no stick spray works amazingly well but requires an extra clean up with isopropyl step.
That sub-assembly kit seems ridiculous; I’ve never used anything but poster putty for my sub-assemblies.
It may be worth posting sticky links to videos if they're mentioned, and maybe in the video description. Your explaining the diorama made me want to check it out.
dude i jam so hard to the new song EVERY TIME....
Same here 😁👍
@@philurbaniak1811 soooooooo good
That theme song! Makes me wan’t to dawn lederhosen and dance!
Subassembly is kinda useful for malifaux feet that you need to paint undercuts. Try pinning a paperclip on a malifaux foot1
I remember hearing that Vaseline or similar things help prevent sticking. I could be confusing this for something else though.
Your sisters look great bud! The sisters were what originally got me into 40k after getting a copy of the deamonifuge from a library book sale.
Personally I loved the Nundams and got a box as soon as my local game store had them in stock ( I wish the sancresants would come in finally again cause I missed out on them), and I had a Morven Vahl professionally done as well. The sisters just have so many awesome models and it's a joy to collect them, can't wait to get a hold of the new ones for kill team with the old penguin habits!
My spray stick is a big piece of cardboard rolled over it self... works perfect with blu tack...
The next hobby supply from GW is a wrist brace so you can hold the giant model with the paint handle
Hmmm spray stick you say. Pulls out my actual stick that I blue tac models to.
You sound like you could be a voice actor for a side character in Archer.
I use the old spray paint stick from GW for priming and it is quite useful. The skinny normal sized handle is nice and reusable for models with bases already fixed on. For subassemblies, I use the tops of tea jugs (Milo’s) which fun fact work as 40mm bases when using a partially painted model in a game. You can use poster tak for bottle/jug caps and it’s a way to recycle them until they get covered in paint or varnish.
Painting guide for those sisters please Jay 😁
Milliput isn't very effective for rollers in my experience. Green Stuff or brown stuff is much easier. I used a roller for my first army which is necrons and it's made finishing it so much easier
Half Miliput, half Green stuff. I have the channel 52 Miniatures to thank for that one. Works like a charm.
Yeah also for sculpting it's better to go 50/50
@@BurnsidesAP oh I didn't even consider that. I'm fairly new to epoxy products so didn't even know you could combine them so easily. Will have to try that out in the future
damn every time i forget about the new intro and every time its a pleasant surprise
I use this old style handle, bough it once only because i was dreaming about it when I was a kid. I was skeptikal about it, I suspected that this is some junk, but I found it is super useful. But it has flaw too - it is non rotating, and this vice-part is large, so sometimes you can not put brush where you want, you have to unclip mini and put it back in another orientation. Not a big deal, but it exist:). And I am starting to understand why you all stick minis just to some cork. It has smaller radius even than a base, so there's nothing in the way of a brush. I've catched this just now, you know;], now look at that...
5:36 that weenie little thing is giving me a reliability in design conniption. I think they calculated to make it exactly thin enough to break in exactly 2 years.
Dont forget they designed their shade bottles exactly so they can tip over easily and spill out forcing u to buy a new one. So yeah this will break after a few uses especially when using heavy models.
Also plastic oxidizes over time. I'd wrap that narrow part with some aluminum foil maybe.
Great video as always Jay. That new hobby stuff from GW is crap. I made my own sub-assembly holder a few weeks ago. I used plastic glue to hold a piece of sprue across the diameter then drilled three holes along its length and glued a toothpick cut in half in each hole. I drill a hole in the bottom of the head and push it down and it holds down by friction. I can do three heads at a time, and if I need to down the track I can make more. All using parts I had on hand, AND it works with the Citadel handle. You are right that the new handle is crap, but I own five of the old ones and they’re great. The painting cup is pretty decent too. I’ll give the Halloween diorama vid a watch tomorrow after the live stream. Kudos on another episode of Models and Memories by the way, it really is a good series.
*diameter of a 40mm base.
i use a cheap moistrizer when mixing green stuff, and thin coat to the roller once it firms up before rolling, no stick, dries well