Hi Donnie, Hey, if you can't get some of this in Vernon or Kelowna, and its in Edmonton, I'll pick it up for you. Cheers. Mark. ... From: Don McNair...
After a week of registration, we're now 1/3rd full! All games have at least one person registered and "Pirates" and "Uruguay v Paraguay" are almost completely...
... problem. Don't buy modeler's water paints. The hobby/craft paints like FolkArt, Apple Barrel Colours Plaid and Americana are half the price for TWICE the...
Cleaning the minis and primer is a big factor in paint adhesion. I used to use folk art type paints all the time on Ral Partha and Rafm metals back in the...
Ken, I've got some apple Barrel acrylics (a variety pack bought with a 40% off coupon from Michaels)and they adhere fairly well to primed metal. Not so good to...
I use craft paints almost exclusively on all my miniatures, plastic and metal alike. I use Creamcoat and have a couple of Americana but I avoid Folkart since...
I put up a folder called Chris' Pics. In it there are some examples of my Mordheim models which were painted almost exclusively with Craft Paint. The Large...
... I'm also not a fan of high contrast colour schemes and liked your photos a lot. Very nice job on the FlagShip games pirate ship (sloop?). Your minis look...
... My Apologies if I misrepresented myself somewhat. The Pirate Ship and the Handgunners on the ship aren't mine. They are from two other talented wargamers...
I just finished a 1500 point Flames of War Desert Rats motorized company for Bruce to kill. I had hoped there would be FOW at Mayday but it looks like Bob has...
Rob, Yeah, I was hoping someone might want to run FoW so I could see what it is like with the full rules set but the scoop locally seems to be that no one has...
I took a few minutes this afternoon to visit the War Room and thought you folks might be interested in a quick report (pictures to follow). The War Room is a...
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Ken, You've seen my figures. They are all done with water paints from Micheal's Hobby Stores. So yes, they do work on metals. ... From: Ken Blackley To:...
For skin, I don't find any acrylics particularly good. For best results, I use a flesh paint, but then I apply a very watery (5 to 1 water to paint) wash of...
Guess I'll have to make a trip to Micheal's then. I'm tired of paying through the nose for GW paint. Ken Blackley Ken Blackley's Medieval Wargames Page ...
Cool, thanks for the report. I'd heard about a club in that area of town that was big on GW and had membership fees a few years back, but thought it was above...
Kenneth, You're 100% correct. The HA's (Hells Angels formerly Grim Reapers) club house is just around the corner and they often frequent the gym at the corner....
... From: Kenneth Chipman To: EWG@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 12:54 AM Subject: Re: [EWG] War Room Ah, The Saxony... there was a MC gang club...
My approach uses acrylics. I build up from a tanned flesh base and then blend up to medium flesh. I then have a flesh wash and drybrush highlighted areas...
When you were in contact with this group, did they mention they do any board games?? As a 'flat lander' I am rather interested. I'm still in for Tuesday. Lee ...
Lee, Nick mentioned that they were getting into board games and they had a few newer ones on the shlef (can't recall which). They also mentioend something...
Okay, there have been twochanges in the Tuesday night line up so just so everyone is clear, what we have scheduled includes: Kevin bringing out his WW2 micro...
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Hi All, Mark here. I was keen to come this time, but got my signals crossed and showed up last week (after arranging things with my family), only to find a ...
Last night we had out largest meeting yet with 12 guys playing two games and 3 guys watching (not enough room). Welcome to newcomers Bob and Matt and thanks to...
Our next outing is Tuesday, April 19th. Bruce will be continuing (finishing?) his Struggle for Empires campaign but we're looking for folks to host something...
Bob, Here's the summary of the Scratch Force game... Normandy '44...in the hedgerows. Lee and I had the German force. Lee played the company command group (3...