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General Ranting / Re: I've got a Job!

« on: March 27, 2009, 03:46:44 PM »

Superb, Mr T.  I'm really pleased for you

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Twilight / Re: Twilight - Devanu Sempa (painted)

« on: March 25, 2009, 11:10:28 AM »

Any chance of tiny riders with goggles

Are you still trying to get a miniature of Bungle?

@Mike:  Been a bit unsure so far, to be honest, but Ben's paintwork is really starting to sell me on the concept

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Questions and Answers / Re: Matte aerosol cans

« on: March 24, 2009, 01:49:33 PM »

@OT: Sorry about that.  It must be the fumes from the Dullcote Lacquer

@Gangrel: Let us know how you get one with it!

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Information / Re: looking for specific character...

« on: March 24, 2009, 01:48:00 PM »

The big hand has one too many fingers, which was something I didn't notice until long after I'd put him together. He's a great sculpt, though. Classic Kev. I used a Horrorclix Hellboy head and tail to finish him off. 

Matt

Probably has one too many fingers because the surprise arm obviously isn't Hellboy's arm For legal reasons

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Hasslefree Babble / Re: An interview with Kev and I

« on: March 23, 2009, 02:38:05 PM »

Wrong- you use 'I' when it's the subject of the sentence and 'me' when it's the object of the sentence. Here 'interview' is the subject  and Kev and Sal are  the object of the sentence. To check the correct word simply leave out the other person and see how it reads. Would you say '' an interview with me'' or '' an interview with I'' ? If you accept that the correct wording is '' an interview with me'' then the correct heading here should be '' an interview with Kev and me.''
B.

Sorry Barry, but I have to disagree completely.  The title of this thread is clear and unambiguous.  There is no confusion of meaning, therefore the English is perfectly acceptable in modern usage.

You might not like it.  It might not even conform to Fowler's, but we're not in the 1920s, either, anymore.  In a modern environment such as the internet, where the majority of people communicating via English do not have English as their mother tounge, clarity of meaning is far more important that adherence to arbitrary rules, IMO.

However, despite all this, I'm pretty certain that you're not going to agree with me AND I am not going to be able to change your mind no matter what I say - so lets let this one die, and have no more of this kind of thread necromancy, please.

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Questions and Answers / Re: Matte aerosol cans

« on: March 23, 2009, 02:06:50 PM »

I could never go back to spray varnish...

I just realised we're talking about varnishing, and you've not posted your varnishing link, OT ... again!

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/orctrader/Articles/Varnish.html

This is how OT varnishes his minis.  I do pretty much the same thing, except I use the Plastikote Polyurethene Varnish spray, then Dullcote Lacquer.

I'm sure someone will bring your back to the topic of spray varnish soon enough, Gangrel

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The Colouring-in Room / Re: The son of a preacher

« on: March 23, 2009, 01:45:34 PM »

Looks pretty good to me, Balgin   Keep up the good work!

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Questions and Answers / Re: Matte aerosol cans

« on: March 23, 2009, 01:40:35 PM »

Testors dull cote for me and I get it from here. Highly recommended.

 http://www.barrule.com/Workshop/scratch%20builders%20paradise/varnish%20lack%20vernis%20barniz.html

Since the supply of Aerosol Dullcote went wobbly for a while, I switched the the brush-on Dullcote Lacquer, and I don't think I'll bother going back.  I get better control of where it goes - meaning I can leave shiny things with the underlying gloss varnish showing through, whilst making all of the matt things suitably matt.  Honestly, I think I find it easier to use than the spray - which I didn't think I'd be saying until I'd tried it.

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Black Scorpion news / Re: Giant! Workbench update.

« on: March 20, 2009, 02:42:37 PM »

I forgot to say I like the homage to the old Maurauder Giant on the barrel

Anyone else think he looks a little like Geronimo?

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Black Scorpion news / Re: Giant! Workbench update.

« on: March 20, 2009, 02:32:07 PM »

I think I'm going to have to get saving!

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Announcements and News / Re: Need some names

« on: March 17, 2009, 02:38:11 PM »

.....is she a brunette and can she speak cymraeg

but not while drinking, or you will take a shower

i'm very confused 

Try saying out loud: hollalluog Machynlleth and you'll see what he means

Oh, and shouldn't that be ... mae hi'n gallu siarad cymraeg?

Come on, Grek, you did this stuff in school, didn't you?   You'll never master that celtic magic if you can't master the old tounge

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Announcements and News / Re: Need some names

« on: March 16, 2009, 05:07:00 PM »

I don't know what it is, but something about all three of them says Pilp Fiction to me, so in that vein:

boy: Vincent
space elf girl: Mia (or perhaps Wallace)
bodyguard: Butch

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Libertee's Miscellaneous Musings II / Re: One for the parents

« on: March 16, 2009, 01:50:08 PM »

I just want to make sure, since it was the middle of the night, that these three statements aren't linked together, Bungle!

its 2.45 in the morning.... and he has finally gone to sleep.

Then he calls for "daaaad".. which normally means he is filling his nappy.

But at least i have flocked some bases. 

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Random Chat / Re: Any Heresy News?

« on: March 13, 2009, 04:52:42 PM »

http://www.salute.co.uk/

Big gaming covention in London.  Even bigger than Triples!!

http://www.sheffieldwargames.com/Content/page.php?8

(Well, I am a member of SWS!)

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General Ranting / Re: Anyone else think......

« on: March 13, 2009, 11:10:52 AM »

Anyone else think...

I think, therefore I am.

Prove it.

Not only can I spell existentialism, but I know what it means! 

Some wise ass is going to ask what does it mean? 

It's a modern philosophical movement stressing personal experience and responsibility and their demands on the individual, who is seen as a free agent in a deterministic and seemingly meaningless universe.

(I can't believe I just typed that!  )

But that does nothing to address the underlying ontological argument that is raised at the start of this thread, regarding the dualism of man - or, more specifically in this case, the struggle between Noddy Holder and his inner Fenris Wolf Beast.

To paraphrase the great modern philosopher, Noddy Holder:
    "I think, therefore IT'S CHRISTMASSSS!!!"*

* Just so Wildheart doesn't feel alone in saying it out loud

Edit: Corrected spelling of Nobby to Noddy.**
** No, I've no idea what I was thinking of at the time either.

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Hasslefree / Re: Erm I painted sumfink !!

« on: March 13, 2009, 11:05:12 AM »

Great work Klute   A great idea and nicely executed   I also love the shock on his face, like he's in the middle of changing

Just the eyes are strangely shaded.

I disagree with weareblind about the eyes, though.  I like 'em - he is a demon after all!

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Hasslefree / Re: Medieval Kids & Tiriel

« on: March 12, 2009, 05:50:49 PM »

You're right deathskullork - Posting these pics is a great way to say Hello!!

to the Forum of Doom

Your painting is just superb, by the way!

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General Ranting / Re: Internet Browsers

« on: March 12, 2009, 02:57:38 PM »

I run both Firefox 3 and IE 7 on different machines, and both run fine.

My wife insists on using the BT version of Netscape (or whatever it is called this week) which is the most useles piece of  software I've ever had the misfortune to encounter. And I write as an experienced software engineer who has seen some real in my time!

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General Ranting / Re: Who's NOT going to salute

« on: March 10, 2009, 04:42:06 PM »

1. Grekwood, staying at home 4 hrs away
2. Wildheart
3. Lost Boy, too poor I'm so very sad
4. Overrevdsquat, other things I have to do
5. Vampifan
6. Keeper40k - Far too close in time to Triples for me!

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Suggestions (HF) / Re: Lizcam's latest avatar.

« on: March 05, 2009, 05:51:54 PM »

me id have tossesd my cookies after the first 10 minutes 

what?

I think he means he would have had a technicolor yawn - or to put it another way: made modern art in the toilet.

I can't disagree - it looks like an intense ride and lizcam has been at it for days, now!

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Libertee's Miscellaneous Musings II / Re: things that really p** you off

« on: March 03, 2009, 01:32:54 PM »

U2

Yeah, spyplanes can be a real pain in the ass Especially when they take photos of the postman delivering miniatures I probably shouldn't have bought

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Hasslefree / Re: Kalee Deadly in Black

« on: March 03, 2009, 11:23:35 AM »

I like it.  I don't know quite what you've done with her expression, but she looks older than normal - like you've pissed off grandma and she's got out her old fighting gear and she's coming after you!

That is a positive comment, by the way, just in case it reads funny, because she's is a really nice paintjob

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Libertee's Miscellaneous Musings II / Re: computer nerdy help needed

« on: March 02, 2009, 03:05:33 PM »

You should be able to change the way your mouse works from Start-->Settings-->Control Panel-->Mouse

The screen thing could be the monitor you're using, rather than the computer's display settings.  If there is a menu button on your monitor, it might be worth playing with that for 2 mins.

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The Colouring-in Room / Re: errr...... inks?

« on: March 02, 2009, 10:29:14 AM »

Since no-one seems to be providing a link. I thought I'd say that I like CdAs inks, too

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Suggestions (HF) / Re: Multi-use - Nurse/Scientist/Civilian/zombiehunter/zombie

« on: February 26, 2009, 10:57:23 AM »

Just by sticking "nurse" in the search engine, there appears to be plenty of interest from FODders in a nurse-type figure.... 

It's not figures of nurses we're interested in...

Actually, Brandlin, the figures of the nurses are exactly what we're interested in...

Great idea, though, AKULA.  I would like to second the proposal !