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40k-Speedpainting-Challenge: A Battalion of Kasrkin in one Weekend ***COMPLETED***

40k-Speedpainting-Challenge: A Battalion of Kasrkin in one Weekend ***COMPLETED***

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2358h: Saturday (and dipping) completed

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Puuuh. Ok. Dipping went fine. But this means I got nothing to do now. And for the most part of tomorrow. As the Dip takes 12h-24h to cure I can only continue with the project tomorrow evening. I think about 1900h (that’s 1800h BST). But it’s not much to do left anyways and it should take me less than 5h to finish. Leaving me with time left until 2359h:

  • Mat coating 0,5-1h (I can’t use a spray can as it’s raining cats and dogs outside)
  • Glow effects 1-2h
  • Bases 1-2h

But back to dipping. I told you that I glued my minis on nails for different reasons. One being that it is quite useful for dipping. One of you have asked me: How? What? It goes like this:

  • Glue your mini on a nail (the big end under the base)
  • Span the small end of the nail into your drilling machine
  • Dip the mini on the drill into the tin with Dip
  • Let it drop of
  • Hold the mini inside a round container with a bottom (I use a Pringles can)
  • Hit it with maximum rotation for 3-10 seconds, depending on how strong the effect should be. I used 4s for the troops and 6s for the characters (lighter effect on the chars)
  • Et Voilá your mini is dipped
  • Once finished with all the minis pour the excess dip from the round container back into the tin with Dip

To fast? I prepared a photo story:

Glue mini on nail and span the nail onto a drillGlue mini on nail and span the nail onto a drill
Dip the entire mini into the tin with DipDip the entire mini into the tin with Dip
Let it drop ofLet it drop of
Hold inside round container and hit maximum rotation for a few secondsHold inside round container and hit maximum rotation for a few seconds
Mini is dipped :DMini is dipped :D
At the end just pour excess dip back into the tinAt the end just pour excess dip back into the tin

So. That finishes the Saturday for me. I spent today 10h 19m painting, dipping and decaling. Bringing me up to a total time of 20h 10m since priming. It took me longer to get here, but I am really glad that nearly everything went well until now (besides the short snafu with the decals). But we are not finished yet and will put the finishing touches on tomorrow. Thats Sunday 1800h BST.

I’ll treat myself to a beer now. Or maybe two… or nine… teen. Good Night!

Everything dipped!Everything dipped!

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mage
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Yeah! You can do it! Let it cure. It’ll be just like bacon (also cured) by the end; tasty and awesome!

Sleep well and prepare for battle tomorrow evening, brushes in hand.

Also, for when you are awake: how are you painting the bases? Any time to do something fancy?

sheepman
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This step is genius!

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