Strictly Average: Product Review

Showing posts with label Product Review. Show all posts

10.19.2013

Tamiya Weathering Tools

I've been working on a 1500 point Blood Angels army, but I needed something to try my new weathering tools out on, so I took this old Chimera and blasted on some paint. I have a vague notion to use it for my Xenos Inquisitor's retinue...

...if I ever get around to finishing it.

That's obviously a kit-bash; the base was this model:

I also picked up these two models, plus some Xenos-looking creatures.

I'll get around to it in another decade or so, I'm sure. As an aside, after seeing the new Sisters of Battle book today, that army is definitely going to be my 2014 tournament army.

Anyway, here's the LINK to the Tamiya USA website and here's the test model.

I'm going to fix the hatch - which didn't come out very well - but I'm happy with the rest of the model. I'm going to put some mud on the tracks using...

...this product, mixed with brown paints. Here's the Tamiya Weathering kits I've been using. I've since purchased all four. Fun stuff.

Thoughts? Comments? Nonsensical anonymous thoughts and comments?

5.08.2012

Plastic Glue... Who Knew?

Yeah, so this'll be short and sweet.

At Adepticon I happened to be in the right place at the right time to buy up a bunch of bargains - it was a fire sale, baby!

I got so much stuff that weekend it required a new bag to hold it all... but more on that later! Anyway, those sprues are boxes I had to break down to fit; 2 Vendettas, 5 Chimeras, and 4 Death Co. boxed sets... for a price I'm loath to share, being so freakin' cheap!

So what's this all about?

I've long been a user of the 'super glue plus accelerator' combo, avoiding plastic glue like it was the plague. The Master Manipulator (every store needs one) is a big believer in the right tool for the right job...

...and swore by plastic glue. I did what I usually do with his advice - ignored him for years before accidentally seeing an example. In this case, watching him put together a Guard army in record time.

It's a pretty unbelievable difference! After a few moments of pressure, the glue is tacky enough to hold the models together until the seal is complete. He was flying through guard models!

So, darn it all, yet again the dude has a point. And yet again I'm years behind the curve. I picked up some of the new Citadel glue - pictured above - and tried it out on the models from Adepticon I was putting together.

Damn.

All those years of wasted effort! I have simply never put vehicles together so fast or so well. The glue doesn't set immediately but will keep a hold, meaning you don't have to worry about it drying too fast and out of place. You have some time to manipulate the parts where you need them.

If you're still using super glue, save it for metal and resin. Buy this stuff for your plastics and don't look back!

11.22.2011

Saw: Saw Studios (Custom Terrain Builder)

7.17.2010

Review: Warhammer Templates and Tools

Okay, folks, let's take a brief look at the goodies you ~~MUST~~ can purchase to supplement your games of Warhammer 8th Edition.

CliffNotes: we're going to look at or talk about the templates, the Engineer's Kit, the tokens - 3 different packs, there - as well as the dice and the card packs.

Before we get there, I just have to say something about the book. I love it. I really do - it's like my Warhammer ~~Bible~~ bible. I like the feel of it, the weight, the formatting and the content - everything - and I didn't think I would. As far as I'm concerned, it's a must have... but I didn't feel that way at first. Frankly, I purchased it because I 'had' to, since I simply couldn't wait until the boxed set. Evil Homer was telling anyone who'd listen that he'd never purchase the thing, and I think he was the first to do so. For whatever reason, GW hit a home run with this book. Trust me, if you haven't purchased it, you're going to want to.

I'm not usually mushy about my gaming products, but the reason I'm excited about these products is the topnotch combination of form and function. I enjoy the weight and the texture, the art is elegant and appropriate, and each product serves a purpose and does it well.

Let's look at some pretty pictures...

MORE? To Continue, Click Here or Not, Your Option

(A new favorite!) Anon: I haven’t even bothered playing a game of 6th yet, cause I have read the rules, and actually understand how they interact with units. I know my armies no longer function how they should, and so I need to change them.

Strictly Average: 'cause 6-inches is all you get.

Stalking Jawaballs since 2009.

Jawaballs: "My butt just tightened up."

Brent, preferred 2-to-1 over Not Brent in a recent, scientific poll.

Brent: emptied the Kool Aid and DRINKING YOUR MILKSHAKE with an extra-long straw.

Unicorns don't exist.

Home of the Stormbuster, the Dyson Pattern Storm Raven.

I'm a comment whore and this whore is getting no play.

Not Brent hurts Brent's feelings.

I think, therefore I blog.

"You should stop writing for everyone else and worry about your crappy blog." - Anon.

Not Brent has been spotted lurking around with a green marker.

He's not like a bad guy from a cartoon, all devious but never quite evil, Not Brent is bad beans, man, bad beans.

Dethtron: "Again I feel obliged to remind you that trying to sound smart only works if you are."

MVB: "I am not one to join the unwashed masses of self-titled 40k experts out there distributing advice from their blogs about exactly how your list should be built..."

Shiner Bock on tap: that's how I choose hotels.

Strictly Average: The Home of Hugs and Gropings.

Don't feed the trolls!

MoD: "Welcome to Brent's head."

Competitive is Consistent.

Dethtron: "...you could use that extra time to figure out a way to get your panties unbunched and perform a sandectomy on your vagina."

Dethtron: “When calling someone an idiot, it's generally best to avoid making grammatical mistakes.”

Warboss Stalin: "You know, if it actually WAS funny, maybe I wouldn't mind."

Mike Brandt: "It's not a successful bachelor party if you don't misplace someone".

"The Master Manipulator (every store needs one): "...now, enough stroking."

Kirby: "I don't know about gropings. Seriously, Brent, keep it in the pants, please."

Loquacious: "No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get Hugs & Gropings or Stalks Jawaballs into Brent's little tribute."

Captain Kellen: "I rate this article a Brent on the Faith Hill to Nancy Pelosi scale!"

Drathmere: "Come for the balls, stay for the Brent? Kind of disturbing, man."

Go no further, lest thee see something thine eyes would fain look past!

Isabelle: "So, thank you for supporting your local and not so local unicorns. A noble gesture like that can show some scared kids out there that they don't have to hide from everyone and it's ok to be who they really are."

There is nothing more interesting than We The People... in all our beautiful, ugly glory!

On Internet Advice: You see, I have an almost religious belief that's it's a huge, colossal waste of time.

...I think I'll call it the Gun Shy Pattern Stormbuster, because after the Internet destroyed my first humble effort, I find I'm a bit worried about the reaction to this one.

Lauby: "Is it left over from that time you thought that you could just complete step one 12 times to meet the mandates of that court order?"

Not Brent: "I guess we'll have to read on and find out. Signed, Not Brent. Especially today."

Cynthia Davis: "I think the scrolling text is from Glen Beck's new book."

Grimaldi: "Spamming certain units creates interesting possibilities but also fatal weaknesses."

Purgatus: "Math can inform decisions. It cannot make decisions."

Thoughts? Comments? Hugs and gropings?

You'd be that much quicker to figure out what I mean when I refer to a Unicorn if I covered it in a rainbow flag.

SinSynn: (To Brent) "Curse you and your insidious influence on the internets..."

Dave G (N++): "You know you're an internet celebrity when your following is more akin to tabloids."

I prefer the term Internet Personality (or IP) myself, seeing as how I coined it.

Lauby: "Your attempt to humanize him as failed. I feel nothing but scorn for his beard - it's like a warcrime or something."

BBF: "I've always thought you are a good player but I finally figured out that you are a great player. It's hard to see sometimes because your personality is engaging, sincere and quite charming - to me that is kind of a rare combination."

'Clearly cheating?' I didn't misspeak: you jumped to conclusions. If you'd like to apologize I'll be happy to send you an autographed picture of my ass.

Ass.

I thought I was doing alright before I realized I was losing.

Age and treachery beats youth and vigor every time.