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AMAZON LINKS: materials I use, no extra cost to you and they give me a bit of money as a kickback (anything you buy while starting with these links, actually!):
Brush Rinser: amzn.to/47EyRt9
Mini Desktop Vacuum Cleaner: amzn.to/417hkqV
Carbon Fiber Sanding Sticks: amzn.to/3uLs4zn
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Micro Sanding Pen / Drill: amzn.to/3tbYoL7
1.0mm Metal Wire: amzn.to/418DwRF
1/35 Scale Bricks: amzn.to/3R9Fb4F
Sanding Sponge Discs: hobbyisthaven.com/collections...
Electric Paint Stirer: hobbyisthaven.com/collections...
Metal Mini Saw: hobbyisthaven.com/collections...
Magnifier Glasses (Sexy gogs): amzn.to/3O9AN2a
Dremel - Cordless: amzn.to/43dKAM4\
Apoxie® Sculpt: amzn.to/3ULQPU7
Clay Shapers: amzn.to/39bPZgW
Flexible Sanding Sticks: amzn.to/3sblzkG
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Tamiya Sprue Cutters: amzn.to/3gfvjYm
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X-acto knife: amzn.to/3EY26eO
600 Grit Sandpaper: amzn.to/3scfrbR
1200 Grit Sandpaper: amzn.to/3DdvqNi
Insta Set Super Glue Accelerator: amzn.to/3THN80T
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Spackle: amzn.to/3eQVHYm
2mm polystyrene sheets: amzn.to/3DpouNj
Hobby Saw: amzn.to/3eOK6ch
Gorilla Glue GEL: amzn.to/3OpiPu7
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0:00 Intro
0:49 TINY Chains
1:58 The Otoscope
3:17 Saw VII: Tiniest Saw
4:38 Hobby Wall-E
6:51 Mould Line Sander
9:28 Metal Mesh?!
10:22 The Guide that Sucks at Guiding
11:15 Rigging
12:04 Carbon Fiber Sanding Sticks
13:41 Dog Water Dish
17:01 My Final Thoughts - Jak na to + styl
Just two cents about rinsing brushes: I come from the watercolor world. There is common practice to use two cups and always rinsing the brushes in the same order that way you get one super filthy cup of grey water and the other one stays fairly clean for a very long while.
There are other watercolor painters that also use two cups but on a different way, one is for rinsing warm colors and the other for cool colors. I don't subscribe to that practice but maybe works for one of you.
This is such a good idea. I'm going to start doing this asap. Thanks for the advice
That is how I do it. Two cups, one for rinsing the brush, the other one to make sure it’s clean. Works fine. It also means that I always have clean water on my desk if I need to fill up my wet palette.
Especially for acrylics, that two-cup cascade should be plenty. I've never seen the second cup get visibly polluted when using "modelling-size" brushes and paint quantities, even when doing an oil wash or rinsing a flat size 12. I do have a paint puck and some dish soap in the first cup for good measure, so any detritus ends up sinking below the puck and I don't stir it up so much. When I have a very dirty brush, I simply wipe it off after the first step and give it another go.
Water colours are a lot messier than acrylics too, so if it works there, it should work everywhere 😁
My wife bought me the fancy flush water pot, much to my amusement. Then I tried it, found I actually REALLY like it and I’ve used it for around a year. I wanted it to be useless, but it’s actually pretty good, as long as you give it a clean every now and again
My wife bought it for me last Christmas as well! I've used it the last year and honestly I love it!
I got one and its probably my fave hobby tool i've got. It looks like a "fad" item, but my god does it making cleaning your brushes a lot easier! Especially when you want to thin down some paint, having clean water at hand is a godsend!
I have one of these as well and I use it pretty much every time I do a painting session. As he says, it isn't necessary but once you start using it you will want to use it every time.
Same here. I bought it from GSW. Started using it and never looked back. I keep a pot of water nonetheless. But it's a my go to all day long.
Same for me, got it as a gift. Did a little digging and found out you can order a larger water tank for it. Was pretty inexpensive too, but makes it even better
Gotta admit, the flushing water pot is so useful! After a painting session, cleaning brushes is so much easier when you’ve been using clean water to rinse them throughout the session
Jon, when buying scale materials, you are looking for 1:75 on the smallest end (this is just a bit shorter than old GW models) but most materials between 1:64 and 1:50 should work well, animals and figures you want as close to 1:58 as you can find, everything else should look just fine (chain, cable, wire, trim, etc). The scale rigging you bought is for 1:144 to 1:100 ships or 1:74 and 1:48 planes, which tend to actually run quite small for their advertised scales.
1/72 is going to be the common one 1/76 is a very unique and fading scale
@@gamedude412 good catch
I've also found if you're trying to get scale model vehicles/vehicle parts.. just because of the 'heroic' proportions of GW vehicles and scales, although it's technically supposed to be more like 1:65 or 1:75 (depending on how you measure GW's scale), sometimes 1:48 vehicles (or even 1:35) just 'feel' better with existing vehicles and units. It can depend a lot on the style of the vehicle and how large it is, though. It's hard to guess without just trying it, since GW minis (and most sci-fi/fantasy miniature games) are not to a strict scale, and tend to exaggerate things, especially vehicles.
A great example would be a plane.. a 1:72 WWI bomber would probably fit well (maybe even 1:144, for something like a B-29), where as if it's a jeep, or personal tools and stowage, you probably need more like 1:48.
Great to see the love for the rinser. Tip for anyone that has one that seems to drain or leak, the lid is not threaded even though the neck is. To fix this just fill the lip in the lid with water and push the reservoir down into it.
I have had one for almost a year now and really like it. It helps with having my hobby space always ready.
Edit: Also prevents accidentally drinking paint water.
But will it prevent me from dipping my paintbrush into my mug of coffee? Lol
Seems the button should better be on the right side at least for the right handed people so it does not go in the way when moving the brush to the cleaner.
I would love to see a follow up to this video of which ones of these things you're still using a month or two from now.
See my comment I just posted regarding the mold line sander. I've been using it for 2 months now.
My friend got me one of the water dispensers so I could always have clean water. I love it and have used it for the last year. It is kind of a game changer. I don't have to worry about my kids or cats knocking over my water and it has sped up my painting time by not needing to get fresh water all the time. It has also helped me maintain my brushes better so I'm keeping them for longer
Simple solution for clean brushes: Use two water cups, one dirty and one clean. When the water in the dirty cup is replaced (a couple of times a week maybe), it then becomes the clean cup. Also, use a separate cup for metallics. This has worked perfectly for me for 20+ years.
Yeah but the rinser makes it even easier! and having clean water at hand to water down paints is a god send.
I have found that I get a more consistent mixing result wit a dropper bottle of water and Liquitex matte medium mixed 4:1. Some of my paints split when mixed with water only, but never with this medium mix. Also, I can dilute paints more, if I like. But in the end, of course, it’s just a matter of preference.
The "sticks" for ink mixer fit into one another end to end so you can customize it to any depth of bottle. I even took a coffee stirrer/straw and hot clued it to one piece, snipping the ends to fan our and catch sediment at the bottom of the bottle (particularly helpful for metallic paints). Not sure if you can get extra bits so make sure if you buy one it comes with lots of extras - mine came with 50.
I have the paint cleaning station featured at the end of the vid and have used it to great effect for the last 2 months. I love it's simplicity (though assembly was a very slight pain) and it works really well. Personally I don't care if my friends would make fun of me for having it if it works (and it does) plus everyone uses their own tools, right? 😉
You can find extra 'tanks' for that rig online that are double the size for more water to flush for only 5 dollars.
The 500ml tank for the cleaner can be found at Green stuff world
I've got to give credit where it's due. I bought the Mold Line Sander from Dspiae (6:54) along with the sanding pads (and the various cutting bits for good measure) based upon John's recommendation (you can get everything via the link John provided). While it was shipping I questioned if I'd just wasted my money. I got it in and started messing with it. It's been two months now and this thing is awesome! I've used it for sanding mold lines and it does do a very nice job of it. I've also used it for sculpting details in my latest over the top base for a local competition. I've used it for cutting back out of whack FDM layer lines on a commission terrain piece. This thing is fantastic and is constantly presenting itself as a solution to the myriad of miniature challenges that pop up. It's become a VERY valuable tool for me. Thanks John for pointing this out!
I find the water flush tower super useful for keeping my water clear during a painting session. I liked it so much i got one for a friend that paints sculpted figures.
I personally wouldn't say Dspiae tools are obscure, they are very popular and one of the go-to hobby tool manufacturers in the model (gunpla and related types) building community. They have a huge range of tools and nearly all of them are incredibly well made and useful. The "sanding stick" that you got is also a Dspiae product (or maybe you got a knock off version, I didn't see their logo on the box), they are called Sanding Boards and they make many shapes for different uses. The carbon fiber ones are intended to be semi-flexible around surfaces. They also have aluminum ones if you need something rigid. They have some amazing stuff, you've only scratched the surface and should give their product line a good look =)
As I'm both a miniature painter and model builder, I have regularly used these tools and many more across hobbies. I'm happy to see they are getting some love on the miniature side of things. Great video as always
Two things: The Museum Putty has been a total Game changer. The DSPIAE has been absolutely terrific as well- much higher quality then I expected.
Hey Jon, for the bricks you bought that are the wrong size around the 6:45 mark, they make amazing urban debris if you use hobby pliers or whatever you have around the desk and crush them up. They should be really easy to crush and get some varying sized rubble, or you can crush them again and get some smaller rubble.
I wondered about that. Could also terrain your base with them as is like road pavers or use them as a base/ground/foundation layer of a wall being built.
Is it possible to crush them just one more time to get even SMALLER rubble?
@@cheevocabraI was wondering the same???
@@cheevocabra the possibilities are endless. You can crush till your heart desires!
I use the flushing water pot and I LOVE it! Why on earth woudn't anyone use it?! Especially when using normal paints and metallics. It eliminates any contamination issues and ensures a properly cleaned brush in seconds. Wonderful invention!
Dremel makes a drill press mount that you could use if you need to make straight holes. Also I work at a workshop and we always "ding" or spot our holes with a scribe before drilling unless we're going through an already existing hole(kinda like that template you bought) because like you said, sometimes the drill decides to veer of to the side. Definitely gonna check out that pen sander though, looks like it'd be great for my sculpey and resin sculptures!
That's a photoetch saw, I use Gunze branded ones to do cleanly extract surface details off miniatures or make very fine cuts without deforming things(even with a scalpel blade, pushing it through the plastic will cause it to deform a tiny bit).
The hobby vacuum was originally designed for cleaning up sprue offcuts, so it's really meant for bits of plastic rather than flock/sand. I use mine sometimes to do general debris cleanup, but as nice as it can be to cut down maintenance time, a good wipedown is always good too...
The drill guide thing I suspect is meant for center drilling plastic stock(thus the various sizes). Mostly meant for plastic rod/square stock where you might tape a piece to the guide to center the piece for drilling. Personally, it's not really stable enough for really precise work(which IMO is what it's meant to help with).
The saws look like scaled-down japanese pull saws? So you'd only cut on the pull-stroke (where western style cuts both ways and therefore needs thicker blade hence more loss/less precise). I can't see the teeth detail on the video; if so it would be better than it seems here. (Plus the opportunity of installing the teeth the wrong way.)
DSPAIE make some fantastic tools and hobby supplies. As a gunpla and garage kit modeler, I can personally attest to the quality of their lacquer paints as well. Super beautiful metallics that airbrush incredibly well. Definitely check out more of their stuff.
I got the "dog water dish" from my wife since she didn't know what I needed/wanted. I rarely use it, but I use it for metallics. I love being able to swap back and forth between metallics and normal paint.
I also use it exclusively for metallics
Video idea - tools for removing moldlines from you 40k minis. Talk about tools for cleanup of plastics, resin and metals
These are some of the most useful videos you make; you're also the only one other than Project Farm that has lead me to direct purchases for tools. I REALLY like the duaity of this one. Sometimes i still consider the thumb pallet...
the ink stir is for them doing tattoos ,idea for stirring paint in a airbrush cup, been using one last three years. and a bag of stirring sticks are cheap and last a long time.
greenstuff do the brush cleaner with a 500mm bottle.
I designed nozzles and heads for the little palm vacuum that I 3d printed! Works so much better to have like a precision tool for it, definitely recommend
I can vouch for the water tank thing. It looks ridiculous for what it is, but it is genuinely a handy thing to have. Better than dirty water or having to use two glasses/bowls etc for water on the desk.
I'd heard about the water pot flushing thing before but never actually seen it in action, seems pretty cool!
I think an added benefit to it that might not be apparent at first is that it'll get you in a much better habit of changing your water more regularly. Like you said yourself, with a regular water pot you can wind up having the same water sitting there for weeks even months sometimes. With this device, you'll run out of water in the reservoir after a while and have to replace it - which means you're forced to get fresh water when you run out. Kind of a neat side effect.
15:00 I always use two cups of water to rinse my brushes. One is for the heavy rinsing when I switch between different paints and the second one is just to get the brush wet and as a source of clear water if I need it for dilution. It usually goes like this > dirty brush into the first cup to clean > dry and remove the dirty water on a piece of absorbent paper > wet the brush in the clean water > use the new paint. I’ve seen this trick done by a few watercolor artists and it works really well. It takes a bit to get use to it and in the beginning is easy to confuse between the two cups, but after a while it becomes a routine and it really keeps the brush clean and your paints on the palette free from cross-contamination.
I do the same thing. Its like dishes. One for wash, the other for rinse.
The desk vacuum has been one of my best purchases. Got one last year as a bit of a joke but holy crap it’s super handy!
I’ve been making my own sanding sticks for a few years now. Maybe it’s not cheaper and certainly more work making them, but I get the exact grit I want, the shape I want and the length I want. Plus that last for months, so I think it’s worth it.
Love your videos. Seriously you make some of the most useful content on CZcams.
Not sure how much replacements for that sander are - but one tool I'd recommend especially for scratch building, is some leather punches. Paper, foam, thin plasticard, these punches are great.
And if you need refills for your fancy sander... get some cheaper generic foam sanding sponge and use a leather punch to make your own. Even hobby grits like 1k you can find for pretty cheap, and probably less than however many refils you get from DPSIAE
Speaking of fancy DSPIAE sanding; some double stick tape will do just fine with whatever sandpaper you have to hand. Granted, I made my own sticks from brass square tubing, but it should work fine on carbon fiber too.
Come to think of it, a $1 foam sheet from the arts and crafts store, plus the tape and sandpaper will probably work a treat for the motorized tool as well... I'll honestly have to get one to try myself
The best paintshaker I met (and using till today) is an electric jigsaw (I saw it on the internet long time ago). I firmly attached with the metal wire metal panel with the holes to the saw blade on the distance enough to do not touch jigsaw body and made couple of brackets with the same wire. Even the oldest paint is perfectly mixed right in a few seconds. I had a few years break in painting, so all my paints really needed a good shake. For couple of hours approximately 250 pots of citadel and Vallejo were perfectly done!
I’m made out of tools, you’re speaking my language.
Nice tips! I´ve got myself a latte mixer ("Produkt") from IKEA instead of the paint-stick-mixer" just cut off the spiral end and bend a few small kinks in the end, reaches down into any paint pot!
You know what’s gold? Your channel.
The mixer I have used for years for the old testers bottles. When I switched to Miniature paints, I super glued 2 stir sticks together
I have been using the brush cleaner/rinser for a year now and my old water cup has slowly made its way over to it. Now I use and have to fill both 🤘🏼😝 It’s a trap!!! 😂
I've had a similar water dispenser for several years now, I love it. Never going back to glasses/cups of water, even if I did use 2 to rinse in. Like you pointed out in the video, painting with metalics etc really makes you have to change your water out all the time. So a water dispenser like that is really helpful. My version does have a much larger water tank though.
My wife bought me the dog dish. I used it so much that I wore out the spring. It's solid, if silly. I use a lot of white and red...sooo yeah, it worked well.
I had one of those brush cleaner / rinsing things.... the water kept overflowing on the bowl part and would just spill water all over my desk. So I'm back to using my coffee cup and changing the water every other month
Vibration mixer and steel balls are perfectly capable of completely rejuvenating even the worst paints. And they work no matter the size of the container.
The rinser is really great. As a dad my time to paint is often limited by the attentionspan of my 5 year old son ( he often paints with me). I love that I can quickly rinse my brushes, use some brush soap and leave the remaining clean water for later.
To mix packed paints, take a brush that has ended is serviceable life. Cut the handle shorter for ease of use. Place it in the Chuck of a cordless drill (a smaller drill is easier to use). Have at it. If the paint is super stubborn, a toothpick in a Dremel would work as well.
if youre looking for more automated sanding tools, take a look at the artima 5 or 7 pen sander, a liniear motioned electric sander i use for both sanding and polishing. there is a proxxon pen sander aswell however, the motion on that is side to side and i prefer sanding front to back. seems like no one has picked up on these yet but the gunpla community in japan
Just wanted to say that with an ink mixer you put a few sticks so it will be longer so you can reach into deeper bottles
The sticks on that otoscope can be connected together to reach more comfortably in those GW pots.
that BRUSH RINSER is rly good, got 500ml bottle for it and now it is hard to use somethings diff to rinse when I am painting and changing from metalic to normal paints and using diff brush from natural hair.. this is best, don't need to worry that metal flakes will kill my expensive brush
That sanding drill pen and the water pot are both very enticing products.
I also build a lot of Gundam models besides warhammer, and seem to have a problem with nub marks, even with god hand nippers. So something that can evenly and gracefully get rid of them would be nice.
I'm still in the air on wanting to get a brush flusher. I got a silicone cup that has some notches that I can put brushes in with the brush down. Doesn't refresh the water, but it works well.
15:00 the nicest part of this product is that you always have water ready. i essentially have everything ready to go at my little hobby desk so if i want to paint i can just start whenever i want . you know you are to lazy to get a glass of water
Hey here's a quick killer tip I want money dollar credit for.
Use soda can metal as your base for adhesive sandpaper. It's so thin, but it holds it's shape and you can cut it to any shape. It can get into any nook and you can bend it in half to get Any shape perfectly sanded. Seriously - it changes the game. No other sanding tool is really needed.
Re the brush washer I am using it and the screw which holds the mechanism from underneath is really rusty after 6 months. If anything is gonna fail it will be that so be prepared for that after a bit of use and replace it before the thing gets too rusty to remove
I can't live without my paint toilet. It's genuinely brilliant
The mesh at the 10:00 mark is super similar to insect mesh used to protect vents and suchlike. It's quite cheap in hardware stores.
I have the sanding sticks by Infini, they are metal and not carbon fiber, they also sell the adhesive papers for them in much finer grits than 400, including 600 800 1000 and several others. I have found the 400 to 800 to be the most usable for warhammer plastic models, the 1000 is ok too, sometimes for polishing a flat surface even more. I bought 2 packs so I could adhere to the front and back of each stick with different grits, might also buy a third pack in case I want to bend them into some helpful shapes.
I definitely want to try that sanding tool in this vid, that looks like it could be cool too.
I added a spill rim to my brush washer. Just cut a hole in a plastic jar lid and sealed it onto the top around the existing washing recess with bathroom sealant. I am also considering a raised lip along the water channel as it sometimes spills over. The spring loaded arm can also work free at the pivot end but that's an easy fix. Overall I am happy with it though.
I like that sanding pen. I added it to my amazon wish list. The brush toilet is funny but useful too. I too leave my paint water far longer than I should ..
For an alternative to the chain link fence, I find fly screens are a pretty decent copy, and they look right with the models, no so true to scale you can't see that it is a mesh, but no so large that it looks unrealistic
I NEEEEEED that brush cleaner!
somebody please 3d print a miniature drill or rotary attatchment for paint mixing, they have them for 5 gal buckets, we just need it smaller!
Thanks for showing off some items you wouldnt normally think of.
There is a 3D printable version of the brush rinser that can hold larger reservoirs (pop bottles) and a larger basin area.
Would recommend that over the manufactured version.
How refined does the printer have to be to be watertight? I've never messed with putting liquids in stuff before but I imagine a poorly tuned MDF print would make a big mess
@@Zaketh_ This would be more of a FDM (filament) type of printer project.
Never seen them have any issue holding liquids in prints, as long as you aren't consuming the liquids, as the plastics are porous and can hold bacteria.
But for liquids you aren't consuming, they work fine. Can do with PLA, PETG, ASA, whatever you like to print with without issue.
No special tuning, not even sure what that means.
Here's a tool suggestion if you can swing it - Foredom K.1050 Brushless Micromotor kit. It's like a high-end Dremel. I use it with 2mm and 3mm polyurethane pins to do detail work, mold line removal, and seam blending.
You were using the saw wrong: it is a pull saw, like Japanese woodworking saws. So slight force down when pulling, no force down when pushing back. Make sure the teeth are oriented accordingly. The idea is that the pull straightens out the thin blade.
The water tank is actually really helpful. I am a compulsive glazer. I don't paint for speed or efficiency, but just sit down, put on some 9 hour video in the background about [Nostalgia] of Digimon World for PS1 in the background (a game UI have never even played myself) and glaze 50 layers for every color transition I want. Just for the relaxation of it. So when i work with these super diluted thin glazes even a little bit of dirty water can change my color on the brush. So yeah, love it actually. Very useful for my specific style of painting.
I have one of the flush water pots; the best thing is that you don't mistake it for your drink.
@ninjon I have the ink stirrer I got it on Ali express for cheap and it came with 100 stirrer sticks so what I did was super glue 2 together to get to the bottom of any paint tub
I love my little vaccum. My mom bought one for crums on the table and when I started this hobby and notice how dusty things get when sanding I asked for one for my birthday. She was confused at first but got me one anyways and it's PERFECT. And you can find them in different sizes and price ranges.
That sander looks like a dream for cleaning up 3d prints.
Dspaie brand is amazing, really good quality chisels, scribers, and hard point tools for Gundam model kits.
You can order a larger reservoir for the dog water dish FYI, great product but that bigger tank is a must IMO
Thank you. You reviewed a couple products I had been curious about myself. I almost wish I had the rinser now, but I got a paint puck set last year. I just can't see needing both. Happy holidays and new year!
Poke through the drill guide with a needle to mark your spot and then remove the guide before drilling.
My wife bought me one of the brush cleaners for Christmas off Tik-tok shop and she told me it was less than £3 (English Money) and I've been so pleasantly surprised. It has couple of minor flaws, but couple of small changes could fix it. I've used it every time since I've painted.
Just put some superglue on your regular sandpaper and glue it to a toothpick. I never understand why people always make it so complicated, buying sanding sticks and whatnot. Just use a toothpick, a bamboo skewer and a coffee stirrer. Most of them you get for free in the wild. Like at your local Fastfood or Coffee joint. Some fast drying glue, even pva glue will work as its being absorbed into the wood and paper.. and glue on your sanding paper.
I got one of those vacuums a couple years ago and it is a work surface lifesaver! So great to use to clean up all the shavings from doing assembly or chunks of dried paint from cleaning out bottles and pallets. Not to mention getting sand off the desk when using non-paste basing material!
That vacuum is really good for kitchens, too. My mother-in-law had one and got my wife one, too. We use it all the time!
So the otoscope thing is definitely not great, however there is something called "badger airbrush paint mixer" that has a very long "neck" or whathaveyou that works extremely well. i've mixed back together almost completely dead paint into perfectly good. Super chunky white paint into smooth paint. roughly $15-25~ strongly recommend that.
Also surprsingly love that water thing and use it frequently
I did get one of those brush water toilet things, I found the "well" on mine would keep filling, so when i left it overnight, it had leaked its contents over my painting desk. Not sure if this was an error by me when i filled it and perhaps got an air lock in there so it had a siphon effect, but havent really trusted it again since!
I love these gear reviews, particularly your very honest, straightforward insights. Thanks, Jon!
A buddy got me that flushing water pot for Christmas last year and I do love it, though I wish the whole thing was a bit bigger.
I'd considered the brush washer, and honestly what I settled on was a bottle of water, my wash cup, and an empty jug I stuck a funnel in.
When I need to change my water, I just dump it in the jug, and refill from my bottle. It's not exactly 'push of a button', but it's next to free if you buy a jug full of something tasty to drink, and just keep the jug after.
The fancy brush washer meanwhile, has a small bottle that is only good for 30 or so flushes (based on the particular product page I saw, there's a ton of these on Amazon right now)
I could see myself easily running out of water during a paint session and having to refill the bottle anyways
12:05 - Save your money, use old credit or hotel "key" cards, just disable the chip or strip for security. Or use stir sticks. Add your self stick paper, cut to desired shape/size. The ready made sanding sticks are overpriced.
I think this series is one of my favorites that you make, always a few gems in there. The electric sander might just be something worth trying. I'd be keen to hear if you find yourself using it over the next 6 months.
great entertainment in a vid as usual. loving the fact a miniature pro cannot fathom scales on all these wee things.. the " dance mesh " is a spitting image of the gauze on certain parafinalia
I've been using the brush rinse / flusher thing for a good year, and gotta tell ya, I love it. I'm super used to having it around. I do recommend getting that SPECIFIC one though. There's another one that's a hexagonal base if I recall, and it doesn't have the nubby lines in the cleaning area that I wipe the brush over, and that's lame.
ALSO, note that I have two of these, and one is better than the other. One has the clear container that has threads, and the cap doesn't, so, it's tough to get it separated. The original one that's not threaded is easy peasy, it all just slides together.
The brush rinsed is great I used to have multiple jars on my desk for regular and metallic and it doesn’t take up any more space but is easy to use!
The sanding pen and disks are amazing. I already had it before this and it is life changing, especially for those of us that actually care to gap fill our models. It cut my sanding time to about 10% of what it used to be in all situations. The pen also comes with these little sanding pits that can fit almost ever situation for even small details.
And while I agree with ninjon that the 1000 grit are the most useful, if you do gap filling the 400 and 600 grit pads can come in handy but you have to be careful.
Jon, On the line you bought. Another way to get the line for free. Is save your parts sprue and if you slightly melt them over a candle then pull away and stretch the sprue you can stretch it to any thickness you need. I use that for ships and aircraft a lot.
The sponge disc grinder pads seem like they would work great for removing supports from 3D prints.
My wife bought me the brush rinser and I love it! I am like you that I keep my water cup there for days/weeks! I have gotten trolled for mine by friends and people on the internet. Thanks for all you do! Love your videos!
Be careful with the Wowstick Drill. I Kickstarted it and loved it, but found out that all the internal gearing is plastic and they will readily break. I was just drilling out a TinyWhoop prop too(taking the hole from .8mm to 1mm) so it's not like I was going hard on it.
Also if you want a small paint mixer grab a Micro Mark mixer. Works great.
I’ve been using one of those rinse pots for several months now. I got it for free and thought it was a total joke, but now its pretty much all I use. Takes up very little space and not having to worry about cross over from washes/metalics/paints is awesome.
Can you try the tiny disc sander on PVC or other bendy squishy models and show the results? Trying to get mold lines off reaper bones minis SUCKS. Scraping doesnt work, and just shaving it away is very hard on spindly bits without causing damage.
i got those little carbon fibre sanding sticks recently. there is 6 shapes in total . quite a few of them are fantastic for small areas . i got a set of different self adhesive strips with them .
I love the versatility of them
The paint toilet is great, I was skeptical too at first, I’m not really worried about cross contamination of paint, I find my brushes are softer and maintain a point better if I use clean water. Also my cats love it, fresh desk water.
Damn it, looks like I'm buying more stuff. Actually, you've turned me onto some great stuff in the past -- Wow Stick is great for barrel drilling; the magnifying lens (aka "Sexy Goggles") have become indispensable; the handheld compressor for airbrushing using the Grex airbrush with a trigger; the Redgrass LED light -- all winners.
Bolt Action is considered to be 1/56 to 1/48 and as 28mm minis those scales would probably work with GWs range as well.
If Im not to off 15mm (Flames of War) is considered to be 1/100, 20mm (Battlegroup) is 1/72 and 28mm as above.
Thanks for all you video this year too! Have learnt a lot, and also slayed some grey with your encouragement! 🥰
I made my own sanding sticks using that double sided foam tape (regular double sided tape works too but they'll be stiffer) and card with some fine grade wet and dry paper, that way I can make them any shape and size but also have the option to have them stiff or bendy depending what it is I'm sanding. You can make a load really quick by making one massive one and then using an old blade or scissors to cut them all to size.
10:00 - fly screen material works pretty well for fences and chain mail. I can get a 10mx2m roll for less than $10 in Australia. It's not as fine as the one Jon showed us though.
yea DSPIAE is a really good gunpla supplies brand, when a saw an article of them I knew it was going to be awesome. They also have the best scribblers for doing panels on gunpla (or space marines..)
My partner actually got me the Brush Rinser last Christmas (Green Stuff World slaps their logo on one, so I have that version), and I was skeptical at first, but I use it all the time!