Lizardmen are one of THE founding races of fantasy, having an important place all across the Dungeons & Dragons expanded universe (Dragonlance etc) and beyond, in fact even as recently as today with Mantic Games announcing a lizard man race (amongst others) for their new Kings of War expansion, Uncharted Empires. Games Workshop have their own Lizardmen (called that until a recent name change to the Seraphon) and this week's White Dwarf sees them re-emerge from what we thought was their doom during The End Times. Unfortunately, instead of giving some very old and very tired looking miniatures a much-needed revamp, we get the range repackaged! More on that later... Also in this issue we see the release of the individual parts of the Tau Tidewall that was sold out on day of release last week, there's also Armies on Parade, some Tau-themed Paint Splatter, Forge World get a look in and a sneaky tease about next week's Horus Heresy dump! + + More After The Jump + + |
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You may remember a Kickstarter we championed earlier this year called Tabletop Adapters - in fact we were the first to back it & first to blog about it, causing a real stir on our Twitter and Facebook! Tabletop Adapters are a very simple and quick way to turn the 25mm Games Workshop bases into the new regulation 32mm bases for playing Warhammer 40K. Unfortunately the Kickstarter was narrowly unsuccessful, but thanks to all the interest, the project is alive again - this time on their own website. There are some adapter copies on the market, some pretty blatant, but the originals are now available and not only are they super super cheap they are also available in bulk lots for a limited time!! Tabletop Adapters come on halves. You can see the join line here (above left).
I do multiple coats of paint around the bases, so a non-painted base will give a better fit. The Tabletop Adapters also have a small lip that the existing base sits on and acts as the new contact for between the base and the table. The bases themselves are an unfinished black plastic, so I sprayed mine with Chaos Black to dull it down. There were one or two bits of flash that needed a trim but very thin and easy to remove. - I'm really happy to see Tabletop Adapters finally make it to market, and so far I have been very pleased! For the price and quality, why not give them a go?
Used Corax White? Compared ti to the old Skull White? What are your thoughts?
You can see in the pictures above that the residue is quite obvious and very powdery - turning the once stark black on the gun and shoulder pauldron into a charcoal colour and thus negating the highlights. The brown has lost almost all it's shading and really only retains the highlights on parts of the model.
It's not just on the paint either - look at the plastic base! - Now I will wear the fact that I tried this product not on a test model and on one I like - that's my problem - but seriously to have this kind of effect having followed the instructions to a tee is not good at all. It's not hot, it's not cold and it's not windy here - what it seems to be is a poor product. I know there are people who rap it, but one bad can and you too will fall into line behind others with this result. So be warned, this is obviously not a good or consistent product, so if you have an alternative - take it! Shiny models are better than your models looking like Santa's little helper...
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