Wait, are Tufts cotton balls or something? So you can soak up the spill? Just not a word I've heard in the hobby, which means different area/country normally, but could just be different group. Forgive the curiosity, just trying to learn.
Coming from Gunpla I got myself a God Hand nipper for nub cutting AFTER I use my cheap nipper to remove the part from the runner. I'm sure other brands are good too, but I love the thing. Cuts the plastic like butter.
My buddy is getting a baneblade for his new guard army. When he saw that disappear off his wish list, he got super excited. I'm thinking models are the perfect gift to get someone.
The problem is when they get too many models at the same time. First it's a rush, then it feels like it is going to take forever and it is a little anxiety inducing. Ps: this did happen to me because my gf and all my friends got me models XD
I think getting someone models you know they want is great. I think they're cautioning against that because they're trying to help people that know NOTHING about the hobby. Last thing a Necron player needs is a random box of Orcs or whatever.
I have a friend with significant tremors so I only gift models (also I only have one friend I would gift).... My wife gifts me models too but only specific ones....
10:40 - I actually disagree. GW pots are GREAT...for THIN paints. Washes and Contrasts are great in the pot since I can just dip in my brush and apply it to the figure, no waste!
The Note Book kinda brought me to the idea. If you know that the person is a bit on the artistic side a Sketch book might be a nice idea doesn't even need to be expensive you could probably even add some elements to for example the Cover or the Back so its a bit more personal even if its just going to get used as a lil sketch collection of planed kidbashes you can peek into for next year
why get clippers when you can just wait for an edition where the aeldari are the main enemies of humanity and you can just gey clippers with the starter set😎😎😎
The past few months all I heard was my family asking what I wanted, so finally I asked if they can talk to one another if I gave them a list, safe to say I only put models as I’m growing my collection a lot
It's amazing to ask for! It's the most common gift within our playgroup gift swap every year still, but we know each other and know what they have been eyeing for the past few months in the store. We just tried to find a list of things that wasn't plastic to add to some random family member's pile of shame.
Do not get someone with a bird or reptile a 3D printer. My husband wants one and not only do we not have room (very small house), we have no reasonable way to protect our tortoise from potential fumes. Birds and reptiles often do not have ways to filter hazards in their lungs as mammals do and are extremely susceptible to toxins in the air.
I can’t wait for this channel to blow up. Found it yesterday and I really enjoy these two. Binged most of the episodes while modeling and painting up my cultists yesterday
A little late but I always tell people to get me a Gunpla Tool kit. It's anywhere from 7-15$ and it's got clippers an xacto knife and all sorts of tools. It's great to have extra kits around for when I inevitably misplace one.
Watched this as a kind-of list for myself, and ended up seeing the re-fillable notebook and 100% know 3 people I'm buying that for, even though they don't wargame. Thank you
Outside of a specified model/kit they ask for, the best bet would be a gift card to a local hobby shop. That way they can pick what models they want, if any - and if they dont want more models they could instead get a different type of game or just some merch.
I heard you guys a couple weeks.ago, and randomly you've popped up a few times since then, I've checked out a few episodes and I actually rlly dig you two. I am about to order the pen drill, I don't know if the ones I got were rubbed against concrete before they shipped them to me but I have to press so hard I'm always worried about my.models breaking apart. So when I daw that I got so hyped. LoL
thank you-the Wowstick Mini Cordless Drill is a huge help. I been using a Dremel 4300 for a few years. this is so helpful for just my 3d printing a epoxy casting too. No idea why i never seen this before!
Gift models really shine in Secret Santa events within a circle of wargamers. You have the benefit of people who simultaneously understand what you're looking for and also have the insight to look for creative alternatives (both third party and conversion/kitbash material), especially when the group agrees on a monetary price range and that the models must be memorable in some way (not just another generic hero or chaff unit). Even if it's not for wargaming, if each member of the group has a small stockpile of unbuilt kits, there's also the option of mystery gift exchanges where each member of the group wraps up at least one model kit (usually one they aren't likely to work on) without addressing it to anyone, adds it to a pile, and the group then gets a round-robin pick of what's been put in the pile. This can sometimes be its own source of entertainment as well if a kit or two becomes something of a hot potato over consecutive years, as I've seen in at least one scale model group outside of the wargaming scene.
Seeing as we're coming up on this time of the year again, don't overlook a good space heater, I know I can't be the only person who's hobby space is in an unheated area, garages, attics, basements etc that are either unheated or poorly heated, it makes ALL the difference for me when I get home from work at one in the morning and it's winter but I want to paint
You can also get MDF terrain, as that's pretty cheap while still being a notable jump in quality from just random garbage. TT Combat has loads of MDF terrain sets, in multiple different milieus and genres. So if the miniatures gamer in your life is more into WWII historicals, post apocalypse, or superhero games (ex: Marvel Crisis Protocol), they've got options there. In addition to the more typical Fantasy and Gothic Sci Fi settings you get from Warhammer.
I know I'm watching this after Christmas and making a recommendation, but a nice one to look at for terrain is called "battle systems," i think? it was first made or commissioned out for a tabletop game called core space and its preprinted card stock now in a ton of styles from generic fantasy village house to weird alien hive or "inudstrial gothic scifi" you get like essentially an entire set in a box
I came up with nail polish storage solution a couple years back when I was looking for a solution for myself. I was thinking those small floating shelves but I was worried about how easy it would be for it all to fall off, and that's when I found the nail polish shelves. They are not super cheap, but man, have I loved them these last couple years.
so like so late to the party of christmas context but i just found the channel so working through the backlog at random. yall called me out hard. i have had that exact dice tray page opened for like a week or two that ive been wanting to buy lol
I will recommend galeforce nine's battlefield in a box for terrain and gaming mats. All the terrain pieces are pre painted and decently cheap ranging like $18- $35 or so and they have some double sided gaming mats so you can get 2 different table types in one. I have the urban/rural mat so I have a table for both 40k with my ruins and Age of Sigmar/fantasy tables.
Terrain: Tinkerhouse games is worth checking out. You have to get some glue and clamps to assemble it. But it’s pre-painted, robust, and holds up perfect for 40K games. You can easily scale how much you spend as well.
For notebooks, I highly recommend discbound. It allows users to move pages around as needed. I use Happy Planner products, which is definitely more decorative (found in hobby stores), but there's also TuL (found in office supply stores), which tends towards more neutral. I have an expander Classic size for all my tabletop notes and character sheets.
Regarding Vortex Mixers I've seen arguments both for and against them. It mostly comes down to the price for what it is. I've come across several posts mentioning that back massagers or lady "massagers" work just as good for shaking paints at a fraction of the cost. They also have more uses than just shaking paint.
As someone who loves being gifted minis and feels that the title of this vid is hearsay. It is a good list and if I got anything on this list, 'I d still be happy.
As a beginner to miniature painting, the visor magnifier lamp is amazing and stopped my eyestrain headaches, also yeah the games workshop paint pots are the worst thing Ive ever seen, why not sell them in dropper style pots, seems it would be cheaper too.
When people who aren’t into the hobby get you hobby supplies, be prepared to nod and smile, knowing that you’ll probably never use it because it’s likely either worse than what you’ve already got, or just straight up junk. On the plus side, you’ll have a ton of shitty workhorse synthetic brushes that had their tips trashed after 1-2 sessions.
Screw spending money on the quiet compressor. Air pods pro have awesome noise cancellation, and then you have airpods pro for the rest of your activities.
@39:25 I was one of the few with pen and paper at the last tournament. Then I will definitely notice that I am a 40th and still too little into digital. :P
I got a buddy two boxes of Pox Walkers last edition when he was trying to put 120 on the table... this edition you can only run 30-60...still sad about that our trash mob Guard Vs Zombies games were interesting
I wanna thank you for answering that question i gave you in an earlier video. It was really useful. Think i'm gonna go with the Salamanders, seems like every game i play i enjoy being like a warrior smith, i enjoy the crafting aspects in games as well as combat, plus i'm not exactly shy when using fire based weaponry so they are definitely a perfect fit for me. I wanted to lean more towards Iron Hands due to them using cybernetics but considering Salamanders are capable of forging their own gear and what not they basically are the same thing only twice the badassery. You were right, imma just have to put Adeptus Mechanicus on hold for the meantime, Salamanders are by far better starters for my taste. Plus i'm not gonna lie, i like the melta guns. I see why space marines are the go to when it comes to starting armies, I would of gone chaos but good lord i was so divided down the middle with khorne and tzeentch, and that's not even including the daemons. Sorry Magnus and Kharne, You both are gonna have to wait because VULKAN LIVES!
I've been on the recieving end of being gifted random models before, and 9 times out of ten, I would prefer having being gifted something else instead. I'm primarily a Space Marine player and I recieved an Ork Trukk once. It's a cool model but not for me. I can never see myself finnishing it because I just don't enjoy it. In fact, I find it kinda ugly. If you don't enjoy the aesthetic of a model, atleast for me, I can't enjoy the model and it'll more likely end up as composite in my hobby dump.
man Vallejo has some of the best paints sets, I was painting my Death Korp Troopers, and was gonna go with the Helghast Color Scheme (Greyish Black, with Orange Eyes) and found myself using a Tires and Tracks set because the Tire Black they had was exactly what I was looking for in the base coat, and it had some gun metal greys that I'm gonna use for the Lasguns, they also sell mud paint which I'm just gonna glop onto the base to make it look like the troopers are foot deep in mud On the Terrain Subject some good Cheap 40K Terrain is Fish tank stuff, a lot of the plants, underwater building and wreckage looks kind of alien so it fits that Alien Jungle Aesthetic (Think Felucia from Star Wars BF 2)
