Two well-known creators within the miniatures gaming area are all of the sudden getting method into nail artwork — you already know, the different portray passion loved by thousands and thousands of individuals all over the world. Brent Amberger of Goobertown Hobbies fame and Casey, the creator of eBay Miniatures Rescue, confirmed up at this yr’s AdeptiCon conference with a intelligent new approach to paint your miniatures — and it might make one of many passion’s most hated contains a factor of the previous.
The hated function in query is the common-or-garden waterslide decal, which hobbyists throughout dozens of various franchises have come to detest through the years. Performed properly, utilizing one thing like Microscale Industries’ Micro Sol and Micro Set, decals can look nice. However it may be extremely difficult to get a decal to put flat on a curved floor — you already know, stuff like shields and the shoulder pauldrons on House Marines. Even when you’ve mastered the method, which is ably described within the Winterdyne Fee Modeling Weblog information to Waterslide Decals (included as a part of our bigger miniatures portray information), it may nonetheless go pear-shaped on you in case your floor isn’t correctly ready. The outcome? A ghostly white define surrounding the artwork on the decal itself.
Brent and Casey, companions within the newly shaped Goblin Hobbies, lately found nail artwork stamping plates. These chemically etched steel plates will be made to function any type of two-dimensional artwork that you just like. Drop somewhat paint on the plate, wipe it easy, and you may choose the picture up off the plate with a silicone pad. Simply gently press the pad onto your miniature, and Bob’s your uncle. Their silicone pads are even clear, so you may see your mannequin by means of the deal with to line issues up completely.
The know-how to do this type of factor with ink and paint has been round for hundreds of years. I’m certain my grandfather had one thing related for his basement printing enterprise within the Nineteen Forties. However its software to nail artwork is comparatively new. Goblin Hobbies hopes to carry it even additional, into the mainstream of passion miniatures gaming. They even have desires of licensed kits on your favourite factions from universes like BattleTech and Warhammer 40,000.
The primary batch of starter kits lately confirmed up at their distribution hub. They embrace appropriate paint and two plates stuffed with helpful designs — together with that notoriously difficult checkerboard sample widespread on many miniatures. Units begin at $50.
