A site for those on a budget but still enjoy the fruits of tabletop games. Some of you are sick of paying hundreds or even thousands on wargaming, some of you just don't have the funds (Me) and some of you are turned off by the insane prices of these "Low Tech" non computerized games. Well My blog is dedicated to putting out Cheap and free ways to play, crafting your own armies, links to cheap suppliers, how to's and so on. Welcome to Dirt Cheap War-gaming
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
All Finished
The Project is finished and I'm happy with the results! Total time on one mini took me about 6hrs but you can't even tell its a cheapo dollar store army man. I'm also limited on paints and only have about 6 colors.
The paint used was cheap (Craft Smart) brand acrylic from Michael's coming in at 2bucks a bottle (Way cheaper than GW brand but not as good in quality) The base was also a 1 1/4" wood square had at Michael's.
I barely put a dent in my Pro Create poly clay! One pack can go a long way....
Miliput and Green Stuff- aka Kneadatite should work for a project like this as well.
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Way to go!! That´s the way I like it...cheap stuff turned into something great. (Though I haven´t got the talent to do what you´ve done there)
ReplyDeleteI agree, he doesn´t look like a dime store fig anymore...great!!
I´ve more or less the same philosophy about doing the hobby on the cheap...I shan´t get started about what I think about certain "brand" name paints specifically "made" for the hobby or certain types of Creosote re-packaged and sold at 5 x the price as shaders etc.
If you can get it...Marabu Acrylic paints...dam cheap..I pay the same for 50ml as a "brand" name 12ml bottle. Add a drop of floor cleaner/window cleaner, any brand will do (acts as a flow agent) and bingo...it´s AS good as the rest. I only use marabu or hobbyline.
I look forward to more posts from you.
Cheers
Paul
That's good work, like that.
ReplyDeleteLooking splendid,, I've added your blog to my blogroll.
ReplyDeleteGreets and keep the "cheap" stuff coming!
Thank you for the feed back! I'll be sure to keep it coming
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