I'd like to grumble about the fact that there are no posts in this section. Where have all the grumpy old men gone? ;D
Cheers Fred.
A post needs to start with "I.m not one to grumble, but...."
Welcome aboard Fred. You at Bovy this weekend???
martin
Rule sets that make up other rules sets for comparison. eg "xxx is better than those rulesets with 20 modifiers" the challenge is name one!
Movement distances less than 2"
As a certified old grumpy wargamer, I dislike the type of player who moans about a bad dice roll or bad situation.
I had one occasion where I took all of my Samurai stuff to the club along with scenery to put a game on for two players. After two turns one player gave up as he had a few bad dice rolls. Bad form in my eyes.
Couldn't agree more about dice rolls.
My particular grump (very recently experienced) is when a game is bowling along nicely, with both participants enjoying it, then one or more third parties wreck the flow by interjecting with, "You're doing that wrong. What you should be doing is..........."
I had better make a list of persona non grata. Always god to blame the dice!
It's all a bit quiet around here today...
I'll add a grumble. I have a can of 'Army Painter - Anti Shine' which is their matt varnish. I've had it a while admittedly and not used it for probably 6 months. Tonight I have gone to use and it seems to have lost all pressure. The contents comes out as a drizzle.
The can costs around £8.00 and gives a great matt finish. You can varnish loads of figures in seconds. But I'm guessing the can is still half full and now useless. So, no pictures Colonel I'm afraid as my men are still too shiny :-\
Sean, take off the nozzle and put it in boiling water for a few minutes , clears it up a treat, I did to mine and works great. I normally run the nozzle through when I finish but I only did a couple of figures and thought it would be OK.
I'll give that a try but I sense the problem is the pressure level in the can.
This may or may not help: I was given a top tip by a vendor at a show to put spray cans (of the enamel or polyurethane paint variety - not acrylic, as it will have the opposite effect...) into a bowl of near-bowling water. The aim here is to improve vaporization of the contents. I've not used this particular Army Painter product, and couldn't readily see online whether it was acrylic or polyurethane - someone else may be able to wade in here.
And, at the risk of stating the obvious, would (even more) vigorous shaking of the can help?
However, when I've had similar symptoms to yours with other products, it was usually the nozzle being blocked, as Stewart suggests. If the nozzle that came with the can is blocked, you can generally swap it for one from another can.
Warming the can also has the benefit of heating the propellant causing it to expand thus increasing the pressure . I do this when cans are nearly empty to get the last bits of paint out. However, this goes against the warning labels on the can.
If your can has got a leak, then heating it up may put pressure on that leak. A friend of mine had an AP anti shine can have the bottom blow off , not good , paint in the eyes ... Visit to to hospital
So please be very careful! :)