buglips*the*goblin Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Bunch of degenerate paint lickers around here! Don't bogart that brush, man. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exwilly Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Bunch of degenerate paint lickers around here! but it tastes so good when you dip it in water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Just for the sake of safety. People shouldn't lick their brushes. Some paints use extremely harmful materials for their pigments such as the toxic heavy metals you find in artist pigments...yeah you titanium white and awesome chromium reds. Not to mention what is used for binders and medium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Given a choice between Paint and "x" the answer is always paint. Always. Always? Which would you want to drink? Paint? or X? Where X = Urine...True Water...False Imperial Russian Stout...False Milk...False Liquid Pewter...True You, sir, are no true painter! If you were, you would know that paint is always the painters beverage of choice. Neat or on the rocks, but yes, always! EDIT: That also explains why so many of our minis don't get painted...the paint gets used...elsewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingo Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Just for the sake of safety. People shouldn't lick their brushes. Some paints use extremely harmful materials for their pigments such as the toxic heavy metals you find in artist pigments...yeah you titanium white and awesome chromium reds. Not to mention what is used for binders and medium. I agree with you overall, but some details need correction. Titanium white is not especially toxic (they used it in Twinkie's filling until fairly recently). I think you mean cadmium reds, which are intensely bright, beautiful and opaque, but really, really toxic. Cadmiums also come in deep violet-reds, bright oranges and bright yellows. Chromium paints are green. They certainly are toxic, but I don't know how much of them is used in minis paint. Hydrated chromium oxide (aka "viridian") is a beautiful clear transparent bluish green; anhydrous chromium sesquioxide (aka "chromium oxide green") is an opaque bright olive green. "Chrome yellow" is made with lead and almost nobody uses it any more. I would think (but this is only a guess) that most greens would be based on phthalo green, a transparent, intensely strong and brilliant deep green with a slight bluish cast which is far cheaper than the chromium colors. It contains copper and is still toxic, but not as toxic as the chromium greens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Ah, but the cadmiums and chromiums taste the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingo Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Cadmium [] Ah, but the cadmiums and chromiums taste the best! Cadmium causes cancer. And a whole lot of other terrible stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Cadmium [] Ah, but the cadmiums and chromiums taste the best! Cadmium causes cancer. And a whole lot of other terrible stuff. Bah! Details, shmetails... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglips*the*goblin Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 * pfft * Warning labels. I used my model airplane glue in tight quarters with no ventilation, and my life's never been better. Exceptin, of course, for the technicolor elephant who keeps eating my sammiches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coenani Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Could anyone of you give me any advice on where to get good cases in the Netherlands, or anywhere in Europe for that matter? I'll be picking the paints over the cases as well, but will want to get cases eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarvenranger Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I played with so much asbestos, lead, pcb's, zinc chromate, etc. while in the Navy, that a little hobby paint ain't gonna make a difference. Not that I'm admitting to being a paint licker mind you. I'm just sayin is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) Wow. Yeah I botched the reds and greens. I knew they were both bad but only kept my reds because you could find greens that were as good. I was thinking of the artist tubes I originally learned to paint with and still use on occasion. Specifically the reds. No idea what pigments get used in mini paints. I know reaper specifically does not use the toxic pigments. Edited September 1, 2012 by Qwyksilver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I played with so much asbestos, lead, pcb's, zinc chromate, etc. while in the Navy, that a little hobby paint ain't gonna make a difference. Not that I'm admitting to being a paint licker mind you. I'm just sayin is all. Ah, the old 'friend of a friend' defense! A master stroke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatAboutBob Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Could anyone of you give me any advice on where to get good cases in the Netherlands, or anywhere in Europe for that matter? I'll be picking the paints over the cases as well, but will want to get cases eventually. I think the big one in Feldherr. http://www.feldherr.net/ You have other case manufacturers as well - but they do their work out of Germany, so you can often realize some savings with reduced shipping costs (cases can cost almost as much to ship as they do to buy). I am not familiar enough with the retailers to say who is the best service, though the big ones like Wayland or Maelstrom should have something to offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingwreckage Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 One of the painters around here contracted cancer a while back. The kind you can gt from cadmium reds. I can't remember who, or if she survived. It probably wasn't paints, but... don't lick them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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