There are multiple ways you can strip the paint from models. I am going to explain how I do my own.
What you will need are the following. Metal model with paint on it, a plastic tub, an old toothbrush and some Mr Muscle kitchen cleaner.
First put the model inside the tub. Ensure the model is covered completely by the kitchen cleaner fluid and put a lid on this tub.
Leave this for a fairly long time period. I typically leave it around 2-7 days. It depends on how many paint layers have been put onto the model. More layers require more time to soak.
Take the model out and scrub it in a bowl of water, with the toothbrush. This may take several minutes per model. You may need to use a modelling knife to scrape out the paint that gets caught in the detail. You need the water to remove any remaining mr muscle from the model.
Dry the model on kitchen towels. It is ready to be reassembled and repainted.
Monday 27 February 2012
Friday 3 February 2012
Cover saves and how they work
Today, I am going to talk about how cover saves work.
The rules are split into two groups. One for vehicles and monstrous creatures, and one for everything else. This is important to bear in mind.
Normal units gain their cover save if half the unit is in cover. Anything can count for partial cover, so it would appear even if a models foot is in cover, that counts. You do not need more than 50% of each model, just 50% of the unit. If the unit is behind another unit from this category the squad, including the gaps between models, grants a cover bubble the size of the squad in front. This means that a model doesn't have to be directly behind individual models, just behind the squad. Please note that the models generating cover do not need to be particularly comparable size, just in this category. Thus smallish models, like termagaunts can give a cover save to the much larger tyranid warriors.
The larger units have their own additional rules concerning cover. They only gain it when 50% of the model itself is obscured, rather than the unit. This can be rather difficult to achieve, as most of these models, even monsters or dreadnoughts are rather top heavy. It is virtually impossible for a marine dreadnought to gain a cover save from regular marines, unless they are stood on some kind of object. This is because they only obscure the legs, rather than the vast bulk of the models body and arms.
Interestingly, you can somewhat get around this by modelling units in a way to take advantage. For example, if you have flying troops, being mounted on flight bases lifts them up. It is therefore possible to be blocking the bulk of a dreadnought, rather than its legs. Now some people may consider this unsporting, so instead you may need to be a bit more imaginative what you use to generate cover. Tyranid Gargoyles are a perfect unit for generating cover saves for hive tyrants because the model has wings which can obscure a lot of the model, they come in large numbers cheaply and they are on flight bases by default and so no one can really claim you are exploiting the rules.
The rules are split into two groups. One for vehicles and monstrous creatures, and one for everything else. This is important to bear in mind.
Normal units gain their cover save if half the unit is in cover. Anything can count for partial cover, so it would appear even if a models foot is in cover, that counts. You do not need more than 50% of each model, just 50% of the unit. If the unit is behind another unit from this category the squad, including the gaps between models, grants a cover bubble the size of the squad in front. This means that a model doesn't have to be directly behind individual models, just behind the squad. Please note that the models generating cover do not need to be particularly comparable size, just in this category. Thus smallish models, like termagaunts can give a cover save to the much larger tyranid warriors.
The larger units have their own additional rules concerning cover. They only gain it when 50% of the model itself is obscured, rather than the unit. This can be rather difficult to achieve, as most of these models, even monsters or dreadnoughts are rather top heavy. It is virtually impossible for a marine dreadnought to gain a cover save from regular marines, unless they are stood on some kind of object. This is because they only obscure the legs, rather than the vast bulk of the models body and arms.
Interestingly, you can somewhat get around this by modelling units in a way to take advantage. For example, if you have flying troops, being mounted on flight bases lifts them up. It is therefore possible to be blocking the bulk of a dreadnought, rather than its legs. Now some people may consider this unsporting, so instead you may need to be a bit more imaginative what you use to generate cover. Tyranid Gargoyles are a perfect unit for generating cover saves for hive tyrants because the model has wings which can obscure a lot of the model, they come in large numbers cheaply and they are on flight bases by default and so no one can really claim you are exploiting the rules.
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