Mu82 - Vertigo Miniatures, photoetched basing material

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Mu82 - Vertigo Miniatures, photoetched basing material

SEM 00.52 Komentar

Aloa Jungle Maniacs, 

today it is time for another material review on MV. 

This is review #82, if you are interested in getting to know more products we regularly use, check the overview on the Miniatures/Material Unpacked, in short MU.

Today we will have a closer look on some brand new products

from the czech company Vertigo Miniatures.

You can also find Vertigo Miniatures on facebook.

Roman will take care of the review now. 

We hope you enjoy!

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While the Duke of Bavaria 2016

is behind us since some months, it is still the right time to start this review with a photo from it. The photo shows Pavol, the boss behind Vertigo Miniatures, but not only boss, also a very nice and kind person.

Pavol, the holy one. I have no idea where this light comes from!

Pavol and his staff is attending the Duke of Bavaria each year and it is always a pleasure to meet and greet. This year was special as my eyes caught some really cool new products on his booth.

Let's have a closer look on some of these brass etched nuggets, shall we?
We will start with some leaves in scale 1:35, but as you know from nature, leaves in the "wrong" scale for your project can work also on a smaller miniature project. Big leaves, then.

These are really cool and the brass is so thin that they work really well as fragile leaves. You can bend them and it is easy to cut them out of their "frame". As you can see Vertigo Miniatures delivers different scales. 1:48, 1:35, 1:24.

Also the price is quite fair. 
For one of these they are asking 4,90 €, which makes these high quality leaves a perfect addition to your stuck if you want to increase the quality look of your project. Check the store here!

Let's check some more stuff. Fern Leafs.

As you can see in the photo above, they a) have the same good quality like the leaves and do come again in several different scales, which is quite nice. Roman is already planning to use them in one of his next projects, but well of course, if you use them you have to paint them.

Even more stuff to come. Vendor signboards in different designs.

They are quite cool, but so far I know these are brand new while I am writing this and are not yet in the store. Hope they will arrive there very soon!

Additional brand new stuff will be these sculpting anatomy helpers in different scales. Really nice.

I am pretty sure that these products by Vertigo will find a way into Roman's next projects. Keep your eyes open and give them a try yourself:

Check the store here!

Edit: The brand new stuff will be released in July!

Keep on happy basing!
 

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Mu81 - Broken Toad, MK2 Brush Set

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Mu81 - Broken Toad, MK2 Brush Set

SEM 03.14 Komentar

Aloa Jungle Maniacs, 

today it is time for another material review on MV. 

This is review #81, if you are interested in getting to know more products we regularly use, check the overview on the Miniatures/Material Unpacked, in short MU.

In Mu54 we took a closer look on some fresh new brushes by Broken Toad. Kolinsky Sables. They were actually quite decent, but Kris from BrokenToad decided to improve them even more. Of course he asked the jungle to have a proper look on them. Roman is taking over with the review now - we hope you enjoy!

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First, 

we are reviewing the Miniature Series MK2 Brush Set, which is at 24 GBP + shipping for four high quality brushes, which is actually quite the good deal. 

"This brush set contains four brushes, sizes 2,1,0 & 3/0, one of each of the sizes available in the BrokenToad Miniature Series MK2 range, all presented in a contemporary styled gift box."

The set arrives in a really nice box:

The brushes inside are well packed ...

There is even a small piece of paper which reminds you on caring for your brushes and how to - nice addition:

The tip of the brushes.
No need for saying to much here as a good brush can only be find while painting.

Well, 
I gave two of the brushes to my painting voodoo buddy Peter for testing. I do the other two. This was about 2,5 months ago. Since then we painted with them. Testing them for different purposes.

Peter: 
"Roman gave me two of the Brokentoad (BT) brushes (sizes, 0 & 1) for testing and to get another opinion for this review. I usually only use the Windsor&Newton (W&N) brushes, but the ones from BT are an useful addition to my armory of painting tools. In contrast to W&N, I got the feeling that BT brushes have a bit stronger/stiffer hairs. They don´t bend/"flow" so easily like the W&N brushes, when it comes to painting. Even if this is needs some time to get used to at the beginning, I don´t want to miss this effect, now. I use the BT brushes if I need clean, straight lines (e.g. for freehands) or if I want to paint small textures (e.g. for clothes). Combined with their quite good durability and if they match your style of  painitng, they are a very good alternative to W&N."


I painted the two of mine hardcore without showing them much love. This is my bad habbit, I do not take too much care of my brushes. They are tools. I sometimes clean them, should do more often. Anyhow, for checking on the new brushes this is a good way of testing :)

What can I say:
The first Broken Toad Brushes were good, these are better. Kris achieved his goal. They have a great tip and have a nice stiff touch you can work with really well. The hair feels being higher quality then the first ones and they do their job as a tool pretty well. Glazing, Layering, pushing, pulling, fine lines, fine dots ... easy going with the brushes by Broken Toad.

I can definatly recommend them, they are a good addition to my collection of brushes. As the set is coming in some kind of gift box they are also a good present for every miniature painter you know and call friend. Think about their birthday!

Even after some months of using them hardcore they still have a good tip and stiff hair. Now I just need to get myself a brush soap by Broken Toad.

Keep on happy painting!
Best Wishes
Roman

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