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Djengis_Khan · Post by **Djengis_Khan** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 7:41 pm

any one needs this one...

http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 2661861703

coldsteel · Post by **coldsteel** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 8:06 pm

I just got 3 Jeweler's monocles from Harbor Freight for 2 bucks...

Melifaxis · Post by **Melifaxis** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 8:09 pm

That is pretty cool.

I'm going to watch it.

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 10:46 pm

I think I might be interested in that.

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 7:19 am

don't waste your money guys..

I had one of these about 10 years ago, but they magnify everything, so as soon as you put your brush near the model it looks like you're painting with a house-brush!

seriously, it doesn't help at all... if you can't see the model well enough as it is, get your eyes checked..

Chaos Dwarf · Post by **Chaos Dwarf** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:35 pm

I've thought about getting one of these but I already paint too slow, I just know if I had one of these I'd slow down even more.

Breten · Post by **Breten** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 2:04 am

I just picked up a magnifying light myself. Like Norse says it does magnify everything, but I find they do help a bit. I used one back in my jewellery design/repair days. And now I want one just for painting eyes. I was working on a Horkon Heartripper, and the face looked fantatsic until I did the eyes and screwed it up.

Brett

dwarfcoach · Post by **dwarfcoach** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 9:25 pm

To be honest I do think this kind of equipmwnt is a big waste of time most models that come around....

Think about it; if it looks great under magnification that does not mean it will look good on the table-top...

Also,. if the naked eye cannot see it clearly accross the table then why would you be so concerned as to how it looks under a a magnifying glass.

Don't get me wrong, occasionally it might help you get at some tricky to reach detail, but on the whole you're probably better off with out it

Melifaxis · Post by **Melifaxis** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:13 am

It would just be for fine detail, but I think it would help. I'll risk giving it a shot

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:25 am

don't waste your money, i have one, never use it, they are crap.

Why? because you lose the 3 dimensional view when using it and by this you lose the feeling of when the brush will hit the surface of the mini.

traveller · Post by **traveller** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 2:00 pm

because you lose the 3 dimensional view when using it

i agree... happend to me, too. So i dont use it for painting...

I got myself the same thing very cheap in one of those homeworker shops. Sometimes i used this thing for holding minis for milldrilling, but the " teeth" of the hands are quite sharp...

Traveller

Indigo · Post by **Indigo** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 2:06 pm

about the only use I've found for mine is either holding gluing parts together or when I'm sculpting - sometimes it cn be easier having both hands free. I rarely use the magnifying glass though.

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 2:46 pm

Tim wrote:don't waste your money, i have one, never use it, they are crap.

Why? because you lose the 3 dimensional view when using it and by this you lose the feeling of when the brush will hit the surface of the mini.

I have one also ... found it horrible for actually trying to paint with for the reasons that Norse and Tim gave.

Galak

Deathwing · Post by **Deathwing** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 2:51 pm

Looks like a 'Sleepy Hollow' prop....

Indigo · Post by **Indigo** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:06 pm