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This is a work in progress and all your input is really helpful. The store was a mess and, with all the “out of stock” items in the different categories, a new customer arriving for the first time would think we were selling out and closing up, or something to that effect.
So, I decided to, first, clean out the retired and least likely to be produced soon pieces and then figure out how, exactly, to arrange it later. Asking who would like to see an item re-stocked is a good idea for those things that are in the “maybe we will make some more” category. I left some “out of stock” items in the store that I consider to be a more solid part of the regular line, but it’s a pretty subjective call at this point.
We may be combining a few of the sparsely populated categories as well. And we will create a retired category so the pieces still display for identification purposes.
Mostly, we use Golden Airbrush Extender. I think there are other acrylic extenders that you will find in art supply stores that would work as well. Water in small amounts can help. If you strain the paint, do it through a very fine nylon or cloth strainer.
Try going into the Advanced Search, put “airbrush paint” in the Phrase box and select “forum topic”. This will bring up some good threads.
We use Golden Fluid Color for the most-part, but it still has to be thinned and you need an airbrush that can handle pigmented paints. Airbrushes that are too small will only work well with dyes, although you may be able to change the nozzle to a larger size and make it work. Most dyes are not color-fast and will fade or even migrate through other layers of paint.
Thinning thick acrylic can work with a big enough gun but the paints designed for airbrushing will work better.
It looks like we have a lot of them cast. I will find out why they haven’t been packed and restocked. If they are good castings, it should be early next week.
I use a rotary tool, like a Dremel Tool, and carefully drill out the tang like you would drill out a cavity. Then remove the remaining glue with a pick.
Well, Much thanks to everyone. We ended up with a total of 373 votes and I wouldn’t be surprised if the majority came from the forum. That’s a lot of support for a little company like ours and, with or without a grant, we need to grow Windstone back to a profitable size. We could never do that without your participation and we probably would never find the strength without your enthusiasm!
We are glad to reciprocate. Kind of fun isn’t it? At least, it has made me focus on the business plan, and give Chessie, the English major, something to edit.
Geez, you guys just had to really like these things, didn’t you? Now I’ve gotta go figure out how we’re ever going to make them.
Thanks everybody! You guys are really great. We would actually like to get as many votes as possible, not just 250. It will be interesting to see just how powerful the web is in gaining support for a business like ours. I knew it would be strong but I am kind of awed by the quick response.
Thanks to all! My birthday is right after Chessie’s and Pam’s so I have a good excuse to try and dodge it but some friends called to get together for no particular reason and we ended up with a lot of good food, company, and an excuse instead to avoid work.
Thanks for spotting this. I have contacted the seller and eBay. It is an infringement from many years ago. I think they came in from Mexico and we sued the importer.
Hello Valhallia, It is always nice to meet a new member who has re-discovered us. Took a quick look at your nice work on Deviantart and now I want to go have some pi. And your cars?
It could be that a good part of the difference in the dragons pictured is that the Emperor has scales that have highly varied angles of reflection and the Oriental scales do not. It gives the Emperor a richer look. We will see what we can do here to give the flat scales some more pop.
Gee, I thought that I might get a clue here as to what to tell the painter who is working on the next batch but there looks to be about as much of a consensus as we would have gotten by throwing darts at the list. Guess we will just see how they turn out.
