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AGRAM ARENA 2026 - Leaving Asphodel Necropolis Campaign
Event date: 21nd February 2026, 08:00h - 22nd February 2026, 06:00h 19th November 2025, posted by Antoni Pastuović in EventsDear friends, gamers, miniature painters and friends of the hobby in general!
We invite you to our next AGRAM ARENA 2026:
LEAVING ASPHODEL - two day Necropolis Campaign
FREE ENTRANCE!!
ONLINE REGISTRATIONS
Register via e-mail at ums.agram@gmail.com with the subject line “NECROPOLIS”. Registration should include: name, contact information (phone number/email) and whether you are planning on bringing a Necropolis board to the event (nonbinding but perks will be awarded). Each person must send his/her own online registration.
Note: If you are participating at the Black Queen H&MPC as well, you can register with one e-mail with the subject line „Black Queen and Necropolis“.
The registrations for Necropolis at the event start at 11:00 and end at 11:30.
However if you have registered for Black Queen as well – rules for registering for BQ still apply.
ENTRY for the online registered participants is free.
ENTRY for those who have not registe...
Read more about "AGRAM ARENA 2026 - Leaving Asphodel Necropolis Campaign"Black Queen Hobby and Miniature Painting Competition 2026
Event date: 21nd February 2026, 08:00h - 22nd February 2026, 18:00h 19th November 2025, posted by Marko Paunović in EventsDear friends, miniature painters and friends of the hobby in general!
We invite you to our 20th annual Black Queen Hobby and Miniature Painting Competition!
FREE ENTRANCE!!
In 2026, we have some changes in the format of the Black Queen Hobby and Miniature Painting Competition. So what is new and what remains the same?
First, it will again be held over two days.
Second, it will again be a part of the bigger @UMS Agram event - Exhibition of Miniatures and Tabletop Scenery „Agram“.
Third, extra protection for your entries and exhibits that will be exhibited in our glass cabinets.
Fourth, six one-hour painting workshops (three per day).
Fifth, some minor changes in categories.
Sixth, there will be a speed painting contest. One hour to paint a mini.
The biggest change in the format will be the registration process. The online registration period for Black Queen 2026 starts with the release of this rulespack. The onli...
Read more about "Black Queen Hobby and Miniature Painting Competition 2026"UMS Agram at Slovenian State Championship 2025 in Ljubljana
Event date: 22nd November 2025, 10:00h - 22nd November 2025, 16:00h 10th November 2025, posted by Domagoj Krpan in EventsFireball Figurines - our new sponsor
28th October 2025, posted by Domagoj Krpan in News
UMS "Agram" is pleased to announce that as of October 2025 the Croatian company Fireball Figurines is our new sponsor.
Fireball Figurines is a Croatian company that designs and sells 3D printed figurines for games like Dungeons & Dragons, as well as other tabletop games. This "project" started out of a love of gaming and creativity, which eventually turned a hobby into a professional business.
Advent in Agram 2025
Event date: 19th November 2025, 18:00h - 17th December 2025, 21:52h 6th October 2025, posted by Krunoslav Belinić in EventsUMS Agram at ModelMania 2025
Event date: 25th October 2025, 10:00h - 25th October 2025, 14:00h 6th October 2025, posted by Mario Grgurev in EventsLatest articles
- We attended: Monte San Savino 2025 Marko Paunović, 24th November 2025
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Science behind Acrylic Paints
- Binders (eng. resin) – form a film – in our case probably pure acrylates, I suspect they are styrene acrylates.
- Fillers – in addition to adding volume to the paint, they also affect the viscosity, coverage and appearance of the dry film
- Pigments – the main division is into organic pigments and inorganic pigments. Inorganic ones are more covering but have less vivid shades, while organic ones are often quite poorly covering (yellow for example) but their shades are vivid and bright
Additives:
- Anti-foam
- Rheological modifiers – affect the behavior of wet paint on the substrate (e.g. spillage) and the behavior of the paint when a force is applied to it (brush, roller, spray, airbrush). Rheological modifiers also include thickeners that affect the viscosity of the paint.
- Dispersants – envelop pigment and filler particles and prevent their agglomeration during standing. Good dispersion of pigment and filler affects the coverage and uniform appearance of the dry film. There are a bunch more but I won't go into too much detail
- Solvent – in this case water.
Contrast paints and speed paints – high pigment content, but not so much that it causes high coverage. They are formulated to spread, not to stay where you put them. The result of spreading is that the paint collects in the recesses, where a thicker film of paint remains than on the protruding parts of the miniature. Where the film of paint is thicker (the recesses), the shade of the contrast paint is more pronounced, unlike on the protruding parts where the film is thinner, which is why the shade is then influenced by the color of the substrate.
Composition:
- Binders
- Pigments
- Additives – all listed above + surfactants that reduce the surface tension of the wet paint film, which is why it flows
- solvent
- I would say they do not contain fillers, or contain very, very little of them
Washes – similar in formulation and behavior to contrast agents, only they have a much lower proportion of pigments, certainly no fillers, a higher proportion of surfactants, lower viscosity, and probably less binders.
If we want to greatly dilute acrylic paint or contrast, it is better to use a product intended for this purpose from the manufacturer of that paint rather than water, because it contains all the necessary amount of binders and additives for that paint to retain its properties.
" ["content_hrv"]=> string(4306) "U ovom članku, naša Dunja nam otkriva znanost iza akrilnih boja.
Akrilne boje – visoki udio pigmenta i dobra pokrivnost. Ako su dobro formulirane ostaju tamo gdje ih naneseš, ne ostavljaju „brush marks“ i suše se dovoljno sporo da stigneš napravit što želiš na minijaturi a opet dovoljno brzo.
Sastav:
- Veziva (eng. resin) – formiraju film – u našem slučaju vjerojatno čisti akrilati, sumnjam da su stiren akrilati.
- Punila – osim što dodaju volumen boji utječu i na viskoznost, pokrivnost i izgled suhog filma
- Pigmenti – glavna podjela je na organske pigmente i anorganske pigmente. Anorganski su više pokrivni ali manje živih nijansi, dok su organski često dosta loše pokrivni (žuti npr) ali zato su im nijanse žive i jarke
Aditivi:
- Protiv pjene
- Reološki modifikatori – utječu na ponašanje mokre boje na podlozi (npr razlijevanje) i na ponašanje boje dok na nju djeluje sila (kist, valjak, sprej, airbrush). Pod reološke modifikatore spadaju i ugušćivači koji utječu na viskozitet boje.
- Dispergatori – obavijaju čestice pigmenata i punila i sprječavaju aglomeraciju istih stajanjem. Dobra dispergiranost pigmenta i punila utječe na pokrivnost i ujednačen izgled suhog filma.
- Ima ih još hrpa ali neću toliko u detalje
- Otapalo – u ovom slučaju voda.
Kontrastice i speed paints – visoki udio pigmenta, ali ne toliki da uzrokuje visoku pokrivnost. Formulirane su da se razlijevaju, a ne da ostaju tamo gdje ih staviš. Posljedica razlijevanja je skupljanje boje u udubine gdje onda ostane deblji film boje nego na isturenim dijelovima minijature. Tamo gdje je film boje deblji (udubine) nijansa kontrastice izraženija, za razliku od isturenih dijelova na kojima je film tanji zbog čega na nijansu onda utječe boja podloge.
Sastav:
- Veziva
- Pigmenti
- Aditivi – svi nabrojani gore +
- surfakanti koji smanjuju površinsku napetost mokrog filma boje zbog čega i dolazi do razlijevanja
- otapalo
- rekla bih da ne sadrže punila, ili ih sadrže vrlo vrlo malo
Washevi – po principu formuliranja i ponašanju slični kontrasticama, samo imaju puno manji udio pigmenata, sigurno ne sadrže punila, veći udio surfakanata, manji viskozitet i vjerojatno manje veziva.
Ako želimo jako razrijediti akrilnu boju ili kontrasticu bolje je koristiti za to predviđen proizvod od proizvođača te boje nego vodu, jer sadrži svu potrebnu količinu veziva i aditiva kako bi ta boja zadržala svoja svojstva.
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- Necropolis Board part 1 Antoni Pastuović, 5th November 2025
- WE ATTENDED: AmuletD20 Grand Tournament 2025 Domagoj Krpan, 30th October 2025
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