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that´s then some irish in it? hobbits take eating as serious as we do global nuclear warfare... if you can´t get second breakfast you are done for... 
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LOL Vik- If you think about it...if we all had the Hobbit belief that peace and plenty are everyone's right....
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i am totally with you! this is one arguemnt i can only sing with you as in one voice^^
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heh..the realm of Men is thoroughly corruptible I suppose.
It's the whole death thing 
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well... death... i could live without death
by the way... it´s already snowing here in berlin... darn... i thought we got rid of that white nonsense...
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It stopped snowing here, sun is sort of shining this morning..but it's deceptive..still bitter cold.
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well we had melting snow due to sun breaking through in the morning... and now its half past four and it starts to snow in thick flocks again... argh... the kids will love it, but they ain´t paying the heating... ^^
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Ahh..sounds like what my dad used to say "Shut the damn door, I'm not paying to heat the outside!"
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lol... yeah i know that too... i am not really telling this my kids... just that my wife also sees the outside then to be so attractive to go outside...and have "fun"...yeah right as if freezing my balls off is lotsa fun
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Your wife doesn't understand the freezing, shrinking, introverting feeling that gives..she has no frame of reference...
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yep, that´s the whole problem you can get only with females...
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Haha..so true Vik! Automatically Appended Next Post: Floor!
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So, you solved your floor problem then?
This is amazing stuff. I feel so lazy because I haven't done anything except assemble my dark vengeance and a few daemons in months.
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Thanks Boss, Yes, I believe so! Don't feel lazy anymore..build something!
My column problem appears solved now too
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Cool. Looks good.
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This is amazing and so inspiring!  good luck mate
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Thanks guys!
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very impressive dave, its simply phenominal.
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Why thank you Rogue!
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Yo Dave, lookin' good dude! I went to my folks place today and got an interview with my father as well as taking about 30 ish pics of the boat! you want them as a PM? seriously you'll love the detail and remember he made this about 27 years ago from scratch!! everything from scratch! freakin' awesome I now after becoming friends with you and getting into the scratch side of things realise how amazing he is :-)
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
My column problem appears solved now too
at first i read colon problem
and i am a bit surprised at the look of the new floor design... you´re going to a new look with this then?
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Sure Nerd! THanks man!
Yep vik..the flooring is different in this room, even on the set. All those vegetables keep the colon in fine health
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LOL... yup... fibres in your diet... that and garlic...  keeps you healthy and... well possibly alone
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Tool Drop!
Aluminum body, replaceable cutting mat
Looks like the blade has a proper locking mech
Steel miter gauges With heavy duty steel locking clamps!
As for the Rivet Test..
Flawless, perfectly straight Rivets!
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is there such thing as an imperfect rivet?
tool looks interesting and useful, especially for plasticard work 
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NO!..Of course not!..but consistency is good to have
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true
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The old one had a tendency to bend and bow the blade, causing an annoying crooked-one-side cut, and the base is particle board..who's bright idea was it to put particle board under a sharp blade behind a big hairy dude's arm?
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Post by: Ramos Asura
ooooohhh shiny! I could definitely use one of those for rivets... among other things.
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Yes!..Many, Many duplicated things!
I got it from here
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/NWSL-The-Chopper-II-p/nwsl-69-4.htm
really fast shipping
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
well... this looks like a more thought through construction...
as you are making rivets now... i wonder where you´ll put them to good use
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Dude, what a coincidence!  I was going to ask you again about the chop it! so i can get my rivet on and do the league proud! price is good too and that site has millions of things i want! can you give me a quick run down of handy sizes of rods and additions for riveting so I can get a supply drop to make you all proud?
might even show my dad and see if I can coerce him into doing some hobby work again
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Well, those were 1mm rod..the smallest I use generally,
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Evergreen-Scale-Models-213-Round-Rod-100-5-p/evg-213.htm
tape short pieces together and cut 4-6 rivets at a time. Then sizes generally go up by .5mm at a time 1.5mm, 2mm, 2.5, etc. Hex rod is only good at 2mm and up IMHO, any smaller and you can't see the edges very well.
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Plastruct-90875-080-20mm-Styrene-Hex-Rod-10-p/pls-90875.htm
Then..well, you can rivet-cut any shape, half-rounds, square rods, L-shaped, U-channel, etc. etc. The tool says it handles material up to 1/4" thick. 1/8" is max I'll ever use it for.
Evergreen is always a better value, but Plastruct has more shapes, the plastic/quality is exactly the same.
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Post by: Skalk Bloodaxe
8 pages to catch up. Just looked at pictures, incredible craftsmanship Dave. I'm as genuinely impressed as always. A bit confused about where the meat comes in, honestly it seems quite out of scale. The chopper I stopped and read real quick, it looks like an excellent investment I'll be considering before getting back to the Necromunda project.
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Thanks dave- Ill give em a look!
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Thanks Skalk!
What kind of craftsman would I be if I gave my hobbit-hole wainscotting more care than my brisket?
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The symmetrical perfection of your arches has always been staggering to me. You did really well in Drafting when you were in HS I'll bet.
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Post by: lone dirty dog
The blade on that looks great Dave
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Post by: storag
Oh My God!...
That's just GRAND! Needless to say the quality is as always high. I'd wish you luck and such stuff with that project but you don't really need it mate
Gosh... how I envy you... I'd love so much to dive into some creative and consuming hooby project myself but I'm stuck with a major RL scratch building resourse-vampire
I see you already have lot's of refrence visuals but if you'll ever need more, I suggest you try LotRO game by Turbine, it's F2P and devs made a pretty awesome job of bringing all the Middle Earth visuals together in to one giant world you can walk all over and inside out.
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I'm liking the style of that building.
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Post by: ishkatar
Dave, I'm greatly envy your skill, dedication and precision of your approach! That's just insane.
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Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:The symmetrical perfection of your arches has always been staggering to me. You did really well in Drafting when you were in HS I'll bet.
Thanks, Not really, but I did spend a year drafting for Verizon, designing their FiOS network at the neighborhood level..it was the most boring job of my life. Mostly I'm just hobby-motivated and self-taught. I don't care for the math, so I just cheat with a compass-cutter
lone dirty dog wrote:The blade on that looks great Dave
Thanks LDD, just a standard, cheap Razor Blade
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rolson-Razor-Blades-10-Pieces/dp/B0044LTBQ0/ref=sr_1_4?s=drugstore&ie=UTF8&qid=1359484226&sr=1-4
Look!..I even found you a link! The only effort required is clicking!
Although this seems very expensive for 10..in the US, a box of 100 is about the same price as that ($7.00)
Try looking at hardware or DYI stores for this kind of paint scraper
you should be able to get them nearby those if nothing else.
edit: here..these aren't carbon steel, but you really don't need carbon steel
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trade-Quality-Utility-Stanley-Blades/dp/B006B3P3U2/ref=pd_sim_d_14
Funny..those are made about 1.5 hours south of me here in Indiana
storag wrote:Oh My God!...
That's just GRAND! Needless to say the quality is as always high. I'd wish you luck and such stuff with that project but you don't really need it mate
Gosh... how I envy you... I'd love so much to dive into some creative and consuming hooby project myself but I'm stuck with a major RL scratch building resourse-vampire
I see you already have lot's of refrence visuals but if you'll ever need more, I suggest you try LotRO game by Turbine, it's F2P and devs made a pretty awesome job of bringing all the Middle Earth visuals together in to one giant world you can walk all over and inside out.
Thanks Storag, I played LOTRO for a couple of hours, realized it was a lot like Wow and just quit- I've found Lego LOTR is a much better game for reference tbh. Not to scale, but a really great game.
n0t_u wrote:I'm liking the style of that building.
Thanks Not-U!
ishkatar wrote:Dave, I'm greatly envy your skill, dedication and precision of your approach! That's just insane.
Thanks Ish...I never claimed to be sane, only stubborn
Automatically Appended Next Post: This much is painted and glued
Now you see how everything else goes on?
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LMAO thanks for the link and I will have a look for some blades ……… Now I just have to find the dam chopper 
The pic looks pretty dam fantastic even my misses was impressed (thats saying something concerning little plastic men her words) The wood work has turned out looking pretty decent is that a pint job and wash or actual stain
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Post by: Dr H
That's looking real nice. Good Job.
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Wow LDD!- THat's impressive!
It's Vallejo air GrunBraun primer, then Did's magic brown ink, then highlighted with Vallejo Wood with a brush.Oh..then it got two light coats of future.
I used too many different kinds of woods for stain to work
Thanks Dr. H! -you made this possible, with your..ideas and such.
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Well, stubbornness - it's all it takes, after all
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 dsteingass wrote:Wow LDD!- THat's impressive!
It's Vallejo air GrunBraun primer, then Did's magic brown ink, then highlighted with Vallejo Wood with a brush.Oh..then it got two light coats of future.
I used too many different kinds of woods for stain to work
Thanks Dr. H! -you made this possible, with your..ideas and such.
Ah well, you did the work. I just offered a few suggestions. Glad I was some help.
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Post by: Skalk Bloodaxe
Honestly that is something I would not have thought of and deserves a  on my part. I'll keep that in mind for when I start my Necromunda project again. I actually have a few of them (kids in high school) so I'm going to put one in my Necromunda material box and when I open it back up months from now I'll say "heeeeey, I remember that!" and get to work.
I'm expecting you'll have Bag End done in a month.
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Dave could help design and rebuild civilization if things were to go belly up
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Haha! Once the Parlour is done, I'm going to take a distraction break and work on a 1:6 Cylon Centurion Model kit for an IPMS-USA review. Bag End will be a very long-term project I'll have to clean the gaming table off to build the hill once all the rooms are done, not to mention figuring out where to store the damn thing once it's done.
The COmpass-cutter is a lot like the Cricut- it'll make a nice score on plasticard, but it doesn't cut all the way through- still needs some good old-fashioned knife work.
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Centurion? Hmmm, Old school? the newer redux "Bullet head"? or the retro cgi classic from Razor and the end where they fought in "the colony"?
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This one, from Moebius:
http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=375296
The feet seem more like Caprica series CG to me, but I haven't really researched it much yet
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The Bullet heads, and looking at the images, some severe molding issues, the gaps!! major putty work I see
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Nope..Moebius kits are top shelf. In the latest issue of Sci Fi and Fantasy Modeler has two write ups/builds, and they say the gaps are all where the armor plates are supposed to meet up. Of coursr, they were using pre-production kits for the articles so We'll see. Every Moebius kit I've built so far has been a complete joy.
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see his calendar in the bg? It says Mar 30..which was last year, so he was probably using pre-prod sample kits too, since it just got released this month.
Of course, he posted in October, so he just may be too lazy to set his calendar too
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dsteingass wrote:not to mention figuring out where to store the damn thing once it's done.
I'm about to be in the same situation once I start completing the other terrain projects I have going on. They are all on bases and I can't stack them anymore, and they have to share the same space as all the other stuff I've already created.
Looks like I'm finally going to have to kick everyone out of the house so I can use the bedrooms for storage.
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Shelving! You need shelving! I need shelving! Everyone needs MOAR shelving!
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I need rooms for more shelves.
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Get rid of unnecessary things like plumbing
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I was thinking about getting rid of the couch and TV and kitchen table and beds and wife and kids and pets and windows and doors and friends. Then I'll have all the space I need and time I want.
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LOL Removing the windows WOULD leave more room for shelving...
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Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:I was thinking about getting rid of the couch and TV and kitchen table and beds and wife and kids and pets and windows and doors and friends. Then I'll have all the space I need and time I want.
hmm, might need to get rid of the carpet too...
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Post by: Skalk Bloodaxe
I need to live in a cave on the side of a mountain and just model until I die.
Ok, no more of that from me. Back on topic... what was the paint you used for the floor? I know the card you used, quite familiar with it actually . But the design you achieved really looks like individually laid tiles like IRL masonry. Wouldn't mind borrowing that technique if you are willing to share.
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It's ONLY Vallejo Game color "terracotta" paint- then I just made a wash of white Gouache and slathered it all over. Gouache doesn't have a binder- so it's a lot like making a wash from weathering powders. Once the water evaporates, you need to seal it with clear otherwise any new water applied will just liquify it again. I cheated a bit and gave the floor a coat of future, then when that was dry, I dampened a cheap 1" brush with water and basically drybrush/scrubbed the floor like you would with a mop, which cut through the thin future coat and helped to remove any white gouache from the surface of the tiles, leaving it to run back into the mortar joints. Modelers are always afraid of using clear gloss for some reason, but gloss coat is your friend, it's a tool, it helps decal film dissapear, and it helps washes flow into cracks and crevasses. Like ANY wash, it's best to do it in several light coats than one thick coat. You can keep working it with nothing more than water and a paper towel until you get it the way you want. Then a final coat of future will seal it so water won't liquify it any more. If you scrub off too much, it's super-easy to just add a little more. Or, you can just run it under the tap and remove it all (if you haven't sealed it with future or other gloss)
So the process isn't too unlike doing REAL grout or patio blocks where you sweep fine sand into the space between bricks..except you're using white gouache instead of sand or grout.
I only paid something like $10 for this whole set- I bet the other colors would be useful eh?
And I learned this technique from a model railroad article..so ALWAYS keep your mind open to non-wargaming sources of Hobby Lore!
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Once done, the fun part will be silvering/chroming that Centurion up. Unlike the classic buzzy voiced Centurions, the newer version are silent.
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 shasolenzabi wrote:Once done, the fun part will be silvering/chroming that Centurion up. Unlike the classic buzzy voiced Centurions, the newer version are silent.
Eh? wrong thread?
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No..the new-age toasters still have the same "by your command" voice..haven't you seen the excellent, but short-lived prequel series "Caprica"? How about the mini-series Blood & Chrome? (the Adventures of the young Husker as a Viper pilot)
The skin-jobs just got all the good lines in the rebooted BSG.
@Galorn 1:6 Cylon Centurion will be my next IPMS-USA review kit..you really expected this new thread to stay on-topic?
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those were redos of the original 1970's centurions, caprica was the prototype, razor had the full models. the ones who could replace thier fingers with guns did not speak aloud, the idea being projection, or radio comm.
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Btw, bagend looks good
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The Model is of a Season 4 Centurion..I could swear they spoke!
edit..nevermind.you are right Shas...maybe I was projecting that memory???
Maybe...I'm a Cylon
??
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Gods! Dave is a frakkin cylon!
LOL! I just got done going through all of it on Netflix, and catching in jokes, like in Razor, they had a wise cracking Colonial Marine named.....Hudson.
They activated and met in weapon locker 1701D
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
Maybe...I'm a Cylon
i wonder what lady geeks has to say on this...?
at dave... dunno why... cant really put my finger on it...but the floor... it´s not really working for me atm... somehow the harsh contrast of the red and the white is in the recent works not that good looking to me as in the tiled floors before...*ducks*
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Sorry Vik, but the floor is painted and finished exactly like the other room, same paint, gouache, sealant..everything, it's just not as glossy..yet
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Got my weta workshop hobbit book in the post today, it's so epic!
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Cool Shrike! I told ya so!
According to my rough estimate sketch here
Bag end should end up less than 4 feet long, and less than 2 feet deep
..and at this rate, it should be done in 37.5 years
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Yay! only 37.5 years to go! :-)
Boooo! it'll be done in 37.5 years!! :-(
what will you do then?
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Buy a warehouse and build the rest of Hobbiton
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O.k i'm gonna hold you to that Dave! lol, you need us all to chip in for the warhouse?
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.....warEhouse!
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DAMN YOU VIK!!!
I bet I inked the other floor before I gouached it!
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dsteingass wrote:Cool Shrike! I told ya so!
According to my rough estimate sketch here
Bag end should end up less than 4 feet long, and less than 2 feet deep
..and at this rate, it should be done in 37.5 years
Hey, you're working pretty damn fast for that quality of modelling
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37.5 cant you make it 37 I don't think I will be around then 
Warehouse I know a few empty ones around us going for a song, do you want me to pick one up
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Yeah, get me about 3 tons of static grass and 55 gallons of glue while you're at it LDD!
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actually this is exactly what i´ve meant to say but failed to name it...i hope i am not causing too much pain now... 
will inking it now fix it? still possible or will you have to do it all over?
your sketch looks very nice... it would be an awesome pice of fan hommage to make it happen!
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Maybe it can be a Dakka warehouse full of inspiration and supplies - plasticard by the ton and vats of glue - now I'm imagining Willy Wonka and his Hobby Factory ! The League members can be the Oompah Loompahs with Vik as Wonka...
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hmmm.... i can only imagine myself with a top hat way too easy^^ ...the only thing that would keep me from going to look like a regular copy of a johnny walker look alike would be those way too slim looking itchy trousers...no real man should wear those tights
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I don't know what to do now....you've caused me too much trauma Vik
Maybe if you wore the tights, it would cut off the circulation to your eyes
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dsteingass wrote:According to my rough estimate sketch here
Bag end should end up less than 4 feet long, and less than 2 feet deep ..and at this rate, it should be done in 37.5 -years- days
Fixed that for you.
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dsteingass wrote:Yeah, get me about 3 tons of static grass and 55 gallons of glue while you're at it LDD!
You might have to wait on the glue mind, they been using all the horses for burger meat over here
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LDD, I can't believe you don't have government inspectors like we do, the USDA makes sure that doesn't happen Automatically Appended Next Post: ..When I worked at a food factory, there was this man with a white coat and hard hat who was ruthless, any slight PH imbalance...he would trash a whole night's production.
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Apparently it was from Poland then imported to Ireland and processed there, they have found horse DNA and Pork DNA in burgers, I remember the days when we had more stringent regulations as well.
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That looks muuuuch better now!
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Thanks!
How bout now?
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Yeah. I think the white was just a bit too stark before, now it looks more "lived in" and grubbier, which I think is appropriate.
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Definitely looks better Dave! Damn this is a cool project!!
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Definitely much better feels warmer and looks more realistic great job see the roofing support so to speak going in place 
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Looking good
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dsteingass wrote:I don't know what to do now....you've caused me too much trauma Vik
Maybe if you wore the tights, it would cut off the circulation to your eyes
er... now this is a cruel suggestion... i am rather proud of you... i sense the dark powers of the force inside you after all...
Da Boss wrote:That looks muuuuch better now!
^that! without a doubt...
dsteingass wrote:Thanks!
How bout now?
even better...
Da Boss wrote:Yeah. I think the white was just a bit too stark before, now it looks more "lived in" and grubbier, which I think is appropriate.
damn... da boss is really speaking my mind... why has this guy all the same thoughts like me??? i demand an answer!... seriously...
now it is looking way better because the stained floor looks much more homely than this off- white look of before...
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Excellent, much improved. Just needs some rugs and furniture to give it the truly lived in feel
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 Ruglud wrote:Excellent, much improved. Just needs some rugs and furniture to give it the truly lived in feel
He could shave off a good few months by saying this bag end is set in the brief period when Bilbo's possessions were being auctioned off
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True, although a handily placed silver spoon or two would be needed...
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Yeah man! that floor looks better now! I thought it was good before but now you re did it it's spot on! not to mention the beams so far, a really tricky part you seemed to have tackled perfectly :-)
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I think you all would be happy with just floors and furniture
SPeaking of...IPMS-USA and The Warstore drop in the same day!
The Cylon, some 1/35 furniture (too big for hobbits!), Rastafarian heads, bearded heads, and primer
I like to pick the odd Russian/Czech model kits from the list, I'm never dissapointed in them either!
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Bearded heads!! brilliant! just brilliant :-)
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I made my Mordheim supply of hairy heads last many years, alas the hirstute may once again dwell in the bitz box!
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I'm hearing rumors that a certain MadRobot will be doing some bearded heads in an Afghanistan special forces kind of feel for IG you might like?
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Any bearded heads are of interest!
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Have you considered the cosmonaut heads from Puppetswar? they have some with beards as do the civil war style ones :-)
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I haven't seen them, but the more variety the merrier! I'd like to have an army where the troops were all unique, height and build too, like real troops.
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Oh I hear ya man! :-) if you want sites to get bare heads from to mix it up a bit I'm your man! I went crazy trying to find as many different as possible! and now have sourced a bunch!
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These heads were on clearence, that's why I picked them up. Primer was the reason for my order
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that looks fantastic dave, nicely done!
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Thanks Rogue! I'm growing weary of Bag-End though- bending the plasticard into the corner shapes is proving more difficult than I expected- still do-able, but just not fun.
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Try doing something other than endless corner-bending?
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I will, I brought the little Desk and secretary kit to work today and started cleaning and building parts of it. Proof that Forge World is just full of lazy-ass people..this thing has the finest, most detailed, most thinly-cast resin parts EVER, and not a single one is bent or warped. Those little shelves are .5mm thick, and they are flawless. Forge World can't seem to cast a wing flap 4X that thickness without it being full of SUCK.
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it's true, they could do much better, but the less they spend on casting technology, the more profit they make.
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Oh silly me, I should be thinking of Corporate Profits over ME getting my money's worth!
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dsteingass wrote:Oh silly me, I should be thinking of Corporate Profits over ME getting my money's worth!
exactly 
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Dave needs to buy one of those steel buildings things to house all his awesomeness of terrain making.
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naw, I've got plenty of room, it's just a mess right now. I need a good solid week off work to clean, reorganize, and add a fethton of new shelving.
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Once you have the buildings all set up and displayed we can call it Daverton or SteingassBurg
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should see my living room atm... mess would be a compliment...argh...
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Your wife allows this Vik? I don't believe it!
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well... i am sure she thinks it is all good and clean and all when she gets home tonight
but work commences as we speak ... so dirt amasses too
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I don't mind clutter, it makes me comfortable, but yeah, dirt does amass, and needs dealt with. My Garage has plenty of both lately
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well... dirt in that context is always a good way to tell your productivity
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Mostly plastic, resin, and wood dust
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yep... these substances here too.... talk about a windy world ...
well i must go now...have a parental meeting at the kindergarten in an hour...argh... health food discusion with other parents and such stuff... where was my shotgun again?...
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dsteingass wrote:naw, I've got plenty of room, it's just a mess right now. I need a good solid week off work to clean, reorganize, and add a fethton of new shelving.
Viktor von Domm wrote:should see my living room atm... mess would be a compliment...argh...
dsteingass wrote:Your wife allows this Vik? I don't believe it!
Mrs. Rawson is also usually a stickler for a cleaned up workspace. Only perk to being sick is not having to clean up the "warhammering" that is so therapeutic
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See, I don't get all macho with ladygeek at all, but my workspace is MINE, and she respects that.
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SUPPLY DROP!
A whole set of India Inks, airbrush lube, Patriot 105 needle/nozzles, cleaner...
Baiyuan got some of these Schmincke airbrush colors, so I had to try them. These are some fancy metallics that are supposed to do fancy things!
Aero Metallic — The Aero Metallic shades stand out due to their special brilliance and shininess. They produce unique color effects when combined with bright and effect colors.
Aero Shine — These colors produce a mother-of-pearl effect that shimmers discreetly on bright surfaces but gives off a metallic shine on dark backgrounds and when combined with transparent shades. Depending on the angle, there is a gradual color change from the color of the background to the actual Aero Shine shades.
I have no idea HOW to do this, but it sounds really cool!
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what does your postman call you? his secret benefactor? i suppose you are single handidly securing his job...am i right?
schminke colors? did i get that right??? schmincke as in makeup? (german translation...) and what do you want to use that shine stuff on? i know some peeps here on dakka have asked for such paints on numerous occasions...
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ooo, they do sound cool. I tried to replicate that angle-dependant colour change on one of my nids with a wash over metallic paint...didn't really work all that well, just ended up a green/blue metallic.
Are they for the cylon?
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Well Im certainly curious how these new colors act! I've never seen pearlescents on 40k models. Depending on your results I might have to try and get some to play with.
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My postman ALWAYS bitches about his job, the old fart should've retired 10 years ago, but I guess he likes that $45/hour
But I got free shipping on this order That's a Win-WIn- unlike my employer, who thinks WIn-WIn is when the company and the salesman make out like fat rats while paying us peanuts for making it all happen.
Yeah, the idea was to use them on the Cylon!
@Vik- they are made in Germany..you tell me!?!
I think it's the last name of the guy who started the company though.
http://www.schmincke.de/unternehmen.html?L=1
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oh i see... never ever heard of them tho... but they seem to have a long history...for sure...
well 45/$ and hour... not the kind of payment you should bitch around these days...but postmen... be wary about them, as i´ve heard you never get more nutjobs than with that...er...job...
and off again... kids need to visit the dentist... yuck^^
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Dentists, the originators of "Drill baby, drill!"
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Hey, Fenriz works for a post office, don't judge, spludge
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Not judging,but his bitching and cranky demeanor speaks for itself He's good at what he does though.
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Our postman is weird. He frequently stops his truck on the adjoining street and takes a break, then drives down our street, and stops his truck right in front of our house and takes another break. And just sits there for the longest time. He's kind of weird. He always takes off if we go out to get the mail while he's there, so i know it isn't something he should be doing.
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LOL. I used to live across the street from a church with a big parking lot. The local cop was always sitting in his car in that parking lot..for hours. One day I got out my binoculars and looked through a window shade to see what he was doing..he was playing solitaire on his car-laptop!
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lol... protect and serve...
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Oh yeah, he was a regular crimefighter! Nothing but speeders in that town, and he didn't even pull them over, his wife made him go home before dark
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his wife made him go home before dark
lol.... but you gotta love small towns... in a big city he would have been a smear on the pavement...
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Living around the corner from a Hobby shop and a Game shop is far more convenient though, not to mention I don't miss the hour drive one-way to work at all!
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ha! 45 minutes every workday for me... to and fro... i know for a fact after my apprenticeship i will look for a job closer to our home...
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Yeah, but at least you don't have to drive it! That sucked!
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er... you prefer public transport? in the summer... garlic, sweat, and overpopulation in one sticky package then?
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There is no public transport here Vik!
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i know... should i send you a slice of the cake then for a bit of the taste?
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Haha, don't you know that when you try to give Americans things like healthcare that we will rip your arms off?
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so they say... depending on who you ask... tho...this one then would make the term "rip-off" a whole new meaning then?
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Haha yep! We'd rather see our own people die in the streets than pay one more tax dollar!
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if it was my world... i´d get the big wallets to get less money for getting dusty... but well if it was my world...
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 Viktor von Domm wrote:if it was my world... i´d get the big wallets to get less money for getting dusty... but well if it was my world...
you would have a really bad case of Asthma?
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hmmm... well... i guess if your able to choke miscreants to death by just clenching your fists... then having a case of asthma is not too much in return....
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I am afraid I would be unable to resist turning to the dark side. The first time someone yelled at me over the phone... BAM! Force choke thru the phone line.
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over that distance? is that possible? where could i enlist???
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The Force is only limited by your imagination, man.
Do or do not. There is no try.
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hmmm.... good point...ha! i had a list.... now where was that phone?...ah....starting with the algebra teacher...
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Here I used my usual wood paints, but used my new Bombay Brown India Ink first in an overall wash, then streaked with a fine detail brush in an attempt at an Oak woodgrain.
Unfortunately the back of the secretary looks best IMHO.
Click and zoom, you tell me if you agree or not??
I'm now going to spray it all with yellow glaze, to lighten it up overall.
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Wow dave that effect looks superb mate! the desk is spot on! so is it just a wash of the ink then textured by running your brush through it?
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Thanks Nerd!
Yeah, Vallejo German GrunBraun primer, then Vallejo Air Wood (wood is a perfect highlight shade of the grunbraun), then Brown india ink wash, then wherever there was a dark puddle of ink I streaked around it with the brush to suggest knotty parts and rings of the Oak, then just random streaks everywhere else. I let the overall ink wash dry completely overnight before addign the streaking this morning (DAY OFF WORK- GO ME!!)
Also, this is all resin- this is the BEST resin kit I have ever built, really amazing craftsmanship and perfect quality freakishly thin casting!
And these India inks give you the lustre and richness of oil paints, without having to use flammable thinner and seperate brushes. Strangely, it seems to look flat when wet, but shiny when dry. I haven't used any future or gloss coat yet.
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Wood effect looks really good.
One thing I can see is that the ink or paint seems to be a bit thick at the edges of some of the pieces. But that may just be the angle of the picture or the lighting catching it and may not look so obvious irl and may not show when built. The effect works though, just those bits may need a little attention.
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Yep, it dried that way, but those are shelf boards and will be mostly hidden in shadow. I took more care on the wider shelves at bottom, because they will be more visible. The grain is always more pronounced on the edges anyways..I can justify it
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Yeah it looks like you did, the middles of the shelves etc all look good. I'll keep it in mind when I find myself doing some wood.
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Wow. Just wow.... That looks amazing! Heh.... And I still cant believe thats a resin kit!
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Bag end will look really good, but do not forget the papers and books and food cups and plates all over the place
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This is not for Bag End- it's 1/35 scale- too big
but it IS a proof of concept project in many ways
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Your problems can easily be solved by the invention of the shrinking ray.
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Even Gandalf looks like a teenager next to it!
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That wood effect is actually pretty amazing stuff I can't wait to see more...
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dsteingass wrote:This is not for Bag End- it's 1/35 scale- too big
but it IS a proof of concept project in many ways
i can see why you wanted tolighten up the furniture a bit for overall ambience reasons... but i liked it darker way better... as a study for future slef built stuff this is a total success! the wood grain is awesome! i had a look at the gallery and zoomed in on them... and it is really fooling me... at first as you stated it was a resin kit i thought it had a 3D effect to support that woodgrain effect... but none such... all flat... so double the awe for that outcome!
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Thanks Celeborn! -Much appreciated!
@Vik- (on Obi Wan voice)- "Patience, my son"
I have an idea!
We're not done yet!
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you know... because of this whale patience schtick i would probably be one hell of a fast sith converted... really... even my kids ask me...are jedi allowed to laugh? constipation and so on discussion emerging
so....having cleared that patience issue...
are you finshed?
are you finshed?
are you finshed?
are you finshed?
are you finshed?
are you finshed?
now are ye?
and what is that mobster for?
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The Mobster will be the figure in the diorama that the furniture will also be a part of.
I am now painting a Zinge Revolver for placement in the open drawer of the desk.
Zinge's Ork-sized revolvers are pretty close to 1/35 scale
...We'll switch gears to some 1920's gangster stuff for a diversion I need a cool car now!
Yaya..Touchups I know...My eyes have been working on this enough for tonight! 
The kit has a desk lamp, and old-fashioned telephone too, I'l need to make a 1/35 ashtray!
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that ahstray better sport a nice cigar then too^^
and yep...an orky zinge revolver...that is fitting for 1/35 in my view... looking good... just love the green felt inside the drawer!!! that is the kind of love for detail we are used to in this thread!
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Thanks Vik! From the moment I saw the drawer was a separate piece...I KNEW it needed to be green Felt..
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there are some things that are meant to be this way and only this way... i know it would ruin the cool looking woodgrain look... but what about a matching (darker) green leather cover/blanket like you have in banks or older offices?
like:
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THAT..Is a VERY GOOD idea Vik!!
Only problem is those are usually built out farther on rol-top desks, so the roll top can..roll..down
I think this one folds up and in
This desk is more this style:
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yeah? thin sheat of PC and you´d be set...^^
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oh and add two scores on either side for some detail^^
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NOW If it were inset leather, it would be:
1. Cooler
and
2. hard to do now.
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well... ok...^^ as i said ...it would ruin the wood look... and we cant have that^^
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Hobbits need desks too Vik!
Here I used a bit of Acoustic Guitar string- it had the right coil that I couldn't make by wrapping wire myself.
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If you can find a "nero Wolfe" novel on tape to listen to or a cellulose version to read as you paint the noir stuff.
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cool details...love the phone... tho...
this would have been more fiotting
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Furniture looking good. diorama sounds good. Look forward to more. Good.
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Thanks- I've also been playing Omerta: City of Gangsters
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It was late, real late, the steam from the vents in the street outside were lit up like christmas as the neon signs for the mens clubs down the strip did their work, I was frustrated, my head wreathed in the delicious acrid smoke from numerous cigerettes i'd been chainsmoking since noon trying to get my head around my latest case,
Creaking ominously my swivels chair rocked back as i set my size 11 shoes on my old walnut desk and blew smoke towards the ceiling, my desk was old, its surface scratched and worn, well used I like to say to those who ask why i don't get new one, and plus it's the only desk I know that's got a big enough drawer to hide my trusty Zinge 88 revolver, that thing could stop a man after going through a wall, not that i've had to use it much, I rely more on my brain than my gun to solve a crime, and there's been plenty of those lately.
My mind was racing so i shut my eyes to attempt to focus, it was turning like a lover at a barn dance but I had work to do! who did it and why? what was the angle and who did it profit? this was a curly one.... and it was about to get curlier!
I was about to hit the streets to clear my head when a knock on my door rattled the thin glass in the frame with a chattering tap..... and then 'she' walked in! i'd never seen a woman like her before, drop dead gorgeous with legs that went all the way up until they got cheeky! this dame was somethin' special and i knew whatever she wanted i'd help her! even though the hairs on the back of my neck were telling me she was trouble, straight up to me she came and eased those legs down to sit on the edge of my desk, her skirt rising just enough for my eyes to want to keep glancing at her thighs, she let her blood red finger nails slowly caress the scratches in it's top before she spoke to me, " my, i've never seen one that BIG before" she purred, keeping eye contact with her I replied " it's just the way my pants fit" she laughed lightly "no, you silly detective, i'm talking about your Zinge 88 in the drawer" how could I have been so distracted? my drawer wide open and my usually sharp mind distracted painfully by my pants! she was going to be trouble with a capital 'T'.
O.k who's going to write the next bit?
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HAHA Nerd! THat's great!
But I'd prefer to set it during prohibition, where the gangs run illegal liquor and the cops are the bad guys
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Bugger! looks like i need a re write lol! :-)
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HAHA- I do LOVE the "Zinge 88" handcannon bit!
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Thanks Dave i'm glad i didn't waste that ten minutes of my life totally lol :-) I think we need to start personalzing our threads more with things like the 'Zinge 88' gives us more fun to work with when we paint and model, think about it, you can make a poster for the 'Zinge 88' to put on a wall and it'd be a sweet in joke for us all :-) I'm currently re working the 'Steingass Rivets' sign to be much much better and totally awesome!
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It's already totally awesome!
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@Vik- That type of phone is a bit dated for Atlantic City in the 1920's..but still cool!
Think: The seedy underbelly of the Monopoly Board
Bathtub Gin, Bootleggers, speakeasy's, crooked cops, bribes, protection rackets, gun-runners, etc.
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Oh please don't encourage me to write about 'The Monopoly Guy' being found oiled up with 3 hookers in a bath tub along with an egg whisk a flying helmet and 4 pounds of linament!!
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Nerdfest wrote:
It was late, real late, the steam from the pipes of the bypassers in the street outside were lit up like christmas as the burning pyres of goblin corpses down the field did their work, I was frustrated, my head wreathed in the delicious acrid smoke from numerous pipes i'd been chainsmoking since noon trying to get my head around my between-meals-snack.
Creaking ominously my swivels chair rocked back as i set my size 15 whoolly toes on my old walnut desk and blew smoke towards the ceiling, my desk was old, its surface scratched and worn, well used I like to say to those who ask why i don't get new one, and plus it's the only desk I know that's got a big enough drawer to hide my trusty ominous precious ring, that thing could make a man look straight through you, not that i've had to use it much, I rely more on my brain than my bling to hide from the sackville bagginses, and there's been plenty of those lately.
My mind was racing so i shut my eyes to attempt to focus, it was turning like a lover at a barn dance but I had work to do! where to supper and what to eat? what was the main dish and who did it provide a la carte? this was a curly one.... and it was about to get curlier! (that long hair on my left piggy toe, that is.)
I was about to hit the streets to clear my head when a knock on my door scratched the green laqueer in the frame with a chattering tap..... and then 'he' walked in! i'd never seen a wizard like him before, drop dead gorgeous with a hat that went all the way up until it got cheeky! this master was somethin' special and i knew whatever he wanted i'd help him! even though the hairs on the back of my feet were telling me he was trouble, straight up to me he came and eased those hat down to duck into my corridor and sit on the edge of my desk, his tunic skirt rising enough for my eyes to want to keep glancing at the ceiling, he let his tobacco stained finger nails slowly caress the scratches in my door before he spoke to me, " my, i've never seen one that BIG before" he purred, keeping eye contact with her I replied "yeagh, next year I have an engagement to do the tracks in that new sasquatch movie." he laughed lightly "no, you silly hobbit, i'm talking about your tobacco can in the drawer" how could I have been so distracted? my drawer wide open and my usually sharp mind distracted painfully by my feet! He was going to be trouble with a capital 'T'.
Fixed that misleading context for you.
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HAHAH OMFG That's hillarious!
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Dammit! i've been outdone again! lol :-)
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Dave sorry to bother you mate but are you going to AdeptiCon 2013?
The only reason I am asking is I am after getting the Beast-Captain Torgo: AdeptiCon 2013 Sci-fi Model , apparently you can buy them in multiples on the day so was wondering if you are going and could pick us up one
Ill pay for it and the shipping of course or if anyone else is going and willing to do it I will return the favour if anybody wants the FW event only model 2013 at their open day in March/April.
Sorry to invade your thread Dave but yours gets more traffic than most if you are not happy I will delete
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No, not this year LDD, sorry but Briancj and Galorn are gong to Adepticon. I'm not sure we are even going to Games Day this year, but GenCon is already locked in
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dsteingass wrote:No, not this year LDD, sorry but Briancj and Galorn are gong to Adepticon. I'm not sure we are even going to Games Day this year, but GenCon is already locked in
I am not going to Adepticon this yeat... the wallet just says no.
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Thanks anyways guys it was worth a try  Now just to find some one who is
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The Cylons were created by man. They evolved. They rebelled. There are many copies. And they have a plan.
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I've got LDD covered, folks.
--B.
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Yes he has Thanks again Briancj and thanks Dave for the direction Dakka Kama is great
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Yes it is!
Gangster and Impulse Buy Bravo came today
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Impulse buy bloody hell Dave the amount of deliveries you get it is just standard practice now nice models though the gangster is pretty crisp cast .
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Thanks LDD- I think you're the only one left reading
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Oh, I'm still watching you... 
Actually, I was going to ask, how many pieces does that cylon come in? if it says conveniently on the box.
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I'm here! just watching from the darkened corner of your room! Mwahahahahahahaha!... ha
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I'm lurking too...
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Also still checking! Looking forward to when you swing back towards middle earth!
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I'm lurking around somewhere too
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Ahh Tricksy!
The furniture and such are experimental techniques for the eventual Hobbit furniture, so Middle Earth is still in mind.
The Cylon kit? It doesn't say how many pieces, but I know there are 17 sprues. I should count them, I'll need it for my review write-up!
Looky what Ken@ Badger Airbrush Co. sent me!
Samples (more like 1/4 of the entire line!) of the new Minitaire airbrush paints... Free of Charge
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dsteingass wrote:Samples (more like 1/4 of the entire line!) of the new Minitaire airbrush paints... Free of Charge
...not bad
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DAM you getting free stuff as well have to let us know how they work out
Its like stalkers anonymous around here, popping up out of the dark corners and from behind the sofa 
Now I thought we would be seeing a completed gangster by now, well at least built maybe with a splash of paint 
You getting old Dave
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dsteingass wrote:Ahh Tricksy!
The furniture and such are experimental techniques for the eventual Hobbit furniture, so Middle Earth is still in mind.
The Cylon kit? It doesn't say how many pieces, but I know there are 17 sprues. I should count them, I'll need it for my review write-up!
Looky what Ken@ Badger Airbrush Co. sent me!
Samples (more like 1/4 of the entire line!) of the new Minitaire airbrush paints... Free of Charge
Those are supposed to be the BEST Airbrush paints currently on the market. I've not had any to play with, but they look amazing based on the reviews and Vids I've seen.
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Good 'Ol Ken! always a winner eh! lol
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Yes Galorn, I hear that too! I can't wait to try them out!
If anyone is interested, here is a mega-good deal pre-order @ 50% off
http://www.amazon.com/Badger-Air-Brush-Company-Minitaire-Retarder/dp/B00AX5H86G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360679933&sr=8-1&keywords=minitaire
@LDD- just primered..and that was almost a disaster, but I saved it.
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Why what happened ? Bad primer or resin problems ?
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No, it's a perfect cast, such thin work like the cocked side of the hat and the lapel of his jacket..I had the body blu-tacked to a paint pot, and as I was spraying primer on him, he fell off the blu-tack, into the garbage can, which had a dumped ashtray in it, which I had to fish out and run to the tap to rinse off the ashes and primer that hadn't cured. Once dry..I glued him to a base for painting and primed him by hand Many bad words were uttered.
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Amateur mistake Dave you should know better now go back and try again.
Well, no new pics so did you give up after that ?
P.S. I know we kept busting your balls about furniture so I thought this might be of interest or not
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Naa, slacking off playing Mafia II.
Who makes those LDD?
..And what have YOU painted lately?? hmm?
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dsteingass wrote:Naa, slacking off playing Mafia II.
Who makes those LDD?
..And what have YOU painted lately?? hmm?
http://www.fenrisgames.com/
Actually painted a lot lately let me see there was the dinning room, the hall way, the stairs and spare room, you see where this is going
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DAVE!!! Dude you never told me that you had a new thred!!!!!!! Loving ur work so far man, (again) and i agree with you on that artwork book! Looked through one myself the other day as well and are sooo good! Automatically Appended Next Post: Also how did you get the airbrush paints for free?
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dsteingass wrote:No, it's a perfect cast, such thin work like the cocked side of the hat and the lapel of his jacket..I had the body blu-tacked to a paint pot, and as I was spraying primer on him, he fell off the blu-tack, into the garbage can, which had a dumped ashtray in it, which I had to fish out and run to the tap to rinse off the ashes and primer that hadn't cured. Once dry..I glued him to a base for painting and primed him by hand Many bad words were uttered.
ouuuuuch!!!
that i probably allowed to cause a stream of bad words!
i am not dead...yet... i had a rather anoying outcome of the kids carnival... so i was a bit depressed to look into anything hobby related for a few days... more on my thread later on...(as in about two min... )
the cylon is quite menacing
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Oh no! Sorry to hear that Vik. My thread is quiet when you aren't around - Has nothing to do with my video game playing..it's all your fault!
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lol... well... yeah... didn´t make it any less better for me having that on my conscience
and it seems a certain mobster spirit has you firmly in his grip^^
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Yeah, I suppose it does, but all good Mobster movies end the same way, it catches up to him and the antihero dies. I finished Mafia II 's story mode last night and it's a cliffhanger. That really bothers me!
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already made for e sequel? not nice of a publisher to do this to their customers... you´ll never know if a next game ever happens...
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It was like playing a movie, the faces, expressions, and mouth movements in the cutscenes were amazing, and the story was excellent too, like a creative kitbash of Goodfellas, Casino, Godfather, A Bronx Tale elements along with some great cars, also generic mixes of real period American cars, and a massive open world, even if the play was linear.
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well... sandbox games... that is my favorite type of game... being allowed to do amost everything... not being in a hurry...that´s gaming with style^^
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It really isn't sandbox though, there's only one quest at a time, and the story makes you want to hurry to it. You do a lot of car stealing and driving.
It makes me itch for Fallout-style play.
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i had that thought already too
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Nothing quite quenches your thirst like an ice-cold Nuka Cola ...does it Vik?
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well...there is still this:
but otherwise....yes
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My apologies for not having anything more constructive to say, but I'm loving your progress. The desk and the closet look amazeballs!
S.
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Post by: shasolenzabi
Now i have to go buy me some Nuka-Drops! VIK!!!!
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Post by: dsteingass
Thanks Sharazad! Much appreciated I can say the same for your artwork  !
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Post by: lone dirty dog
Sorry Dave but thought these might have some furniture of use as well http://www.miniaturebuildingauthority.com/products.asp?cat=Direct+Terrain
Now where is the gangster still no pin stripe
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Post by: LooT
Dave, as a suggestion to scratch your 20's itch, with a sandbox style, might I suggest L.A Noire?
I mean, you play as a cop instead of a mobster, but much of what you do ends up being the same
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Post by: dsteingass
Cool, Thanks Lord!
I'm d/ling it as I type.
I've got a bit of a sinus infection it seems now...annoying
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Post by: Valhalla130
Aww, I saw furninture and thought, FINALLY!!!
Then I find out its just for some mobster. Which looks really cool by the way.
I can't wait to see the Cylon.
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Post by: DiDDe
The work you've done on bag end is just.. well.. it's so good i can't find any words for it.. that's what it is!
and the furniture! the wood effect looks amazing!
great job dave!
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Post by: dsteingass
Thanks Didde! Glad you're back!- but next time you need a pc, let me kow and I can hook you up!
@Valhalla -
BY YOUR COMMAND
I decided some detail needed added
 Would you LOOK at this finish!!!
These are all the Inner parts, Schmincke Aero Dark Ice over black primer
Now to see how the Schmincke Aero Brilliant silver looks on the OUTER parts
No test pieces here, just balls out on the kit parts!
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Post by: lone dirty dog
That is some sweet looking finish they seem well worth the investment the armour looks like real metal and the shimmer to it is brilliant did you airbrush
Either way they are going on the to buy list now try some others Dave and be quick about it
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Post by: Dr H
Those metallics look really good.
I looked at this picture and thought "kiss my shiny metal butt"...
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Thanks Dr. H!
Assembled
And the ever-popular scale shot
And now for some weathering!
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Post by: DiDDe
dsteingass wrote:Thanks Didde! Glad you're back!- but next time you need a pc, let me kow and I can hook you up!
I'll put that in mind!
and that's some AWESOME nmm! great job as usual.
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Post by: dsteingass
Thanks Didde!
That paint reflects perfectly, you can tell I have a daylight bulb to the left and a standard soft white bulb to the right.
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Post by: DiDDe
haha indeed! it's like all white on the left and yellow one the right shows perfectly how good the daylight bulb is!
also, it feels so great to be back! i'm really looking forward to start posting updates again the first one is already up!
go have a look
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Post by: lone dirty dog
Now that is a beast I new it was big but bloody hell, the colour has turned out marvellously they have to be one of the best investments to date where can I get them from
You adding any lights to this guy I am seeing a red stream of light moving from side to side the detail on this model is great. *
When are we going to see some other colours in this range then
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Post by: SilverMK2
Love the cylon.
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Post by: dsteingass
Thanks LDD- they are German-made, I got them here from www.dickblick.com - Not sure what you have in the UK that would make more sense to order from?
Yep Hazz, he is BIG- thanks buddy
@Silver- thanks man
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Post by: lone dirty dog
Cheers mate found some on ebay £6 a pot mind have to have a proper look around
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Post by: dsteingass
Shifting gears to the Minitaire paints, my Renegade Krome detail brush and the Gangster
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Post by: lone dirty dog
Progress, blue suit no pin stripe then LOL looking good so far Dave
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Post by: dsteingass
I want to do pin stripes, but TBH, I'm afraid.
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Post by: lone dirty dog
No need to be afraid just take your time "YOU CAN DO IT "
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I just don't have a brush small enough for scale
Look at the lapel- 6 stripes!!
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Post by: Dr H
I would say that a very fine pen might be your friend, but I don't know if they will even go that thin.
If you're doing the stripes in a fairly similar colour to the suit then you may get away with only giving the impression of pin stripes by doing them on well lit places and saying that they dissapear in the shadows, then you don't need to do stripes all over the suit. That would save some effort.
I've not had any other bright ideas yet to achieve the pin-stripe look...
Edit: oo no, tell a lie. just had one. How about a very sharp pencil? Should give you very fine lines and you can possibly rub them off if a line goes wonky.
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Post by: shasolenzabi
So, Cylon, check, Old school G.I. Joe for comparison, check, joe holds GW mini check, all looking good Dave!
Gonna go for the well dressed gangster now eh? Pinstripes is the bees knees!
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Post by: Briancj
You should update your .sig, Dave. It still points to your old plog.
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Post by: shasolenzabi
Well, solid suit colors still work. I consider him still at the muscle stage, as he gets higher up in the organization he can afford the pinstripes, if he lives that long! Gangster life is a short one
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Post by: DiDDe
Pin stripes or not, He still looks great if you ask me!
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Post by: HAZZER
Looking good matey!
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Post by: lone dirty dog
Looks great though Dave so no biggy
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Post by: nerdfest09
That is one cool Gangsta as they should be! none of this new fangled Gangsta with their pants falling down and the underwear on display talking bad about 'yo Momma' THIS is a Gangsta good and proper although pin stripes would be cool......... ;-)
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Post by: Camkierhi
Now thats cool. Those boys invented cool.
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Post by: GiraffeX
Wow the metallic effects on the cylon are outstanding.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
that mobster looks very smart! i like him... and the solid colored suit works for me... pinstripes are good and all but a one colored suit sure has it´s merrits too
the metal work on the cylon looks very cool... yes...good image^^... a cool and murderous ba....rd... ... how you want to weather that one is a mystery... i never saw a ruined looking pile of screws back in the day when starbuck still was a guy...but that´s just me
on a side note... yesterday we celebrated our sons felix seventh birthday... in fact it is actually today...but we had to go to work...so little time in terms of celebrating that glorious day... so we instead preponed the event to sunday and not only did he get his presents early...(or better lots ) but also we went to legoland here in berlin... and boy...did we get lucky!!!! they had a special super feature star wars thing going on! man have been we all amazed! have you ever seen literally thousands of stormtroopers and droids and clone troopers side by side marching in for the battle? it was a cool sight for sore eyes if i ever saw something...
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Sounds awesome Vik! Did you get any pictures?
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
any??? any??? zillions...^^
though i dunno where to put them for a big show...
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Post by: dsteingass
Photobucket? Maybe make a LEGO album in your Dakka Gallery- if you only put pics of troops, it shouldn't get deleted.
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Post by: Ruglud
Wow, super impressive Cylon paintwork - although the pose is a little camp possibly... but none the the less an impressive kit... Love the gangster, really good pose - did you ever consider painting him in shades of grey (no, not the book...) to give him that black and white movie feel? Vik, that sounds like the Star Wars weekends in Disney World's Hollywood Studios - Always wanted to go but never made it yet - mostly because they are in May and my kids are still in school... Closest I got was Celebration Europe - loads of the 501st in attendance, plus life size Jabba, Snowspeeder and X-Wing (and more besides) A joyous day out! http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-weekends-2013-dates-announced.html Check out dancing with the Star wars Stars on youtube...
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Post by: dsteingass
The Pose is the kit's biggest downfall, I agree. It could be changed, but it would take some surgery. Some might say the gaps where the armor plates meet is bad, but there would be no other way to make the kit, and I wouldn't want to try and fill them after painting. You have to figure that the "real" thing would need those plates to be replaceable parts, so the gaps are normal.
After two days of contemplation, I have decided NOT to weather the Cylon after all. I think I like the toaster just the way he is. The uber-reflective surface lets light play with shadows and highlights without much need for painted/inked shadows, and I think inks/washes would ruin the pretty surface too.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
yeah... photobucket or the dakka gallery... i can´t really think of peeps getting wound up on little lego troopers... after all it is as close to tabletop as you can get...
by the way... i agree...the hands poses look a tiny bit akward to me too... otherwith you are doing amazing stuff...again ...
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Post by: dsteingass
No, his left arm gun is out and readying to fire, the right arm gun is retracted, the hands are doing what they are supposed to, He is supposed to be 7 feet tall, so he would be aiming downward to hit a smaller human. Besides, he isn't really supposed to move like a human, he is a toaster after all
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
yep...that´s why he says...:"you´re toast..."....
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Post by: cormadepanda
that gangster is sexy
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Post by: dsteingass
Thanks Cormade, but I think his feelings toward you might depend on whether or not he has been to prison yet, and for how long
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Post by: baneofmorgoth
It's good to see that someone is doing something Middle Earth related. It's a shame that the game is so under rated, it's really a fun game.
I like what you've done so far!!!! Keep it up, you're inspiring me to dig out my old LOTR minis.
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Post by: dsteingass
Thanks Bane! Dig em out!
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
whoa??? a whole day gone past and no one bloddy posts on this fine thread? what a tragedy!
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Well I guess I haven't given them much to talk about lately Vik. Dakka has been quiet in general.
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Post by: HAZZER
It has!
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Post by: monkeytroll
Wow, just caught up Dave...outstanding work as usual.
Really enjoying the Bag End build, marvellous stuff...
Gangster is cool, looking forward to seeing how you put him together with the furniture.
Beautiful finish on the toaster, even if it is one of the re-booted versions
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Post by: dsteingass
Thanks Monkey!
Some good news, after today I will have 9 SEQUENTIAL DAYS off work! I plan on doing some serious cleaning and reorganizing of my shop space and then hopefully get the Gangster/furniture diorama done.
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Post by: HAZZER
So did I miss all of the hobbit stuff?
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Not if you started at page 1 Hazz
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Ha ha ha!
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Post by: dsteingass
I think kids these days aren't bored enough. When I was a kid..I was bored ALL THE TIME. I think being bored makes you a detail-oriented person.
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Post by: HAZZER
You wish, man dakka is really quite today!
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
a frightening thought if dakka is going all quiet... i am currently a bit RL challanged but soon i need my favorite chatty waterhole back in full steam
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Post by: HAZZER
I need people to chatt to on my blog!!! I only have like 5-8 regual subs you have like 50!!!!!
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Post by: shasolenzabi
Well, there was that one Star Trek TOS that had gangsters dressed like that including the tommy guns.
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lol, I'm just too much of a 40k addicit to do something like that!
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Post by: dsteingass
I think just about EVERYONE has their hands full with RL stuff lately. I've experienced some myself. I think winter is driving everyone in the northern hemishpheres nuts.
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