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Zegama beach?........didnt Bugs blow that to hell?

OK guys... formal pics of Uncle John. Please vote if you like 'im!

Fantastic, Gits. Lovely model and hilarious post!

Now thats a silly marine lol.

Love that smile. Top notch work here Gits.

Now *THAT* is a "Movie Marine"!

Well Mr Splitta i have a double reason to say G'day today! firstly that Uncle Jon marine is great, I love it when someone can execute a humorous mini to that exacting level, he really looks totally cheesy he's like Dakka's answer to Duke Nukem! secondly I got the rest of my bits for your comp, and started slightly re posing the legs by cutting out behind the knees and chopping the feet, then bending and gluing, when i'm back home I'll be able to really get stuck in and finish it all off! this is so much fun!

Gits, I can't read through all 375+ pages this week, can you remind me what colors you use for your mantis warriors?

Thanks guys! Don't forget to vote!


@Nerdy: I didn't really think of the Duke Nukem' reference... but man that's spot on! Glad your bits came in, looking forward to what you do with them.

@Theo: You just have to look between the contest announcement and here... somewhere in the last few pages I talk about my green formula. My yellow is linked from the OP.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Thanks guys! Don't forget to vote!


@Nerdy: I didn't really think of the Duke Nukem' reference... but man that's spot on! Glad your bits came in, looking forward to what you do with them.

You need to be careful when talking to NF09 about his bits, you could end up with a total derailment of your thread

 GiraffeX wrote:

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Thanks guys! Don't forget to vote!


@Nerdy: I didn't really think of the Duke Nukem' reference... but man that's spot on! Glad your bits came in, looking forward to what you do with them.

You need to be careful when talking to NF09 about his bits, you could end up with a total derailment of your thread

Lol Oh you know me too well, but I held back due to Gits thread being such a family orientated place!

er... gits? i think i overread that you asked for a pic before assembly...?

well... here is me hopeing i am not already disqualified...but i would understand it if you say so...because fair is fair...*looks sheepish*

i worked quite a bit on my take on the mantis warrior...

and this is how far i came for today... i ahve also planned a quite a cool looking base that i plan to show you tomorrow... all still without any lick of paint!... so all rough and WIP still...

well anyways... here are my first pics...:




cheers, vik

Nice take on the Mantis Warrior Vik, me like

I present You my entry for the competition.

Brother Ahoky.



It's the beginning of the repenting hundred years after the traitorous Badab War.
In a bare world filled with xenos scum Brother Ahoky and his brothers are battling in the name of the Emperor.
They're like the plants growing in this wastelands, hard to defeat and full of life, they'll survive the fight or die, but the bodies that will fall will bring new life and hope.

"Let's show our foes the meaning of our beliefs, may them die in the name of the Emperor trough our swords"

Ahoky - Mantis Warrior

I'll leave under spoiler the rest of the pics

thanks selvaggio!

i like your take too!... very vibrant colors!...and that banner looks awesome... i suspect it is latin? care to translate?

as for the basing...what did you use for that plant thing?

Nice start Vik.

Looks good Saky. Nice base. and good job on the shoulder markings.

Thanks Vik and Dr H, appreciated

Fulgor et Umbra = Lightning and Shadow

The plant thingy is a dry tip of a pine from my garden with a lot of different used dried tealeafs glued to It

ah... thanks on both!... good use of real plant life so to speak^^

Brother Ahoky Is looking very nice Sel, thats a nice vibrant green and yellow works really well.

Nice build Vik, his claws are looking great.

Two promising new entries, a final entry and a formal pic of Uncle J! Loads of great stuff, well done guys!

Vik : you're fine.

*pheewwww*

if you all are interested i could explain the parts i used...

oh...and i have a cool looking mantis icon coming along tomorrow made from bitz and PC...kinda educational maybe^^

Do It please....

ok... i will make some pics of the spare bitz i got...

some pieces like the mandibles are quite nice finds...

so up till tomorrow then

Yeah, Vik can play! Awesome work Sel. love the hazard stripe, I was thinking heretically and possibly doing the hazard stripes green and yellow.

I should just enter my Lufgt Huron model, but he's built D:

Green Yellow hazard stripes? Sounds good to me, They would look good on your weapons.

Thanks for the compliments

Very cool indeed, great freehand and really nice weathering on the chainsword especially.

Uncle John's beachy pic & post was hilarious !!

Lucky owner !!!

(Also, voted )

Hey Selv, that was a darn near perfect entry. Main pic, story, then additional pics in spoilers. Flawless!

Love your interpretation too. Nicely done.

Thanks Git, I did my best on this one.