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It's nothing to apologize for. I got mine from Warstore. I think the discount was about the same as MM's. It's just annoying that they did this so soon after release.

Yeah I was surprised. Probably heavy overstock. Too bad there's no Kmart/wherever price match guarantee.

Okay, here's tonight's work, a female Soviet sniper.



She's from Blackball's AEWWII and came packed with a male sniper in a sitting position. I haven't really worked on him yet though. I actually really like this figure. I think she might be the most un-cheesecakey female figure I own. You wouldn't even know she was female if I hadn't mentioned it. But yes, this is a female. It was more evident before I assembled her. The only downside to her is that she doesn't look nearly as rag-tag as the rest of my Soviets.

Now, these other two I already finished painting over the weekend.

Joining my Soviets is this Red Guard figure from Urban War.



I suppose it'll be a bit odd with my Soviets having a higher quality power armor than my Germans but, eh. I don't really care. He'll be gaining the "flight" ability as well when he gets used in-game, so that should give my Russians some more tactical flexibility.

Next is the "Buffalo" US Power Armor from AEWWII, obviously for my Americans.



Now, this is a funny little kit. He looks awfully familiar. Now, where have I seen this design before? Oh yeah....



Yeah, this design is very blatantly stolen from Kow Yokoyama's SF3D/Ma.K. This is clearly a Gustav that has seen some very slight redesign. Basically, they narrowed the torso a bit, moved the side windows up a bit, and removed the cables, vent, and exhaust from the back. That's it. It's other arm is even an exact copy of the laser weapon from the Gustav. What's funnier is that, if the name didn't give it away, the faction in Ma.K that uses the Gustav is based VERY heavily on WWII Germany! The SAFS would've been a better choice, but it probably also would've been more recognizable.

Wow. That is *SUCH* a machine krieger figure. Can't say I blame them for swiping cool stuff.

Was the writing molded on the armor of your Urban war guy? It looks nice. Good job if you freehanded that.

I wish I could take credit for freehanding all of that, but it is sculpted onto the figure.

That russian (gundam) wing model is hilarious yet awesome

I actually wasn't a fan of his wings at first, but they've grown on me. Best part of that guy though is that his helmet is styled to look like an Ushanka, so he's wearing a metal hat.

Lucky me, I got some Kickstarter stuff in today! I got a box of a couple of figures from Rocket Games' Last Saga. I'm not sure how many of you guys backed it or are familiar with the issues its been having. The company they got to cast up the figures has been giving them troubles, not delivering when they say they will, sending the wrong items, etc. Unlike some other companies who have screwed people out of money and delivered nothing, these guys are at least trying to get their product out. Their caster sent them a bunch of figures recently, but it wasn't everything. It was a handful of figures from the Council (human) faction and the Guardians of Tanaor (an alien) faction, and then multiples of those same figures in the quantities that they were supposed to receive of everything else. So, when Rocket Games brought this to everyone's attention, they said that if we want, they'll ship out whatever they have that was in our orders now at no extra cost while they wait for the rest of the figures to arrive. As it so happened, I had two figures in that selection that they received, so I told them to send whatever they got. What I received today was my Dragon, which is an all resin figure and is essentially a PanO TAG, and a Tactical Officer, which looks pretty much like a cross between a PanO Fusilier and a Mantic Pathfinder Enforcer. The Dragon is currently soaking in Simple Green, so I can't show him off, but I figured some of you would be interested in seeing what the actual figures look like.



Overall, I'm actually very happy with him. I'd seen one guy complaining on the KS comments that the figures he received were total crap and all fethed up casts, but I've got no problems with mine. Biggest issue is that where the sprue attached to the limbs was a little thick. That's it. Even my Dragon has a very good quality cast. Minimal issues on it aside from an air bubble that popped up on the torso when I cut it free from the sprue. Any other imperfections on it like mold lines were pretty easily dealt with. This gives me very high hopes for the rest of the figures, whenever I get them (and I have quite a few coming, eventually).

Tactical Officer looks nice. Very Pan-O indeed.

For the Ants, the gel, hot shot or whatever, works a charm. Or go homebrew and use a Sugar and Borax solution.
1/2 cup of sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons Borax
1 1/2 cups warm water

Yeah, once painted you'd be hard-pressed to tell that guy wasn't a Fusilier! Looking forward to the TAG.

Definitely looks like a fusilier. Nice stuff.

I was all set to get that guy primed last night. Got him and a bunch of other metals all ready to go, started spray priming and then my spray can fizzles out. Didn't even have enough left to prime half of them. I'm going to have to go by the hobby shop on my way home tonight and grab some more, I think.

I got an email from Mantic this morning. They said my DBX shipment had been delivered. To the wrong address. To Highlord Tamburlaine's address. Now, he lives about 5 minutes away, so I can see how they made that error. The addresses are fairly similar. Except, I would think he'd have mentioned that a package from Mantic with my name on it and my stuff in it would have shown up at his place. They've never sent my stuff to the wrong address before, and I didn't give them a different one from previous Kickstarters, so I don't know what wires they crossed. It would sure be nice to actually get my stuff though.

As for the ants, a combination of rain (yay) and some caulking seems to have dealt with them so far. They were coming and going through some gaps in the wall and around the main faucet on the tub. I filled those in and haven't seen them since. Hopefully they've all either starved to death or have just plain left.

Huh?

Mantic most certainly did not deliver your package to my address. You address doesn't even have the same number as mine, does it?


The team boosters had my name on it. I'll contact Mantic as well and let them know.

Worst case I'll let you have my boosters until the spares arrive.

Did the box you received have Eclipse and a Medi-bot in it? It may very well have been mine, though I don't recall ordering any mutants. I have yet to receive any further response after I pointed out that they had the wrong address.

Since today is turning out to be kind of crap at work, I think I may be bad and help myself to some Weird War rocket troops at the flgs after work.

One bit of good news though, supposedly my Kingdom Death stuff is supposed to be arriving tomorrow. I can't wait to get it and promptly put it in the closet until Poots releases an assembly guide.

Also just got a notice from HLJ, my Graze from the new Gundam series is in stock and shipping soon. Yay!

Nope, I got my Eclipse and Medibot with all the kings of war stuff as well. It was just mutants and mecha, and if you didn't order any mutants... I'm guessing that was what they were supposed to send in the first place.

I'll let you know if any packages show up at my place in the near future though.

I had FRP cancel my orders and credit me back a ton. I'm now feeling quite bad as well and will most likely go on a binge purchase while I wait for parents to show up for the next conference.

So no random Void army books, eh? Did you know you can actually download those for free from Scotia Grendel? I keep meaning to do it, but it's usually slipped my mind by the time I get home.

I got the 90 cent Syntha book already. You're welcome to borrow it next time I see you.

I got a message back from Mantic- they'll have their post- Kickstarter team look into what happened with your order (that never made it to my place either) supposedly some time next week.

Weird, I got no response so far.

Also, my Kingdom Death seems to have been delivered already! Hurray! If I can't figure out how to build the figures, at least they'll be fun to look at.

I'll be by tonight. I'll check your book out.

Bring you Kingdom Death stuff- I want to see the Green Dragon Knight armor or whatever it's called. If they decided to send it out that is. I have a weird feeling we won't see that until the expansions hit.

I could be wrong though.

So yeah, my Kingdom Death stuff decided to show up today. I hadn't heard of anyone else receiving armor kits from the expansions, but I got my armor kit from the Dragon King expansion. Figured I'd post them here. I'll post them in the appropriate KD: M threads, too.

Sprue 1: two guys, two girls, and a whole mess of bits that I have no clue where they go



Sprue 2: tons of hands and weapons.



I also rescued my Dragon from Last Saga from the Simple Green and assembled it.



As you can see, it's about the same size as the old Squalo. As I was building it and handling it, it felt like it was smaller. But no, it's about the same. Maybe even a tad bigger. His base is certainly bigger (and what TAGs should come on). He's got his tactical rock, as you can see. Even though I'd ordered the machine gun version (which he's carrying), they threw in the other weapon as well. It looks like some kind of anti-tank rifle. If I ever get another TAG in need of a weapon, I suppose I'll have to salvage it. I'm thinking, since it's head is rather shark-like in appearance, I'll probably proxy him as a Cutter. But, I think he could honestly probably stand-in easily for any PanO TAG aside from the Jotum.

That is a lot of bits a pieces.

I like that mecha. I look forward to seeing it painted up.

That robo is sleek. I like him better than some of the Infinity TAGS. Maybe because the design aesthetic is for a killer robot and not something weirdly appleseed-style piloted or something. Gun is also better proportioned and he has just enough angles and corners to look vicious/dangerous.

Two new WIPs to show off tonight. This time from Infinity. I'm now one figure closer to finishing my Neoterran starter set. Tonight I started (and finished) painting my Hexas.



The studio colors are surprisingly easy to do for him, so he went real quick. I was afraid he was going to be a total pain to assemble and paint considering how his jacket goes together, but he actually wasn't. I won't be painting the lines between the hexagons though. I don't have the patience for that.

He's been done for a little while, but I figured I'd show my HMG Janissary. I finally found a shade of green that I'm happy with. This is pretty much the shade I've been trying to achieve on my previous Haqq figures. This also marks the fourth different scheme I've done for the Janissaries. If I get the boxed set though, I'll be using the same colors on them.



And wouldn't you know it, right after I finished taking pictures, I went to pick up the Janissary and accidentally dropped him. Somehow the carpet managed to snap off the barrel of his HMG and strip a bunch of paint off. Naturally, I couldn't find the piece that broke off, so that means I'm going to have to try to find some other way to repair the gun.

Very nice. Maybe you could use a Gundam pen or something similar to line the hexes?

*sigh* My goal for the day was to finish my Aquila Guard. But, I didn't get home until 9pm and I just didn't have the time to get the job done. I'm nearly there. He just has his right arm/rifle to go and I'm done. Tomorrow for sure, he'll be done. And once he's done, my Neoterran set will be finished and I can finally dip them.

I have finished the Swiss Guard from that set. I'm pretty much trying to stick with the studio colors. That includes the odd teal artificial muscles. I'm not entirely sure if I like them or not. I kind of do and I put them on the Aquila, too.



Like the Hexas, he looks a bit rough right now. After I apply the dip though, they're going to look much better.

The other thing I finished are these gents.



All I needed to do on them to complete them was finish their basing. They're totally done. I'm not even going to give them glowy eyes. These two British snipers will actually be joining my Americans as their backup. I've got to say though, I really like these figures. These two might just be my favorite figures from the range (at least that I own). I'd actually like to get another set so I could use the other two heads. As far as I can tell, the heads these guys came with are unique to this set. The other two heads were unhelmetted, but with their ghillie suits pulled over the heads and they're wearing balaclavas. It's a shame there weren't two more figures in the blister so I could've used all four heads.

Good stuff! Gotta love how that box came with two power armored guys as expensive as TAGs.

Well, about as expensive as a Nomad TAG, anyway. I've heard those two units are supposed to be some of PanO's better options. I wish this particular Swiss Guard was still available in a blister. I'd like to make the hacker peofile for him.

I think they're 80something points. I guess some tags do hit 100+ but yeah, pricey heavy infantry. Of course he's a walking tsnk and has TO camo to boot.

I like the knife and missile combo... If my missile doesn't do him in, I'll just have to do it the old fashioned way....

The knife is odd. It looks really ceremonial. I don't get why he has it. The missile launcher profile is also supposed to have a shotgun. I wish they'd put one on him somewhere.

Neoterra is now finished. I completed the painting on the Aquila Guard tonight. Now, I plan on dipping this weekend. He'll be the first one that will be totally finished. I had to go ahead and base him now since it'll be extremely difficult to do so later what with the jacket and all.



Seriously, just dip, do his lights, and he's done.

And because I like to paint random stuff, I picked up a handful of clearanced Heavy Gear blisters a bit ago. I went ahead and painted up one of them today. I believe this is a Recon Armiger from the Eden faction.



I like this thing's design. It's surprisingly not very big though. I was expecting the Armigers to be on the bigger side, but he's honestly not that much taller than the Ferret I posteda while back. I'll probably wind up using it as a mech for my 15mm guys.

Also, I used that gray color on him that Highlord Tamburlaine had used on his Noh mecha. That's a great color for mechs! I think I'm actually going to leave it pretty much as-is. Just add some lights to the front and that'll be it.

I finished my other Armiger while I was working on finishing a bunch of dipped figures. I'm gradually working through them, finishing up their bases, etc. I should have more to post on those soon. For now, I'm enjoying working on little Heavy Gear robots.



When I said the Armigers were small before, I meant it. Here they are with some 15mm guys.



As you can see, they really aren't that much bigger than these figures. That makes me wonder just how tiny the actual Heavy Gear infantry figures are.