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Dr H that's very cool reminds me if monkey troll's work.

 Briancj wrote:
Just the start, WIP not needed.

Is that a subtle hint...

Thanks Graven. I did actually come across a hut of his while looking for inspiration.

thanks for the kind messages guys! Are there any plogs on here for dolls houses? lol

 Dr H wrote:
Thanks Casey. I look forward to seeing what you come up with. Where's these pictures???

I'm taking them as I go but I haven't uploaded anything yet. I'm going for the, 'Pow! I'm finished!' factor so I'm holding them back for now.

Ooo, Casey you tease.

Haha, next thing I'll be posting pictures of my entry in stockings and at an obscure angle.

I am calling my entry ready (even though i might add change some details), as tommorow we make the big move into the new house, finally.
Here are some pictures.










Really enjoyed this competition, as it gave me an oppertunity to create something i could actually use. The deadline helped me from butterflying into other projects

Goodluck to all the contestants, and Brianjc, goodluck on the judging.


Ps. The big red tubing was made from the hairband thingy dipped in some woodglue with red paint. When it was almost hardend i bent it into the shape i wanted.




Take care.

i want to show you the almost completed E.G. Generator...






and with lightshow...



next...snowflakes^^


cheers, vik


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at chelnov...

that hairband idea is simply brilliant!!! i think i need to nick that sooner than later !!!

I think I might have a go at this contest. I have a few half completed terrain bits that I can rip apart and re-use the materials from.

bit more work on my entry

 Casey's Law wrote:
Haha, next thing I'll be posting pictures of my entry in stockings and at an obscure angle.

As promised :

I posted this in my chatty blog if anyone had questions or anything.

Yet another prize: Warmachine "Retribution of Scyrah" battlegroup. Because even privateer press couldn't resist succumbing to the lure of 'shoving anime into our product line', and I don't play the game.



--B.

Whoa, Brian! You are a very generous fellow! The winner is going to be one happy crappy!

Jesus... This prize just keeps getting more amazing. We're only a set of sice away from it being the average sized gamestore...


I gotta thiiiink!

Well, i intend to give prizes away to MORE THAN ONE PERSON.

Yes, that's right!

Let's call them:

Best Overall
Best Recycler
Best Newbie Project

There!

--B.

Good plan!

Generous? Perhaps.

Tired of all this CRAP in my house, for projects that have been piling up with no real future? Totally.

Yes, I could sell some of this stuff. And I will. But I'm also keen on spreading some of this stuff to people for whom GW still means 'fun'.




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INTERLUDE:

3 Chimera Hulls
3 Support Hulls (Artillery, Hydra)
1 Deathstrike Hull
5 Leman Russ Hulls

7 Armoured Sentinel Hulls
2 Scout Sentinel Hulls

4 Valkyrie Hulls
2 Sky Talon Hulls
1 Punisher Hull
2 Arvus Lighter Hulls

Just finished reading through your blog! And apparently it is now morning so I'm going to snatch some sleep while I can. I'll give you a little rundown on my thoughts when I'm refreshed and alert.

Good job Chelnov. and good luck with the move.

Keep at it Vik. I look forward to the snow.

Coming along Lazarus. There's a lot of potential in that build.

Look forward to seeing you make that sketch reality Casey.

Good call Brian, Spread the plastic love around.

The Hut now has a roof (with rivets of course):

The "metal" plates are made from scrap card and the rivets are left-over putty and the base is mostly dried paint/glue and some plastic shavings.

Looking good, H!

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Gentle readers, I have a request.

I understand that by declaring my intention to no longer support GW, I set myself up for this. So I DO apologize for being somehow misleading. But, once every week or so, I get a PM that boils down to "Can I have your stuff?"

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So, for the record: If I am going to make something available for sale (and it WILL be for sale, or direct barter of equal value) I will make it VERY clear what is going on.

At this time, my plan is to keep my Minotaurs and IG. I am debating the Adeptus Mechanicus, but since both Minotaurs and the Mechanicus were my Maelstrom/Adepticon Armies, they have meaning to me. At some point, I will begin the conversion from Cadians to Praetorians (I already have artillery crew and carriages on order from Col. Gravis' kickstarter), and the infantry portion of my IG will be well and truly liquidated. I'm also fairly happy with my flyers, as at some point I am hoping that there will be some new Apocalypse action locally, so I can go all Robert Duvall on some unsuspecting tables, in a glorious exit.

Thanks for understanding, and, again, I am sorry for the confusion.

--Brian

Sorry about the sideways picture - not sure why my phone uploads them like that...

However, my first WIP's:





A small mound made from broken up packaging, pinned with cocktail sticks and covered with PVA and tissue paper. More cocktail sticks poked through to form spikes. Some resin pour gates to form anti-tank style dragons teeth. A bit of MDF spure from some laser cut terrain, along with some injection moulding inlets from model bases to form a telegraph pole.

Once it is dry I will add some sand to the mound, add broken wires to the telegraph pole and mount the gun on the ring. I hope it can be entered into both Briancj's contest and also the -=]_=- terrain contest

Liking the telegraph pole Silver. Good start.

and big up to the PPGs.

Looking good guys!

Another little preview from me. My first proper WIP from when I started:


And as I said, I read through your blog last night Brian.

I have a huge backlog of blogs to read but for some reason yours wasn't on the list, I guess we just hadn't crossed paths until now. Well I couldn't in good conscience enter a competition you were graciously holding without reading through so I jumped in.

Firstly I was struck by your IG, with their rich background story which clearly had been well thought out. And then bam! you hit me with the awesomely sexy Ordinatus thing. You executed it brilliantly and I was glad you gave it a lovely paint job as well. After that the hits just kept coming. armour upon armour upon armour. So many beautiful tanks and flyers for me to oggle over! And your skills with converting, adding to and elongating them are intense, you should be really proud of them.

Aside from the miniatures I really enjoyed reading your commentary! I'm not at all vocal about my feelings towards GW because, frankly, most of that chat is just ridiculous bandwagoning that I don't want to be associated with. Yours was not like that though, it was nice to read how passionate you were but most importantly what you had to say was intelligent and delivered clearly. Yours is a voice I needed to hear on the subject. I'm really impressed at the lengths you are going to to support other games instead and make that transition based on a strong moral decision. This also gave me some nice insight into the motivations behind this competition. In that vein, I also enjoyed reading about your efforts to repair miniatures and not waste materials, this recycling thing is a very honourable pursuit and you've got me thinking about what I should be doing about it too.

Lastly, it was upsetting and yet nice to read about some of the difficulties you have faced recently. This is, sadly, a topic I know all too much about and it's always helpful to know there are other hobbyists dealing with similar situations and more importantly triumphing over them. Thanks for being candid about your experiences!

I hope I can join you on the next 75 pages of your journey!

Very nice, Casey! I really like where this is going.

Thanks Yellow! There is another little teaser on my blog, I won't post it here so as not to clog up this thread with my entry.

I've been a follower of these blogs for some time, and I think it’s time already to step forward and join in. This is my first post, and, as such it will also be my first participation in a competition, if I'm still in time to join.

(This is a note to help me stay organized. There is the possibility that a monthly narrative/scenario-based 40K play group will restart in the fall/winter, plus the possibility of other, narrative-focused and/or beer-and-battle type non-tournament options.)

5 Fixed Chimera hulls
2 Unbuilt Chimera hulls
2 Support hulls
1 Hellhound hull
1 Deathstrike hull

Dropins:
2 Manticore (1 unbuilt, missiles for a third)
1 Hydra (plus various aegis quad-guns)
2 Cut-down Basilisk
1 Full Basilisk
2 TwL Heavy Bolter Chimera turrets

5 Leman Russ hulls (3 Demolisher, 1 LRBT, 1 Multi-hull)
2 Unbuilt Leman Russ hulls (1 LRBT, 1 Demolisher - both 'old school')

7 Armoured Sentinels
2 Scout Sentinels

4 Valkyrie hulls
2 Skytalon hulls
1 Vulture hull
2 Arvus lighter hulls

Aegis Line
Bastion
Skyshield
Fortress of Redemption

Briancj - good of you to start organising your property so we can have you killed off and steal your stuff
@Littletower - great to have you aboard!

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Briancj - good of you to start organising your property so we can have you killed off and steal your stuff

I like this plan, and I'm excited to be a part of it.




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Littletower wrote:
I've been a follower of these blogs for some time, and I think it’s time already to step forward and join in. This is my first post, and, as such it will also be my first participation in a competition, if I'm still in time to join.

Plenty of time.

I'm in, then!

GM Power Generator Ingredients List:
CD
EVA rubber, (cork?) textured, leftover from kid’s school assignment
Assorted wire cuts (Mainly from multi pair – data & coms – wires)
Various random pieces, mostly plastic, rescued from discarded toys and household items)
Plasticard clippings
Car spark plugs and light bulb (We had our car serviced last week, and in the repair centre they gave us back the parts replaced, as proof of the work done. Getting those at the same time a competition based on using recycled items was on, was too much of a coincidence to let go by)

Required initial pic, and a couple more WIP shots.

Materials:



Assembly:



Primed: