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so does that mean at least it will be a symetric model??? and how old is your niece? girls interested in transformers? i thought they liked my little pony and such pink stuff^^

Most of them have the melee weapon in the same hand.but there is at least one that has them the other way round.

My niece is 6 years old, she also knows all the words to a slipnot song.

slipnot...er...yeah ...right...^^

Well this weekend getting in from work I severely lacked motivation, well it was 00:30 *sigh* But earlier in the week I had built my Light box, and finished off Montymus (apart from the static grass) And last night I decided that I will have to production paint to get enough painted in time for the battle. But last night I sat at my desk for 1.5 hours and never even touched my brush. I am a tad annoyed. But I did set up the production line

So to start with, here is my Light Box creation process. I am sure I read something similar somewhere possibly on here :s

I took a cardboard box, and trimmed off the flaps.



I then drew on a window to each side of the box, that I would remove.



I used a hobby knife to slice through the box with ease to remove the window.



and did the same for the other side.



I then took a relatively flat piece of white tissue paper and tapped it into place on the outside. Normal tape can be used, but for some reason the only tape I could find was gaffa tape, so it was a bit of an over kill. I held onto the space tissue paper in case I need to replace the sides at a later date, due to an accident.





And cover the window on the other side as well (I have done this but not photographed.)

What remains to be done is to tape a piece of white paper to the back, with a curve rather than a fold. But as I am having trouble with my lamps (It seems that replacing the bulb, did not work. Nor did replacing the fuses. I may try putting the old bulb back in with the new fuse. In case I bought the wrong bulbs. Dam funny shaped halogen bulbs.)(and I still need to find a replacement for the florescent bulb in the other lamp. To have a lamp on either side of my desk would be spiffy





The model that should be in spot number 1, is currently on my painting station, blue tacked on top of my paint pot. And has received a was as well as his arms and backpack. But in my haste to do this I forgot to paint the purple and boltgun bits first. Doh! So that is the plan for Thursday, to get all the purple and boltgun done.

was the last pic you posted done with the lightbox already or will a lightbox pic made like this happen soon? i think that is a nice way of making one... one thing tho... i would rather use some wraping paper...you know...that stuff you wrap your bread in for when you go to work/school? that white see through stuff...

and did you use a big loaf of foam for the production line? man how i envy peeps that can keep a clean workspace! mine always looks as if every body puts stuff on my desk...but in fact it is just me...the messy modler^^

No the last 2 photos were not taken in the light box, it just happened to be reasonably sunny this morning so i popped them near the window. Bit of a wobbly shot as my hands were not resting on anything and it was taken on my mobile.

I put my bread in a lunch box so not sure what you mean Vick, lol.

Once i have fixed my dek lamps i will take some photos in it.

Yes it is a large lump of foam, my brother in law keeps an eye out for bits i may find useful. He gave me this, its very handy for keeping limbs organised.

I am wondering if i should tack the limbs onto the tooth picks using pva glue rather than blue tack. What do other people use?

youngling^^

and i just glue time on the SM´s body^^ becuase i dont work that detailed.....yet...^^


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but the PVA idea might work...

I wish i was a youngling lol, although i am not quite a Silver Haired fox either, somewhere on the lower side of the middle lol.

We have something similar hear but its plastic on one side and paper on the other, but it tends to be holding a lovely greasy sausage roll or pasty from a bakery, so not really useable after lol.

nope... i guess that wouldn´t do^^

well i think i will never be a silver fox...for that you need more hair^^ it is trying to get away quicker off me than that it can some day grow grey on me^^

I am a little annoyed at myself, I am not making good use of the little painting time I have. So far on Friday, Saturday and Monday night, I have managed to paint the purple hands and feet of the tactical squad and paint half of the boltgun. *sigh* I need to stop watching CSI on my PC and just stick some music on so I am not distracted. Hopefully I will do better on Thursday (Finish of the boltgun, and do a devlan mud wash on the half that have dry boltgun)

don´t be too harsh on yourself mate! hobby time is just that hobby...you are not on any schedules and you are sadly not paid for it... so if you are not as productive as you may want... there will be times when it is just the oposite...

They are coming along really nicely M0rdain, do you use an airbrush? I need to set myself up a light box too. Nice to see how you've done yours.

Viktor von Domm wrote:don´t be too harsh on yourself mate! hobby time is just that hobby...you are not on any schedules and you are sadly not paid for it... so if you are not as productive as you may want... there will be times when it is just the oposite...

Wise words

yeah...me= wise beyond years... but that and 20 cents wont get me even a cuppa tea^^

I have had a bit of a fail in my motivation recently :( I have sat at my desk and just not been motivated to paint. Its my own fault, I should not of tried to paint in a production line it always ruins the feel and makes it feel like a chore. This happened last time I tried it. Hopefully it will come back soon.

But on the upside I am playing on my xbox more and have just got Fallout: New Vegas and I will start playing it tonight after my D&D session

Any tips for playing it?

er...collect everything... get every ounce of amo you can get a hold of? get everything that has no weight? perfect loot...

later on you can bother to get the right guns for the masses of amo you collect...

be true to your character...whichever character you play^^

and yep...productionline painting sucks... majorly! i am with you on every sense here!

and that is the very core why i have no army marching^^

I am still alive, but my Modeling has taking a back seat for a while. I am in the middle of moving house so my wife son and I are living with my parents while we find a new place. Hopefully once we move and are set up i will get back in to it all. Especially as i was bought a Stormtallon Gunshiop and an Ork Bommer as a leaving present from my last place of work When i get round to it i will palce photos.

man your last appearance was like...half a year ago... man how the times fly by...

good luck with the housing problem... we will be waiting for your return!

Well I am back

I am in my new home (after living at my parents for a few months with my Wife and Son) I have had a good fill of Xboxing (although i am sure i will still keep that up), i have also been drawing on ]spoons for my son and making home brew cider. But i had a hankering for poly cement the other day so went back up to my new study to start modeling. When i left my old office before the move, they gave me a Stormtalon and an Ork Bommer as a leaving gift (How awesome is that!). So i have been putting them together and very much enjoying it. I need to give the Bommer a spray and i can start painting it, but i am waiting on a fresh order of magnets to finish off the Stormtalon as i have missplaced my stash during the move.

And last night i starting doing a bit of a kit bash Steam punk "person" to make use of some awesome steam punk weapons sent to me by rsjake.

To start off here is my new Study / Man cave, stocked ready for any zombie invasion.

Weapon wall & PC and Desk

There is not is not much to show for my Stormtalon as it is in bits and will be painted seperatly, (and i am still waiting for magnets)


And my Ork Bommer, which will be a Burner Bommer. As i don't play Orks, this will just be for fun, and will be hung from my celing above my right hand monitor. I also plan to hand a large bomb off some nytol thread from the under carrige so it looks like he has droping a bomb.


I chose this head as the scarf made me think of Biggles.




Additional exhausts added to the under carraige


Keep an eye for for more photos as i progress back into the hoby

your man cave is a well decorated and tasteful and well kept area... hopefully not for long... we wanna see lots of action there... be sure of our envy

by the way... that´s a count doku light saber? and that saber looks even better!!! and of course, having your own crossbow nailed to the wall... zombies are not a threat anymore for you then

and...since when have you decided to go orks? *scratches head*


oh...and welcome back mister^^

Glad to be back, and the desk is already untidy

I have not gone to the green side, it was a gift from work colleagues (along with the Stormtalon) and i felt bad trading it away so i thoguht i would just have some fun with it .. last nights update to follow shortly.



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Well i have put together a base for my Stormtalon, to tie it in with the other models i used some metal debris, and some of the stonework, that my Assult marines are leaping over (a building kit from my necrons) As this does not need any magnets it will probably be the first thing to be base coated. This is one i have found a suitable place to do this (because i have moved house). I used to put a cardboard box up on its end ontop of our Wheelie bin (dustbin / garbage bin) But my wife was not amused with the over spray. This was not suce a problem with the black as the binwas black but it became more of a problem with the red ... So i need to check with the Lady of the house as to where i can spray I might still do it ontop of the bin outside, but just put some newspaper down as well.



Well i started off by removeing imperial icons from the space marine legs and chest. I then found an awesome sort of cap from some tube but looks like an industrial cog, so this was a great peice for the base. I then used some green stuff to "sort of fashion" the tails of a coat down his back and sides. Then i filled in over the tubing on the front of the chest. This had a few different looks as i was not sure what i wanted it to look like. In the end i decided it would probably look like a white shirt. Not sure if it is sculpted well enough for that lol, but hopefully the paint will help. I then decided to put a belt around the midle. I still need to decide it this coat will just be poking out from under the chest plate, or will flow up and over. It would be nice to try and make it come up and over. so we shall see how mu GSfu goes.




I was going to give him a IG backpack with bed roll and sapde, as i liket the look of it (and i wanted it to not be a normal SM backpack. But then i remembered some of the Steampunkery i have seen on here before, and i would need something to produce/store the steam. So i thought more along the lines of a boiler. I had a look though what i had to hand, and came across a couple of grenade launches. with a bit of chopping i thought they looked quite cool as a boiler. I may hav eto GS a band around the middle to cover the join though to make it look like one unit.



Its good to be doing this again


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Don't worry there will be rivits.

Good to see you back at the table M0ridian.

Seeing you here has reminded me that i have not seen my homage to the Mantis warriors. Hmmm i wonder where he is. I may have to go digging through my sealed jiffy bags (i packed some part made models into jiffy bags to keep them seperated.)

Be delighted to see it.

Well i am my typical slow self, as i enjoy my modeling, and watching TV on my computer. (Currently CSI: NY) But i did do some more GS work on my SteamPunky "person" I added a high colar and a cravat, i also posed his head on for a picture. He definatly looks like a Baron Von "something" i am just not sure what that "something" is yet.



I decided that i did need a band on the boiler to cover up the join. Don't worry i have some GS curing to make my rivets from so that i can rivit up the boiler and the Baron. Mmm i think i need to find my existing Super glue, or buy some new stuff.



Looking at the photo it looks like there is a mold line on there i missed so i will deal with that once the GS has cured.


On the upside after a search about i found my hommage to Gitsplitta Mantis warriors, and he is undercoated, so i may be able to start painting him soon.

Very nice work on the sword! Love the pose too.

Well My Mantis warrior is done, It was great fun making and painting him. A good distraction from painting red






Then i remembered that i had not painted his eyes, *shudder i hate this bit, it never goes well. it went ... so so.


I hope i did you proud Gitsplitta

You did FANTASTIC mate! He looks powerful and half insane and ready to use that sword to sever someone's head from their body.

Well done! The sword turned out beautifully BTW.

Did some work on my Steam Punk guy when i got in from work. Added the much needed rivets tubing and filled some holes. Time for bed now.

ohhhh....*blissful silence...*

that steamy person looks very cool! verrry! will the head stay ...the orky one? or are you planning to use another one?
the grenade launcher idea for a boiler with instant added smokestack is a really nice one...tho the connecttion of the two pieces i would have wanted to be done more flush than with a binder... but that´s a rather minor detail compared to the awesome idea...which in fact i will gladly nick out of your yet not cold hands

the mantis warrior looks super! really badass... poweraxe and that mantis sword... where would one like me be able to read about some background of that sword shape by the way? saw that so often on gits thread, but never came around to ask him... maby e git you could answer this one here for me?

oh and the base for the bomma looks like a carnage scene^^