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Happy birthday you fantastic old buggers.

Thanks graven! Anyone get any good b-day swag?

iTunes gift cards mostly. Good stuff though, saves me from buying em.

I actually got an Ipod and a bday dinner to be claimed in Ireland Next week. So I'm good!

SL

I got a box of ork bikes (OK, I bought this myself... kind of typical as I usually end up buying at least some of my birthday gifts and giving them to others to wrap). Mainly though. I got two gadgets that make my Foredom (flex shaft) much more useful. One turns it into a drill press, the other into a lathe of sorts. Both very useful and the lathe already was put to use repairing Thing 1's Tomb Stalker. So while I didn't get much in the way of figures... let's face it... I don't NEED new figures. What I got were some very useful tools that'll get plenty of use in future modeling projects and improve my ability to get things done! Gotta love that!

Show us a picture of the set up. Tools are always needed.

Is Foredom a name brand or a tool description?

Brand name.

Here's my set-up from Rio Grande (great US-based jeweler's supply company). I don't know that I have the exact same model. The pedal control is critical as it leaves both your hands free to manipulate the hand piece and the work.

Flex Shaft:


Drill Press: (you just tuck your hand-piece into the clamps) Keep in mind you can put any kind of grinding bit into the hand piece... so it's not just for drills but anything you want precise control over.


"Holder" or half-lathe: (same as above, only you slide it into the styrene block and the vice crimps it tight)


These aren't cheap mind you... got the Foredom when I was making jewelry on the side (but professionally). Roughly $450 for all of the above. The drill press is actually quite an investment. You can get the Foredom and bits for about $265. Great tool though. I use it for mundane fine work as well as modeling.

Manly!

Variable speed?

Thanks .. I have to check it out.

SL

It's like a super dremel!

Yes, infinitely variable. It's bloody fantastic! Think of a modern sewing machine with a foot pedal that controls the speed of the needle...

I absolutely have to show you guys this model from everyone's favorite Whalemusic360! we are doing a GMS with him offering me a Soul Drinkers marine i can use as an objective marker and all round awesome model for my shelf! I really like the time and effort he put into him and he looks imposing and imo very Soul Drinker-ey? I particularly like the eye lenses and the weapon/axe! thanks so much for him Whaley I shall send yours to you next week





Thanks again mate!


(he'll be on my blog soonish too!)


NF09

That reminds me how much painting I have to do... Knightley's & Glom's, & then I need to get parts for Proto's, that is, if he is still willing
.

I am indeed

EDIT: Nevermind, I actually have an idea...

Interesting position for the axe, was at his side before he went to pices on his trip. I wouldnt feel bad if you touched up the metal of the pole part that was all hidden when I painted it.

Nice job wm360! The shading on the axe is lovely. Where's it from? Looks a bit like one from sevrin loth's retinue .

Looks like a sanguinary guard with the back blade turned around?? Could be wrong though.

It's the sang guard axe, with an inverted axe head replacing the wing part, on to of a banner pole. My accomplishment on this dude is actually the legs, which used to belong to a black reach marine.

Edit: Terrible lighting has kind of ruined these pictures :(

Nurgle-y Raptor (just need to know what basing you want and any other C&C ):






Jungle scout; I just got the plant bits that I ordered a couple of weeks ago so will be making the base more jungle and less pants

Pretty cool work Silver... like the raptor especially.

Hi, im new to the forums and still need to do an introduction, but i saw this and was wondering how to get into it. Im new to the forum not wargaming and while my painting is not excelent, it is tabletop standard

Just show your stuff and see who's up for a trade. We're a nice old bunch.

Speaking vaguely of which, WIPs of my Weeping Angel Librarian for funkyh:



Better view of cloak, magnetised jump pack

I am pretty much finished with my gms models (unless silver mk2 or matt kingsley want me to do anything else with them).




Silver mk2's plague marine. The plague axe and backpack will be separate for postage.





This scout is for Matt kingsley. I will have him in a vitamin container for shipping.

And I really like that scout, Silver'!

Finished the Weeper for funkyh:

Well Ive fallen to the ebay addiction and thus have parts to make marines again, well soon anyway.

So I guess Im just letting you all know that Ill be up for about 5 trades in the near future and by god do I have alot of random bits laying around to make some interesting marines, again.

Amazing looking Raptor Silver - I've been away for a week or two, so I've only just seen it. need to get a move on with your objective marker and skulls then.

Cool Weeping Angel Graven (where's the head from?) - very nice combi-plasma, but it could do with the barrels drilling.

@Glomscient - some cool conversion work on those marines - especially the chainsword.

Laney

02Laney wrote:Amazing looking Raptor Silver - I've been away for a week or two, so I've only just seen it. need to get a move on with your objective marker and skulls then.

Glad you like it - it is not quite so bad in the flesh

Anything you want doing to it? Any specific kind of basing you want?

Well the first wave of important bits have shown up and since I only needed a few of what I ordered I guess its a good time to start swapping again.

Right now I have parts to do some terminators, I might be a little short on powerfists but I have pleny of grey knight parts so I can get kinky in designs. Im not looking for any terminators in return but marines that I can use as deathcompany or some nifty objective markers or battlefield pieces would definatly tickle my fancy.

Soon Ill have parts to make some regular marines as well.
If some pics are requested I will be more than happy to oblige.

Hi Silver,

Sorry for not replying sooner Silver. If you've not already done anything then a painted base is fine and I can add my own basing mix, so it fits in with my other models.

I've finished the objective and servo skulls (they are pretty much ready to go) - I'll post pics when I get the chance.

Cheers Laney