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Hey guys, just a heads up that this project is going to be on hold for a considerable amount of time while Kanluwen and I pluck away at this:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/306205.page

We'd very much appreciate it if any number of Dakkaites put their names forward to help out on it. It's just barely been concieved as an idea at this point, so if you want to help out, please let us know.

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Done Boss. I like yo stuff.

Curious question: will you be painting over the urban camo to bring it all into woodlands camo?

John: No. Fething. Way.


I wouldn't repaint all that stuff if it meant cutting my dude-bits off.

I do plan on doing a small Canadian-themed force though, including using my Elysians as counts-as veterans. And I'll be playing a Canadian force in the skirmish game we're putting together, so once my modern infantry arrive from Squadron.com I'll be doing them up and putting up some pics. Kanluwen already has his order of x2 KSK, which makes me quite jealous

Thanks, just checking.

LOVE the huge gun. Your paint scheme is nice too

I've just viewed this thread and I love the yellow skin honestly. I used to be big into legos, so classics like that'll stick forever.

It's not yellow. I've said that dozens of times. It just looks yellow because I'm not using a natural lamp.

Still, lego rules. Anyone that didn't have legos as a kid can hardly be considered human. Or manly.

i don't like guardsmen i don't like em one bit but these guardsmen they touch me

plaugerat wrote:these guardsmen they touch me

O_o Y... Yea?

In all the right places, no? Just make sure that the Commissar isn't watching. And definitely don't ask him what the SoB are like in bed...

It might be a little big, I cant recall the scale, but some of the Star Wars mini's such as the storm troopers and Mandalorians might offer up some interesting bits for use.

I linked here from your posts in the Warhammer MMO thread. I think you're painting really well for an Apoc Guard army!

SWEET gun

Going back a bit, but I just jumped in on this thread, so...

GundamMerc wrote: you should see Lacrosse .

You mean, he should see our actual national sport?

metallifan wrote:

Nowlan wrote:

You lose points for not having a single Keiths bottle. As a Canadian you have no excuse for not having tried the "Pride of Nova Scota".

Sure I have an excuse. It's gross.

I guess there's just no accounting for the tastes of a Canucks fan

But if you want some reallllly nasty gak, with some cool bottles to boot, grab some French swill. Le Fin du Monde (9%) and Maudite (8%). Don't worry, the chunks are supposed to be in there.

liking this a ton!

Nice stuff. I really like the camo!

Huh. My old P&M blog just got front page... I guess that means I have to add new content to it

metallifan wrote:Huh. My old P&M blog just got front page... I guess that means I have to add new content to it

Indeed...you goldbricker! Imagine my surprise when this thread popped back into life in my favorites and then I take a peek and you have no new work.


In fairness, I've done nearly nothing with my own plog for some time so I'm just tossing stones from my glass house at yours.

Well, seeing how I got first page a few days back, I may as well update this with what I've been doing as of late. With the price of 40K increasing faster than GW can justify, I went digging for alternatives. I hate the losers that play FoW at the FLGS, because they won't allow themselves to lose if it isn't historically accurate. Plus, I wanted to play with modern equipment. Enter CWC. Started this a few months back, and I've played a few games. Still getting the grasp of it, but it's far faster than 40K, it's far simpler than 40K, and once an army list is done, it's done until they update the new rulebook. New .PDF suppliments for extra units/campaigns are free off of the Specialty Military Publishing website, and the community around it can generally help you find anything you're looking for if it's out there.

So without further adeu, here're some (poorly lit) pictures of my Canadians for CWC. Others will follow later. Be forewarned that autofocus seems to have a hard time picking out the tiny little infantry, especially when parts of their body closely match their background. So yea, working camouflage, but it's a pain in the arse.





















So there you go, that's what I've been doing for the last few months since my P&M went bare. Like I said, other nationalities will follow later.

And we're back with more Cold War Commander.

Thanks to QRF's "Big British Sale" this summer, I scored a good haul of 3 packs of British infantry and a Sultan. Haven't painted many of them yet, but here's what I've got:





I also scooped up some Irregular Minis US Infantry cheap on Ebay, painted them up in ACU, and added an Apache:





Finally, I've got some Ex-Soviet equipment representing a small, unknown Eastern European nation called "Krasnotav". For some reason, Autofocus had a -really- hard time picking these guys out, which is odd, because their BDUs are painted in Gorod...













So that's it so far. I really haven't added much to the finished collection. I will add pictures of an HMMWV and a UAZ-469 soon, but for now, there's a few more shots in my gallery

They're cool...but shiny?

I really dig the vehicles and the Soviet-esque figures the most. I'm not sure why. I think, perhaps, that the camo schemes on the Canadians and US are very good and therefore make them blend into their scenery which means they don't "POP" out at the viewer.

EDIT: Somehow I missed seeing the Brits the first time. I like them too!

Yea, you'll notice that most 15mm minis have some degree of gloss to them. This is due to the fact that, to avoid rampant chipping, you either have to paint them in enamel (Eww), or put hardcoat over your acrylic (Most people choose this). After that you hit it with a dullcoat, but it doesn't always cure properly. You can definately tell which ones it did and did not cure properly on, and I've tried re-coating the ones that didn't take the finish, but they seem stuck being glossed, even after a few layers of dullcoat.

Painting in 15mm/1:100 has definately been a huge learning experience. Very different from working with 28mm.

Well, as promised, here're photos of the finished HMMWV and UAZ-469.

First up, the UAZ. Because they're sexy, and they go like a raped ape:




And what would modern minis be without the beast of beastly 4X4's... the AM General/General Dynamics HMMWV:




I've also been taking tonight to work on my totally untouched stands of Insugents and Rebels/Mercenaries.

First up, because I found the mix of east and west kit to be more fun to paint, are the rebel/merc units. I had to snap these shots in a hurry, as my battery in my camera was flashing on dead, but when it's charged, and I've accomplished a bit more, I'll take more shots:




It's a bit difficult to tell, but they're all wearing mixtures or different sets of camo. The most obvious being the one buddy with his OD Green BDU Jacket and Russian/Soviet 2-tone camo pants. Bah. Will get better pictures. Next up are the Irregular Miniatures generic middle-eastern insurgents, using a mix of civilian, 80's/90's US, and ex-Soviet gear:

Well, along with the stand of rebel/mercenary infantry I finished, I also slapped paint on their Toyota, as seen below:




Still needs to be based, but the model is good to go. After I finished that, I found myself a little bored, and unsure what to start on next. So, I decided to give myself a cheap laugh. Behold, Lolzilla the Demon Prince, as he takes on the unfortunate Krasnotavian troops:







Yep. That's what happens when you get bored having a day off in the middle of the week.

I also snapped some shots of some of the Chaos stuff on my shelf. Some of it is already in the missus' gallery, but here're a few more shots. Most notably, I've finished the lord that was featured earlier in the blog as a WIP:


And a few marines...




And here're some WIP shots of their Rhino:

 metallifan wrote:
John: No. Fething. Way.


I wouldn't repaint all that stuff if it meant cutting my dude-bits off.

I do plan on doing a small Canadian-themed force though, including using my Elysians as counts-as veterans. And I'll be playing a Canadian force in the skirmish game we're putting together, so once my modern infantry arrive from Squadron.com I'll be doing them up and putting up some pics. Kanluwen already has his order of x2 KSK, which makes me quite jealous

Hurrah for Canada! I really like the custom models, very cool, your officer of the fleet inspired me to make one for an upcoming tournement, very cool!

*Blows dust off thread, duct tapes the loose bits that have started falling off*

Huh. This is still here. And I have pictures to add... Fancy that?

What's up Dakka? A lot's happened in the last 4 years... Couple of career changes, but I'm happy where I'm at. I'm sorry about your mom and I, I wish it would've ended better but you know how these things are sometimes. Oh well. Anyway, I'm painting again. I know, I know, we talked about this and I swore after what happened last time, I wouldn't embarrass you in front of your friends. But I'm a changed man. That sort of thing won't happen again. My pants will stay on when I paint now, I promise. Besides, if I don't, that'd be a breach of my parole. We don't wants that.

Now then, on to the painting and pants wearing bits. So, buddy moved to a new house and while I was digging his 40K stuff out of storage, I had the craziest desire to start painting again. So we got the workbench set up in his basement and things went from there. A couple months ago, we decided to just repaint the -whole- swarm of his partially (and poorly) painted Nids with something more... Interesting. We opted for Junglebugs, and the angry green swarm started to take shape with the first Genestealers.

Now, these are cellphone pics, because I'm not very smart and my memory is rubbish. I keep forgetting my HD camera at home. BUT I SWEAR I WILL BRING IT. My pants are still on as of writing this, as promised, so you know I'm an honest fella. It'll get done. Anyway, bad lighting and grainy cellphone pics aside, here are some very early shots of the first models. We've actually done a lot more but again, my memory stinks and I never stop to photograph them. Maybe running this P&M again will help that:





















Not shown: The rest of the `Stealers we`ve done, Rippers, `Gaunts, a second Lictor, and a `Fex being painted to resemble a giant angry rock covered in moss.

But because I have a long history of lacking self control, it didn't stop there. I also started painting the Dark Eldar that I've had lying around for...

...

...How long -have- I had these for?

Huh. Anyway, here they are:










Some images have them washed, some are pre-wash, I'm not doing this in any particular order. I just wanted to get that out there, you know? Because we needed to talk again. We're family, Dakka, we're all we have.

In all seriousness though, it does feel pretty good to be updating this again after...

Wait, -how long?-

Heh. The pics of the demon prince with the commandos gave me a smile.

I really like your chaos stuff, the freehand is very nice.

EDC

Thanks Cheese Not sure why I was so afraid to freehand in the past. Once I started doing it, I loved it. If anyone reading this has wanted to freehand, but has been hesitant, try it. It's actually a lot of fun!

In Edmonton right now, but when I get home on the 3rd I'll make a point to get some more recent and better lit photos!

Good News Everyone! Today you'll be making a delivery to Tetanus IV, the planet whose surface is made up entirely of sharp, rusty pieces of metal. Also, I'm home from Edmonton!

I forgot to mention in my last post, we organized the -crap- out of our bitz boxes a while ago...



Took like 2 days, but it was totally worth it. We double teamed those boxes and bitzed them harder than they've ever been bitzed before. We also rid ourselves of probably close to 40 lbs of sprues as a result.



Now then, first up: One of two current projects on the Tyranid side of things. Presenting my work-in-progress on the Stonefex:

As the description says, it's a Carnifex trying to camouflage as a giant boulder. An angry, stompy, smashy, stabby, killy boulder. Around the edges, where the green shading is on his back, it'll get some mixed fine green flocking to look like moss. I'll also be adding some dirt/dust effects when everything else is done, to make it look like it just unburrowed itself, then hunted down and stomped those two unfortunate Dark Eldar adorning his base.








Also, the second Lictor that was finished but not photographed until now:







A couple of Hormagaunts as well. Was gonna drybrush the ribcages to match the Warriors' ribs, but honestly THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM. If it happens it'll be post literally -everything- else. Including non-Tyranid stuff.





The one, lone base of Rippers that are actually glued down:





A shot of several of the finished Genestealers:



And a shot of most of the painted Nids, as well as a small picture of some of the Genestealers in need of repainting still. This is not counting the stuff on the "To-Do" shelf in the workroom:



And last but not least, a picture of 4 of the Dark Eldar I've had sitting finished for a while:


Cheers!

Back from Edmonton. And while I didn't get a tan, I did polish off a considerable amount of free cans of Lucky while I was there. You have to take time to count the small things.

Anyway, we managed to kill two of our bigger remaining models on the 'Nid side tonight. Both the Stonefex and the Zonethrope have been added to the swarm:















For the Stonefex, you might remember I mentioned that we wanted it to look like a big mossy rock. I think the effect came out not too bad, but a lot of the fine flock I had used for moss ended up coming off before I got the pictures. Not enough glue, and I didn't paint over it with more after it dried. Lesson learned, I'll have to go back and touch it up.

With the Zonethrope's base, we wanted to somehow emphasize that it can pretty much brain its way through stuff. Like walls. So that's exactly what we made it look like on its base - like it's punching through a bunker or wall with its brain joo-joo.


And an updated picture of the swarm so far, featuring the new additions.




For a long time now, buddy and I have wanted to have at least a small Ork army. Nothing huge, just enough for us to swap up and play a different race in at least a minimum 2-Troop 1-HQ battle. So, while I was in Edmonton, I scooped up 2 boxes of Boyz and a Mek. We weren't sure exactly how to paint them, but we ended up going with Guerrillas. I'm feeling this might have been the right choice, as painting mixes of different camo, OD, and brown uniforms (and the occasional obligatory white-and-blue-striped Soviet sailor shirt ) will keep them from getting boring to paint. Time efficiency be damned on that one. Plus, then we get to paint slogans and intentionally bad-looking "Red Starz" on their vehicles. Wins all around. I ran a colour test on the first one just to see how we might want to tackle them:







Vietnam "Tiger Stripe" camo just seemed like the natural first choice for the test mini. Overall, I think we're both set on the idea. Even if it does mean I have to sculpt the odd beret, field cap, or beard here and there.