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dsteingass wrote:I may be impatient, but I'm not sure if the orange is a striking enough contrast color, maybe after some highlights, checkers, or dags maybe? I dunno.


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Briancj wrote:This is the first printed GW publication that features a REAL GURL in a photograph. I wonder whose girlfriend she is.

I spotted a second GURL! About page 306 IIRC

OMG! Page 330! And page 332!

oh my we are reaching the big 300 with dave´s thread now very soon....!!!

and again with those orks dave... ^^


thanks LDD for the shout out of my lamppost^^


it is good to see dave next to normal productive under these conditions...


do you by the way have to work now?


as for the competition... i really would like to start one... but mabye rules wise you could name the frist one... do the honor again and then the game starts as planned... just as in former times...

well i must fly now... but later this day (my day) i will post painted pics of my lamppost^^


cheers, vik

Viktor von Domm wrote:oh my we are reaching the big 300 with dave´s thread now very soon....!!!

and again with those orks dave... ^^


thanks LDD for the shout out of my lamppost^^


it is good to see dave next to normal productive under these conditions...


do you by the way have to work now?


as for the competition... i really would like to start one... but mabye rules wise you could name the frist one... do the honor again and then the game starts as planned... just as in former times...

well i must fly now... but later this day (my day) i will post painted pics of my lamppost^^


cheers, vik

I am soo looking forward to the terrainy comp thing. the TG forums coding is so bizzare it kept me from posting often enough to keep the account I had there active.

@ dstein- man, sorry to hear about the weather out your way. Glad to see you are ok, and I respect how you are enduring. Once again, your tenacity is an inspiration to modelers everywhere.

Didn't get a game in on Saturday but we went over the rules pretty thoroughly and aside from a few things I wish I'd seen come on board (like using a pistol in CC instead of hitting something w/ a rock) I'm pretty happy w/ the changes. Wound allocation finally makes sense, strict rules for Allies (and penalties for mashing something ridiculous together like SoB and Chaos) and Overwatch are highly welcomed changes for me. Plus they have added Stub guns again, and that can only mean the rumors that Cultists are returning becasue who else would use such horrible weapons? Ha.

I'm looking forward to getting a few "vanilla" games in (meaning my own troops) before getting into allies, etc. I want a firm understanding of move / shoot / CC before getting into the more advanced stuff.

6th Ed is starting out ok so far. Really looking forward to GW fixing the link to the CSM errata PDF, it's broken right now.

Thanks Skalk!- I'm pretty sure that a pistol is still considered an assault/CC weapon.

@ Vik Unfortunately, yes I have to work. We drove past at lunch and the good news is that they now finally have my street blocked off, maybe they will get some work done and get the power back on soon.

Yeah..Page 300 will probably not be anything fancy under the current circumstances.

Terrain Competition??

Sure I'll start (which means I don't get to play this time) but I will be the JUDGE!
I'll keep it simple for the first one..

The first -=]_,=- sponsored terrain competition is...

-=]_,=- Contest #1 -=]_,=-
LIDS!

"You must scratch build some terrain feature utilizing at least one Lid from any type of household container" (probably plastic, but not required to be.)
Rules are as follows:
1. It must be based, and no you cannot use the lid as a base
2. You must provide at least 1 WIP photo, which makes it CLEARLY obvious it is an actual lid you are using, and at least 1 completed photo to be eligible
3. It must be painted
4. The deadline is 1 month from today August 2, 2012

-On August 3rd I will judge the winner, who will be rewarded with some sort of "fabulous" prize from my personal collection, the winner gets to set the parameters (and optional fabulous prize) for the next competition as well as become the judge for the next competition after he/she wins. The Judge does not have to stick to a material like I am, you instead may choose a theme such as "bunkers" or "sandbags" or whatever you wish within reason.
Judges are not eligible to participate in the contest that they are judging...EVER. Judges set their own judging criteria on a per-competition basis. The Judge's decision is FINAL, feel free to bitch about it all you like, but know that it won't make any difference

Since this will be ongoing.>We need to figure out where to create a thread for this in Dakka and this is where we will set all these things

LIPS! LIPS! LIPS! LIPS! L...

*hushed whispering*

Ohhhhhhh. *LIDS*.

Nevermind.

Only league members need apply? Since no one invited me to join I would still participate if non members can enter

You WERE invited Marty..long time ago! you have proven yourself worthy of bearing the -=]_,=- badge many many times over!
- and no, it is open to all Dakka-users!

By "pistols in CC" what I meant was instead of hitting your opponent in the head w/ the flat of your Plasma Pistol, stuff the barrel in his guts and blast him open w/ a ST7 hit instead of a ST3 lovetap. I'm also disappointed that Chainswords are still ST of user. It is completely ridiculous that a Guard Sergeant has the EXACT same effectiveness in cc with his bare fist as he would if he hit his opponent with a raging 100,000 RPM adamantium razor teethed chainsaw of absolute eviscerating death.

Terrain competition? Lids? Ok, I'm in. Already have an idea.


Great. Now I want to call my manager and tell him I need the rest of the day off so I can go home and build things for my toy soldiers.

Sorry to hear about the power situation Dave, but you seem to have kept yourself busy, I like the Orks!

The comp sounds like fun, I even have an idea already!

Skalk, I feel like that EVERY day!

Thanks for the invite and I'll be entering the terrain competition myself!

I am excited to see what you guys come up with!

I need help from "The League"!


I'm getting to the point where I'm starting to modify and add/build bits for my ork vehicles. I've been to my FLGS and while they have a fair amount of plastic stuff, they don't really have any good stock for riveting.

Can any of you make specific recommendations of which plastic bits to buy to make nice rivets for orky things... specifically grot things (so, the rivits would probably be on the small side). Preferably a web site where I could order things and have them delivered direct. Please keep in mind I'm in the US. Though, if you can recommend the products I can probably find my own supplier.

Thanks so much!

Gits

Evergreen plastic company.


I'll see if I can get a good link for you. If you tell me what you want I can always go pick it up for you and you can PayPal me


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http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/

Actually marty, if you can just get me links to the specific bits that I need... I *should* be able to arrange for the order myself. And it's the specific products that I'm really asking for. What diameter and kinds of rod make for good rivets, bolt heads, etc. I'm assuming I can find thin sheet for crude washers... but heck, I'd even take that if you can find a link to it. Keep in mind these are for both ork and gretchin constructs... so the grot stuff would be very small when compared to full sized ork rivets.

Thanks!

http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/Shapes.htm#Round%20Tubing


Buy a few sizes... stuff is really cheap. I use round tube and cut it with a hobby knife.

Some people use plastic sheets and a hole punch.

The plastic rod method (round and hex) really is the most versatile and cheapest option in the long run. I would suggest a "Chopper II"
http://www.onlinetrains.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=53-694&Category_Code=PTA
or the generic version a "Chop-It" from Micro-Mark http://www.micromark.com/chop-it,9547.html This is what I have, and I use it for all rivets. -On Sale right nOW for $20.75!!

You can make whatever size rivets you want with just a supply of plastic rod. Nuts, bolts, any combination. I've done them all and they are documented in this massive thread of mine (somewhere). It is invaluable IMHO to be able to quickly mass-produce identical parts, and Rivets, nuts, bolts, etc. all look best when they are exact IMHO.






Of course, you can do the same with just a sharp x-acto knife, but they can get a bit uneven



My STANDARD rivet is 1mm (.040") rod, that is as small as I buy stock rod: seen here with 2mm Hex rod nuts, and (I think) 1/16" leather punched washers. You will get used to the joys of the Metric system when working in this scale, its quite a bit simpler than our English-Standard upbringing has made us fear about the Red Commie metric system

Otherwise for big Orky rivets, look in the craft and bead section for little hemi rivets, failing that, split peas work for really big chunky rivets. However, it sounds like you really want some smaller ones

Recently I bought a package of these Hexagonal Glitter that would work for very tiny, thin hex nuts.

I've sort of been working on my own, but it's kind of ignored or not that great.

The rod method would be the easiest though.

Link??? Not_u?? Why am I not subscribed to any of your threads?

Skalk, do what I'm going to do: Chainsword -1 Init, +1 Str. If you feel the need to have points, a WS3 model should be +5 points, and a WS4 model +10.

I also think that the hard-plastic citadel figure case should be considered a STR9 weapon..those damn things can hurt

dsteingass wrote:Link??? Not_u?? Why am I not subscribed to any of your threads?

First prototype is in this post so it's still a little rough. I haven't done much more with it, but I had been kicking around the idea for a little while.

dsteingass wrote:
Terrain Competition??

Sure I'll start (which means I don't get to play this time) but I will be the JUDGE!
I'll keep it simple for the first one..

The first -=]_,=- sponsored terrain competition is...

-=]_,=- Contest #1 -=]_,=-
LIDS!

"You must scratch build some terrain feature utilizing at least one Lid from any type of household container" (probably plastic, but not required to be.)
Rules are as follows:
1. It must be based, and no you cannot use the lid as a base
2. You must provide at least 1 WIP photo, which makes it CLEARLY obvious it is an actual lid you are using, and at least 1 completed photo to be eligible
3. It must be painted
4. The deadline is 1 month from today August 2, 2012

-On August 3rd I will judge the winner, who will be rewarded with some sort of "fabulous" prize from my personal collection, the winner gets to set the parameters (and optional fabulous prize) for the next competition as well as become the judge for the next competition after he/she wins. The Judge does not have to stick to a material like I am, you instead may choose a theme such as "bunkers" or "sandbags" or whatever you wish within reason.
Judges are not eligible to participate in the contest that they are judging...EVER. Judges set their own judging criteria on a per-competition basis. The Judge's decision is FINAL, feel free to bitch about it all you like, but know that it won't make any difference

Since this will be ongoing.>We need to figure out where to create a thread for this in Dakka and this is where we will set all these things

I am officially in...... Not sure where I will get the time but I am in.....

Gitsplitta wrote:I need help from "The League"!


I'm getting to the point where I'm starting to modify and add/build bits for my ork vehicles. I've been to my FLGS and while they have a fair amount of plastic stuff, they don't really have any good stock for riveting.

Can any of you make specific recommendations of which plastic bits to buy to make nice rivets for orky things... specifically grot things (so, the rivits would probably be on the small side). Preferably a web site where I could order things and have them delivered direct. Please keep in mind I'm in the US. Though, if you can recommend the products I can probably find my own supplier.

Thanks so much!

Gits

Def Evergreen. I would recommend using plain small squares of styrene sheet to make Orkified washers for the bolts. I have always seen orks as a bolt type and not so much a rivet type. Kna' Mean?

Thanks Not_u! More reading! aaaah!

No. How about now?

Page 300 will be LEGEND......Wait for it.....

Dave, sorry about not getting you the photos we talked about. Lots of time this week with the Independence day holidays going on so they will be up.....

How about now? Probably shouldn't do that too much.

So sorry. maybe now.......


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Damn, I suddenly find myself very excited about this terrain contest......

....Dary?

not yet...grr

It's only page 300, no big deal.

It'll happen if we pretend we don't want it.