will there be shrinkage to the casted parts?

Dave, can you PM me your supplier information on that dental stone?

I can tell you and everyone else right here!
I just went to http://plaster-supply.com/
Brite White Orthodontic Stone (reg)
Item# BWOS , Size: 50 lb.@ , Color: Brite White
$50 shipped UPS. They are out of PA


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0.11% shrinkage Vik

that sounds good.... meaning with that small shrinkage... or better no recognizable at all... you know what you will get when de-molded...

Yep, it's all good!


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Steamborg Executioner assembled




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Willie, The Demolitionist

Sadly, moments after this picture was taken, ash from Willie's cigar fell into the wheelbarrow.

All we found were his glasses, charred and still smoking, 200 feet away from the crater.

He can actually blow up terrain in-game!


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Mr. Tannen and Mr. Graves

Looks like they transferred from digital sculpts to reality pretty well!

Yeah, with 3D sculpting, they can do amazing, perfect-fitting kits, that's for sure.


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We are living in a Golden Age of miniature gaming!

Yep. You seen the kickstarter in my sig? Theyre tooling for injection moulding using 4 way pulling moulds, so you can get even more undercuts in there. Impressive.

Dude! That is Awesome! Everyone should ad that link to the Banner!



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Silver flies it now! You can take that bit off

Haha thanks, and done

It used to annoy me that i couldnt see who was in the league before.

Wow im loving those malifux models!

Absolutely stellar terrain work in here...
Im still reading through the thread, but I had something of a few questions:

How does the Orthodontic stone hold up to resin? That is to say, is it better/worse?
Why do you use it instead of resin? Cost? Dries faster? Better results?
Would it hold up to casting models or would you suggest only terrain?
And finally, until I inevitably think up another one, How durable does it end up being? Ive used plaster (cheap craft stuff...) before to poor results- the pieces shattered after only a little handling.


I do apologize if I repeated any questions youve already answered.
Keep up the great work!

 Ramos Asura wrote:
Absolutely stellar terrain work in here...
Im still reading through the thread, but I had something of a few questions:

How does the Orthodontic stone hold up to resin? That is to say, is it better/worse?

Different. It can hold as much detail but is more prone to chipping. is plenty tough for tiled floors and such though.

 Ramos Asura wrote:
Why do you use it instead of resin? Cost? Dries faster? Better results?

I see, I see. Thank you for responding so quickly!
I may look to it in the future- A gaming table is for sure on my long-term to-do list.

I look forward to seein your work continue!

The Orthodontic plaster is about 6 times harder and denser than plaster of paris. To cast Hirst Arts blocks in Resin would be stupidly expensive.

 dsteingass wrote:
The Orthodontic plaster is about 6 times harder and denser than plaster of paris. To cast Hirst Arts blocks in Resin would be stupidly expensive.

depends on how much cash you have to throw...

If I had the cash, I make a cast of myself.... life sized.... in gold

just for your entertainment... saw this vid with my son just the other minute...:

That is awesome Vik!


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Here is the Mighty Rail Golem




I think he could be used as a Steampunk Truscale Marine as well


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Reading my Saturday GW email...
I can't wait to get my new Munda Gang!

I am SOOOO happy they went retro on these!!

This is enough to get me into Chaos!

I even like these Marines' poses!

Only thing I don't like about the golem is the butter churners for legs.

Ah, i'm sure Vik would find a use for those wooden butterchurnersteampunklegs

heh..I like em! The Water needs stored somewhere!

People don't have a problem with Space Marine Bellbottoms

I just listed one of my Miss Terious exclusive figs on ebay for a steal @ $50
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221114936558?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

I can't wait to get my new Munda Gang!

I am SOOOO happy they went retro on these!!

Funny, I was thinking just the opposite: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/472174.page
Love the models, just don't want to pay that much. Maybe when people start selling them on ebay (not like anyone would do that- look at the one in the trenchcoat, he's epic!)

OMG Dave, the casts look fantastic! I will have to pm you and work out how much I can grease your palm with to send me some :-) it's only scant weeks away from decent weather down here and that's always when my terrain bug bites me firmly on the ass!

Not to mention I did the most terrible, terrible thing any hobbyist should do when they have 4,500 points of marines!..... I got a copy of Cities of Death! now there's no hope for me at all..... I want/need an epic city board now! i've even been looking for parts to use, I love the gothic tower the spanish guy has made (I forget his name) and I found some 'roads' small cobblestone but should still work when put together, only problem is they're only 16cmx24cm so i'm gonna need a load of 'em! :-)

on a terrain note, can anyone enlighten me on the proportions of 1/35 scale compared to our heroic scale? I'm looking mainly at terrain accesories so crates barrels etc. would they look out of place amongst 40k terrain? considering the normal human populace is smaller than the marines? or will it just look tiny and out of place?

 nerdfest09 wrote:
OMG Dave, the casts look fantastic! I will have to pm you and work out how much I can grease your palm with to send me some :-) it's only scant weeks away from decent weather down here and that's always when my terrain bug bites me firmly on the ass!

Not to mention I did the most terrible, terrible thing any hobbyist should do when they have 4,500 points of marines!..... I got a copy of Cities of Death! now there's no hope for me at all..... I want/need an epic city board now! i've even been looking for parts to use, I love the gothic tower the spanish guy has made (I forget his name) and I found some 'roads' small cobblestone but should still work when put together, only problem is they're only 16cmx24cm so i'm gonna need a load of 'em! :-)

on a terrain note, can anyone enlighten me on the proportions of 1/35 scale compared to our heroic scale? I'm looking mainly at terrain accesories so crates barrels etc. would they look out of place amongst 40k terrain? considering the normal human populace is smaller than the marines? or will it just look tiny and out of place?

That would be KM2500 (the spanish guy)

The Pegasus hobbies accessory bits look about right I believe they are 1:48...

BTW the first test cast of the "dusky Rootbeer" machine is done. I'll be posting some side by side pics of the master+ the 1st cast in my thread momentarily.

@Nerd Thanks man! PM me what you need, we'll figure something out! I can weigh and ship from the shop here now, even internationally, we can get what you need in your budget

1/35 accessories are perfect for our heroic 28mm figure size. The fence kit I built was 1/35, the crates stowed on the Orkmower are 1/35, they are perfect.

Union Miners



Miners & Steamfitters Union Special Forces.
They can bury themselves and burrow under the battlefield to any other M&SU member



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 Galorn wrote:


Pics Up...

OMG Galorn! You are the most badass man!


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Since so many are curious, I thought I'd document what I'm doing:

I weigh out a cup of Powder 200g


Here I have pre-measured 4 pours, ready for a quick mix and pouring

Then I add 1/3 cup cold water, watch it bubble for 30 seconds


With this stuff, the more vigorous the stirring, the less air bubbles


Pour onto the ridges of the mold, let gravity and physics force the air out naturally


Putty Knife FTW!


The production line.

Looks exciting! I think i'll have to sit down again and write you an epic terrain laden PM again with oodles of questions and ideas that hopefully will see light of day! :-) and you can bet i'll be grabbing some of your stuff pronto!

so these things are called putty knifes? god to know...

and the production line looks very good... i like your way of getting rid of the airbubbles... good thinking there!

would you say that this whole business with casting and mixing plaster is possible without a scales? i don´t own one and i think without one it would be way more complicated to achieve stable quality? what´s your opinion?

those miniers are a nice thing... aren´t we all like minis that don´t look too much like fighting all the time?

oh and i cross my fingers for your auction to go well...!

I picked up the kitchen scale for about $30. It would be difficult I suppose


Here's The Steamborg's Base

i better say it early lest someone gets his undies in an uproar...: "flanges"...

those will be a sick bunch when you are done with them... have you already made up your mind as to how you are gonna paint them?


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by the way... those blown pipes look very good!

Thanks Vik! I want to use a green and bronze chaos scheme on the Steamborg and the arachnids. The Rail Golem I want to try OSL from his chest vents, the MIners will just be in dirty mining gear

sounds all like good planning^^

and OSL, will this be your first attempt? good luck... and make lotsa pics^^

Airbrushes are the absolute gods of osl, makes it so easy.

I've never tried it before, it'll be interesting.

lol.... the peeps i currently work with or those that educate me always use the term "exciting" lol.... kinda a word for everything they can´t find words for^^

OSL's easy if you think about it carefully.

 n0t_u wrote:
OSL's easy if you think about it carefully.

Anything's easy if you think about it carefully

Does that include rocket science and brain surgery?

 mxwllmdr wrote:
Does that include rocket science and brain surgery?

yep.

 Galorn wrote:

 mxwllmdr wrote:
Does that include rocket science and brain surgery?

yep.

Rocket science, brain surgery, OSL; it's all about the same

 Rawson wrote:

 Galorn wrote:

 mxwllmdr wrote:
Does that include rocket science and brain surgery?

yep.

Rocket science, brain surgery, OSL; it's all about the same

amazingly enough it is...

Its all about following the correct steps at the correct time...

only the tools are different... but only just

Well we'll worry about that when we get to it, for now..The Steampunk Arachnid swarm bases


Magnetized, so the spiders can be broken up in-game






Now I just need more 30mm bases for the single spider option

Wow that is such an innovative idea, seriously impressive dave!

Dude those bases are awesome!
What are the pipes from? They really sell the piece.

they look like dwarf gekko and I love it!

Thanks guys!
The pipes are a mix of mine and Hirst Arts. I don't have the mold for these, just a few casts

Here is Ramos

Finally a figure worthy of this old base

And His Avatar Of Invention

Featuring a Zinge Industries round hatch!


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@RW- WHat is Dwarf gekko?

Bravo on the bases! Your attention to detail never ceases to amaze.

Its a metal gear in Metal Gear Solid 4, my favorite game series

Thanks Marty!
Ahh RW..The last one I played was 2 or 3, I got al lthe way to the end and could never beat the bastard.

 dsteingass wrote:
Thanks guys!
The pipes are a mix of mine and Hirst Arts. I don't have the mold for these, just a few casts

again... I happen to have that mold... I'll send it along with the other one.

Galorn you rock!


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They are all primed now, I still have 6 more spiders and a Brass Arachnid unbult. I'm not sure if it's legal to take what with what yet, I need to read the soulstone stuff a bit more.

Loving what you've done with the arachnids, very nice

I like the bases, they work really well for them.

As for what can take what your master has a soulstone cache which gets added to the amount you have agreed on for a game. That's the points you have to spend on a crew for the game, though it is good to have left overs for your master to use as they can help him out. I think the maximum he can have to use was 8 or something. It's been a while since I've read through that section though so could be off. But, if you have the points you can pretty much take anything from your own faction there. The main restriction I think comes into it is the rare thing; where on some models it might say "Rare 5" which simply means you can only have 5 at a time. If they die during a game and you can build more, it's fine just as long as it doesn't pass that limit.

Kirai has it on the spirits she summons every time something dies so she doesn't flood the table with a wall of them.

Thanks guys!

Ramos can control any Construct from any faction, and he can also summon stuff and build spiders with scrap, and I've got 0 ranged units, only Ramos and his Avatar as casters really, He can ignore the Special Forces limit when they are Union assets, but all the rules for all my models are scattered throughout the 4 books.

While those dry, I finished construction of one wall

A little wonky at places until I gave up with PVA and started precision welding with CA and accellerator.

"It's Sgt Harold Llyod...."

eh?
(Google Translate doesn't have Canadian to English yet)


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I have no choice but to let the Teamsters lay the blocks

dsteingass wrote:Well we'll worry about that when we get to it, for now..The Steampunk Arachnid swarm bases

Reminds me of "minority report"

dsteingass wrote:
I have no choice but to let the Teamsters lay the blocks

That got a good laugh

Well, probably would have helped if I'd spelt it right, I was going for Harold Lloyd, although I actually meant Buster Keaton - perils of posting at 4 AM

LOL, sleep-posting eh?

I think that's what I'm doing now tbh

me too, first-thing AM reads/posts are usually the most dangerous

I really like where you are going with all the Malifeaux Stuff, Dave. I was wondering, though, I really like some of the models but my FLGS owner says they are waay smaller than 28mm Herioc standards. Is that accurate?

no, they are actually LARGER, 30mm. The dood has it backwards. 25mm is smaller than what we are used to, which is 28mm standard Heroic. GW stuff is 28mm with enlarged heads, hands, and weapons.

I had thought that was the case but just wasn't sure not having seen any of them personally.... Thanks Dave.....

10 pages caught up. Too much to comment on, but highlights were the massive pile of crack you scored and the Hirst casts you are working on. Glad you had fun at GenCon.

Wanted to say thank you for the supply drop. I'm staggered and awed. Really, thank you so very much. Will take pics and post as soon as I get some down time. Will try to make some tonight.

My Pleasure Skalk! Thanks man!


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Max got his, Vik's is stuck in Customs, complaining there is no invoice on the box. I had to email him and scan a pdf of the customs forms where I clearly marked it as GIFT.

That's customs for ya.....

They must be something like Tax collectors in other Countries. In my head I have the Stereotypical East German Soldier from "Top Secret" in my head

 Galorn wrote:

My favorite part is when she says, "I know, it all sounds like part of some bad movie..."

Wo ist die Rechnung? Wo ist die Rechnung?

Poor Vik!


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These boys do decent work

If they can do this well, and yet are only miners....just how good are their holes going to be?

HAHA! Yeah..Hurry Up Wyrd and release some cool Plastic Union Stonemasons!

 dsteingass wrote:
HAHA! Yeah..Hurry Up Wyrd and release some cool Plastic Union Stonemasons!

you might want to use some legos to help guarantee straight edges...

I've got squares and such, but especially useful are the print-outs from Hirst to buid on

I don't want any Union Problems later on, so I'm greasing the wheel early by painting the Miners first




This is just the basecoat colors and one shade wash.

I like those models alot, are they Malifaux?

dsteingass wrote:

Galorn wrote:you might want to use some legos to help guarantee straight edges...

Yeah, I as noticing that too, Galorn. Dave, you referenced some Hirst guides, but there still seems to be a problem with your walls being plumb (can you still use plumb if they aren't upright yet?)

dsteingass wrote:

That is frickin' hi-larious! Just what I think of when I think "union job"

It's an optical illusion, you're just seeing things

Yes RW, yes they are

 dsteingass wrote:

L O V E L Y!!!
Perfect technical execution as usual, but even more inventive than usual.

 dsteingass wrote:
It's an optical illusion, you're just seeing things

Uh huh.

Youre still building this stuff for the underhive right?

Cos if so, i really wouldnt expect any masonry down there to be straight

 Vitruvian XVII wrote:
Youre still building this stuff for the underhive right?

Cos if so, i really wouldnt expect any masonry down there to be straight

Don't encourage him to build crooked stuff, encourage him to add pipes and flanges!

BTW, Dave, any plans to add pipes and flanges?

Crooked pipes and flanges?

I am sure that during the process of erecting these the "plumb line" will emerge....

Any pipes and crooked flanges dave?

@Max: I see what you did there.

I can see right down his crack - quick someone get me a biro.

Those union builders/miners are great dave. Complete with builders butts. Do they whistle and make rude comments when the eschers walk by?

Not any more.

They gave it up real quick when the first guy to go 'whhooooaaaar!!' got a faceful of plasma...

 weetyskemian44 wrote:
Do they whistle and make rude comments when the eschers walk by?

Geek humor is good for the soul

dsteingass wrote:Well we'll worry about that when we get to it, for now..The Steampunk Arachnid swarm bases


Magnetized, so the spiders can be broken up in-game






Now I just need more 30mm bases for the single spider option

THOSE BASES ARE SIMPLY AWESOME... and i sceamed intentional here!!!! i felt my hairs on my neck stand on end while looking at those mechanical arachinids!!!

dsteingass wrote:Thanks guys!

Ramos can control any Construct from any faction, and he can also summon stuff and build spiders with scrap, and I've got 0 ranged units, only Ramos and his Avatar as casters really, He can ignore the Special Forces limit when they are Union assets, but all the rules for all my models are scattered throughout the 4 books.

While those dry, I finished construction of one wall

A little wonky at places until I gave up with PVA and started precision welding with CA and accellerator.

and this looks totally stunning.... gosh... really i see how much fun you must be having to play with the hirst mold stuff.... i will have to have a most serious talk with my wife soon... really soon^^

dsteingass wrote:They must be something like Tax collectors in other Countries. In my head I have the Stereotypical East German Soldier from "Top Secret" in my head

i bet they will be like this

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

Wo ist die Rechnung? Wo ist die Rechnung?

Spoiler:

Where is your invoice?

LOOOOOOL....

dsteingass wrote:Poor Vik!

Thanks mate

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These boys do decent work

dsteingass wrote:I've got squares and such, but especially useful are the print-outs from Hirst to buid on

I don't want any Union Problems later on, so I'm greasing the wheel early by painting the Miners first




This is just the basecoat colors and one shade wash.

for now i have to say... the best skin you have done for now... without a doubt... you are now a really serious mini painter... even if this sounds a bit demeaning to your earlier works... which it isn´t indeded to be... but still this looks verrrrrrry good!


and... i have been too leached out yesterday to be online... but these last coupla pages have been very entertaining to behold... very cool work you are currently chucking out dave!

LOL thanks a lot everyone!


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We didn't get home until 7- then we stuffed our faces, so I'm a bit grumpy because I don't have an entire evening of hobby time tonight.

The mortar lines all match up, the illusion is that the edges aren't yet sanded, they bulge so I could maintain the mortar lines and odd irregular or damaged castings from the earlier "plaster" days

Plenty of work you haave been doing Dave.

I also was thinking that chaos cult squad would make a decent Munda gang

Have you guys seen those Russian Robogear minis?

Is this what you mean?:




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Cause I have been looking at these.....

yeah me too. they are dirt cheap. I want to see those building sprues first hand. I picked this up for $24 on ebay- the castle panels seem useful.

sprues



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I did get SOME paint on the Steamborg though, not much, but it's a start.

very interested in seein the scale of those model kits, I especialy like the one in max's pic!

The Stormtroopers?



They'd make some good Arbites I think. As for scale I think they're a little bit taller.

I've never seen a pic of them next to a GW mini to satisfy my GW-brainwashed scale questions either

You mean something like this?


Not the same guys, but probably could start to figure it out from there.

heh..Their legs look slightly too long in proportion to their torsos unless they are genetically modified to play basketball or something. Are they one-piece not_u? Or multipart?

Found it on google so not sure.

On the site I found the box on they mention the contents like this.

Figures Stormtroopers Protectorate - 4 pcs.
Armlist Stormtroopers Protectorate - 1 pc.
Scheme of the assembly building - 1 pc.
Casting Design Bunker Builder - 3 pc.

So either they are multi part of just mean it comes with that many of each. That was the only scale shot I was able to find of their infantry to 40k.

It must mean 3 sprues of the bunker panels.

I like the castle, too, Dave. Post a link?

I got it on ebay, but that site Not_u sent has it too
http://www.plastic-miniatures.com/Model-Castle/Middle-Ages.html

When did Vik become a Mod?

Red ink everywhere...... Just like the military.....

Vik is a Mod?

His profie dosent say that he is

oh, cuz he used Red text LOL

OOOOh.. took a while, but I got it now

ah RW... a bit slow on the uptake...

i can see that the buildings sprues could be of use ... sadly i don´t really see any use for the minis of these... they have a quite innovative assembly system totally unlike that from GW... but not really that conversion friendly... and totally out of question is in my opinion the idea of a kitbash... BUT their vehicles are top notch and one of these days i get me a coupla of these boxes... the walkers and the mini tracked ones...

by the way dave... i know you don´t want to hear that probably after painting... but that steamborg while awesomly painted has a horribly moldline gauging my eyes out

I knew it had to be either YOU or Rawson that would nail me about that first!

I didn't notice it of course until I posted it, and it bugged me, so I fixed it on lunchbreak today

FYI- Cultist models already for sale on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Warhammr-40k-Dark-Vengeance-Chaos-Cultists-/170902270018?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27ca91b042

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Warhammr-40k-Dark-Vengeance-Chaos-Cultists-/170902270241?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27ca91b121

ah good man, dave!!! i thought it was kinda too obvious to let it go unnoticed when posting pics


and skalk... cool find...

and for the record... what would be a fair/ good price for the two lots?

Is the release this saturday? I wouldn't know, because I have a fething SUBSCRIPTION to WD, which entitles me the HONOR of waiting a fething week after everyone else can go buy their fresh copy before mine comes in the mail.

LMFAO!!!!!!!

Friday I am gonna pre-order one of those collector's editions, then pick up a regular set once it's in my FLGS as a x-mas gift for my Uncle.

now that´d be a nice deed!!!

I bet that's a game store that got an early shipment and they are hoping to get folks to pay a crap-ton on ebay..OR..They don't have it yet, but started the auction that runs for 5 days, then they get 3 days to wait before shipping when they get their copy the cultists can go right in the mail.

Either way, it's cool to see the sets broken out already.

I have an in-store subscription for WD at my FLGS and get it the day they do.

The Chaos models are all works of art, and worth the price themselves IMHO even the stupid Marines are done very well I have to admit


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@Skalk -you suck

Where's the supply drop pics?

Dave is hooked!

come on!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Warhammr-40k-Dark-Vengeance-Chaos-Helbrute-Dreadnought-/180961724452?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a2228c824
That is gorgeous!

well.... i think i speak for many... i would have still preferred to have another army featured than the everpresent marines... i can live with chaos... but DA? hmmm....

If I had to pick/collect/paint/play with a Marine army, I'd pick Black Templars, just because of the icons and bling they have is the coolest IMHO. The Chaos Dread actually looks like it could move quickly and bring the hurt to the Imperial walking port-a-potties

I just ordered some Chaos sets of ebay as I only want them, they state they will not be sent out till after september the 1st

The price was not to bad really plus it was cheaper than an GW box set, plus I get the models I want not a load of crap I don't.

That's a smart feller! Not a fart smeller.

 dsteingass wrote:
That's a smart feller! Not a fart smeller.

I may have smelt the odd fart but purely incidental

well... black templars are off limit to me... i bet there are the top most chapter chosen here in these lands sadly...

Wow, wow, wow! Those spider's bases look incredible! Where did you get these cogs??

The grey ones are Zinge's, the others are just watch gears. I bought a bag for $12

dsteingass wrote:I knew it had to be either YOU or Rawson that would nail me about that first!

I didn't notice it of course until I posted it, and it bugged me, so I fixed it on lunchbreak today

Don't forget the one in his "palm"

dsteingass wrote:The Chaos models are all works of art, and worth the price themselves IMHO even the stupid Marines are done very well I have to admit

I think it's an evil scheme to sell more Chaos codexs when they drop later. Seriously.

Why do we consider everything GW does as "evil"? If any other company does that it's called "marketing" and it's ok? I think people would still bitch about GW if they started giving everything away free TBH.

 dsteingass wrote:
Why do we consider everything GW does as "evil"? If any other company does that it's called "marketing" and it's ok? I think people would still bitch about GW if they started giving everything away free TBH.

It's funny because I "complained" at how good of a deal the starter set was... I "complained" how cheap movement trays where... and I complained at how I want my stormtroopers... but my and GW have a loving relationship, I just nag at him all the time

Anyone that makes more money than me is evil. That's my definition......


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But I am with you on the beauty of the Hellbrute model Dave. I am going to be obtaining several of them I think.....



I love the idea of having two or three of these box sets too because although I will incorporate the cultist into what meager army I have I am thinking about beginning a Necromunda group at my FLGS. I think I could do a fair job recreating the terrain and the cultists are near perfect gangers.....


We've printed a phone!

hey Dave .. i thought this was an adults only blog..

No minors..


really like those guys and the spiders and custom gothic walls are really great matey.. do you ever stop.. ? so wish i had a workshop .. or even a shed

oh and i hope you don't mind i stole some inspiration form you ..with the bbq barrels

Harhar Neil! Thanks man, yeah I haven't really done squat for the past two nights, I'm slacking a bit

Today however, my Micro Arts buildings arrived, so I'll get to play with those a bit tonight. I'm just not feeling like painting miniatures much right now, I need some terrain

 dsteingass wrote:
Harhar Neil! Thanks man, yeah I haven't really done squat for the past two nights, I'm slacking a bit

Today however, my Micro Arts buildings arrived, so I'll get to play with those a bit tonight. I'm just not feeling like painting miniatures much right now, I need some terrain

well there are those panels I sent...

Don't forget the one in his "palm"

 dsteingass wrote:
Why do we consider everything GW does as "evil"? If any other company does that it's called "marketing" and it's ok? I think people would still bitch about GW if they started giving everything away free TBH.

I think it's the same as in professional sports when the fans complain that the management is making decisions based on money instead of the good of the team. I think it's the personal attachment that gets people (that's what gets me, at least). Also, I would be pumped if GW started giving away everything for free, but I get your point

Heh..It just reminds me of a guy in the OT forums, he is always on some crusade to "put GW out of business, quit buying their products, blahblah"- and then you look at his gallery, and he has like 2 Doctor Who minis and that's it, his hobby life must be miserable and sad and lonely.

@Galorn- I need MOAR panels! Oh and Nerdfest wants some molds made and shipped to Oz, I've been meaning to take pics of the panels we have made and send them to him to pick which ones hee wants. Do you have something like that set up?

You guys need to mind your own moldlines and leave mine alone!

lol....speaking of moldlines...i got your package finally today dave... full suply report is on my thread...

and you ask how was it at the customs?.... i was contemplating murder.... mass murder.... regulations... orders....and dense people... and the list could be endlessly going on....

What? They gave you a hard time??

i got some nasty remarks... and i gave them some snotty retorts too... if it weren´t for the package in itselef then i´d say i wasted an hoors worth of my lifetime... and guess what... gift is useless for a declaration if the worth of a parcel is over 45 €´s .... i really hate customs... it is just a way too keep the lil man down and try to protect your own industry from global contest.... and our peeps call themselves capitalists.... if they had read the right books they would have known what this causes for global commerce... i think they are just fethers really.... with badges... but that makes them serious butthurts by profession...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
i got some nasty remarks... and i gave them some snotty retorts too... if it weren´t for the package in itselef then i´d say i wasted an hoors worth of my lifetime... and guess what... gift is useless for a declaration if the worth of a parcel is over 45 €´s .... i really hate customs... it is just a way too keep the lil man down and try to protect your own industry from global contest.... and our peeps call themselves capitalists.... if they had read the right books they would have known what this causes for global commerce... i think they are just fethers really.... with badges... but that makes them serious butthurts by profession...

I know how you feel I got stung on some old night goblins from the states cost me half the cost again for some fat gakker to stamp a card, fethers

Did you have to pay a tax then? Dammit, I should've lowered the worth, sorry.

I got a supply drop today too!

A pile of rivetless burnt wood, and two rivetless FOAM bunker/pods with lightly riveted resin doors

oh.... these look sexy i amn not afraid to say so^^

the doors look very good specially!

and i had to pay a (in the end) small fee... which was worth it...

and there would have been no way you could have avoided it... in fact they made me open it in front of two officers... then a row started as i couldn´t say what what was worth... so i was chucked out of the office...to wait for them to do a research on the badger and the playmobil stuff... they estimated the parts... and came out with a price tag... the good part was that they had literally NO idea of all the modeling suplies... all those bitz were not their stuff so they ignored these.... if that would have registered on their radar... who knows...

and if you had lowered the worth on your from of declaration... then customs would have been even more suspicious as they already were... and who knows thy might have accused me of smuggleing... lazy buggers that they are... and do you know... the tag "gift"... this they usuallly ignore... as this gets abused way too often... so is without values for them... which i think is a violation for international mailings... after all those tags are there for a purpose...

I definatly love those bunkers, and those doors are fantastic!

Wow your german customs guys sound mean! In the UK they usually dont give a crap unless it has a worth over £40 or isnt listed as a gift. At least in my experience.

well the guy i had to deal with probably thought he wanted to educate or teach me a lesson on behavior... but the female officer at the ned explained everything later on in a soothing tone... sometimes using women for coutre maesures is a good idea... if that guy too had to explain it to me again i would probably have caused quite a splash at the office there... i really can´t stand snotty know-it-alls with power to them...

Abuse of power
Vitruvian XVII watch out UK customs are stepping up on this to bring in more revenue

Abuse of power

got nothing against that myself... if it is by the hand of a beautiful woman or if i am the one holding the power ... sadly the latter is not happening that often...(=next to never :()

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

Abuse of power

got nothing against that myself... if it is by the hand of a beautiful woman or if i am the one holding the power ... sadly the latter is not happening that often...(=next to never :()

Dam Vic head out of the gutter please, the misses could be reading over your shoulder

nope... she´s vast asleep ... since nine o´clock^^

and besides... my PC is above our living room... so no way she could sneak up behind me^^

Well I hope it wasn't too much..that's pathetic!. Was their hour of searching PLaymo parts worth the fee they got? After all, they were made there in Germany to begin with, and they already made the export tax money, now they are taxing them again?? That's the kind of gak that causes revolution!

Here is the guard tower that came with the Barracks



The ladder is crap though, it's so bad it needs covered over with something and a new ladder added for sure...horrible idea there.

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It's wood, but it feels like you are putting a cardboard jigsaw puzzle together when you click the parts.

yup.... on the decals the german heritage of the tos is clearly visible... it is quite a stupid thing... but the tax collectors and pea counters are everywhere... and i am all game for a lil revolution... it is overdue...

gotta agree to the ´orrible looking ladder... you can do much better and have to^^... by the way... i saw these too on galorn´s thread... but how does the details take to painting? do they get obscured a lot or do they hold...would be a shame if they get lost.... but i guess with AB painting you can be as thin as a whisper^^

Ah someones been shopping at warmill

Nope, these aren't Warmill, and they aren't Sarissa Precision like Galorn is working with, these are another UK company MicroArts Studio. CoolMiniOrNot had two huge booths at GenCon, and they were carrying this product. I found these on ebay here in the US

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Heh..It just reminds me of a guy in the OT forums, he is always on some crusade to "put GW out of business, quit buying their products, blahblah"- and then you look at his gallery, and he has like 2 Doctor Who minis and that's it, his hobby life must be miserable and sad and lonely.

Put GW out of business?!?!? Then what would I do?






I guess paint Dr. Who minis

LOL @ Rawson..exactly man! LOL

I was wrong, Micro Arts isn't out of the UK, they are out of Poland, my bad.


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They also make some really nice city buildings in this line...
..AND THIS:

Ah fair enough, didnt realise MAS made a tower like that.

But MAS are a Polish company


edit: Damn you ninjad me

Theyre stuff for mali is the shiz

Check out the upcoming Steampunk terrain MAS is soon releasing!
http://microartstudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=20349&sid=e05e061a3edc71a4481c621ef955acd6
These are gorgeous buildings, The catwalks and fencing alone are a must-have!




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I've said it before, we are living in a Golden Age of Miniature Gaming!

Damn, that's nice.

I like the duel.

@ Dave- it's one of my many finer qualities.

Just letting folks know I posted my massive haul update on my Terrain Project thread.

I'll be back.

these micro atrs terrain pieces remind me strongly of playmobil dave...?! they look sturdy and very nice...

Pretty quiet on Dakka tonight, eh Vik? Of course, it happens on the one night I'm hanging out on Dakka

well... i can only say for myself... but i had a very depleting day at school... lots of fruitful discussions and work there...and also we celebrated in a very quiete way the anniversery of my wife... this takes quite a lot of time so logging in on dakka happens a good deal later^^ ... but you are on to something.... tho i have no explanation for the rest of dakka^^.... also this opens up the question why YOU then have time^^... kind of counter-rotating of you

bow-chicka-bow-wow!

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And Yes Vik..If that Playmo Mansion Dollhouse was a smaller scale, I'd have a damn 4x8' Victorian city table


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..This is just punch-out scrap bitz!

argh.... i had that thought quite often too... it costs a bloody kidney too... but it looks really sweet.... i still remember my lil redcoats marching in front of my sisters pupethouse^^

and announced desprueing? hmmm^^


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LOL... wooden =]_= logo? is that a bit heretic?

It paints up to look like steel, it's ok

Hahaha dave lol. Im curious as to how much the victorian MAS stuff will cost though, the last time i saw an update about that they said the cost for the buildings was really high so that was the reason for the delay.

It paints up to look like steel, it's ok

point taken^^

and these pics look like you discovered another ancient wisdom... desprueing-zen

It's kind of cool actually

the structure takes a bit to get used too... but it is totally original... and the octogonal tiles sure help to make it look unique...

Yeah..It's different, but I think I'm starting to feel the Infinity style a bit more now. I'm getting some bigger ideas!

I'm getting some bigger ideas!

uh oh!

The Penthouse trim!

hmmm.... penthouse you say.... i expect to view this as the first steps of a



cloud city then?

I definitely like the idea of tall city buildings with skywalks at different levels! Take That Steampunk Skirmish game, look at the gae advantages and beauty from those things!

That is a badass pic Vik!!

Oh no! Thats giving me too many ideas of a suspended necro or other skirmish game board

Ooo I really like those buildings Dave, whats the verdict, is it a good buy?

Nice supply drop of new buildings Dave! I would be tempted to do some in the lines painting of them!

Very nice. Like the look of the penthouse trim.

Niiiice Dave, the MAS stuff is cool as! all it needs is some rough coat and a 40K esque paintjob and I'm in lol you certainly did get some supplies! I can't wait to see what you magically create from all the goodies? speaking of goodies, i like the bunkers a couple of pages back, they look great where did they come from? perhaps you could make some yourself and use these as doors? http://www.coolcastornot.com/b127-war-game-resin-base-the-gate-p-1286.html I think they'd come in handy for you (or any other Nerd for that matter)

Nerd is that site selling recasts?

...... mayyyybe some look familiar.....

THose bunkers are MAS too Nerd. They are a hard foam, very nice.

Look what my AWESOME GF brought home to me!!


This is the most efficient sprue design yet from GW. That's a lot of stuff packed in!
She also brought me an onion bagel and some amazingly good Michigan Cherry coffee!

Epic! That is indeed some packed sprue!

Look what my AWESOME GF brought home to me!!

Hmmm, you say GF... as in girlfriend... not wife ... this means i'm in with a chance, if she buys stuff like this... she's mine!

She also brought me an onion bagel and some amazingly good Michigan Cherry coffee!

Oh, I am soooo jealeous of you right about now!

I see the Chaplain came like those plastic WHFB characters which is nice.

Yeah, they will be releasing a lot more of those little sprue characters. I have the Empire Engineer like that. It'll be cool when Guard Characters come like that, lots of options I'm sure!


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Don't hate the player Nerd, hate the game

Don't hate the player Nerd, hate the game

I hate it man,...... I hate it! although I've sated my lust for coffee about 5 mins ago! snuck into the restaraunt and whipped myself up a Nerd special! pretty soon the coffee willkickinandyouwon'tbeabletostopmefrompostingcrapeverywhereandbasicallygivingyouahardtimefrobeingawesomeandjealousofyourDarkVengeance....

HAHA Rock on Nerd!

The assembled apartment

 dsteingass wrote:
Yeah, they will be releasing a lot more of those little sprue characters. I have the Empire Engineer like that. It'll be cool when Guard Characters come like that, lots of options I'm sure!

I agree, and it's about damn time, too! After all, some of the WFB plastic characters are possibly the best (unofficial) Inquisitor releases GW has done for a decade


The fact that you went straight for that comissar model made me crack up. That guy is so cool! I'll be painting mine to be used as a Lord Commissar in my Traitor Guard.

I already painted my first batch of cultists, btw. They're in my World Eaters thread, in case anyone's interested.

Oh hell yeah that looks COOL! I've never really been fond of the laser cut wooden stuff but I'll be watching closely to see how it turns out painted, and the cultist looks better than I thought it would in grey!

Kraut- Yep, he is the coolest one fer sure! -I'll check yours out shortly!
I like to think of him as once belonging to the Delaque clan rather than a Commissar



And these are the best unofficial Munda Releases in years! Proof!
One will get a headswap though, the different angle doesn't help much

That flamer is badass.

Yeah, they are all pretty badass sculpts IMHO



These are all the uniques


Still 8 duplicates left for conversions


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Apparently we still DO have saturday mail delivery...This came today!





This has been a most Awesome Day!

She also brought me an onion bagel and some amazingly good Michigan Cherry coffee!

forgett about dark vengance she is keeping you sustainedl nourished... that is the important thing during hobby work^^... tho i am not able to eat and drink while doing either hobby work^^

SOOOOOO.... would you say that kitbashing with the choas troops with IG and viceversa stuff is likley? that is very important for me...

and might i ask...why in the seven hells of hades is there a door leading out from that building of yours on the third level without any further connection? is there a walkway planned ?


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oh.... man! just got nijaed with that walkway question of mine by your most recent suply drop...holy thingummy^^ you really are planning something big^^

Holy Walkways Vik!




Some of them will be easy conversion fodder, others have a head and arm and weapon together as a separate bit.

Awesome.

Thanks!

Holy Walkways Vik!

couln´t have put it any better!!!

Some of them will be easy conversion fodder, others have a head and arm and weapon together as a separate bit.

that is helpful info...and i was fearing much worse... the marines of the black reach box weren´t that easy to convert...

Aside from the sergeant those marines were Damn near impossible.

And D, I don't know whether to turn the cultists into Delaques or to keep them as cultists... Decisions decisions. Whatever you do with them will look stunning I'm sure.

Those cultists sure do look sweet Plenty of chop-chop potential there

And that catwalk set is awesome. There'll be at least one of those winging it's way toward me soon


40k, sustenance AND beverages...damn fine woman there Dave

Yep! She's a keeper!

I am just going to leave these cultists as designed, the other 8..well,,anything can happen! But I think I might like to actually play the game in this box!

lol.

Out of interest, when you get a chance could you measure the height of the two levels on that catwalk?

Just under 3 inches a level

Cheers dude.

Hmm, so two levels high equals three levels on my orkimunda terrain. Excellent

im sooo pissed, this guy was going to sell me all his cultists for 20$.. than as I got ready to pay him he backed out.. there goes instant munda models...

Dood, buy a box, sell the marines, they are just liek the aobr marines, but with DA shoulders



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5 Termies, Plastic or metal cost $50 otherwise


The bikes are pretty badass IMHO too

Since having played and run Dark Heresy the RPG, those cultists look spot on!

Chaos Marines and dready look well and properly mutated

Yep! They were once marines..then they got smart

Damn, you get a LOT in this box....


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They are being parted out for $30 on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-DARK-VENGEANCE-CHAOS-CULTISTS-Warhammer-40K-Chaos-Space-Marines-Bits-/261092017351?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cca4c04c7

^ Which is why I was so disapointed in the cancelation of the 20$.. I guess I'll just have to man up and buy it

Dark Angels are not my style

I dunno, they are Marines, which really aren't my style either

Not a lot of use for about 8 of the marines in PA, but I'll put up with them for everything else - probably just for the hell-brute alone

there are some nicer priced versions on ebay UK i´ve seen... rangng arond 19 pounds... P&P included... you might want to strecth out yon tendrils a bit further than the US then

and if i was gangpressed to play a marine army...DA is a hell lot less dumb than blood maniacs or what they call themselves

All the same to me, just different coloured paint on their armour.

hmmm... the old emo marine discussion?

That's dangerous shopping Vik It looks so cheap, I know but then you let PayPal do the conversion of 1 British pound sterling = 1.5881 US dollars


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..which is falling slightly from 1.8 where it was.

ouch... it´s what i usually do... so paypal is yet again skimming bitz of money from me then?

No, it just translates the conversion. GBP seem so cheap when shopping online at first


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Euros and Dollars are a bit closer 1 euro = 1.2580 US dollars. Of course this changes every day.

i fell into that trap quite often already^^... they say you live you learn... but thinking which is needed for learning often is done with other stuff when i sees shiney grey plastic

LOL..Especially since the coolest shiny grey stuff all comes from the UK!

that is the hurtful truth... i never new grey would provoke such reactions in me... tstststs...

..And I keep finding more and more UK companies with shiney grey to buy too!

ha... and then there is many other european countries following in that path too... you can loose so much in postage in europe^^

meh..It's only money, we'll make more next week

Dave, that catwalk is fething cool. I too am putting my DV together and I absolutely love the cultists. I am thinking that a second box is gonna be in order but am waiting to see.....

Thanks Max!

Hey man..These are shipping cheap on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251143324316?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2648
Pics of the sprues and how many you get
I just picked up 4 sets- ships for 8$ from Moscow.. ..cheap!


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Oh and when out getting groceries I found these plastic tech deck finger skateboard park sets in the clearance bin!


This will make a nice underhive section!

Are those meant for those finger skateboards? I know my brother was into that, im just trying to find the box with it all so I can "borrow" it for terrain

We are the Dark Angels, nothing can stand in our way!............ Oh, except for doorways I can't seem to fit my helmet wings through!

Damn, pretty cool! I love seeing people appropriate random stuff like that for use in wargames.

Yep! They have a lot of possibilities! They have a woodgrain texture, which could be cool or covered by industrial texture of your choice.


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@Vit- Yep! I'm always walk through the toy isles, waiting for things to be clearance priced!

i bet you are the first to notice the scale of fingerskateboard stuff... brilliant idea!!!

meh..It's only money, we'll make more next week

LOL... i like that train of thought^^

and those russian terrain elements...we had them staring here some months ago too...iirc...

Nice find, I didn't know you could get whole skate parks, I've only ever seen quarter pipes and tiny ramps. Now I'll have to keep my eye out.

I wandered through the toy aisle today whilst shopping, ended up with a Captain America Goliath Assault Tank and an Iron Man Firestrike Assault Jet

I am seriously considering the avengers quinjet......

to be scratchbuilt by yours truly ?...that sentence wouldn´t make sense otherwise

No, I can't take the credit, I saw someone used the skate park stuff for Infinity terrain somewhere on the web

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
to be scratchbuilt by yours truly ?...that sentence wouldn´t make sense otherwise

Yes, as a counts as StormEagle.



I a) have been challenged to do it...
b) love the idea.....

DAMN I want those fingerskateboardparks...
I didn't know there is interior for the D5 buildings.

Yep Baiyuan. The skate park sections were on clearance for $7 each set, each set has different parts that can be fitted together in different ways. I'm going to hit all the other Meijer stores in town and see what sets they have. There is a set my local store didn't have, which is the other half of the one stairway piece, which is kind of critical to have, otherwise you've got a strange 1.2 stairway with a board nailed over half of it. I figured the ramps can all be covered with hazard stripes for tracked servitors or some other fluffy industrial purpose for al lthe inclined ramps everywhere. I'm thinking the half-pipe sets could be spammed for sewer pipes maybe?


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I built a new gaming rig yesterday, so I'll probably be playing video games for a few days and likely not doing any hobby work. I've got soo many things cooking atm, It's becoming a bit stressful and not as fun, I need to get some focus back.

 dsteingass wrote:
Yep Baiyuan. The skate park sections were on clearance for $7 each set, each set has different parts that can be fitted together in different ways. I'm going to hit all the other Meijer stores in town and see what sets they have. There is a set my local store didn't have, which is the other half of the one stairway piece, which is kind of critical to have, otherwise you've got a strange 1.2 stairway with a board nailed over half of it. I figured the ramps can all be covered with hazard stripes for tracked servitors or some other fluffy industrial purpose for al lthe inclined ramps everywhere. I'm thinking the half-pipe sets could be spammed for sewer pipes maybe?


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I built a new gaming rig yesterday, so I'll probably be playing video games for a few days and likely not doing any hobby work. I've got soo many things cooking atm, It's becoming a bit stressful and not as fun, I need to get some focus back.

enjoy the Emedia break Dave. the package should be on its way shortly.

I saw the crate! Thanks man! I can't wait to see what all is in it!

Enjoy the gaming Anything in particular planned, or just random games?

$7!! The cheapest I found was £7, and that was a puny little crate/ramp. Most of the stuff I found was in the £20-30 range! I think I found a ramp that was £60. A ramp. Looks like the best deals were US e-bays where I'd be paying double the asking price to cover shipping, still seemed cheaper than most of the UK

Did see some interesting bits out there though, I'll certainly be looking into it at some point - more than enough going on atm without more inspirational bitz arriving

I'm not sure, all I know is that I now have a big-ass video card and 850 watt power supply that I can run stuff at Ultra High settings finally!!

Fallout looks amazing so far, so does TF2

Here are the skatepark sections I was talking about
http://www.simplifiedinternetdesign.com/skateboards/techdeck-skate-lab-p-rod-ramps.htm
supposedly thay make 8 different sets, but I've only found 2-#1s and 2-#2s so far. The half stairway in #2 is worthless without #3

Yep, that was one of the sites I came across

Those were the sets you got for $7? Don't want to hear you complaining about UK having good stuff again We just get the rrp dollar sign changed to a pound sign, and if we're lucky they don't mark it up a bit at the same time

Good find indeed, luck with finding #3


Haha, more power. Everything looks better with more power.

Yeah, they apparently didn't sell and the store decided to clearance them out at $7 a set. I can't imagine why, skateboarding with your fingers...um..oh wait...yeah that sounds boring

Why not just... you know... build one?

At Amazon.de they've got only type 02 and that's 18€...it's not that good really!

I have to give my recommendation for a game called Toy Soldiers
http://www.signalstudios.net/games/toy-soldiers.php

That is a really fun game, the cold war sequel is also a lot of fun.

Yeah it looks cool, but it's not been released on PC, and I have a PS3, which I hardly ever play, not an xbox.

 dsteingass wrote:
Yeah it looks cool, but it's not been released on PC, and I have a PS3, which I hardly ever play, not an xbox.

that's too bad.

If you are ever up near boston I'd gladly boot up my 360 for ya. That said please check my thread there has been a (regrettable) update.

Those are some violent toys! Looks like a fun game, and it touches my heart to see people choosing PS3 over the Xbox (like me), because very few of my freinds do!

looks interesting, but yeah PS here too

hobby rota was about to happen soon anyways^^

and that game looks truly interesting...

I was wondering if you fell off the toilet or something Vik! what...2 days no Dakka? LOL

I have an EPIC SUPPLY DROP to report!


This is it!
From Galorn!

The Sunset Sarsaparilla Machine!
my first ever cast miniature!!


The compressor bit and two casts of the First Aid box

And as if that wasn't enough,

a mold for the Machine, and two Hirst Arts molds I needed!
This is one swell guy!
Thanks man!

Then I got this last week, but ddn't open it, lost it on my workbench because the box was so small
From Jake!

An Entire Sprue of Bottles, and two Vet squads worth of weaponry! These are SOOO badass!
Thanks Jake! These Rock dood!


Then an ebay drop of two bags of Armorcast church pews (16 total)

Impressive drop man! That lower hirst mould looks very interesting.

Great to see a cast cola machine

And nice looking shotties.

I know, I'm excited!

I want to make several painted examples and give some retail bagged machines to my FLGS(s) to see how the interest is, get some orders rolling in! Work for Galorn, but Fortune and Glory for me kid, fortune and glory!

nice drop! and oo you definatly should try to sell them at your FLGS!

dsteingass wrote:I know, I'm excited!

I want to make several painted examples and give some retail bagged machines to my FLGS(s) to see how the interest is, get some orders rolling in! Work for Galorn, but Fortune and Glory for me kid, fortune and glory!

Indeed.

Rogue Wolves wrote:nice drop! and oo you definatly should try to sell them at your FLGS!

Quite. am still tied up in funeral stuff (ish) I should be getting the next molds poured for the machines and such tomorrow...

Family first galorn, though I am looking foward to seeing a nuka cola machine factory

nice drop mate.. and congrats on your cast .. it looks pretty much perfect..

Rogue Wolves wrote:Family first galorn, though I am looking foward to seeing a nuka cola machine factory

Soon...

was wondering if you fell off the toilet or

LMAO... (fitting for that comment )

could have been^^

but it was only work...

but to tell you the truth... you too kept very quiet during these days.... that made me really worried...!

but all that is forgotten now as i see the bag of plenty was downed on your desk again^^.... so much eyecandy...again^^.... the guns galore from jake look very cool... and if you don´t have a inflated chest due the immense pride to have your own minis casted in front of yourself ... then i come around and slapp some common sense in you!!!!....

and those pews.... (had to look that one up by the way ) ... i am currently scratching my head to come up with a soon to be project of yours....no seriously... that will be awesome for your big cathedral thingy you have on your COD table...

Dave is like a terrain and supply magnet!

lol...yep...that is a good definition^^

Keeps stuff to put in between our crap.

I am a man of Science, I'm not normally into superstition beyond casual and/or joking, but I DO believe wholeheartedly in hobby Karma. If you give, you WILL receive, maybe not from the same person, but as a whole, or in general, what comes around goes around.

man... your gaming times feel creepy here, every time you don´t post so often....

What do you mean Vik?

post more often and i am a happy man in these parts deal?

Nice drop Dave! cast looks the goods too! even loving the church pews! didn't realise I could even get them! I'm totally going to grab some and make a shrine now!.... damn you!.... maybe in honor of you it could be a mechanicus Rivet shrine?.....

Thanks nerd!

@Vik- I'm playing BioShock atm, but I'll get back to building stuff soon enough

well...building stuff is one thing... the banter dude... the banter is missing am i making myself clear here

Well, i need good banter-munition!

what the man said!!!

Heyo guys hope all is well good to see stuff rolling on the desk enjoy the video games I too was swallowed by one for the better part of two months. I was playing The Secret World.

The only problem with playing games, is after sinking hours and days into one, I've really got nothing to show for it, it makes me look longingly at the dark, lonely hobby bench to my left. I don't miss the painting bench behind me yet though


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And I realized that I forgot the vent on the side of the Sunset Sarsaparilla machine too!



Both shot from my new Nvidia Geforce GTX 660i - notice Fallout 3 only renders things to a lower standard, but FO:NV has the better detail? Interesting...
I see how FO:3 now renders a LOT more distance than I'm used to, but the textures are still how they looked on my old pc.
Fo:NV is like playing an entirely different game. Did you know if you load up all of the DLC from FO:NV Ultimate Edition, you start with a grenade launcher and a ton of stuff??


Nuka Cola is still Thumbs Up though
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It's all good here Bama! Bar's always open!

it makes me look longingly at the dark, lonely hobby bench to my left

that is quite promising... i see hobby work is due to happen soon enough then

and i think soon i will get me the game of the year equivalent of NV too...

and for some reason i cant really say how far i could look ingame... seems to me it was kinda endless... i know i could sniper with my hunting rifle quite good in larger distances in the end...not that you are supposed to...

In NV: with the Gun Runners DLC, you can custom build and modify the equivalent Varmint Rifle into one helluva sniper tool too! You save your shells, and you can do ammo reloading and modification too. In Hardcore mode, the ammo has weight. I haven't tried that.

I think I figured out a workaround abou the glitchy capcha system... I switched to a reg form that doesn't use it... for now anyway until I can figure out (or have a person with more expertise figure out what happened...)

That's super cool, man!

Box will be inbound in a few hours.

 dsteingass wrote:
In NV: with the Gun Runners DLC, you can custom build and modify the equivalent Varmint Rifle into one helluva sniper tool too! You save your shells, and you can do ammo reloading and modification too. In Hardcore mode, the ammo has weight. I haven't tried that.

oh my... you are such a persuasive person

You can also dehydrate and die in hardcore mode.

There are lots of ways to die in Hardcore mode, sleep, starvation, etc.

And those damn wasps... -.-

Oh yeah, poison sucks even in regular mode, that's for sure

Yeah, in regular I can walk through a wave of bullets and shoot bandits point blank at times. But, if I'm stung by a wasp I get to walk around trying to find a cure for the next couple of minutes before dying.

my son got stung by a wasp today (no joke here)... see... RL gets invaded by games all of the time...

What amazing terrain you've created! I am inspired. Tell me, how do you paint your projects? Do you undercoat black and use an airbrush? If not, what do you do to make your Underhive stuff look so used and worn? What thickness of plasticard do you use to slot the bulkheads into? Is it very bendy? Keep up the great work!

@jmw- Thanks! I use .40" or 1mm plasticard mainly, it fits, but you still need to clip the little knobs out of the channel. I use an airbrush, and I prime/undercoat a light color for brighter paintjobs (mostly miniatures, so I can see the detail), or darker for darker paintjobs. The darkness is added by preshading with the airbrush and a combination of washes/inks, depending on the look I am wanting. Always paint things to look brand new before weathering them down to get the best results IMHO.

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
my son got stung by a wasp today (no joke here)... see... RL gets invaded by games all of the time...

Dude.. im terrified of bees.. only because I have never been stung in my life so far, I've been told it dosent hurt much but still, the unknown is some scary gak

Bee stings aren't so bad, but Wasp and yellowjacket stings hurt like a mother!