Yep, me too. We were to duck and cover, our wooden School Desks would keep us safe until Ronald Regan flew in and saved us all from the Red Commie bombs

For me it was tricky dick nixon, then Ford, etc.

tricky dick nixon

LMAO... i know his first name is richard...but still

and dave... very good looking sub... BUT where it really SHINES is that awesome and hilarious looking rocking rocket... i just love the exhaust column of it... what an awesome idea... and it reminds me of these old times barbershop signs... which made me lol even harder... amazing!!!

Thanks Vik, it's launching underwater, so that's just compressed air,(ICBM boosters didn't fire until they broke the surface of the water) that's why I used a blue LED

The candy stripe was the decal in the kit

i got what is happening... all the more cool that you made it realsitic looking and yet that relaxed scifi mix of the sixties... that is an excellent job mate!

Thanks Vik! I appreciate it! The "look" is what I shoot for

and you do that with underwater rockets... very clever

Sub looks great.

Thanks SKalk!

dsteingass wrote:

That about sums it up and while you find some of that in all countries, I'd say you mericans are once more world leaders. Of course some countries outdo you in some single disciplines, like being way more corrupt or disdaining human rights much more, but you must fear not, because on the whole you're #1!

shasolenzabi wrote:LOL! I grew up with those old nuke vids at school during the Cold War

dsteingass wrote:Yep, me too. We were to duck and cover, our wooden School Desks would keep us safe until Ronald Regan flew in and saved us all from the Red Commie bombs

You ooooold farts!

Well, imagine learning YOU've been lied to all your life.
Perhaps you have experienced it, I didn't mean to be judgmental or anything.
I'm just saying that has a way of making someone think about things.


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Anyways..despite all the bad in the world...


Every Day is a good day when you paint.

Happy Birthday Bob! You're a personal Hero of mine.


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..If that doesn't make you feel good, you're probably dead.

“Listen up kiddies, this stuff’s important.”-Three Dog

Dick Cheney was Dick Nixon's advisor, for real.

Speaking of old, and loud...

bob ross is DA man... i´ve spent hours on late night TV with my wife and we watched his show together... marveling at his prowess and his calm soothing voice....

"just a lil touch, right here... see?... "... too bad he is not with us anymore... but he is legend!


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cool....


video killed the radio star in reverse? can´t even remember you building these lil radio sets anymore... very good looking and you it the proverbial nail on it´s head with the colorchoice!!!

LOL, they are resin casts, al lI did was cut them off their runner

And Yes, I miss Bob, that was a nice tribute video.

These were for an IPMS review, but I've got some cool casts coming from a trade with Nerdfest that I am very excited about!


And YES, you all know EXACTLY what I am going to do with that air compressor bit!

 dsteingass wrote:

And YES, you all know EXACTLY what I am going to do with that air compressor bit!

Make a miniature airbrush?

my thoughts exactly... we get to see a mini me dave sitting infront of his desk painting a lil piece of terrain?

A self portrait? hmmm

 dsteingass wrote:
A self portrait? hmmm

do a theoretical "infinity shot." mini Dave painting micro dave painting...

What are you going to use the air compressor's for? i'm guessing something FallOut related? they should be posted yesterday but while I have been on holiday my work decided to forget to pay me! so I chased it up and they'll pay me as soon as they can!.... pain in the butt!

dsteingass wrote:Well, imagine learning YOU've been lied to all your life.
Perhaps you have experienced it, I didn't mean to be judgmental or anything.
I'm just saying that has a way of making someone think about things.

Was that addressed to me? If so, I have no idea in which regard you've been judgemental...
All good. Also we're all being lied to on a daily basis and we all love swallowing some tasty lies... but let's not go there again. Let's follow the wise Mr. Ross, everyday is a good day when you paint.

..If that doesn't make you feel good, you're probably dead.

Mos def. Thanks for the vid, it lightened up my day.

 dsteingass wrote:
Well, imagine learning YOU've been lied to all your life.
Perhaps you have experienced it, I didn't mean to be judgmental or anything.
I'm just saying that has a way of making someone think about things.


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Anyways..despite all the bad in the world...


Every Day is a good day when you paint.

Happy Birthday Bob! You're a personal Hero of mine.


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..If that doesn't make you feel good, you're probably dead.

Thanks Dave I needed a little Bob Ross.

 dsteingass wrote:
Ladies and Gentlemen, May I present:
The USOS Seaview
from Irwin Allen's motion picture of
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea

I am completely envious. I've wanted that model for a long time and you have done great justice to it.

Thanks Valhalla!
And thanks to everyone who keeps coming back here!

 dsteingass wrote:
And thanks to everyone who keeps coming back here!

Force of habit, I guess

I'm watching the series on DVD right now. Now paint the Flying Sub! hah

 Rawson wrote:

 dsteingass wrote:
And thanks to everyone who keeps coming back here!

Force of habit, I guess

that comment... pure wisdom...

Hahaha Well, I'm glad to provide a service anyhow

Ol' Dave is feeling a bit under the weather, fighting off a nasty cold or some such gak. TheraFlu, the sofa, and all 7 seasons of DS9 on Netflix is helping.

ouch... yeah that weather... my kids are sounding almost like grumpy grown ups atm... their larynx seem to be sore to the point of loosing their voice... halloween didn´t help either... at least for their voices candy -wise it was a great haul

hope you still had some of that hallow happiness tho and get better mate.... or else !

Still chilly here in WV, I know the weather decided to head inland, stay rested, flu shots are gak, sleep is the immune systems best way to fight

All I've been doing all day is snoozing. But yeah, sleep is almost like Fallout, except for the whole broken limb thing



We must discuss this 4 Billion dollar sale to Disney, and Star Wars Ep 7.
Begun, the Nerd Wars have.








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First, I would like to point out that he DOES NOT have a bunch of plaid shirts, that is in fact, a tattoo

Yet it changes colors at times, so an electoo like in 40k

Yep, George is really an =I= agent!

I'm personaly looking foward to star wars 7,8, and 9, especialy since they are following 6... with all those books worth of cool material it'll be hard to screw it up... all I know is that it must have Han and Chewie or I'm going to go off

I must admit I don't worry about it. Disney knows their trade like few others, they'll make entertaining movies, no doubt.
Will they work for hardcore fans? Let me answer that with...
...a question: Did Episode 1-3 work for hardcore fans?
...and a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlbPXZEpRE

So how much worse can it get for them?

Personally I don't care. I found Jarjar funny yet slightly annoying, but there were worse parts like erm that fething Anakin in E2 and E3, gosh.
I and my family recently watched all 6 movies on blu ray and looking at them with some distance from my childhood dreams they all are kind of goofy, yet classic and entertaining.

Are we really going to do this ok lets get started then, there is the possibility of producing some great movies based on the Star Wars universe.

But lets be honest this has been bought as a cash cow, the only interest in this and its material will be for financial gain, before someone says it yes all movies are produced with profit in mind.

However what I mean is that it will be aimed at the younger market and merchandise sale, the story and fan base will be an after thought.

I really do hope that something good comes out of this, but to be honest I am sceptical to say the least.

I think whatever they do for 7, it will require doing it before Harrison Ford's health and old age catch up to him any further. If they want to maintain the canon storyline, isn't it essential to tell the story of their children?

 Rogue Wolves wrote:
it'll be hard to screw it up... all I know is that it must have Han and Chewie or I'm going to go off

Dude, have you seen Han Solo recently?

Right, that's what I mean. They can hardly replace him with another actor and bring back Carrie Fischer and Mark Hamil.

The uniquely entertaining chemistry of the characters of Han and Chewie aside, have you tried to have a less romantic and glorifying look at those movies? (Maybe just imo, but) Harrison Ford is among the worst actors in them, he sucks!
I wouldn't be sad if they don't bring him back. Besides how could that even work? They could either animate him like they did in Tron2, which just wasn't that convincing. Or they could reason that Han stopped using Botox after episode 6...

Dave I think your wife might like some of these http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/486348.page

Those are GREAT LDD! Thanks man!

You have to look beyond the acting I think. Acting is only relevant to it's own era of acting. For the 1977 era, compared to other space Operas of the era, it's longevity qualifies it alone.


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Perhaps it is just this new daytime cold medicine I am on -But I don't believe that looking at Star Wars critically, as you suggest Baiyuan would change my love of the originals. I accept the three prequel movies as a new generation, a reboot (if you will excuse my tech analogy) of my admittedly biased love of the original trilogy.

I disagree baiyuan i always thought mark hamil was the worst

I was born in the same year, so I just always identified with it. I remember seeing Empire and Jedi first run in the theatres.

The first movie I ever saw in theaters was phantom menace on release day, so I don't hate them, but I still recognize the originals as greater films

I'm a fan, don't get me wrong. Anyone in my generation (and the one before) who isn't, is evidently missing some chromosomes.
So when I said "classic", I didn't mean classic as in "it's a classic, now take it away from me". Naturally a couple of decades later it has lost much of its appeal if you look at it neutrally, which doesn't mean it's bad now, but if there hadn't been star wars back then and they'd do the same thing today it would be a disaster. So not having Ford in the new installment wouldn't be too much of a loss. I'd prefer having the inconsistency factor of a new actor over seeing grandpa Han Solo.

Well, I suppose it depends where in the timeline they open up the episode 7 plot really...I guess that Palpatine can be played by two different actors and people didn't notice.

Actually, in Return of the Jedi and the prequels, the Emperor was the same guy, I an McDiarmid. It was another guy voicing him in Empire Strikes Back
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palpatine

The animated stuff has had a lot of folks playing his voice

I didn't know that for sure, but it appeared to be the same guy or a fantastic double.

Was the Emperor not played by a woman with eyes superimposed over hers in the Empire strikes back

What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon?

Yep, funny stuff by Seth McFarlane

Usually is.

HAHAHA too funny.

So, today I got a get-well gift sent home to me from the Security Guard at work



That was a helluva nice gift!

That's really cool and usefull, what's the company called that makes it?

Walthers, the biggest Train supplier in all of eternity. A Walther's Catalog is a mighty sight to behold.

Well, there always was plenty of stuff laying about at tthe Chryslus building.

My Copy is a few years old now

But it's a scratchbuilder's bible, for ideas, if nothing else

Wow...

So many lovely terrain bits!

That's sort of cool.

Cranes? they got cranes in there Dave? I just dribbled on my jumper looking at that book!

Wait, cranes or cranes?

Cranes dude, not Cranes,... Duh!

Cool I only get grief from our security guard .

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Cranes dude, not Cranes,... Duh!

Damn, would have been cool to have some cranes perhaps even with cranes. Always cool to watch a crane at work.

And this is why Warhammer 40K modelers should never be allowed to look at Walther's catalogs.

Or http:://www.starshipmodeler.com

Or the Tamiya catalogs.

Or...

--Brian

(PS: They find out that there's a while newwwww wwooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrld...)

As always, the attention to detail in these scratch builds just blows me away.

Yep LOL cranes. Mine is the HO catalog, the O gague catalog would be full of things perfectly suited for our scale gaming.

I envy you for your scrap and your security guard...

Rule#1 in IT: Make friends Early and often with security guards, maintenance, cleaning staff, and kitchen staff.

 dsteingass wrote:
Rule#1 in IT: Make friends Early and often with security guards, maintenance, cleaning staff, and kitchen staff.

thats just good policy in general.

I thought it was "everyone is likely an idiot, but don't act as if they are" or something.

Heh..No, most of the time the users have more common sense and technical ability than the one guy in IT I need to rely on.

Have you tried turning it of and on again ………...

LOL LDD I love your "Wrasslin ring btw.

 dsteingass wrote:
LOL LDD I love your "Wrasslin ring btw.

Cheers mate that means a lot, shame I never finished it in time though But this man Flu is a killer

I know dood, I.m just getting over the flu myself. I'm feeling much better now on day 4.

Yes, I get nerdraged at by folks when i introduce things from non-40k catalogs into the game.

 dsteingass wrote:
I know dood, I.m just getting over the flu myself. I'm feeling much better now on day 4.

I am still day 2-3 its nocked me for six coughing my guts up dam Nurgle

Hey, it was a gift, no charge!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Hey, it was a gift, no charge!

Thanks papa Nurgle …….. but next time keep it

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Hey, it was a gift, no charge!

Thanks papa Nurgle …….. but next time keep it

Ah, the point i that the giuft MUST be given! LOL!

 shasolenzabi wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Hey, it was a gift, no charge!

Thanks papa Nurgle …….. but next time keep it

Ah, the point i that the giuft MUST be given! LOL!

Well Christmas is going to be a blast then LOL

No way! I have the flu too look ma your son is part of something big!

 Rogue Wolves wrote:
No way! I have the flu too look ma your son is part of something big!

She will be so proud

I will give out so many gifts this year! I just need to get to the Wal-Mart is all! hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehhee-sputter, cough, Hack!

'O' gauge catalog from who again? i'll see if i can find one! :-)

 shasolenzabi wrote:
I will give out so many gifts this year! I just need to get to the Wal-Mart is all! hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehhee-sputter, cough, Hack!

Wal-Mart the stockist of Plague

dsteingass wrote:

So, today I got a get-well gift sent home to me from the Security Guard at work

That was a helluva nice gift!

the best part is the

no scale

tag on the package.... that´s simply priceless...

dsteingass wrote:Rule#1 in IT: Make friends Early and often with security guards, maintenance, cleaning staff, and kitchen staff.

and you forgott about secretaries... get it wrong with them and you are doomed!!! trust me...

and... sounds almost like captain trips now... have been and still am ill the last coupla days.... man flu all around...


and just to reignit the dark heresy discussion concerning the disney swallowing the lucas empire... well... evil devours evil and spawns yet more evil... who could be surprised... and you just can bet they wont do the thrawn episodes for cinema... if so... i probably nerdrage myself... as they never could get this done right...


to all ill people... get better soon^^


cheers, vik

the flu is one all that is needed is fluids for when you wake, and lots of sleep. Immunesystem makes you un-hungry/creaky/sleepy for a reason. to divert all power to defense!

All I'm waiting for is Disney to make a giant Star Wars theme park and it would have to be over here in CA

Nobody goes to Epcot anyways, so I say turn the Golf Ball into the Death Star and make the whole place Star Wars park

one of those log waterfall drops from jabas skiff into the sarlacc, and a rollercoaster that that is the xwings flight through the deathstar


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plus cantina themed cafeteria!

 Rogue Wolves wrote:
one of those log waterfall drops from jabas skiff into the sarlacc, and a rollercoaster that that is the xwings flight through the deathstar


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plus cantina themed cafeteria!

Seems like you've given this quite a bit of thought!

well I like to look on the bright side of Disney having starwars

Well one of those would be lots more of it. Though you'd have to look at it in a new light probably.

Maybe Disney should buy the rights to Firefly? That would be kick ass!

Maybe, I wasn't that impressed with it but that was after how much it was hyped to me first. It's probably too small an IP to be worth acquiring to them.

Fair enough, but the whole of Serenity was absolutely awful, I want to know what Joss would have done if his baby hadn't been cancelled...

Joss would have done Buffy. He's one of those guys who can ruin any good idea by trying to squeeze a bit more money out of it with cheap drama and questionable spinoffs. Remenber Serenity and Angel. Not really different from Lucas in that he is...

shasolenzabi wrote:the flu is one all that is needed is fluids for when you wake, and lots of sleep. Immunesystem makes you un-hungry/creaky/sleepy for a reason. to divert all power to defense!

aye... will drink my fair share of tea atm^^

and a sw themed theme park.... cool!!! i wanna get some shooting ranges for blasters... and imagine a site for those wicked saber training sessions...

Well they had been doing a "Star wars" week at disneyland already.

talk about premonitions...

Nice little supply drop today

White Dwarf subscription, only 2 days late this time! Impressive!
And Brother Vinni goodness!

6 Feral Ghouls
2 Protectrons
1 Eyebot/ED-E
1 Enclave trooper

Tickets Please!

Oooooo those brother vinni FO goodies are nice!

The best ones will probably be the protectrons. Hopefully we'll see the civilian and military versions, still another 7 anyway. Or at least the Nuka cola one. It has one of the better protectron lines.

Please present your tickets please! Failure to present the tickets will result in necessary security actions.

Needs to show up again.




And was one of the related, but awesome and worth showing anyway.

Everyone ought to have a P.I.P.Boy-3000 and a fat-man for a politer society.

well since you got two protectrons i hazard a guess... one will be some unique version of the theme...

the ghouls look interesting... tho scale will be even more interesting then...

and... how early compared to retail version is the subscription edition?

and shas... arguable... my wife keeps pointing out that if kids had the nuke... they´d use it instantly... remember the old children phrase... "you aren´t my friend anymore?" they´re kind of a-bomb right there... so if you got some dumb peeps with the fat guy in their hands... we´d all be toast by yesterday

Well the thing everyone knows about the fat man is generally you will kill yourself with that first shot.

Yep, the ones too quick to use it will blow themselves up as they will be in the blast zone.

..Or aiming too low..

Hurry up and build them so we can see em in all their glory

Soon, today is FINALLY election day, I'll be glad to get this all-encompassing National hate-fest over with and start focusing on the hobby more. Assuming of course that the election doesn't result in the US becoming a corporate-Noble Feudal society.

to tell you the truth... i am rather edgy myself for that election... told my wife if mitten wins... the we all get a lil closer to that mayan calendar closure event...and i didn´t even used my joking voice then...

Yep, scary stuff Vik!

While we wait and listen to Wolf Blitzer's increasingly desperate questions...

You walk into a Dark Metro station, you hear that all-too familiar zombie screech before you ever see them...



"No valid ticket detected, use of deadly force is authorized..."




"..My Fellow Americans, this is your President, John Henry Eden.."- Just makes me itch to shoot it with a shotgun

"..My Fellow Americans, this is your President, John Henry Eden.."- Just makes me itch to shoot it with a shotgun

now that is an eerie quote...i think if all bad pennies fall into place... then this statement can be used for mitten in the same way

and good looking minis dave... the stance of the ghoul is really perfect.... i am looking forward what you can do to it with these glazes of yours

Thanks Vik! Brother Vinni gives a nice sprue of optional arms, one wit a lead pipe, but all have that necrotic gimpiness to them.

with a leadpipe? i niever saw armed z´s in fallout... seems he is getting creative now

Great job on the Seaview Dave, looks good now it's all done with And the lights did add a lot to the finished piece.

And oh goody, more Fallout goodness on it's way

I want to make one of the ghouls into a non-feral Ghoul, wearing armor and everything

ah... what was that ghoulie called in the tower episode?

Roy Phillips?

dunno... the sheer amount of peeps to talk to in that tower is always keeping me from entering... too much talk and no kill makes me a dull boy

The easiest way is to pickpocket the key from the head guard, go outside, around back to the basement, open the door, and watch Roy and his crew sweep through the building and take care of that for you In a few days, it's populated again by friendly Ghoul residents -You get the Ghoul Mask- WIn Win

I think it was Roy

How about the ghoul version of Moira?

edit: And indeed, just Moira

I have a Moira Brown I'm already working on

This is so amazing! Great stuff! I love the necromunda and the Catachan Baneblade made me drool! An actual Catachan Baneblade! Props!

THanks Kell! Glad you like man!


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Sorry I missed your earlier comment Monkey- Thanks bud!

Brother Vinni makes nice stuff

Sometimes I wonder, what would Dave do if Vinni Bro wouldn't find this NO-Fallout goldmine of his?

dsteingass wrote:I have a Moira Brown I'm already working on

that sounds so wrong

dsteingass wrote:11:18PM EST- Mittens LOSES

was the first thing i longed for when i switched on the radio... and i was rather tense...

but...!

LOL @ Vik

There was one priceless, final attempt at denial of facts and funny math that made it all worth while.

As my old Company Sargeant Major Davie "Death" Krichton used to say:

"Denial is not just a river in Egypt, laddie!"

Good advice LL, what specifically was he talking about at the time?

In other news, Ahyone tried the new Citadel Edge paints? There are only 9 of them, but no dark grey color for black??

edge paints???

Usually one of my officer cadet's that was under the impression that he (or she) was a competent soldier.

Most of my NCO's had a few favorite one-liners. One of my favorite's was:

"Mr X, as an obvious outsider, what is your opinion of the human race?"

I THINK that was one of Davies'. But it could have been Colour Sargeant Wiseman's. It was a while back now.

"Mr X, as an obvious outsider, what is your opinion of the human race?"

LMAO!!!! ah times of service.... fun times... sore feet... crappy meals and lunatics in the lead...

It was more fun when you got to be one of the lunatics in question

Cept for the part where being the boss in the British Army means you always get to eat last. When the food's either cold or just the scrapings from the bottom of the pot. Makes sense though: the best way to monitor how well your lads are being fed is to make sure you're last in line. If you don't eat well, then you know some of the lads didn't eat well either. And that means it's time for you and your size ten assault boot (with steel inserts) to have a quiet little word with the cook...

It's a far cry from some European armies. I hear some of their officers are still issued wine rations in the field! Outrageous, if you ask me.

P.S Sorry for all the edits. My brain appears to be suffering from a spelling malfunction.

And that means it's time for you and your size ten assault boot (with steel inserts) to have a quiet little word with the cook...

good thinking there lad! that´s the way i treat feeding at home for my kids too smallest up front...

Kind of reminds me of my dads service stories, the best one I remember was when he was talking to one of his seniors and he asked
"can you be apprehended for what you think sir " which his senior replied "of course not corporal" which my dad answered " good I think you are C*%t sir "
My dad was a real inspiration to me

LOL

 lone dirty dog wrote:

"can you be apprehended for what you think sir " which his senior replied "of course not corporal" which my dad answered " good I think you are C*%t sir "
My dad was a real inspiration to me

Dammit! Why didn't I have this conversation ten years ago! I could have made good use of that one!

 LeadLegion wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

"can you be apprehended for what you think sir " which his senior replied "of course not corporal" which my dad answered " good I think you are C*%t sir "
My dad was a real inspiration to me

Dammit! Why didn't I have this conversation ten years ago! I could have made good use of that one!

Yes it is a good one, but for some reason it does not help with promotion

No, definitely one to use with your mates rather than on somebody actually senior....

 LeadLegion wrote:
No, definitely one to use with your mates rather than on somebody actually senior....

You might find your beer round start to shrink mind

I am saddened by the idea that wimps lawsuited the US Military training into being little more than a scout camp, thin-skins who couldn't take being yelled at, or little "private space wussies" who didn't like it having the Drill Sgt 1" from their nose, or the weaklings who didn't like physical correction for holding a weapon so that they would not accidentally shoot one of their mates, (Including the good head swat).


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Pretty soon all the US will do is lawsuit a nation to death

I haven't heard about that Shas. They probably shouldn't have enlisted then huh?

@Vik- Edge Paints- new highlight colors from GW.
http://wargamesdigest.com/news-new-citadel-edge-paints-and-basing-kits/

Damnit! I REALLY LOVE GW's new paint system, it's really great! The big box/drawer system for the ultimate paint set is brilliant, but quite salty @$450

Yeah Dave, it is not like back in the 1980's for sure, I even heard of something called "stresscards" silly idjits!

Kind of like thhose paints yu sent me that are light enough to play at being "wear"

thanks for the link dave... interesting...

and shaso... i´ve seen that behavior in the army too... the times of full metal jacket are over... would be interesting if the current modus operandi produces more freindly fire accidents than the classic army style... would love to see statistics explaining this...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
thanks for the link dave... interesting...

and shaso... i´ve seen that behavior in the army too... the times of full metal jacket are over... would be interesting if the current modus operandi produces more freindly fire accidents than the classic army style... would love to see statistics explaining this...

Likely more grenade practice accidents, and accidental shootings on the range. One of our guys was asked a question in basic, answered by swinging around with the rifle and got slapped so hard his helmet went down range, but he knew he had screwed up aiming a loaded weapon at a officer.

i think that is a fair reaction... when we had uzi practices as the range... all officers had been really jumpy for the turn around of us fellas... if we got a real good see to before hand that wouldn´t have occured tho... but allas... our commander was a wee whippersnapper... so no hard yelling then...

 shasolenzabi wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
thanks for the link dave... interesting...

and shaso... i´ve seen that behavior in the army too... the times of full metal jacket are over... would be interesting if the current modus operandi produces more freindly fire accidents than the classic army style... would love to see statistics explaining this...

Likely more grenade practice accidents, and accidental shootings on the range. One of our guys was asked a question in basic, answered by swinging around with the rifle and got slapped so hard his helmet went down range, but he knew he had screwed up aiming a loaded weapon at a officer.

Best place to aim it if you ask me

Well, in the US Army, the Officers are jumpy enough due to the Viet Nam era and "Fragging"

Fragging ???

I have a strong opinion of VietNam because of my Father. He was Drafted into the US Army on his 18th Birthday and spent his Senior year of High School (after the Tet Offensive) knowing exactly where he was going and he didn't have a say in the matter. He was an Engineer in VietNam and had been in Cambodia clearing LZs when Richard Nixon said on TV that The US wasn't in Cambodia. To clear LZs he sprayed Agent Orange and who knows what else. His officer sent him out with a Bucket Loader and no support when an RPG whizzed between the seat and steering wheel. He always loved kids because he was a big kid himself, and would give young Vietnamese kids chocolate and extra rations etc. often. Once, one of those kids threw a satchel charge at him and he had no choice. He died at age 54 of a Brain Tumor.

Viktor von Domm wrote:Fragging ???

Originally the practice of sneakling a frag grenade into a place that the officer would move something, and the pin would come loose, thus fragging him.

dsteingass wrote:I have a strong opinion of VietNam because of my Father. He was Drafted into the US Army on his 18th Birthday and spent his Senior year of High School (after the Tet Offensive) knowing exactly where he was going and he didn't have a say in the matter. He was an Engineer in VietNam and had been in Cambodia clearing LZs when Richard Nixon said on TV that The US wasn't in Cambodia. To clear LZs he sprayed Agent Orange and who knows what else. His officer sent him out with a Bucket Loader and no support when an RPG whizzed between the seat and steering wheel. He always loved kids because he was a big kid himself, and would give young Vietnamese kids chocolate and extra rations etc. often. Once, one of those kids threw a satchel charge at him and he had no choice. He died at age 54 of a Brain Tumor.

Yeah, proof of our government and it's cheaty ways.

Anywhoo..we really need to change topic.
Malcador

It's not scratchbuilt like all the others on Dakka, but it's gonna be my fix

No NO NOOOOO... Ok this amazing looking tank has given me the final push... Wolvie needs a scratch built tank and he needs it now

So that is the main Malcador chassis, nice. Seems you started on it already Dave.

If you start making survivors Dave, you should get some screen caps from folks on here to replicate, in desired armor and whatnot.

Jelly of the Malcador. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

Quality idea WM!

Anything special planned for the Malc?

I dunno, I think I'm in love with it as-is to tell you the truth.



The Bren-looking stubber makes me think it should be Praetorian or perhaps Mordian or even Valhallan??

oo I'd love to see what you can do with a Valhallan tank

I painted my engine before sealing the back up. But looks good! can't wait to see what you camo her up as

It's not glued, just popped in there for the moment like the hatches. I magnetized the Battle cannon, and the housing rotates freely, however strangely, the one sponson sticks while the other moves freely. I couldn't see any warpage or anything that would cause it, but the tread assemblies have an inward slanting stance that is different (probably pinching the action), but I like it.

I'd say Steel Legion, but Mordian may be better. If you go Praetorian, may be good to have some guy looking out of the hatch.

I first thought Steel Legion too, but their fluff is mostly chimeras.


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Here I added the trench rails

And now I go to bed with CA-encrusted fingers

Mordian or Praetorian it is then.

As much as I love Valhallans, that just screams Praetorian to me.

Go Praetorian - And there's even a large flat area on the back where you can put a table and an officer drinking tea!

It needs that now, or on another one of those big tanks (forgot what it was called) where you had the Catachan on it and we all wanted it to have a BBQ but you said no because it didn't make too much sense I think...

LOL drinking tea- that would be funny. What other British stereotypes should it have? And would a Pith helmet be worn by a tank crew while operating it? Or would they use a leather-type helmet?

Probably put the helmet on to look outside.

Cool, I don't have to use British armor green do I? Horrible color IMHO, too bright for a tank.


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I bought 18 new Vallejo air colors today!
And I found they have an extremely extensive paint matching chart on their website too!
http://cdn.acrylicosvallejo.com/7081772c2ac58cd7ea3b87d1ec397ac8/equivalent-values.pdf

That pdf didn't help me with numbers, I go by color swatches

beets, beetus

An unusual and amusing interlude. Wilford Brimley, he played in the 1980's version of 'The Thing"

HAHA The punch sound FX were priceless!

Back in the day right? At least they did not use the Three stooges sound fx

Whoop whoop whoop!

A a sand/earth base already on that Malc

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!

Awww Wise guy eh?

Spread out!

Oh, I need a boost at my thread so I can put fresh pics in it.

And I'll have some limp lettuce, burnt toast and a rotten egg,,,,it's for my tapeworm, he don't deserve no better! nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!

LOLz- @ Shas

Is already looking nice!

Thanks Shas! Blocked in black is drying now.

That's one sexy sexy tank my friend! ;-) what is it going to be used for? a force or just a sweet looking display piece? I vote for a force if you need swaying? lol, your other guard models are simply gorgeous!

Ack... cursed you all be... Fallout 3 you made me try...

Hooked, hooked I am now...

cursed be!

Oh, and great looking stuff here once more Dave...

Good find of that colour chart, will be useful.

Tank looks good so far.

whoa... again i had to call in a dakka leave of absence day/night due to man flu...

dave... i think your dad would be a good man to know...and since you have that good image of him to think about...he will in essence live forever...

the fresh work on the malc is looking very good... the sandy color i really like... i got to ask the same stuff like nerdy... does this in any way may cause you to start a new... praetorian army maybe? which i can only encourage you as i think that would be a cool thing...

your color range... that is awesome... looks like a candy store...

by the way... for my own tank... i think i will have to use the exhaust setup like you have on the malc... looks fitting...

I hope you're feeling better Vik, and thanks everyone!

Today, I am ACTUALLY going to participate in a 40k all-flyer game at my FLGS

It makes me wish I'd started on my other T-bolt or my Vulture instead of the Malcador

Should be an interesting match.

I had dreams of scratching a malcador at one point. Then my ambitions walked in the door......

All-flyer game? That sounds interesting.

I have armies and Navies packed up, getting ready to head out to the game, no one playhing has tried the new Flyer rules yet, so it should be fun. I'll take pictures, Dave out.

Cool! Good luck old man and win for the Emprah!

good luck mate! and don´t worry... even basecoated your that background valk looks stunning!

That Valk is painted!! I couldn't play with unpainted minis! Heresy!
I actually didn't get to play with it, just the Tbolt and Marauder Destroyer.

The first game was a FFA, and the greatest lesson learned was "Watch your speed in the Tbolt!" It's REALLY fast, and REALLY maneuverable

I roleld initiative 6, so I moved last and shot first, the problem with that is you have to declare your maneuver at the beginning of the turn, before everyone else moves, so I ended up zooming around just to get behind others, only to roll friggin ones!


I didn't kill anything because my rolls all sucked

For the second game, it was teams. I had the Marauder Destroyer. The greatest lesson learned was "the Marauder Destroyer can only make wide turn maneuvers", so my only choice was to lazily fly around the big square 4-table set-up! LOL

Until the other team finished off all my teammates and ganged up on me


That stupid friggin space elf ship has a shield and an invulnerable save, totally OP IMHO.
I shot one down with my donkey gun, until they hit my targeting, forcing me to need to roll a six to hit, but they never got in front of me, they were all deathly afraid of my 3 twin-linked autocannons (6 dice, all re-rollable) and 8 skystrike missiles. The Marauder Destroyer is one tough bastard, it took 12 hits, didn't get destroyed, but they forced me off the table

For clarity, the dice on the terrain features represent the height of the terrain. The little black hex ticker is your speed and altitude indicator. If you dive or fly into a terrain feature at the same height as you, you crash into it. This is a game where less terrain is better!
The funniest moment of the evening, was when the space marine bumblebee thing couldn't move because it's max elevation sucks so bad. Made me smile!.
It was good fun.

Hah, the smurfs just bumbling around near the floor whilst the real men soar high above their heads....

Yep! Of course, I didn't want to insult the guy, he had a huge drop-pod army and he was pretty cool. He had an extra blister of the three Imperial Advisors he sold me for $10.

So, the T-bolt suffered from over powered thusters, and the Marauder is a poor turner. That means the monster Ork mega bomma I have is likely to have crap for turning, good ting I have plenty of twinlinked big shootas on it.

Well it's not about turning with the Ork one, it's just flying the right way in the first place to hit them so you can just jump out and start using the chopper.

No, I just had the speed turned up too high, you move your speed x6", so you may end up over flying your target. You want to end the move behind them where the armor is weakest, and they usually don't have weapons. I should have just started slow and straight with the Marauder, you can fire one weapon per crew member per turn

Was this playing "Aeronautica" with 40K minis?

Yep, basically!

My game stores SUCK.

It was actually pretty fun, all upgrades were given free from the new FW Aeronautica book, points values were rounded, he had all the fliers' stats on one nicely printed, well-organized reference sheet. Once we got going, it went at a nice clip, each game took about 3 hours.

Dude that game setup is SICK! Id actually love to play that once all my orky flyers are done.

So how were the rules adapted from Aeronautica? Say if I was to want to get a group to play?

Organized play, with rules and preparation by the organizer?

WHAT ALTERNATE UNIVERSE DO YOU LIVE IN?!?!

Well, there were some necessary tweaks along the way, like the Space Marine Bumbleee's erectile dysfunction

Dave, I've been reading every single page of this thread now and by the emperor, your work is amazing! You're one of the greatest modellers I've ever seen. Keep up the good work bro!

Wow, thanks catfish! That's a huge complement.

We just never say it directly coz we are not sure how it'll affect his head-space

dsteingass wrote:That Valk is painted!! I couldn't play with unpainted minis! Heresy!
I actually didn't get to play with it, just the Tbolt and Marauder Destroyer.

UPS.... i hide my head in shame if it is all the same to you

and that game sounds like very good fun... i like the idea to reperesent heights with dices... cool thinking!

So far, my Orks are ahead in the air-force situation! I need MiGs for my IG!!!!!


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Or Lavochins

It's ok Vik ... you're just getting old

But your IG wins on the ground Shas

Damn that looked fun! Though taking a bomber into a dog fight probably isn't a good idea.

Knives and gun-fights, if you know what I mean

If you had a $300 chunk of resin, you would try to play it too

Sure, but ground units do well when they have air support! I may have to also make a "sturmovik" with jets for that nasty surprise!

Hehe! is why my Ork Supa-Bomma is all scratchbuilt. It will dominate da resins!

@ dsteinglass: Yup. Yup. You got me there

Meanwhile, while the first wash was drying on the Malcador...

Nice!

oh geez that mutton chops guy is cool.

Thanks, I wanted to give him a stereotypical British leaning position, the right hand is grasping his belt buckle

"Drat and botherations! these damned xenos are spoiling my morning tea break for scones and jam! PERCY! hurry up will you my good man and kill them for me and there's a crisp cucumber sandwich in it for you"

I was thinking. "Come, come now! I do not care that your dray beast is having a stomach upset and is sitting in the middle of the intersection! No, this is not part of the Uplifting Primer Jenkins! Now you down there, move that beast and wagon out of my way, or I shall be forced to drive over them!, what? are you daft man!? you are impeding His Imperial Guard from their appointed duties, further obstruction and I'll have the arbites haul you off and send you to a penal colony for holding up an Imperial convoy! What??? Right! Jenkins, hit the promethium and run through the daft buggerers!"

"I say! pip pip old man and don't spare the horses, they'll move if they know what's good for them"

I say Mr Steingass, what a splendiferous machine!

Love the monacle.

YES! Exactly! As if he were trying to drive the Malcador in downtown Delhi! LOL

....and then back home for tea and medals everyone. Pip. Pip.

Hmm, I could have sworn I made a post having some fun picturing what they were saying as well.

Ah well, looking good anyway.

A Tiger! In africa???

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YES! Exactly! As if he were trying to drive the Malcador in downtown Delhi! LOL

Pretty much! I'd say I managed it well.

Yep! LOL

Officer comes to the tank.
Officer: "I say! Carruthers, what the deuce is going on here, don't you know there are 50more vehicles waiting to get moving?"

Tank leader Carruthers: "Sorry Sar! seems one of the townies let their dray-beast get stomach flu right in the middle of the bloody intersection!"

Officer: "Oh, I see, well, can he make the bloody beast move?

Carruthers; "Sorry Sar! seems he has not one bit of control over the animal, so we figured we will just drive right on, if the beast moves all the better for the towny, if not, well, too bad for him!"

Officer: "Well, no need to be so callous Carruthers! if the beast is crushed, he can come right to me for a voucher to get his beast and kit replaced outo fhte company exptra-ordinary expenses account, provided that Sargeant Singleton hasn't already absconded with them or gambled them away."

Carruthers; "Yes sar! Capital idea! That is why you are an officer, and me a simple tank jockey! " Changes to shout inside tank.
Right! gun that engine and let's do the the good officer says, drive on!"

Officer: "Splendid job Carruthers, splendid! Oh those things do splatter much when a tank drives them over! Okay sir, if you walk to my staff vehicle, we will write you out that voucher, then take it to the quartermaster sargeant at our base and he'll hand you the recompensation, what? no, no, no need to thank me, you just go get that new healthy animal and get back in business." Then, "Just try to avoid letting your new animal get sick in the way of His Majesty's convoy or we will have to lock you up for it the second time."

 shasolenzabi wrote:
"Just try to avoid letting your new animal get sick in the way of His Majesty's convoy or we will have to lock you up for it the second time."

HAHA

I think I need some advice here.



I know the coat needs to be a darker red, but his gear (kit, pouches, straps, etc.)....should It be all white? Or should I mix and match it or do something completely different?
I know it looks a bit flat now, that's because it's just very thin layers of color blocked in because I am still undecided on the exact scheme to use.

You might want to consider some light-warm browns, like a tan or beasty brown, that would tie together the yellows and the reds.

Do I want the yellow piping? I'm not up on late 1870s British Uniforms, but American ones had different colored piping (white-infantry, yellow-cavalry, and red-artillery)- Of course there were no armored divisions at the time so...??
I know the buff-colored Pith helmets were iconical to the Africa campaigns of the British Empire at the time, and I sort of envisioned these Praetorians and this Malcador on a planet with that type of climate. Mediterranean to Desert.
Below are my inspirational photos for this whole project
(not my work)



I know this is Italian, but I liked the wash around the rivets (for a 15mm tank)

I do NOT personally like the grey and tan camo scheme, so I'll be omitting that part. Not shooting for historical accuracy, I'm just trying to capture the "look and feel" as usual.

Typically, the cavalry in the US Army has become either air cav, with helicopters, or armored, with tanks. So I say make them cavalry, since that would be an armoured unit.

I like the white leather look. Wasn't that a thing the British did?

Although looking it up, they also had many variations, including your normal leather brown, and a tan color. So you could make them how you want. Still... it seems to me a Praetorian would have the most stunning, utterly impractical option. Which would be the white leather. lol

 dsteingass wrote:


I think I need some advice here.

Hmm, I'd say it's the legs that are the problem here


Unless of course there was a tiger in his tent last night.



White or tan I'd say

edit: and keep the yellow piping

i like the current look... the colors tho do need to be more crisp... other than that i think you are on the right track....

(tho...i have to say his pose looks a bit awkward... but for a commander this might change once he is in his proper place )

oh...and reporting back for dakka duty

Welcome Back Vik! No Man-flu can keep El Vik from the blessed art of banter and riveting.

oh... rivteing... i have to get on with my tankwork to finally rivet something for good again

thanks for the warm welcome...

by the way... since i´ve read my way through the last page here... your pics ain´t woring anymore...is that fact known to you?

Uh, yeah..that is because I let a PB album get too big and had to move those, I'll go fix the links, thanks bud.

Meanwhile, Ladygeek came home excitedly with this!
LEGO Lord Of The Rings

Yes, waves and waves of Orcs get thrown into the elven lines and bodies (lego body parts) fly back into piles!

It's something to see!

If you riveted your sinuses together you might avoid any more man-flu

Meh, to hell with updating them, I'll just repost



See Vik, the pose gives him arrogance that he deserves, he does command a Malcador after all

See Vik, the pose gives him arrogance that he deserves, he does command a Malcador after all

THAT! was the first thing i thought too when seeing him atop the tank... yes... now it all makes way more sense^^

at monkey... man flue is not all about aching sinuses! aching back... aching head... and that general aweful feeling like you are about to die just now but might be back to work in a weeks turn

and dave... lol... lego battle like that? butchering orks in waves.... brilliant...!
by the way... do you know a cheap way beside ebay to get me SW lego minis? my kids have developed quite the expensive taste it seems.... my felix wants an emperor... and if i have understood my wife correctly she might want some ewoks.... bloody fething expensive everywhere.... so we went this weekend to lego shop... and boy... almost nothing of any goodies there that i would have wanted to buy.... so i went back to ebay once more... scored some acutions... (won a darth maul with his flyer and some other classic bitz too...) but the thrist for really cool things stays....
does that site... brick-thingy (?) also sell these minis too?

thanks in advance!

This is THE go-to place for anything specific you are looking for
http://www.bricklink.com/


For kids, don't be afraid to look at used, new are always more expensive
You can sort locally if you want, or just look for the cheapest (or quantity of a particular part) you want from around the world.

yes! that is what i had in mind!!! thanks a heap dave! will do a lil hunting then tomorrow with my wife...

by the way... wouldn´t it be just a perfect world if playmobil got the star wars license? a playmo vader? that would be awesome... and a full ten men stromtrooper package for around twenty bucks? ach... a man can still dream i guess^^

That would kick ass Vik! I don't think Playmo does the licensing thing though.

I cannot wait to see that Malcador finished.

That would kick ass Vik! I don't think Playmo does the licensing thing though.

yup! and they don´t... copy tho they do... indy and such things... well^^

man you use a lot of tape... but i have a very good feeling for that tank... the white markings will make it look very sharp!

Good tank feelings!

or... many tank you´s

oh...and something for the lil smirk in your eye^^



always reasuring that some peeps have thought and felt the same way^^

Haha- Gotta love customs!

That Luke is cool!

Nice Malc too Dave

Thanks Monkey! I hope it looks British enough

wow, that was fast! cool markings!

you don't like making the exhausts rusty? I feel like they look a little rusty but could be a lot rustier

plus i feel like the treads are a bit clean compared to the rest of the model, they could use a coat of dust I say if this is a desert vehicle.

I have simply missed too much to read through it all. I would be gone away for another month and a half.......



I start over from here......



Nice monacle Dave.

Well, now Carruthers has a proper looking old Malc doesn't he?

Well that was pretty fast.

More rust Dave if you want it look British more rust, have you not seen our weather

Looking good but that top picture looks way to shiny, what happened in that pic

And Chewie looks like some one shaved there bulls and stuck it to a playmobil figure LOL

Dave, concerning your commander... A deep, bright red tunic, white leather webbing and yellow/gold piping should do the trick. And keep it clean, praetorians spend as much time cleaning kit and parade unifrom as they spend fighting. There's no dishonour in dying, just dishonour in dying with a dirty kit...

Thanks guys!
@Meade- nowhere near being done yet, lots more painting to do still

Nice color choices on the tank Dave it looks great!

Well I can't make out the tea-pot or the cucumber sandwiches (crusts removed obviously), but other than that not bad Dave, not bad

I don't know. I think a Praetorian would take better care of his tank and not let it get so battered looking. He'll be hearing about this on his next report.

NM, looks like you fixed it in the later pics.

I'm not having any tank in my collection that just drove off the Adeptus showroom floor, sorry dood

I'm too lazy to do all that weathering, but it does look really good. Your's was apparently really fast too. Care to advise how you did it?

Thanks! It is sooo easy, Just a sponge and some Rhinox hide brown for scratched paint chips, then a gloss coat of future and an oil-paint mix of black/brown so far.



Something just isn't working out with the paintjob on the Commande though, I'm a bit baffled. I can only assure you that he looks better from farther away than he does in these macro photos.

I'll vouch for that - he looks awesome from the other end of my boat

Thanks Monkey



As you can see, I still have a LOT of work ahead of me.


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Perhaps I need to change the color of his mutton chop/mustache? Or maybe do something with his skin color? I just don't seem to be getting the definition I want.

Darken the mutton chops, (actually that is the "Beefeater" cut.

..And Here I thought Beefeater was just a brand of gin - Learn something new everyday

Speaking of Brits, any of you airbrush hobbyists over there should jump on this ebay deal
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350637814832&item=350637814832&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466
These go for $3.75 each here in the US.

Also, I was just ordering a couple of spare needles for my Badger Patriot 105 from Amazon (the cheapest place for AB parts, really), and picked up this Chinese knock-off for $8!!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001L4S3KS/ref=oh_details_o01_s01_i00
The reviews are good, and it appears to have all the same features of my Badger Renegade Krome or the Iwata HP-CS (.3mm needle/nozzle, teflon-coating (not important for acrylics, only solvents)
But for $8, I'll try it! If it's any good, it would be excellent for a class or something.

I've always known that style as 'friendly muttonchops'.

Hell, for $8 if it breaks after a couple of minis it's going to have been worth it

Looks fantastic Dave! really awesome tank! nearly enough for me to paint a tank now! :-) weathering is spot on and the commander looks fine! but if you ever want me to paint a figure for one of your models let me know, i'd love t do it and it would be an honor to paint something different like Mr Mutton there :-)

what else have you to do on the tank?

Thanks nerd! No problem man, but this is just an el-cheapo Wargames Factory plastic fig

Some progress, not at all what I wanted, but I'm growing tired of repainting the same 1/2 man, and it's magnetized, so I can easily replace if I want to







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It's funny, now when you go to the link it is only $6- so I ordered a second one..for parts!

Carruthers is looking better!

Where can i get my hands on a Caruthers? ;-) I feel the need to paint one up!

I'll send you a few in that box I haven't yet sent


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Funny, that same airbrush that I bought at $8, then again at $6 is $27.96 today!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001L4S3KS/ref=oh_details_o01_s01_i00
(retail is still $60) I either took advantage of a bug @Amazon.com, or a mistake pricing or something

the tank is making me feel quite akward... you are so damn quick in painting that one up to such a quality... *shudders*

the new beard on yon commander looks way better... tho the white would have greatly supported his authority

the only one thing i wold suggest is darken the red of his jacket... i always use mecharite red instead of blood red and so on as it is better to look at and not that agressive in a certain light... but that might be due to personal preferrences ... any way... the tank looks very good even tho you declare it still unfinished

Nice tank Dave , the praetorian on top is spiffy

Thanks guys! I still have all the metalwork yet to do on the tank, I'll be working on that tonight hopefully. Right now it's jsut sprayed with Vallejo gun metallizer (basically metallic black) - I believe this will be my go-to metal basecoat color from now on, since you guys all think it is already done


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@Vik- The coat is white primer, Evil Sunz Scarlett, then a glaze of red (bloodletter). But you're basically saying it needs more shadow?


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& Vik- I wanted white chops too, but it was too much white. I have plenty more (2 boxes) of the Wargames Factory Zulu War Brits- GenCon special buy


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@Neil, Thanks! To hear "spiffy" from a real Brit about my attempt at a Stereotypical Brit is an honor


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Praetorian are one of the few classic IG metal figs that I don't have any of in my collection. I always wanted at least one of each sculpt. Now that you can no longer get them for less than the price of your left genital, these Plastics will have to do

If Anyone has any classic Metal Praetorian they'd be willing to trade, please PM me.

the wargames factory zulu praetorian stand ins are still on my long term to buy list... as if i need more plastic

and you are basically right... the old metal GW praetorians are of the scale concerning pricing...

i was not really referring to the shadow/light issue but rather to the brightness of the red you used... for my own taste i like the darker, richer looking foundation red better than the other reds you might choose from... as i said... its a taste thing...


and i bet you don´t expect any unused praetorian minis to be available

Always possible that someone picked one or two up in a job lot of minis off e-bay.


Not very likely - but possible all the same


Personally I'm with the bright scarlet for good old British uniforms


Edit: Of course you could always go the route of Mordians with some of Victoria Lamb's pith helmeted heads

Edit: Of course you could always go the route of Mordians with some of Victoria Lamb's pith helmeted heads

a bit heretical to saw off so many fine mini heads... wouldn´t it

Umm, NO!

Chopping up minis is what it's all about vik

Closer to heresy to leave them in one piece a lot of the time

Now shush or the Ordo Exacto will come looking for you.....

ok... i be frank... i am way too clumsy when it comes to chopping metal minis... i bet i would utterly destroy the whole thing...i bet thus that "bettering" these is atm out of the question for me

LOL, The Ordo Xacto!

Here I detail airbrushed the sand yellow color again to show that even the weathering gets weathering from sandstorms etc.


Liberalis Rivetus

Oops, where did I get that extra E from?

Coming on very nicely Dave

Thanks Monkey!
I think you'd need to consult the Clippers and razor saws Union for metal minis though...The Xacto isn't much good there

Here I detail airbrushed the sand yellow color again to show that even the weathering gets weathering from sandstorms etc.

YO dawg... i´ve put some sand on yon sponges so you can weather when you are weathering...

and

Liberalis Rivetus

free the rivets....hmmm.... i think there is a good meme inside this comment...

good looking tankby the way apropos of nothing

Good call dawg


Well, yeah, those would be the proper tools, but I've made by with Xacto's in the past And they come under the jurisdiction of the Ordos Xacto anyway don't they? They get everywhere in ther Inquisitorial Cutters

and no ones expects a slippery xacto knife

^ beat me to that Vik