My oldest just "HAD" to have a Theramin after she saw Sheldon on Big Bang Theory playing one so the wife bought it for her gift. I can only hope that I am struck deaf by the time it arrives in the mail!!

Speaking of flat..I'm glad to now be home in super-flat Indiana. The mountains and ocean were great out east, but this is my home. Vik, my building is still sitting here on the bench, also bugging me for updates. I still have tomorrow off work so stay tuned

OOOh Looky here
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/A-Z%20of%20Scratchbuilding



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@Galorn- I hope it's a good mold if the original is kaput!

ah yes... that article again... some nice ideas therein...

and yup...home sweet home... coming home is always one of my favorites feeling

well i think my main job here (which i have substantial lacked to fulfill...as of late...) is to bug you guys

 dsteingass wrote:
Speaking of flat..I'm glad to now be home in super-flat Indiana. The mountains and ocean were great out east, but this is my home. Vik, my building is still sitting here on the bench, also bugging me for updates. I still have tomorrow off work so stay tuned

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@Galorn- I hope it's a good mold if the original is kaput!

its "repairable" just not immediately recast able. the front "door" hatch, one of the side vents, and the front molding cracked off. nothing a little glue, and GS cant fix.

I can probably whip up a MK 3 prototype if nothing else
Yes Vik, Honestly if I don't see you bugging me I think something is wrong

 dsteingass wrote:
Speaking of flat..I'm glad to now be home in super-flat Indiana. The mountains and ocean were great out east, but this is my home. Vik, my building is still sitting here on the bench, also bugging me for updates. I still have tomorrow off work so stay tuned

Honestly, I miss being around the rolling hills of fall-line Georgia, whenever I go somewhere flat. I spent a year in Miami and everytime I saw the horizon, it looked weird. Plus the fact there were no real trees. And all the sand.[ForrestGump]It was this whole other country.[/ForrestGump}

Dave and I are are complete opposites. I'm a mountain man myself and dislike going places where I can see the edge of the world in every direction. It's also whey I don't like the ocean.

I grew up on an engineering marvel, The former Great Black Swamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Black_Swamp

Everything is laid out in perfect square miles thanks to the way they drained it. You can never see the edge of the world there, because there are patches of woods between the farmland everywhere on the horizon. The stars are always easy to see though (except in towns)

having the oportunity to look into the horizon... that is awesome... it really is poetry put into a geographic from ...

Best view of the Galaxy I got was way away from civilization in Oklahoma,,,Ft. Sill, our night we stayed out under the stars on a road march. Man what a walk! but the Milkyway looked awesome.

For me, it was the National Training Center in Ft. Irwin, in the Mojave Desert. I've never seen the sky look like that before or since.

oh man you have no idea how happy those pics made me (save for the rocky ones, now theres a guy i hate )

Quality reference pics Dave...cheers for those!

Glad you had a fun time....and seeing the ocean for the first time...man, that must have been an experience

I take the ocean for granted while I lived near it, now that I have been away from it, I do so miss it all!

lone dirty dog wrote:

 dsteingass wrote:
Not me KIds are for..other people.

Totally agree and why is it people with kids always want you to have them

IF I am not mistaken, NO ONE wants you to have kids LDD.....

shasolenzabi wrote:Best view of the Galaxy I got was way away from civilization in Oklahoma,,,Ft. Sill, our night we stayed out under the stars on a road march. Man what a walk! but the Milkyway looked awesome.

Speaking of which, did anyone happen to get a good view of the center of the galaxy the other night?

And on a completely unrelated note, Congratulations everyone for surviving the apocalypse.....

 mxwllmdr wrote:

IF I am not mistaken, NO ONE wants you to have kids LDD.....

Abso-fething-lutely.




...and who says we did survive?

awww.... and i went early to bed just to not miss out on the apocalypse... darn... when i sleep i am sleeping like a stone... all those big events just slip me by...*shakes fists*

actually... and i know it sounds a bit weird...i was a bit worried... what if the world would have stopped? honestly... i was thinking this shows me that i care for what i have... beside my family and my stinky job that is also including the dakka lot...yeah... you bloddy fools...(i am allowed to say so...as i am a fool among fools )

So much love guys maybe the end of the world would not have been bad after all and at Christmas

'tis the season to be grumpy

Grumpy I can live with bar humbug

I was in work when the world ended, the boss wouldn't give me the day off - he said "think of all those poor customers who desperately need to spend their money before the earths crust starts to melt" Bloody capitalist.

since everyone is on this thread anyways...

merry christmas to everybody! i just had a delicious meal of oven turkey... lots of onions... gravy...and plums in the gravy...hmmm... later on we will have some self made fruit loaf... if you ever have the chance...try some... yummy... no fruit cake quality...but really tasty and juicy...

well then...party on!

Well then! I think Vik is onto the right thing!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

hope you all have a really wonderful day and relax with loved ones who you can stand to be around! as well as enjoying a bunch of gifts that you don't want to put in a cupboard! I am now looking forward to the influx of excellent hobby and paint related posts that will innevitably turn up after all us Nerds get all nerded up for christmas!

Stay safe and enjoy yourselves!!

Damo

Nah, no end of the world, I have been one to see it as a special solstice/precession/celebration day is all. Even the Mayans didn't really make it out as doomsday.

Merry Christmas Dakka!

Merry Christmas you lot and have a great new year, off to the inlaws

Happy holidays Dave! Hope you and the missus have a good one.

Like normal stuff is looking good keep up[ the great work.

Bama

just wanted to surf the gallery...and what did i found on the starting page there?

five out of 23 pics shown there are from dave...

so here a pic of daves moment of glory:

congratz!

Dave is dominating!

NAh... its not dave... Its the league voting... We can get anyone up there if we want... so who's next...?

lol

Hope all you Dakker's had a good Christmas Day yesterday! Look forward to hearing about everyones new toys in the days to come! For the first time in 13yrs of being married and trying the subtle hinting and flat out telling her what I want, she finally bought me some hobby stuff!! ... and socks.

 rustbucket wrote:
Hope all you Dakker's had a good Christmas Day yesterday! Look forward to hearing about everyones new toys in the days to come! For the first time in 13yrs of being married and trying the subtle hinting and flat out telling her what I want, she finally bought me some hobby stuff!! ... and socks.

Lucky you, I hinted away no luck or joy plus I had to go to the in-laws and they don't even drink so it was an amazing day overall
I just hope my Dreamforge stuff comes soon

Hi
Loving your work so far cat wait to see more love the gate house daneinegess!!!!. possabily fisrt time back on dakka for months!!!! Btw blog has had update….http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/810/357188.page

Merry Christmas, everyone! I too know no joy when it comes to getting hobby stuff. It seems that no one else in the family "approves."

Merry Christmas. Now, back to the terrain. I don't want to have to get the hose out.

so much more to do at my tank-a-palooza!

 MauS wrote:
NAh... its not dave... Its the league voting... We can get anyone up there if we want... so who's next...?

ME!!! ME!!!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/434524-112412_22.html?m=2

 Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

 MauS wrote:
NAh... its not dave... Its the league voting... We can get anyone up there if we want... so who's next...?

ME!!! ME!!!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/434524-112412_22.html?m=2

Lol o.k, o.k settle down Skalk we'll do our best dude!

Sent ya a PM with the tracking Info Dave, I think you will enjoy the contents. I meant to get that sent out in time for Xmas... but... :shrug:

Chill Skalk... just voted!

Thanks guys! Sorry, I've been squandering my time on Tropico 4. Whatever you do, DO NOT start playing this damn game!!

@Galorn- Thanks man! I've got that DVD to send you too, sadly no new masters yet though, plenty of ideas though...

Tropico 3 did me in, so I am avoiding Tropico 4 like the plague. Come to think of it... everything prevents me from painting. Hmmm.... I detect a pattern here.

It's not that much different than the last 3 Tropico games really, they just added something addictive to 4. I can't even tell you what exactly

^ Boobs? Boobs are addictive! I've been an addict for years now!..... just can't seem to shake them........

 nerdfest09 wrote:
^ Boobs? Boobs are addictive! I've been an addict for years now!..... just can't seem to shake them........

You just need to ask nicely.

hi dsteingass,
loving ur work on the gatehouse so far man! keep it up cant wait to see this beauty in its finished form!!!! btw id love it if when you have chance could check out my blog again sorry about the lack of updates dude. links in sig.

HAZZER.

Sorry I have been away from Dakka. we had relatives staying for christmas, so loss of food and booze. Followed by betterment.

Lets see;

I grew up about an hour away from the say and I thought that was a real long distance, we would go maybe once our twice a year. We moved a couple of months ago to the West the land if Cider :-) we live about 6 mins from the coast and try to go atleast once a week now. :-) In fact I am working on the door tonight, if I went for a walk round the corner I could throw stones into ther ocean.

No hobby presents this year, it was all alcohol and super hero related which was good. Wait I tell a lie, I got a box of 3 space marines in the secret santa :-)

On a.side note I need to do more riveting.

i know i am atm neglecting my hobby thread too because of family and holidays... but i am a bit worried about dave...

you out there? too much hefty holiday food got you sedated? or has the cold hand of manflu in it´s icy grip? i know i am atm sick from all openings because of this

if we don´t read us all till the 31st... happy new year for all of you!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
i know i am atm neglecting my hobby thread too because of family and holidays... but i am a bit worried about dave...

you out there? too much hefty holiday food got you sedated? or has the cold hand of manflu in it´s icy grip? i know i am atm sick from all openings because of this

if we don´t read us all till the 31st... happy new year for all of you!

Back at you mate and everyone else

yea wheres vik guys?

Sorry to hear about the bug Vik, feel better soon my friend! I'm here, but like I said, I've been squandering all my time on Tropico 4

i had that feeling i had over read a certain clue you might be burried in a new game thanks for making that one sure^^

i know we are not due another 10 hours but... to everyone... happy new year... kids are atm making a bigger nap to be out and about to later on see some fireworks and all the other nasty stuff peeps do when new year happens...

today was by the way the first day after way too many that i haven´t woken up with a dead rabbit in my mouth... *shakes fists* yeah... so thanks for your wishes of feeling better...

by the way... victoria miniatures still has today her free shipping extravaganca going on... and i had a gutwrenching moment... i thought i would kick me in da teef a whole year i didn´t bite the bullet this time... so i ordered... and i did order ... more than i wanted^^... we´ll see how fast something can be delivered from down under to the old world...

10 hours, more like 10 minutes here.

Happy new year to you all as well.

lol... i know... i had to take a look at your time as i wanted to place my order for victoria lambs shop^^... and still be on time^^

stay sober!...as if this is likley^^

Shouldn't be too hard.

Also you guys are so last year.

LOL...

I've still got almost 15 hours to go, but Happy New Years anyway!!!

Happy New Year Dakka!!! Glad you're feeling better Vik!

HApPy nEW YeAR YoU CRazY DrUNkS I mEAn DaKKa

ha ha ha vik!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy New yrears all you degenerates

 Galorn wrote:
Happy New yrears all you degenerates

that was the best way to wish someone a good and fresh start....LOL

Hey Dave did you get the stuff I shipped ya?

Yes Sir...PM'ed you too bud!

Happy New Year Guys n Gals, sorry for the delay. I was sleeping yesterday and then cooking another turkey roast. Best thing is though, loads of left overs for "Turkey, stuffing, cranbery(or in this case lingenbury jelly, from ikea. As we forgot to buy cranbery jelly lol), stilton, mayo sandwhiches" the best sarnies of the year.

Wow, it's refreshing to only have to go through 2 pages since I last logged on! And that was before X-Mas!

By the way, Hope you all have a great Christmas, and a Happy New year.

I was actually sad to see that there were not Zombies roaming the streets on the 22nd. :(

But on the bright side, I now have more ammo and more guns!

And Harbor frieght has sturdy Machetes that only need minimal sharpening for less than $4! A must-have for the Zombie Apocalypse!

If we had zombies I probably wouldn't have even noticed.

When I saw that the Aussie's were still here I was a bit sad too.... Not crackin on anyone from Aus just saying they were supposed to be our Apoc litmus test and they failed us... what a shame!

My mind is blown, Dave, that warehouse is a work of art. It's been on the front page of the gallery for bloody ages now, and they really ought to just pin it there. Love your attention to detail, love the windows and the scale-transforming details, love the paintjob. I'm particularly honoured to have my name attached to it

Hope you've had an awesome Christmas mate - I'm hoping the fact that you've been quiet for a few days means that lots of fun and family times have been on the cards. Dunno how you have time for anything else with the speed at which you put out blinding models!

 rustbucket wrote:
When I saw that the Aussie's were still here I was a bit sad too.... Not crackin on anyone from Aus just saying they were supposed to be our Apoc litmus test and they failed us... what a shame!

That just shows they haven't tested out the right apocalypse on us yet, not that we don't test them daily.

dsteingass wrote:Yes Sir...PM'ed you too bud!

How'd the inks I sent stack up?

I haven't tried yet, but soon. TBH, I just saw the GW email announcing two MORE new fething Space Marine fliers. I'm seriously contemplating flushing 40k down the toilet. Not that I play much anyways, but I'm just fething sick of OP Space Marine gak.

I think space marines are lovely.......

seriously, do they NEED two more fliers? Another speeder that looks like an Ork Mek defense contractor nailing stuff together?

Oh.... the Ibiza speeder...... it's terrible...... terrible!

Mightn't be as bad with a normal speeder front. Talon is the only half decent thing.

They are on the path to further unbalancing the game IMHO. Guard will probably only get plastic AA guns and stormtroopers, which are fine for defense, but I want my guard to do more than defend.


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..Unless the new Codex will make stormtroopers MEQ..then Guard players will just spam them.

It is a bit silly, I will agree, especially when say Tyranids have no real Aircraft, especially no miniatures for it. Flyrants and gargoyles get shot out the sky in the face of vultures, or Chibihawks. 'tis a sad day. Oh, and hoping for plastic storm troopers is a foolish endeavor. GW hates storm troopers

Well then...I don't want to play their game then...

They only just incorporated them with the 6th ed rules so most need to sit around twiddling their thumbs waiting to see if something gets done about it.

For Daemons my choices at the moment are put wings on a prince and have it breathe on them until the fliers are gone (once per turn, 4+ chance to do damage at all), or have pink horrors throw pebbles at it and hope for the best.

LOL, I've been twiddling my thumbs waiting on plastic stormtroopers for ten years and 3 editions

Ive become less happy with the game lately, though tbf i hardly play it any more anyway Im happy with playing 'munda and the odd huuuuggggee Apoc game. Always been more of a modeller/collecter.

me too Vit..except I just have no interest in Marines at all.

What! not even the 'Damo-Nator' could sway you c'mon man! marines are cool! especially if they look like me

 dsteingass wrote:
I haven't tried yet, but soon. TBH, I just saw the GW email announcing two MORE new fething Space Marine fliers. I'm seriously contemplating flushing 40k down the toilet. Not that I play much anyways, but I'm just fething sick of OP Space Marine gak.

It does indeed add a challenge to keep wanting to play... But many opportunities to make your own versions of things as opposed to forking dough to GW.

Don't get me wrong Damo, You do fine work with them, I just have no interest personally

mind you... i can´t count how often i used old second edition SM arms on guardsmen... they do have their uses

The old power fists work on catachans..a bit big, but that's how we like them

Like most things in this world, 40K is what *YOU* make of it. The campaign I just started doesn't allow flyers. We play 500 point games. We have a good time.

Apoc, Killzone, In the Emperor's Name, Combat Patrol, Cityfight, Spearhead. so many options.

Make fun happen.

Killzone, In the Emperor's Name, Combat Patrol, Spearhead

Hey Brian What are these expansions ? I haven't heard of them for some reason! is combat patrol the one that was in 4th edition rulebook?

Spearhead was the tank-formation expansion only released in White Dwarf several years ago

Wasn't Combat Patrol the one intorduced in WD many moons ago in 3.5 or 4th ed? And then Killzone was the internet attempt to recreate it in 5th ed?

I think I'm missing what Brian refers to as "we"- I probably need a gaming group, or at least some friends who haven't gone and married, had kids, and/or moved away


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So, I got the new Crusade of fire book. 2 special flier rules for guard, the rest is mostly Marine stuff..not really so special rules either, not even any new terrain pics, not to mention I need to have a Planetary Empires set to use the new campaign rules....


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....On the other hand, I also got a copy of the new Imperial Infantryman's handbook, and it's great.

They are all variations that use the base 40K rules. Google search any of the terms for the rulesets.

Combat Patrol, AKA "40k in 40 minutes" or "Patrol Clash" uses a modified FOC and puts limitations (like no ordinance weapons).

Killzone, In The Emperor's Name, and a half dozen others are a "Kill Team" game, playing 40K on a Necromunda Scale.

Necromunda, Gorkamorka. Classic GW skirmish games.

Inquisimunda. Playing "Inquisitor" on the 28mm scale instead of 54mm. Search for Inq28 for even more.

Apocalypse, Cityfight, Planetfall, Spearhead. All variations on 40K, for specific scenarios. Spearhead, for example, is all about fielding a LOT of tanks.

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My point is to never be constrained, and make your own fun. If you have no local group, then you have to go find them. I sat here in Boston for 3 years, before getting uppity and starting my own home-based campaign group.

--B.

My fun is painting and modeling, I just don't care about playing as much.

I went got married waited 10 years had kids and waited until they grew up to about 10 years old. I grew my own group with house rules I dictate and play what I want when I want......Strangely I hardly ever play and just love modelling and painting. They just give me an excuse to collect extra armies. LOL

my point was only that there is an oversaturation of fething marine products already, why the hell does any Marine player NEED more? I understand the FW 30k stuff is unique, but the mainstream plastic line is just getting stupid big. The new landspeeder doesn't even look good at all, and I've played against one of the newer bumblebee fliers, they suck in-game.


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Why can't bolters and BS4 just be enough already?


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Guardsman\Navy can't hit ANYTHING hardly with their pathetic BS3


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Statistically, figure up the probability difference between Marines who can hit with 50% of the dice rolls, Guard can only hit on 25% (if you're really lucky)

The bias towrd the SM has always been a bone of contention, they get all the kit all the nice new shiny stuff and even get ridiculous rules to make them unbeatable.

BUT

the standard SM cost 16 points = 10 man squad 160 points with average of 5 shots on target

Guardsman cost 5 points each = 30 men 150 points with average of 10 shots on target

I agree completely with you that GW are unbelievably bias to SM, but I have seen some amazing luck happen for the enemy. I guess that is the factor there, luck. Everyone else has to rely on it except the blessed SM.

LOL, yes I know all to well, I have to paint more miniatures AND lose more games LOL
Fluffwise, if there were as many marines as there are miniatures for them, the nutless freaks would destroy all of the Imperial worlds themselves.

Agreed. In the Emperor's name is my 40K Skirmish game of choice, though there's a lot to be said for playing Inquisitor in 28mm.

Do you remember WD once had a article on the ultramarines, it pictured the whole chapter, was cool. Mind you they would now be reduced to about 6 tactical units to allow for all the guys that have had to be retrained to fly this stuff!!!!!

I (probably wrongly) thought the chapters where 1000 men total. How many needed to crew these things??

I recon there are more than 1000 times that many ultramarines on earth right now!!!! LOL


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PS btw your modelling is truly epic. I guess that what this thread is actually about. sorry. LOL

Thanks man! This thread is about whatever it was about on whatever day I do remember that big army spread from back in the day.

I'm taking a different route altogether

Oooh very cool! I'll be watching this one carefully

I can't tell you how much I love the new movie,..and Dwarves... these minis are fantastic!

Wicked! I haven't seen the new Hobbit models yet but they look great from your pics! how long until paint?...... counting down in T- 10....9.....8....7

Soon!

Anyone see Rivet Wars?
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/rivet-wars

Strange Co-inky-dink...my son and I are working on the Escape from Goblin Town set now as well...evidence in my blog

Rivet Wars looks neat enough...though I'm about Kickstartered out. I have Zombicide and Super Dungeon Explore yet to paint up...so I dont need anymore miniatures based boardgames....Though I did get in on the Guilds of Cadwallon kickstarter and will be watching for the Confrontation Phoenix kickstarter later this year...too many projects!

 Fango wrote:
...too many projects!

Story of my life!

rivet wars...nice bigger models... but i can´t really take the infantry models for serious...

and now you go down the tolkien road? can we expect some nice terrain to go with these nice models dave?... a lil hobbit housing perhaps?

Naa, they are cartooney. Vik..I have some pretty insane ideas for terrain Bag End would put me in the nuthouse

bag end... well you gotta admitt... your fantasy and middleage stuff made by you and your uncle (?) shows that this might be a feat you are quite capable of... just saying^^

or you could spoil us all with a lil khazad doom extravaganza

I just read an article in Model Railroader magazine about using a razor saw to add woodgrain to balsa wood, I am itchy to try that technique

hmmm.... i have seen this somewhere here already... where was that again???.... ramos of the current comp thread by the way made cactusses with his razor saw...

you could also use probably a wire brush... if done carefully it might just produce enough wood grain...

Just don't over do it as it can make the wood to fluffy if you get my drift, Dave now hobbits is there any model line you aint collecting

As for Bag End you should build it, then use it as an alternative gaming system for your FO minis

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Dave now hobbits is there any model line you aint collecting

Yes, Space Marines

lol dave the second I saw rivet wars I knew you'd be all over that! im going to agree with you I loved the hobbit, so i ended up seeing it twice and bought the set, looking foward to seeing you take your brush to it

If I can ever get all the damn goblins cleaned up and based..Damn it comes with a LOT of the little fethers!

thats why i started painting the dwarves before i even properly cleaned those things I always like to start with dessert and then go for the meal

I saw the 2D version of the hobbit since the 3D version always seems a bit darker and gives me a headache... I sort of think some scenes like the ridiculously long Goblin Town chase would have been a lot more interesting in 3D. As well as just being better eye candy.

Favorite part? The Dwarves were awesome. Gollum was not bad either. I was a bit disappointed with the design of Erebor (too cartoonish) but like the elf eye candy.

Also, parts of the movie made me seriously regret I was not tripping magic mushrooms at the time.

 dsteingass wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Dave now hobbits is there any model line you aint collecting

Yes, Space Marines

So true so true

The trolls Tom, Bill, and Bert was my favorite scene, next to any Shire scene

I can't tell you my favorite scene of that movie. My least favorite scene was the run of the mill chase scene with unrealistic action scenes thru goblin town. I swear... I am so tired of filmmakers having to jazz up scenes to make them more "movie-like."

And I'm tired of scenes that totally defy logic. Like:


I still loved the movie.

Okay..
Hi Dave! It's been far too long since I've been on...
I found where I disapeared and am working up from the 100
odd pages that I missed since september...

Hope that things have been going well for you and can't wait to see what I've messed...

~Silver

Rogue Wolves wrote:thats why i started painting the dwarves before i even properly cleaned those things I always like to start with dessert and then go for the meal

i really like that attitide!!!

dsteingass wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Dave now hobbits is there any model line you aint collecting

Yes, Space Marines

LOL...to both of you!!!!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

Rogue Wolves wrote:thats why i started painting the dwarves before i even properly cleaned those things I always like to start with dessert and then go for the meal

i really like that attitide!!!

dsteingass wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Dave now hobbits is there any model line you aint collecting

Yes, Space Marines

LOL...to both of you!!!!

Yes but one day I bet he gives in to the Dark side ……the Emperor all ways comes a calling

oh... you can be a loyal servat of the rotting flesh and stay a mere mortal

Gollum was my favorite a very clear distinction between him and smegol that made me feel bad for the guy very well done, I definatly thought it was waaay to light hearted and goofy (but thats what I was expecting) hated the goblin king though, and I must say when I saw it in 3d i was amazed (not because of the '3d' part since I cant see that with one eye ) but because of the higher resolution or whatever was rediculously realistic, seemed like I was at a play not a movie

I look forward to seeing your interpretation of the Hobbit characters.

Thanks man, I've got SOME basecoats on, but I'm basically sticking to the movie colors


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I've also got Tom, Bill, and Bert the trolls- those are some fantastic models, despite the heavy license fees GW passes along.

The trolls were my favorite bit from the book ever since I first read it as a wee lad. But I just couldn't bring myself to pay the $80+! they were asking for 3 plastic trolls and a campfire bit. The Hobbit box set was a gift to my son from my best friend for Christmas...I think it 'might' just be worth the price though, even more so at discount. I would love to have more of the goblin town scenery to build up a little maze for them all to do battle on...but they want $60 for a few plastic interpretations of bits of wood! I might just pass on it. I could do it with bass wood I suppose, but then there's the time investment...Curse you GW for making ridiculously overpriced toys that I still want to buy!

That's what I plan on doing, making it all from balsa, I'd like to figure out how they do the rocks/cave walls.

Do you have a reference image for the look you are referring too? I have noticed in some of GW's more recent elaborate board displays they have been using textured rock that I can assume come from molds like the ones woodland scenics sells.

Yeah, in the rulebook, page 10-11...I think you are right, they definitely look like railroad rock molds.


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Here is Bert

Here is Bert in scale

"nasty little rabbit"

Going back a couple pages, I agree w/ Brian- make your own fun. My game group is going flyer-nutty. Ok. I'm not going to worry about it much. Flyers can't hold objective and are far from invincible. And if I get annoyed enough I'll put a couple Aegis lines out and have that quad-cannon have a short chat w/ them.

There's also the issue w/ months of work on awesome terrain. It's just an exercise in modeling unless it has little toy soldiers running over it ever now and then.

Win or lose, I don't particularly care. I just want to play.

I've not seen the rulebook, but recall a WD LotR Mines of Moria board where they used expanding foam for the rock faces.

Just found this as well - nice looking board, shame it's up in Middlesbrough though...



More pics here: http://www.one-ring.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24786

Oh man that troll is great, I wish they where a bit cheaper

 Rogue Wolves wrote:
Oh man that troll is great, I wish they where a bit cheaper

Yep, that's what's holding me back from any purchases, some lovely models, especially the three trolls... plus I still have an untouched FotR Weathertop set that I got back when it was originally released, still in the box - one day I'll scratchbuild the Weathertop scenery (never could afford the FW version) and get them painted up, one day...

THAT is a fantastic Goblin Town board!
The Hobbit box set is Ladygeek's, I bought the trolls for me

well, been kinda lurking around this thread recently, but I'll hopefully be posting a bit now you have goblin town
I've only got as far as spraying some of them (namely the dwarves) so far, and I don't see them getting painted for at least a week due to other lord of the rings conversions in the pipeline...

I recall the old cartoon of The Hobbit.

 shasolenzabi wrote:
I recall the old cartoon of The Hobbit.

I remember that to, i also remember it being a bit tripy lol.

Wow, that is a cracking Moria board.

That's a Goblin Town board, from the new stuff, not Moria


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Dwarves don't use wood..wood is for burning...silly manling

was that last sentence written by lady geek? LOL

I fear you've lost trakc of your Necromunda, Dave.

But that's cool.

fear leads to anger anger leads to hate hate leads to suffering

meh...if all things are equal, I've already given you more than my fair share of Munda

This thread is about two years old now, and bloated to 445 pages. I think it's time to mothball it. It's too big, it puts people off from reading it. I hit my limit in the main library of photobucket..maxed it out, so I am force to reorganize 2,000+ pics inside photobucket, which will break this thread.

Where have we been in two years time?

I've been here, in my happy place
admittedly, I go off on flights of fancy, but I produced (with your encouragement):












Of course, there is still some unfinished business..




I couldn't have it any other way

Congrats on a long and fruitful run, man. You've definitely been a continued inspiration for my modeling.
Its great to look back and see all the different projects youve done over the years.

Here's to another 2 years!

And the lifetime achievement for services to Necromunda go to...

BTW, very jealous of your mancave

 Ruglud wrote:
BTW, very jealous of your mancave

definitely

well, here's to another mammoth thread!

Am I getting this wrong or are you shutting down this thread

Dam either way congrats on 2 great years and here is to many more

It's been an awesome ride, Dave! If you start up a new thread, definitely post a link! I love seeing your work and don't want to miss out.

Good job. It's all been very inspirational.

Looking forward to seeing the shiny new thread and what it holds.

An epic collection of terrain, man. Good luck with Barry, and I can't wait for your next thread.

Well where is the new thread then

Awesome thread man, thanks for the inspiration!

so...color me confused... i chime in with LDD... will there be a new thread then? i´ve thought a coupla times to do likewise... but refrained for now to actually act upoin such thoughts... beside... for my part... if someone is interested in something he will eventually read through...

but if all else fails... be sure to get me the new link! or there will be a reckoning

Probably a good decision. Here's to your next Modelling thread. I'll be keeping this one in my reading list though. Too many nuggets of modelling advice to risk jettisoning it altogether.

i see why you order so much stuff online now LDD... seems your UPS deliverer is heavenly cushy^^

Be sure to post a link to the new one here Dave... or I'll have you rivitted to this thread for life

Seriously, wise choice I think. Let us know when you are going to reorganise photobucket, so i can steal the inspirational stuff first

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
i see why you order so much stuff online now LDD... seems your UPS deliverer is heavenly cushy^^

Dam if I had a delivery service like that I would order daily

lone dirty dog wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
i see why you order so much stuff online now LDD... seems your UPS deliverer is heavenly cushy^^

Dam if I had a delivery service like that I would order daily

No wonder the Amazon.com box is so happy... Just look where it's pointing...

 Ruglud wrote:

lone dirty dog wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
i see why you order so much stuff online now LDD... seems your UPS deliverer is heavenly cushy^^

Dam if I had a delivery service like that I would order daily

No wonder the Amazon.com box is so happy... Just look where it's pointing...

LMAO

Congrats dave! Its been an epic thread, and the waffling rambling conversations have been almost as enjoyable as the content

Hear Hear I shall drink to your thread Dave! and I shall be awaiting your new thread with baited breath! there WILL be a new thread right? .... right?

Now I have to go follow your next thread. Great work!

Thanks everyone, for following/caring as much as you do.
We may revisit this thread eventually, but I'll try to avoid the unwieldy threads in the future
But now I invite you to my new Middle Earth thread
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/500202.page#5170412

Noo! I just found your thread a couple months ago and it inspired me to start my own. I just got my riveters banner too! You should publish this thread in a hardback book and sell it, because it's full of great info and pics....once you reorganize your photos, it will make the thread much less useful for your fans and future aspiring terrain builders...

I started my gallery photos here on Dakka, for this very reason. As far as I know there is no limit to the number of images you can upload...and it guarantees everyone can see them (even at work). My company blocks all well known image hosting and social media sites (photobucket, facebook, Flickr, etc). Well, it seems you've made up your mind, I will definitely be on the lookout for any new threads you start up!

Yep, I'm using the Gallery for all new threads from now on, as painful as it may be to use....

Yeah, Lego has been working on a multi upload function for a while now. Its the one feature that annoys me about the gallery, i have no idea when the fix will be though.

That guy is overworked as it is He'll get it done precisely when he's ready

I've really enjoyed this thread and have credited it to being the last bit of inspiration I needed to start my own. I've stuck with it and have learned a lot from you in the process.

The pictures you have posted will be missed when you do the re-org. Might any of them wind up in the Dakka gallery, or a link to your Photobucket gallery?

In any case, I had a lot of fun here and I'm looking forward to seeing whatever you do next.

Hails, Necromunda Thread. Your wordfame will travel far beyond you.

*unsubscribed*

Thread who is about to die, we salute you.

Thanks, Dave, for all the inspiration.

The Photobucket main and sub-album nightmare can be viewed here: http://s8.beta.photobucket.com/user/dsteingass/library/

I'll be sorry to see this thread go. I hope you don't mean the whole thread will be going. I too just found it a few months ago.

 dsteingass wrote:
That guy is overworked as it is He'll get it done precisely when he's ready

i see the tolkienish rabbis has you line hook and sinker...

and for your information... will look through your new thread in a sec

Unsubbed... but taking a few rivets with me as a memorial

No need to unsub, but if everyone quits posting here, it will drop in everyone's lists

so we really want that...hmmm....























still thinking...i am totally undecided still

I suppose it wouldn't hurt to use this space for back-alley banter

I'll still be here once this reactivates... in the future... at some point...

May the rivets be everlasting

Damn shame to see this thread go. It was a wellspring of knowledge and inspiration. Will be looking forward to your next thread

 rustbucket wrote:
Damn shame to see this thread go. It was a wellspring of knowledge and inspiration. Will be looking forward to your next thread

this thread will still be here, just not actively growing much.

It's all still here, it's just that nobody has the time to go hunt back through it

oh alright then... subbed again

ITS ALIVE , ALIVE I TELL YOU …….

Twill be if we keep at it here... Lets just all keep posting Necro scenery here untill dave is convinced he needs to return to save the reputation of this thread

 MauS wrote:
Twill be if we keep at it here... Lets just all keep posting Necro scenery here untill dave is convinced he needs to return to save the reputation of this thread

What a great idea lol if we post our terrain in here...... Dave will have to comment and Vik will have to pick areas for improvement! and it will be like it always has been!

 nerdfest09 wrote:

 MauS wrote:
Twill be if we keep at it here... Lets just all keep posting Necro scenery here untill dave is convinced he needs to return to save the reputation of this thread

What a great idea lol if we post our terrain in here...... Dave will have to comment and Vik will have to pick areas for improvement! and it will be like it always has been!

aw, this is like the kids launching a scheme to lure their divorced parents into the same room in the hope that they'll get back together

Isn't this already the longest thread in Dakka P&M history?

 dsteingass wrote:
Isn't this already the longest thread in Dakka P&M history?

I thought we riveteers like to go that little bit further?

TO BOLDLY RIVET WHERE NOBODY HAS RIVETED BEFORE!

 MauS wrote:
TO BOLTLY RIVET WHERE NOBODY HAS RIVETED BEFORE!

corrected that for you...

Heh. That's good, Vik.

Vik..That was the KING of bad puns!
I love it!

that´s why you had to double post your reaction... LMAO...

Ya got me there Vik... I should have caught that myself...

I go away for a while and the WHOLE THREAD DIES?????


WTFrack?


No worries, I will check out the new thread you speak of, of course.....But that is like saying "Yes, America will still continue in a fasion, but everything you knew to be true and good is now going to be different and not as good."

Oh wait, that is already the case.....Never mind.

Just kidding, everything you try your hand at seams to turn to gold Dave.

I'll be to the new one as often as I can.

Good Luck!!!

RSJake

I go away for a while and the WHOLE THREAD DIES?????

that´s what we call inn the trade a bloody motive...you have someone that would speak up for you on your behalf?

I haven't seen a link for this new thread. Does it exist yet?

Yes, it's already 3 pages
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/500202.page

 dsteingass wrote:
Yes, it's already 3 pages
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/500202.page

WHAT?!?!?!

 Rawson wrote:

 dsteingass wrote:
Yes, it's already 3 pages
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/500202.page

WHAT?!?!?!

Yep...

indeed^^

^^Absolutely^^

hear hear hear!

I concur.

What are we all agreeing to? lol

Y'all want this closed or just let it sink slowly away?

NOOOOOO !!! Never let this thread die...

It's the Curse of the Living Thread going on here.

Think we're going to use it to showcase various Necromunda projects, with Dave's blessing of course...

He just needs to get his Tolkien fetish out of the way, while inspiring his loyal subscribers, then he'll be back. Please let him come back...

He'll be back....... he always comes back.......

I never left, you guys can post whatever you want here, but I'm just working on other stuff for awhile. There is no need to close the thread Kid, as long as it doesn't bother the Mods, it doesn't bother me.

man you have the hoobit!!!!!!!! i really want that box set dude!!!!!!!!!!! i love the movie tho have you scence it??? i love the part at the start the ARMOURED DWRVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cant wait for you finish this!!!!!!!

Hey Hazz, yeah, saw it twice in the theatre now. I absolutely love it! In fact, I started an entire thread

where do you live?... you may nver see those minis again lol.... btw please assemble the trollolololssss which the cutlery!!! Ive read the book too........

 dsteingass wrote:
Thanks! Anyone have any ideas for the walkways? Should I magnetize them all or just build slip-slots like the card terrain? Magnets might limit the available configurations.

I am gobsmacked by your necromunda terrain...It's superb. Makes me want to build more and better.
An idea for the walkways: you could magnetise the bridge sections while adding thin sheet metal rims to the edges of your platforms/gantries...that way you don't have polarity issues and can snap em on anywhere there's metal.

Mothballed? darn

This was mothballed waaaay back, how did it get reopened? Are you coming back dave?

Thread was never really closed- just settled to the bottom as dave has moved to a new thread here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/500202.page

Started as a "Hobbit" thread, but has since moved to things of an IG nature

I didn't keep my photobucket very well organized at the time of this thread, and filled up the main folder. I had to reorganize some pics and subsequently broke links. My threads never stay on-topic anyways

Damn I love this thread. Necromunda is awesome. I sooooo want to crack it out again at some point this year.

Hmm, we might see this revive once GW brings Necromunda back?

I did love this thread.

Fingers crossed Malika2

Dave, we miss you....

I miss it too! Pics of mine from this thread have made it to all corners of the internet! In many places, organized under "inspiration" or "nostalgia" tags, which ironically inspires me to do more work. stay tuned! I have a new workspace in the new house, but I still need to add proper lighting. This project requires a construction budget. Thanks again to everyone still reading.

We look forward to your retrun

May soon the lights shine bright upon you

For a minute I thought some thing had happened ....... But then the lights went out again ........ See what I did there yes the punch lines ain't improved over time either

Hazard Stripes are in our future.....

OOooo

I got re-inspired after finding my pictures on a google images search, which brought me to sites and blogs like this http://poisonousmonkeysgames.blogspot.com/2013/03/im-back-sort-of-terrain-necromunda-and.html

So, we've got a ways to go, but we're definitely doing more Necromunda in the near-ish future.

I've said it before, you're a regular celebrity when it comes to scratch builds...

Vik...you're the celebrity!

Hur, hur , hur...pull the other one mate

The Goliath meathead had no idea how rich he would become before he stumbled into the new dome. Now all the crews had to do is move in and set up the operation.

It's good to be here. It's good to see all you here.

He has returned!

@Max- Thanks bud! it IS good to be here and see all of you. It warms my heart and my x-acto knife!

I've posted some teasers, so you'll see, I have some work to do getting the new shop up and operational. First though, Ladygeek and I are getting married on Saturday! It's a small, informal affair, but after it's all over with, I plan on hitting this project hard. Thanks for everyone still bothered to click on this ancient thread! Much appreciated. Your perseverance WILL be rewarded in time, As I have TONS of new Necromunda Idea that need exploring.

@Kid - Thanks man! I Appreciate you and Alpharius, always been supportive of these sometimes, odd endeavors on here.

Welcome back, and congratulations.

look forward to your progress, on projects large and small.

Will be watching this with interest :-)

The Goliath Gangers had their new operation set up within a matter of weeks

And then they set out to re-purpose an old Mining vehicle ironically named after their own House Goliath




It has already been fitted with an ancient mining laser that still works, a heavy Stubber, and a massive Plow with vicious rock-crushing blades within.

(this journey is well-documented at my other thread http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/6060/500202.page) Starting about page 202

By the way...does it feel like home already? It looks like that at least

Goliath's Goliath looks very promising.

It sure does Vik! I come home from work, kiss the wife and dog, chat for a bit, then come down here. It's a great, comforting feeling. Still sparse, I'll add creature comforts as time goes by

That is an impressive work area. Spacious and well organized.

 dsteingass wrote:
It sure does Vik! I come home from work, kiss the wife and dog, chat for a bit, then come down here. It's a great, comforting feeling. Still sparse, I'll add creature comforts as time goes by

i really like the sound of that all...!

adamsouza wrote:That is an impressive work area. Spacious and well organized.

Thanks Adam! I appreciate your thoughts, but it won't stay this way for long

Viktor von Domm wrote:

 dsteingass wrote:
It sure does Vik! I come home from work, kiss the wife and dog, chat for a bit, then come down here. It's a great, comforting feeling. Still sparse, I'll add creature comforts as time goes by

i really like the sound of that all...!

In case no one else noticed....Necromunda 2.0 Is out!!

Itching to get my mitts on it. Can't wait to see what you do here.

So far, I'm just clipping parts from sprues, filing, and sanding mold likes! Woo Fun!

Soo much detail, little painting hells await me and millions of others

I dunno what it is, but I look forward to seeing what you do with it.

I've been keeping my eye on the releases for it, but no gangs , its more of small scale 40k.

Can't wait to see what you do with it, the only part I'm jonesing for is the servoskull spider crane there for my servo skull army .

You can build your own gangs, just substitute names on the guard lists. Same classes, leader, veteran, specialist, juve. Vets have BS4, and it's possible to go higher. Gear is done between rounds, elevation matters...that's as far as I've read. New box sets, like the Space Marine squads have a Shadow War sticker on the shrink. There are additional rules for almost every faction, including AdMech, so it's less-restrictive to gang lists



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I'm actually going to try to paint these individually and doing some priming on sprue....I have a bad feeling about this...

Ooh, started on these as well, will be following with interest

The only way you should have a bad feeling is because we will never meet your level of awesomeness. But you in"spire" us

I don't know about that Theo, my skills are a bit rusty

Priming on sprue is not a bad thing, it only tends to be a problem if you continue to paint the thing further and then when you clip it off there is a load of touch up to do.

I do like where GW are going with this, watching closely.

Well, lookie here, I got SOME paint on, not done yet by any means.







I dont want mine to be just drybrushed, it seems a waste of this beautiful sculpting.

I also picked up a Ferrotonic Furnace kit


It has the OTHER walkway panels


I'll need to get all the panels, supports, and railing bits painted up to this same level before I paint further though. It'll match my other, more world-famous Necromunda Terrain in the end.

So many neat little gubins, a whole set of these would/will look awesome.

Yeah, Theo...there are a lot! GW has a big box set a la Imperial Sector size on their website, but out of stock. Rather expensive though.

It is looking good so far, and really great to see you painting.

GW have done it again haven't they, really nice terrain, that is just about irresistible. I will be scratching some similar pieces up, what sort of dimensions have they gone for, i.e. whats the distance between platforms, is it the 3" which seems to be standard these days?

Same 3" that was standard for Necromunda, except these kit supports are 5" to facilitate you having to roll to see if you fall and take damage, I assume.

moar. same stage.



Quick test fit

repetitive is the word of the day.

Might be repetitive, but still pretty.

Also I think it's more than coincidence that you only post when blackadder is on vacation and he only posts when your absent........

Thanks Theo, BA would've had these things lit up with LEDs by now.

That is looking great, I'm always impressed by people who manage to make terrain, I can never find the time, too busy painting my forces. I'm well jel of your awesome War Room, I'm down to just a painting station these days, just not the same (stupid offspring needing a room).

Heh @Randy- I've got a LOT of unpainted forces as a result

Nice work, Dave. Good blue.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/725792.page#9362032
Christmas can't come soon enough

That would be a fantastic thing if it were true. Let's hope so. GW is pumping out standalone games once again.

Excellent work on the scenery . Those kits are so detailed. Can't wait to get my hands on some.

EDC

They are VERY detailed. Like the White Dwarf team, building their giant offshore oil rig last month, a LOT of these will be showing up just generically drybrushed without picking out the cables and pipes within the structures. I can see why one would do that, it takes a LOT of work, but it's totally worth the extra time and effort IMHO.

Cool project. Looking forward to seeing more.

Thanks Schoon!

More.




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This kit excites me!

The small tractor is begging to be a Munitorum Lawn Tractor, I cannot be the only one to see this?

Yeah that kit is pretty damn cool. I love the fact it comes with a tool box and fire extinguisher too

EDC

Yes! I have no idea why the autonomous servitor-operated cargo-handling system needs an ancient-design tool box full of tools designed for human hands, but the bits will certainly be coveted by many modelers

 dsteingass wrote:
Yes! I have no idea why the autonomous servitor-operated cargo-handling system needs an ancient-design tool box full of tools designed for human hands, but the bits will certainly be coveted by many modelers

Because ....reasons no real good reason except they knew what human tools look like. Plus it makes me want to build angry marines even more so they can be used as close combat weapons

Nice progress, Dave.

Thanks Doc! I Actually look forward to painting them a little bit most every night, and that little bit just makes me want to paint longer on my days off. That's some motivation I haven't had in the hobby for some time.

Good to hear your excited again . Wouldn't want you making any 1:1 scale replicas of yourself like married people tend to do.

No way! Kids are for "other people"


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@Theo - A bit of Fluff about a Hive Gang that paints pipes.

OR maybe it's to help dell Promethium Pipeline kits

that's awesome.

But where do they get the paint from

I always thought of making a gang based on this family
https://owlcation.com/humanities/Blue-People-in-Kentucky-A-True-Story-of-a-Family-with-Blue-Skin

GW of course...In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future...there is only self-drying GW Paint Pots, and they are expensive, so that's why they get mad when someone ruins their paint job

Once in awhile, GW creates an epic bit......

Look at that bit! That's a lovely bit! Limo? Train? Inquisitorial Cadillac?

 dsteingass wrote:
Once in awhile, GW creates an epic bit......

Look at that bit! That's a lovely bit! Limo? Train? Inquisitorial Cadillac?

Marine shoulder pauldron

That thing is begging to be turned into the front of a genestealer cult limo

That was my first thought, then it went to Eisenhorn's hover limo


first brown wash

That's a purty yellow there dave , sci-fi safety yellow in the grimey darkness of the far future.

Thanks Theo, hopefully, in the end, you'll be able to see that it was once a safety yellow.

Nice work on the crane so far. Lovely yellow.

EDC

Yellow does the job.

Eisenhorn's hover limo? But where is Eisenhorn himself?

Who knows?

I think I got the yellow to do what I wanted it to do




Not bad if I do say so myself.

The best part is that I can reproduce it successfully now too

Lovely yellow . In the middle pic, there's a huge brown patch on the bottom rim. Have you considered metal showing trough there, as if the paint had been chipped away?

Thanks Khaine, I'm thinking the paint was scraped off a long time ago, so that scrape is now well rusted. If you look at pictures of real old industrial stuff, it never has a boltgun metal scrape unless it's a fresh scratch. There is much still to do yet. This chipping effect was the result of hours of color experiments that all failed until I got this result.

Looks good and worn to me Dave. Just missing a little bird nest built on it somewhere .

Thanks Theo! I thought I remembered reading in some novels, that birds were long extinct, so artificial birds were flying around an Imperial City.