Yep, Catachans..the only army I'll ever sort of finish.

I can't decide if I should paint the undersides a lighter color or leave it camo?

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
whoa.... good news on the lego front it seems... reminds me strongly of the deathstar build... and the lone ranger sets... that train does look awesome...!

your camo looks stunning... i love that tiger stripes camo!

how come so much is happening here on dakka when i choose to go to bed early??? *mumblegrumble....*

I think it has to do with me following your posts and trying o keep up. Your pretty spry for an old timer, what's your trick Pilates?

Hey I missed the memo that you were doing 40k centric things again. I'll just start from page 50 and assuming nothing happened before then.

Dave, if you go WW-II, sky or eggshell blue belly works for day flights, black for the night. Modern age, well, camo all over works too.

And no, killing stuff in the wastelands never gets truly old, especially wearing power armor and using good firepower, and killing deformed mutants and supermutants(Orks, they are so Orky!) shouting "FOR THE EMPRAH!" in my head as I kill them all.

Haha Theo- Vik is only a couple of years older than me, which is why I always call him an Old fart

@Whale- I was my mistake to ever mislead you into thinking there was such a thing as On Topic around here. I am a hobby nomad

@Shas- I'd like to keep the Catachans as "Nam-centric as possible. The adrenaline rush I get from wiping out Paradise Falls never ever ever gets old

Well, I guess I'm the old dog then, because I got you by 4, or at least that's what you profile says. 1974 was a good year, or a least the second half . I take back all my age jokes, of course I could be getting senile and could till make the cracks.

Fair enough. I hung for the first few pages, but couldn't get into the lotr, and at the time, you were getting away from 40k/Munda.

Stein that vendetta looks great! Glad to see some catachan love!!

Wow dave I'm really lovng the looks of your halftrack!

 dsteingass wrote:
Yep, Catachans..the only army I'll ever sort of finish.

I can't decide if I should paint the undersides a lighter color or leave it camo?

I would leave it camo myself its 40k after all

whalemusic360 wrote:Fair enough. I hung for the first few pages, but couldn't get into the lotr, and at the time, you were getting away from 40k/Munda.

Not getting away, just wandering off or awhile I can understand, when people switch to Marines I fizzle out myself, not that I hate them, I'm just extremely bored with them.

bebopdrums2424 wrote:Stein that vendetta looks great! Glad to see some catachan love!!

Thanks Bebop!

Rogue Wolves wrote:Wow dave I'm really lovng the looks of your halftrack!

Thanks RW, I wish I felt the same about it. Perhaps I'll get back to it one day.

lone dirty dog wrote:

 dsteingass wrote:
Yep, Catachans..the only army I'll ever sort of finish.

I can't decide if I should paint the undersides a lighter color or leave it camo?

I would leave it camo myself its 40k after all

I Think you're right, as a gunship meant for strafing the enemy into chunks, I don't see the need to camouflage it for sky on the belly. It's meant to be terrifying..for your last moments.

I think a consistent scheme all over is better than having the belly of the craft different. The color scheme is excellent, looking forward to what you with the canopy and the guns.

Good! it is agreed then! The canopy frame will just be OD, but I need to paint some panels and bitz in flat yellow..just because I think flat yellow looks great against OD green. The guns, I'm not sure, I've seen miniguns on UH-1Cs in a grey that looks good, but not sure yet. I seemed to have misplaced the pilots and ammo belts, need to dig those up. I'm sure I put them somewhere with the intention of "not losing them" LOL

You didn't lose them, they are out on assignment whatever color you go with it needs Lots of smoke stains from the guns gentle usage .

Seems America painted a whitish underbelly for most aircraft back then




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However, Helicopters, which the Vulture and Valkyrie resemble more than normal fixed wing aircraft, were painted all green or camo all over so the Vulture getting a camo belly is on target Dave






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But the lightnings/Thunderbolts/Marauders would be most likely to have a pale underbelly

dsteingass wrote:Thanks Vik!- See what old people miss
@Didde- Thanks! and yes..yes it will

harharhar...

Theophony wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
whoa.... good news on the lego front it seems... reminds me strongly of the deathstar build... and the lone ranger sets... that train does look awesome...!

your camo looks stunning... i love that tiger stripes camo!

how come so much is happening here on dakka when i choose to go to bed early??? *mumblegrumble....*

I think it has to do with me following your posts and trying o keep up. Your pretty spry for an old timer, what's your trick Pilates?

well would you believe it... i had to try yoga during school hours... the worst backache i had for month... and my neck/head ached too... rubish... i drink coke and eat chocolate and jellybabies and meat() that keeps me healthy^^...


and dave... loved that bob ross trubute song!... i am a great fan of the man too... whenever he is on telly i watch him reverently...even brought my wife to like him too!... happy lil clouds and happy lil trees! what a most needed view for the world!

Yeah, but not on gunships from my research..

Not much exciting to show yet, just painting the boring, hard to see bitz

hmmm.... gatling love!

I did mention helicopters did not need the pale under belly. Ah, the weapons that need the boltgun metal base.

Yeah, but is it a helicopter, gunship, or plane?

My last remaining pot of Boltgun metal is too rare, this is leadbelcher over black followed by Didi's magic black ink.

I would class it as a helicopter for the reason being it looks more like a quick drop in craft rather than a jet so to speak, thats why I think the camo pattern all over as it would be dropping in on jungle growth all the time.

That model always make me think of a Harrier.
Often they were just one colour all over and when they did do camo' they did it all over.

I believe that grey and green pattern is "Falklands Camo" eh?

Dave will you be doing any nose art on the vulture? Maybe Rosie the riveter?

I dunno, it has room I suppose, I haven't decided on any markings yet.

Loving the Valk dsteingass!!!!

Thanks Hazz!

I found the AWOL pilots! -For some reason I thought they were resin, but it turned out they were the plastic ones, from the Valk kit, still on the sprue

If you don't do nose art you could at least name the pilots or call signs. I think juju beans would b an excellent copilot for capt. Steigass.

I'm apprehensive about nose art...

In other news, more proof the Swiss are Jerks

Haha, you trying to bring down the site again Dave? It did remind me how often gung ho would go on arctic missions in just his vest though.

Never! It's too damn nice to be inside painting today..

Here's a monster sneaking through my mutant tulips out front

I'm sure you can manage nose-art Dave. Go down a graffiti style if you don't want to do mural style, you've shown you can do that...

Yeah, I thought about that, but then I'd really only get one shot, otherwise it would screw up the camo pattern below. I also bought some of those clear color laser decals that I haven't used yet, the thing wit that is, I have to fill an entire 8.5" x11" sheet otherwise it's wasted.

Yeah, that is the challenge with freehand nose-art, it's very easy to make a mess of the paint-job.
You could use a plain background for the art (like a badge) then any mistakes can be covered without affecting the paint-job.
Or gloss varnish on before the freehand as that can make it easier to remove mistakes without needing to repaint the background.

Transfers would also work. That's quite a size to fill though. Maybe fill it with many nose-art designs and then see what looks best on this and save the rest for future use.

You could cheat and use premade ones. Pinupsplus.com has full size sheets of decals in varying sizes. Saw them in other threads, also seen them on ebay.

hmmm.... maybe you could try yourself with making bulletholes in decals...and for that matter...you could even try to do a totally new kind of rivtes? decal rivets^^...

How about a league transfer or 2 , we could all purchase a strip of you for our models

I was thinking the same thing, but now I get to call you the heretic . I guess recessed rivets on decal paper might look good and be more aerodynamic to boot.

now that is good thinking! recessed rivets on decals... winning ticket for sure!

There is always the good ole red and white shark mouth for the nose.
https://www.google.com/search?q=shark+mouth+scheme+for+aircraft&client=firefox-a&hs=RZ0&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=XIeBUcnbOOmz2gXhhIHgAQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1581&bih=737

Speaking of recessed rivets I saw a tutorial about sculpting armour plating that mentioned that an empty mechanical pencil is good for making them in putty, as would any thin tube that you can push into the putty to make a ring.
Don't know if any of you riveteers have tried it, but thought it would interest you.

This is the tutorial in question

cool find Dr H!


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oh and i would love to see rosie the riveteer !

That's very cool! New riveting methods are always cool! Model railroaders already have the rivet decals.I don't think they look quite right myself...not up close anyways.

oh... didn´t knew that...but was to be expected...man... i want my own clever idea that gets me set up for good^^

Keep spinning that propeller Vik! You'll find it!

oh by the way...just forgot to mention it... nice looking tulips there... a really big splash of color...that helps to get rid of the long darkness called winter for good^^

Thanks! I bought several bags of "mystery bulbs" late last year from a discount rack, I had no idea what color they were, still more to bloom yet, the rain has made them grow to monster size. I have been watching them open up in the mornings, it's kind of cool!

yup... what hobby stuff is for me... having your own garden would be for my wife...sadly we have not the amount of money to get us our own small patch of turf to shape as would be fun...

Juju beans tail seems to be on the mend, she enjoying the weather today? And are there any updates on that 1:1 scale fence?

Here's the early morning shot

You can almost see the stems grow once the sun comes out!


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The 1:1 scale fence is holding! Her tail was just sprained,not broken and she's carrying it up and wiggling it like crazy today. She's also being Onry as hell too

My wife has nagged me for years for a flower bed, we moved into this house too late for bulbs, but hope to remember this fall.

those bulb bags of surprise is a really good way to fill any field... just putting only one color in place doesn´t look half as nice as that mulicolored approach!

No, and you should NEVER follow the instructions either, 6" hole, 1 bulb each, 8" apart? Dig a big hole, drop them in, and cover it back up!

Flowers always do as they see fit, they do not read instructions

that´s how i burry all my corpses...

LOL @ Vik, only the British turn them into "frozen Lasagne dinners"
Very True Shaso

We just went to the Missouri botanical gardens last weekend, it was beautiful . Even they know to mix bulb colors together. But their gardener must be part mechanicus, because each tulip was perfectly spaced.

 dsteingass wrote:
LOL @ Vik, only the British turn them into "frozen Lasagne dinners"
Very True Shaso

LOL... good comparission there^^

I'd like to point out that most of the Lasagne horse dinners came from mainland Europe... We poor Brits are the victims in this heinous crime...

I know..and the butt of my joke ..only because it's funny

You darned Americans and your humour or humor as you can't spell

Haha yep, if you omit redundant vowels, it leaves room for funny

There are beading tools, they look like this:



they come in a variety of sizes, and have a hollow tip. One tap, instant recessed rivet.

Enjoy!

--B.

whoa.. looks brutal!..

The wooden palm-handle looks nice to work with too!

I'll have to check those out on my next excursion, looks interesting.

That's right kids! try your own junior labotomy kit today! fits snug in your palm to exert even pressure when punching through think cranial bone!

need inspiration? look no further than Smokin' aces 2 and watch how Vinnie Jones uses this to numb the senses and speech capacity of a torture victim! you get all this in a handy velour carry bag for only three easy payments of $19.99, that's right only three easy payments and this can be yours! say goodbye to those migraine headaches as you relieve the pressure of your loved ones at a fraction of the cost....

And if they buy one now not only will they get a second bonus set they'll also get a free set of head plugs to stop the leaking.

As a chronic migraine sufferer there are times I've thought about doing just that...

If it's anything like my migraines its almost like someone's already trying to...

LOL @ Nerd!
Oh..I don't envy you guys!
My deepest empathy!

I've never had migraines, but I've had some doozy headaches in my day, even after I stopped drinking. Now I just drink water everyday. Usually 2-4 liters a day, really helped get rid of he aches and pains. Used to take ibuprofen every 4hours. Now I don't take it but once every few months, an usually only after I do something stupid.

Dave I should have a picture of the truck version of your half track next week, I might be able to swing by it before the . Seems there's a gun store between my house and my twins gymnastics center. It might be the m3. Didn't know if you'd like some shots to help spur you back on that project. The gunshop drives it around town in parades and just for free advertising.

When the wife complains of a headache I threaten her with my own version of acupuncture. I stick a 6 inch nail through your foot, you soon forget all about your headache.

Owch!

Scary part is it sounds like it'd work.

You think the migraines a pain, wait go see the lawyer that follows.

Haha!
Pilots..not too detailed, because you can't see them inside the canopy anyways




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OMFG! What a fething disaster!!


I should've dry-fitted the canopy! It doesn't fit the resin cockpit! Everything is off slightly, and there's nothing I can do about it now.
Such a noob mistake! I am ashamed of myself!
I'm going to have to add styrene strips or something now to cover the gaps

Dave you should no better dry run the whole thing first its Forge World model after all just add some strips and a little paint you won't even notice

I have to say I was disappointed by this remark "Pilots..not too detailed, because you can't see them inside the canopy anyways" no excuse make the best of everything

As for the beading tool mentioned above I have had one for about 3 years now, saw someone using it to make rivets and buttons in GS.
Great tool but be careful with the pressure you apply when making the rivets on PC, to hard and you end up with a whole although it does expel a perfect rivet

Dave, couldn't you build your own canopy to match the hole? I know you have the talent, just may not have looked at the puzzle the other way. Make a canopy to fit the fuselage instead of making the fuselage fit the canopy.

I should have omitted the clear canopy, and used thin clear plastic inside the frames. Bah..PITA!


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@LDD I spent a long time on the Interior and door gunners of my Valk, and you can't see any of it, no thanks

 dsteingass wrote:
I should have omitted the clear canopy, and used thin clear plastic inside the frames. Bah..PITA!


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@LDD I spent a long time on the Interior and door gunners of my Valk, and you can't see any of it, no thanks

I was only busting your balls

Haha, busted, bleeding, and hanging by a tendon, but I can fix my balls, I have plastic and glue and surgeon's tools

Knew you could do it Dave.

What glue can I use to bond aluminum to plastic? Gorilla glue, plastic glue and e6000 didn't work.

CA, Cyanoacrylate, Super Glue. That is your go-to for bonding dissimilar materials. I use gap-filling mostly, but also thin and super-thin (it's like water-be careful) when needed

I'll have to pick some up this week. My old bottle broke open during transit, was hoping there was an lterntive . Thanks dave, and can I get a Little nudge?

And Dave saves another model again! I think you actually enjoy getting models that have flaws Dave, that way you get to stretch your mind muscle and get creative on them! whereas if it were me, i'd be busting out the tissues for a good cry!

I taught the puppy a LOT of bad words today

Holy Crap!

Mega-Tonnage Karma Drop from Theophony today!!

Dude! You Rock!- You DO realize this 2Lb. box of OOP minis is probably worth more than 2 Lbs of pure GOLD right now right!?!
I am in awe! Thanks soo much my friend!
Now I got the better end of the deal!

As well you deserve. Figured you might need the goliaths also. I just hope the other box finds its new home safe and sound. My mail usually arrives about now too. Funny you got the pics up so fast as I haven't gotten the confirmation yet .

Is that?.....is that......Plastic Goliaths!!!! omg I could paint the hell outta that much skin tone! lol :-)

Me too! MUHAHAHA! I have to wait until my mowing chores are done first though before I can play!

ok... i see goliaths and ...are these oop RT cadians..er..imperial soldiers?

and i am on an edge now...how to live through the next week+....


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oh...and well... did you know that you could have used tissue and superglue for gapfilling?...the valk was saved again! BUT... i saw your gluebomb on the widow panes

Did my mowing yesterday morning. Finished just in time for the rain to start again, it's supposed to rain through Sunday here. All he roads that had been flooded had just dried out too.

Oh and got out of the shower in time to see the post lady pull up. Got my supply drop back from Dave.


Your the man Dave, I just have to get the hose and regulator his week. The plastic odds will find a use here soon .

Well I got a phone call, so while on the call, I picked through the bag!

Look at all these OOPs!! WOW!!

Oh an go out of the shower in time to see the post lady pull up

sounds a bit nasty

oh.... cool... col steiners crazy bunch!... i have around 80% of the gang.... some of my favorite models for IG... maybe these could do for a cool looking ´munda gang? (just realized it is only monky wrench^^) but everything else is almost OOP IG´s...wow...

I go the rest of the last chancers here, didn't realize he was one. No matter, just like a few of the other guy enough to keep them.

If I find anymore I know where to send them

nonono! keep them^^... treasure them! and ... paint them!

and somehow i always forget the name last chancers...

I actually prefer col. Steiners crazy bunch, seems much more appropriate.

hehehe

yup... when you get members like animal or ox...crazy seems fitting^^

LOL, I have all the Last Chancers stashed away already, these will be drafted into other services. Thanks so much Theophony! I really appreciate it!

OOh! Ladygeek wants to go see Iron Man 3!- Can't say no to that!
talk to you fellas a bit later.

Enjoy Ironman3 Dave!

To all the migraine sufferers, I may not get migraines, but the pain I constantly deal with is all in the neck on down regions.

Vulture looks ready for a sortie!


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I have the metal Kasrkins, plastic multi option part stormtoopers ,,,hmmmmm, oh the dilemmas!

Dave makes me jealous again. My wife loves the teen movies, not action flicks. The kids are getting old enough for some movies, but iron man gets a little more profound than I like for them to hear.

Dude, it's a live action comic book!!

Hmmm, I've got a ton of that necromunda stuff. I bought the box when I was in 10th grade so naturally I painted 1 and got tired of it and went and I'd something else. If I can get my lay butt off the sofa I might be able to send you me reinforcements. They are cut off the spruce though if that matters. Just. Though anyways. And the vendetta is looking ace!

The movie was FANTASTIC! You should all go see it RIGHT NOW!
Thanks Bebop! But Theophony more than hooked me up!

Going next week, can't wait...

I'm getting jealous of all these supply drops, I gotta get on ebay and put some orders in so I can show off in my thread

OMG, I need to share this!

That is wonderfully twisted Dave!

"And that's how they do it on Broadway!"

Fan freaking tastic Dave, and hilarious to boot. Great find !

Did you have the Baloney and Fish Sticks? That's just great!


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I guess this didn't turn out too bad

As long as my inner Vik doesn't point out the glue bomb, otherwise known as "weathering"

well... IM3 is on my toview list for quite some months now...

and well, the flyer looks very good... and you could always say that the gluebomb is in fact battledamage... like bulletholes and such things^^

Perhaps even a small bird.

Might need more weathering around it as the dirt and dust would collect there, but otherwise fabulous job dave

 n0t_u wrote:
Perhaps even a small bird.

LOL....

OMG, that sounds so funny dubbed!

Remember, paint, camo, markings, weathering..in that order
May the Fourth be with you all!


It's also Free Comic Book Day in the US

oh... the free comic book day... need to inform my wife about that! she can go to a book store with the kids...!

that´s the collecters edition not the lego mini version with luke and pork porkins, eh?

and may the fourth be with you too^^

Yep! Just released today! Ladygeek placed the order early this morning!

Do you have Free Comic Book day there in Germany too? That's cool if it's going worldwide!

yup... some shops joined in...

ha... seems you are in for a treat here with that x-wing... tho... i preferr ours more... looks more cuddly^^

Good fix on the canopy Dave.

Free comic book day!!! What? When did this happen and why don't we get it here (or if we do, why didn't I know about it). How does that work?

May the Fourth be with you all.

Well, DC, Marvel, all of the publishers usually publish special free editions of most comics for the day, but local comic book shops also use the day to offload their older stock. It gets people into the stores, and is really good for small business.
http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/992

That's mental (in a good way). Will have to remember this.

Never heard of it either, then again I didn't really read anything to begin with.

"May the fourth be with you", heard it at least ten times at the trivia night , not something most people would think to hear at a church event, but when the pastor wears Star Wars hurts in service anything is possible.

Dave,

A couple notes of Valk cockpits:

1) You're missing the \_/ shaped pieces that goes between the two plastic cockpits.
2) The canopy pieces have the cross-beams moulded in. Thusly, you would have needed to build your own cross-bars for the side pieces. I seem to remember ranting about this awhile back, because it made painting the two canopies a total bitch.

Other than that, great progress, and great bag of OOP miniatures! Maybe if I'm nice to Theopony, they'll send me something. A pony? Perhaps.

--B.

 Briancj wrote:
Dave,

A couple notes of Valk cockpits:

1) You're missing the \_/ shaped pieces that goes between the two plastic cockpits.
2) The canopy pieces have the cross-beams moulded in. Thusly, you would have needed to build your own cross-bars for the side pieces. I seem to remember ranting about this awhile back, because it made painting the two canopies a total bitch.

Other than that, great progress, and great bag of OOP miniatures! Maybe if I'm nice to Theopony, they'll send me something. A pony? Perhaps.

--B.

No ponies here unless your needing knights on them. Ome Rohan, but mainly knights from the "battle masters" sets by Milton Bradley years go. A buddy and I split 6 boxes. Instant empire and chaos armies. The toy store had them on clearance.

Most of my guard tuff is gone now. But ask me and I'll check.

I'm sure we can work something out if your buddy wound up with any oop Escher or a mad Donna ulanti .

Well, I fixed the missing part with good old styrene strip stock, I'll certainly not be buying any more FW plastic/resin hybrids again, that is for sure!


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In other news..another beautiful day here! We took the puppy to the park, got new "antigravity lawn chairs", and I found an Infinity Campaign: Paradiso book at Half-Price books for $7!
Oh, and I found some of the infamous "sprued fish tank plants" for jungle terrain at the pet shop too!

see... that is one cool outcome of having a pet... now you have a justified cause to go to a petshop...

and my wife went to the bookshop... seems that may 11 is the right day for germany´s free comic book day... but that is now marked out in our calendar^^

Haha- Yes, that is true! -I saw lots of potential alien flora hanging there too! Ahh! Very cool! It's always the first Saturday in May every year here

in petshops you can also find lots of useful stuff...mainly for terrarium and fish tank related decoration... instant usable rocks and even ruins...

Yeah, but that stuff isn't exactly cheap either. It should be, but it isn't.

er...yes...tho sometimes one can be lucky and get sales^^

Pft. Not having a pet NEVER stopped me from going into pet stores looking for terrain.

I always saw the sprued stuff on UK sites, I never thought it was available in the US until I saw it today.


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Got this much for $12


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Welcome to the Roughnecks

THEO'S ROUGHNECKS!

That guy on the cork looks quite uncomfortable.

you mean from carrying around forearms that Popeye would look wimpy next to? Hands bigger than his head? And a holster for a sidearm as big as his Femur?

No, I suspect the problem is with the rod shoved up his ass, Dave.

 dsteingass wrote:

Welcome to the Roughnecks

THEO'S ROUGHNECKS!

And now I have to watch that movie tomorrow... while putting together Cadians.

Glad they went to a good home, one away from bugs where they can live long healthy lives. Paint job looking good on them, is that just the base layer for a camo scheme or are you going more mono colored?

Watching Starship Troopers should be mandatory while putting together IG troops.

Looking good there Dave! And I can't wait to see how you use the Pet Shop Flora!

HAHA Brian a.k.a. Mr. Obvious D

@JW This is compulsory anyways, but you're welcome!

@ Theo Base Colors so far, The fatigues will have urban camo markings of a yet undecided pattern and since you get their namesake..YOU decide what color their webbing and gear will be (because I suck at color selection)

@Jake Thanks man!

Pink . Just kidding, go dark grey or black if your doing urban camo. It might help blend into the field.

@ Dave & Jake: For me it's a toss up between Starship Troopers (though closer to the IG mark) and Patton... "I love it. God help me, I love it so."

The critics be damned! It's a great movie, never gets old either.

good looking troops there...you could also make these to be lead by your vault dweller... paint lil yellow numbers on their backs and they could be an anti-mutie squad

Wow, lots of production lately! I too am in a painty kind of mood - never seems to last long for me, so try to make the most of your own painting mood!
New troopers are looking ace, lots of pretty diversity in the skin tone. At the moment the colour scheme's really calling to mind for me an urban military police force, kind of like a SWAT team, though I definitely pick up the bug hunter vibe. I really like the old cadian minis, they had a lot of character. Looking forward to seeing where you go with them!

Thanks guys!
Well, I like this, what do you guys think?


Nevermind the cobweb remains on his helmet, the building has been a spider playground for some time

That's why they needed to be transfered to a new regiment, they'd still be in their arctic white camo if I hadn't sent them. They look great.

Thanks, only this one is done to test the camo pattern, which is just little squiggles of white really, I think camo patterns at this scale should always be simplified, otherwise it gets too busy.

That's a nice looking camo. It doesn't overtake the rest of the model like some camo schemes I've seen.

Thanks JW! That must mean it's working, whatever I'm doing

Those 2nd ed cadians are looking great Dave! good reassignment Theo!

Thanks Shas!

Second Lasman reporting for duty.

yes! gotta agree, these imps look as good as they get! really tough looking fellas...
how long does it take to get the camo done on one mini for you? your paintingskills have gone to places for sure ^^

I just use a tiny Atlas red sable brush, and a dab of Ceramite white thinned with a brushful of water and just make random forked squiggles, only a few minutes. I used the Sotar 20/20 airbrush for all the base colors of Intermediate Blue and black, I laid on the flesh basecoats with brush, and used Drakenhof Nightshade to shade the fatigues, followed by re-applying the int. blue on the high points of the fatigues, The black got Skavenblight dinge highlights, then do the boltgun metal and eyes last.

That camo' works really well. Good job.

just make random forked squiggles

well...doing something randomly is easy to say but for me hard to do... somehow my mind and hand gang up on me and create patterns that doesn´t look way too often not random at all... it is why i for now only ever did that one tank^^

I just used a Y-shape, alternating direction and variation. Simplicity is the key.

hmmm.... that is an interesting approach... yeah... simplicity is the key... too much and you can so easily overdo a good idea... with camo it can be that quick even...

I think my scouts will be getting a similar treatment after seeing how yours turned out. Once I get around to them that is, haha!

Actually, I stole it from the old Cityfight codex Not really my idea

hehe^^...it is always good to learn a few tricks out of books

A black man?!? In our once proud Imperial Guard?

</sarcasm>

*looks around for any cracks on the thin ice...*

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

just make random forked squiggles

well...doing something randomly is easy to say but for me hard to do... somehow my mind and hand gang up on me and create patterns that doesn´t look way too often not random at all... it is why i for now only ever did that one tank^^

I know what you mean vik, we are too aligned to order to allow chaos any subtle influence....except how we organize our workspace.

Haha GW studio painters WERE always white-oriented weren't they? The Catachan Codex had one Black man on the cover, but an entire Jungle World would hardly raise pasty-white European types now would it?

Heh, depending on the minis/world I make for them, the Khadrovians tend to mostly be of Germanic/Slavic origins. My UAMC minis however will be of diverse backgrounds, allowing me to play with different skin tones at last!

Well it's not like there aren't black space marines, just look at the salamanders. They are black-black, with red eyes, and the empire doesn't have a problem with them. An Dave the catchans have found the aloe from certain plants mask their smell, and keeps them from tanning.

 Theophony wrote:
Well it's not like there aren't black space marines, just look at the salamanders. They are black-black, with red eyes, and the empire doesn't have a problem with them. An Dave the catchans have found the aloe from certain plants mask their smell, and keeps them from tanning.

GW stated that the SM skins adapt to radiation levels and other occurrences of their environs. My Dragons Errant are also a mixed bunch as they are space-ship based Salamander DIY chapter, so they are not exposed to the same environs of the Salamander home world.

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Worked on a little 1:1 terrain project today


Salsa Garden

I'm sorry Dave, but that's the worst IG Trench network I've ever seen

Heh, it's good to see a green thumb about. I'm not much of one, but my parents love it, and I've probably had to much exposure

 Theophony wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

just make random forked squiggles

well...doing something randomly is easy to say but for me hard to do... somehow my mind and hand gang up on me and create patterns that doesn´t look way too often not random at all... it is why i for now only ever did that one tank^^

I know what you mean vik, we are too aligned to order to allow chaos any subtle influence....except how we organize our workspace.

hahaha! yep... though my wife would very much like to see this change too

I'm interested, and good at growing two things, tomatoes and peppers. I haven't had me a salsa garden in probably 10 years now.

well, at least you are on time for planting the seeds /young plants...if you now cross your fingers...will this affect your green thumb in a way (note... crossing fingers equals squeeze your thumb in german )

I see the puppy was helping to clear debris from the battlefield. My yard is too wet to do anything to. Next year however I will try my inaugural vegetable garden, but I have squirrels and rabbits, so land mines may be an option.

are squirrels heavy enough to trigger landmines??? i doubt it

They are after pillaging a garden, and they won't do I a second time

hehe^^... we had a squirrel in our garden back then... it litterally ate the garden furniture... it must have been all that floral prints on the cushions that raised it´s appetite^^

In the house I grew up in chipmunks and squirrels had chewed their way into our attic and every night that we'd go to sleep they would scamper around the attic like crazy. I really sounded like they were bowling up there.

 Lord of Timbraxia wrote:
I'm sorry Dave, but that's the worst IG Trench network I've ever seen

Heh, it's good to see a green thumb about. I'm not much of one, but my parents love it, and I've probably had to much exposure

Now that made me LOL for real.. IMHO I would say It's also lacking in cover for the massed ranks of IG. There does seem to be some sort of fortified encampment going on in the background though, might take a few movement phases to reach it...

Haha yes it was funny! So Theo and his damn Chinese food pics made me want Chinese, so we went out, and passed a random Car Show along the way.

Of particular interest were a couple of '53s





This is the 53 Chevy Bel-Air Hardtop, I built a model of this car, same color and everything when I was a kid!
The pics don't so it justice, just to stand by it was a rush!




And this is a 53 Cadillac Convertible

Nice Bel-Air! Though, I like the mid-30s coupe sitting next to the yellow 53. Though I can't place the make on it. Most of the American mid-30s cars look roughly like that and I'm no expert.

Those are all 30s Fords, not sure of the years though, only slight differences
The Yellow one is actually the Delivery Van version, very rare nowadays.



I don't like Corvettes OR the dbags who own/drive them

Very nice cars Dave.although the weathering could use work, they all look brand new.

For these cars, weathering would be a bad thing

Haha, that'd take a lot of weathering pigment... Also, they're kind of small for troop transport.

Oh and YES, the Puppy is soo much HELP..I rake up the sticks, she drags them out of the pile, repeat. I need to burn them more often, but I catch her in the damn fire pit (after the coals have cooled of course) too. She was fascinated by the water hose to, tried to bite it, I sprayed her..now she is afraid of the hose

Lol, Dave, that salsa garden will be decimated as soon as Rivet gets it in her head you need help maintaining it! she seems like a great little ball of fun for you dude i'm glad she's fitting in so well and even your posts sound happier now you have her :-)

The camo on your IG is gooooood! looks wicked and like you said the simple styles work the best, you gonna do a tank or transport for them or is this just a time passing distraction for your brushes?

Thanks Nerd!- Well, I can now build a Griffon for them, since I have matching crew, it seems like a Heavy Mortar would be appropriate for urban warfare, very smashy.

Mortars and machine guns, its urban warfare standard issue.

dsteingass wrote:Oh and YES, the Puppy is soo much HELP..I rake up the sticks, she drags them out of the pile, repeat. I need to burn them more often, but I catch her in the damn fire pit (after the coals have cooled of course) too. She was fascinated by the water hose to, tried to bite it, I sprayed her..now she is afraid of the hose

the hose part reminds me of something

and cool looking cars... i always had a soft spot for ol´american landships... you gotta agree...they ooze style in gallons

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

dsteingass wrote:Oh and YES, the Puppy is soo much HELP..I rake up the sticks, she drags them out of the pile, repeat. I need to burn them more often, but I catch her in the damn fire pit (after the coals have cooled of course) too. She was fascinated by the water hose to, tried to bite it, I sprayed her..now she is afraid of the hose

the hose part reminds me of something

and cool looking cars... i always had a soft spot for ol´american landships... you gotta agree...they ooze style in gallons

Perhaps dangledorf2.0? "It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again" it never gets old

Theo's Roughnecks!

Ready for deployment.

Really, the Sgt's name should start with an 'R'.

 dsteingass wrote:
Theo's Roughnecks!

Ready for deployment.

I'm honored, an they're brilliant, just like me . Great job on them, I'll have to hunt for more treasures.

Rico was a LT. Brian

Beginning of SST-3 he was a full bird and ended the movie a general in charge opf the Marauders program, those were like Dreadnoughts/Tau battlesuits in size, not the personal more like Spehs Muhreen sized powered armor, but well equipped for dealing with any bug infestation

These are just humans in Flak Armor, no genetic anything, No superhumanity, no Ancient worship tech, just footsloggers, brothers-in-arms watching each others backs
Besides, the classic metal Cadian LT mini I have is the fat one

 dsteingass wrote:
These are just humans in Flak Armor, no genetic anything, No superhumanity, no Ancient worship tech, just footsloggers, brothers-in-arms watching each others backs
Besides, the classic metal Cadian LT mini I have is the fat one

Yes, we at the Departmento Munitorum refer to them as "filler".

I'd rather be filler than trade my nuts for a second heart

^that!!!

meant to comment on those fine looking chaps... but had to agree first on that statement...

Thanks Vik!

 dsteingass wrote:
I'd rather be filler than trade my nuts for a second heart

After three kids I'd go for the second heart

hmmm.... no heart problems here... but my tummy growth is not really something I am that proud of...

and dave... anytime

A second stomach..now I could get into that implant

My first stomach is big enough to be a second stomach. A backup heart is always good to have. Never too much love.

Not all chapters de-nut the Marines, Space Wolves seem immune to that.

Yeah, but look what they dowith their nuts, there aren't wolves on fenris nay more for a reason .

Blah Blah, marines have fluff written for every possible thing, and besides, ain't no love in the heart of a Marine

Stein those guard look fantastic. I'm digging the camo colorsbigtime. Ill have to steal it at some point

Yeah Dave, hard to get close to Marines as they have that distance from being superhumans, IG however are every man kinda heroes

Thanks Bebop!

EXACTLY Shas!

I'm just turning on the t.v and pressing play on the Hobbit........................ now!


see ya when it's done!

For everyone else..

 dsteingass wrote:
For everyone else..

Dave i had decided to watch the original Star Trek series, and am on episode six of the first season, ho can I take Spock seriously now? And are you trying to crash dakka again with your excellent video collection?

Haha TOS gets much better as it goes on
You like that? Check this out:




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Haha Brian GMTA

Dave did Brian ninja you ? Or did you accidentally post the same link . I have no problem with the series, just that video is stuck in my head now, and no matter how serious he's being on screen, all I can hunk about is him breaking into songs about hobbits.

Sulu remember your training, you might be freezing on that planet, and the transporters no working, and the dog dressed as a fuzzy nicorn just died, but just remember "...bilbo baggins"

Haha

See Brian, Mr. Stay-Puft paints his figures that way too!

Hence why my best stories seem to be about vasily and the gang

 dsteingass wrote:
Haha

See Brian, Mr. Stay-Puft paints his figures that way too!

That'll teach you to cross the streams .

Hey guys, our own MauS is currently laid up from some unexpected surgery, please drop by and send some love his way.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/424470.page

Here is a nice link for various random postery goodness.

http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/

Good stuff Galorn! Thanks man! Bookmarked for future use!



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Brick Drop!

LEGO sent some freebies too

That X-wing looks very nice, you will have to convince me on the LR stuff though

It's a Train with a gatling gun..and a Stagecoach with Union Soldiers! WTF else do you want?

The Eagles are Ladygeek's (for Hobbit Eagles), and the Police are freebies to add to the bolstering of my city's already oppressive police force
Chima..another freebie..I dunno about that IP...I don't forsee it lasting very long, they should go back to their original IPs that sell IMHO, like classic Pirates!


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as you can see, these are Army Builder Packs first and foremost

Complete Artillery crews
And I'm very excited that the old-skool spring-loaded guns are back!!

Dave your making my fantasy of a Lego f-troop set more realistic. Must resist urge to order tons of Lego, sons birthday is well passed and mines not or a few months.

Thankfully, Ladygeek doesn't believe a special occasion is needed for new LEGO
Thanks to you Theo, I'm watching animated GI Joe on netflix and feeling like a kid today

Nice haul of "alternative" plastic fun you got there. With freebies...
When I saw those cannons I thought to myself "I wonder if they still work" and then read that they do. Good.

I see now a lego guard army, the rough riders are great lol

The kids and I will be over Saturday morning to help with the Legos. I'll bring the dunkin donuts and coffee .

free stuff from lego??? wtf....seriously?

the new chima stuff is kinda lame if you ask me... my kids still like them but the only thing i see in chima stuff is how to create ancient lightsabres for the really old jedi to fight against exar kun

and hopefully you soon show us that gatling gun done^^

and yep... you never feel as much as a small kid again when you fire a brick gun... i loved taking peashots at my own bricksoldiers back then...


by the way....that really tiny package just left from the train set.... what´s that supposed to contain???

That's a nice train as well.

Haha Ladygeek couldn't find the salt shaker, so she saw these LEGO salt & Pepper shaker set and had to get them. They are really cool!
Yep Vik, they usually have freebies for the VIP card members, the CHima stuff was unexpected and unadvertised. I'll send that and the cops onto work with Ladygeek for a friend who has a little boy I'm keeping the Han Solo Hoth minifig- He's already mounted properly on a Taun-Taun He was the May the Fourth special giveaway.


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Not mine, but this is for ye naysayers of the Lone Ranger stuff


I guess when the power functions bits are put into the modified coal tender, it is top heavy, which causes the derailments when going too fast around curves, but this German guy modified a Toy Story 3 wagon to hold the battery box and PF bits for the motive power.
I have no idea what the song is about (in German) but it's a great Acoustic tune.


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In other news.....
Two New vehicles are now in the garage!

Need to rivet a basket to the front of the bike to take jujubean for rides . Just saw previews for the steam punk line of legos . Video was great, but I was let own when he had or train vs. other train, I was hoping for head on crash an Lego carnage

nice bikes... aren´t these rather meant for teen

as for the song... it is a lament I think... lamenting about general stuff to lament about

and I think the lone ranger train set exceeds the other train sets by far... graven posted just the other day a link to some lego news that they present in july a steampunk range... no wonder really... as with their ghost hunter stuff and such sets like the lone ranger kit I think they already went there ...

No, they are quite adult Vik, they are cruiser bikes, very comfortable, upright-sitting, flat-foot, aluminum frame bikes. And a the price, no one in their right mind would buy one for a teen

Theo, Bean is already too big for a basket, besides, with her endless well of energy, she can run next to the bikes with little effort

Who can deny? Steampunk has appeal!

well reading how much you talk about beanies energy... i bet you NEED the bikes for a walky^^

Yeah, it'll take a bit of training for her. Right now walks are an undisciplined affair for her, her nose is always to the ground, tracking who knows how many different new and exciting scents, she gets so excited for the hunt, if we can keep her from crossing the wheels, she will definitely be a bike-running dog, besides there is an amazing network of trails around here, called the Rivergreenway that we'd all like to explore.

when we were kids... my sis and me... we had a bigger dog... a mongrel for sure... and one day he was that exited he carried my sis and me both after him with his leash...we then got pulled over the street floor by his power^^ (note... we were around 6 and 8 years old... and it was snowy^^)

When I was a kid, I had a German Shepherd/Husky mix dog, he would run next to me on my bike for miles and miles without a leash, but living in the city now, that would be a no-no for sure

well with german shepherds you gotta stay on your toes anyway... they are a rather bitey breed... much more than stephords and the likes...

Oh no! He had a mean bark, but he was a big baby! Dog stereotypes are horrible IMHO, no dog is mean unless a human makes them that way!

i wasn´t referring to them being mean per se... just statistically here in germany shepherds are the cause for the most bites... of course this can be get controled in a way by the pets owner, but shepherds as a general breed are due to breeding a bit "mad!... same goes for other breeds like the often so adored Dalmatian... the inbreeding of these races lets something loose in the individual animal... it is a sad thing... i too think that dogs are men´s best friends... but all that racial stuff tends to get the whole thing weird...

Oh yeah, pure-breeding is dumb IMHO, causes all sorts of problems, including health problems. That's why Mutts are always da best! Here in the US, Pitt Bulls and Rottweilers get the bite stats, but it's always the people's faults, most of them are big, playful babies! Our house and yard are small, so a full-sized dog is really out of the question for us, a big dog deserves plenty of room to run.

Our house and yard are small, so a full-sized dog is really out of the question for us, a big dog deserves plenty of room to run.

that´s the reason we currently have no pets at all... we live in a three room apartment with four people... it´s cramped already...and a dog or a cat would make matters worse...not even thinking about what this would do to the dog... but in berlin you sometimes can´t even walk for poo... landmines i call them...

and yep...pure breeding... that is some poor invention... kings and queens have shown us already that this leads to a dumb heir... but will mankind learn? naww....never change a ru(i)nning system...

Haha, Ladygeek watches the Dog Shows all the time, I think purebreeding is just a money-making venture myself.

aye... that.... and to keep amateurs out of an industry... )sounds weird isn´t it, pet breeding industry? man... some peeps have to be mad...)

but from a beauty perspecting er... perspective...well... these shows do have some appeal...

 dsteingass wrote:
no dog is mean unless a human makes them that way!

^this is true! although some breeds are naturally more aggressive and if you don't manage it correctly then you have problems no matter what dog it is, did you know the breed that has the MOST number of biting attacks on people each year? yep, I do it's the Maltese/Shitzu but due to their size and lack of proper armamnet no one bothers too much, but you get a dog the size of mine and even if they bark people think they're vicious! I mean wtf! i'm sure you have no drama's with Rivet she looks too cute and happy!

OMG! She barks at everything! People in their own yards! it's not vicious, but annoying, she doesn't realize yet that the neighboring yards aren't her territory! She is getting better..slowly

Try the 'lick lick' technique on her Dave, pop some butter on the palm of your hand and when she barks say lick lck and offer your hand to her, she'll stop barking and concentrate on you, then as you progress she'll respond to the word wherever you are.

and yes i imagine myself as a bit of a dog wrangler :-)

Two hand claps have been working, except when the little neighor girl is outside playing using her high-pitched voice, or the neighbor's Doberman is out

Yeah, my family used to do the Doberman Pinscher breeding, worst case as they were black/tan we had one fawn and one blue, they had health issues, some of the regular dboey's were perma-puppies, imagine what looks a 110lb dog about to attack, then his paws go on your shoulders and he licks you face instead of biting it, tail stub wagging

 dsteingass wrote:
OMG! She barks at everything! People in their own yards! it's not vicious, but annoying, she doesn't realize yet that the neighboring yards aren't her territory! She is getting better..slowly

lol...that sounds like the slightly anoyed grumble of a fresh parent complaining about loss of sleep and so on^^...been there, done that, bought the ticket...


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oh... my mothers dachshound used to bark even because of the telephone...and of course the door bell...so it was a blessing my parents never had any friends

I dislik yappy dogs. One of our order neighbors had a beagle similar to our dearly departed dog, but theirs never shut up. Our dog never barked unless you were teasing it, but she was very protective of the kids.

Well, we had a nice long ride, but it seems your rain has now reached us Which is good, because we are both feeling how out of shape we are now, and I don't have to water the garden tonight

use a watering can for the whole garden to water it... and at the end of next week you both are back in shape

Haha, NO. I tilled up that patch of ground where it is for a reason..It's close to the outside hose spigot

The bikes will make us fit once again! We probably rode 3-5 miles today, it's a good start

I love where we moved to, everything is nearby. In walking distance: two car parts places, a dollar store, home improvement store, toy store, train store, churches, and my favorite....dairy queen. That last one isn't a healthy place to go to, since it just has the ice cream. I usually walk the other direction down to and round the walk path in the cemetary. I figure if I die I'll be in a good spot. Plus it's kind of neat seeing headstones from the 1800s.

Everything we need is close too, but it's not biking/walking friendly, some really busy roads cut through, and on this side of town, people are generally asswhole drivers, always in a hurry to get their starbucks or other trendy crap.

Luckily our streets have the crosswalk buttons at each intersection. Worst part of. Family walk is the arguing over who gets to push the button a the coner.

The first rule of family walk is: YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FAMILY WALK!

LOL @ JW

Just a couple of years ago, the City of NY finally admitted that those buttons had been disconnected years ago. People still press them, thinking they work.

 Theophony wrote:
Luckily our streets have the crosswalk buttons at each intersection. Worst part of. Family walk is the arguing over who gets to push the button a the coner.

that sounds more like my kids age... i thought yours are a bit older...^^

Everyone does that as a kid if those buttons are around. IT STOPS THE CARS!

push the almighty button... for kids this is truly one of the greatest moments...rule the traffic monster^^

Oh you guys are making me a little sad! ever since i was a little boy I have desperately wanted a Doberman! I mean really really badly to the point of near obsession! I just love everything about them, their nature and temperament, size, intelligence and loyalty, best dogs ever in my book! and what do I end up with? a black LabX and two pure white balls of gentle fluff Samoyeds lol! but when i am sadly in the position when I am able to purchase my next best friend it will be a Dobe without a doubt although no dog could ever come close to the loyalty and companionship Oscar gives me, he may be a cross but he's simply beautiful :-) if only humans were as nice! if you want an example try putting your dog and your wife both in the boot of the car for 2 hours and see which one's happy to see you when you let them out? :-)

lol NF09 I would try that but fear for my kneecaps.

Scared much lol?

So, today I "Modded" the Townies

His

Hers
For once my color selection seems to have been right on I'd say...
Now I need some military-style canvas saddlebags and we'll be ready for longer trips

Dakka played tricks on me.

Anyway, bad legs, 9% incline hill, and all the good stores are car distance away. :(

Riding down hills is fun..going back up..not so much

Here you go Dave
http://www.armynavydeals.com/asp/products_details.asp?SKU=BG277&ST=2

Yeah Dave, walking the 9% steep incline is nuts

That's generally too steep for a steam engine too

Well, if I walk down a bit, I get my toes crushed into the shoe toes, uphill, i sound like a steam engine,,,,,Huffa-puffa, Huffa-puffa

 dsteingass wrote:
Riding down hills is fun..going back up..not so much

Leash +dog + hill= no problem, if its okay for Eskimos, why not for Ohioans ( spellcheck says that's correct).

Haha we prefer the term "Buckeyes", but now I'm a Hoosier, and no one remembers what Hoosier means anymore.

 dsteingass wrote:
Haha we prefer the term "Buckeyes", but now I'm a Hoosier, and no one remembers what Hoosier means anymore.

I do... gotta love civil war reenacting...

Aren't Hoosiers awesome drag slicks?

Yes Nerd, yes they are
They look really cool with their white lettering too

Damn straight they look cool! 'specially on tough utes like that! :-)

Hmmm when it comes to the word Hoosier, only 1 image comes to mind. Grandma style free throws.:p

er...not to interrupt on something here I hope...

yesterday was fathers day here... and my son felix... he went to my mini drawer...that sneaky son^^ and he made me a paperhammer stormtrooper...and as GW cuts all their ranges that everybody loves and so on and as we will probably never get any plastic stormtroopers in our life time...

so I thought I will share this to you mister... here is your paper hammer substitute stormtrooper... comes with backpack and classic slotta base




cheers, vik

Haha! That's great! What a creative son you've got there! Be proud Papa!

I am... I am too the bone!!!

on Monday he will go to his very fist class trip... man... I got a teary and a happy eye...

he to, mind you... he is all wound up for the coming trip...

I dunno how he came up with that idea in the first place... we never spoke about such a way to make models and I didn´t even knew he knew about that model either... that kid got some crazy creative ways for sure

He wantd to make something for you you'd like..what does daddy like Lets go to his minis and see!

exactly...! lol... kids logic can be so strange and strict in one tight package^^

Here's one of the Plastic Goliaths from Theo's trade goods.

Goliaths always were beefy looking

Vat-grown muscle and such

Haha, glad you got the package. He looks top notch as well. Guess it was a Father's Day gift from another father.

Yep! Thanks! My Tartan-pattern punk rocker pants didn't come out as well as I'd hoped, but oh well

He looks awesome, The "pants" look cool. You could try making the white a light green or yellow and it would tone them in a bit better, but they look awesome to me.




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Oh and Vik that is so cool. Got 3 kids here and they do the most awesome stuff sometimes. Break your heart most of the time, mind you.

Thanks Cam! Perhaps on a future one I'll try different colored stripes, really the pattern is too small at this scale, but it's worth a try
Or maybe the angle was all wrong?
research first, paint second

had to relook those tartan trousers... quite good looking... but as I have a view of these myself...I never came around painting up these for all the beefiness of them... anyone seen any good conversions done with them? something I could do to cover up those nipples and so on?

They are big enough to do any sort of conversions I'd think. You could add chains and other piercings easily enough, headswaps would be difficult though, other than Ork Heads. Tattoos is another idea.

er...defiantly no piercings... in fact clothing them would be a way of thinking I am in favour of

Well, that would be un-fluffy methinks, The Goliaths value strength above all else, so would naturally show it off


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You could add armor plates from thin PC easily enough....

Torn hulk hogan t shirts would be okay I guess. They'd at least cover the nipples. Your such a prude vik

String vest?!!

Could just thicken the leather strap to cover the nipples, make it is some kind of emblem or design even.

I have converted one of these some where I will see if I can take a picture of it if you want ? but it still has nipples sorry Vik