At ruglud
At Theo...that axe is looking brilliant! And even purple-ish

Yeah, nice work on the axe. Good shade of red/purple works with the red seals, plume and eyes as well as the yellow.

@nafarious, use them as counts as adeptus mechanicus.
@shaso, darn skippy were the league, even though most of us have gone video game nuts lately.
@ruglud, thanks, but shaso posted in Vicks thread first. He nudged him, I just threw the bucket of cold water on him.
@dr. H, thanks, stole more ideas from 1000 heathens.
@vik, thanks, I like the color, wasn't liking the green.

Just back from grandparents again. Worn out from carrying old moldy drywall chunks. Enough to build a few rooms with if you wanted to have seams everywhere . Poppy saved every piece from when they built the house, to finish the basement. I've finished more projects than him in the last 39 years.

Might get something done before church tonight, might not.

will there ever be the chance to inherit the house? (may that day be long, long off...) ... maybe you should keep the drywall stuff then...after all money doesn´t grow on trees, you know?

but if it is bad dry wall then there is no point in keeping it...glad you got some stuff accomplished today even if it was non hobby stuff still need to accomplish something even if it is small...

I think the house will be sold and if anything is left that will be divided between the three grand kids. I'm not holding out for much, poppy's business hasn't been doing good or years and I think he's mortgaged the house without nanny knowing . Hey live on her government pension and an occasional good sale from his business. The drywall chunks are too small for anything good, and have been stored in an area of he basement that got soaked, so most has mildew or mold on it. Nothing worth saving, like the rest of the tuff down there. Luckily I oun someone who will come pick up the scrap metal in his basement. Old metal table legs, pedestals, file cabinets, rolling typewriter desks, and old metal suitcases that are beat to .

I'm going to check with a friend from church if he wants to haul it and get the recycling money, otherwise these other people just take it away for free and they keep the recycling money.

Did a little bit, finished the apothecary, but or got to take pics. Maybe later tonight.

well... hopefully you didn´t breath in too much of the mould then...

No, I've learned going into their basement to wear hazmat gear, there's been a lot o progress to the point I was able to hose the floor down to get rid of nastiness from the last time the basement flooded.

Cleaned out most of a 7'x12' room that is supposed to become a bathroom. It's been in he works for 30+ years, and no nothing has been done yet , every scrap is something poppy has a plan for, but now he's 86 with the time to do things, but not the ability to do it anymore.

To give you an idea of the size o the basement, the neighbors have the same basic floor plan, and have 8 bedrooms and 3 full baths downstairs o when all their grand kids come for holidays. Poppy's house also has an attic area hat could be finished with 3-4 bedrooms and is studded out for 2 baths.

ouch... that size is fit for a pallace!...
and good deal you protect yourself then!!!

Dat's one big house!

It is a large house, especially for the time it was built. Multiple family rooms.

Did you know? Houses with multiple family rooms, one was probably originally a parlour, and used for funerals before funeral homes were common? We can't imagine funerals in our homes today, but 100 years ago it was commonlace.

Yeah, growing up my dads side of the family was at the age where an entire generation was passing away. Felt like each weekend we were headed to Illinois for a funeral for one of his aunts/uncles. They were always laid out in their own homes. Even today when I travel through Illinois I have this sense that I'm going someplace that has the clear carpet protector on the floor and the smell of mothballs everywhere.

The grandparents have the entry room/parlor, formal dinning room, formal living room den, kitchen, breakfast room, wet bar(big enough to be its own room, 4 bedrooms two baths, the master bedroom has a sitting room of to the side and walk in closets big enough to be rooms of their own, laundry room and they enclosed their patio into a our season room. It is quite the palace. Unfortunately it's also in need of some updating. The only thing not out of date is the kitchen, since nanny is/was a gourmet chef. They have a huge (even to me) refrigerator that they spent $7k on, it's sub zero and I think I could comfortably fit inside if the shelves were removed, I might fit in the bottom freezer as well, but it would be snug........if I disappear for long check heir first

Home like that would be good for a large family of 3-4 kids and parents. wiring is likely still a lot of old cambric.

 Theophony wrote:
Yeah, growing up my dads side of the family was at the age where an entire generation was passing away. Felt like each weekend we were headed to Illinois for a funeral for one of his aunts/uncles. They were always laid out in their own homes. Even today when I travel through Illinois I have this sense that I'm going someplace that has the clear carpet protector on the floor and the smell of mothballs everywhere.

The grandparents have the entry room/parlor, formal dinning room, formal living room den, kitchen, breakfast room, wet bar(big enough to be its own room, 4 bedrooms two baths, the master bedroom has a sitting room of to the side and walk in closets big enough to be rooms of their own, laundry room and they enclosed their patio into a our season room. It is quite the palace. Unfortunately it's also in need of some updating. The only thing not out of date is the kitchen, since nanny is/was a gourmet chef. They have a huge (even to me) refrigerator that they spent $7k on, it's sub zero and I think I could comfortably fit inside if the shelves were removed, I might fit in the bottom freezer as well, but it would be snug........if I disappear for long check heir first

a good big fridge is good for your health... cinema showed us this...:

Yeah, I have the west is weird perk in FO:NV and found that fridge with a hat and corpse, no snakes.

My kitchen cupboards look almost EXACTLY like that! My house being built in the 40s lol

I think that was the best part of that Indiana jones movie

Well onto the scythes once more..

Assault sergeant jack

Still needs his pack finished, shoulder pads, and a holster for his bolt pistol.

Batters up

I guess his could have been him before becoming a marine.....

Or that's what they do during down time at the barracks.

I can just imagine sergeant jack cleaving someones head off, and hitting a home run with it. Good job.

That jetpack gives me the idea I would have a bad day if he landed in front of me.

I got that exact feel as well panda.

Yes, I believe that would be brown trouser time

Lol....Dave what a nice picture you've been painting on the canvas of my brain
At Theo nice texture to the jumppack, but is it just me ordoes it look wrong attached a bit???

Thanks guys, this was one of my favorite builds from my custom chapter repainted.

He got dropped, so a little repositioning occurred, the initial version had him leaning forward more. I always imagined him using the pack to thrust himself forward towards his opponent with him shouldering aside a few bodies along the way. The pack is squared to the body, but the body is twisted in anticipating felling a big tree.



Hairdresser before....badass later

ah yeah... that makes sense...

and aways good to see these mounties

I never get tired of that song! I often break into it while at Menards or a similar lumber yard

*big grin*
i look forward to the day i can view monty python with my kids and they fully understand them^^

haha you'll also have to explain to them that in the 70s and 80s all shows/movies had gratuitous random bewbie shots too

That will be a fun conversation

Thanks Theo..now I'm singing it around the house and my dog is looking at me like I'm crazy.

Only your dog?

She's probably mad that you want to be the guy that cuts down her favorite tree

So much fond memories of Monty Python that I'd love to relive with my kids....just not showing them the sacraligious "life of Brian" , who am I kidding, they'll see that and the rest. Just not for a few years.

well... my older son felix is currently starting to grasp what the whole man/female issue is meaning...(starting as he is a mere seven years old...)
soon he will be all embarressed of his dad and then after that period we can have buddy talks...hopefully^^

and i am sure beany just looks in dazzled admiration towards her masters voice

I am 17 and I am still massively embarrassed by my dad. It may be the whole culture gap thing between him being from LIbya and me being an american teenage college kid. But it's w/e I do love him.

does he make naughty jokes or why does he embarres you?...also you being 17... that´s a tough age your at... for parents all the more

Nah he just doesn't understand things because he is from a different culture, and he makes really stupid jokes XD

Yea, it doesn't help that I graduated early and am now in college at this age instead of 18.

well... to make dumb jokes is a fathers perk ... i know what i am talking about

and may the gods protect us from bright kids (soon i will totally loose against my own bright kids....)

I guess that is a good point. I do enjoy time spent with him, especially as I grow up more. And am alone all week at college.

i bet that is tough to be away from family...
and a fact... at the early age of kids mum is the most important being for kids... but at the age of 7 and onwards it is more and more dad that´s the major parent... sad for mum but dad needs some centerstage too ...and also..when the grandchildren appear she is all over them anyways

Huh it was the opposite in my family. My mom has been the parent and prominent role model in my entire life. It really has helped shape me though and I think that I have grown up well thanks to her guidance.

I knew super smart people were drawn to my thread . It's got to be the shoes

A 17 year old boy at a college mostly comprised of female student I think someone was not worried too much about your academic future , but even if you blow a year you'll still be the same age as the rest o the class. Just make sure no one calls you doogie howser, unless they also say the non-gay version.

This thread is making me feel old - 17 year olds and Monty Python...

SPAM

Monty Python is so much win. I'm going to have to watch some again soon.

Too true, I'm now stuck watching clips on You Tube while semi browsing Dakka

I'm going to have to break out the box set tomorrow while I paint.

I'll bring the beers (If I can get off work that is)

 Ruglud wrote:
I'll bring the beers (If I can get off work that is)

Mmmm Beer.

Flick over to Viks thread and I'm talking Steak there... I'm going to go and have nice dreams now... Beer, Steak and chips (french fries for our colonial cousins)

I will be a sophmore a semester into college. So that will be fun.

Nafarious will graduate college before he can legally drink , oh my wasted youth.

Steak sounds good, but we just had a gourmet burger dinner, so I'm set for a few days .

Theo..I need to warn you. The Walking Dead show is much better than the comic/graphic novel. I know that's backwards from usual but....
The book is very dark and disturbing, and if you've made it to the Woodbury part of the show, you really Don't want to start reading the comic, nor let your kids read the comic....especially not them!

I've finished all here seasons now , loved the show, not much sleep, and had I playing while painting. I don't have cable or satellite, so it will be a while before I see the new episodes when they come out. I don't even look at comics anymore, its a shame a have a gigantic collection, more Han most comic shops around me, managed two before I got into warhammer, guess where my money went.
Finding it really hard not to buy zombicide and bash some zombies.

Did some quick basecoating and eBay surfing. Trying not to spend money as we are going to NY for a weekend in two weeks. Other brother in law had a baby awhile back, going to see her.

Yea that is what I am thinking Theo :O how am I supposed to have legal fun?

I don't really like drinking anyways though so it isn't that big of a loss. Still I was thinking that exact same thing today.

 Theophony wrote:
I've finished all here seasons now , loved the show, not much sleep, and had I playing while painting. I don't have cable or satellite, so it will be a while before I see the new episodes when they come out. I don't even look at comics anymore, its a shame a have a gigantic collection, more Han most comic shops around me, managed two before I got into warhammer, guess where my money went.
Finding it really hard not to buy zombicide and bash some zombies.

Did some quick basecoating and eBay surfing. Trying not to spend money as we are going to NY for a weekend in two weeks. Other brother in law had a baby awhile back, going to see her.

Where abouts in NY?

How far from Boston?

Don't actually know exactly where in NY. I should find out so we can do tours and stuff. My mother in law was up there for two weeks and brought back maps and guidebooks. Definitely want to see Central Park (daylight please), and the 9/11 memorial. Not to concerned with Times Square, and just seeing the Statue of Liberty will be neat, but don't feel the need to go into it or Ellis island. My wife was wanting to head up to the Boston area one day to see historic sites so if you have suggestions on an inexpensive good restaurant that's more of a hole in the wall that'll be awesome .

Pizza by the Slice!! You've got to try it. Lady Liberty is closed. Skip the Empire State skyride, but definitely go up to the observation deck.

Lady liberty is open now, but you have to get tickets he day before you go. Or that at least was what was the rules my mother in law stated when she went. Might be shut right now with the government shutdown , I know the St. Louis arch is closed, national park, feel sorry for all the tourists from around the world. We deal with his stupidity all the time, you. Guys only get the shaft when you come for a visit, or pay customs fees from our kickstarters .

Pizza by the slice was a great chain of restaurants that made it here when I was younger. I can blame them too for my waistline, along with shrike and a friend named Chris. Because it was always "xxxxxxx's" fault

My mother in law also has a metro card with money left on it that she gave us. So far it's an inexpensive trip. $500. For airfare total for round trip tickets. They are picking us up and dropping us off at the airport, so no cab fare. They have an extra car for us to use while there, so only gas, and we ill be eating out of their fridge most of the time.

Ladygeek took me to the Library of Ghostbusters fame, I was geeking out!

Little scythes work this morning.

Hero shot.

Ltr. Assault sergeant jack, ancient in progress, captain something or other, and apothecary initiate octavius(one day he'll be a full doctor ) and have more arms

Doctors with arms are more effective than armless ones Looking good Theo

Nice hero shot.. and this thread is monty python. Nothing else.

Thanks comrade, more views o the dreadnought




Still lots of detail to do, but the hard stuffs done. Both arms had been glued on previously. I busted them off and magnetized him for future swaps.

Ammo drums need paint as well as his hip hoses and buttox. Hoses under torso need paint and he needs a banner or frag launchers. I'll probably use he chaos smoke launchers as I love those compared to imperial ones. Might magnetize hose so I could make him an ironclad with hunter killers.

Need an idea for he arches on his shoulders.how should I paint inside of them. Make it look like stone, metal, or something else? I can't do stained glass so hats right out I could do the yellow in their and small squiggly lines for names of fallen.

Also what do you hint of h freehand on the chest? I'm definitely going to retry it, but should it be the scythes, or something else?

 Theophony wrote:
Don't actually know exactly where in NY. I should find out so we can do tours and stuff. My mother in law was up there for two weeks and brought back maps and guidebooks. Definitely want to see Central Park (daylight please), and the 9/11 memorial. Not to concerned with Times Square, and just seeing the Statue of Liberty will be neat, but don't feel the need to go into it or Ellis island. My wife was wanting to head up to the Boston area one day to see historic sites so if you have suggestions on an inexpensive good restaurant that's more of a hole in the wall that'll be awesome .

Lots of em.

the freehand on his chest was the first thing i noticed...look super!
as for them arches... do them in gold... after all a venerable dread needs some bling!...if you are able to do marble.. do marble for the insides...!

and i dunno why i always get wobbly knees when i see dreads... i really like the models!

I found someone who can make the decals for me. Ordering no so that freehand will disappear for better finish results.

well... i recently found out that the cheap bubble gum tattoos you egt can used wherever you want them... i made one even as a clock design underneath the hands of the clock... so in hobby terms...get yourself tattoo paper fro your colorprinter and bobs your uncle

Theo, you might like this...

And that's how they do it.....on broadway

Cluck went the chicken

Good stuff dave

I hate finding a show I love just to have to wait for the next season. The only thing worse is finding. Good show that gets cancelled. My wife and I are watching either "Numb3rs" or "the 4400" right now, both we liked, but cancelled by the networks. Then there's other shows like "surface" that hey made 1 season, where the story idea was decent, but the actors couldn't make it work.

Anybody got cool shows (must be on Netflix), that might be inspirational.

Got the kids some rental movies to watch, hey don't get t.v. During the week, but they will have a sitter tomorrow whil the wife and I have date night. I got and watched "oblivion", sounded like a great story, but I'm no fan of Tom cruise . Didn't like he plot twist, the original idea was good enough. If I still had a RPGs group I'd have a great idea for a game.

 Theophony wrote:
And that's how they do it.....on broadway

Cluck went the chicken

Good stuff dave

I hate finding a show I love just to have to wait for the next season. The only thing worse is finding. Good show that gets cancelled. My wife and I are watching either "Numb3rs" or "the 4400" right now, both we liked, but cancelled by the networks. Then there's other shows like "surface" that hey made 1 season, where the story idea was decent, but the actors couldn't make it work.

Anybody got cool shows (must be on Netflix), that might be inspirational.

Got the kids some rental movies to watch, hey don't get t.v. During the week, but they will have a sitter tomorrow whil the wife and I have date night. I got and watched "oblivion", sounded like a great story, but I'm no fan of Tom cruise . Didn't like he plot twist, the original idea was good enough. If I still had a RPGs group I'd have a great idea for a game.

once a upon a time is good. So is terra nova.

Did you have the Boloney and fishsticks?

That's just great!

Thanks dave, just spent an hour on youtube , all I to out of it was what was wrong in every movie I loved and they are still talking about making Independence Day 2&3 20 years after the first one with no will smith

If you haven't seen Fringe, I'd highly recommend it.

Netflix has the final season of Fringe in now.

Just don't start with the final season....

Looking good Theo. I feel like I miss so much on my days at the FLGS.

fringe is plain genius... i loved it...
we currently watch under the dome... hopefully it gets a second season...
and terra nova was awesome...

@dave, I keep or getting about fringe , I've seen previews and put it on my mental to do list guess we know how well that works out. And I would never start t the end .
@shaso, good to know
@nafarious, I really need to get over myself and just set up time to learn 6th edition and start playing at the FLGS, but I hate all the cussing and body odor, but I miss the competition.

Just back from a kids birthday party. The ice and I have date nite tonight. We're going o see the new movie "Gravity" and have together time away from the kiddos .

I've heard that "Gravity" is the best space movie since 2001: A Space Oddessy . You'll have to let me know about that.

i´ve heard quite differntly...here in germany it got lots of yawns...

I have also been catching up on The 4400 here thanks to Netflix and Alphas as well as Heroes

how many seasons did 4400 get? we saw the first one...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
how many seasons did 4400 get? we saw the first one...

4 seasons in total for 4400 Vik.
fringe has 5
Alphas got 2
Heroes got 4
new version of V got 2, well more like 1 and 2/3
Other series I want to look at are on other sites like Hulu

I consider the movie a dud. It was like an extended version of the scene from Star Trek out of darkness where they flew between the ships, no more plot to it. Watch something else.

I went and saw Rush tonight and it wasn't bad at all, I quite enjoyed the movie and it was fast moving as well no slow points. Last weekend I saw CWACOM2 jesus that acronym and I really enjoyed it such a feel good movie and it is super cute in some parts.

@shaso, ones how I enjoyed on Hulu was "misfits" it was an antihero show. Bunch of misfits working community service in England wind up with super powers. Was going great till one of the main actors got thrown in jail for a racially charged incident. Crazy stupid throughout, but just the right amount to keep you watching wondering what won't they do next.

Misfits? I think they also have it on Netflix under British TV shows, nah, the owners have bounced it away from Netflix to Hulu,,,same owners, NBC

Thanks shaso for the infos, I totally forgot about heroes...loved the first season, but somehow never got around to watch further...

Heroes got to be a little redundant to me. Each season was about finding he next layer o the secret government agency that created them. I loved the story however, and wanted more but found out it was cancelled. But really who wasn't watching for Hayden .

indeed...

Well, lots of schoolwork to do today and tomorrow, so not much progress will be occurring. After that I think these pics might explain what needs to happen.


I ordered his part off eBay. It's from the death shroud FW terminators, and will be my terminator hero legs, but before that it will get instamolded so I can copy the emblem for shoulder pads.


And I've talked about 1000heathens work over on bolter and chainsword. He is doing the Marines Malevolent, which has the mirrored armor coloring of my chapter. Black torso and yellow limbs. They are scavengers from my understanding, and 1000heathens does a great job of weathering them. Here's his chaplain and apothecary.

That's a lot of sprue Theo!

 dsteingass wrote:
That's a lot of sprue Theo!

Sadly not even half of it , and the smaller boxes are full of bits that were cut from sprues to save space. It will be one long cleaning fest/organizing party.

@Theo Jeez that is a cluttered desk. I want to put up a shot of mine but I am at school this week :( Speaking of which I should probably be paying attention instead of working on circle of orboros lists.

Bitz in a bin, and sprues,,,,,where will the sprues go?

Yeah, Netflix has all 4 seasons of Heroes, it got that far but the weird crept in, and yes, Hayden did brighten it up a bit as she is a lovely bit of eyecandy

The apo is a bit overdone in my opinion, but the chappy looks amazing...

The legs look stunning, I like the heavy clad and riveted look FW used for some marines...(note: I am not really that fluent with the different armor types of marines through the ages.. )
And the scythe icon is a heaven sent!

Also first homework then cleaning up your workspace...talk about out of the fire and back into the pyre...

Well, first things first I had to do grocery shopping. I did get more glue though, so sort of a nice trip.

checking in real quick, then schoolwork. This weekend is booked solid with church and church renovations. The tail end of next week is off to NY. I need to research some sites to go to while there. Id love to go to Thewarstore.com store that they opened up, just to see mind you, or if anyone has a shout out for a NY Gaming store let me know......GW need not apply as they no longer have games in store from what I read . Makes sense as they are a HHHobby store. Looke dfor Daves mythical, magical paint storage shelves at Walmart. Ours doesn't have them .Who wants to be organized anyway.

Really? That's sad. I found them in the kitchen organizer section

I have mine in a container that I have had for the last 15 years or so. I am getting quite inclined to just build one out of legos though XD and Theo church sounds like a full time duty. But it is good to see that you are active in you're community.

@dave, I checked, even asked, but nobody knew where they were.
@nafarious, mine are in two Rubbermaid containers, not ideal.

Got the test and quiz done quick, so rewarded myself with some painting time.

Just started sternguard, who are back from the deathwatch.

They do look like footballplayers...

Not sure how you mean that Vik, is their a football(American or soccer for the Europeans) that are called sternguard? In 40K they are the Vetrans, and the few surviving Scythes (about 120), could all be considered that, but its the really skilled ones that get the cool guns and ammo. After being devoured by the Nids, the one remaining Captain reorganized the remaining brothers, so there are no company markings anymore. He also sent 40 marines to train the deathwatch in anti tyranid fighting, as the chapter continues its fight against the beast, even boarding the enemy vessels to rescue survivors. These guys are on temporary leave from the deathwatch, yet keep their shoulderguards and left arms painted silver to distinguish them from their brothers. they also have extra equipment not normally given out, hence the guy with twin powerfists.

Well doing a bit of painting, got schoolwork mostly done.
I've never been a fan of the whirlwind look, I much prefer these.

They are the forgeworld version, given a different name, but if I field a whirlwind, it will have this as a top.
And since I had the predator body half completed, I thought I'd take the turret off to show the look.


I'm really enjoying the scythes color scheme, even on the tanks.

Looking good Theo.

Nice rockets!

That does make for a superior Whirlwind launcher!

Thanks guys, i also made it magnetic, so I could try this out.

Working on the new stalker patter AA.

Ahh, very nice.

Inventive! especially at GW costs for the actual models of that anti-air vehicle and such. Riptide may see a modified Gundam for the cost of 85bucks a riptide if I get my Tau back up and running.

Yeah I'm in the same position about GW costs. And since I have 15-20 rhinos sitting here, I thought I might scratch something together. Here's the current standings, had errands to run, and just got a teacher phone call .



Still lots of detail to work out, yes yes rivets included

That is looking very good there! I likey!

Teacher call? for your classes or your kids classes?

I like how you inverted the barrels on each side..
It makes your eyes go from side to side...

@shaso, it was a call from one of my daughters teachers. She has ADHD, and likes to hide assignments from us, she's supposed to have been working on this assignment for weeks in class, but has not been doing that. Her teacher, who hasn't been following the federally mandated 504 plan that's in place for my daughter didn't see she hasn't worked on this assignment in class until the day it was due. My daughter was supposed to bring it home last night to work on it, but didn't want to get in trouble, so she left it at school along with the teacher note. The teacher blames my daughter for missing class a lot because the school does a strings (Cello) class in the middle of her time, but she's not following up with the progress of the students, especially ones with learning disabilities.
@Farseerandyman, Thanks for stopping in. The Barrels just happened that way, they are mounted on the larger round bit which is just friction held inside the square piece. I could line them up to match each other but I like how they look being asymmetrical.

No progress since last post as the kids are home now and I've seen the project my daughter has to work n. It's going to be a long night. I also have to draft up a letter to her teacher, principle and counselor to discuss what has not been going correctly with the 504 plan.

theo, i was referring to the stance of yon sternguards.... the reminded me of footballers (not soccer mind you)
the whirlwind rocket launcher upgrade looks very good...but i have to ask...the GW ones... are they smaller? or where is the difference?
the AA guns look very cool...also...i like the fact that you have spinning barrels that don´t get shown in the exact same position... i dunno if i had the guts to do that...but since they are spinning and a model is kinda a pic, a still in time it makes so much sense!

and now to your daughter... is that teach willingly not following the order or just plain dumb?... and is it real ADHD? or one of the cases where the docs went the easy way and prescribed meds ? this gets done way too often...at least here...
the stunt of her letting the note and the work stay nice and warm at school... i played that trick, my wife, my son too... it is a stund probably we all did... it never really worked...but we all did it that way...eh?...
i only ever scold my kids for when they get caught for doing tricks too dumb thought out... doing tricks on your teachers or the kids they/them dont like is not something scold-worthy in my book...i just want them to be clever about it...!

I really like the drum magazines!

I wondered what the cylinders were for in the previous picture. Looking good.

AA turrets.. crazed kids and teachers. Theo you get stuff done.

@Vik, Yep she's ADHD all the way. Reminds me a lot of myself when I was young. She is extremely smart, and finishes her homework and schoolwork right away and has all A's, it's just getting her on track that is the problem. She will take 10-15 minutes to get all her supplies read at her desk in the morning and I think the teacher is just too innept to handle her. I don't think it's willfully trying to ignore the plan, just they didn't do their due diligence at the beginning of the year so now it's oh time and she is trying to catch up.
@Dave, Thanks, I imagine theres probably two rows of shells in the barrel to feed the flak guns. they will get rivets on the bands as well.
@Dr. H, Yep, I like me some drum magazines. It also ties it in with the dread who has drums on his twin autocannon.

I've contemplated getting a contemptor dreadnought because they've grown on me, but the Scythes are supposed to be a relatively new chapter, so I've not even been painting the battle company of my Mark IV suits that I love. I guess they will have to become a different chapter.... I really am torn on what chapter to build after these guys though. Lord knows I have enough figs to do it. I've done a plain color scheme before (Theophony), now this paint scheme, I've tried the quartered color scheme but didn't like the way the colors worked so I might retry that. I also have done iron warriors for chaos so i've done metallic. With Mark IV armor it should be one of the first chapters. I'm leaning towards Salamanders, but if anyone wants to chime in i'm all for taking suggestions. This of course wont start until I get lots more done with the scythes.

So Far the letter to the principle is 2 pages long. Single spaced. I'm not done with it yet, theres plenty more to write, but needed a break as my blood pressure was through the roof.

All respect to you Theo, life is hard enough without your kids teachers fething up...

Those scratchbuilt guns are perfect...

That explains it. Teacher not doing their job for dealing with the kids with special needs and only working with the "normal" kids.

THanks Ruglud

I have to give teachers a lot of praise for what they do. My wife is a high school teacher, and Varsity Cheer Coach, and has her administrators degree (which she fills in for principles all the time). This year has been the hardest for her in all her years of teaching because she's teaching 4 different English course(levels). So she has to plan each course differently. The beginning of the year was horrible with her having over 100 essays to grade in the first week alone on top of everything else.

There are soooooo many kids out there with problems and parents that don't take the time with them. I wish I had the motivation to take more time, but I can only really spend an hour or so each weekday with each of my three kids between homework, making dinner, showers there just isn't the time to do much else. Next week I pick up two more classes of my own , and neither of them is helpful for my degree.

Something has to give soon, unfortunately it will probably be modeling time. That and I am still looking for a job and the unemployment benefits are about to run out. Oh well. There's my vent. Sorry to unload, just lot of stuff hit at once and it feels good just typing out my frustrations.

I will say this - there's no way I'd want to be a teacher, especially secondary / high school (I think this is the US equivalent) age. It's not that kids are disrespecting teachers, that's been happening for years now. It's more that kids are too worldly wise and many parents don't support the teachers or take any interest at all in their offspring.

I work evenings so I see my two on Monday morning before school, then I don't see them until Friday evening. We try to make the most of weekends and holidays and the wife makes sure homework gets done, but too many other parents don't seem to care or have any interest in their childs schooling. From your comments, I can see that your family is one built around love and making the most of quality time together - that's awesome and something that many folk out there can learn from and aspire to

Having said that, there are a few bad teachers at my kids schools - how they got the job I'll never know - maybe a lack of applicants or they are friends with the headteacher...

Take some time to vent, don't let it build up - that's the worst thing you can do...

The bad teacher hing happens here too. Teachers have to walk the line for five years in a single district to get tenured. After that they pretty much have to be caught molesting a student to get any sort of reprimand, or worry about losing their jobs. The worst part though is many of the good teachers get jobs outside the field because they can earn more, which leaves the new ones, and the ones that are resentful and bitter from years of not getting support.

I don't claim to be a good parent. I make sure they are ready for school, do their homework, they are fed, and they feel safe. I know I need to be teaching them more about God, taking them to church and having some discussions is good, but I was so much better five years ago about teaching them biblical principles.

I keep thinking that at least I'm doing more than my parents, but that not enough. I'm sure the rest of you parents know how I feel at one point or another.

better to get it all out than to let it fester that elads to wrinkles and ulcers and niether of those are pretty.

heres hoping you find work soon buddy.

i do like your sycthes neat concept. personally i would want to see your mark iv in either raven guard or black templars...(im a sucker for some templars)...white scars would be interesting too.

just some thoughts buddy

Thanks Bama,

Not a big Templars fan myself, which is funny because that was the chapter I was building in third edition, and have all the ltd edition box set. Might try raven guard, but would need to figure how to paint a flat black finish. I've seen a couple really nice armies here of them.

Really leaning towards sallies though, but I want a really dark pattern.

Speels on teachers!

I been a teacher, and I been a tutor, and I got to say. It is not fun teaching, to many just don't want to try to grab a concept. A phone screen is more interesting.

Sounds like you are a good parent, actually being there in their life.

I am sure you will find a job, dont give up.

Anyways tonight I sleep, tomorrow - sleep is for the weak.

like i said theo just some thoughts...sallies would be cool also green is really fun to paint. its one of my favorite colors to paint actually.

yea with the black templars ya either love em or ya hate em....kinda like eating oysters lol.

Eww oysters >.>

I know a guy who has some really awesome black templars, he does a bit more than make them... you know... black >.>

I loved the original concept of black Templars, or first pics that I saw with all black with white shoulder pads. At the time I was about to try and make a Black and white Military police style marine army.They had MP's back in rogue trader. But then they expanded the black Templars with chains and doing a very gothic churchy feel. It just went against my grain, and it was around the time I got married and the gaming stuff disappeared for a while (years) into the storage room.

On the work side, I just got a call for a first interview. This is the first serious bite I've had in the seven months I've been unemployed. The position is in asset protection, and only part time, but could easily become more. The person for the second interview is on vacation until next week, and I leave for NY next Friday. After that is the third round of interviews. From talking with the HR manager they might be able to work around my kids school hours, so that would be a major plus in my book. They also are not concerned about my one night a week school schedule.

It was a relief getting at least the callback from someone, makes me feel like Im valuable instead of blackballed.

Congrats there Theo! Yes, the sad thing is, if you are unemployed, the length of time that you stay so hurts, but maybe now they are realizing that is a bad way to determine how to pick folks. OR that people are staying in jobs so they can't just steal them away so easily.

i cross my fingers for you theo... sounds like a good plan...

as for the possible new chapter... what about fully kitted and camo-ed up marines?... eh?

Marines don't believe in camouflage vik , it would be very un-übermensch of them. I've tried a couple schemes his morning before heading to he grandparents, none are popping out at me which is a good hing as I still have plenty of scythes to paint.

Can't remember if I mentioned I or not, but I found somebody to print my water slide transfers , should have them by next week, probably after I leave for NY though.

Have church tonight, unfortunately this will be my last Wednesday night service for a while as I start a class next week. Luckily my wife is done with Wednesday night games, so she will be able to go and take the kids to their bible study. God planned this perfectly, as always, as my wife's assistant coach needed Tuesdays free, and swapped her for Wednesday games.

Is all serendipity and synchronicity of the Universe is all Theo. What will be will be.

You have my sympathies on the teacher thing (being an English teacher and all), a lot of it's been covered but I think you're being pretty fair and reasonable about it all. It's a great job, but unrelenting (vid I am very lurky just now, and still haven't emailed you stuff); equally, as a parent, I want nothing but the best for my kids and would be/am enraged when their needs are not being met.

Also, on a far more serious note, nice tanks and related to that, it's really important to make hobby time. Remember we're very lucky to have supportive spouses: us boys do need a bit of playtime.

score one for theo on the interview!

I shall sacrifice chickens in the name of something so you get the position and ill say a prayer or two you know for good measure...(no i really dont sacrifice chickens to heathen gods...im just catholic)

Thanks, I'm a reformed catholic . I'm taking it as a God thing. I prayed about it yesterday after venting, so I just need to remember to keep going to him, instead of making it happen myself.

Positive thinking to attract positive results

and so does sacrificing chickens

Sacrifice goats. You get to make leggings out of the leftovers.

Or other clothing

What about sons of Orar?

Edit: since h picture I gave the red bother lighter coat of blood red to brighten it up some more. Pics later.

Oh and Dave, Fringe is awesome

Fringe and her... I am usually not for blondes but her...
Also...I saw yesterday a pic of an army if marines...with what appeared like lava lightning all over, will try to get pics...
Sons of orar...hmmm...they do look like the rest red marines to me, be it blood ravens or angels...


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Take a look at this fellas gallery!

Very lava themed for sure!

Sons of Orar are Ultramarine based successor chapter marines.

Also, doing the sons... That is a very high feat to live up to, once you've seen sons of orar stuff on this board...

We watched "Walter" rather than calling it "Fringe" LOL

@dave, Walter makes the show, he really has he character nailed down.
@vik, yeah, that's the problem, finding a chapter that hasn't been done beautifully. Even the scythes have been done before, and much better than what I could do. I saw he lava dread yesterday as well , its done well, but I don't go for the lava look myself, and the attack on black reach dread model is a killer for me, especially un modified because I've seen dozens of them .
@shaso, I'm drawn to ultramarines successors because they can be fielded any way I want. If I go bike heavy then I just say he captain is from an assault company, if I go flyer heavy then the captain is in command of the airwing. But if I choose a space wolf themed army I feel stuck, same with the closet angels, white scars or ravenguard, and to a lesser extent blood angels. With blood angels the only build type I dont see as normal would be a gun line.

On the job front I think I'm going to apply for head of GW legal. Seams the positions open and a few weeks ago Kirby said th type of people they wanted were (my words ballsy), can't remember how he put it but that was the gist of it.

Well...go for it... You would corrupt yourself to the very core... But maybe it would be better for us modelers

I would first serve the US government for traitorous acts of heresy in their "revolution" and departure from the crown. The case of course will have to be tried in England, following the laws of 1776. By ruining the US, their IP laws will be or end to revert back to British law. The British people will enforce our copyrights of terms such as Marine, Space, Skull and Emperor.

Those who disbelieve that we invented these terms I'll be rounded up and given the Emperor's Mercy.

Long live the Emperor,

That would be his comfy chair, not the golden one.

Unfair...who was that fella in black and white?

I had to check the last three pages in Blog View mode 'cause You're fast man!
Loved what I've seen, nice choice of Chapter as well.
Finally back in the game, i was missing this

Now if he could work on things all the time but noooo he wants an education.

@vik, that picture old be of J.R.R. tolkein. The father of all things fantasy, and the true emperor who sits on the golden throne.
@selvaggiosaky, glad your back
@nafarious, its all my fault I haven't won the lottery......yet. Guess I should buy tickets.

Picked up some supplies today including one of Dave's paint racks which I found at Walmart finally.
Also had to get my flu shot today. Lets see how that works out.

.>And you said they were mythical!

 dsteingass wrote:
.>And you said they were mythical!

They were by the chia pet unicorns

Can I see this "Paint Rack" Theo I was writing that from my computer science class >.>

Glad you got some supplies though more work now *cracks whip*

Haha I'm about to be that worker soon though, I have a huge minis commission coming in soon so that ... will be fun... I guess :l

They are just bamboo spice racks

Showing off the racks!

Dave shows off his rack more than a (insert Mardi Gras joke here)

Well, if you guys want to spend a bunch of money on laser-cut and clear acrylic paint racks instead of models and paint, I suppose you're free to do so

Not me, I'm a scrounger. One of the things ive seen in the grandparents basement cleanout is some old make up racks that are identical to the bamboo racks from walmart, only larger and white plastic. If Nanny ever gets up and about again and can make it downstairs to let me know what I can pitch and what needs to be kept of hers, then that's the first thing I'm asking for. Would it be wrong to ask if I can have them when they kick the bucket?

steins workplace is so player. mine is so sad now in brooklyn. But then again im the type of painter that spill paint all the time because i paint swarmed with a hundred open pots of paint...placed wherever i drop em on the table lol.

I too am a messy painter

Theophony wrote:@vik, that picture old be of J.R.R. tolkein. The father of all things fantasy, and the true emperor who sits on the golden throne.
@selvaggiosaky, glad your back
@nafarious, its all my fault I haven't won the lottery......yet. Guess I should buy tickets.

Picked up some supplies today including one of Dave's paint racks which I found at Walmart finally.
Also had to get my flu shot today. Lets see how that works out.

oh how my shame burns....

i´m a messy painter too...tho of fear for spilling there is never more than one pot open...

I took me about 10 years to build my workplace

Dave has come a loooong way in man cave ownership and maintenance

It started in a small, cold corner of a garage, then I got a basement, then a 1st floor bedroom with windows, now It lives in this Garage/den with heat and a/c
It's still mobile, I can pack it up and move it. I haven't graduated to permanent fixtures yet The Workbench sits on two rolling filing cabinets, but I have screwed a big shelf to the wall above.

I've got most of the basement, But I'm considering changing things around again. My workspace doesn't need to be on the carpeted part, and just got given a 4' wide 4' tall Gondola/losier rack from my father in law who got it from Home depot. It has pegboard back to it and I have 7 shelves for it. Currently it's in the garage, but it might come downstairs this winter. I've got lots to get cleared out in the basement and the upside down bedframe/table will probably come apart and I need to build my own table to design, I think I'm going 4'x4' with it for necromunda, might make it 6'x4'.

And all I've got is a very cluttered desk in a cluttered bedroom...
But if a had more space I would only fill it, I have proven this in the past...

Well, everyone's tucked in, so here's my supply drop from today.

I had a coupon that was expiring today for my hobby shop, so had to use it .

Plastic pipe, sq. stock, and tile sheet (just smaller than the old stuff I used )also a new brush, nothing fancy
And while at Walmart.

Got one of Dave's paint racks to test it out.

Not sure how many more I'll need to clean these up

Off to watch another episode of fringe, test out the new brush, and see what inspires me.

oh dear thats a very unorganized paint bucket...well good luck with the inspiration man...fringe is good for inspiring the wierd..that means yous hould do some chaos goodness lol

I should have my face laser-etched into those and sell them to Hobbyists for $30 ea


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DOH! Look at this!
http://www.corebamboo.com/3-step-spice-rack.html

I will stick with the Wal-Mart price

Ha , wonder if I can return this one to them and go buy seven more
They also have the three tier rack for $65.00, which was I think $12.98 or so.

Well, got inspired to start on a terminator.

The yellow is done, that's about it though, helmets mostly done except the eagle on the forehead.

While strolling through other blogs earlier I had a crazy idea pop into my head.......Muppet Marines . One of the guys is making BFG (battle fleet gothic) ships, and the ram reminded me of Sam the eagle.

I might make one or two for fun, like my legion of undead superheroes.

Sam is destined to be a marine...he has that constant constipated look on him...that or a commissary...



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Oh...forgot...so much paint...for someone who paints so seldom...

Haha! Sam was Jim Henson's little jab at Nixon for sure!

@dave, real reason nixson was kicked out of D.C.......he was not a crook. Didn't fit in with the rest.

Vik, I guess I just haven't had the motivation to paint, or a scheme I liked, and now I have the time.

Muppet Deathwatch team.....

Animal-space wolf
Dr. Tooth- blood angel
Miss piggy- deathguard
Fozzy bear- ???
Beaker-tzeentch thousand sons

Yeah, I know his party "handlers" pulled all the strings. But he really believed in his Moral fiber, hated rock & roll, gays, etc. A lot of Sam's lines were puns on his taped conversations.

Can't find my liquid green stuff right now to cover the scorpion on the terminators chest, but otherwise mostly completed.

Made the scythe from two undead spears and a sword. He still needs shoulder pads as well. The shield on his crotch could use some decoration also.

Scythe

Nice work. Like the scythe.

I like it myself, which is good, but I think it needs a power cord or something.

I dunno about power cords, it has a long enough handle that could easily conceal a power source.

Love the scythe!!! And your ltd is on that paintbox of yours... At the very top!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
Love the scythe!!! And your ltd is on that paintbox of yours... At the very top!

if your talking about the marine drawing, that's the cover of a book that is haphazardly laying against the chair.

I was kind of worried about using a wood colored scythe, but the handles are textured as wood, since they are fantasy. I mean a superhumanly strong person using a weapon that is made of wood? Well we all know it's held together by rivets .

and hopes and dreams you know it prolly has an admantium rod going through it as well to make it more durable...plus the wood grain could be nicks in it from fighting

I meant lgs short for liquid gs... Autocorrect for epic fail...


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Look aft the pics again...

I think that's Goblin Green Vik. LGS comes in the newer-style auto-dry pot with the clear lid.

GW changes paint range names too often, get used to the named paints and suddenly shadow gray is now The Fang?

dsteingass wrote:auto-dry pot

Made me lol.

shasolenzabi wrote:GW changes paint range names too often, get used to the named paints and suddenly shadow gray is now The Fang?

Numbers are so much better a system...

Hmmm might be green paint after all...

Yes, unfortunately it was goblin green. A+ to dave who knows a GW paint by color from a poorly taken photograph, especially as it wasn't the focus of the shot. Never play against dave in competitive "where's Waldo"

Edit: movie night, kids have some really annoying ones. I grabbed world war z, and after earth. I need some zombie fun tonight, the wife has a football game to coach her cheerleaders at.

Movie night usually consists of half an hour of the kids bickering over which they watch followed by the wife and I collapsing unconscious a couple of hours later.

Rock'n'roll lifestyle, I tells ya.

i would like to know if world war z is for the faint of heart...as i would like to watch it... but i am a bit hesitant about maybe upcoming nightmares... i am a bit squeemish the last coupla days...

@vik, world war z isn't nearly as gorey as the walking dead. I think it's rated pg13. Nothing really new or innovative in my mind. I can't remember hem showing anything really bloody either. It was okay as a film, I think it's more of a b class movie, but it has brad Pitt.
@graven, I don't I could handle excitement anymore. I think parents are becoming zombies, at least I am. Luckily I'm not bothered by brains around me

After earth was decent, will smith as a hard nose father is a little hard to swallow. He did remind me of he father in the T.V. Show revolution though.

Got 2 hours to paint this morning before the kids started to stir.
Terminator 2, I like how his face turned out. Never tried to do beards before, so gave him the subtlest of grey around the chin, cheek, and over the ears. But he is bald like. Good space marine, no hair on his head, or dangly parts below.






Now it's time to make pancakes.

WWZ doesn't interest me, CG fast zombies, jumping higher than humans....meh.

I like the highlighting on the black, very well done Theo!

Thanks dave, its just chaos black, German grey, then celestra grey.

Wows zombies aren't typical suspense horror zombies. They are only called that to bring zombie fans to the movie. They are a strain of a virus, that transfers by bite, and infects the other victims in seconds, I think 12 seconds was the incubation time. The zombies aren't out for flesh, just replicating themselves as fast as possible. Not sure what the endgame is, but they cooperate. The end of the movie was quick, and it really leaves open an opportunity for a sequal. Hopefully it would happen and flesh things out more, but I agree, I don't like the quick zombies that jump thirty feet.

the yellow of yn termie looks specially good to me... very pleasing to my eyes!

as for the squeemish side of me... well... i am in a mood where i actually could see that happening...(no need for realism check, i dunno why exactly i have such angsts...but it is a fleating thing i am sure... usually i haven´t bothered with locking our door these last years... but nowadays i do this each night... with precision...)

oh...and back to your termy... i am not sure about the brown on his...er...lack of term... but i rather would like to see another color there...hmmm...but which one...?

Well I kind of liked the brown leather straps, but I had also considered red. Or they could be yellow or black, wanted to have the brown from the other termi's scythe to have a coordinating color in the unit. Taking my kids to the soccer game my wife's cheerleaders are at today, we have another birthday party to go to, then probably to a pumpkin patch to get holloween pumpkins. Tomorrow after church most of the men are staying to remove the pews for the carpet installers to come on Monday. So updates will be later today. I'll probably be surfing my phone at the soccer game, just no desire at all to watch it.

Lol...no friend of soccer? Just like me
Now with you explaining the brown leather makes sense to me... Although red would look pretty snazzy

You sir lead a busy life and no mistake... I am way more often indoors than youy friend...

Back from soccer, my files school won 3-1. Couldn't see the screen on my phone to respond to anything. I think I'll keep the straps brown since my plan makes sense now .

Off to catch elusive pumpkins, hopefully no medic will be needed.

are you off to get the great pumpkin or one of his minions?

we do want to see your pumpkins later on !

WWZ zombies are making me think more like the idea of the Mantic Deadzone infected at early stage infection with improved sped and agility for infecteds, bad if they get to recal how to use guns like in Deadzone and mutate further to more massive sized monsters.

Now see...I can buy a virus, a brain parasite, and even something reanimating the base instincts of a person's brain, shutting down the frontal cortex, but the WWZ thing is just regular people running and jumping higher than physics allows. It's stupid. Why not add a little makeup or CG? They are all mid-twenties people in good physical shape....running

They're young and in shape because the virus was actually selectively not targeting the sick and diseased. But them working together to make columns 150' high is where I had the big problem. I was glad to see the army guys using grenades and military tactics instead of trying hand to hand because they are all macho men.

No..no..no...the human leg muscles WILL NOT allow you to jump 16X Michael Jordan jumps If a virus can make people work together, then Congressmen should get a shot of it during their swearing in ceremony


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I'll use the old Halloween costume rule..."if you have to explain it, it's not a very good costume"

Vik I just saw your post about world war z, that movie is not scary at all you will do just fine. It has a bit of apocalypse syndrome though.

Vik, get Warm Bodies, that's an excellent Zombie movie

 Ruglud wrote:
Vik, get Warm Bodies, that's an excellent Zombie movie

that would be an hour and a half of your life you would never get back vik. Zombie love film

Nothing wrong with a good ZomRomCom Theo

There is everything wrong with a good ZomRomCom.... jeez I can't believe I just said that. Zombies should stay undead, unless they are shot in the face and die.

I agree!

Such leaps, the virus obviously did not mutate them to have wolf/dog or kangaroo like legs, and even greater muscle development modificiation apes don't leap that far, and they do leap better than humans.

Overall, sounds less a zombie movie and more a mutation movie World War M?

Into Darkness Khan made a huge super human jump, so if these mutants in the Z movie are so, then hand to hand is suicide

I vaguely remember an episode of the Tulare warrior where it was vampires vs zombies. The zombie guys said that zombies would be much more capable of strength feats because of the brain not registering feedback from pain. Basically if your body didn't care about itself then you would be stronger, faster, and be able to bite through harder materials because your mind wouldn't give a rip if you tore your bicep doing it.

 Theophony wrote:
I vaguely remember an episode of the Tulare warrior where it was vampires vs zombies. The zombie guys said that zombies would be much more capable of strength feats because of the brain not registering feedback from pain. Basically if your body didn't care about itself then you would be stronger, faster, and be able to bite through harder materials because your mind wouldn't give a rip if you tore your bicep doing it.

Being a berserker, I can tell you, that wears the body parts out and eventually even the fastest zombies would be as feebly slow as I am now with a cane.

Ahh..but Khan is more like a Space Marine, post-human, genetically engineered. His cells repair themselves.

 Theophony wrote:
I vaguely remember an episode of the Tulare warrior where it was vampires vs zombies. The zombie guys said that zombies would be much more capable of strength feats because of the brain not registering feedback from pain. Basically if your body didn't care about itself then you would be stronger, faster, and be able to bite through harder materials because your mind wouldn't give a rip if you tore your bicep doing it.

that is the argument i was also trying to bring forth... humans only need a fraction of their abilities and capacities due to lack of determination or will or hesitation...

there is that urban myth where a mother lifts a car enough to make her child crawl free, innit?...

Yeah Vik, they used that back on the old TV show The Incredible Hulk with Bill Bixby. I have in the past done amazing things that freaked people out, things that today would leave me in even worse shape. Pulling a block of copper-bronze off a truck barehanded to the scale to find I manhandlea 103lbs deadweight like it was a sack of groceries shocked co-workers, my friends had trouble building up for a mental health assistant job, his weights were well set for the bench-press, I could shoulder lift and then do twistersizes witht he 200+lbs on the neck and shoulders and handle the barbell like it was an extension of myself, lift trees (small ones) out of the ground to clear for a garden, move large rocks and boulders alone, and now my musles are still there, but weaker than in that heady past, the joints are full of spurs so no leverage for right muscle use or I may be locked into a squat position.

that sounds like my granddad... he used to do works way beyond anything sane too... and paid as you did... when he was around eighty his body was very frail... i still remember him tho as the worlds strongest man...well for a lil me around 5-8 he certainly was...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
that sounds like my granddad... he used to do works way beyond anything sane too... and paid as you did... when he was around eighty his body was very frail... i still remember him tho as the worlds strongest man...well for a lil me around 5-8 he certainly was...

Well, add radiation and industrial chems exposure in the Army and I feel about 80yrs old most days!.

well...will all the new developments regarding finacial help make your visits to the meds a bit better and more helpful then?

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
well...will all the new developments regarding finacial help make your visits to the meds a bit better and more helpful then?

Hopefully, I will win the VA case, of which my 800monthly paycheck would be nice again, but likely they will label me at 30-60% still 27 yrs back pay would be good recompense for the suffering they put me through by not informing me of the already there damage from my service time. But then again, it is the US gubbmint, they will hand billions to billionaires, and steal from the poor programs to do so, and I am no billionaire, so it will be fight all the way to the end.

Back in the day I remember working in a friends garden, his dad promised us pizza dinner or the help. I was carrying 300 lb loads while my friends were dragging 40-50 pounds. Even when I worked at Home Depot I would load 3 80 lb bags of concrete at a time. People didn't mess with me, I did enough damage to myself. The best show of muscle though was another friend of mine and myself moved a ford fiesta over a full parking space. We were both hurting, and took us about fifteen minutes, but our friends watched and laughed the whole time.

There's so much out here we humans can do that hasn't even been touched yet.

Speaking of mutants.....

Terminator librarian from space hulk, only about half way done...if that.

More hulk friends

Started just throwing basecoats. These hammernators will be one unit.

Hammernators, slow to hit, but when they do it HURTS!

Well, folks expect such feats from big guys like you Theo, over 6feet tall and all that...I was a shock as I was just 5ft 10inches tall be it at the time I also had a mass to counter-weight as I was quite hefty weight at the time, well over 400lbs and folks though it was all fat, surprise!

Painting frenzy going on here, that's great to see, although I am missing your scratchbuilding !

@shaso, there were plenty of people in school who thought it was just fat. My honors history teacher told me one day that he wanted me to go out for football, he could work off all my fat quick. The same week he had his guys doing weights in the gym during my gym class. I out did all of them . I was working at our family farm before and after school every day and all day Saturday. I had enough fat on me to hide the muscle, but I wasn't kidding myself.
@ruglud, scratch building takes imagination, right now mine is overwhelmed with school. That and the painting is working for me, usually I get frustrated, so I need to push through while I can.

Sorry, lots of family stuff today after the church pew removal, not making it into he forums for comments much. Will try and rectify that tomorrow between school stuff.

Libby is an awesome model! Your hammenators tho need shoulderpads... For now the as look too weedy...

The only thing I don't like about those is the lack of other colors of them. I have been thinking about it for a while but the 2-3 colors seems to bother me.

Once Highlights Hit the models, this will break up any monotony...

@nafarious, they are still really bare as I took all of those termis, 9 o them from bare plastic or old paint colors to that stage in 3 hours. The Libby is the most done with still another hour or two to go. The hammernators only have the base layer of yellow on them and the other hulk guys have the base yellow x2 and the black base done, nothing else.
@vik,I had shoulder pads for my old chapter done for them, but now I need to get new pads. Might get some custom ones for them, or just more GW, not sure. I think the ones with the leather traps might look good on them.

The church is getting new carpet this week, we took out the pews yesterday. We had great turnout with about 30 people helping from all age groups. After they do half he church today we will go back tonight and put half the pews back, then tomorrow evening the other half will go back if everything goes to plan. I hope I does as I have school Wednesday night and leave Thursday for NY.

Hopefully will have Time for painting after getting the kids on the bus this morning, then will have to get on schoolwork later for my Tuesday Friday class. Mor updates as they come

Edit: Almost there

Oh ok so you aren't finished, you are simply doing mostly the base coats right now?

Libby's looking good.

@Nafarious, Yep, just had the yellow out and did a coat for all their bodies, with a second on the space hulk dudes. THen started doing black on all of them, but stopped after the hulk guys. then wanted to do the libby as he was using his jedi mind tricks on me. Now that he's done....finished for now, I did some touch ups after the pic was taken and saw the power cord to the axe wasn't done, I'll go back and finish the base coats on the others and then finish squads up.
@Dr. H, thanks, I'm nowhere near your level, but I can live with that. I just want a tabletop force to field.

must do schoolwork, must do schoolwork, if I type it enough maybe it will happen.

you need discipline...that libby is really cool....

Looking good theo! if i may say without sounding rude, your painting is getting better real damn quick dude! your blacks are nice and yellows are strong, making for some really good looking Scythes! I'm quite enjoying the trip down marine Rd! good to see you've even managed to get Dakka's greatest marine hater onboard lol! ........ Hi Dave!

The more you do, the better you get. There's so many hints and tips to improve painting you can't hope to try them all on one model. But if you try one new thing each time you pick up a paintbrush, you'll soon find that you improve more than you can imagine.

Once you start comparing your models to other people it can get quite depressing. So I don't do that, I compare to my previous models and try my best with each new model. So long as I improve, I'm happy (although it can get depressing when you start thinking about touching up the older models... ).

I'll stop rambling now...

Off to work with you, No play time until you've finished your homework...

I've always gotten compliments about my painting when people have seen my figs, but I always compare to the extraordinary models I've seen here and cry . I just haven't tried or even looked at how to OSL, or non metal metal. To me the biggest hurdle is getting a scheme that will carry over all the models. The one thing that's killing me here is how to denote the sergeants and veterans. I've tried the different colored helmets and stripes, but nothing is saying "yes this".

I experimented with osl once and it didn't go brilliantly, but I did learn a lot from it so next time I attempt it, it should work better.

I feel it's the little things that make the difference rather than the big techniques like that, and they're often quicker and easier to learn as well.

If it was me, I would have a look at how all the "official" chapters denote sergeants etc... and then borrow or adapt one to fit.

I have the how to paint space marines and the black library tabletop book on marines which both go into detail about markings, but it really comes down to how I want to do it. I think I'll go back to just black helmets, and no markings for rank. If anyone challenges it I will just say that they have all gone back to the basic pattern since they were decimated, and while reorganizing they are all taking a pay cut . Be nice if our government would do that.

Well half hour painting gave me "slicey mcdicey" the terminator.


Not complete, but darn close. Will revisit the power cords again.

I predict Theo will be buying new Abbadon black paint soon

Hey Theo, had a talk with my wife yesterday, subject: your active churchlife and how your church and all folks help to get the work done. We both doubted that such behavior is likely to be happening in any of our churches here... Seems every one is too drawn up in their own lives...we felt a bit ashamed...

As to your servant issue... Following your scheme options, I say go with red heads...it is a spot color you already use...and the way I remember, sergeants have constant red faces too

@Dave, I usually buy a couple at a time , hopefully they come from the same lot then, cause I've had variations when buying rom different stores months apart.
@vik, while I like the red, with using red lenses it makes it so hard to do the helmets that color as well. I even dislike the white helmet I did with the red stripe

As for the help at church, our pastor took photos of my kids helping out last night, very cute, and they had fun. Biblically you can't get into heaven through good works, Jesus paid the price for us already. There's nothing any one of us can do that God couldn't do, so our acts should only be out of love and obedience, not to be able to say "look at all the good I've done". I do it because I enjoy physical labor. I think sitting at a desk for 8hours straight would make me crazy, even painting I need breaks. It's also good to work along side people you share the same faith with, everyone is good friends, not just "hey I've seen that guy on Sunday". Great differences in age and ability were there too. We had my kids and another guys son there then there see people like Troy in his seventies who is still very active. He was crawling underneath the pews tightening the screws which were evil ungodly things .

Looking Very good so far.

with all this talk i think i need to look up what the term pew means

and yep... altrusim is the only thing that one day will keep this world on turning... currently there is way too less of it...

pews are the benches you sit on in church Vik. The ones here are bolted down into the concrete floor so they don't get knocked over. The biggest problem was the bolts were too long when they were first installed. each of the pew legs has a hole cut in it for the bolt to stick up through it, then a washer then a nut holding it down. to remove the pew was a bear because you had to loosen the screw as far as possible, then put a him under the leg to lift it high enough to get the nut off because the screw was too long. The pews are roughly 18' long (6meters) and are solid oak, so they are heavy. After we removed the pews then there was a minefield of the screws sticking up out of the concrete that even remembering that they are there we all were tripping on them. One of the other guys brought his compressor and grinder to shorten the bolts, which made reinstalling the pews easier, but a few were too long still last night, so made the evening difficult. The biggest problem is the hole for where the bolt goes in is so tiny that most adult fingers cannot manipulate the nuts onto the bolts. Luckily my three little minions came last night and were able to get the nuts on most of them, and us adults could go and tighten them down after them. Thank God for little hands.

not sure what I'll get done today. I've been up and down all night. Not sick or anything, just not able to get comfy.

That sounds like your church was built to survive earthquakes and what not...

Yep, sometimes kids are really useful I had to rely on these lil nuggets quite often too...adults backs are often too stiff, fingers too thick and arms too...and besides anatomical advantages...kids have the urge to be of use/ help to their parents...outside...of course getting the damn garbage out to the can is a whole other matter...

no I said that because the lid to your pot wasn't closed in the previous pics

gosh... I had to look back to see that camoappeareance of that poor pot

@dave, it was closed...as good as I could be with the self drying GW pots, maybe you aren't aware of that issue
@vik, my kids take the trash out, it's getting them to brush their teeth and flush the toilet where I have the issues.

Still not sleeping well this morning, but getting ideas for our trip on Thursday, so the time is productive.

While Dave's awake I might point out something I saw on fringe. The episode where the son of the farmer is burrowing through the ground because he's part scorpion, the farmhouse they use looks suspiciously like the farmhouse from the walking dead. It might just be coincidence, but I think they were filmed on the same set/ lot.

Do you know the episode name/season? I'll have to re-watch it.
It's probably a dried lump of paint in the pot lid, clear that and it should close better.

At some point, they moved a lot of the Boston/NY filming to Canadian locations with similar buildings (to save money), TWD is all filmed in Georgia, but it could be.

can´t recall that episode... which season is it?

and mate... I totally feel your pain here... flushing the toilet seems an illogical obstacle for kids...? it totally makes me wonder why ...or washing hands... I am furious every time... thank the heavens I have currently no problems with high blood pressure

if7when we clean up at home... they are most eager to scrub and polish tho... so no lazy kids

self drying GW pots

that sounds so much like advertisement (built in obsolescence... anyone?)

I think it's season 2 episode 2"night of desirable objectns" or something along those lines.

Ahh..>Filmed in Vancouver. The Farmhouse is most likely to be similar anywhere that was near a Railroad track, since you could order kits from the Sears Roebuck catalog and they were often shipped by railroad in the 1800s. Vancouver is very similar to anytown USA.

Am I the only one that finds it amusing that you described the screws that hold down the pews in church as "ungodly".
Surely they are some of the most holy screws around for miles...

@dr. H, what's Holey now are my tennis shoes, I don't shuffle my feet like the people tripping on these things, I stepped down on them full force....twice. Once in my arch that hurt, and once the screw came up between my big toe and the index toe, right through my sock too. They must not be Holy, since they pierced my sole (but not soul) . I called them ungodly for a reason.
@dave, every film studio goes to Canada, I think it's appropriate as the x-files were filmed n Vancouver also.

Well painted for an hour after the kids got on the bus.
Here's 1 3/4 space hulk guys, still looking for his arm.

And the money shot.....not

And group shot so far.

Mr. White helmet will get a black helmet in the future, I think after talking with vik my mind got set in stone about that, and held by ungodly screws as well.

Well look upon it as your shoes and socks are now blessed.

Terminators looking good as a group.

A further thought on the helmet colour thing. How about, with the red helmet, instead of red lenses you could do purple lenses. Because; Special.
Or not, just an idea.

I've got a plethora of helmets around, guess I could give the variations a try. Just probably not happening today, got to work on school.

Maybe I can sell my shoes on ebay then, they were worn out and I'm going to buy a new pair before heading to NY.

For cheap terrain you might want to check out this kickstarter.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1141913215/impudent-mortals-28mm-near-future-sci-fi-tabletop

you really getting better with painting... you choose a very hard scheme mister...and you do it justice...!

and I wondered too about the so called ungodly screws...(taming of the screw anyone???) but since you explained it so well...I totally see your point...damned be thee screws! ...you got lucky tho that your feet got not really hurt by that old metal... bloodpoisoning and so on could have been the case... and since your kids had been jumping all around it is a living proof that someone above must´ve been keepen at least one eye out for the lot of you to protect them from serious harm!...stands to reason

also... I think yon termy knows where his missing arm is... see him pointing...I think he wants that scythe of his fellow marine... greedy marines...tstststs...

Excellent group shot theo!

Now find that poor chap his arm... before he loses his arm!

 cormadepanda wrote:
Excellent group shot theo!

Now find that poor chap his arm... before Theo loses his arm!

corrected that for you

If your right shoe offends you....

@Vik, LOL for so many reasons.
@Comrade, he's awake....where are the pics?
@ Dave, I keep looking for a milestone too.

His arm is somewhere in a bag full of termi bits, unfortunately as I am getting closer to leaving for NY it looks like my projects are going to be going on hold .

well... we can live with on hold...

tho... hopefully we don´t have to hold the line for too long?

IG: "Cannot hold the line, company is dead, enemy is coming through, gonna die anyway, I am calling for fire mission on my position.....repeat, fire mission, fire mission, fire Mission! My position! Lock onto the coordinates before it-aaack! Gurgle, AHHHHH!............................................"

Last transmission from Bravo company, 85th Rensellier guards assigned to sector delta 228 during Tyranid incursion from splinter fleet (Classified)

Well painting and modeling will be on hold, but I'll still send my usual pithy comments as possible.

You know when you see or hear something that really isn't that funny but it makes you laugh redicolously. Watching fringe they were discussing the Walter from the alternate universe, and Walter called him the "walternate"... I busted a gut or ten minutes. I had to rewind Netflix to go back because I could remember anything else. I laughed so hard it hurt . Looking back it wasn't so funny, but just hit at the perfect moment.

@vik, funny how you chose the tyranids to eat my thread. That's how the scythes were obliterated after all.

Yeah, Walterprime says the darndest things!

Walternate is a mean mf...
And his team is as tough as nails... Personally I like this world better...they have airships of course

And nids...in an happy coincidence...

AND we're heavy banking on your here and there presence

Yeah, he becomes known as Walternate from now on. You have much to watch still Theo! -no spoilers from me...I'll just wait until your comments about Fringe get more colorful....

@dave, just about through season two. Olivia has taken her strike team into the walternate dimension where they have discovered Spock....er I mean Belly.
@walternate is turning out to be a mf, but who would blame him? If I came and snagged one of your boys, wouldn't you do everything to get them back?
@Shaso, walterprime is great fun

Well last bit of fun before we leave, might sneak a little in tonight after class, just depends on when it lets out.

Finally using the space hulk terminators, and located the missing arm

Still a lot of work to go, probably not even halfway there.

Oh fully right, I would go complety ballistic if that would've happened...but more in a vengeance kind of way... Walternate...he becomes something else tho...

The freehand of the scythe icon looks surprisingly very good ontop of the wings!

Shhhh Vik!!

Walter's best line "It warms your asss!"

Another great line is peters name when he's hiding out in the hotels "gene Cowlins"

Of course the universe hates me why else would this finally show up at my door just before I leave town.

I might have time right now to make an instant mold of it, but won't have time to play aroun with finding how to fit it to the shoulder pads .
I know my dreamforge stuff will show up when I am gone and my mother in law who's staying here with the kids will refuse the package , and the transfers I ordered should also be arriving any day now as well.

On another front, I got an email to schedule a phone interview for a position at the local hospital . I might have to change my screen name to Dr. T or something .

Oooh good deal! good luck! Facility Maintenance or what?

Facility maintenance or janitor. Either way it's been voted as best place to work multiple times. I filed out for multiple positions. My mother in law has worked there for 30+ years. She is the longest tenured employee with them. Hopefully that helps get me in the door. It's entry level but great benefits and good wages. And with obamacare......May be one of the only safe jobs for the next year or two.

Good news Dr T
Although that puts me in mind of this fellow:


Have fun while away.

@Dr. H, I could be worse off, I could look like Dr. Quinn medicine woman. But I'll probably just blend in with the scrubs I I'm lucky

doc ter...ahem...^^

well...good luck...i always feel that way when the family wants to go on a holiday...i would rather stay at home...seriously... you hav to sit cramped together in small cars, eat stale food, and have the kids cooking at an anoying level of boredom...and after a certain time i get seasick on the road too...i hate voyages... beside...the good stuff not really happens for me outside...it´s inside...but since my wife thinks otherwise...*bzzzzzzz....brainwashing commences....* "hmmm...how about a nice short trip honey?"

and i personally like walters comments about his bladder...that always cracks me up... that and his recollections of his LSD trips

Well luckily vik it's a short trip without the kids. Between flight times we are really only there two full days, with early out flight on Sunday and we land there late Thursday afternoon but my brother in law is picking us up around 6 pm from the airport, probably a drive to get to his place after that.

My main wants for the trip is to see the 9/11 memorial, Chinatown, little Italy, grand central station, tour Central Park and see the skyscrapers, just the skyline. Not going to tourist traps or the long line places. I'm fine with catching a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty and other sites.

Plus we're staying at their house and using their spare car so we won't have stale food. At worst our new niece will keep us up all night with her crying...colic.

Also a bummer my online class I've had just rescheduled the midterm for 4 days to guess when??? That's right it starts the night we leave and ends the night I come home. So I have to pack my schoolbook and notes for the class. It's a good thing I wake up before my wife, hopefully I can finish it while she's sleeping and not worry about ruining our trip.

Vik must pack sandwiches on his family trips ala Vacation..just watch out for the dog

The dog , reminds me my brother in law has two dogs. Better make sure I pack the allergy medicine in my carry on bag.

Waiting for my geometry class to begin, hopefully it helps my modeling skills, because it doesn't help towards my degree.

Theo must be feeling like a one legged man in a butt kicking contest.

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Theo must be feeling like a one legged man in a butt kicking contest.

I feel like that gift now. My wife is not a morning person , doesn't even like being talked to until she's been awake or a least an hour. She one up extra early 4:30 am today because he's excited to go, but I was up late with school. She tossed and turned in bed, nudged me a few times to see if was up, and cleared her throat A LOT. I finally got up and left the room, she was upset that I didn't talk to her as I got up . This is going to be a hell of a trip .

Still an hour before I get the kids up for school and 3+ hours till we leave for the airport, luckily divorce lawyers sleep in late or hey might get a call this morning.

Enjoy the trip Theo! Relax and take lots of pics for us!

Oh mate! What a coincidence... My wife reacted that way in bed today too... Bet it must be because we have full moon? And indeed with added schoolwork and colic toddler...this will be an amazing or should I say filled with suspense...

All the best with job Theo. Must be a wife thing, mine was awake from half 1. Still, meant she cleared season 4 glee off the hard disk. Sigh.

@ Vik - probably a stupid question, but have you tried putting one end of his bed up on blocks (or books)? We found it really helped with Joe when colic-y.

Not my kids are colic... Thank the heavens... Mostly boys get this early three months in a row malfunction...must be that men are a bit undone...(my inner wife talking here^^

I'm in NY , I'll be running the place in 12 hours . Thinking about pretending to be mr. Chen, he has a limo waiting what's my chances of pulling that off?

Good luck Theo

You should go to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Ventilator Building while you're there, see if MIB HQ is really under it

Good luck with the hopsitial.

Also.. I am awake.. photos are up..

Secondly.. I wanna be Dr. Panda. You can be Dr T and we have Dr H. Combined we are Dr Team! or Thp

I'm a doctor any way

Did you get that limo? Your a bit on the larger side for a Mr. Chen,eh?

I didn't read the sign good enough...it was for mrs. Chen , needless to say I didn't pull that one off. My brother in law leaves early for work, so I'm up at my equivellent of 3am to shower so he can drop us of at the train this morning to ride into NYC. Had New York style pizza last night from a family restaurant, huge slices you have to fold in half to even fit in your mouth, then went to their favorite homemade ice cream shop. My new niece is beautiful, and I haven't heard her cry all night, so much for the colic we heard horror stories about. I forgot to take my allergy medicine last night, so horrible headache this morning so far, especially cause of the two dogs I pet ferociously last night. See you guys later, and get to work, cause I must live vicariously through your riveting the next few days.

Soon update ready for you to feast upon
And mate to forget your meds...tststs...

And such pizza I would like to eat too one day...hmmm

I miss that kind of Pizza! :(

well... you have to remember the german kind of pizza, right...? fugly and mostly bad tasting... nothing too chew but way often too crunchy...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
well... you have to remember the german kind of pizza, right...? fugly and mostly bad tasting... nothing too chew but way often too crunchy...

Not as bad as that in Neu Ulm, but had a flaky dough pastry like pizza at a restaurant in that city was a very odd pizza experience. Delivery place made what they called a "Pizza-Calzone by simply making then folding a soft crusted pizza over in half.

yup... my first calzone was a new expierience for me too...i felt like a noob...^^...thought they´d ruined the pizza back then

well... to be honest i more eat fridge pizza...so fresh pizza is another matter...

Most calzones should look like:

mine did look more like a folded pizza tho...

Just checking in. Been to grand central station, Statue of Liberty, boat cruise, 9/11 museum and memorial, was at a restaurant that was on a tv show called bar rescue, but didn't eat there as it's Irish cuisine. Now ad rocker feller center waiting to go to the top floor observation level. Passed Empire State Building, and the MIB headquarters seems to be undergoing renovations, at least thaw what mr. Black told me after flashy thinging me multiple times.

Haha I suppose that white floor is a bitch to clean

Hey, now that you have seen it, and looking at some of what Dave has for scenery, we can call his entire collection assembled into a pattern "New Dave City" and for Theo, once you catch up to Dave in buildings, "Theophanyopplis"