They look good Scrazza and even better X50%!!

Thanks Chibi!

I'll start painting them tomorrow evening, I'm almost out of black paint. I forgot to buy Chaos Black But, I may have just enough to base-coat one model.

On second thought, I may not have enough time tomorrow. After lunch, I'm going to the movies, seeing True Grit, then get home, eat dinner, and make ready to go out to a jazz café. haaah fun times as a regular customer in my local jazz café with good friends. What's not to like about that.

Hey Scrazzman nice hobby Blog! Like your fledgling guard force and really like the look of your Tanith style veterans. I must say That's a great colection of non GW minis you've just bought i especially like the 'Brennus' dude. Great fiction as well! Your compliments on my own Fiction are even more appreciated now i see the quality of your own work! I will take a more in depth look at all the pages soon, might be some hidden conversion gems.

Thanks Perkustin! Ha, a great fiction writer commenting on my stuff, thanks!

Hope you like what you see when you start from page one.

No problemo Matey . Check out my P and M blog sometime. There's even a bit of Dark Eldar fiction there.

I'm sure I'll do that. I can't now, I've switched over to my crappy laptop and I can't view pictures. Plus, there's no hope I'll be going on the computer tonight, My dad's on it right now. First thing I'll do tomorrow.

and plus, This is going to be my last post today

Good to see you posting again matey, the guard colour scheme is really nice , good choice , but the new models look super, especially like the roman and the norse.

Ohh, those pit-beasts and Trask look like they have some cool bits for lootin' And the Decurion looks really nice, who produces him?

Thanks Neil!

monkeytroll wrote:Ohh, those pit-beasts and Trask look like they have some cool bits for lootin' And the Decurion looks really nice, who produces him?

The decurion is actually a Centurion. (My mistake) And it is produced by Tale of War. The model is 32 mm though. I bhought him for funs, an just to paint.


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Hello again .

I just went through the Urban Mammoth site again, and I took another look at the Viridian Special Forces.

Am I the only one thinking: Stormtroopers?

http://www.urbanmammoth.co.uk/acatalog/info_13127.html

http://www.urbanmammoth.co.uk/acatalog/info_13131.html

http://www.urbanmammoth.co.uk/acatalog/info_13132.html

I'm considering buying some more of these, painting them like my guard army, and count them as stormtroopers. (painted greyè flak armor, and red clothes.)

What are your opinions on this?

Painting has started. No pics yet, but I have started on another short story again. Here's the link to the page.


http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/352440.page

Read it.

the urban mammoth guys , look pretty cool . read your story , good start fella!

Thanks for reading Neil

I added the second part a few hours ago.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/352440.page

anyway, Update time!

I have everything assembled, and have started painting. The two pit beasts are done, and I have started work on the Viridian Special Forces, of which I'm going to buy more, and use them as storm-troopers. Captain Lee Hammer might be suitable to lead the storm trooper squad, or otherwise I'll buy the special forces sergeant model.

C&C welcome.

Hey scrazza, good work on the pit beasts, they look great. So, are you now going to start Urban war?

Hey Hendaron! Long time ago. I don't know yet. I like the models, the game looks promissing and all, though I'm going to need D12 dices I dunno, maybe just paint them up for funs, and use a couple of them for Necromunda. I know I'm going to use most of the Viridians to add more interesting models to my guard army.

Hey, we should have another game sometime, Hendaron!

Scrazza wrote:
Hey, we should have another game sometime, Hendaron!

Yes I know, I wanted to call for yesterday, but I though it was only friday, and not saturday.

hendaron wrote:

Scrazza wrote:
Hey, we should have another game sometime, Hendaron!

Yes I know, I wanted to call for yesterday, but I though it was only friday, and not saturday.

Haha, yeah. Calenders sure come in handy
But maybe we should play another game next saturday? Or next sunday, if that fits better?

I prefer sunday, then I got plenty of free time.

Sunday's fine! ha, I'm working an new terrain, should be finished by then. Oh, and prepare for a 1500 pts game.

What are you going to bring. Nids or BA?

I got new list with BA so.

Great. That means I won't be eaten completely

And it means I can do something before I get wiped.

Scrazza wrote:Great. That means I won't be eaten completely

And it means I can do something before I get wiped.

You'd rather face Bangles than Nids? Pschaw! Ye be insane, Scrazza. Therefore, you just might win.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Scrazza wrote:Great. That means I won't be eaten completely

And it means I can do something before I get wiped.

You'd rather face Bangles than Nids? Pschaw! Ye be insane, Scrazza. Therefore, you just might win.

Insane you say? CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!! I say!

I like those Pit Beasts.

Thank you Ghosty.

I really like them. I like pig people in general.

ghosty wrote:I really like them. I like pig people in general.

You seem to have some strange preferences, my friend.

Ooh nice update Scrazza, the minis look excellent , loving your captain, and good work on the pit beasts , really liking the style of your men. this is gonna be interesting i can smell it. check out your updated fluff asap ;-)

neil101 wrote:Ooh nice update Scrazza, the minis look excellent , loving your captain, and good work on the pit beasts , really liking the style of your men. this is gonna be interesting i can smell it. check out your updated fluff asap ;-)

Thanks Neil.

I will try to paint something these days. We just had a week's holiday, and school started again today. School's having a blast, at our expense.

Update time. I finished a small piece of terrain, plus I finished the count as storm troopers. And I started on Captain Lee Hammer, who I will rename to captain [insert name], with added fluff. :nod

At least, I thought I was done with the stormtoopers, afterwards I reckoned storm troopers didn't need backpack. the wole idea of stormtroopers lugging camping equipment with them is stupid. Hence the unpainted backs with a hole in it. I will fill it with greenstuff, and start work on their backs this evening. Nefore or after I started on another piece of terrain.

EDIT: Forgot to include the pictures.

Excuse me for bad lighting.

Noice.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Noice.

Thanks!

Another update. I have sculpted some 'worky bits' on those stormtroopers backs, just like Captain Hammer has on his one. I tried to replicate it, and it turned out rather nice. I also played a game against Hendaron today. No batrep, but there are pics of my deployment, and a pic after Hendaron's first movements phase.

Your GS is looking pretty good! But.. is that.. unpainted areas that I SEE?! HERETIC! (bottom pic, the dudes back.. has black bits..)


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Darkvoidof40k wrote:Your GS is looking pretty good! But.. is that.. unpainted areas that I SEE?! HERETIC! (bottom pic, the dudes back.. has black bits..)


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Thanks!
Myeah, there were backpacks there, but I pulled them off after I painted the models. I have to start over again with the backs of those two miniatures.

hammer looks really nice , great mini , and good green stuffing too! the battel pic is cool , looks like a big game. did you win?

Thanks Neil! Yeah it was a 1500 game of IG (me) vs BA (Hendaron) We played cities of death, but chose to just go with two objectives and two stratagems.

In the end I controlled one objective (The big factory that JUST isn't vissable in the two pictures. The other one I contested. I had nothing to destroy that dreadnaught with, in combat. The second objectice saw the 'fortress' in which there is a dreadnaught and some devastators. But, yes I won.

I'm not going to write a full batrep on this, I can't be bothered to at the time. Heck, most of the time, I can't even be bothered to do anything in the hobby. X 2

You let a 'nought get into combat with your squishy guardsmen meatshields?

The Commissariat will be having a quiet word with you, commander..

Darkvoidof40k wrote:You let a 'nought get into combat with your squishy guardsmen meatshields?

The Commissariat will be having a quiet word with you, commander..

I couldn't get him out of there with shooting, it was 5th turn, and Everything I had left that could do something against it either missed, or failed to penetrate. So, I didn't assault him, i got withing two inch of the objective to contest it. so it was 1 objective for me, and 0 for Hendaron. = Win for the 17th Khazak Infantry.

Awesome blog, scrazza. Subscribed.

I love your Urban Mammoth Storm Troopers. They're very different, but they'd also make some pretty sweet Necromunda Enforcers, me thinks.

Peace

Doop

Haha, thanks Doop! Have you found some inspiration for your own Delaques?

Myeah they could be nice enforcers I guess. I have loads of models that could double for Necromnuda.

Scrazza wrote:

PS - Where'd you get your Stubber?


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Scrazza wrote:Haha, thanks Doop! Have you found some inspiration for your own Delaques?

I have mate, thanks heaps. You're a great modeller, and from what I can see of your blog, your painting has improved heaps over the period.

Thanks again, for the kind words! I hope I can keep improving. The stubber's from an Imperial Guard tank kit. It comes with every Guard tank out there, Chimera, Leman Russ, Basilisk,...

Update time! I finally finished the two storm-troopers. Oh, and the stormtrooper captain is done too. Hmm, now to get more of these. hehe. I was thinking of converting a cadian to something like those. I need two meltagunners, and then this could be played as a legal unit. some greenstuff, some cutting, and those heads that come with the command squad, you know, those with the caps on. Hope that will work out.

on to the pics!

comming together nicely matey.

Thanks Neil, again.

Unfortunatly I have run out of models to represent the stormtroopers. So, now I have to wait until I can save the money for more But for now, I'm happily working on the Secutor Gladiators .

Update time again!

Note, all gold is done non-metal.

Who are these intriguing fellows? I'm especially interested in the one at the bottom..

Nice weathering on gladiator guys shield scrazza, and good wound effect on the officer. the gladiator is a cool looking model , nice and chunky!

These are great Scrazza
nice one!

The NMM gorget looks really good and shiny. Your Scifi sergeant guy with the beard is also very well painted. I too really like that 'Cyber Murmillo' gladiator.

Wow, I got a little more replies than I anticipated.

Thanks for all the comments guys!

I'll try to practise to paint the metal 'Non-Metal' in the future.

@Darko: it's an Urban Mammoth model, Secutor Gladiator.

^^ It looked like you had converted it from Scratch.. your skills are that misleading .

Darkvoidof40k wrote:^^ It looked like you had converted it from Scratch.. your skills are that misleading .

Thank you, Darko!

Nice wound on the Sergeant, the gladiator, as a model, doesn't really appeal to me, but nice painting anyways

Thanks! Yeah, as a model I don't like it either, it just came along with the rest. Shame there are two of these guys in the box.

Sooo, no update time this day.

BUT, I have come up with some fluff for yet ANOTHER Guard army. Just some rough ideas though. The idea sprang from reading Flesh And Iron, by Henry Zou (An Imperial Guard BL novel)

o to the idea. The planet name: Ousia. The idea for representing these guys is to just take a basic Cadian model, roughen him up so that he looks like a man who lived in a swamp for his whole life. The colors will be a drab green, mixed with different sorts of greens.

Fluffwise: Ousia is a swamp covered planet, and it's people are of the rural type. Imagine a swamp filled with dangerous animals like gator's and feral orks. They use swamp barges to travel through the smudgy bayous.

So, a jungle/swamp specialized army, yet not Catachans. whadaya think? Any help would be appreciated.
I am starting work on the test scheme tonight, but I don't know when it'll be finished. My hobby life has slackened these past few days...

Not sure if this helps but these guys looked good to me
http://eurekamin.com.au/news.php?newsid=EFpEZElEFyMHdTLhhY

Hmmm, They don't look like what I was aiming at, but thanks either way. I was thinking of normal cadians, but with some small alterations made. you know, roughen 'em up.

hey scrazz sounds like a fun project, why not just make a squad though , i would go bear arms and cadian body, catachan legs, with lots of black face stripes , and beanies and camo , make every one a specialist , sniper with hood etcc. then give them a hover craft.

the only thing i could think of like that would be the misty swamp level from killzone 1 on the ps2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWcv9SBFWrg&feature=related

Thanks Neil! Yeah, the video really showed what I had in mind for the environs. Your idea of the parts sound nice, but I wouldn't go all bare arms. Some mixing and matching with the cadian and catachan parts, and maybe some other GW bitz will really look good IMO. But I'm not too sold on the idea of camouflaging their faces. maybe some dirt stained clothing, but camouflaged faces? meh.

After I do the test model, I was thinking of making a small diorama, of a ten men squad sailing through the bayou on river patrol on a swamp barge. Imagine a squad of guardsmen relaxing on their home-planet Ousivia, amidst the hordes of stalking feral orks. Then imagine the ousians relaxing to some chill music.

Personally, I can really see them being lazy sailing to this song :

so its a nam feel then , thats what that music says to me ., you should make them lazy sons too , all beard and long hair like donald sutherland in nearly any war movie he has been in. not that long hair and beards equals lazy , as i have short hair and no beard

Must have men with beards hahaha! Really, I totally last the idea of beards and long hair.

Yeah, I'm going for a Vietnam style unit, but the colors are a 'bit' different. I just finished the flak armor, gun and helmet on the test model. Pics will be up tomorrow, but as a spoiler, I used the colors :





The idea of lazy gaks was my initial thought of doing. I want them all stroling on the deck, hanging over the rails, sitting sipping alchohol, smoking and the two only men who are 'actice' are the captain and the gunner who, lazily, still do their jobs for the Emperor!

I really dread the idea of scratchbuilding a swamp barge though, it seems so daunting...

Well you could take some notes from Monkeytrolls hovvawagon, i also remeber seeing a paper built viet nam style boat in the tutorials section i think . looked perfect for those nam style gun boats. and i found this custom built one , which has a tutorial to go with it.
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http://vsf15mm.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html

Yeah, Silveroxide's thread I believe for those papercraft boats. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/90/302107.page#1991108

And yes, I want to see a hovercraft The basis for my hovvawagon has been sitting around for years whilst I tried to figure how to make it work for my Swamp Rats. I want to see a guard version, then I might go back and make mine

Chaos marauder heads for the bearded, long-haired look, and a few guys cut off at the knees so they can be wading through mangrove swamps

hmmm, the pic doesn't show, and I can't seem to find it in the link.

sorry, I can't seem to find any info you posted.

EDIT, you fixed it now, I can see it, thanks!

BUT, I have found some inspiration of myself: prepare for a buckload of picture



@monkeytroll: the link to the tutorial is really helpfull. I put it with favorites, and it definatly deserves a look into, thanks!. oh and I have been looking through your pictures, but I just can't seem to find any pics of your hovvawagon, could you please link 'em here?

And thanks for the help! Marauder heads, I'll get em someway The idea of cutting of their legs will work fine, but I kinda pictured them all on the boat.

Thanks Monkey!

i found the individual links

http://www.hat.com/Othr7/Nuno29P.html

http://www.hat.com/Othr7/Nuno30P.html

http://www.hat.com/Othr7/Nuno31P.html

http://www.hat.com/Othr7/Nuno33P.html

Thanks Neil, I can see the links clearly now. It really shows a simple but nice way to build a gunboat, thanks!

well, here is the test model. No real conversion work about him, he was just a random guardsmen I chose.

The base needs some touch ups, it doesn't look 'swampy' to me. I wanted to take a face shot, but the batteries decided to die.

What do you think of the color scheme? It's quite different from my usual red-only schemes.

all metals and gold are done NMM.

Darker green required, methinks.

Ohyessir, you must make a Charkos model (provided he survives.. use him as Lieutenant [special character name] or as one of the Platoon Commander special characters).

Well, that will be the next model I'll make Charkos it is!

Darker green? I dunno, I like the green flak armor as it is. No need to make it any darker I think...

Ahah, don't make him just yet! Wait till the end of the story! Who knows what "rewards" he will be blessed with and what "encounters" he might survive.

Scrazza wrote:

Spoiler:

I might turn him over to worship Khorne

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Scrazza wrote:

Spoiler:

I might turn him over to worship Khorne

really like the style of this guy , its achange to see a brighter scheme too. like what you did with his boots . now they look like the armour plating ;-) it all ties together very well. maybe a few washes would add to that swampy effect, also nice touch with the helmet;-)

Great Nam Man. I think you have nailed the colours perfectly. Have you thought about modelling some 'Nam era GI flak jackets? I think they would look ace.

Y'know Scrazzobin, lookin' at that guy again in a clearer mind (mornin' all) I quite like him. But the base puts me off.. definitely get some clumpy grass and water effects on there! Make a real swamp of it!

I like... Only some grots dressed as vietcong are missing ^^

hendaron wrote:I like... Only some grots dressed as vietcong are missing ^^

Ork Kommandos more like.

Grots with AK 47's and straw helmets...I like the idea Kommandos sounds good too though

@Neil: Thanks! Yeah the base needs some more attention, don't it? I'll try to make it work. The idea for this model was to use no washes and no metal colors. It has worked so far, but the base dearly nddes some wash.

@Darko: haha, glad you like it now Thanks! Like I said before, I'll see what I can do about the base

@Perkustin:Thanks! You mean something like this?

Hey Scrazz, great looking model, however...

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Darker green required, methinks.

I'm with this guy. If you want it to be camoflagued, make it darker, so he can lie down in the mud and not be seen. Ok, not brown, but I'm saying darker green.

But, your choice, looks great regardless

Thanks! Everybody tells me to paint it darker, but I kinda prefer it this way.


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some more inspiration for the future diorama :

Yeah that kinda thing, but with the kevlar inserts it takes on a cool 'puffy' appearance that i really like.

hey scrazza... guess your blog will take the better half of a complete day to read through^^...so i will be basing my post here on your recent RPG related model...

like the choice of bits! he looks very good, also would be nice to see some more shots of him as i cant seem to catch where you wanted to go NMM on him... but thats just totally me as this tech is new to me... but i am very interessted in that methode!... as to your base...do you by chance know of window colors? i would recomend clear colors of this to use to create a very cheap watereffect! also would use some grass or something to give a living feel to the base... i understand that the base is wip but there needs to be something to get it more of a 3D look...
other than that i am also a great user of red IGs and i am thinking the lighter green is something thats very nice for a change of schemes... have to invent a good new one for my guys when i will be doing something new...well this might take some time ^^since my backlog is stuffed with stuff^^


will be now a regular^^

cheers, and see you later, vik

The Catachan kits have some flak jackets. I could take those and build it up from there.

I did some more work on the Ousian's base. Not much, but I'll show it to you all tomorrow. Oh and I started painting a new piece of urban terrain. I reckoned my field looked a bit off with all those tiny pieces of terrain and that one big one. Pics tomorrow! Or later


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Viktor von Domm wrote:hey scrazza... guess your blog will take the better half of a complete day to read through^^...so i will be basing my post here on your recent RPG related model...

like the choice of bits! he looks very good, also would be nice to see some more shots of him as i cant seem to catch where you wanted to go NMM on him... but thats just totally me as this tech is new to me... but i am very interessted in that methode!... as to your base...do you by chance know of window colors? i would recomend clear colors of this to use to create a very cheap watereffect! also would use some grass or something to give a living feel to the base... i understand that the base is wip but there needs to be something to get it more of a 3D look...
other than that i am also a great user of red IGs and i am thinking the lighter green is something thats very nice for a change of schemes... have to invent a good new one for my guys when i will be doing something new...well this might take some time ^^since my backlog is stuffed with stuff^^


will be now a regular^^

cheers, and see you later, vik

Yeahn this thread started in 2010 I think so it's quite a lot to read through. I'll take some new shots of his face and all. There isn't much metal on him. Just the gun muzzle, the ammoclip, the stock, and the belt and eagle symbol on the lasgu are done NMM.

I added a devlan mud wash over the base allready I wanted a smudgy look. I'll greenstuff some fallen leaves on it's base, add a few 'organic' bits, and voila! It should look 'swampy' enough

Yeah, it's something different for me too I diverterted from my grey and red color sheme, I can't see to paint anything other then red or grey, and I quite like how it turned out.

I'll be checking your blog regularly, too!

Thanks for viewing!

have you looked for window colors? if you see my first cadian / praetorian try then you see the effect i think looks quite good to use as watereffects...:

if you look at the left guy then you see a bit of that wobbly effect the water color creates...i ruined the shiny bit as i added recently in a stupid moment a wash of devlan mud to the WC...but will redo it one day...

Window Colors? I have never come across something like that I think I'll just buy simple water effects colors, might me cheaper I'm very broke ATM. I have to save up money, because we're going to Berlin in three weeks on a school trip for 4 days. And then I need to buy myself a bycicle, I haven't had one in 4 years, but I still can ride a bike, like I proved a few weeks ago.

No worries! the Water Effects will arrive, once, maybe in a month, or three ...

to berlin??? funny thats my rathole^^...be sure to not get to much drunk here^^ i came to understand that many young tourists only visit berlin because the drinks are much cheaper here^^...

the window color you will find in a regualr toyshop or in an artsuply store...

here some ebay links for price ranges and comparrision to water effects...

http://cgi.ebay.de/RAYHER-Window-Color-80ml-Fensterfarbe-NEU-Fenster-Farbe-/380238515207?pt=DE_Spielzeug_Basteln_Kreatives&var=&hash=item97573483b5

http://cgi.ebay.de/Games-Workshop-Wassereffekt-237ml-Water-Effects-/300537814757?pt=Rollenspiele_Tabletops&hash=item45f9731ee5

since it is all in euro you understand all importan things^^

You really live in Berlin? Ha, you might see a band of merry students with me walking in it it over there in three weeks!

Thanks for the tips! Hmm, somebody needs to remind me of not buying it from GW, just too expensive. It got me wondering, Would PVH glue do the trick? When it's dried, it makes for a watery surface... hmmm, let's try that out now!

A big group/platoon in that colour would look great.

The base really needs some work though...but you know that already. Would turning the base upside down look bad? Glue some reed effect grass in and then bung in some water effect mixed with muddy/pea green soupy paint. That way the model will be ankle deep in the muck.

Peter

PDH wrote:A big group/platoon in that colour would look great.

The base really needs some work though...but you know that already. Would turning the base upside down look bad? Glue some reed effect grass in and then bung in some water effect mixed with muddy/pea green soupy paint. That way the model will be ankle deep in the muck.

Peter

Yep, a platoon of them will once sprout into existence.

I already done something very similar like you sugested. Only using PVH glue and an old brush

Pics will be up tomorrow.

(I should really stop using that many orkmoticons.)

save the effort... the thing with pva is, when you aply just a tiny amount too much on one minor place it stays white... had that idea too a coupla months ago...maybe clar nail color could do the trick...

now i have read the whole thread (well actually mostly scrolled, rescrolled and read^^ and scrolled again^^) and i have to say you are a very talented painter! no fussing around. like your red IGs and the choice of minis you used is cool, i envy your collection^^ those urban warfare minis will be considered for my team as well. i think you work with very thin paints and this gives the nicest touches! the pitbeast a coupa pages back wher the balst as the color of the skin is just plain awsome. also i take back what i said about your NMM saw that sarge with the headwound...cool and the NMM on that model is so convincing i kind of have to check and countercheck it with standard gw gold^^...

i think now seeing your blog from beginning to now your GS skills have grown considerably, one thing i would recommend is the use of gloves when doing GS...those cheap ones for sanitarian use...that way you keep your fingerprints to yourself and when you leave a mark with them you only create convincing foldings and all is good^^

also: your farinr (? spelt right? to lazy to read back yet again^^) look so cool!
i think you have a great range of characterful heads...mind telling where you got all of these cool heads? the metal ones?

seeing your work in this blog and how you now want to make a swamp/nam based terrain and fitting army...i expect awsomeness in a can, condesed and sweet^^

by the way...your necro work...again nice choice of minis and i like your different take on the whole theme, and kroots for munda is just plain cool^^

feel edgy to see more of yor stuff^^
and in the coming days i will digest your fiction^^

vik...who has said quite enough now^^

Scrazza wrote: Thanks! Everybody tells me to paint it darker, but I kinda prefer it this way.

Haha it is your choice. It's your blog!

Viktor von Domm wrote:save the effort... the thing with pva is, when you aply just a tiny amount too much on one minor place it stays white... had that idea too a coupla months ago...maybe clar nail color could do the trick...

now i have read the whole thread (well actually mostly scrolled, rescrolled and read^^ and scrolled again^^) and i have to say you are a very talented painter! no fussing around. like your red IGs and the choice of minis you used is cool, i envy your collection^^ those urban warfare minis will be considered for my team as well. i think you work with very thin paints and this gives the nicest touches! the pitbeast a coupa pages back wher the balst as the color of the skin is just plain awsome. also i take back what i said about your NMM saw that sarge with the headwound...cool and the NMM on that model is so convincing i kind of have to check and countercheck it with standard gw gold^^...

i think now seeing your blog from beginning to now your GS skills have grown considerably, one thing i would recommend is the use of gloves when doing GS...those cheap ones for sanitarian use...that way you keep your fingerprints to yourself and when you leave a mark with them you only create convincing foldings and all is good^^

also: your farinr (? spelt right? to lazy to read back yet again^^) look so cool!
i think you have a great range of characterful heads...mind telling where you got all of these cool heads? the metal ones?

seeing your work in this blog and how you now want to make a swamp/nam based terrain and fitting army...i expect awsomeness in a can, condesed and sweet^^

by the way...your necro work...again nice choice of minis and i like your different take on the whole theme, and kroots for munda is just plain cool^^

feel edgy to see more of yor stuff^^
and in the coming days i will digest your fiction^^

vik...who has said quite enough now^^

Thanks for the kind words.I have tried wearing gloves, but the greenstuf sticks to them. even when the gloves are wet .
You mean the Furith? Yeah, the heads are from call of Cthulu or something.
But, is will take a while before the swamp guardsmen will take form, I'm low on cash atm

But, I already went ahead with the PVH glue It looks about right to me. I think I will leave it as it is now.

pics:

the base actually looks quite good now... only thing i would have added a bit more of catachan green or another darker green on some parts as the main green used there is a bit too bright. the pva worked great it also a bit covers the boots and gives a soaking feel to it...the grass/brush bristles lok very convincing! good work matey^^
call of cthullu...did you need to chop up minis for that or are there sources that sell the heads seperatly? if so please name your source^^

Thanks ^.^
I'll keep in mind of using darker greens for the next models.

They were just bitz pacs, and I got them from a gaming convention. Crisis 2010, just like gamesday, but with less awesomesauce. I bhought it off an english stand selling only call of Cthulu models and bitz. I dunno the source, but I think you should check out their site.

okay will do that, as these heads really give that extra something^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:okay will do that, as these heads really give that extra something^^

I found the packs by accident So you'll have to search thoroughly I think.

sounds like treasurehunting^^

Ugh...I've been searching for those heads for the last 10 minutes, but I can't find them. I've already thrown away the boxes, but I'm pretty sure they are from COC

well my own research has to wait as i am now onto more earthly needs... need to bring back the kids form the kidergarten^^

see you in the evening^^

vik

Viktor von Domm wrote:well my own research has to wait as i am now onto more earthly needs... need to bring back the kids form the kidergarten^^

see you in the evening^^

vik

good luck with that!

due to my search for the heads...i think it wont bear any further fruits^^ ... i found this...might be of some interest for your `munda gangs...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cthulhu-THE-MASKED-ONE-RPG-Vampire-Werewolf-WOD-Larp_W0QQitemZ350151995619QQcategoryZ2546QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8408481885367831275

i really like the mini and will consider a buy in the coming days...weeks... depending on my cashfllow^^

I have that model. I found him today while I searched through my bitzbox. I even have him armed with shotgun. So, I have him in two different poses.

Concerning the heads. I have found a sliver of the package It says Black Cat Bases. I hope that will give you some succes in your searches.

More pics tomorrow, I finished a piece of terrain, and I'l start work on the two masked ones. Delaque paint shemes it will be

http://blackcatbases.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=437_611&zenid=e974085306afadd65c152441e91865e7


after the hint of the black cat bases the hunt was succesfully over!

cool that you´ve found the sliver^^

and i saw the shotgunner too...will get my both i guess...i like them also on the ebayshop i found some minis that would look good as psykers or preachers...

well i seem to have sparked some painting in you on your necro minis again^^


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and be sure to search the whole shop of theirs, as they have a range of cultists that would go very well too for your gangs... the feral cultists you just have to look up! you wont regret it^^

haha, yeah, I'm planning on starting up a new necro campaign once I tracked down my old necro buddies So painting more necro models is obligatory.

Yeah, that are the heads.

I'm checking the black cat bases website as we speak

full of win the site, and i have asked them if they do paypal...then i am fixed on quite some deals i think...

And they are cheap aren't they? You don't have to pay much to have these characterfull models Now, I have to find a way how I can pay for these Gonna have to ask my parents for a way I think...

this will hurt nonetheless^^ and it wont be over in a hurry...the range is stacked with cool minis...so much win ^^ for every need^^


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been still surfing through their site...


a whole new necromunda themed gang?^^

hmm, I have come across the same one myself...Might be cool for a gang, but not one for me. Might buy themn paint them just for the sake of having them, but I won't play a campaign with them. I think

Now this one... I must have jut for the sake of having

http://blackcatbases.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=437_467&products_id=2968&zenid=e974085306afadd65c152441e91865e7

hmmm not my style but i see where you are coming from^^

I like how he looks Ha, If I get him, I'l give him some spcial rules for necromunda. Maybe a stalker in the shadows of somesort.

he looks a bit like a black death medic...


also one of my topmost favorite of their range and a definite buy... even if it costs me a liver^^

:

The plague, you mean? Makes for more character then. A scavvy ganger who recieved the medic skill

I haven't found yours on the site. Looks like a nice model, but not very suitable for necro.

no but could fit the steampunk theme i am addicted currently to^^

and a plague doctor^^ yep that i have meant to say^^...would be quite cool to have in a gang...tho i saw better personifications of that theme... but for a scavvy gang i think it is like a twisted version of that same theme^^

Yeah, I have been thinking about a scavvy gang for long time now. Might have to grab some suitable models for them

look for their feral cultists... that could be a fitting thing,..

Yeah, they do look fitting. Might grab some of those along the 'plague doctor ( ) Just two or three models, otherwise all the modeling fun is taken out.

I think I promised I'd post some pics up today..Well, let's say, not today.

*sad panda face* well then the old saying run now to fight another day or to make it better situational related... hoping
to see pics soon^^


had a TALK with my wife...about amounts spent and such things...well lets just say my founds have been drained too^^

There will be pics this before the end of this week.

I think I get enough fundings myself, but there is just so many that needs saving up for. Trip to Berlin, a new bycicle,... pfffff.....

here's a little update. That piece of terrain I mentioned earlier. Model for scale purpose only.
With this piece of urban terrain done, I can start on some swamp terrain.

!!!!

That Lucius is amazing! Did you.. ?

*drops to floor in praise*



Edit: oh yeah, the terrain is pretty good too .

Darkvoidof40k wrote: !!!!

That Lucius is amazing! Did you.. ?

*drops to floor in praise*

Thanks!

ah, another follower to the Cult Of Scrazz

ahem... sorry.

It's an old model, I painted him a year past I think. I think I posted him in another P&M blog of mine back then.

Wait, wut?

*looks around*

*runs out of Scrazz temple screaming*

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, where's my boltgun? This heretical place must be burned with.. with.. massed firepower!"

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Wait, wut?

*looks around*

*runs out of Scrazz temple screaming*

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, where's my boltgun? This heretical place must be burned with.. with.. massed firepower!"

You just wait until Lucius takes hold of your body.

Scrazza wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Wait, wut?

*looks around*

*runs out of Scrazz temple screaming*

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, where's my boltgun? This heretical place must be burned with.. with.. massed firepower!"

You just wait until Lucius takes hold of your body.

I'll beat him to death with his own nuts. Failing that, I'll kamikaze an air liner packed with C4 into him, his house, and his pet bunny. Even Lucius won't come back from that.

Otherwise..

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Scrazza wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Wait, wut?

*looks around*

*runs out of Scrazz temple screaming*

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, where's my boltgun? This heretical place must be burned with.. with.. massed firepower!"

You just wait until Lucius takes hold of your body.

I'll beat him to death with his own nuts. Failing that, I'll kamikaze an air liner packed with C4 into him, his house, and his pet bunny. Even Lucius won't come back from that.

Otherwise..

Honorable members of the Jury, I rest my case.

nice ruin, the burnmarks are particulary well done...hur hur... get it burn marks well done? er... ok cheap shot...oh yet again a dumb pun...

Thanks.

It happened earlier on, Darko attacked Lucius with a flamethrower, whilst Lucius stood in an intact building. Boom, ruin, Darko happy.

i think there might be a case after all to sue him for all his money... he must stand liable for the damage he caused... a lawsuit would make a slaughterfest with his behind... after that he wont even own his ceramite boots any more...^^


and that would be a good way to deal with weathering on scale your terrain... let the minis do all the work^^

But teenagers sueing teenagers wouldn't send a right message I think.

Letting flamers do all the work? Where did the modeling part go to?!

Darko is sitting on the bridge his flagship, The Dark Void, watching the unfolding events of this thread. He is watching, and he is smiling.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Darko is sitting on the bridge his flagship, The Dark Void, watching the unfolding events of this thread. He is watching, and he is smiling.

The Cult of Scrazz prepares for total war aboard Scrazz's flag ship, Scrazz The Mighty.

well of course is it sending the right message: youth is wasted on the youth... so let them waste each other^^

and i think after all thr cramps and sweating and tonguebitting when painting i deserve to see my minis do all the terrain work...after all isn´t it written many a small hands make much work quick?...

so the dark man is smiling? feeling smug? aren´t we?...well we´ll see about that^^

Scrazza wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Darko is sitting on the bridge his flagship, The Dark Void, watching the unfolding events of this thread. He is watching, and he is smiling.

The Cult of Scrazz prepares for total war aboard Scrazz's flag ship, The Robin.

[Fixed]

The Dark Void fires fifty homing pigeons, all of which are packing two tonnes of C4.

Scrazza wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Darko is sitting on the bridge his flagship, The Dark Void, watching the unfolding events of this thread. He is watching, and he is smiling.

The Cult of Scrazz prepares for total war aboard Scrazz's flag ship, Scrazz The Mighty.

Hang on, as a member of the cult I want my own Cruiser. And I will paint it in a rainbow colour to terrify our enemies into submission.

Err, on a serious note, your stuff looks goood man.

The Youth is the Future! My generation will make a change.

My anti Pigeon gun, dubbed AP gun from now on, will blow 'em to smithereens.

@Fauntleroy: Your wish is granted. The 'My Little pony', a mighty battleship in service of the cult of Scrazz, is at your disposal.

Thanks for the feedback, Fauntleroy!

as a sidenote, I going to watch 'Nightmare before Christmass', my favorite Disney movie, now. God I love Tim Burton's stuff.

Excellent. The Sodomuffin cannons are primed and ready for war against the infidel Darkvoid, mighty one.

Fire when Ready, trusted Warmonger.

Scrazz will be pleased.

He is watching Nightmare Before Christmass now, so Lord Scrazz says, 'Toodaloo'.

We should create a random Roleplay thread for this. It will be both crap and highly amusing.

Rather like the King of the Hill one .

Darkvoidof40k wrote:We should create a random Roleplay thread for this. It will be both crap and highly amusing.

Rather like the King of the Hill one .

NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/361231.page

Little lord Fauntleroy wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:We should create a random Roleplay thread for this. It will be both crap and highly amusing.

Rather like the King of the Hill one .

NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/361231.page

Faunt, you are the man.

Thread derailment: COMPLETE.

We want MOAR update Scrazza!

You ask, and I comply...in one week's time.

cool model and cool scenery .

@Neil: cheers!

update time! C&C welcome

(@Darko: )

the delaque flamer/lasergunner (?) looks cool... i often achive a cool looking coloreffect that looks alot like cool cloth on a mini but ruin it when i go to the next step with another color... so mostly my models have rather dumb/ flat cloths...too bad for me, hope you´re a better painter^^

that crushed valk has really good looking shards of glass showing! nice blending for that. and an overall nicely done weathering on that piece.

the new guy shows you seem to have a hang for a certain guardsman hairstyle^^
and since i had a "amount of mini" -discussion with my wife i am eager to see YOU paint those masked heinis^^


cheers, vik

Are the Masked Ones about the same scale as GW stuff? Looking at making a plague doctor of one soonish off ebay is the size works

Viktor von Domm wrote:
that crushed valk has really good looking shards of glass showing! nice blending for that. and an overall nicely done weathering on that piece.

Valk? Isn't that an Aquila Lander? That's the one that came with Macragge right?
Anywayz, nice work on your new gaurdsmen, I just saw the clip of Apocalypse Now on youtube

Valk? Isn't that an Aquila Lander? That's the one that came with Macragge right?

correct! i just confused those two things^^

Thanks Vik!
The Delaque model is holding a lascannon Ahh, women can be so annoying. just 16 me, and girls can be VERY difficult, I can assure.

Yeah it's a crashed Aquila lander from Maccrage set.

By the way, Thanks Hendaron!

@Lord Kaesar II: here's a scale shot I took a minute ago. As you can see, there isn't much difference in scale, bar the smaller, true-scale weapons.

Nice stuff.

So you're getting back to your Delaque, eh? Great! Can't wait to see your take on them. (Next model I do has to be a Delaque too...)

@Darko: Thanks!

@Baiyuan: Yep, going to try to get my old Necro buddies back in. It's been a while since I've done anything necromunda related, but... I just registered with Yakromunda to get me back in the game, maybe a bit more organised this time
I will be checking your blog regularly.

those gas mask gus are rather disturbing. cool though!

I also registered at Yakromunda some months ago, but I haven't used it yet. It looks great, but considering the nonstandard ruleset my campaign uses, it would be to much work I think. Also I already have my self-made excel spreadsheet, that does all the work for me.

@Neil: yeah, I kinda like them too. They aren't that bad sculpts, like I read on a review site.

@Baiyuan: I doubt I will be using Yakromunda that much either! I'll only use it as an info source, me thinks.

Update. Small one, though.

A Delaque Ganger with lasgun, knife, and flak armor. For when I roll Flak armor, and am willing to pay for it. Still WIP, and much work to be done. C&C welcome.

that catachan head of the command sprue i too have to get me one of these days... for a necromunda gang this head is pure win^^

It's in my collection of possible delaque head swaps too, I just didn't find a proper body for it yet, it's quite big.
I would have removed the aquila branding on his forehead btw, looks too much like a zealot for a delaque if you ask me.
Something else, I don't know if you mentioned it before, but is there a special reasoning to why your delaque look like they look? I know you said you wanted them to look more sinister than the basic models, is there more to it?

Ohhh, Necromunda models...nice. I love it when people go outside the GW range for gang members.

How do you plan on basing your gangers? It's something I always have a problem with!

LilLoser

@Vik: They are really cool looking heads, shame I only have one though.

@Baiyuan: When fitted on a GW model, it isn't that big. It's smaller then the usual Catachan heads, like all Command kit heads. I thought the Aquila emblem would be a nice addition, but yeah, he does look like a zealot now you mention it. I'll consider filing it off.

There isn't really more to it. I wanted to make my own version of the Delaques, but still follow the lines how GW made them.

@Lil: I don't know how I will base them. My previous gangers were based with spare greenstuff and some junk bits. But it's a bit late for that, now that the model is already glued to the base. Maybe I'll just paint it grey(ish) or I might try to carefully remove the model from it's base, and wait until I have some leftover GS again.

Nice work on them, I am working on a "dead esqader" (spelled wrong Dark?) gang, based on the ash wastes bounty hunter gang. Without the idiot rule that they can only obtain heavy weapons by buying vehicles with it. Already finished two of them, paint and everything, will post them up sometimes

hendaron wrote:(spelled wrong Dark?)

It seems my reputation precedes me .

Don't have a clue; I've never seen that word before .

Wait...Ha! googled it, I tried to make Eskader "English" (out of dutch) but it ends up being squadron

Darko, You best put 'grammer Nazi' back in your sig.

@Hendaron:Thanks. A Death Squad ey? souds interesting. Looking forward to seeing them! I have never even looked at the ash waste rules. I should download them off Yakromunda some time.

Yeah, the rules are good, adds lot of things and such. About the death squad, I finished the leader and specialist (heavy) with plasma gun. Will take pics and so later, just to lazy to do anything lately. Ghah, hard week...

Looking forward to see them, hendaron.

Aargh Jarl! What do you mean with;" I don't know the camera is. Or it's reloading cable." .... sigh.... little brothers. YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE. Praise yourself lucky Scrazz.

I praise myself lucky, for I have not a camera of my own. I 'borrow' it from my mother.

So...no pics tonight... GRRRR

I managed some more progress on the flak delaque, and the second Ousian.
I did some hazard stripes on the flak shoulder pads, that should give the armor some character, I think.
Let me know what you think of it.

Here's some more pictures for you, Hendaron

I like the hazard stripes, and the camo of the Ousian came uot pretty good, it gives them a distinctive look, as even cadian "camo" doesn't really seems to have purpose as camo.
Anyways, I got the cam, but not the cable to put them on my pc -_- "What do you mean with my bag?" "I mean the one you forgot you freakin squidhead!" sigh....

Kewl.

Not sure about the stripes, they always add some industrial wasteland flavor, but I find them not that suitable for Delaque, I picture them more stealthy. Still looks good though...

@Hendaron:Thanks! Yeah, agree on you with the camo. I just don't like how Cadians look. Color wise, that is.
Brothers are a pain in the arse, even I know this, though I have no brother.

@Darko: thanks!

@Baiyuan: The stripes...meh,now you mention it. But on the other hand, how can a flak armored Delaque be steaty? The armor is far too cumbersone to slip through the hive. I picture this one more of a 'heavy trooper' kinda ganger.


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Strangely enough, this song motivates me to paint. strange.

i am too not really sold on the stripes but for other reasons...there are some serious ripples in the lines...i suggest you go heavy on the weathering on those stripes as to cover up some of the uneven spots there are.,..as for fluff... i think the gang takes wahtever they can salvage and when good armor is done with hazardstripes they use them...

Viktor von Domm wrote:as for fluff... i think the gang takes wahtever they can salvage and when good armor is done with hazardstripes they use them...

I was thinking the exact same thing.

As for the hazard stripes, I am going to weather them, or else the shoulder pads will look to shiny apart from the body armor. I know there are ripples, but I had in mind what you suggested. Heavy weathering will take care of this, I suppose.

like spongeweathering? i like the technique you use for your weapons...the give a hell of a real feel to them!

Thanks! But I haven't though of doing it with a sponge. May try that out tomorrow. I haven't got time today, because life tends to stumble in the path of the hobby.

well thats something totally new to me... this never happens to me^^ lol

Life? It's great, you should try some.
Chilling with some friends, in the sun, it's awesome.

But I'm home again, so, I MIGHT do some painting today. I am home alone though, and most of you will know what that means.

Scrazza wrote: and most of you will know what that means.

1) Alcohol
2) Drugs
3) Party (inc. Sex)
4) All of the above

Have your pick.


Edit: Now that I think about it, all of those can often lead to sex.

A party(inc sex) will automatically lead to sex. Logic dictates it.

But no.

I do have tha Interwebzz though.

Scrazza wrote:A party(inc sex) will automatically lead to sex. Logic dictates it.

But no.

I do have tha Interwebzz though.

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Now, moving on from possibly the most unrelated conversation in the history of off-topicness..

Stop. Hammertime. Dun Dun Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun Dun, Dun Dun. Hammertime.

/ Of-topicness.

Scrazza wrote:Stop. Hammertime. Dun Dun Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun Dun, Dun Dun. Hammertime.

/ Of-topicness.

You confuse me.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Scrazza wrote:Stop. Hammertime. Dun Dun Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun Dun, Dun Dun. Hammertime.

/ Of-topicness.

It was the end of the op topic discussion. For now.

*Laughs maniacally*

a sixteen aged one home alone with his ínternets at the ready... and he sings about hammertime...well this sure means:


er....

and to

Life? It's great, you should try some.

got three kids (sons aged 10;5;3) and a wife and a fly on the wall...so i guess i have enough life as is...so no thank you very much but still no^^

by the way... belgians are allowed to drink alcohol this early in life? i knew there are civilizations out there that are better educated than ours^^

They do drugs in coffee shops as well.

That's Holland, or the Netherlands. You should visit Amsterdam. You can get high by just walking through some streets.

Life sure is beautiful. Children not included.

Yep, we are allowed to drink at age 16. I wonder how many times I explained this here on Dakka.

Scrazza wrote:Yep, we are allowed to drink at age 16. I wonder how many times I explained this here on Dakka.

Shove it in your sig in some flamboyant, eye-catching and humerous way.

edited quote down to relevant part.

do we talk beer or other higher volumes of drinks?
cause beer we get here too at the age of 16...but i think that doesnt cut it when talking about alc...


was joking ... get older and get yourself a bunch of kids...it really can be hard work but then there happens some of the best things in life to you no friends or girls can´t provide...really sometimes it is the best to be a father^^

and sometimes you are so glad everyone of the whole party is fast asleep...^^

I'm too lay, and listening to French rap music. Don't ask me why, but French rap is the only one I like. otherwise not much into rap.

/

More pictures will follow when I care to take them.

french rap can be very good, they still have the kind of rhythm that the westcoast/eastcoast rap has lost long ago. plus it has much more meaning... wish my french was as good to understand it better...

well then take care^^

This song. It has me.

Well, I went and took 'some care', but realized my parents took the camera with them.

nice song, melodic and dramatic, can see why you like it.
when i am currently tho thinking frech rap i have this in mind...:



too bad i couldn´t find the originla one...only a club remix...thats something i don´t like...

argh^^ cam gone by the familiy^^

You know, Stromae is actually a Belgian. Well, an immigrated one, but all the same. Alors on Dance was, IS still a great hit here. Alors on dance, by Stromae, that's the original.

Yeah, having your camera taken away is...a setback.

i had to do a major research for stromae as i only have a picture of him in my mind, lancky and nearly falling asleep but yet still lazyly singing his part^^ great vid of him. this guy will make hopefully a great carreer!


and you are one of the teenagers today that has now webcam of his own? ohoh...

I don't even have a laptop with a webcam. A webcam is expensive for my generation. Or just for me.

myeah, I didn't follow the Stromae vibe so...
The slight interest in rap came from this one.




It's a dutch/english(jamaican accent) rap song. I saw these guys live. Eigen Makelij, a good group, you should check 'em out, If you get them. The jamaican one is actually dutch, but he mastered Jamaican accent quite good.

OOh hazard stripes ! mm , well as camo goes , it wouldnt be too bad in necromunda so long as he stood close to a ledge

well to cut a long story short, for me there was and will be only one true kind of music...and that is rock^^ hard and honest, loud preferably mixed with deep emotions, preferably grim and about anger and maybe a bit depressive^^

A ledge... ...

haha, Yeah, I might need to make some more necromunda terrain. I certainly need to work in Height, as my terrain is relatively flat. Hazard stripes, I will paint some throughout my terrain pieces.


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Viktor von Domm wrote:well to cut a long story short, for me there was and will be only one true kind of music...and that is rock^^ hard and honest, loud preferably mixed with deep emotions, preferably grim and about anger and maybe a bit depressive^^

Same here, though I lean more into Punk Rock. Deep emotions? like hate, and the desire to kill, maim and burn? You should try The Misfits, if you haven't heard of the before.

atm i am more into linkin park and also cranberries...if anybody still hears them^^ also you cant get far wrong with some classics like AC/DC and the young Springsteen...(but only the young....)

Linkin Park, good choice. Cranberries, only know one song of them and thats Zombie. AC/DC, I love these guys. Not a big fan of Springsteen though.

as i said springsteen became a whiner in his older days... as for canberries they have a bunch of moody songs.... look for ode to my family...one of my favorites! the whole album then was a big thing!

Yeah, its a good song. Really smooth. I like it, but I won't listen to it all day. I have others which I know by heart.

but I won't listen to it all day

that might lead to suddenly feel an urge to open your arteries^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:

but I won't listen to it all day

that might lead to suddenly feel an urge to open your arteries^^

QFT

I love a good song with which I can sing along. Or yell along with the band, depending on the lyrics.

well on that acount i also think about green day... these dudes have some big songs going for them!

true, true
I'm listening to Last Caress of The Misfits now. Not that hard lyrics, just love to sing it.

quite enjoyable until you listen to the lyrics... but then thats punk for you...^^

Indeed. The lyrics are...not nice.

Still, nice to sing out loud when on the bus, while listening to your ipod.

lol... nothing like frightening some old ladies^^

as for that, try the Ärzte...a song named "schrei nach liebe"... has a certain swear word in it...my kids love that song...^^ thy can all now sing a special line of that song where that word is repeated about three times in a row^^

imagine a sweet todler of three years singing the last bit of that song with all his heart in it...do you understand a bit german?

I'll listen to it.

Yeah, I do understand a little bit german, we get that at school.

poor guy^^
german is such a harsh and uneasy language... and it makes any other language look easy in comparrision...also it stiffens the tongue and makes it later hard for such flowing languages like italian and french to speak easy...

I am lucky I'm not getting into Italian, though French is another subject at school.
Arschloch ey? Well, good for dakka for not having German words swapped out. Nice word for little children to yell about. I've known 6 year olds yelling 'CASTRATION!' all day long.

I'm actually listening for the third time now. I like it.

lol... i have such a wide grin on my face now as i picture how a sixyearold would scream that the whole day^^ ahhh when the small kids feel the might of the words^^

and the Ärzte do grow on you^^

well i am off for now... somepics `morrow would be splendid^^

cheers, vik

Cheers Vik, good night!

Pics will be up tomorrow Take my word for it.

So, no more work on the Ousian and Flak Delaque, because I got distracted by this model which had been lying around my tabel for a month or two. Still WIP though.

well it certainly IS sunday in europe^^... *please hold the line...*


lol...first waiting too long from my part and then my post got overrun by your picupdate^^

cool looking mini. like the bigger pouches on him, makes him look as if he actually wants to survive in a hostile enviroment and not only wants to make a last stand^^ the stance is cool, and where did you got the shotgun from?
as for that matter, what other parts did you use? cant seem to recognize the bits...

Viktor von Domm wrote:well it certainly IS sunday in europe^^... *please hold the line...*

Plus, it's Easter! *happy dance*

lol did the rabied rabbit bring you any good sumthin`s?

It brought me money. Money which I will need to save for Berlin.

Well, I got millions of other projects that need to be done, so I will just take care of those models.


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Viktor von Domm wrote:

lol...first waiting too long from my part and then my post got overrun by your picupdate^^

cool looking mini. like the bigger pouches on him, makes him look as if he actually wants to survive in a hostile enviroment and not only wants to make a last stand^^ the stance is cool, and where did you got the shotgun from?
as for that matter, what other parts did you use? cant seem to recognize the bits...

Only saw this now. I didn't convert him, I brought him. He is another model from Black Cat Bases I picked up a year ago.
But Thanks for the kind words.I also like the model, I wonder why I didn't bother to finish him earlier.

oh i could tell stories of loved models getting lost in a heap of other models^^ happens to me all of the time^^


well money is not to be sneezed at.... at any time^^

Being broke for three months in a row taught me to save up some more.

My table is a dust pile. I can't find stuff sometimes.

oh i regularly have to clean up my place as i switch through projects from time to time...if so then before starting i have to make a real cleanup to start fresh faced^^

there were times i had to collect bottles in my flat to get me something to eat...that is broke to the bone^^ but since i have family those times will hopefully never happen again!

My workplace, I almost never clean it. When I start a new project then there will be leftovers from the previous project left there.

Well, having parents when you're broke is a real bonus for teens, apparently.

Heh, I can relate to that Scrazz. Orky bits have overun the already overloaded desk. A couple of times recently I've had to search for the part I've just put down whilst I put glue on the other part

as it should^^ as your not born as a fully grown up^^ so parents job is to be there for you^^ even if you cant keep your money together and they have to help you out...after all if you cant make ends meet then it is a wrong teaching in economics and in your age it is still the parents fault for not educating you better^^...it is a "get out of jail" card ...best thing in life there is^^ later on you wish you still had it^^

@Monkeytroll: I just lost half an ork boy recently. While working on my Bad Moons.

@Vik: to make matters worse, I follow economics at school, so I really should think twice before spending money.

lol....

and at monkey... sometimes my desk is like the sockseating washingmachine^^ i also had these frantic moments of searching for my knife or file...only to see them lying neatly where i least expected them to be... oh the horrors of a wandering mind...^^

The horrors? It's a joy to have a wondering mind. I often have one during conversations.

did you have that typo on purpose? wondering/ wandering?^^

Wondering/wandering... pfft all of them Though a wandering more often then a wondering. Luckily, I can still concentrate on hobby work...... Wait, what Am I doing on dakka then?

Scrazza wrote:Wait, what Am I doing on dakka then?

Hailing to the God that is me.

Hailing to the God that is me.

leaves but one question tho... why is your avatar shaking his head as to negate your comment^^

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Scrazza wrote:Wait, what Am I doing on dakka then?

Hailing to the God that is me.

Wer aren't going on the Scrazz/Darko cult discussion again, are we?

Viktor von Domm wrote:

Hailing to the God that is me.

leaves but one question tho... why is your avatar shaking his head as to negate your comment^^

He is not shaking his head to negate my comment, he is shaking his head because he is on crack.

Scrazza wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Scrazza wrote:Wait, what Am I doing on dakka then?

Hailing to the God that is me.

We're not going on the Scrazz/Darko cult discussion again, are we?

There's nothing to discuss; I am the supreme being of everything.

As long as it suits your ego.

Scrazza wrote: As long as it suits you ego.

Your*. As long as it suits your ego.

Bad grammar will not be tolerated.
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, I should be the Dakka Grammar Mod.

The dakka Grammer Gestapo. Fear the Gestapo, Fear Darko.

Dakka needs no Grammar mod, people wouldn't listen to them.

ghosty wrote:Dakka needs no Grammar mod, people wouldn't listen to them.

I'm not so sure ghosty, I think SRM and myself are rather influencial personalities in the forum nowadays; and quite a few people are used to our grammar rants.

'sides, it was just a small joke . What's more, where've you been hiding dude? Haven't talked to you on here for ages!

All this off topic-ness is beefing up the number of pages. really, we should stop going off topic.

Just checking my subscribed threads. Scrazz's hobby blog. First unread. Page 16/19. wth? Oh, pages full of jibberish...
Btw. Sexion D'Assaut is great, the album is full of good music.
Did someone seriously call Stromae hiphop? I like the song, it's catchy, but hiphop? NO way!

It's rap/Dance, ain't it? Stromae that is
Don't know a lot of Sexion D'Assault. In fact, I only know one.
Yes, the off topic jiberesh should stop. I think I should go downstairs and paint some more minis to show you guys. That might get this one back on track.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

ghosty wrote:Dakka needs no Grammar mod, people wouldn't listen to them.

I'm not so sure ghosty, I think SRM and myself are rather influencial personalities in the forum nowadays; and quite a few people are used to our grammar rants.

'sides, it was just a small joke . What's more, where've you been hiding dude? Haven't talked to you on here for ages!

Used to your rants? Surely that doesn't mean they take in everything you type, and vow never to make the same mistake again. Realistically, a grammar rant may be something glossed over due to it being essentially as off topic as they come.

And where have I been? Living my life.

ghosty wrote:And where have I been? Living my life.

You're not the only one.

My life. It is great. appart from girls playing with me. *grumbles*

/off topic

I finished the Flak Delaque, pics tomorrow. Or later .

UPDATE TIME!

well that took a damn long time, but yeah. And I'm telling you, Tomorrow I'm off to Berlin, and I won't be back 'till friday

Some WIP shots:
The Flak Delaque is finished
The shotgun bloke has a belt painted. Yes, only a belt.
I started work on a new Delaque, who I will use when I roll Gunfighter
I made a custom lasgun out of a Shuriken pistol

Oooooh...me likes the las-out-of-shuriken gun. It has a scabby look, like it was an older variant that's no longer in use by the ig. Anyways, my brother found the cable back, ill be posting up som later tonight, it's just not easy to take pictures with one arm in the plaster :(

the eldar lasgun makes me look for bitz sellers and make this for my army! that sure is a looker! the weathering on the delaque shoulders looks convicing! have a blast^^

Great blog! I keep looking at the trenchcoats on your models ^^ do you sculpt them? I'm going to have to use them as reference for some folds especially on the back of mine.

love the conversion work you are doing, camo cloaks look good and your stormtroopers are rockin'!

looking forward to seeing more definitely. sub'd!

@ Hendaron: Thanks! The gun idea was born out of boredom. Maybe if I find some more old shuriken pistols I might make some more. Good luck with your arm!

@ Vik:Thanks! The gun conversion isn't hard to pull off at all, have a go!

@NerdForest: Thanks! Yes, I do sculpt the trenchcoats. All of them, except the one on the Flak Delaque, it's from a trench coat model.

Well, here is some more. I finished the random shotgun ganger.

C&C welcome.

Not bad, only downside is the head, that looks quite big, especially on the first pic.
The painting isn't bad too, maybe some more highlighting, looks a wee bit flat. (Edit: I'm still talking about the face mainly.)
Keep up the good work!

Yeah, The face needs more 'something' Tha pants has sublte highlights, I wanted to keep it as dark as possible.
But, thanks! ^.^

You're welcome. The pants do look good, I'm a friend of subtle highlights.

Subtle highlights make it look more realistic in my opinion. Otherwise, it just came out cartoon-ish

love the weathering opn your delaques shoulder pads . Your medic guy is an unusual model. He looks like those old rogue trader pirates. very dynamic pose too. he looks like he would sit well within the underhive. nice addition

Thanks neil! It is an unusual model yes, but that's why I bought him.

Scrazza wrote:Thanks neil! It is a crap model yes, but that's why I bought him.

I speak the truth. ^^

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Scrazza wrote:Thanks neil! It is a crap model yes, but that's why I bought him.

I speak the truth. ^^

A CURSE on you!

Bhahaha, that face reminds me of the midget in "De Ronde" XD, anywayz, nice work on this one too, surpasses my skills anyway. I should make work of it to post my gang "death squad" on dakka

Thanks, Hendaron! I'm still looking forward to seeing your 'death squad'.

That face does show some resemblance now you mention it.

UPDATE TIME.

Did some more work on the second Ousian, And I greenstuffed the gunfighters greatcoat. I'm not too happy about his coat, but it'll have to do. C&C welcome.

Not sure about the ganger, but the Ousian looks pretty sweet

Maybe the ganger needs a paintjob and I'll like him better.

i too think the cloak is a bit too thick...if you don´t want to change the thickness, you could declare that he is wearing a winter coat...and add a bit of a warm collar^^

the ousian needs a bit of color on the flaming shoulderpad in my opinion^^...and if asked i would point out that the shar lines in his face could do well with a tine bit of downtoneing...

Thanks guys.

Yeah, I know, I over-did the coat on the ganger. I'll file it down one day. As for the Ousian, Vik... You mean the white icon on his shoulder? More color? I dunno, I might dirty it up, from being in the swamp for so long. But I think the base color for the icon should remain white. Has anybody got more opinions on this?

ok white i am fien now with... all decisions need a reason... if the icon has to fit into the scheme, then this is a good reason^^ though i would never say "no" to a bt of weathering^^

These last guys are great. Did you manage to use my tip on the green stuff?

LilLoser

@ Vik: Yeah, I did some weathering a few minutes ago. I dirtied it up. I mixed thrakka green and devlan mud. ( a 1/3 mix) and it looks like it better fits in now.

@Lil: Thanks! But in all my anticipation I forgot to use your tip. I wanted to get done with the greenstuffing right away, and I kinda just 'jumped in'. I'll remember to use the tip next time I use GS, I promise.

Ho folks, update time!

I I finished the second Ousian, as well as his base. I'm happy with how the base turned out, it looks more 'swamp-ish'

C&C welcome.

cool mini, the base looks like he had a very strong cold^^
the weathering looks very good, i think you will make a great army this way...will you be adding some scouts made from catachans for them... they could contribute with their look quite a lot of the feeling of the swamp army...

Thanks Vik! I might just include some converted catachans, but I'm not sure of that yet. Maybe mix some cadian and catachan bits, and I could get that sweaty, tired and ragged vietnam look of the more veteran guardsmen mixed in with the newly conscripted ones with their shiny armor. But, like I said not sure of that.

sounds like a delicious plan to me... if you continue to keep that style and spent look to your army then i think the mix (no pureism for IGs anyway^^) will be great looking...

I do hope I can pull it off. I mean, making the mix of cadians and catachan parts work for me. I think it would include medium greenstuff work. Anyway, I just scavenged an unpainted sergeant, added some swamp basing and some extra equipment. I am considering adding more rural things to him, but I want to keep things simple. Less is more, like they say.

also from my time in service i can tell you that a true veteran that has seen action only relies on his gun and carries what amo he sees fit with him...if you want to make the army look as if they are in midfighting then i strongly suggest and support your idea of keeping the minis simple...i think the vietnam fighters were the unkitted soldiers one could hink of... lazy looking yet deadly and effective, and for the most part peeps that didn´t want to be there... that is somehwat already shown in your work^^

as for what to add when GS the mixed bits... torn/ragged sleeves would be my first guess...





but don´t stress yourself...let it flow^^

Keeping it simple I shall

The ragged clothing was what I was going for. Greenstuff should be easy enough to sculpt torn sleeves with. And I certainly won't stress myself. Exams are coming up, so I rather should.

lol i cross fingers for all your endeavors^^

Looks good mate, keep up the good word.

Also, I agree with you guys, have a few guys in their shiny armour, ready to battle it out in the name of the Emperor, then the rest be sick and tired of this backwater, and just wanting to leave, not giving a frak about what the uncaring Emperor thinks.

Ditto on what the others said

Have you seen these lipped bases?
http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_5&products_id=241

http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13&products_id=263

Was just wondering if a rim could be made with strips of styrene or even wire to contain the swampy stuff.

@ doop dude, well the weathered look would be more of a thing to make out veteran guardsmen from the grunts. The Ousians should be accustomed to backwater marshes/swamps, because their homeworld is one big swamp. The only thing they'll be missing are they're own swamps.

@ Chibi: Those bases do look cool. I might just have to convince my parents into letting me buy something off the internet. I'm normally not allowed to do such things. :*(
but otherwise, the rim is a rather nice idea, to rim the area in wich I need to pour PVA glue in. Thanks for giving me an awesome idea!

i have seen some guy in the net that used the nonslotta bases turned upside down to make them get filled with watereffects... maybe you could try this idea with your ousians too...to make ankledeep stuck in water/swamp Soldiers....

You can make these yourself, without convincing your parents, quite easily actually:

Take a normal base, from GW for example, slotta or not doesn't matter.
Cut out/off the top of it, so that you have a plastic ring.
Glue it onto a piece of plastic card.
Cut it out and clean all the edges.
Fill it.

The result are cheap, quick, standard size and shape bases, ready to be filled with the ooze of your choice.