dsteingass wrote: Today I see that Soldier's burial benefits are cut off too because of these so-called Tea Party "patriots" - pathetic. Good luck getting the benefits you earned, this is all madness. I didn't make his funeral..I wonder if the VFW Color Guard was even able to give him 21 blank shells??
Thanks dave, worried about my retirements benefits as well.....
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as a younger vet, i feel i should chime in on this also...i may not have beent his best soldier but i was treated ok by the va for about 6 months then it went to the crapper. techinally im 60 percent disabled but they are only paying me for 40%.
my school funds were cut and i didnt get my post 911 gi bill becuase of my discharge same with my reg gi bill. didnt get a dishonorable but didnt get an honorable. and what really sucks is i live near a military installation so employers just see black and white. there is no fine line.
i do agree with you fellas that what is happening sucks and i dont agree with what is going on but it happens...yes there needs to be a revolution.
no it wont happen too many agendas and too many folks with other motivations.
TLDR:government sucks alot...soldiers usally get shafted and turn out worse ofr wear.
Ok, so I'm playing through the game "The Last of Us" on PS3 and OMG....it's like a Linear Fallout story, and the decrepit building ruins are amazingly grimy!
Spooky date there too.
If Fallout 4 graphics are anywhere close to this, it's gonna be even more badass than I thought possible!
Automatically Appended Next Post: yes, these are all ACTUAL gameplay shots
What surprises me is the way America treats their soldiers... I would have expected this from banana republics or the old Soviets...I thought America took great stock on their bleeding GIs...something seriously rotten in the state of Washington...
State of Washington is fine.....I guess, it's Washington D. C.(on other side of the country), that's up.
A couple weeks ago we had a Parade next to our house. There were multiple cars of veterans from he battle of the Buldge. The parade was moving slow enough where I stepped out and went up to the cars to thank them for their service. They were all flabbergasted, its been a while since they've been given the respect they deserve. I don't do it often, but when the odd circumstances hit where. See a vet, and have the freeing to thank them, every one of them has been excited to get a handshake and a moment of time.
These are guys who gave up their time, friends, loved ones, and are getting pushed aside by the government as numbers now. The government doesn't see them as people, only as a source of money. Like social security, here's tons of money in there, lets take it to fund xyz because I get a kickback from them.
I think it also has to o with he disconnect our government employees have. The bi guys no the ones pushing paper. They couldn't tell you he price of gas, cost of a gallon of milk, or what a doctors visit costs. They just slide that government credit card in, and let h tax payers deal with it.
A lot of guys I know, dress in civvies instead of uniform when traveling, because those moments where people thank them get awkward at times. I can understand that, sometimes when going from airport to airport, you just want some privacy and quiet and anonymity.
Well I only ever went home in uniform back then when doing service...I then lived in a part of town where uniforms could very well guarante you a beating... And no joking... When I was in the bus and so on, everybody kept looking at me quite surprised...as if, me being in uniform=end of times...well I got home unscathed...but I learned a lesson that day...never be that late for train to not change before...
Must say i'm glad us soldiers here only do peace-keeping tasks (in theory )
Folks here accept our uniforms, but the government begins to look more and more like your american government... No respect anymore for the guys they send to their deaths... Most guys I served with came back from Sarajevo broken mentally. Sure, there were army shrinks available, but they mostly told ya to man up. PTSS was something ya didn't talk about. Only after several (lots) commited suicide did they realise that the help for those coming back was seriously lacking.
As for benefits... well... I'm glad I have a decent job in healthcare now. My pension would probably suck at 68 otherwise. If they keep it at 68 that is... I fear i'll still be working at 75 if our good ol dutch government keeps this crap up...
So for short... governments suck everywhere... I think i'll be running for dictatorship in a couple of years... Vote for me all dutch gamers!
Well, at least we can treat our own plastic space soldiers with better decency and respect than our Ivory Tower Governments.
Now it may seem harsh, but if the entirety of politicians had to serve, and live as their constituents instead of the French Nobility just before the French Revolution we may have folks in charge with better understanding of the people. And of course this always would change their mind set
dsteingass wrote: Busy day for me today. Cleaned out the Barns at the farm, cooking Pork Burgers, and I'm buying a shotgun!
I hav to get the license changed to WV before they will let me buy a shot-gun here. Found a decent tactical one that was short enough for in house use just in case, will need trigger lock though due to 7yr old in the house.
This one was My Grandfather's Browning A-5 Semi-Auto 12 Gage. My cousin inherited it and he needs the money.
Burgers didn't turn out so well, recipe calle for Worcestershire sauce and onion soup mix..JUst didn't taste right. I haven't failed dinner like this before!
Haha I quit listening to Newt Gingritch on CNN and just start watching his neck instead It's quite animated. And much more interesting than his flip-flop talk
Blackadder: Baldrick, I've always been meaning to ask: Do you have any ambitions in
life apart from the aquisition of turnips?
Baldrick: err...no
Blackadder: Baldrick, I want you to go back to your kitchen sink, you see,
and prepare for government!
Automatically Appended Next Post: These Woodland Scenics Resin kits are MUCH MUCH MUCH easier to work with than the plastic DPM panels.
They make all kinds of awesome-looking storefront parts in HO scale, but none in O scale.
I'm thinking this will be Cornucopia Fresh Groceries eh?
Automatically Appended Next Post: This is just too nice of a kit to be a ruin, flame me all you want fellas, I bought it...
Got to say I am with you all the way, that is a very beautiful building, Do you get actual windows? And you know you will have to do a really bang up job on the interior of that ground floor. Can we get mannequin's to scale? wearing boiler suits in different colours, and a nice skimpy number in black?.........sorry wondering off there a moment.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Brick-over is also an option
Especially because they are commonly a different kind of brick, so I can use what textured plasticard I already have
I need more in-game shots about that shop...but atm the grilled windows seem a bit out of place?...
The tho is looking so sweet o have the urge to cudle it! And of course it is not mandatory to hack everything up...
No, I'm not talking about grilling the windows, just giving them dirt and filth.
Automatically Appended Next Post: I just airbrushed greys and inks on the clear plastic to get that look. The grills just gave the illusion of separation. These windows already have seperation, so no need. And it won't be just like the in-game buildings, that's not realistic.
I still like the idea of seeing into the ground floor, I would have thought that originally it would have large plate glass windows, rather than small panes. Maybe broken windows. Mind you I could go with some nice grimy graffiti covered steel shutters!!!! on the ground floor that is. Up top I would go with bricking up. Though I am not sure, if it's meant to be similar to the game best look to that, my logic says that bricking up takes planning and time that a nuclear holocaust would not necessarily afford you, where a good old sheet of plywood nailed (or riveted) home can do perfectly well, in minutes.
There are no small panes! I wasn't talking about the panes. the panes on the previous project are completely different. no panes, no grills, no 1/4" chicken wire. I was just talking about putting in plate glass and dirtying them up.
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dsteingass wrote: I suppose they do now that I think about it. The BoS and Riley's Rangers used quite a bit of Graffiti too.
Yes, and markers for locations also seem to have fairly fresh and brightly colored paint as well. and the Outcasts found a major stash of red and black to coat their BoS power armor
If you do the same technique for the windows dave, try a piece of take or putty on the window before you spray. that way when things are dry you can remove the tape or putty to have the spot that someone cleaned off to look in/out.
sorry to be a pain about the panes. that's why they don't so panes on the planes that fly to spain in the rain because to clean them would be a pain.
Well, if you haven't played the game, it's hard to explain. With the intact buildings like that, the windows are intact,
but when you go inside (and you essentially load a new map) you can see a bit of light coming through, but it's still dirty
Many of the buildings are like the TARDIS, bigger on the inside- but your brain doesn't register that for some reason.
Automatically Appended Next Post: You see how there are 5 windows and then a wall, then the overpass, but inside it's completely different?
Automatically Appended Next Post: These Woodland Scenics Resin kits are MUCH MUCH MUCH easier to work with than the plastic DPM panels.
They make all kinds of awesome-looking storefront parts in HO scale, but none in O scale.
I'm thinking this will be Cornucopia Fresh Groceries eh?
Automatically Appended Next Post: This is just too nice of a kit to be a ruin, flame me all you want fellas, I bought it...
I agree totally with the decision to keep that on intact but filthy.
You say they are better to work with than the others, but how do you think the durability of the WS resin pieces will be? Are they brittle at all?
yeah, I was kind of meaning like in the horror movies how grimy the windows are and the people go up to them and use their shirtsleeve to clean a little "peep hole" to look outside.
Nope, not brittle at all. They sand MUCH easier than the plastic, and There is no Belt sander required to get a 45 degree bevel. The friction generated by the belt sander makes a mess of that thick plastic too, melting it, but it cools quickly and leaves strings.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Hey! getting those screenshots for you guys, I just found the ONLY toilet paper hanger in the entire Wasteland!
Automatically Appended Next Post: So, you see, the outsides don't match the insides
Here the door is clearly in the angled wall, but once you go inside, it's not
Oh yeah, I meant to come back and say I found some toilet paper hangers (I almost thought I'd imagined that conversation). That was in Big town (I think) and all the toilets in the town had them...
I do like the WS stuff, and that one has a great shape to it.
Here's my suggestion for the lower level This is from the Terry Gilliam film 'Twelve Monkeys'. There's some great / decrepit buildings and interior shots in that film
Good call Ruglud. Twelve Monkeys is a brilliant film and worthy of some inspiration use.
As soon as I saw that picture, without even registering my brain said "Twelve Monkeys", then I read what you wrote underneath and thought "how did I know that?"...
I like the bump out over the front door, reminds me of old castles and how they would greet guests with boiling oil, could make a nice sniper perch as well.
Running to the library, my daughter had a book on hold, maybe they will have 12 monkeys as well.
Usually those castles had their abort built like that...covered from eyes inside to look like a wardrobe... So rather poo to be expected there that hot tar... And my wife said the same about how good-looking the "bump"is...
Thanks! haha yep Doc, I just use the handle of my big knife and pound texture The PVC foam is marvelous for this type of stuff. I'll add some cracks too.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Not quite sure why, but the primer is taking an extra long time to dry today
It's only 44% humidity and 70 degrees, quite nice out, I even have the back door to the shop open
It must be intelligent primer. It knows you want it to dry so it is doing the exact opposite. It mas manufactured to be like a women....or small children.
Theo :Nino: spoken like a true husband and father... And I don't see the point why resin would make primer take longer to dry... Its speak as steel or plastic... So no point...
Well if it's proper primer it's going to want to chemically bond to the surface. Change the surface = change the reaction conditions = change in reaction time...
Edit:
Also, if you plan to and it would help, I could probably dummy-up some templates for the sign if you like. Just get me some relatively straight screenshots.
And as to the primer. I think, plastic and even steel have a surface structure where paint will adhere to easier, where as the resin is so smooth a texture, the paint sits on it more, if that makes sense. Can't really explain it, DrH can probably get it more clear than me, but having painted just about everything with just about anything over time, I have found it's things like, if you paint stainless steel it takes forever to dry compared to normal mild steel, or filer.
Just glad it worked ok in the end and now has the makings of some beautiful red bricks.
Hmmm...so I learned something new... Does that mean by the way that smelly primer and imp primer are no real primers? They certainly don't change the surface...
The red against the white looks already amazing, even at this early stage!
Primer doesn't change the surface, the ONLY purpose of primer is to give the other layers of paint something solid to stick to. Without primer, your paint can just lift off the surface. Like my masking tape accident, sometimes it still does that anyways if the primer hasn't cured completely. All paint is comprised of three physical elements, medium, binder, and pigment. Drying and curing are two different things too. Drying is just the process of the medium evaporating, Curing is the chemical reaction that takes place when the binder changes from liquid to solid state. The presence of the medium determines when the chemical reaction takes place. That is how your paint stays liquid in the pot, the medium is still present therefore it remains in a liquid state. GW pots don't seal properly, allowing air to slowly evaporate the medium.
I just imagined all of hat coming out of minion Dave , like a lecture from a really drunken teacher with words all jumbled. I enjoy your avatar too much.
I believe smelly primer was an alcohol-based medium, or some other chemical similar, not sure. I AM sure that Devlan Mud used liquid-ass as the medium, hence the smell
I do know that I used to prime with Chaos Black, and I am not as happy with Abaddon Black, though it's probably exactly the blooming same stuff. And Ceramite White is just annoying the heck out of me because the pots dry up before I can use them. And if I water it down it's useless, and smelly primer did exactly what it said on the tin. i.e. Prime. Why do they mess with stuff.
Oh don't be emabarrassed Cam, no harm, no foul Bro! Actually, I have been working on this thing all damn day, and it was a little too much into my head when I typed all that. An outing of pizza and beer helped me chill out a bit
Sitting around the house all day is starting to get to me I think..
Looking good Dave, this building is shaping up to be one of your best yet I feel.
I just thought, check out the images of Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia in this link - it was used as the asylum in Twelve Monkeys - the interior 'decoration' is perfect for your FO style building
http://movie-tourist.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/12-monkeys-1995.html
@Theo...I hope you have the time of your life man! I only knew NYC from TV and movies before I went. It was such a surreal experience! Although I can't for the life of me figure out WHY they don't maintain the sidewalks better in the richest city in the world! They are worse than Fallout pavements near Times Square.
@Shas- that was the BEST rag for reading on the can for sure!
Sitting around the house all day is starting to get to me I think.. [/quote still no progress in that department?...darn...
and thanks for that lecture! it was an enlightment for sure...
and i dunno why everyone is so dead against ceramite white... me and ceramite, we´re pal´s all the way through... it is the only paint i have nothing bad to say about from GW these days...although...don´t get me started on pots...
OK I have not mentioned anything as of late concerning this building for a simple reason, I was bidding for the same model of ebay and lost
I found it after your earlier builds using o gauge models inspired me to look, however these are not that easily found over here and seeing one at a good price I bid only to loose at 8 seconds less .
However now I am over my small childish tantrum I must say this is a dam fine looking building and hope you have as much fun with it as I hoped to have
No I cant wait to see you add your magic touch to it along with the sprinkle of FO any chance of a mini next to it for scale preferably in the door way
Also love the dirty windows did you just airbrush clear plastic for that result then ?
THanks LDD! Yep just airbrushed on the clear. I didn't get this on ebay, but rather at my local Hobby Shop. There is a European Bachmann dealer that sells all of the WS stuff, maybe that'll help
http://www.bachmann.co.uk/scenics.php
Will take a look at that and see and thanks for the pic for scale I wondered how close it would be, I have found the odd one on ebay but for stupid prices.
But I will check out the link with fingers crossed
everyone here is grimy and soiled I found a couple of these Ameritowne Building fronts today at my local Hobby shop. They look to be great kitbashing fodder, and the prices are phenomenal! I'd been gawking at the ads for them in O Gague RR magazine for awhile, but the price was so low, I thoiught they were too good to be true.
Sweet catch dude. Just looked up your beautiful corner store. £97 sterling, OMG that's steep. These look much more affordable. $13 each, you lucky boy. By the time you finished they will look a million bucks.....
I paid about half of that. I think the train store bought an estate collection of railroad kits from some late hobbyist actually. Probably what will happen to my junk someday A bunch of shrink-wrapped OOP stuff was stickered as "used item"
dsteingass wrote: everyone here is grimy and soiled I found a couple of these Ameritowne Building fronts today at my local Hobby shop. They look to be great kitbashing fodder, and the prices are phenomenal! I'd been gawking at the ads for them in O Gague RR magazine for awhile, but the price was so low, I thoiught they were too good to be true.
i think that needs to be modeled to look like the HQ of the ghostbusters...
you cant have only grim and dark on your table... a rotten version of the ghostbusters HQ would be so awesome...
dsteingass wrote: everyone here is grimy and soiled I found a couple of these Ameritowne Building fronts today at my local Hobby shop. They look to be great kitbashing fodder, and the prices are phenomenal! I'd been gawking at the ads for them in O Gague RR magazine for awhile, but the price was so low, I thoiught they were too good to be true.
i think that needs to be modeled to look like the HQ of the ghostbusters...
you cant have only grim and dark on your table... a rotten version of the ghostbusters HQ would be so awesome...
That's funny. Ghostbusters HQ was the first thing I thought of when I saw that too.
YES! But I need some little stick-on letters. I saw some used at the LEGO show on road names for locomotives and rolling stock. They have a nice thickness, gives them a 3D look.
Those may indeed work! I think I need to build the structure of the sign first though, then get the lettering. I've taken screenshots from all angles and all the letters all appear to be the same size. The shapes sort of interlock in a rather complex way, so It'll take some planning and wrapping/bending plastic.
Now that would rock flashing mini neon lights, Theo if you find them small enough be ready for requests coming your way
Dave could you not just build each section as boxes then gently sand the corners round, then stick them together to make the complete sign like you said break it down into shapes
I am soooooo tempted to get a set of those figures and do the conversions based on these ones - Will be adding to my 'wish list' for Salute '14 next April...
I know you guys aren't trying to build this thing, so you probably haven't looked at it as close as I have, but it's not a neon sign, and there is no way to make it solid, not to mention the 50's/60's styling to it and the entire off-kilter angles. I can't even get the drawing right yet.
Nice Ghostbusters, but I don't like the baseball caps myself.
I guess that is a good point theo, but I honestly don't think that they make neon lights that small, I am not sure if it is even possible yet. We don't necessarily dedicate all of science to neon lights.
It's not a neon sign! dafuq fellas?? 1:1 drawing refined a bit here. grid is 5mm, so I'll need 5mm letters.
The little rivet-looking things used to be lightbulbs that chased each other in true 50's style
There is no neon
There is no neon
There is no neon
maybe if I constantly repost the screenshots it'll force you to look closer?
it's possible to make tiny neon lights, just no-one in their right minds would try . However a sane alternative does exist in the form of leaky fiber optic cables, or you could just use micro LEDs.
That doesn't look too bad, have you found something to use for the lettering yet?
dsteingass wrote: It's not a neon sign! dafuq fellas?? 1:1 drawing refined a bit here. grid is 5mm, so I'll need 5mm letters.
Hey I can totally get you a template for that tomorrow. I don't have my computer with me now or I would have it today.
You can build it in about 4 layers. 2 for the triangle-shaped part. 1 more for the two lettered areas. A final one for the border.I would use the black material you have for the 2 base layers and some thinner plastic for the final two. Railroad lettering for the actual wording. Go nuts with rivets around the outside. Good to go.
Ok, New Vegas has a handful of neons still operating after 200 years, but only because of one guy building/maintaining them in the entire wasteland. Tell me how you get neon from this screenshot, then tell me where they are going to get the gas to make new neons, until then, neon is off the table for discussion. Even if it were theoretically possible to build working neon in this scale, AND even if it were economical to do that, it wouldn't look anything like the screenshot, which is what I'm trying to approximate in this scale model.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Thanks Taarnak! Finally someone talking practical! -Much appreciated!
I intend to build the base structures out of the black PVC foam because it's nice and carvable. Then I'll wrap thin plastic strips around the worded parts to form those oblonged rectangles before cutting out slots in the big triangle to fit those parts, followed by wrapping the triangle with PC strip to give the lip definition.
HOWEVER...I could use a more precise template. The triangle can't be more than 3" tall vertically and the horizontal would have to be proportionate to that, but not more than 2" ( I think). There is some wiggle room.
It is always funny how these things develop...someone starts a wild goose chase idea like that neon thing...(I am with you for once Dave) and Dave is manning the fort to explain everyone how it isn't possible to be neon at all... It realy is funny... I enjoyed that trenchwar this time immensely... And Dave, I hope you don't have that white foam at your mouth...(I joke...but only a little...)
Sketch of the sign looks very promising...although I have to say, the round raised rim will be a devil to get right...
I would have thought that using plasticard might be easier to file to get the curved corners, using the foamboard as a core, then you could bend and laminate thin strips for the bordered area.
Might be less frustrating to do the main shape as one piece and add edging, rather than carve in to a large triangle to add blocks in
dsteingass wrote: .
Automatically Appended Next Post: Thanks Taarnak! Finally someone talking practical! -Much appreciated!
I intend to build the base structures out of the black PVC foam because it's nice and carvable. Then I'll wrap thin plastic strips around the worded parts to form those oblonged rectangles before cutting out slots in the big triangle to fit those parts, followed by wrapping the triangle with PC strip to give the lip definition.
HOWEVER...I could use a more precise template. The triangle can't be more than 3" tall vertically and the horizontal would have to be proportionate to that, but not more than 2" ( I think). There is some wiggle room.
Cool. I'll use those as a rough guide. The screenshots you posted are perfect. Once I have it all laid out (tomorrow afternoon-ish) I'll PM you and we can refine it more.
I just went to Michael's craft store and looked through all their alphabet stickers, nothing in the correct size, these will work splendidly, even if I have to wait a bit.
Noodles, I can't really explain how wonderous PVC foam is to work with. Cuts, sands, and glues very easy, yet it's as strong as wood and stronger than styrene. You really need to try it yourself to see the potential it has.
Yes Vik, it's always funny to follow these lunatic hobby convos we have, but I wouldn't trade it for anything And as for bending plastic, I built a Corvega, I'm not afraid
Well, since all environmentalists and Health & Safety people are commie traitors, I'm sure they used the BEST American-mined lead they could find in that paint!
dsteingass wrote: Well, since all environmentalists and Health & Safety people are commie traitors, I'm sure they used the BEST American-mined lead they could find in that paint!
Considering what kind of world FO is spawned in, that would be so. Just list to the phrases Sgt RL-3 spouts if your character is neutral enough to get him.
Was reading this thread yesterday and the screenshots made me so nostalgic for Fallout that I checked out New Vegas in the Steam Store, and saw that I could get an uncensored english language version! (The normal german version is censored and even worse, comes with awful german voice acting and no option to switch to English).
So, thanks dsteingass, I've been playing the hell out of it and enjoying myself mightily!
Dead jealous of all your wasteland terrain. Gotta maintain focus on my current projects though.
Also, did you ever do any more with your awesome Bag End project?
Mobils are not the best yet for the internet, oh and now Samsung has made the wrist communicator from decades ago! a wrist watch style internet capable cell phone!!!!
we.. with me i was always out for the flip open communicater of star trek... recently that was one of the first smaller generations of mobils...so i got my wish earlier
Viktor von Domm wrote: we.. with me i was always out for the flip open communicater of star trek... recently that was one of the first smaller generations of mobils...so i got my wish earlier
Years ago fell in love with the Nokia Sirocco 8800, you could get it gold plated, still hundreds of pounds today, and it's basic compared to modern phones. Something about a bar of gold in your pocket.
Dave's at his best when he's filthy! building is so good dude, you have an excellent grasp of where, how much and what to do to each style of building or bunker or bridge to make it look more than just a terrain or backdrop peice but something in it's own right that people WANT to look at, it inspires us to move forward and not just paint but CREATE! so i thank you Dave from the bottom of my riveted heart! :-)
Here are the templates. Printed at 100% the sign should measure 3" tall and 2.75" (or so, I didn't measure exactly on that, just kept it proportional) wide.
The items marked "B" are a second way to do the topmost layer. Use these if you want to cut the borders for the small pieces and the large triangular piece separately. The other outline bit on the sheet is there if you want to cut that topmost layer in one piece (which is what I'd do, personally).
Hope this all makes some sense and you find this helpful.
A wonderful surprise after I got home! I had Jury Duty today, sat all day long on uncomfortable chairs in a golden gilded courthouse. Thankfully my name was at the bottom of the list and they had selected their jury before I got called up. Now I have 2 years before I have to worry about service guaranteeing citizenship! Basically, I dodged a bullet today, it is a high-profile case that I'm glad I don't have to spend the next 3-4 weeks bothering with.
Be ready Dave, if the jurors they selected for some reason become disqualified, they may call you all back for replacements? I think this depends on state to state.
@DaBoss- no, I haven't built any more on Bag End. I will though, it's just a huge project.
@Didde- Pripyat? no please elaborate.
@Shas it's a high profile case that was moved to this county because they couldn't find a jury there that hadn't heard about it. I never saw as many media satellite trucks in one place as I did yesterday.
Pripyat is the name of an abandoned ukranian city in the close proximity of the Chernobyl power plant.
It recently became more widely known since it was taken as setting for many recent movies and games, like CoD, Chernobyl Diaries etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pripyat
Well, I think Chernobyl is the fundamental imagery behind most if not all of the atomic post-apocalyptic fiction out there. I want to like the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series of games, but being voiced in Russian and reading the subtitles in English, I lose the story immersion a bit, since I don't understand the language. There are a lot of campfire conversatons going on, giving a rich background story that I miss. The Metro series may have been voiced by horrible Russian accents, but at least I could get into the story and let it scare me a bit. The Fallout series, being based in the US hits a little bit home for me, since I can relate to the attitudes portrayed. Civilization is fragile, and Americans are easily herded into ideological frenzies due to our relative collective lack of education IMHO. Talk to the old man in Megaton, and I hear his ignorant speech around me almost daily.
I've read the metro books... and boy did they frighten me... all that walking in total darkness...for hours... really I doubt any brave man out there could do this without loosing his mind in the process...after that you really get afraid of the dark...!
also the books in my opinion didn´t read Russian...I felt as if I read the adventures of a german... there wasn´t really a typical Russian feel to it... all mashed up modern and so on...
Well, in the Metro Games, they are voice-acted, in english, with Russian accents. I'd like to find the books, but I haven't seen them in stores around here.
I totally know what you mean, but dear lord are those metro games awesome. I feel like I have missed out on so much, but I guess that is what having a girlfriend does to you :/
A wonderful surprise after I got home! I had Jury Duty today, sat all day long on uncomfortable chairs in a golden gilded courthouse. Thankfully my name was at the bottom of the list and they had selected their jury before I got called up. Now I have 2 years before I have to worry about service guaranteeing citizenship! Basically, I dodged a bullet today, it is a high-profile case that I'm glad I don't have to spend the next 3-4 weeks bothering with.
Thanks Damo! Much appreciated!
Cool man, glad you like it. Looking forward to seeing the sign.
I'm sure if you asked to be removed du to your excessive logging that he judge would have left you off the hook. Either that o sequestered you until you build him a table full of fallout goodness .
I may have to wait till they make the stripped down X-box One,,,ya know, no Kinnect, just the console? for the game Fallout-4 but if they make it able to be played on the X-box 360, I will be good then.
Baiyuan wrote: Pripyat is the name of an abandoned ukranian city in the close proximity of the Chernobyl power plant.
It recently became more widely known since it was taken as setting for many recent movies and games, like CoD, Chernobyl Diaries etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pripyat
At least you were able to snipe your way through...in FO otherwise something not often possible...in Vegas tho somthing you can do from the beginning...I like open ranges far better...
dsteingass wrote: Haha Point Lookout was my least favorite DLC. Talk about hitting close to home with the inbred rednecks that can take 6 shotgun shells to the face!
If you grew up around such that is scary Dave!
I would however yell at the Big ones to go down naming them "Bubba" and the little ones "Cleetus" or "Jeeter"
That is some great stuff! I read model railroading magazines quite often, and there are always articles in those about forced perspective. Some guys even build entire cities on their layouts in different scales or at odd angles so that you get that illusion even standing in front of the layout.
It is indeed beautiful! I'm still trying to ID the exact year of manufacture. Then it all needs disassembled and broken down for a thorough cleaning. I can't wait to shoot some clay pigeons with it.
I think I've identified it as a 1957 model, one of 10,900 shipped that year. Still waiting on verification by an expert, but it's in pretty good shape for being 56 years old.
@ graven- that was the best thing I'll see all day, thanks for posting that.
@ Dave- Wicked nice piece there, though I do have to critique the scale. It seems a bit large even by GW 28mm 'Heroic' scale. But still very well done. I especially like the detail around the butt plate. Excellent work.
Gas, inertia, or recoil operated actions are other popular methods of increasing the rate of fire of a shotgun; these are generally referred to as autoloaders or semi-automatics. Instead of having the action manually operated by a pump or lever, the action automatically cycles each time the shotgun is fired, ejecting the spent shell and reloading a fresh one into the chamber. The first successful semi-automatic shotgun was John Browning's Auto-5, first produced by Fabrique Nationale beginning in 1902. Other well-known examples include the Remington 1100, Benelli M1, and Saiga-12.
Some, such as the Franchi SPAS-12 and Benelli M3, are capable of switching between semi-automatic and pump action. These are popular for two reasons; first, some jurisdictions forbid the use of semi-automatic actions for hunting, and second, lower-powered rounds, like "reduced-recoil" buckshot shells and many less lethal cartridges, have insufficient power to reliably cycle a semi-automatic shotgun."
You have a piece of shotgun history in your possession there Dave. Very classy indeed!!
In the shot from the game, the sign is mounted more to one side, which would allow you to keep the beautiful window and mount the sign on a nice riveted bracket. Sign looks awesome.
Could you place the sign slightly higher so the top support was onto the more solid looking part above the window, then add a support beam inside the window from where the lower post meets the window to the ceiling inside?
Then the sign is supported and the window stays intact.
I'm feeling the need to agree with you fellas. That overhanging window is what makes that kit so cool. Well, since it'll be awhile before the lettering arrives from across the pond, we have time to discuss it. I'll offer you all a challenge. I think our eyes and brains are wired to notice signs and not the supports that hang them up. When you are out and about in the real world, take a look at real sign supports around where you live and travel and report any ideas.
Maybe the supports for the sign could be spread apart a touch, so they mount at the bottom of the frame, and above the window. It wouldn't be as noticeable then I don't think
My first thought is, the sign just doesn't work on this building and that it needs a solid brick wall behind it...
Having said that, you could always have the supports in a horizontal V shape stradling the window frames - so the wide part of the V is either side of the windows and the point of the V is on the sign - something like this?
I love both tshirts! Got both references instantly...too good to be true! Would love to add something to the sign discussion...but everything is already covered....
That can still be made to work if you keep the window, if the window was taken off in favor of a bricked wall, then the sign would take such a center spot.
I think we've decided against bricking the window over...
The Joe haul from yesterday
Blowtorch, Barbeque, Tripwire, Bazooka (been looking for him forever), Wild Bill, Major Bludd, Crimson Guard
BeachHead, Joe Colton, Kwinn
Yep, That's Bruce Willis!
Kwinn is a Comic book favorite, and Hasbro gave him an amazing array of accessories. Clearly the fig is geared towards adult collectors as it's (thankfully) missing the current standard of bulky, stupid-looking ziplines and kiddish missile launchers.
When you are out and about in the real world, take a look at real sign supports around where you live and travel and report any ideas.
Challenge accepted, and I'm heading out right now to take a picture of a bracket I noticed years ago. I agree w/ you that people are conditioned to see only the sign and not the mount. You'll see why when I get back here in about 30-40 minutes (10am-ish EST) to post a pic of supporting evidence. I've been meaning to take a picture of it anyway because it's really funny, and now I have the motivation. I'll be back.
And if I see anything else bracket-related I'll take a pic of that as well.
The Walking Dead
Darryl and Merle Dixon
Michonne's Pets (haven't found a Michonne yet), Carl, Andrea, The Governor
I ordered Rick from ebay, he's in the Mail
it is quite surprising how recognizable these models are...indeed, technology has gone a far amount forward since my kids days... these didn´t look back than as good as these now...
even tho i haven´t (yet) watched the walking dead even i can say they look the part!
and off to one side is in my opinion the way to go with that sign... i just have a slight issue still buzzing in my brain concerning the size of the sign... it appears to me is a bit too large in relation to the building... i know such talk is probably not helping things here... but what do you thinki about it dave?
also... i am currently uploading a major truckload of an update... so i wouldn´t want to auto add it
On the right is the Congo church. On the left are some local businesses. They share the parking lot in between. Someone was not paying much attention when they chose the bracket for their sign:
Spoiler:
I still chuckle from time to time when I pass that place. Ha.
The upside down cross reminds me of one of my old bosses. I pointed out a displayed that came in that formed a swastica of an off brand BBQ sauce. The sauce was a African American man on the bottle, so it was pretty poorly done and very visible. He said he used to do things like that when he worked in marketing and built visual displays. Not anti semantic or anything, but would copy symbols into his designs. He and over guys he worked with would try and outdo each other with hiding their designs in plain sight.
The floor and dome of our courthouse has swastikas in the art, of course, it was built in the 1800s before that symbol was adopted for that other thing...
Forgot to mention my flight home passed over your house dave. Thought about dropping in, but they probably wouldn't let me open the door , and I was in the window seat, my wife would ask me here I was going as well.
A new Costco opened here, we went..it was a strange experience, but I waved to you from the parking lot. I was driving a shopping cart the size of a '78 Buick
I got a cheap Chinese hobby knife set, and 44 slices of the best NY SHarp Cheddar cheese I've ever tasted in my entire life.
Dave, I didn't reply on LAF, but if you have other signs you want templates for, by all means let me know.
I've attached a little mock up of a support structure that I have seen before with billboards. It is the bit in yellow. Simple bar across the middle of the window would work. Add a support line going up to the upper part of the building and you're set.
Man now I wish I had taken that pic of bill Clinton at the wax museum you'll just have to settle for me paying off George W, at his new job as parking vallet.
Theophony wrote: Man now I wish I had taken that pic of bill Clinton at the wax museum you'll just have to settle for me paying off George W, at his new job as parking vallet.
Edit: or not, still figuring out photobucket.
Fixed - copy the IMG code and paste straight into Dakka as is...
Edit: The pose is classic - love the charge card exchanging hands - make sure you keep an eye on him though so he doesn't clone it
Actually, they are on a sprue, so I haven't decided whether painting them black before gluing them will really be worth the hassle of touching them up or not.
HOLY CRAP!
I just realized there won't be enough letters to do both sides! need 6 Es and 8 Rs
Maybe I can get lucky and chop/replace some letters like the spare P- We'll see. Of course some letters may have fallen off somehow too
odd missing letters or someone switching the sign around to say bugger off or something along those lines.
By the way i'm in season 5 of fringe. Enjoyed the first 4 tremendously, not liking the pace of this season so far. I don't know if this was the planned end of the show, or if the writing tanked it, but I'm now ready for it to be done.
Just make some missing letters it is fallout after all. Not everything can survive the apocalypse. You will have enough E's but maybe the R's were structurally sound enough to survive the apoc.
Make sure you leave some mark an E was there... outline it, make that area darker than around it, something. The letter was there for X years so it'd be less weathered underneath the letter.
Molding them is also a good idea, I would go for the whole sprue though rather than just one individual letter. I'm sure Dave will figure something out, he is a minion after all!
Dave, do you or any League members know any articles that can help with painting and using MDF models? I found some Angry Badger space floor tiles and I'm trying to work out the best approach if i buy them?
and on to your work..... the sign, is as usual spot on! I'm really waiting for the letters to go on it now, I like the fallen letter idea and I know you'll do it justice! have you thought about doing some creative photography and doing small scenes or photoshop work to bring these to another level of life? i'd love to see you recreate some game shots? :-)
Vallejo air primers are the most superb primers in the entire world! It's all I use anymore. MDF doesn't generally warp in my experience using it. Hardboard does if a 4x4' sheet sits on it's end in a garage, but not at the size of bases I cut from it.
Ah good to know thanks Dave! :-) it'll cost me a little bit but then I can get creative and actually start the board once i've got the tiles done, plus they'll be lighter than plaster too! only thing i'm waiting on is my stuff from Armorcast :-( seriously not impressed with them at the moment, 2 months no communication and from my account hasn't even shipped yet! Grrrrr
Water is the bane of MDF. Just don't soak it, and you'll be fine. It cuts cleanly with a hacksaw, takes sandpaper no problem. For adhesion, if you're using hot glue, you'll need to rough up the surface. Otherwise, all adhesives work as one might expect. wood glue is great for larger structure/terrain, superglue for finer/smaller work.
As a note, wood glue is just great in general. If you don't have the patience for drying times, buy a Kindle and read a book.
Armorcast has been disappointing me too, however I hear that the reason/excuse is that they are all busy on the casting floor, that's why they can't do customer service? I dunno. smells fishy. We'll see. I had to re-email them after several months in order to provoke a response from them.
Really? on the website somewhere it read not to email them as they won't be returning the emails due to the busy nature of the business at the moment while they cast orders? I still of course did email them as I paid for the products and I want to know what the deal was, still no reply as yet which is sad as they as far as I know are a well respected business?
About the only thing I will put in here is how absorbant MDF is. The pva can be watered down a bit and at least it seals the surface once dry. Primer gets absorbed quickly into it. Only in my experience. Though i would add that I have had some great sucess with priming with car spray primer first.
they need this time for their doctors appointments. They don have the same great health system we have after all.
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