Now you see I knew you could do them justice, they look brilliant. I agree with others love the camo, they just look right. Guns look cool.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Now you see I knew you could do them justice, they look brilliant. I agree with others love the camo, they just look right. Guns look cool.

Thanks Cam! so you like the Heckler-Rheinmetal HR-91Ausf-B rifles and the Mauser Model-66 Assault Cannon, the Captain is using a Walther & Schmeiser 70 Bolt pistol of .50cal He is also using the Model 99 variable timer grenade, Nicknamed a "Potato Masher" for the Frag red top is Krak(I will paint the red tops for the Krak model. The earlier guys in the day armor have the Heckler-Rheinmetal HR-91Ausf-A rifles.


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I never was a fan of those figs, but you paint scheme helps them out lot. I never could get into he game, seemed they took all of the GW ideas and pushed them further to the extreme of what I disliked. I almost bought some of he Japanese guys from them, but heard they closed up shop a week earlier, so i Bought more GW instead.

Yeah, some of the old figs of the 1990's were goofy looking, depended on the sculptors, but the 2nd edition Bauhaus minis were awesome. Psycho ex-roommate tossed all 52 minis I had of them out.

they look appealing to the eyes. Good job.

But wait! There's more! I did some markings and decals
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oh yeah... those manufactorers names sure made me smile^^

you certainly know your way around the german guns and gear producers
i would (if you have it) use a tiny drop of wash in the eyes... a blue one... i think the rim of the goggles could be then a bit smoother... otherwise that is a fine looking troop!
also... for the more old school warrior look you could have tossed some wooden stocks in the mix... some brown would be a nice spotcolor for these...?

I need to color the breather boxes and their lights, highlight the gloves, and hoses. The R&H-91's seem to bne extruded polymers no shoulder stocks, more a paratrooper style, the shotgun I will black the shoulder buffer though. I will see if some black wash will help the rims of the lenses

i would use a blue wash so that you don´t loose too much of the vibrat hue of the lenses...

I do have asurman blue wash, used it on the Ice Sanction troopers

These guys are turning out very nice , I almost miss the red on the Gatling though, kind of gave him a little character, heavy weapon guy who likes to use his gun to bash people too .

 Theophony wrote:
These guys are turning out very nice , I almost miss the red on the Gatling though, kind of gave him a little character, heavy weapon guy who likes to use his gun to bash people too .

Well, maybe some reddish brown splotches may turn up, as blood does that when dry.

 shasolenzabi wrote:

 Theophony wrote:
These guys are turning out very nice , I almost miss the red on the Gatling though, kind of gave him a little character, heavy weapon guy who likes to use his gun to bash people too .

Well, maybe some reddish brown splotches may turn up, as blood does that when dry.

I still prefer the red, showing he recently went berserk and smashed the opponent besides, where would you draw the line between mud and dried blood?

So, vote for the fresh kill bashing

I am an action poser (careful now) so I go with blood splatter. But I think they look cool as is.

 Camkierhi wrote:
I am an action poser (careful now) so I go with blood splatter. But I think they look cool as is.

Thanks! Still some blood smears may show how aggressive the support gunner can be too

 shasolenzabi wrote:

 Camkierhi wrote:
I am an action poser (careful now) so I go with blood splatter. But I think they look cool as is.

Thanks! Still some blood smears may show how aggressive the support gunner can be too

or a glowing hot red barrel..

I wish i had the right shades to do hot barrels, instead, I will have pics up of some red stuff on the assault cannon

well... fallout has kicked me out to see your new update mate!

Okay, I also used asurman blue wash with a fine brush around the eyelenses of the masks, now we will see how that went.
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They look a mean bunch. Good job.

Love the assault gunner looks like he cut a hole in the center of someone while firing, then shoved the barrel through the hole to shoot up the next rank .

Yeah, I really need to include them in the assault on that planet in my story

Camo looks badass Shas! I think the weapons all need a dark wash though

Thank you Dave, and they did get a wash, may have to give a second wash to them

I smash with barrel! nice work shas.

Definitely! a quite violent soldier here. Meanwhile latest update
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They look brilliant, as I knew they would.

i think the wash over the lenses worked quite well... and i think a darker wash over the guns and you are golden...!

@Cam, Yep, just needed that touch to be a force to be reckoned with, well at lest in my short story they will be, game and dice likely have other plans!

@Vik, that was a 2nd coat of the darkest wash I have left. That's as dulled down as the metal is getting.

Much better with the second wash , really makes them look menacing.

 Theophony wrote:
Much better with the second wash , really makes them look menacing.

Well, they are the types of troops who are believers in their cause and their leaders, hence the trust to get those different uniforms like the squads of Spetznats(Kasrking minis i use) with the same uniforms and armor camo) and the weapons, These guys are loaded for bear!

 shasolenzabi wrote:

 Theophony wrote:
Much better with the second wash , really makes them look menacing.

Well, they are the types of troops who are believers in their cause and their leaders, hence the trust to get those different uniforms like the squads of Spetznats(Kasrking minis i use) with the same uniforms and armor camo) and the weapons, These guys are loaded WITH BEER!

Changed that to show the priveledges are handed out

LOL! They get their beer after the mission

No Vodka rations?

Oh the Kruegerians prefer Beer and Schnapps to Vodka, Khadrovians on the other hand enjoy their clear liquid entertainment

I used to enjoy anything that would also work as gasoline in an emergency. Glad I've given that up now though.

Well, now that they are done I must work on flocking Vasily and his bunch and Markov and the Marauders as well.

 Theophony wrote:
I used to enjoy anything that would also work as gasoline in an emergency. Glad I've given that up now though.

ouch... gave up on drinking... no alc for me ´mam... just cheap aftershave... a man has to drink something....(where did that line come from again???)

I have added more to the vehicles fiction by Ismain Allred Imperial agent and "documentarian"

i need to have a free day soon to read it all in one go...

He is a prolific revealer of information

Perhaps too revealing... (now where's a "rubbing hands together" Orkmoticon when you need one).

It's interesting to read about the reasoning and uses of the various tanks though.

 Dr H wrote:
Perhaps too revealing... (now where's a "rubbing hands together" Orkmoticon when you need one).

It's interesting to read about the reasoning and uses of the various tanks though.

You could use the drooling one,,,I think there is a droolimng orkmoticon?or

I try to make the machines fit, and also share the philosophy of their use and importance to my army

and in good tradition^^

I like the tank fluff, nice to read.

There will be more fluff soon enough!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
There will be more fluff soon enough!

Now who's been in nerdfest's blog too much , can't wait.

happy fourth of july shaso old mate!!! *sips on his coke and makes a friendly nod in a general western direction *

Thank you Vik!

Theo you have been corrupted by the Nerdy blog of Slaaneshy Doom!


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So, tried my hand at some sculpt works for power packs for power fists I put on some IG sgt /officer types. Far left just a power cable, the power packs to the other gents with the big fists.
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Oh yeash, I added a new installment to Full Ice Sanction

lol... the four commissars...... actually the yarick one looks like sinatra with a whiskey glass in his hand

and the poerpacks look very decent! there is some room for improvement but you definatly should sculpt way more often as i think you could go places!... for now the paintjob would define the last word on these... there would be a cool possible way to try some OSL now... like a glowing furnace that the holes you did could glow from...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
lol... the four commissars...... actually the yarick one looks like sinatra with a whiskey glass in his hand

and the poerpacks look very decent! there is some room for improvement but you definatly should sculpt way more often as i think you could go places!... for now the paintjob would define the last word on these... there would be a cool possible way to try some OSL now... like a glowing furnace that the holes you did could glow from...

Yep, if he could delicately hold a glass in that klaw......... Frankie, Deano, Sammy and Mel.

Thanks Vik, I just make a batch when I can, although some cheap modelling clay might help me practice as that can be used over and over, and over again

if you ever get around to get your hands on a package of FIMO you could work endlessly on that... and then, when you consider the job finished... just put it in the oven and harden it thus... it will be then your own plastic made in your own kitchen^^

Frank: I get no kick from cocaine...
Deano: Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all...
Frank: laughs
crowd laughs

There is FIMO for sale even at the dreaded Wal-Mart of Doom here in Hill country.

Dave; You forgot, Sammy Smiles

i just realized you gave them all nicknames
i like that very much!

but on a related note...they all look a little sunburned...?

The wash is why, I will be going over the flesh once more to ease that sunburned look out

So, the sunburned look is removed from Markov and his bunch
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Still, what a happy looking bunch they are!

much better looking... and I like how you included other ethnic groups

Well, I figured it was time for some spice to the mix, but the real mixer will be when I do the Defiances Games troops I bought.

Oh, also a Update on the big walker the KV-200
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A bit scarred up and the right side will show claw marks on the right launcher.

This mech got some serious firepower! =) Where is it from?

The battle damaging really sells the mech. I also like your troops.

Woohoo! SPF 50 in the Rations boys! Who needs Camel cigarettes or Hershey bars?

storag wrote:This mech got some serious firepower! =) Where is it from?

It is the Monster class destroid from Macross, aka Robotech. Old school anime kit from the 1980s. I named it KV-200 as i like Old Russian armor tech.

cormadepanda wrote:The battle damaging really sells the mech. I also like your troops.

I figured to make it a grizzled veteran of the many Khadrovian campaigns, so 'nid scratches, and bullet scars from various xenos and unruly break away planets. veterans are pretty much ready to hit the battle tables there.

dsteingass wrote:Woohoo! SPF 50 in the Rations boys! Who needs Camel cigarettes or Hershey bars?

Khadrovian rations have everything a good soldiers could need or want in the field. SPF-50, Bug repellent(Pests, not the big bugs), Chocolate from hydroponics, Lho sticks, and 500ml of Vodka, shave kit, food kit, cleaning kit in rifle, manual, tent and sleeping gear, etc.

Why do they get manuals?

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*Errr Tyranid attack what do I do.. look at the glossary* (Gaunts are flooding towards their position)
*Oh.. page 78.. thought it was 68... Ah here we are... What type of monster is attacking, use these silhouettes to identify your monster.*(glances up at the swarm of horma gaunts ready to rip them to peices still running at them)

*Ahh Gaunt.. says to shoot it.. and drink vodka. Optional: Proform an inspiring shout if you are of a sergeant rank or better.* (Gaunts are now on top of them)

*Fire at will! Inspiring speech about how we will die horribly.* (The gaunts are defeated)

*Sure glad I had that manual I nearly forgot what to do with how drunk I was.*

 cormadepanda wrote:
Why do they get manuals?

EDIT:

*Errr Tyranid attack what do I do.. look at the glossary* (Gaunts are flooding towards their position)
*Oh.. page 78.. thought it was 68... Ah here we are... What type of monster is attacking, use these silhouettes to identify your monster.*(glances up at the swarm of horma gaunts ready to rip them to peices still running at them)

*Ahh Gaunt.. says to shoot it.. and drink vodka. Optional: Proform an inspiring shout if you are of a sergeant rank or better.* (Gaunts are now on top of them)

*Fire at will! Inspiring speech about how we will die horribly.* (The gaunts are defeated)

*Sure glad I had that manual I nearly forgot what to do with how drunk I was.*

Good one! But when I was int he army we did get the books they were for when we needed advice on making camp, soit showed making a rain catch trench around the tenet, dealing with injuries(In case we forgot the graphic movies on such) information about weapons and gear, and identifying the enemy while not in combat so that when we were in comabt we would know what was up. Meanwhile, more pics

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Good job. What do you use to do the battle damage?

It is the Monster class destroid from Macross, aka Robotech. Old school anime kit from the 1980s

That's why it's so familiar! Robotech is my favorite Sci-Fi animation

Comrade...You don't know about Imperial Manuals?

BL even printed them with Catechism binding and everything!

Dr H wrote:Good job. What do you use to do the battle damage?

My handy-dandy Dremel 7700!

storag wrote:

It is the Monster class destroid from Macross, aka Robotech. Old school anime kit from the 1980s

That's why it's so familiar! Robotech is my favorite Sci-Fi animation

So you now know this beast is a powerhouse

dsteingass wrote:Comrade...You don't know about Imperial Manuals?

BL even printed them with Catechism binding and everything!

Loss or deliberate destruction of this manual is punishable by death, chosen at the time by the Company Commissar of course!

LOL If you read through it, EVERY infraction carries either a punishment of Flogging, Death, or both

 dsteingass wrote:
LOL If you read through it, EVERY infraction carries either a punishment of Flogging, Death, or both

Funniest was punishment Death, followed by flogging

ouch... that wlaker has some nasty clawmarks for sure! and the rusty works there look very convincing!
also the markings are well chosen and look very good!

Freaking manuals.. haha!

Viktor von Domm wrote:ouch... that wlaker has some nasty clawmarks for sure! and the rusty works there look very convincing!
also the markings are well chosen and look very good!

Claw marks by #11 X-acto blade, rest dremel tool

cormadepanda wrote:Freaking manuals.. haha!

'Umies

I have to get back on track, finish the many projects I have, and I discovered the latest Starblazers/Tamato 2199 kits are in the same scale as my Klingons so will be of sizes to reflect ti all.

Ah to actually finish projects........heard of the concept. Actually the competitions running around here are the only projects I seem to get done. You where going great with the mud and all a while back, was looking sweet. Keep at it dude.

I need to buy the right paints for the mud, running out. I will hopefully be getting enough in September.

What do you use for mud paint, brand-wise?

The GW stuff, "Graveyard Earth" or whatever they decided to call it now with their rename/layers scheme.


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I have used XV-88 Base color as a secondary when out

finish yer projects

Right now the heat is draining me strength!

i bet it does... when around 30 degrees celsius is reached here i am barely able to breath lest build or paint... beside...paint crumbles before the brush can aply it^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
i bet it does... when around 30 degrees celsius is reached here i am barely able to breath lest build or paint... beside...paint crumbles before the brush can aply it^^

Yeah, the T-storm cooled us down and I slept till now. College paper to write and then back to other stuff!

oh... homework... scourge to hobby work woldwide^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
oh... homework... scourge to hobby work woldwide^^

Yep, now waiting on the plagiarism checker to get done with my paper, then I can post it, and get some credit as the heat has had me unwilling to do it, and then falling asleep as the heat is prone to make me do.

plagiarism checker

no joke, is there really a program that checks if you copied stuff?....oh sh...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

plagiarism checker

no joke, is there really a program that checks if you copied stuff?....oh sh...

It's called google, type in some if the paper and hit go.

urgh.... if this really works i might have to be a bit better in concealing my enterprises^^

So long as it's referenced properly it's not plagiarism
I had 384 references in my thesis... Most of which were in the first 40 pages...

University Of Phoenix Library has a Plagiarism checker for making sure credit for source material is given, present teacher though my 0% meant I was not quoting or anything, but I tend to take what is said, make the words into my own, and cite the sources hence the good scores, anything over 5% gets you in possible academic trouble.

 shasolenzabi wrote:
University Of Phoenix Library has a Plagiarism checker for making sure credit for source material is given, present teacher though my 0% meant I was not quoting or anything, but I tend to take what is said, make the words into my own, and cite the sources hence the good scores, anything over 5% gets you in possible academic trouble.

that is silly. My school does it the fun way. THEY PUBLISH IT . That really puts the jeepers in ya for your technical papers.
Well done on giving credit when credit is due.

Oh the next class has more stringent plagiarism rules. last mandatory class, then I have to finish with some "electives" but I need to get back onto the paint and stuff soon!

yup... more paint mister...

all work and no play makes jack a dull boy

or so I've heard

Dude I need my fix, where for art thou.........

Sorry, been doing many things, getting work for schooling done, and am now free to once more ply my skills at working my minis. Meanwhile a quick fix is that I added a marking to the Marauders as they are now as most Vets, Diamonds amongst the soldiers.

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I love that camo pattern Shas!
I'd recommend some darker shade, maybe even a blackline, but you said you were out of washes right?

Yeah, welcome back sasho, good looking markings.

@Dave; Yeah just enough dark wash to maybe do these guys, or tanks.

@Theo: Thanks Theo.

WOOT! Your back. looking good, little touches make all the difference.

that camo always rocks my boat!... i dunno if i have the guts to try to do camo on infantry... but you are doing such a wonderful job!...

"Melt" uses an arm with a bandage wrap, and I want to make it look like blood seeped thru and that it is less than a fresh bandage.....Hmmmmm, suggestions guys?

Dried blood has a brownish tint to it, but it's still red. Perhaps start with gory red and add a bit of brown? or a brown wash over red?
And then don't forget dirt that sticks to the edges of dirty band-aids

Like shaso could forget dirt , next you'd be saying nerdfest has gone all clergy on us, and not in a brother vinni way.

CAMO troops cool!

I would do a dark brown stain first in a sort of "eye" shape and then do a smaller red one inside that and then a little dilute black in the middle of that to make it look dark in the middle. (that is actually what I just did on my table).

Doc's table is badass!

Thanks Dave.

yeah i think the doc should know about shed blood , eh?

WB shaso!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
yeah i think the doc should know about shed blood , eh?

WB shaso!

But shouldn't a doc scrub often enough where the blood doesn't get brown and nasty? That's at least he doctors I prefer to see.

shed blood

I see what you did there

Actually hope not to see much blood in the chemistry lab...it's not usually a good sign at any time or in any state between wet and dry...

Well, I have done the applied tricks and mixed red and brown for a dried blood effect, I added the pic here may not be sharp, but to show the color of the blood stain.
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ieek... if it smells as bad as it looks... then that arm probably has to come off
good work mate... i bet he could be getting his amputation on the docs table, eh?^^

also...on the subject of blood shed... i drilled my palm today... thankfully only with a 1.5mm drill bit... and i missed any vital parts..."pheeeww"

Bit extreme to get blood effects Vik...

Looks great Shas. Nice and Bloody.

well... i did my best to not bleed over any parts of the plane...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
well... i did my best to not bleed over any parts of the plane...

The plane can take the blood, but did you get any on the carpet? Because the wife might kill you for that

thankfully no... but when she came home and i told her about that stupid accident she was all nice to me....

Heheh..milk that buddy!

LOL...

 dsteingass wrote:
Heheh..milk that buddy!

Tomorrow Vik drops a hammer on his foot, she'll be real nice then

Or she may laugh!

Heh! battlefield dressings that get dirty, well a fresh one from the medic and of course use of his cleansing powder in his personal kit from the Quartermaster(he may of course want to check the use by date) and he will be alright, of course the loss of the arm may mean the replacement by a cyber arm of course.

"Due to the injury you have received while valiantly holding the line, we have decided that you are due a promotion to the rank of front line fighter grade 2. Please leave you side arm, bullet proof vest and helmet with the supply officer and report to the nearest meat grinder. The Medicare may or may not deem it necessary to provide you with Stimson to help compensate you for your injury and make you more valuable in the trenches. To ensure proper recording of future valiant acts swallow your dog tags. You will be honored by the imperium."

The colours work well as a dirty, bloody bandage. So long as you didn't use any green, I'm sure the arm can be saved...

@Theo; Nicely done and funny!

@Dr.H; Exactly, is just a battle field dirt thing, no green involved to show it is a normal, "clean" dirt. And that Melt bleeds like a stuck pig when wounded!

Or she may laugh!

there is a man that has a bit of knowledge collected about females methinks

Hmmm, well, if the wife laughs at the hammer to the foot, watch out!

Just trying to figure my next steps out

have used up all your tanks or what? i bet you have something that needs some muddy treatment^^

Still have some tanks to do, lack of mud at present, decals and paints and maybe some scarring to do, troops to paint as well.
And that scratch built gatling tank, so many choices!

well... then i vote for the gatling tank...if there ever was any doubt^^

Sorry, an update will happen, Is just so much going on, and the intricacies of hand crafted tanks as well.

Well hurry up, we need tank fix.LOL

Tank fix is here! I added spare Russian fuel containers from the T-34 as well as closed up the open areas for the over the treads spots

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Side area above treads closed up right side, and the driver viewport taking shape.
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Left side covered, front weapon area getting enclosed more, some gray stuff will help close any gaps left from the panels not fitting 100%
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Front details shaping up, I know, not the straightest machine but I do what I can with what I have and despite the arthritis!!!
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 shasolenzabi wrote:
Tank fix is here! I added spare Russian fuel containers from the T-34 as well as closed up the open areas for the over the treads spots

Front details shaping up, I know, not the straightest machine but I do what I can with what I have and despite the arthritis!!!
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The Imperial Guard doesn't care if the welds are straight, only that they hold when it counts. nice welds and straight lines are for the mechanicus, and they aren't real men

Looks good to me. Nice machine.

holy... that will be a true mean machine!

and your warm weather is not helping your hands atm? damn...i hope for the best!

Try to ice the hands?! crazy i know.

Ah, I have it so bad that ice hardly helps either. Just good alieve which I can use now that the Coumadin is out of the picture.

I will work on the tank more, after I touch up Vasily and his wild bunch

I really hope your health will get better.... that really is most unfair...

Shaso get better man, we need more tanks rumbling around, especially if Damo keeps pumping out these deamons , man anything related to nerdfest just is wrong when retread.

I'll have something good for those Daemons,,,,Vasily and his Violators!

Oddball tank

Hope your feeling better Shas....lets see some Vasily...

at rotary... I think you can´t go more odd than with tank girl ...tho... a classic!!!

One of my favorite films, I also like Girls Und Panzer.

Another beast in progress! looking WIDE shas!

 dsteingass wrote:
Another beast in progress! looking WIDE shas!

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Oh gotta finish the Klingons, my house will soon be also home to

Whatever pin meds your on you better stop......cause that doesn't have treads

what the hell is that supposed to be???
spaceship?

Submarine? It has torpedo tubes and turrets?

hmm.... could be... i was thinking space because he mentioned klingons in a sentence earlier^^

Yep, space ships. How else do my tanks go planet to planet???

Well some body had suggested building a tank catapult in the fire at will competition. I think you could build the imperial version of it. I know you can pull it off, others have tried, some have gotten close.....

But none have gotten it just right yet

Tank catapulting, what a waste of a good tank!

In the war torn future of 40k there is only a fuel shortage which requires catapulting ones army to the next planet.

I mean if the tyranids explosively poop their armies across the vastness of space, why can't the imperial guard have a catapult?

They are, specifically, Gamelon Cruisers/Battleships from Space Battleship Yamato, known as "Star Blazers" in the US.

There is a screw/propulsion fan thingamajig on the back

The main ships seem to have at first a cross between afterburners and spinning like propellers, more so on the space sub UX-01 and a torpedo boat but the sub and big battle cruiser will not be out until October. I am watching out for more as I seem to have finally won my fighting with Social Security, once the review is done, I will get my full checks, bills and such can now be p0aid, and I can resupply my mud paints soon, and replace the faulty motherboard in my computer

But yeah., I have been able o watch 1-22 of Yamato/Starblazers 2199

Brian...I thought you were strictly anti-anime?

I have no idea where you got THAT from, Dave. I grew up on it!

The models are the old 1980's Gamilon so small it will be a destroyer aka escort class

the two in the box set are the heavy cruiser and high speed light cruiser, they will also have a reflex gun satellite as an extra.

so, 150mm for the little guy
240mm for the light
270mm for the heavy or bigger version.
they are releasing a battlecruiser at 283mm long withthe 144mm space sub.

I am also going to order the set with the 160mm destroyers and 350mm battleship, the reboot is amazing!




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Oh and I do get a itty bitty 1/144scale tank with this set

ha... finally a tracked vehicle to be seen in this thread again...even if it is probably just for scale purpose only

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
ha... finally a tracked vehicle to be seen in this thread again...even if it is probably just for scale purpose only

Well don't or get the mud on the starships either hen you get to panting

I dunno.>I thought I remembered you saying something about GW trying to inject Anime into our hobby...maybe I'm confused...

That's t he Tau, and if they'd redo the battle suits it would be better.

They guy who helped redesign the Nids and stealth suits had much nicer looking crisis suits designed, GW stuck with their blocky design rather than go all fresh, most we got was the "Gundam" er, I mean Riptide.

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Sweet work, how the hell do you write so small, with the numbers!!!

Nice to see your back at it. Thank you.

The numbers and diamonds are decals from the IG sets.

 shasolenzabi wrote:
The numbers and diamonds are decals from the IG sets.

how many ig troops do you have now?

 cormadepanda wrote:

 shasolenzabi wrote:
The numbers and diamonds are decals from the IG sets.

how many ig troops do you have now?

Practically a battalion

I smell a melta effect coming up really soon....yes?...*makes lil jig*

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
I smell a melta effect coming up really soon....yes?...*makes lil jig*

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Gamillon ships and satellite are on their way

Okay, your patience is rewarded! here is what Rat does, before a battle, he makes a new pointed sharp object to attach to a stick or metal rod, and then makes a simple flag and inserts it into the melta barrel, and it is yes, a corny joke, but Rat likes jokes both corny and sublime to also practical, such as one time emptying out the fuel tank of a general's staff car and replacing the promethium with the general's 18yr old Amasec! A whole case of the stuff!, well except one bottle he brought back to the ready room for the lads to share as he told of his exploit! The general in question never learned who did the deed, and was at first wondering why his personal staff car smelled like Amasec being distilled.

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ha! that was the second idea I had for that setup...LOL... nice ... you/rat is a real joker

Next, he'll paint a tunnel onto a mountainside to trap his greenskin roadrunner nemesis

LOL.... exactly! or better still one of these demon devices... that portal thingummy... and the look on the faces of the demons desperately trying to get through would be priceless

@Dave; LOL! I did grow up watching the old Bugs Bunny growing up in NY.

@Vik: Yes he is! and oh wait till you see my next images

I unpacked a box which is part of the one thing peeps have not had a chance to view, my work on a unusual Chaos army. The massive armored troops coming thru the portal in my story along with the Daemons? I may have used the last edition codex for these but they are not exactly space marines who have been exposed to the warp.

Meet for now K' ah-Tes-Rahk war leader of the Kraal' q Dominion, the old owners of the sector of space the other races are living in. Their ancient ruins and monuments are scattered through out the "Pearl Strand " sector.
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These reptiles went the route before humans of worship of the dark gods
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Their colorations of their skin denote their initial affiliations of the Gods, their armor denotes where they have been walking along their spiral path to ascending to their own power.
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They have starships laying about that have been only viewed as massive hills they have sat so long waiting for these dark masters to return to start them back up
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The weapons they bear look primitive at first, until they hurl the energy of the warp making them the equivalent of any present day weapon with the added bonus of also being close combat weapons.
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I like the natural snake color stripping he looks wicked evil.

 Theophony wrote:
I like the natural snake color stripping he looks wicked evil.

Thanks! now for his Slaanesh worshipping counterpart, the first one I also referred to as "Abba-Lizard" as an Abbadon counts as mini.

Now for Shorr' Kesh-Nahk-Roh a very gaudy dresser.
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Followed by one who transcended time and space, partook with the old Beastmen in the storm of chaos but now works with the remnants of the Dominion, the "Super-Beast!" wielding an aether blade
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Now the triumvirate of evil! Lucky folks are dead fast, others eaten, the unlucky are enslaved or made into spawn to hurl at the enemies of the Kraal' Q Dominion.
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I'm liking all the colours except the light green on the shoulders (seems to clash, but I think that is the point, yes?).

 Dr H wrote:
I'm liking all the colours except the light green on the shoulders (seems to clash, but I think that is the point, yes?).

Yes, a riotous clashing of gaudy and garish colors as the ones who go for Slaanesh worshipping tend to be unreactive to bland more subdued colors.

Love them, great paint work. Especially like your blending on the last one.

Oh and I get the reason for the green but gods that's garish.

Keep it coming dude, even if they don't have tracks.

I am a bit speechless...


where the bloody seven hells did these come from???

what model range are these from? I see the odd bit on them too... but really?
they´re bloody amazing!...
and they throw a totally different light on your painting prowess now! that painting sure is not compared to your usual stuff... I think you should do more often chaos style stuff.... I am seeing here a strong analogy to my recent green skinned endeavours...

wow...
specially the purple fella is stunning good looking!...

Camkierhi wrote:Love them, great paint work. Especially like your blending on the last one.

Oh and I get the reason for the green but gods that's garish.

Keep it coming dude, even if they don't have tracks.

Yes, the colors were to hurt the eyes and senses of my opponents.

Viktor von Domm wrote:I am a bit speechless...


where the bloody seven hells did these come from???

what model range are these from? I see the odd bit on them too... but really?
they´re bloody amazing!...
and they throw a totally different light on your painting prowess now! that painting sure is not compared to your usual stuff... I think you should do more often chaos style stuff.... I am seeing here a strong analogy to my recent green skinned endeavours...

wow...
specially the purple fella is stunning good looking!...

They were unexpected.

Reality, they were boxed away for a while, read the little back story for them and they have been waiting to spring their vengeance.

Reaper minis Reptus range for their Warlord game.
Thanks,
I wanted to mimic actual lizard and viper patterns. The armor is more geared to the powers of Chaos

Ah, you like "The Super Beast" aka Khaar' Phaos who lead a horde of Beastmen a few years back during GW's world wide "Storm of Chaos" campaign. I have a whole army of these that i intend to finish

They look pretty good. The pictures make the m look very monotone. If there is shading it isn't really comng through.

 Galorn wrote:
They look pretty good. The pictures make the m look very monotone. If there is shading it isn't really comng through.

Two factors involved as I did shade them, I have odd eyes in that I can actually see gradient subtleties past what most other guys can see as males actually have varying degrees of colorblindness so while I easily detect the edges where I used a lighter shade fo red or purple, I tend to forget others may not catch it.

The other factor is the flash can "bleach" out colors as it is so overwhelming, so I took some unflashed pics. the downside is more shadows
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In the shadow, you can make out the inner flesh as lighter
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scales edged in a mix of red/orange
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A bit more light, also, I am thinking these are screaming for washes to be used as I was not at the stage of using washes to help details stick out more!
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Hello Ladies! these are females of the species, and all soceresses of the 3 gods that allow magic as a weapon
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No thoughts on the reptilian ladies of chaos?

 shasolenzabi wrote:
No thoughts on the reptilian ladies of chaos?

Can we get a more straight on shot shaso? This looks like an above head downward shot.. Are you trying to see own into heir dresses?

Much better pics W/O flash. An easy trick is to place a white piece of paper behind the model to "trick" the camera into seeing more light.

Thing is, my lamp is an overhead one, so there will be shadows on the models that only a flash will expose as my last pic of the lady lizards

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Lady of Slaanesh, I need to redo the clothes to be gaudy and garishly bright!
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Lady of Nurgle, with a hearty constitution, I may use a pva glue trick to show "Molting" but their saliva is like a Monitor Lizard's a cocktail of infection in the green scaled Nurgle worshipping Kraal' Q
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Like the ladies, only thing I see is maybe a weapon swap here and there, change a club for a magical staff maybe. Loving the flame effect on the staff of Pinky.

erm... from what details do we recognize that these are ladies???...
slaanesh looks the furthest in completion... but the rest is rather early WIP, right?

@Cam, I need to find some magical staves.

@Vik: the Reptus line has it listed as females, the only clue is the wild back scales that protect the neck and head. Yes, Slaanesh one is further along, I got interrupted on the other two.

of course female reptiles wouldn´t look like mammalians ^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
of course female reptiles wouldn´t look like mammalians ^^

Exactly. just differences in colorations and markings and other features

So, with the remake and retelling of Starblazers/Yamato 2199, I got nostalgic when I ordered a kit and added the old 1980's kist of the Gamilon ship, the proportions seem comical as the tiny ship has almost the same sized barrels for it's turrets as the new 1/1000 scale kits and the bridge is almost the same height though more cramped looking if used in that scale as a 120meter long patrol ship.
But here are pics that will show major differences that have taken place from then to now.

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Size difference between kit boxes
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HUGE differences!
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Nostalgia kit built, and paint on the ramming blade, and it has a 60mm companion, a scout ship.
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Next to the first segment of the 2199 heavy cruiser version! HUGE!!!
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Nostalgia next to sections 1 & 2 of the 2199 version, and already dwarfed!
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3rd section as shows the parts slide together and this model is bulkheaded! double bulkheaded! it would put shame to the Titanic!
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More to come of this new kit as there are 2 cruisers and a satellite in the bigger box set.

On the ladies I think you need to do a dark wash on the green one to bring out details on the wings especially. the blue one could use it as well, otherwise they look good for female lizard deamons

That's a pretty cool flying-space-submarine-craft model.

This 'updating' of the classic Space Cruiser Yamato is /AMAZING/.

Watch it here:

http://www.animeflavor.com/node/38109

Even if you've never seen the original, take some time to watch this.

--B.

(You'll need to use the alternate links at the bottom, for most of them.)

Theophony wrote:On the ladies I think you need to do a dark wash on the green one to bring out details on the wings especially. the blue one could use it as well, otherwise they look good for female lizard deamons

I have azurman blue for the Tzeentch one, and Thrakka Green for the Nurgle one.

Dr H wrote:That's a pretty cool flying-space-submarine-craft model.

Yes, Starblazers where Navy vessels and rockets/jets merge!

Now with the 3rd section closed up
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With the original nostalgia ship next to it to get a sense of mass and size
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As it is bigger, the added structure and decks for the turrets shows how much more detail can be added in
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Belly sections being added now.
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So, as you can see the cruiser is faithful and yet more uppdated, but also, the turrets are not glued down, just tight fits so I can do this with them! Broadside barrage!
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Cruiser fully assembled with engine and new shaped side fins next to the original design
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Nostalgia ship is still small next to the high speed cruiser, but the lighter cruiser is 240mm as opposed ot the heavier cruiser which is 270mm to the 120mm for the nostalgic model.
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Now, having seen the purplish effect in the anime for the Geschtam drives (Yes, actual term used for the warp engines), I applied the color mixes to mimic it as best I could

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This image the beam was directed from around Pluto by satellites


like this one. the 4 mirrors are angled at each satellite to send the beam along to it's destination, normally to make asteroids into planet bombs to rain down on target planet after altering the molecular stability of the asteroid, and hurling it on it's way.
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Wouldn't have thought that camo would look good on spaceships... Makes little sense to me, but looks still good.
How much for the lot by the way? These could be used as.eldar or tau vehicles too...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
Wouldn't have thought that camo would look good on spaceships... Makes little sense to me, but looks still good.
How much for the lot by the way? These could be used as.eldar or tau vehicles too...

More close to Tau. There are actual camoed ships like that with other colors used in the show, I have seen them in some episodes. Even a battleship, with a single white camo stripe., they have the standard plain green, and blue for the Imperial Guard, they are not nice at all.

Oddly enough, looking at the size fo the bores of the turrets on the little version from the 1980's the things seem almost as big as the updated ship's turret weapons! except the side blister cannons, they stay small looking in comparison.
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Loving the ships, like your camo especially, great job. Nice work on the glow for the engines too.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Loving the ships, like your camo especially, great job. Nice work on the glow for the engines too.

Thanks Cam, I went back to the show a few times for that glow color for the engines. Camo was in the show and in pictures that others painted their models of these cruisers in.
Plain greens and camo for fleets of the Gamilon forces, Blue is just for the Leader and the Imperial Guard since blue is the color of the leading Gamilon race, yes, even in space there is racism. Guy in charge of the Imperial Guard of Gamilon is a major jerk, and yet it works for making him the right character to hate. The new version of Dessler seems to be a bit insane, but he has been Emperor of the Gamilons for 103years.


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So, I took belly shots of the ships, and the scout is more like 55mm or 55meters long, so still a small crew and cramped at that based on this new find. Old style stand hole for it is classic round, so it may wobble and spin some.

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I had to use the paint to write the name as the name plates are in Japanese, which I have not yet learned to read
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I have absolutely no frame of reference from the Anime, but DAMN those look great Shaso! If these designs were from the 70s..I can clearly see how it influenced a LOT of 80s and beyond stuff.

Hey Dave, I sat through these, they are subbed, so some reading is needed the first time or so, but the styling is awesome, I liked the original, but now that I am no longer a 14yr old, the dialogue in English seems corny on Starblazers.
New 2199 is more serious
This website has episodes 1-22
http://www.animeplus.tv/uchuu-senkan-yamato-2199-anime

But the small Nostalgia kit is what the original looked like, and the bigger stretched version is influenced by it. the original Gamilons were cool designs, but rare and hard to find, and compared to today's work, very 1970's cartoon like.
These remakes are amazingly detailed and like a real ship, building the Kelkapia reminded me of when I built a 700scale or so model of the German cruiser Blucher


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Direct for more glow action!
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So, looking over the new cruisers,

Kelkapia High Speed Cruiser(HSC) has 4 x torpedoes in the lower chin, 6 x torps on the hull forward in a grouping, and 2 x torps to the rear, 2 x more blister launchers for bigger torps, a aft firing missile battery which fires 6 missiles, and has 2 upper hull and 1 lower hull particle beam turrets with three barrels each.

Destoria Heavy Cruiser sits with 4 x torpedoes in the chin, 4 x torpedoes aft, 4 x wing mounted cannons fixed forwards, 3 x triple barreled turrets upper hull, 1 x triple barreled turret lower hull. and 2 barbettes on the side hulls with triple beam cannons forward and aft.

And kits always go fast for me, scratch builds take longer as there is a lot of thinking and effort to them.




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Now to paint the satellite, and wait for the Earth ships and Battleship set

Great job on the camo. I will have to watch the videos, as I don't remember this show.

Old style Battle over Pluto, in the 1970's this was the top animation for pace battles:



updated battle of Pluto, big difference in style, and design of the ships upgraded, more detailed, and the fight is faster at times than was possible back in the 1970's



Odd that the poster put it in backwards


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Here we go, right side around, still no subbed dialogue.

So, I am expecting a new shipment hopefully fulfilled soon, the United Nations Cosmo Navy


And a really big ship with escorts and the tank

You NEED a big fleet to truck all those tanks of yours from Planet to Planet )

Roughly 100 vehicles from sentinel variants to super heavy tanks, and hundreds of soldiers, between 500-600 men I haz.

You should buy an old cargo van, and convert it into a Massive troop ship

 dsteingass wrote:
You should buy an old cargo van, and convert it into a Massive troop ship

With my legs, I am more likely to get a smaller vehicle, but it would still be the Troop Transport taking my armies for games for the most part. IG is in roughly 4 containers, so I would need such for Apocalypse games, Tau are also in another 3 containers, Orks in a duffle bag, Necrons are still small enough a force for 1-2 boxes or 1 army transport. My SM are 2 containers worth

Oh yeah, gonna buy reaper paints from now on, 4bucks for GW pots is now just making collectors look dumb! I know Tom Kirby is looking to retire with a galleon's worth of wealth, but this is too much!!! I get paint in the eyedropper bottle, and it will last longer if I am not using it, for 3.29 a 1/2 oz bottle, the GW paints are what a .4 or 1/4 oz bottle for 4dollars is just insane!

Yeah...don't buy GW paint

I am really struggling with their latest range, definitely going to be trying other brands from now on.

My source for now, maybe others in future, but GW has outpriced themselves to death paint wise
http://www.reapermini.com/Paints

Reaper makes some fine paint, that's for sure.

As does Vallejo

I prefer the thinness of the airbrush paints even for brush-painting.

 dsteingass wrote:
I prefer the thinness of the airbrush paints even for brush-painting.

With my pallet, I have the control over the eyedropper paints to thin or leave as thick as need be the paints. Reaper says also that their stuff is compatible with hand or air brushes, which is pretty darn flexible.

Talking of paint..........let's see some young man.

Soon, I have to finish up Vasily and his gang

 Camkierhi wrote:
Talking of paint..........let's see some young man.

hear, hear, hear!

 dsteingass wrote:
I prefer the thinness of the airbrush paints even for brush-painting.

I've actually gotten bite by the painting bug because I mixed all of one color of my paints to use in the airbrush, then had leftovers. It goes o much smoother.

I think I need to pull everything and re-organize the pots and stuff
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Looks about right for a painting table. But what is this strange word you used?....organ-ized, is that lumping them in groups roughl the same Olof as organs?

Yeah, I used to have work space for the minis to sit on, gotta get the MDF organizaer from CNC Miniatures.
http://www.miniaturescenery.com/CategoryPage.asp?CODE=CAT_ACCP

Meanwhile, here is a Dust mini I painted some stripe camo onto as it was all just panzer grey out of the box.
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Very reminiscent of WW2 camo used on battleships. Nice I like it.

Good to see paint in it's proper environment.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Very reminiscent of WW2 camo used on battleships. Nice I like it.

Good to see paint in it's proper environment.

I still have yet to finish the other walkers in the set, and the soldiers as the set was the basic primer only version with the decals already on the walkers, so I will be careful around those parts.

Nice walker! love the hazard stripes. Why pay so much for an MDF organizer?
The bamboo spice rack organizers are $5 each at Wal-Mart.

Thanks Dave, the pattern is indeed a German WW-II pattern

Wait, a spice racks? those what you have all of those paints on, a low laying, sitting rack??

nice camo on the space ships and the dust walker shas. Nice to see you on earth again.

Yeah, Where you been? I've been pimping these things on my blog for a long time! Five bucks and change each, you can find them in the Kitchen organizer section of housewares in Wal Mart

cormadepanda wrote:nice camo on the space ships and the dust walker shas. Nice to see you on earth again.

Thanks, well things are getting more interesting, the next wave of kits arrived.

dsteingass wrote:Yeah, Where you been? I've been pimping these things on my blog for a long time! Five bucks and change each, you can find them in the Kitchen organizer section of housewares in Wal Mart

I seem to have skipped over such posts, but now I know.

Now I have the ill fated Earth ships, the set comes with the Battleship, cruiser and destroyer, and a bonus kit from the past, the old Tri-deck carrier.
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Next will be the Cruiser Murusame

oi... that shiney bright plastic hopefully gets a more realistic looking paintjob...it hurts the eye something cruel now

The red is a very shiny one, I do have some red that can help calm it down some.

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Those model kits seem pretty decent, in that they look like they fit together well. How are they to work with?

 Dr H wrote:
Those model kits seem pretty decent, in that they look like they fit together well. How are they to work with?

The parts are amazing fits, and the instruction booklet helps speed the construction of the kits

Looks like a nice build...why are they molded in so many different colors?

 dsteingass wrote:
Looks like a nice build...why are they molded in so many different colors?

Colorblind mold operator I guess.
I think there are probably smaller parts on the same sprue that are similar, so they mold different colors to make sure widget 12 goes where it's supposed to instead of widget 21.

dsteingass wrote:Looks like a nice build...why are they molded in so many different colors?

Theophony wrote:

 dsteingass wrote:
Looks like a nice build...why are they molded in so many different colors?

Colorblind mold operator I guess.
I think there are probably smaller parts on the same sprue that are similar, so they mold different colors to make sure widget 12 goes where it's supposed to instead of widget 21.

Actually, it is quite common in Bandai mold making to make colored plastic for the areas where the paint would go of that color, so that some bulders who do not wish to paint just have to do a wash or inking of the detail lines and vents, then add decals, or, to have a base color for paint to go onto as they have the primerless needed specialty paints from the company Gunze-Sangyo, they even made Yamato 2199 named and themed paints as well. I tried some years ago, it has a feel of plastic inliquid form rather than paint as normal paint, water soluable but weird stuff.


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Front end, the 3 round things in there are the spinal weapon, a battery of more particle accelerator cannons, slightly bigger than the 330's in the main turrets. from now on, light will be shined in so that clearer imaging may occur.
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Now the nose, clearer shot at the cannons in the nose area
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Spines for the nose
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Now for that Nostalgia 3-decker carrier, next to Ogre, next to him, it is like a museum model for display
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Now for the Gamilon Tank that came with the Battleship and 2 destroyers
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But surly you will paint that lot?


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Sorry, didn't see there was a new page

No worries, I will have images soon of the Destroyers that escort the Battleship.

Cool! Gonna make it into an r/c drone?

 dsteingass wrote:
Cool! Gonna make it into an r/c drone?

What? the 1/144 scale baby tank?

yeah!

 dsteingass wrote:
yeah!

I would need to come up with stats for it, but it would have the armor like a Goliath from forgeworld, just need to deal with the weapons.


Now for the destroyers! Two of the same class Kripiteria Destroyer, loaded with weapons at 160meters in show, 160mm as models.

"Eyes" painted and glued in, ready for assembly!
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With the prow "blade" and upper tail fin assembled
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Belly plates
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Dual 280mm PBC and lower tail fin added
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Rear upper decks and 8-pack missile launcher added
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Aft weapons
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And yes Vik, they swivel
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Adding superstructure
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Back again, weapon blisters
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Engine effects
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Caudal fins/wings
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Paint has started as well
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Head on to show how predatory they were made to look
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Side by side with their charge, the Battleship, gives an idea of the sizes here
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Head on for cross section size referrence
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It could just count as a heavy weapon team Nice ships!

 dsteingass wrote:
It could just count as a heavy weapon team Nice ships!

It might, and thanks, now for the latest on the UNCN ships, Golden yellow and evil sunz scarlet was the best match I could find to get that shiny effect of the bare plastic dealt with, and they have a pre colored surface already
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Now for the Destroyer, lines inked as well, I may need to do touch up work
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w/o the flash used
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Now the Cruiser
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And now the UNCN Battleship Kirishima
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Hangars were given fortress grey and then a wash for panel details
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Hangar closed
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oh... these look quite nice... and more colorful than we are used to with your regular line of products... but i like them!

Well well......once you started with those space ship, you can't not realize the Arcadia, the vessel of Captain Harlock!

Viktor von Domm wrote:oh... these look quite nice... and more colorful than we are used to with your regular line of products... but i like them!

Hence the "Earth ships are crazy!" title add on. The other set has some in simpler red and gray colors, this set was the loudest in colors. Gamilons use more military colors as I think the UNCN is also responsible for more than defense, like rescues so they have the bright colors for easy sighting by those stranded and in need of a rescue tow or pick up from a crash site.

FantasyBob wrote:Well well......once you started with those space ship, you can't not realize the Arcadia, the vessel of Captain Harlock!

There is a large scale model at the website of the Arcadia,,,500 or 350 scale, pretty big! Welcome to my crazy thread FantasyBob!

Okay, yellowish or so engine effects would be less easy to spot for many folks here, so I decided to go Ice blue base, add white and paint a strip of that in for Terran engine effects, Tell me what you all think.

Destroyer Yukikaze
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Cruiser Murasami
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Battleship Kirishima
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Lines done on the Kripiteria class Gamilon destroyers
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Size comparison of the Earth ships to each other
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those darker recesses really make he models pop!

and I have to say the red white and yellow scheme is due to its cheerfulness my favourite so far!

Yeah, really brings out the details.

I like the destroyers as far as the models go.
The bright ones remind me of the Wipeout crafts, which is not a bad thing.

Viktor von Domm wrote:those darker recesses really make he models pop!

and I have to say the red white and yellow scheme is due to its cheerfulness my favourite so far!

Yeah, the inking of the recesses really helped add the details for all my ships, so, cheery colors make for ease of both rescue and spotting targets.

Dr H wrote:Yeah, really brings out the details.

I like the destroyers as far as the models go.
The bright ones remind me of the Wipeout crafts, which is not a bad thing.

Works for all of them

You mean the Gamilon Destroyers? so shark like they are.

Cruiser of Earth is about their size, they are big destroyers, no? Also packed with more weapons than the bright cruiser
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Also these space sharks have engine effects as well, I just need to flash them head on as it were
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Here's shooting at you!
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Battleships sized up
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And as can be seen my paint supply drop, which allowed me to darken the wash and also blacken the torpedo launchers on the Gamilon ships. More paint to come for those ships

Yarp, those ones. Yeah they are shark-like, also not a bad thing.

It's the bright primary colours on the others that remind me of Wipeout though. I love those games.

Wipeout 2048, I am sure may have been inspired by anime space ships as the originals of all of these models I am making were from the 1970's version of Starblazers, LOL!

I have sharks with frikkin' lasers!


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 shasolenzabi wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:oh... these look quite nice... and more colorful than we are used to with your regular line of products... but i like them!

Hence the "Earth ships are crazy!" title add on. The other set has some in simpler red and gray colors, this set was the loudest in colors. Gamilons use more military colors as I think the UNCN is also responsible for more than defense, like rescues so they have the bright colors for easy sighting by those stranded and in need of a rescue tow or pick up from a crash site.

FantasyBob wrote:Well well......once you started with those space ship, you can't not realize the Arcadia, the vessel of Captain Harlock!

There is a large scale model at the website of the Arcadia,,,500 or 350 scale, pretty big! Welcome to my crazy thread FantasyBob!

Thank you for the welcome!
Now, i have to say i'm so curious about the new design they made for the 3d movie of Harlock......it looks more like a biomrechanical



now, i can't wait to see the movie!