What kind of hilt are you looking at in sense of design ?
I take a piece of PC shape it connect it at the top and bottom of the handle, then design the shape and detail on to the card and remove any sections in between the design.
If you get my drift ?
Other wise he is taking shape, but I think his feet need to be bigger.
Yes, my approach should work, I did it on a small scale mini so should translate to larger scale with ease.
The sword is looking great so far, with the hilt added will really finish it .
shasolenzabi wrote:Interesting. But also with a bot, a swivel joint for the sword is also nice, then it becomes a whirling blade of doom!
mate i seem to don´t get that? what should/could i do? i think you are onto something good there but i am lost in transaltion it seems...please again...with baby talk^^
n0t_u wrote:Never knew he was basically a guy in a robot, would explain the coughing I think I remember him doing from time to time.
Yeah the CGI animated series showed his hide-a-way, he had statues made of his transition from a living being to almost total cyborg to be a better merc fighter.
now i see...hmmm.... but that rotating swordfighting style i think is a bit out of my theme for the steamunky imperial army i would say... what do others think of this?
otday i git the handguard idea i needed by accident... hopefully i can show you what i did tomorrow...
by the way... did you understand much of that german dubbed version shaso?
thanks rawson... that should be doable tomorrow too... and i think it is overdue too... mabye with some nice backdrop of tanks? i´ll see what can be done^^
Viktor von Domm wrote:thanks rawson... that should be doable tomorrow too... and i think it is overdue too... mabye with some nice backdrop of tanks? i´ll see what can be done^^
Viktor von Domm wrote:and RW... unfortunatly i am not able to do without the winking ork... sorry dude^^ it is sometimes a must...
no worries i only kid friend! it is probibly my most used ork, if not only used ork
i know you kid...
Rawson wrote:
Viktor von Domm wrote:thanks rawson... that should be doable tomorrow too... and i think it is overdue too... mabye with some nice backdrop of tanks? i´ll see what can be done^^
My German is limited to such delightful phrases such as:
"Du ist ein scheiße kopf -.-" (stuck as it was one of the more popular phrases being thrown around in class)
"Das ist gut "
"Das ist nicht su gut"
"Nieten! Nieten überall!"
It's not good in more ways than one.
Too bad a small motor wouldn't be able to fit into the arm though, so the blade spins slowly and menacingly. Though it doesn't really suit a sabre.
Viktor von Domm wrote:thanks rawson... that should be doable tomorrow too... and i think it is overdue too... mabye with some nice backdrop of tanks? i´ll see what can be done^^
Just what I wanted to hear
we live to serve...
"We"? Do you have some multiple personality thing going on, or did the Rivetto's mutiny and take over the Von Domm Castle?
dsteingass wrote: my grandfather often called me a dumkopf which means "swell kid"
Hate to break it to you, Dave, but "dumkopt" doesn't mean "swell kid". Your situation is a bit like this one:
Spoiler:
Actually, I have no idea what "dumkopt" means, but I needed a way to introduce the comic
well if you are veer in the need to defend yourself in a german bar brawl then i am your teacher^^
and yep dave ... i think your grandfather loved you...as in tough lobe...muahahaha....
at rawson... no we don´t have a mental situation going on here... that is just the royal version of me if we say we...see?
but i didn´t expect any understanding from mere mortals...
*snip*
i will update soon for some asked for scale shots... so stay tuned...
LOL... fatty and anvil... after a while of chatting with you guys in english i go to bed with english thoughts... sometimes...when i have been overdoing dakka^^ (it is possible...yes it is^^) then i am sometimes at a loss of words at the kitchen table even... i recall trying to describe my family some things you fellas did or talked about and then some words just didn´t come to my mind in german...tstststs...
and now for something completely different...tho it did also partly consists of using swearwords...
shasolenzabi wrote:Coolness is on the way
thanks shaso for the anouncement^^
todday i started to work on the sabre handguard...also i provide you now at first with the scaleshots of some of my works for some referrence to size to the "walker" knight...
here are some impressions...:
and here are the pics of my first time use of miliput ever..., only the first basic shape tho... so more to come hopefully...
i say hopefully because something terrible happened... maybe you still remember the red christmas balls i used for the shoulder joints... well they came off for the mockups shots... and thus i am now forced to find a replacement... tho that gives me now plenty of time to make good work for the arms as such... and there is much to be done there...
Love the detail work on the sword, and with it mostly intact, the cross legged look is less noticeable ^^
But yeah, my favorite bit has to be the head still, it's just so badass ^^
hopefully i can make the arms work still... i need now to find a way to get the arms inside the sockets... and as i have discovered... the liquid nail stuff is good to get quickly stuff together... unfortunatly as it dries it gets brittle... so i think a good layer of GS all around is in dire need... darn...there goes my suply...^^
im liking what i am seeing here vik! now on that there knighty man, do you plan on adding a bit of cloth, or just keeping him bare armor?
btw the only reason why i am not adding to this odd german conversation, is be cause all i would say is stuff about cats, appels, and gak... so didnt think that was neccisary (:
and well ... what kind of cloth do you think would look good on that one? loincloth or something else too? i think banners i wouldn´t know where to put ...
hmm i dunno, until now i didnt want one, but i think maybie those banners like they have on the titans could look cool, plus it could help you tie it in to the =][_,= without putting a giant L on the chest
I always thought that the L on the chest could either be really good, or really bad.. altough with all the inquisition models out there, im sure you can find a succesfull way to pop in a =][_,= or two
Rogue Wolves wrote:I always thought that the L on the chest could either be really good, or really bad.. altough with all the inquisition models out there, im sure you can find a succesfull way to pop in a =][_,= or two
my thoughts exactly...^^
shasolenzabi wrote:Stands so tall over the superheavy tank! That is one monster of a bot you got there Vik!
Hmm... maybe if you cut it out of relatively thin plasticard you might be able to bend it over a shoulder or leg guard or something if you don't want to risk a chest icon...
Wow, he is much bigger than I was expecting. I love every inch of it.
Do you own a heat gun?
I know several very good techniques for spheres and curved face icons and such with plasticard if you do.....
Also, the reason the christmas bulbs aren't working is because they have that red metallic paint on them still. Scrub it off with sandpaper or a file and try again. The paint they use on them isn't plastic and the color is in the paint so it blocks plastic glue. I have used them before.....
Also, I have used ping pong balls. But you have to use Cyano Acrylate (superGlue) on them..
As for the millitput work, damn sight better than I could have done. I must say, though, I think we both need work on that particular skill, Vik. S'okay, we teach each other waht we learn as we go......
Wow, he is great! I love his posture, especially with the others in there for scale!
How does he match up against a warhound titan height wise? Could be a good counts-as, though you're not really playing these days, right? Also convienient to use wathound stats, because I have no idea where knight stats are at
mxwllmdr wrote:Wow, he is much bigger than I was expecting. I love every inch of it. hurhurhur... sorry
Do you own a heat gun? sadly no... tho i think i would be very hesitant to use one...we only live in a small apartment and tho i have a cellar i could use i still would feel uncomfortable to use one...sometimes i am way clumsy^^
I know several very good techniques for spheres and curved face icons and such with plasticard if you do.....i have seen you use them before...you did your hipjoints with this methode already in your thread...am i right?
Also, the reason the christmas bulbs aren't working is because they have that red metallic paint on them still. Scrub it off with sandpaper or a file and try again. The paint they use on them isn't plastic and the color is in the paint so it blocks plastic glue. I have used them before..... i should have thought of that... but i have worked my way now around the ball problem by using a tube...and screws...and lots of kneadadite
Also, I have used ping pong balls. But you have to use Cyano Acrylate (superGlue) on them...tho i hate using spuperglue...remeber...me=clumsy^^ but yep... for future projects i get me some pingpong balls...
As for the millitput work, damn sight better than I could have done. I must say, though, I think we both need work on that particular skill, Vik. S'okay, we teach each other waht we learn as we go......yep... we live, we learn....and there is so much out there still^^
Very, very nice overall.......
shrike wrote:Hmm... maybe if you cut it out of relatively thin plasticard you might be able to bend it over a shoulder or leg guard or something if you don't want to risk a chest icon...
fatty wrote:shoulderguards Vik. the perfect place for the =||_=
mates i think the shoulderpad idea of the "L" is a very good one... i think i can sculpt that one tho...
Rawson wrote:
Viktor von Domm wrote:
Wow, he is great! I love his posture, especially with the others in there for scale!hurhurhur... sorry
How does he match up against a warhound titan height wise? Could be a good counts-as, though you're not really playing these days, right? Also convienient to use wathound stats, because I have no idea where knight stats are at yep...not playing atm...when or better if that remains to be seen... but i think it is still in the bounds of a knight... tho i think i could build it to look like a titan if i manage to make the torso look as if it would hold more crew...
Can you sand milliput? yep! and tho i will do that at first this needs to be build further and some GS as well...
Vik that is bigger than i had first thought, he is looking pretty dam fantastic the pose is great (the knocked knees are not noticeable ) and the sabre is a great idea and works so well.
I think some kind of shoulder,leg and shin armour would look great, the L idea would be kick ass so thats a must.
The pic of the group was a nice sight which makes me think you need to return to this project, great work keep it coming.
What is the thought on the right arm ? Fist or weapon ?
Really looking good cant wait to see more keep it coming.
well... harold is an old friend from the previous games... now he is fully transmuted into a ghoul tree being and stands in the "city" of oasis... thats in the northern middle...
well he himslef wants to be killed off...as he is rooted by a tree to that place...and the place is inhabited by loonies who think he (harold) is a god...well he is responsible for the sole natural green at all in the lands...
tho there is this leader at oasis... he wants the place hushed up and so the roots (where the heart is of harold, complicated stuff rather...) should be treated with something to stop harold spread his semen from going further than oasis...
and his wife...well she wants the semen to spread all over the lands... make everything grow and green...
now you are in the middle of a conundrum and you have to solve this...like always... bloody stupid american wastlanders^^
Viktor von Domm wrote:thanks mate... i really apreciate that!
hopefully i can make the arms work still... i need now to find a way to get the arms inside the sockets... and as i have discovered... the liquid nail stuff is good to get quickly stuff together... unfortunatly as it dries it gets brittle... so i think a good layer of GS all around is in dire need... darn...there goes my suply...^^
damn too slow (sorta) an alternative to Liquid nails may be a two part epoxy such as "J.B. Weld"
I'd say spread his seed and then kill him, pleasing two of the three parties. in such a wasteland, you can't afford to be selfish with precious resources ^^
Once you choose an option the others are gone. The best thing for you to do for your character is to spread his seed or kill him. Stinting his growth so to speak but letting him live doesn't really have the return rate on the investment to make it wortuwhile.......
well that was 223 pages of skim-reading madness... oh holy devourer of all, was it worth it? I mean honestly... my eyes now hurt... keep up the good work
AnUnearthlyChilde wrote: oh holy devourer of all, was it worth it? I mean honestly
It had better be... *cocks shotgun*
and also, it seems after those 223 pages, you've picked up what shall now be known as "leaguistic syndrome", where one picks up the copious amounts of "^^" and "..." that the league uses in their posts.
Vik, even when you make the growing go beyond the Oasis, you will not see much in your lifetime, but when you end the original main quest, there will be mentions of it, that, and all the loonies will load you with gifts from their personal stuff that they feel they themselves no longer need in Oasis.
yeah...i let it spread...but i killed some nice critters in those aves too...damn their meat is tasty^^
welcome to the fold unearthlychilde... yep... this is a crazy land but i think you will blend in just fine^^
thanks for the extra protection shrike
not done something presentable here at the weekend... but i was productive in a way... the new shoulderjoits need some work still...which will be done tomorrow for definite... also some more sculpting i will try tomorrow too...hopefully even something worth showing...
may i ask what is your favorite color?... got a present for you in the making....
Automatically Appended Next Post: well here is your birthday present... colors can be changed still...
and with that pic i think a long awaited membership to the league should go with it...what do you fellas say? i think it will motivate him to do some riveting goodness soonish!
ahhh America where you can drive at 16 but you can't drink. Holland on the other hand lets you drink and when you turn 18 you can drive (and smoke marihuana)......... i don't know what is more dangerous at 16, driving or drinking
Viktor von Domm wrote:well firstly happy birthday ol´chum shrike...
may i ask what is your favorite color?... got a present for you in the making....
Automatically Appended Next Post: well here is your birthday present... colors can be changed still...
and with that pic i think a long awaited membership to the league should go with it...what do you fellas say? i think it will motivate him to do some riveting goodness soonish!
I think the membership is already given. You should click on the picture in Vik or Dave's signature.....
ah... good to see the banner flying proud on yet another sig...! global domination...awww... heck we go for pint of ale and a good steak instead of tyranny any day of the week...right fellas?right? anyone?? hello? is this thing on?
Viktor von Domm wrote:ah... good to see the banner flying proud on yet another sig...! global domination...awww... heck we go for pint of ale and a good steak instead of tyranny any day of the week...right fellas?right? anyone?? hello? is this thing on?
Pint and steak sounds pretty dam good Vik as long as you are paying
If the first tank turns out all santorum-y just quit working on it and set it on the desk to see everytime you build. It's called learning from the past.....
to the league or being merry while eating meat and sipping from a pint? LOL
at max... you really have a santory thing going on? i don´t understand half of that stuff... iiirc the whole world didn´t even knew a few years earlier all those schemes and stuff that your parties are electing their presidential candidates before... it all sounds like an elaborate scheme to waste lots of money...but hey... someones paying the bills with that stupid stuff i guess...
at shrike... by all means... rivet some stuff... maybe just make a cheap pillbox out of cardboard for the first try in riveting something...to get the hang of the spaces inbetween the individual rivets...
and max... yeh... i have the shelf of shame too... but i call it openly the shelf of learning...only in secret do i call it the shelf of shame... :(
at jake... awww... i cannot fly... i am afraid of heights... ufff....
Also, since I have some 1mm plasticard rods left, maybe slicing that and sticking might be a good method of getting them quickly without equipment and getting rid of those rods, since they've been sitting there a good 6 months or so...
^lol man you guys have interesting things to say, from a sort of man "love" for santorum... to a (quite good looking might i add) peice of bread.. aww someone should write a book about the league, and i dont think the book will ever end!
p.s. saftey does come third! .. although i am thinking of three different sphere shaped items that i need to protect.. one being the eye
and for some reason when i looked up gak in the dictonary. santorums name was there... strange, but maybie since its my dictonary from pennsylvania....
ahh its funny cause i am from PA.. lol.. and i live to make yall's day, seeing as only have a couple posts a day, i try to make em memorable! (which is why they are usually odd)
AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:My idea of crusty are those particularly annoying bogeys you get that never seem to go, no matter how much you pick them out. . .
I felt it prudent to not include an image of said bogey
i don´t know how that version of crustyness could have escaped me...
AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:My idea of crusty are those particularly annoying bogeys you get that never seem to go, no matter how much you pick them out. . .
I felt it prudent to not include an image of said bogey
i don´t know how that version of crustyness could have escaped me...
I was thinking either that slightly harder icing you get in slabs like the rubbery cheese, chocolate buttons or for finer detail some of those little edible silver balls...
dsteingass wrote:1. DOOD! We true Yankees are not allowed to say "yall"- sorry, its a rule...written somewhere
Hey its going to take a little bit to whipe a way all the slang that many years of living the the Philidelphia region puts on a guy!
btw i hate you.. eating all that nice stuff.. im only eating some cabbage/bacon and rice (and baked potatoes!)... pfffeeeh, nothing compared to that goodness!
Spam fritters are fried and they taste like gak, trust me we make them in large quantities why I just don't know
We also make Scotch eggs they taste bloody awful as well …… come to think of it every thing we make taste horrible why the hell is the place still opened
Vik you don't eat your own meat or any one else's LOL But yes that is the stuff
Viktor von Domm wrote:man you are all so wasted... of course not me... i am mister pure...
Vik you eat your own meat …. you are not pure
Vik I need help want to start some SP guard but I cant decide on torso's, I want to use armoured great swords torso's and empires (with a little work ) do you think this will look right
On a side note I was watching Judge dread the other night and got an idea, some SM scouts some maxminis heads and a little work hey presto, start of project 200044677388 …..
I don't make holes in myself usually (with the exception of my Plugs and possible scaffold peircing), I'm normally the one who makes holes in others...
I make Spam sammiches at hunting camp every year! The first year, the guys did not want to try it, but I also made some bacon wrapped tenderloin, and I told them "if you don't eat the Spam, you don't get the bacon." They all tried it and the all loved it! Only one person threw up that night, and I can't rule out the copious amounts of whiskey as the source of the vomiting.
Whenever I see Scotty dogs, I want to start rolling my "r"s and talk with an accent! Although it usually sound Spanish rather then Scottish....Oh well.
RSJake wrote:Whenever I see Scotty dogs, I want to start rolling my "r"s and talk with an accent! Although it usually sound Spanish rather then Scottish....Oh well.
lol, glad im not the only one who knows daniel tosh.. speaking of which im sure your tron dogs arnt nearly as "lone" or "dirty" as you LDD... now speaking of sean, i would like a wax model of him is a sitting position, and when i have people over my house, i will sit him on the toliet... "keep your darn feces outta mah house!"
mates... thank you for keeping the flame alive... well granted it is a greenish tainted flame as if someone has farted inna flame but still...
the sean comments sure disturbed me...but that´s fine... lotsa peeps already think i am disturbed anyway...
and...jake i would love to say whiskey isn´t capable to make a man throw up...but i did just that on a new years eve... well mind you the champange i sipped before was not a good drinking career move on me^^ so spewing was attended ^^
er...on the subject of not being on all night yesterday... my head felt like it would come off becasue of a severe headache... so i wnet to be quite early... i am getting old... tho the headache reappeared today morning too...darn... we have a fine german weather atm... cold windy and grey... maybe the weather is not agreeing with me...
BUTT er... i mean BUT
i did a bit of GS work... hell yeah i finally did it...
and here are the pics to prove it!
note the toes... note the upper arms...don´t note the posing of said arms as they will be posistioned later on in a way better way... they are merely stuck on...just for presentaion matter...
so here are the pics:
and shrike... no connection in spain??? spain is civilized????
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mxwllmdr wrote:No, brother we mean this:
Automatically Appended Next Post: Why didn't that work???????
Ok, so my schedule seems to have inverted from everyone elses. Hopefully I don't wake up after party day to find the half naked fat men are sleeping on my floor.......
mxwllmdr wrote:Ok, so my schedule seems to have inverted from everyone elses. Hopefully I don't wake up after party day to find the half naked fat men are sleeping on my floor.......
We'll wrap him especially for you.... and put a red ribbon bow on his doodle
@AnUnearthlyChilde - Check my Necromunda thread for answers to your riveting questions. But there is no one correct way/material for making rivets. the League is all about different, extraordinary riveting techniques and creations.
Vik is master of the hole-punch, Shas is master of the superglue rivet, I like the sliced rod method myself...
Speaking of the Rivet Article...I looked, there really isn't a sub-category under PAINTING and MODELING that seems to fit something as generic as riveting under the Dakka Articles section. How do you classify riveting? It can be used for miniatures and terrain both??
i was watching an British show scrapyard king (or something like that). and the bloke found an old stair and began to explain why this was so valuable : it has a steampunk vibe and what makes it extra special are these blue rivets........
I was laughing hysterical and my mom called the loony house
fatty wrote:i was watching an British show scrapyard king (or something like that). and the bloke found an old stair and began to explain why this was so valuable : it has a steampunk vibe and what makes it extra special are these blue rivets........
I was laughing hysterical and my mom called the loony house
Ah, not that then- scrapheap challenge is where two teams of 4 get let loose in a scrapyard with some tools and a workshop and are given a day to build a vehicle of some kind to do a specific course to do something, fastest wins- like there was a vehicle to go along a really muddy field, over steep inclines and stuff to get a car out of a bog and then make it back first, or a race to drive along a track, then along a lake. Very interesting.
dsteingass wrote:Speaking of the Rivet Article...I looked, there really isn't a sub-category under PAINTING and MODELING that seems to fit something as generic as riveting under the Dakka Articles section. How do you classify riveting? It can be used for miniatures and terrain both??
i had that look already too... and this made me feel that we have a duty...because it IS essential to the right factions to have substantial riveted stuff for their models...
oh...and there is a fourth version...rawson used the drill and rod method... and even the filter balls and drill methode should then be portrayed as well...
really if i was better in the writing i should have done that way earlier...
I think that there really needs to be a comprhensive scratch modeling article. I would write that. Where do you guys think it should go? And who would be willing to help on the GS and Mini parts?
Automatically Appended Next Post: Imagine a =][_,= sponsored article!
i think that article is overdue... really... and for the mini part... either jake... or get ishkatar do that... both are in my view excellent sculpters and need to asked for that...
and it would be an article in the P&M department...if you do this you get lotsa pics of each member and you include them as you see fit... just say the word and we jumpt to it^^
and as it is an article you can always add new stuff to it so there is no real pressure here... imagine what this might be for the league... when i visit the mainpage of dakka all the time the same stuff in the artcle section apears... now imagine the tasty article of making rivtes shows up every now and then...need i say more? ^^
Various methods of making rivets
Various types of rivet
Various uses of rivets
Various League of Extraordinary Riveters members
Various variations of the above
oh...we have to inculde emossed rivets too...i did them and dave did them on his first tower for his ´munda terrain too...
and the list of members...er... not that i know off...but from the top of my head...:
dsteingass
Eziekiel
Galorn
Hazzer
lone dirty dog
monkeytroll
mxwllmdr
rawson
RSJake
shasolenzabi
shrike
and someone i am currently not able to name but that guy is coincidentally at the mack of that list because of the alphabet...
I would like to nominate The_Blackadder for membership. Not only because he is fantastic, but also because I think that he would be the perfect contributer for the scale and proportions section of the article.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Are you referring to Grand Moff Vikington?
Automatically Appended Next Post: I am considering further modeling inclusion, as well.
My current list would include major topics like:
Tools and equipment
Materials and their individual uses
Scale and proportion
Then I was thinking break it down into classes of models:
Minis
Tanks
Walkers
Terrain and buildings (a section for which I humbly nominate Dave to write)
Wheeled vehicles
Flyers
et. al.....
Can I also suggest a LoER FAQs and Q&A thread?
Maybe started by Dave or Vik and manned like tech support dweebs by all of us?
And, yes, I have been thinking about this for some time. with the advent of every new talented scratch builder that comes around I have noticed that the hunger for how to is quite strong. there needs to be a place for that information to be there for anyone who wants it.
This informal sharing of things and techniques that we enjoy as our threads progress needs a clearing house for storage so that people don't have to keep asking the same questions over and over.
I read Tebrey's Plasticard 101 on the Boot Camp when I started and as good as it was it was still very limited as to the ins and outs of actually making something.
I feel this is the time, place and group of people to make this happen.....
even though i am not a member (yet) id like to help with the article.
i also think you should add a part about painting around rivets. there is a very different way to paint weathering around rivets as they are the perfect place to paint rust and oil marks
i am absolutly with you... and you put the finger on the aching point alright!
also... i think it is a duty... we have collected a very huge mass of information and expierience and the so called think tank of the league or even dakka should spread out it´s knowledge...the only way to progress... and one might never know who comes out of his lurking state then and shares some gems we haven´t even thought about...
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there is a very different way to paint weathering around rivets as they are the perfect place to paint rust and oil marks
that is a good point my friend!...
thank the lords that the league have no celibacy built in theoir charter... breeding new members is way too slow...
and i know for a fact that soon there will be a new wave of memberships to the league... growing hand in hand with good modelers is also the only way... fresh blood and all^^
1. I think it is important that for each type of riveting technique shown, we MUST have at least one fully painted (and/or weathered) pic example (even if the rivet method includes one or more unpainted pics)
2. How about we build an outline to keep it organized?
Maybe with hyperlinks in the TOC to the relevant section?
example:
Model Riveting
Presented by the -=]_.=-
I. Why Rivet?
II. Riveting Methods
a. Sliced rod method
1. dsteingass section
2. mxwllmdr's section
b. Water Filter bead method
1. Rawson's section
etc.
etc.
3. How about TOOLS and MATERIALS appendicies? full of pictures of the tools, maybe even links to webstores, etc.
Can we do hotlinks in the article like Dakka does with abbreviations? That would be cool if we could. Then the TOC would link to the section, and the tool names would link to the appendix.
4. I think we should purposely mention the -=]_,=- often, but we should NEVER come right out and say what we are...I think that will lead the reader to wonder, add a little mystery
Automatically Appended Next Post: I have an assload of old WD magazines, if you know the WD# I may have it right here.
mxwllmdr wrote:I would like to nominate The_Blackadder for membership. Not only because he is fantastic, but also because I think that he would be the perfect contributer for the scale and proportions section of the article.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Are you referring to Grand Moff Vikington?
Automatically Appended Next Post: I am considering further modeling inclusion, as well.
My current list would include major topics like:
Tools and equipment
Materials and their individual uses
Scale and proportion
Then I was thinking break it down into classes of models:
Minis
Tanks
Walkers
Terrain and buildings (a section for which I humbly nominate Dave to write)
Wheeled vehicles
Flyers
RIVETING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! et. al.....
Can I also suggest a LoER FAQs and Q&A thread?
Maybe started by Dave or Vik and manned like tech support dweebs by all of us?
How could I forget to add that? Must have been an ommision of obvious inclusion......
Sounds cool, kind of like an all-in-one guide to riveting you have planned ^^
I won't be much help though, since I'm inexperienced and have no fresh ideas that hasn't already been covered I reckon as you do the how-to's, the first time you mention a specific non-standard tool (i.e: not clippers/hobby drill, but hole punchers, specific craft knives, etc.), include a hyperlink to a website where you can buy one.
And I think we should say "brought to you by the LoER", but don't do any self promotions unless you include pictures covered in your blogs, and say at the end of the picture "for more pictures and stuff, it can be found on ____'s thread, here: www._________"
*rubs hands* that sounds so cool... i like how this party is starting!
but i have to say... much of the really cool sounding stuff you just mentioned i can´t do as i am too noobish around all that hidden coded stuff in a document...
also i ahve to say... i want to help as much as possible...but if it werent for my wiofe...my exams work...i couldn´t have done it myself...i am way too crazy unorganized...^^
1. I think it is important that for each type of riveting technique shown, we MUST have at least one fully painted (and/or weathered) pic example (even if the rivet method includes one or more unpainted pics)
2. How about we build an outline to keep it organized?
Maybe with hyperlinks in the TOC to the relevant section?
example:
Model Riveting
Presented by the -=]_.=-
I. Why Rivet?
II. Riveting Methods
a. Sliced rod method
1. dsteingass section
2. mxwllmdr's section
b. Water Filter bead method
1. Rawson's section
etc.
etc.
3. How about TOOLS and MATERIALS appendicies? full of pictures of the tools, maybe even links to webstores, etc.
Can we do hotlinks in the article like Dakka does with abbreviations? That would be cool if we could. Then the TOC would link to the section, and the tool names would link to the appendix.
4. I think we should purposely mention the -=]_,=- often, but we should NEVER come right out and say what we are...I think that will lead the reader to wonder, add a little mystery
Automatically Appended Next Post: I have an assload of old WD magazines, if you know the WD# I may have it right here.
I agree with the added mystery of the League.....
I will add your TOC into mine and continue forward with it. I'll PM the proposed final product to Dave and Vik for approval....
All right, League. Keep the ideas coming. Let's set a timeline though so it doesn't spiral out of control and never get published....
What say April 15th to have all suggested topics in and the 30th to have all methodology and individually assigned write ups finished?
I won't be much help though, since I'm inexperienced and have no fresh ideas that hasn't already been covered
at least we could use you as a guinea pig...to test out all methods...LOL...
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shrike wrote:Is there anyone in the league with the skill and/or patience to do rivets... on infantry?
either jake will jump to that or we have to invite ishkatar and or storag to the fold... both have shown numerous amounts of rivets on mini´s already...
mate i seem to don´t get that? what should/could i do? i think you are onto something good there but i am lost in transaltion it seems...please again...with baby talk^^
i should have thought of that... but i have worked my way now around the ball problem by using a tube...and screws...and lots of kneadadite
the other is jack 
