Gitsplitta wrote:That's not mine Egg! That's a protege of Pyriel's.

;-)

OK, fixed the original photograph, that should stop further misunderstandings.

Whoops....that's what I get for skimming...did I say it looks good? I actually meant I know you could do better

LOL!

That oughtta get a rise out of 'im....

Good Idea

with the name tag thing on the pic :

Gits, I didn't know you were a Protégé of Pyriel! I am so super jealous right now....

Finished both monolith's today *and* some extras. Woot! Comfortably ahead of schedule now.

Good going Gits, do you have any finished pics of them you could send me to have a look at?

Sure, I'll take a pic of what I've gotten re-done. Long way to go yet but I'm really happy with things so far.

Hey Gits (mind if I call you that?), just a question: Would veteran Mantis warriors wear robes?

Well, this is just my opinion here... I don't think that as a matter of standard battle dress, they would wear robes... not really very insectoid if you get my drift. However I could easily see a marine with some special position or ceremonial role having some kind of battle robes. They'd really make him stand out and help to emphasize his special status.

Thanks, Gits. My brother insists that Mantis warriors look like robed Dark Angels. I showed him pics, but he meant the Veterans. So, I thought I would ask the expert.

Robes are cool, but they are definitely NOT stealthy... and the mantis warriors are a stealth chapter.



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It's very frustrating that as I get work done I can't post pics or even talk about most of it (ruins the surprise). Expect a major picture dump on Christmas.

Ooh! Christmas presents from Gitsplitta! Can't wait!

It will be a Merry Gitsmas.

A Merry Gitsmas indeed.

That's IF I can get my stupid internet to work well enough... right now my internet connection is so tenuous most web pages don't even load correctly, and there's no way I can actually get a picture into the gallery.

I must admit to being almost giddy at the amount of progress I've made already... getting both monolith's done in a long weekend was unexpected and they turned out far better than I'd hoped. The other projects are either going faster than I'd anticipated or at the least, no slower... which opens up the possibility of getting even more things done than I'd originally planned. More stuff done means the kids have more options to field and hopefully will have more fun playing. All good!

I'll probably be painting some Mantis Warriors now, to.
My local GW is having a Badab War themed challenge to paint an army in 3 months... and win a few battles with them...

Sounds like fun Matt!

yep. I'll be doing a Executioner/Mantis Warrior army

except I've started a month and a half late...

Not mantis warriors but if any of your Babad friends are looking for Lamenters Shoulder Pads:

I think they are... I'll see

Cool, but I'd be happier about them if the roundels were actually ... well... round.

Dear Mr Gitsplitta,

would I be allowed to post a shameless plug to my *new* Badab blog in your immaculate Mantis Warrior blog?

Signed,

Mr Matt.Kingsley

I actually prefer my own hand-painted Lamenters shoulder pads to those ones. I don't like the way the squares get pinched at the top.

The other items at that site, however, are truly awesome.

Infact, I'd go so far as to say I love the other Eldar items there.

Yeah Matt, go ahead.

Hey GIts! I got around to testing Instant Mold... It's pretty easy to use, but you need to be patient with the epoxy you place into it (I messed up my first two castings due to impatience. Works well with JB Weld KwikPlastik and Greenstuff I'll get some pictures up when I can.

in stand mold? how did i missed that? a friend off mine uses it for almost a year now great stuff.

Love to see it Alf, let me know when you've got the pics up.


Update: Things are progressing well. I hope to finish the last of Thing 1's painting today, they it's back to Thing 2's last project.

Gitsplitta wrote:Yeah Matt, go ahead.

Thanks!

will you show us pics of their gifts after xmas?

Merry Festive Season gitsplitta. Hope your new compressor arrives swiftly. That mini by the protegee person is painfully perfect. I swear some of these people have magnifying glasses for eyes and precision robotic arms for arms...

Absolutely.

The Dreaded page roll-over, again..

Only 6 days till Christmas!

LOL! Cant' wait Ive been trying to put on my blog the count down so far I've managed 9 and 6 days till christmas!LOL!

HAZZER

Well, finished up the last of Thing 1's painting... now back to Thing 2's main project. Hope I don't run out of time!

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Further note:

Coffee is not good at removing paint from minis (thank God). Also, jabbing a chisel-shaped exacto blade repeatedly into your finger tips is painful and causes annoying bleeding. Word.

Gitsplitta wrote:Also, jabbing a chisel-shaped exacto blade repeatedly into your finger tips is painful and causes annoying bleeding. Word.

Wait. You didn't think to stop after the first time? I am on the floor laughing right now because I am imagining the first time you were introduced to an electric fense.

Or maybe you should take a short nap .

Well, the band aid proved proof against the chisel... then I hit a different finger.

First time I "met" an electric fence I was leaning on it (it was running along a wooden fence post). I leaned on it for a while as the sensation I was feeling made no sense to me what-so-ever (felt like someone was beating on the palm of my hand with a ball-peen hammer). Took me a bit to sort it out.

hahahhhaaa

Gitsplitta wrote:
First time I "met" an electric fence I was leaning on it (it was running along a wooden fence post). I leaned on it for a while as the sensation I was feeling made no sense to me what-so-ever (felt like someone was beating on the palm of my hand with a ball-peen hammer). Took me a bit to sort it out.

I was walking on our farm with a friend and grabbed hold of what I thought was a dead fence, I thought my friend had punched me in the arm so I turned round and thumped him one .... as you can imagine he didn't take it well

haha.. my only encounter with an electric fence was while walking to a freinds house.. (we where walking past a stable area with horses and such) he tripped and fell into the smaller electric fence....... it was HILARIOUS!!!

Gitsplitta wrote:Well, finished up the last of Thing 1's painting... now back to Thing 2's main project. Hope I don't run out of time!

Gittsplitta, Glittsplita he's our man - if anyone can do it - Gitsplita can!

My first encounter with an electric fense was at a horse riding stable with a group of young campers. I was around 10-11 at the time. Like Gits, I happened to lean against a live wire unknowingly and felt a kicking sensation at the heel of my foot. I kept looking around for the culprit, but nobody was nearby. Finaly figured out it was electricity. Then me and my fellow campers started experimenting with the fense by seeing what objects would conduct electricity or forming human chains to determine how far the electricity could pass from one kid to another.

i urinated against a electric fence.... and it hurt.
now i make those things xD

... and on THAT bombshell.... let's move on.


I want to apologize for all of the updates without photographs to support them. I realize that this makes for a very boring P&M blog but given the circumstances (Christmas presents) the pics will have to wait until the 25th.

I completed Thing 1's projects last night. Took a bunch of pics for upload or sharing via e-mail. I really like the way everything's come together. A bit frustrating as when I look at it, it doesn't *seem* like that much new stuff, but it's sure taken a ton of concentrated work to pull off and the end result is looking really spiff. I have one more figure that I'd really like to paint up but I'm just not sure if I'm going to have the time.

Began Thing 2's big conversion project last night. It's unfortunately not going together as easily as I'd hoped, but I am making progress. With luck I'll have the build and GSing done tonight.

Can't believe how much primer, paint and wash I've been going through... today will be my 4th trip to my FLGS since I've started painting these projects to replace supplies.

Gits

I have that same problem with Washes. There is just never enough of the stuff

fatty wrote:i urinated against a electric fence.... and it hurt.
now i make those things xD

LOL! You know water (or wee) conducts electricity right? Guess you learnt that lesson the hard way

in my defense i was 5 years old XD

then i give you props, when my nephew was 5 he pee'd all over the place, the fact that you could aim it at that fence took some skill!

Tervigon build is done. I posted the WIP pic on my Nid blog (see link in sig) as the boys are out of school and unlikely to get a chance to see it on the web at a friend's house. Besides, Thing 2 knows he's getting this... but I'd rather he not see it and spoil the surprise. Think I'm safe enough though with Christmas only a few days away.

And i am still in school... i wish i lived in the states

Are you geting anything in the plastic men department for Christmas?

Me? No. I have enough plastic men to last a lifetime. I'll be painting 'till I pass from this world just to get what I have done.

Me too, still getting some Forge World goodness for Christmas though!

Gitsplitta wrote:Me? No. I have enough plastic men to last a lifetime. I'll be painting 'till I pass from this world just to get what I have done.

Just like me

No...you are one of a kind DarkStarSabre

I could never compete with a robot with a fumanchu mustache. You are indeed one-of-a-kind DSS.


So, without any more substantive stuff to add to my blog... let us divert a bit into holiday musings...

What 40k stuff do people hope to get for Christmas??

As I said earlier, I haven't asked for any... but I did get myself some dakka dice and have picked up a few things for the boys...

On a non-40k note... I did get a Husqvarna Rancher chainsaw from my dad... a great toy... huge help in putting up firewood for winter. Not quite subtle enough for conversion work though.

Anyone else?

FW to the rafters, lol.

Nid hierophant
Flyers (thunderbolt, marauders)
DKK Grenadiers
Elysians

+ XBox stuff, new phone, money etc

Doubt i'll get most of it but its nice to have a list!

I know I'm getting one of the FW Ashmantle dreads. I'm hoping for some more stuff from the rest of the fam, though am not holding my breath.

I am hoping for a photo light box and a new camera for taking pics of both models and nature . Also asked for a seam scraper and some liquid putty from Vallejo.

Moar Fleshtearers.

Something the DCMs already know about.

My 40k wishlist?

Enough bits that I could convert amazing pieces
and enough money to hire a commission painter to paint my Cadians and my Warriors of Chaos

I'm pretty set on 40k for a lifetime since I haven't touched a GW model in months...

But I'm sort of stuck more into Warmahordes recently...

You know, it's kind of funny for me now that I've gotten to the "more models than I could possibly paint" stage. I kinda don't like it as going to my FLGS or other supplier has lost much of it's luster. I can still get things for the kids on occasion, but frankly they've got more models than they could possibly paint as well. I've got some of the coolest minis and ideas for painting them... just don't know if I'm ever going to get to them.

But, as long as I'm painting and not buying... I'm making progress eh? With a bit of luck and some more late nights... there should be major advances in both boys' armies by the new year... which would make me very happy (as well as them, I'm sure).

I love page rollovers.

Hmm well you say;
Evay metal paint est
Evay meal paint book
SM dev's
Money!!!!(For more 40k stuff)

HAZZER

There's some 40k Daemon stuff on my list (soulgrinder ) and I said to Mrs monkeyh should could get me some Necrons (she looked quite blank about this) and as ever the chaos warhound is on my list!

Well yeah... I'd go for a titan no problem. But I know one would not be in the offing, so I don't bother.

I'd want a nice 1500pts Guard army, I'd like to paint something other then Red lol

The only GW stuff I'm getting for Christmas is (as far as I know) IA11, which I bought for myself (it's very pretty).

I might try to get some FW for Christmas, but other than that Im nearly set with everything I'll need for a while.

Back on the topics of electric fences, I first contacted one while playing airsoft-manhunt at a friends while it was dark. I saw him laying prone, and went to make a huge circle around to get behind him (he has sheep on his farm, but I forgot about their electric fences...) so I turned around and sprinted as fast as I could, and I slammed into the electric fence. Not only did I take a huge surge of electricity, the fence sling shotted me and I fell on my back. He had seen this happen and casually strolled over and shot me while I was on the ground

all im getting for xmas is a bunch of stuff for an empire army, some painting tools, and a Jagr Jersey

Oh wait... I did sort of ask for IA 8... but I doubt I'll get it as they're pretty tough to find out here...

So, I guess I did have one GW thing on my Christmas list after all!

crons
daemon prince
dreadknight
dreadfleet
leman russ (for me orkzez)
and my own 'Eavy Metal team
(to paint the unpainted models I'm swimming in )

@Gits, just say it's for FW and so it doesn't count


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I'm to smart to touch fences like that
My Auntie's old place had horses, with some electric fencing, I stayed well clear of it
Then at this Zoo there were giraffes surrounded by a fence next to a hill, so you could get in but not out
(In fact I believe someone once fell in... )
(note, the 1st happened 10 years +, until about years ago. The second one happened when I was in year 4, so when I was 8/9)

Probably not getting any GW stuff for christmas, but thats a family policy. But people always give me money, and I'm sure i'll pick some up.

I know I'm getting some WHF Roleplay stuff, seeing as my family are incapable of using amazon.

But anyway, electric fences, i'm in the category of I have to touch this thing, i doubt it's on anyway. Followed by a quick retracting of the hand and about five miutes of swearing and muttering at myself. Then i'll do it again 5 minutes down the road.

For my christmas i am going to buy a bunch of Bretonnian stuff, even though i completely suck at fantasy, i just think they are too cool and plan on expanding my army. Also, i may get another vendetta

DarkStarSabre wrote:I love page rollovers.

You realize that the more you post about the rollovers, the more rollovers we'll have?!?




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I am hoping for some Necrons from my wife... we'll see.
I want two boxes of Lychguard/Praetorians and a box of warriors... I'll make the Lychguard and use the Preatorian and warrior bitz to make Crypteks.
An early christmas gift would be a set of spyders... but that's not likely to happen until March.

The one present i am hoping for is a can of red Army Painter Spray from the Familys Secret Santa. (Its sort of rigged as we put in "sugestions" lol). My wife and I are not exchanging gifts this year :( Small children are expensive to keep :( lol And i am likly to be working on Christmas eve, possibly until 3am *blergh*

a friend off mine bought himself a little x-mass present it was a ......................... titan................

Hmmm for my list it would be a drop pod for my salamanders and anything salamanderish to begin with also an alpha legion army but not 1 thats all chaos'ed out since these guys are the ultimate ilfiltraters/sabatogers and the new salamander book hehe

I'd quite like a LRC, simply cos I don't have one for my gks. FW wise, Hector Rex would be cool. But tbh I'm always chuffed with anything geek I get, as it's tough for herself to know really as a non-gamer. She always does well, mind you.

Found out my better half is running around with the kids trying to get gifts for me... sounds like the two main things I was hoping for aren't going to happen. Ah well...

I couldn't even tell her to drop by the FLGS to get anything... I just don't need anything (and it's just more to paint...).

Nothing that I don't buy myself. For Xmas I buy her exactly what she wants and I already buy what I want!

Wife doesn't attempt to get me 40 K stuff and I don't buy her artist supplies. ( or clothes or shoes) I only stress out what to do for Thing1 and thing 2. I think I got tha ton checked off this year.

SL


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Gitsplitta wrote:Found out my better half is running around with the kids trying to get gifts for me... sounds like the two main things I was hoping for aren't going to happen. Ah well...

I couldn't even tell her to drop by the FLGS to get anything... I just don't need anything (and it's just more to paint...).

Maybe you should ask for a back up compressor, with all the luck you have been having.

SL

Well, theoretically I now have a back-up compressor (my old one still limps along). The new Grex is working fantastically well though. It's quiet too!

I should ask that she get me "Iffy vouchers"... i.e. have her agree to pay Ifalna to paint a few of my minis... THAT would be very, very helpful. Far more so than more stuff I need to find the time to paint...

And then you can get more stuff.

It's a slippery slope gits.

*chuckle* You are so right Lorna...


Well, finished the wings on the Tyrant last night, they're up on my Nid blog if you want to take a look. Advanced the work on three large bases... but I'm getting a bit worried as I'm slowly running out of steam. Even though I stayed up painting well after midnight last night, I got much less done than the night before, which was less productive than the night before that. Long commutes, full days of work followed by shopping & late night's painting are finally catching up with me I think. Only a couple of more days to go though... so if I can keep things moving until Christmas I'll have over a week thereafter to do things like sleep.

Luckily, most of things that are left to do can be done fairly quickly... i.e. it might take a while to paint, but I can keep working from thing to thing & won't have to leave things sit for long period while wash dries or GS sets.

Enough tanks to make a full IG Armoured Company.
What?

Glad you're so moderated in your request DE... *grin*.

(Santa's going to have to hook up a utility trailer to his sled just for your order! LOL!)

^ I hear that you can get one of those santa trailers from Fw. Expensive, but pretty, and the resin is not made of ice cream.

My Christmas Wish is to receive a box of goodies from Gitsplitta!

Which reminds me... I still have that box of Gaunts which I forgot to mail you...

I have an e-mail sitting at the top of my in-box at home entitled "What I owe Gathering Storm".

*sigh*

Sorry mate, I'll get my _ss in gear and mail the stuff out.

lol, went to my grandad's place yesterday, we exchanged Christmas presents, and I got Dreadfleet!

yes, something simmalar happend to me, exept i ended up having to buy my own greenstuff and death company

more page roll-over trouble...

lol

Moderate indeed!
I didn't include the 3 Mechanized Platoons I want!

Sounds like it's a busy Christmas. Trying to work on my Skorne for Warmahordes so I can clear my plate for my Christmas presents. Lol.

thwas the night befor christmas and every Thing was asleep.
every thing? o no in his deep and dark dungeon Gitsplitta was still painting the things their gifts. into the deep hours he worked only to be half asleep on christmas morning to look at the happy faces of the things and he fell asleep with a smile from ear to ear.

hope it's accurate and evry body merry x-mas

Merry Christmas Gits!

Indeed, Merry Christmas, to the things and Mr and Mrs Gits...

Merry Christmas Gits, and all your Gitciples!

Merry Christmas to Family Gitsplitta and all who read this.

(I can't imagine how this thread got so big )

Have a Very
Merry Christmas Gitsplitta and Co.!

Hope you all get sometin' good, no Great!

Merry Christmas everyone! Thank you for you patronage, help and support. May your holidays, whichever you celebrate... bring you peace and joy.

Gits

Mine's been merry so far

"Merry Christmas Meatbags"... lol

Happy Holidays.

MERRY CHRISTMAS Gits and all.......

Happy Holidays to the Gits clan!

Thanks guys!

One final Christmas Day treat. Here's a shot of the post present opening aftermath at our house. Of course Mrs. Gits has dutifully run around and picked up the paper and bows that were tossed everywhere, and the toys have been spirited away and are being played with. But the mighty Xenos forces still stand vigil over the tree.

I was a bit nervous when the boys went in to see the tree (their mom wouldn't let them go in until I was down stairs). The fireplace and stockings are in a different room so the kids were doing that first and had not yet seen the tree or the 40k figs. When they finally went into the tree room there was silence... I wasn't sure if they hadn't even seen the figures or hadn't sorted out exactly what had changed.... or just didn't care. Then I heard the little one start squealing in delight, and my eldest walked slowly back into the room and announced that it was the coolest monolith paint job he'd ever seen... gave me a hug & wished me Merry Christmas.

It was all worth it.

Nice!

Good job

Well done Gits both armies are stunning.

I look forward to the batrep

Merry Christmas and this blog is wonderful. It's so inspiring and it pushes me to paint better everytime. The chapter seems to be coming along very well, almost makes me want to start a loyalists chapter. The quality of the camo scheme is amazing. That chaplain from several pages back is awsome, absolutely awsome.

@Gir: Have a battle with wyfox and the boyz planned for some time this week. Should be nids everywhere!

@mekbadzappa: Delighted to have you aboard mek, thanks for such kind words... they help keep ME inspired too!


I think I'm off the hook for the rest of the day. All the official Christmas duties are done... I can sit back and relax. Kids are playing Mario Kart... wife is puttering with a fancy breakfast... think I'll watch the Dr. Who marathon until the football games begin at noon. *sigh* It's a good Christmas!

Well done Gits and Merry Christmas!

Love the old school fex, Merry Christmas to your kids.

nice job Gits!

Merry Christmas Gits' glad to hear all your hard work paid off and the things are happy

Merry Christmas Gits! Great work on the kids armies by the way!

awww a 40k themed christmas story for childeren of all ages, seriously though very nice work with the monoliths and nids

Yeah, my old man got me the start of my Nurgle army and various magnets. Also a really nice Battlefoam bag. Now to get Goatboy to draw on it....

But you, sir, are the most awesome of wargame dads. Lol. Merry Christmas, now go get some sleep. Next Christmas is only a year away.

Merry Christmas to you all! Thanks for taking the time out of such an important day to stop by. May even get back to doing Mantis Warriors some time soon...

Merry Christmas Gits (and Family)! Hope you've had a great time.

Merry Xmas to you and yours! Looks like a horde o' fun. My wife says she'll never fall for "I'm just doing these for the boys" though

oh page rollover, why you troll me so?

looks like your sons where in for a treat!

Both armies look great in that shot. A Dr Who marathon sounds like the perfect way to start Christmas too

Those armies look great!

Thanks guys. Taking care of a little unfinished business... whipped out 5 more bases of scarabs today... these are on the new bases and 3 of the bases are magnetized so they can keep track of wounds.

Have a 2000 point battle set up between the boys. But we'll need to quick build some termigants for the little one. Will paint them hopefully this week, but would like to have the build by tonight so the kids can start playing ASAP.

ooh, cant wait.

also gits, how would you do urban bases?

can't wait ot see that!

Pic up on the necron blog.

@proto: No bloody idea. I guess I'd look for a good base manufacturer if I could afford it. Use bits of building combined with some "sidewalk" plasticard & grey gravel if I couldn't.

hmmm thanks. ill give making my own a go


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Done, there is a pic on my blog. im quite pleased.

I saw it, nice work indeed... vary them a bit and you'll be all set.

prototype_X wrote:ooh, cant wait.

also gits, how would you do urban bases?

I've seen people produce very convincing sidewalk with hand torn, sheet cork.

Or if you've got a blender, you can pop the sheet cork in and give it a pulse or three! :-) then you get the bigger parts and the fine stuff to fill in gaps nicely! once undercoated and dry brushed it'll be rubble in no time!


or just buy the resin ones! :-)

What is the next thing coming down the pipe for this epic blog?

Well, that would probably be two 5-man assault squads with removable jump packs, outfitted BA style (not too extreme... just a flamer if I remember right) and a sanguinary priest aka apoth... but a cool looking one.

Also more GMS marines on tap...

Nice going Gits Good paint job man! Was this an exsiting army you repainted or a new one? Either ways it looks great man!

HAZZER

Which army are you referring to Haz? Think I posted pics of 3 different ones on here lately.

lol

assault squad is next, hey, look forward to seeing it!

Gitsplitta wrote:Which army are you referring to Haz? Think I posted pics of 3 different ones on here lately.

The nids and necrons for x-mas for your kids.

OH yeah... well I've been working on both for quite some time now, but I did a bunch of painting and new bases for both... so with the new bases they pretty much look like new armies.

he Gits and the rest of america why don't you join us in 2012? happy new year everybody

We're comin', were comin'... don't rush us... lots of partying to do between now and then.

Happy New Year everyone!

lol fatty & gits

Happy New year Gits!

Happy New Year Gits and great job on the xmas presents. Always nice to see a dad that gets involved with their kids and brings them into the hobby.

Thanks Reaper, you too!

@Egg: The same to you good sir! I'm really glad they liked the presents, but I'm still painting for them... got a ton of termigants to do for Thing 2 and some of the new IC's to do for Thing 1. All good though, I've been remiss in doing anything for them for a long time, so it's nice to really give their armies a major boost.

Happy New year gits! any pics yet of your boys Gitsmas pressies?

You missed the posts... here was the setup Christmas morning:


They loved them. I haven't really done much in the way of close-up shots, but there are some closer shots on my Nid and Doom Eagle/Necron blogs (see sig). I could take some closer shots if people wanted, but as these are really only painted to a tabletop standard, I hadn't bothered to this point. I guess close-ups of the Tervigon might be interesting as it uses the Chapterhouse conversion kit.

Ah thank you Gits, much appreciated! this darn blog moves quicker than a fat chick at a buffet!

Are those armies the same points value?

Depends on how many "extras" you give the nids... but generally not quite... the Necron army is around 2000 pts and the Nids are at 2300+. Now I'm just doing two necron ICs and a cryptek, which should bring the 'cron total up a bit. I'm also working on a bunch of gaunts for the nids, which (because of the tervigon) won't affect their total very much at all.

Gits, from what I've read if you take1 brood of gaunts as troops, you can take a tervigon as a troops choice???

Yep. We are putting together one group of gaunts with upgraded weapons and a whole bunch of nekked gaunts as spawned critters.

Well you are an Awesome Dad. Not just for your lovey painted gifts.

I am looking forward to seeign the Assult squads. My MW Assult marrine Hommage to you is slowly coming along. It has to be a slow build and paint to be a true hommage to gitsplitta project ;p

OK, just to finish up the Christmas extravaganza... I thought I'd point you to a couple of posts dealing with the xenos projects of the last couple of pages...

First, took some detailed shots of the Tervigon. These are not intended to be "look at my fancy paint job" pics ('cause it aint), rather just a better look at the Chapterhouse conversion kit & how it turns out. Include a couple of shots comparing the Tervigon to a normal fex. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/510/319195.page#3751621

Second, I finished one of the IC's for Thing 1's Necrons... Imotekh the Storm Lord. Painted to a higher level than the Nid so you can feel free to blast away on it if you like. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1200/285111.page#3754418

Should be looking at my marines again soon... just taking care of unfinished business.

WOW gits look good mna! Btw update on my blog too!

Gitsplitta wrote:You missed the posts... here was the setup Christmas morning:


They loved them. I haven't really done much in the way of close-up shots, but there are some closer shots on my Nid and Doom Eagle/Necron blogs (see sig). I could take some closer shots if people wanted, but as these are really only painted to a tabletop standard, I hadn't bothered to this point. I guess close-ups of the Tervigon might be interesting as it uses the Chapterhouse conversion kit.

I just read the whole blog and I must say I love the Mantis warriors!
Also Nice Xmas setup!

Thanks Captainsolstice and congratulations on plowing your way through nearly 250 pages of blog! My short term goal is to actually post something pertaining to my Mantis Warriors before we actually get to page 250... at which point I'm sure dakka will crash and the internets will explode.

Gits, don't you dare explode the internet! i'll be most upset if you do, although I would be very happy to see some new Mantis Warriors work! i mean this blog is their place of residence isn't it! and while I absolutely love seeing everything else, your MW are by far my favorite thing you do! what is the next thing your working on for them? what else is there to paint? :-)

NF09

Assaulty squad?

pweetee pleeze

Yes, assault squad... two actually. Since we've sold our souls to the tourney circuit and gone dex shopping... I've got 2 BA assault squads to make up. But to keep them flexible and use them in my (normal) vanilla army, I'm going to give them magnetized jump/back packs and enough magnetized options so that they can be fielded as a single 'nilla squad.

I have been really jonesin' for an assault squad or two for my army, so I'm pretty juiced about making this one (well... two, but you get my drift).


Boys and I just got back from wyomingfox's place where we had a tremendously fun 6000 point battle. Wyfox and Thing 2 with 3000 pts of Nids (total) vs. Thing 1 and I with Necrons and Orks. We used some mission out of the battle missions book. We basically sat back and let Imotekh do his evil work. Worked pretty damn well too, which is good cause I don't think the rest of our armies did much save pick off a few gene stealers and gaunts. We only got through four turns before it was wayyyy past bed time and I had to get us home, so we didn't pick a winner... but the Nids were all over us... think it would have gone badly in turn 5.

Night fight lasted the entire game and Imotekh's lightning accounted for a lot of figures. Pretty dang impressive.

I've been painting my butt off for the kids, even after Christmas. While I still have a few things I want to do for them, it's time to get back into my marines. Expect some build pics soon.

Gitsplitta wrote:.

I've been painting my butt off for the kids, even after Christmas. While I still have a few things I want to do for them, it's time to get back into my marines. Expect some build pics soon.

As long as you remembered to magnetise your butt, should be fine.

Gits forgot to use magnets but he did make it a awesome base!

after all it's 2012

I'm back. Mantis Warrior in tow.

First assault marine. I know this pose won't make any sense with a normal back pack on... but I don't care. Pack is magnetized for easy switching. Will be mounted on an appropriate base. Happy with the way he turned out but I forgot how much of a pain in the *ss it is to get the beakie parts into any other configuration than they're normal one. If anyone has any Mark VI legs that are NOT from the original beakie set that you're willing to sell or trade... please let me know.

Decided these squads are going to be heavily bionic as they'd really get beaten up due to all the close-in action. Should make for some fun models (and it's another way to bi-pass the beakie leg issue).

Incoming! Nice pose, but I don't see any bionics (yet)?

the chainsword arm

Yay, Mantis warriors again! sweet pose Gits, CH jump pack? and is that chain arm from puppetswar? or is it part of an upgrade set? i'll have a look for you for some mk6 legs in my box, I can't wait for this squad to get done, I have a feeling it's gonna be one of my favorites! loving your work as usual! :-)

Nerdfest09

You should have posted the first picture with a normal backpack, just for the lols^^
The biotics sound like a good plan. : )
Pose is really cool as well.

That is not an OSHA approved pose... but I like it!



OSHA is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the US... an organization attempting to keep all the stupid people safe from themselves.

looks great Git.

the pose is like the dystopian wars model of the john henry robot

Ahh he looks very cool, truly in flight rather than skipping along

Gitsplitta wrote:I know this pose won't make any sense with a normal back pack on... but I don't care.

Just add a white dove and you'll be fine

Cool pose gits! I like the bionic (rather than biotic LOL) arm. Forge world do the VI marines but they are pricey, I think your trade idea is a good one.

Nice stuff gits!Btw this is my 1001 post on your blog! (The 1000 was on mine!). Love the guy man! very dinamic!

He looks great, and should look cool when painted!

Wow! That really impresses me - stylish execution, great solution to problem - all round win! Are those CH packs you're using?

He looks really good - like the back pack too.

Very nice Gits Sweet build, where's the arm from?

@ fatty - any idea how big that John Henry 'bot is?

@ Arakasi - John Woo fan?

the size of a space marine. dystphian wars is a very small size game

Thanks fatty, that's the answer I was looking for I knew the scale was tiny, but had no idea how big those 'bots were supposed to be.


I look at the current header Gits and I expect to see a foot high model on here

Yeah man, definitely cool posing and conversion there! Looks very Natural, for a post-human, genetically modified, power-armored freak anyways

nerdfest nailed it (as far as where the parts are from).

Thanks all. Fighting a high fever so perhaps I'll be more chatty in a day or so. Next up is the squad sergeant who will be largely bionic with bits from a variety of sources.

Gits, just put a massive rock behind him, then i will look like he's lunging without the jump pack

Woo Hoo for me! :-) my confidence soars with my accuracy! not bad for a change! as i'm usually wrong!

@Matt: Sounds like an excellent idea!

@nerdfest: You are a wonder of the modern world my friend.

@nerdfest: You are a wonder of the modern world my friend.

You better believe it! .... now to convince eveyone else!

Glad I could help, Gits!

I have made a bit of progress on the next figure... actually it's effectively done save for magnetizing the back pack / jump pack, just haven't had the energy. Feeling much better now though so I anticipate finishing it up this evening. Didn't quite work out exactly as I'd hoped but to be honest I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

Got a 4-day weekend coming up... all the wood cradles are full and both kids are in a 40k modeling/painting frenzy (especially Thing 2... last night he primed all his termigants on his own without my even being there... which I know is no big deal but shows initiative, confidence and enthusiasm that I'm all in favor of).

So, I plan on finishing the build of the first 5-man assault squad and with luck, getting the airbrushing done.

I'll finish painting Tranzen (sp) the Infinite for Thing 1 while he'll be gleefully assembling his new box of Necron Praetorians (into whatever configuration is best... I have no idea). I'll also be helping Thing 2 paint his hoard of termigants (though I'm going to make him do most of the work) while working on his two, custom made Nid drop pods (thanks to Solar_lion). They're big enough and unique enough to warrant some airbrushing games.

We may also go skiiing.... (thbbbbbt!)

Like the new avatar Gits' does it look more like you than the last one?

LOL! Never thought of that....

I *wish* it looked more like me. And thanks for noticing... you're the first one to comment on it. It's just that in the midst of endless "quick and dirty" paint jobs... it's been the one figure that I've taken time with over the last couple of months... so I thought it deserved a bit of time as my avatar. Besides... I really like the way the eyes and mouth look. Kind of like Lo Pan in "Big Trouble in Little China".



Take note that he still has an "idea light" above his head!

It does look good - pic of the complete model?

must
resist
correcting
Gits!

Full model is here.

@Matt: Knock yourself out man.

Ah, so that is the figure your son forgott to bring.

So. What did you accomplish (40k-wise) in 2011?


A couple of weeks into the new year I finally got the chance to take stock. Here's what I came up with.

I built and/or painted...

20 gene stealers
2 zoanthropes
7 ripper swarms
7 warriors
1 trygon
1 winged hive tyrant
1 tervigon
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5 wraiths
4 scarab bases
2 spyders
2 monoliths
1 destroyer lord
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7 tranquility veterans of various configurations
2 razorbacks
1 iron clad dreadnought
3 drop pods
10 tac marines
2 tac marine sergeants
1 MoTF
4 ML marines (dev squad)
10 scouts
1 terminator librarian
5 scout bikers
3 objective markers
2 LS storms
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1 grot tank
1 cyber runt-herd (cybergits)
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5 "great marine swap" trade marines
-
hundreds of bases (since I re-based both my kids' armies)

So, not counting the bases, that's 96 models. Woof!


I participated in several local tournaments.
Went to (and played in) my very first con (after 20+ years of gaming), which was Adepticon.
Went to my second (albeit much smaller) con (Rock Con) and played there, as well as having a wonderful chance to get to hang out with some of the boyz from my FLGS in a more social setting.

OH, forgot a *very important* one... ORGANIZED MY MARINE BITZ!!!



What did I give up to do all this??
Mainly... time with my wife. Also time taking care of the house, which then fell on my wife.

Man, on reflection... I owe her big time...

How about you guys?

Great idea, Gits... I'll do mine on my P&M Blog.

You had a very productive year... and you do owe your wife bit time.

Because I do not have a blog, I guess I can post here
1. I joined dakka
2. Painted 2 land raider crusaders
3. Painted 20 space marines
4. Drew a sketch of a DKOK engineer
5. Painted and built 2 Venerable dreadnoughts
6. Painted 15 Terminators
7. Decided to start a Chaos renegade army
8.Bought a cadian battleforce, and some FW upgrades for my renegades
9. Built a valkyrie
10. started painting my renegades
It doesnt sound like anything compared to gits, but I feel like I did alot!

um... lets see

painted 5/100-and-something orks (yay for me!)
got the chaos marine battle force
got some other chaos marine stuff
built some chaos marines
Got loads of necrons
built a catacomb command barge, necron lord and monolith

not much...

Well I did not do anything in 40k as I dont play that game. But in WHFB I painted
90 Gors
30 Bestigors
30 High Elf Spearmen
20 Swordmasters
5 Minotaurs
Tons of terrian
12 Ogres
Manticore
2 Giants
15 Characters

So around 200+ models

- Built and painted a warlord, warhound and an AdMech army.
- Built and painted an Elysian army.
- Built a Tomb Kings army.
- Built and painted a Circle Orboros (PP) army.
- Built an Infinity army.
- Built a Lizardmen army.
- Rebased and painted 2 Imperial sectors (~20 CoD buildings)
- Painted 4 Bastions and a skyshield.

I thought it wasnt that much, but on reflection!

Though to be fair, a very small portion of that is painted. Thats my one stumbling block atm.

Thats on top of going to uni in september, ie having NO free time

-Joined Dakka and promptly became a DCM
-Pretty much painted a Lizardman army up to 2500 points (in the space of a month!)
-Pretty much painted a Dark Elf army up to 1500 points
-Faffed about with 40k and pretty much accomplished nothing for it other than maybe 10 models as my heart's not in it at the moment.

Finished my 'Nids.
Started and finished a WotR army (dol Amroth mounted)
Bought about £200 quids worth of new Ogres and painted them all up.
Started a gaming club and got up to 15 full members in about 3 months.
Faffed around for a bit.
Attended first doubles tournament with Ogres and my partner using Empire (Both were less than standard quality.) and came 25th out of 99.

Well I got back into the hobby after a very long time out.

Joined Dakka

Played in two tournaments

Painted the following

2 Thousand Sons squads
2 khorne berserker squads with Rhinos
Havoc Squad
Raptor Squad
Chosen Squad
2 Dreadnoughts
2 Vindicators
Defiler
2 Daemon Princes
Lesser Daemon unit
2 Obliterators
2 Chaos Sorcerers
Terminator squad
3 objectives

krandras
Ultramarine sergeant
Grot for Waaaagh Dakka

Made unpainted
Daemon Prince
a lone daemonette
Vindicare Assassin
Inquisitor Valeria
1 Grey Hunters squad

unmade
Nurgle Lord on beast
Chapter House Stormraven kit, just lacking the stormraven
Celestial Lions Lord
2 Grey Hunter squads
2 1/2 Thunderwolves

I think thats it for my 40k stuff, I already have a long list of what needs doing for 2012

Holy smokes! Most of you have been far more prolific than I have! No idea how you do it.

Here's some eye-candy for you. These are still missing the chainsword blade "ornamentations", purity seals, etc., but the figures are essentially done as far as their shape is concerned.

So long as he doesn't land on his mate, they'll be fine In all seriousness though, fantastically dynamic poses - kudos.

Im liking the bionic direction you chose for these! Cant wait to see some more. Imo these will be as iconic as the Tranq vets.

Have you got any plans to use the BLACKHAND heads?

Painted a 1500p Tau army in one week then spent the rest of the year modelling 5 deathwatch marines.. XD

Those marines there look gread btw. ; )
They really are about to charge somthing. ^^

Looking good Gits, I'm a bit excited to see them with paint! they should really be something different!

Now lets see, what did I paint?,,, hmmmm

1 Landraider crusader
1 librarian
20 Marines Exemplar tactical marines
5 Assault marines
2 Rhino's with CH parts
1 ven dreadnought
5 Assault terminators

2 Salamanders land speeders
1 Dreadnought
5 devastators

2 Flesh eaters marines

20 Dark Eldar Kabalite warriors
5 Mandrakes

90% done are.....
9 DE wyches
2 raiders
4 Incubi
Archon


I know there's more but if I go in the Nerd Lair it'll wake the Nerd wench and she'll throw the Nerd pillow at me and force me to sleep on the Nerd lounge!

Hmmmm.... looking at the pic... I might re-position the head slightly so it's looking down more. Since these both (and perhaps the nearly the whole unit) will be leaping off of rock piles, it would make more sense, especially with the positioning of the bolt pistol. Don't know if you can tell from the pic, but his right arm, chest, left leg and left hand are bionic. The Srg has really had a tough life. More machine than man at this point.

I have two different variations of the next figure in mind. He won't be leaping... but with luck should be very cool and help the over-all dynamic in appearance of the unit. I would kill for a good source of straight arms. GW hardly makes them... I've picked up a few for my vanguard but if I had them I'd use them all the time. Also, arms with a greater than 90 degree bend would be fantastic.

If I had the time, I'd commission sets from Chapterhouse... but I don't... so I'll have to do them the hard way. Dagnabbit...


@graven: Thanks mate!

@Vit: The BLACKHAND heads are for my later period Mantis Warrior army (post crusade... 100 years after these Badab era marines). One of my stated goals for the year is to complete one full squad for my late period army. I know it doesn't sound like much, but it's a start.

@IPS: Your work is great man. Your juxtaposition of last year's efforts is really funny though.

@nerdfest: A very productive year to you too mate, eh? 65 figs with another 15 in the que... not bad at all!

No, don't reposition the flying beaky's head, it looks perfect, the running guy's head might need lowered a bit though. The beaks give a defined sense of head-pointing.

I much prefer the straight arms. If a Marine is shooting it would not be from the hip with a pistol.

Sorry dsteingass.... didn't make myself clear... it *is* the running guy's head that I'm proposing to move, not the other.

Well for me its imprving painting. I've got to do this on my blog too! LOL i've only just noticed that you've changed your avatar pic again. I was staring to wander who that guys was!

I will attempt to recollect my 2011 Hobby stuff ( I have to expand it beyond 40k though)

Built new 4x6' gaming table

Built my first commission terrain (20mm European village and 20mm Stalingrad:pictures are in their respective threads if interested)
Started an Early-War WW2 German army in 20mm
Started a Wild-West town and miniatures in 20mm

built and mostly painted my 40k Imperial City table (started that in 2010, another never-done project)
mostly Painted 3000 points of Catachan blobs - (boring, repetative work, but will never really be done)
Went to Games Day US for the first time
Went to GenCon for the first time
Finished my Catachan Marauder Destroyer (first Forge World model ever)

Started rebuilding the original Necromunda terrain in plasticard (again, in the thread pages 1-30, 57-present)
Acquired waaay too many new miniatures and unbuilt kits
Acquired a wet-dream's-worth of new styrene

Text wall lol!

dsteingass wrote:acquired a wet-dream's-worth of new styrene

Haha! Im still uber jealous you landed that haul, ridiculous.

Hmmm lets see:

Built, based, and painted 2 longfangs
Based and painted 1 swift claw bike
Based and painted 1 swift claw attack bike
Based and painted 1 WG Pack Leader on bike
Built, converted, based, pinned, magnitized, and base coated 1 HT
Built, based, pinned, and base coated 1 TG
Built, based, pinned, and base coated 6 HG
Built, based, magnitized, and base coated 1 Carnifex
Built, magnitized, and base coated 2 Carnifexes
Based and base coated 1 Trygon
Built, converted, based, magnitized, and base coated 1 Tyranid Prime
Built, based, and base coated 18 Genestealers
Built, based, and base coated 10 Ygmarls
Built, based, and base coated 60 guants

WOW thats a lot

Note:
painted: 5 figures
unpainted: 111 figures

... just sayin'

*poke*

There's a basecoat and a wash ;P

Doesn't count. My 8-year old can basecoat and wash.

And your wolves are damn good... so I know what you're capable of when you put your mind to it.

Damn there's some productive dudes out there

I've built a few guys, almost finished building a fair few guys and vehicles. And I think I picked a brush up at some point

Digging the new models!

As for what I accomplished in 2011:
- finished building my grots, which includes 20+ grots, 10 lootas, some burangrots, buggies, and a stompa!
- helped a friend with his Eldar army
- Painted some random IG stuff

Pretty short compared to other folks, but hey, it is what it is; In spend too much time rummaging through bitz boxes and lurking on dakka - not to mention we moved house which put things on hold for several months!

CommissarKhaine wrote:I spend too much time rummaging through bitz boxes and lurking on dakka

Now that I understand all too well

No CK, each of your burna grots counts as 5 regular models... at least.

Amazing amounts guys,

Suddenly , I feel really old!

SL

Well I look like I've had a productive year

1 x Venerable Dread
1 x Brother Captain Stern
1 x Chaplain in term armor
1 x Basic Tech marine
10 x Command squad marines
20 x Tac marines
2 x Hover bikes
3 x Normal Bikes
1 x Servitor
1 x Rhino
1 x Sergeant Chronus Techmarine conversion (trooper version)
5 x Metal GK marine with personal teleporters
1 x Objective marker
5 x PAGKs incl flamer
1 x Attack bike
1 x Dreadknight
1 x TAGK - A GM for Graven
1 x PA Libby
5 x Paladin Terminator GK's
1 x Adeptus Mechanicus Terminator
5 x IG command squad guardsman
1 x Mentor Legion CM
5 x Power Armoured GK (Purgation)
6 x Servo Skull
1 x Engiseer
1 x Necron
1 x Librarian in Terminator armour conversion
83 Models

10 x Tac marines repainted
1 x Land Raider Crusader repainted
1 x Rhino repainted
1 x Repaint of Ironclad dread + New Siege Hammer
1 x Pred/razorback repainted
14 repainted models

Total 97 models so yeah not bad

What ive done this year

assembled
1 dreadnaught-painted
3 bikes-painted
1 captain-painted
10 converted assault marines-basecoat
1 chaplain w/jump pack-base coat
rhino-base coat
pred-base coat
18 tac marines-partial paint
tf cannon-partial paint
10 scouts 5 sniper-basecoat
1 tau pirahna-partial paint

What I accomplished in 2011 40K wise:
Zilch.

I did however build and paint a 20mm Aero Rifle Platoon for the Vietnam War.
Which is only c.25 models, but I'm too broke for anything else.

DarkStarSabre wrote:-Joined Dakka and promptly became a DCM
-Pretty much painted a Lizardman army up to 2500 points (in the space of a month!)
-Pretty much painted a Dark Elf army up to 1500 points
-Faffed about with 40k and pretty much accomplished nothing for it other than maybe 10 models as my heart's not in it at the moment.

Sorry. Working out amounts of figures painted....

So, for the Lizardmen....97 models
...The Dark Elves.... 89 models.

Yep. Productive.

Good job guys! (except for you DE)

With a bit-o-luck I'll get the 3rd assault marine built today as well as getting on the little random bits places on all of them. Going to work on some tyranid stuff too probably. Painting the spore pods for the young'un.

Gitsplitta wrote:No CK, each of your burna grots counts as 5 regular models... at least.

Lol thanks Gits . Looking forward to more pics!

i think those poses look great

What i did this year 40k wise

Joined dakka
Left the hobby
re-joined the hobby with renewed vigour
started my p&m blog

So its looking like it could be a productive 2012.

Cant wait for the next assault marine, the poses are incredible.

Thanks guys, more coming... hopefully later today.

Things I completed in 40k in the year 2011.....

1200 points worth of Tiger Claws for Adepticon
Two Ice Angel dreadnoughts
12 feet of frozen river for my board
46 pages worth of Ice Angel fluff, that's 46 pages in word.
1 Trygon
3 Great Marine Swap Marines
4 sections of frozen spires for my ice board
I repainted 30 assault marines to update the scheme
And a whole mess of orks

Not to shabby, I still have plenty to do though.

2011? Well I've done some Khorne Bezerkers and a couple of Land raiders:

Shameless plug here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/389912.page

As for the rest? Can't really remember what I've done this year - as each one seems to blur into another - but one things for sure - not as much as I'd have liked!

Wow, that is an impressive list Gits!

All I have fully completed is:

-Black Templars-
10x Initiates
1x Emperor's Champion
1x LRC
(And Based all 33 Templars)

-Chaos-
10x Chaos Space Marines
5x Summoned Daemons of Tzeentch
3x Flamers of Tzeentch
2x Winged Daemon Prince
1x Aspiring Sorceror
1x Thousand Sons Marine
1x Sorceror Beast thing

-Misc
1x GMS Chaos Mantid
1x Chaos Mentor Legion
2x Cyber-Grots
1x Greater Daemon/Zombie Dragon Conversion
1x Chaos Herald
1x Red Crusaders Space Marine

So... only 42! Oh well, I had exams and was out partying a lot last year...

In 2011 I re-discoverd 40k after a 15 year break. And then managed to paint around 1000 points of orks. Cheers

i builed 3000+ points of orks
i builed 1000 + points of imperial guard
painted a squad of grot (10 grots and a slaver)
painted fatty junior (my dakkadakkka army grot)
repainted the same model 4936561248061268492 times
o and 5 squads of tau

In 2011, I:
- build and painted 2000 points of Carcharodons
- build and painted 1500 points of Dark Eldar
- build 1500 points of Lamenters
- started 1750 points of Dark Eldar
- build and painted 1500 points of Chaos Marines

I got about 2500 points of Nids painted up (though I am now re-doing the armor highlighting), 3000 points of BA, which I have sprayed over in order to paint them all DA colors, and another 2k is (some of which is the previous BA).

My plans for 2012
- Model and paint remaining Nid's (modeling already all but done).
- Paint up everything that is modeled before starting anything new.
- Figure out the stupid airbrush.

Loving the assault marines Gits!

In 2011 I

- Joined dakka
- Discovered Inq28
- Began building my retinue

So not very productive !

So many people doing so much wonderful work! Thanks all for posting your progress on my blog. Remember volume doesn't mean everything, as long as your moving forward, you're in good shape.

Well, finished my 3rd assault marine built... little bit of Florentine chainsword action for ya. This is a pose Iv'e had in my mind for a very long time and for a variety of reasons, it was a major PITA to pull off. However, I'm pretty happy with the results. I have one more kneeling pose in mind for my assault marines, but I think I'll save it for the other squad.

This is great!

However I imagin him flailing arround with the swords like a little child that hasn't got his pudding.
Which puts the whole scene in a slightly hilarious light.. ^^

he sort of looks like that blooddrinker guy from VCs

I can just see him being painted in angry marine colors

"Adriiiaaannn"

^Oh, snap! Either great minds think alike or fools seldom differ. He does indeed look very, very cross. Love it, btw.

All he needs is a head on his base and a Khornate symbol and you can imagine him calling out blood for the blood god!

He's a heretic I tell you Gits lol



Man I've been doing Chaos too long...

I should put a quartered space shark on the front of his base for effect...

With a laser on his head?


Sweet build Gits

I can hear him now - 'Jump! It's okay, I'll catch you.'

Is that a wulfen?

It's Konrad Von Carstein. Only now he's kneeling.

Looking good gits.

Edit:- Just realisied this thread is nearly 250 pages long. Nice milestone gits.

Love that pose Gits. Very fierce.

I think it's a BA head... has the medieval "bowl" haircut. I need to get out my engravers as the top of his head/hair is rather featureless... I'll give it a bit of extra character before I paint.

Should have marine #4 done shortly. Will post if I get a bump.

Heh... When I see this guy all I think is "Angry marine is Angry..."

Umm bump!

Looks great Gits, i love hero poses like that! So cheesy

OK, nearly done with the first squad now. Trooper #4. Decided to take it easy on myself & use a pair of legs stock. Still so much fiddling to get the interchangeable back packs... but it worked out eventually.

Looking good Git, Sounds like you had a much more productive year of painting in 2011 then I did...

But I am making up for it in 2012!

Keep up the work!

I actually hope to have a less productive year in 2012 so I can spend more time with my family. So far I've been a painting fool though... so here's hopin' I slack off some.

an honerable goal sir, and this newest marine looks cool, where is his head from?

Number 3 and 5 are looking great, love the fencer!

@Rogue: I'm not certain... picked up sets of bionic bits from a variety of sources.

Thanks CK. Haven't made #5 yet but I'll take the compliment anyway!

Ck is obviously either psycic or like the rest of us know that whatever you produce will be epic!

Well, in the current write-up, marine #5 gets a flamer. Since I probably won't be using BA rules outside of Adepticon, I won't have to worry about giving him an interchangeable backpack, so I'll just make him as a normal flamer armed marine and the fold him into a tactical squad when I'm done. Which means.... I could actually just turn out a regular old beakie flamer marine. Bit of nostalgia there for the faithful. Not very creative though.

Nostalgia is awesome. Also, it's good, sometimes, too not model, but just go with the fig. That in itself provides variety.

Lorna wrote:It's Konrad Von Carstein. Only now he's kneeling.

Looking good gits.

Edit:- Just realisied this thread is nearly 250 pages long. Nice milestone gits.

lol, that's what I said, except Icouldn't remember his name!



EDIT: and Gits, assault marines can take a normal flamer in the vanilla codex

Gits, It would be really cool if you make these: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_csSY1HRN0Lo/S9GlOcyxLeI/AAAAAAAABEA/DOaEX5ArXmQ/s1600/IMG_0439.JPG
with some of these: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_csSY1HRN0Lo/S9GkV0vR2NI/AAAAAAAABDg/grYSTda8hyo/s1600/IMG_0032.JPG
coming out of the jetpacks!

Gitsplitta wrote:@Rogue: I'm not certain... picked up sets of bionic bits from a variety of sources.

Thanks CK. Haven't made #5 yet but I'll take the compliment anyway!

It just shows my faith in you. Consider it a pre-emptive compliment for that old beakie you're gonna assemble for #5!

The assault marines look great.

Also an interesting fact. If you filter the thread for your responses Gitsplitta then you get 70 pages. Impressive!

@graven: Well, this whole army is kind of a nostalgia trip.

@Matt: Good heavens you're right... OK, I can magnetize one more backpack.

@Captainsolstice: I've pondered cinematic effects before but haven't tried them. I'll give it some thought.

@CK: You got it bud, let's hope I don't disappoint.

Speaking of which, here's Assault Marine #5. He's all original save for the legs which just give him more of an upright posture as opposed to the crouching originals. Jump pack needs a bit of work yet, but otherwise he's all set.

You are up nice and early Gits I'm starting to think about lunch here

I can imagine #5 laughing manically as he burns the heresy to a crisp.

I love the old school flamer!

Like the original missile launcher, the beakie flamer is iconic. I could have concocted something else more interesting looking, but I don't think anything else would have really felt right. I know the picture is from kind of an odd angle, but the leg switch is important for giving the figure some "presence" and taller stature. I like the "rocked back" pose, which isn't so visible here but is really obvious from a straight side view. Seems appropriate for a marine with gouts of flaming fuel issuing from his weapon... especially with that huge pack on his back changing his center of balance. No bionics on this one... must be new.

So, should I paint these 5 now, or build the other 5 then paint all 10 together?

Gits, any big plans for 250 pages?

Afraid not Alf... maybe it's time for another review/summary?? I'll wade though and see if there's enough new work to make it worth while. I kind of doubt it though, been spending most of the last several months on painting the kids' armies. Still, perhaps 250 is best represented the same way as the rest of the blog... with steady progress as I plow through yet another unit.

Maniac laughter fits this marine pretty good indeed.^^
I'd say paint the 5 first, then make the other 5.
But in the end, just do what you feel like doing.

edit:
I would love to see a detailed review of your army.
Some detail shots of every squad, some army shots. Stuff like that.

By popular demand... OK... 2 people... I've decided to celebrate 250 pages by doing another P&M review! It's been 50 pages after all, I must have gotten something done.


We start off this review by featuring one of my "dream units"... scout bikers using the original RT era jet bikes that I've been hording for 20 years...

Brother Morpheus:


Brother Barak:


Brother Foreman:


Brother Phoenix:


Sergeant Blade:


And the whole squad:


An army shot:


Finished up the last of my sternguard, including one GMS marine.

The Grill Master:




Brother Zane:




Completed sternguard squad on it's display base with Kantor off to the side. While the image looks a bit blurry when displayed on the blog, it's quite large and if you zoom in you can see a fair amount of detail.


My 1850 pt army at Rock Con, my highest placement ever in a tourney (middle-of-the-pack). This is the army I set out to build 2 years ago when I started this process.


Got some terrific GMS marines!

From Njal:


From endtrans:


From graven:



So, there you have it. I haven't included the assault builds as they're still WIP. Thanks for hangin' with me everyone. I appreciate as always your patronage, friendship and help throughout this process.

Immediate goals for the army are as follows:

- 2x 5-man assault squads with interchangeable packs
- 1 sanguinary priest / apothecary
- finish my two LS Storms, including completing the detailing of the vehicles & getting the gunners and one passenger each painted (to represent squad embarked or disembarked)

Once these are done, I'll start thinking seriously about working on a unit for the post-crusade army... either that or =I= vehicles for my GMS marine squads.

Nice! But personally, I like the beaky heads better than the bare-headed assault marines, but I know, he is probably the sarge eh?

#5 is perfect! Looks like he has a large airbrush!

And I can't begin to tell you how much I love the jetbikes!

And GRATZ on 250! Woohoo!

Really, really like the 'round up' I really want to do one but I only have 10 pages. No wait 10 pages is good!!LOL!

Looks like I was right about my pre-emptive compliment . You should give him the smiley from the comedian somewhere, it would go nicely with his maniacal-laugter-flaming-everything-in-sight pose

congrats Gits 250 pages of awesomeness and random rambling

Pass me your address and I'll send you a SOM medic

Thanks Dee, what's SOM? (PM'd)

Sons of Medusa

Sisters Of Metal?

"School of Metaphysics" apparently...

Congratulatyions on the 250 milestone...

... Now build some fancy post-crusade MW for me to drool over!

Always nice to see the bikers and the sternguard

Love the Army! Congrats on 250!!!

Haha - those scout bikers are great - good use of RT parts. Weldone on 250!!

Like the review and well done on the 250 landmark - here's to the next 250! and yes - the old flamers and missile launchers are the best.

wow those scout bikers are awsome, where are those cool heads from?

Wow 250 that’s a lot of pages, but every single one is filled with great stuff. Be it pictures, fluff or ramblings of the followers

Wow, up to 250 pages already... seems only like yesterday you had passed the 200 mark! Heck, I even remember the whole excitement over the 50th and 100th page milestones.

Anyway... Gits... Will you be working on the Mantis Warriors Chaplain in the near future? I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out!

Thanks everyone for your kind words... it is nice to occasionally review what I've gotten done. Helps to keep me motivated. As do all the wonderful comments and support you folks provide. Thank you, it's very humbling.

@GS: Hey, believe it or not I have your box of goodies (save the chaplain) sitting right here next to me waiting to be shipped! I've been pouring through old PMs but I can't find your shipping address. Please send via PM and I'll get this on it's way to you today! And yes, finishing the chaplain is the first GMS project for the year. Need to order those shoulder pads.

edit: OK, pads are ordered.

Gitsplitta wrote:@GS: Hey, believe it or not I have your box of goodies (save the chaplain) sitting right here next to me waiting to be shipped! I've been pouring through old PMs but I can't find your shipping address. Please send via PM and I'll get this on it's way to you today! And yes, finishing the chaplain is the first GMS project for the year. Need to order those shoulder pads.

edit: OK, pads are ordered.

Ah, okay! I'll PM you the address. There is a chance that my wi-fi connection totalled out the last time I sent it, so it didn't actually send.

And good job for ordering the pads!

Also, good luck with all your other projects!

I've got your chaplain sitting on this little shelf at eye-level on my painting desk (along with a dozen other things)... when the pads come in I'll pick up work on him right away. I haven't worked with black yet, so it'll prove to be an interesting and challenging project (and good practice for one of the "big" projects I hope to get to later this year).

Another milestone passed! Congrats! Do you have the biggest blog on Dakka?