Wake up Childe...get that old notion of "birthright" out of your head, it's all bullgak. There are no nobles or highborns, there never were, they just MADE it that way. You MAKE life whatever you want it to be bro!

To 1/4" PVC foam!

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..You'll notice I also changed the base to be longer than a single floor tile..I hope that extra 1/16" will add that extra-tough, built to last 40k feel.

Talent is something I'm lacking for Architecture Dave

and LDD, wealth and status aren't something you can choose in birth, but they are something you can change now





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yeah I noticed the extended parts on the buttress, wondered where you were going with that, but I've learn't to simply sit back and watch these days with you and scenery

You just need to know what angle to hold the pencil against the straightedge Childe

I worked as a CAD ( Microstation) drafter for a year in-between jobs..it was the most boring job I have ever had.


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..Also it helps if you can never find a damn eraser, so you can't erase, which forces you to draw the line right the first time

the scetches are very nice dave, and im interested in seeing them in the *flesh

CAD is dull no matter what, so I feel for you on that one...

haha, thats why I do illustrations in ink... you can't change it, so its start over or do it right in the first place

Loved both series

If you want flesh.....you got it...

hey dave... those sketches... well...i think you should let us in early more often on your musings... those sketches look really artful!

tho atm i´d be damned but i cant figure anything helpful ...you are doing a wonderful job all on your own^^

Childe..>My favorite things are my Prismacolor markers!! I love painting with them, but I can't draw 3D worth a damn, everything gets flat..It's different than a mini for sure!




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Thanks Vik! -It's good to have you here as always! - Cheers!


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...gah..That pic sucked...here it is with flash (I hate having to use flash- they need to invent a daylight flash for cameras!)

Never used Prismacolour markers, in general I avoid markers... I know some people who use copic markers, and because they limit the user I avoid them. I find that most people who use them tend to be limited in ability (I did say most, but not always the case, so please don't take offence as none was meant.). I do love your use of colour though dude, tis rather epic in its tonal qualities and overall pose.

..Mind you I transposed the drawing from a pic in the Art of Warhammer 40,000 book I think, not traced, but visually copied..

dude, a daylight flash is a flash that has a diffuser on it

limit? how do you mean?

I find them easier than brushes, all the colors are transparent alcohol inks..


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..no, I want it to give me a flash like it was lit by daylight bulbs

dsteingass wrote:..Mind you I transposed the drawing from a pic in the Art of Warhammer 40,000 book I think, not traced, but visually copied..

Thats how I started drawing, copying is the perfect way to gain technical skills. For perspective take life classes if your serious about doing it for more than a passing interest, I can't recommend it enough, I did it at college before uni and it was just pure awesome... except the guy who fell asleep and scratched his doodah while sleeping a mental image that will never go away... what has been seen, cannot be unseen.

I'd spend more time practicing...but I usually have an x-acto in my hand on my free time

I have done a few perspective studies...they ended up being like most of my projects, in the "I'll finish it later" pile in the corner of my brainpan, uncer a cobweb.

dsteingass wrote:limit? how do you mean?

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..no, I want it to give me a flash like it was lit by daylight bulbs

Diffusers kind of do if your using an SLR, but not knowing what camera you use I cant help lols


markers tend to limit by not allowing you to texture or make "marks" as you work. texturing an image is partly what makes an image and without it some images just seem to be flat. Sometimes it helps to crosshatch, line shade or even dot shade. hope that makes sense... I teach by showing rather than saying, art is such a visual thing in teaching and learning that I always feel im not representing what I mean properly lols...

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dsteingass wrote:I'd spend more time practicing...but I usually have an x-acto in my hand on my free time

I have done a few perspective studies...they ended up being like most of my projects, in the "I'll finish it later" pile in the corner of my brainpan, uncer a cobweb.

hahahaha, I know that one all too well... theres a Doctor Who tribute illustration I started but just never finished, as well as a ton of other gak...

OH MY GAWD Dave your correct, I have a crap load of Prismamarkers and they are the gak, they are fun to use.. although I alternate between plain old pencil sketches, to macropen drawings, and prisma-markers/pencils

Go the old school way... Dip pen and ink

damn i love doing that, at least when i have the supplies.. which i havent for the better part of a year, a mix of that and watercolors looks badass but im not that good at water colors

Soo many hobbies..soo little free time!

ANYWAYS..Back OT:

Everything fits together perfectly! (blu-tacked for photo of course)

man i always wanted to get my hands on those nice windows, and im liking this (not so)flying buttress thing, it looks cool

Watercolours doing my fracking nut in... cannot stand them tbh... most of my illustrations are a mix of acrylic, dip pen and ink, chalk, charcoal, and whatever gak is to hand

wow that is looking pretty awesome.

when i drew i used prisma's to color in but then again i was doing either graffiti or old school inspired tattoos...

i love charcoal!, painting im only recently getting involved in.. but watercolors are annoying

I'm going to shush about art gak now... as I'd rather see Daves work lols... plus for once I'm attempting to stay OT

just to be on the save side here? was that trooper done by you??? the proportions look very good...and the pose and the story is really capturing.... yep... too many interestes... far too less time... it is most vexing...

So, propaganda posters for Dave's scenics?

always need propaganda posters

I'd have to shrinky-dink it digitally lol



No Vik..I looked at a drawing, and copied it with a pencil, not traced

i traced some comics when i was a schoolboy... i even lent a big overhead machine to make me a giant cap america and a spidey for my own room back then^^ slef made posters... i shudder at the thought i used feltpens for the colors^^

the brickwork looks nice... tho i had thought you made your won bricks

the corners tho need still some work... but the design is solid! will you add tiles to the flat surfaces? like in your sketch?

See what you get when you stay up late enough Vik!!

Lols Dave... Looks good, but could I suggest layered roofing tiles? tis an option

YES...





*looks to clock* urgh....and i promised the damsel to not stay too long up....argh indeed^^

LOL

Go to bed Vik! There will be more for your morning flakes!

now that is a good suggestion^^


tho it will probably more night time for me when i am back online tho... as we will be having a bunch of kiddies at home tomorrow... kids party for my son oskars bithday... well his real one was on monday but that was pure corefamily...


well then nighty night mates... and keep yourself safe!!!^^

see ya vik hopefully i'll have some pics for your morning as dave said

night vik

Also... if not a bit random...

Did I see someone say the other day that GW are stopping production on their Sisters of Battle range? as I can't tell if someone said it or if it was a dream...

They are not making metal anymore...so either they are dropping them, or redoing them in finecast, or redesigning them. They are too popular to drop, And the sculpts are a bit dated IMHO- I bet they reboot them, give them plastics etc.




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oops..forgot to add that top bit of trim..

There we go

they've been long overdue for a redo, i dont care for them but i do want some damn plastic stormtroopers!!!! Abd dave what is wrong with you?! Thats looking awsome!

I love the metals tbh... at least they are shorter than SM's... so probably the only thing that has a sense of scale compared to the other ranges... plus, early 2000's when Witch hunters came out they had an influx of additional models done which weren't too bad imo... but anyways not to everyones tastes lols

and poop... that'll herald a price hike on ebay then, as thats where I'm tracking all mine down from... largely because I can get them dirt cheap there... fracking gak

Thanks Rogue!

you sir are welcomed

THese are gonna be cool all cast up and spammed

Looks awesome dude!

THanks Childe!

Man... my respect for you keeps growing. You do more with an idea in a day than a lot of people ever do period. Watching that buttress go from idea to paper to mockup to model in such a short period of time (and done WELL I should add) was nothing short of amazing. You really have what it takes to do this right. I applaud your many skills and am always appreciative that you share your work step-by-step.

Wow! Thanks a lot Skalk! I really appreciate it man!

Always a pleasure dude... I may have to purchase some from you for my SoB shrine.

dsteingass wrote:THese are gonna be cool all cast up and spammed

the window segment looks like it could use a small shim to make the bricks line up.

naaw I think it just needs sanded flush
remember, it's just blu-tacked now

it looks great dave!

..You made me look closer Galorn..and you were right, except it's not the wall piece needing shims, but the bottom course of bricks is behind the bottom trim peice, so it was all lowered that much...

I stripped it and started over. I'll leave the trim to dry and cut new brick tomorrow.
It's bedtime now.

Cool, miniature city is in the making!

dsteingass wrote:..You made me look closer Galorn..and you were right, except it's not the wall piece needing shims, but the bottom course of bricks is behind the bottom trim peice, so it was all lowered that much...

I stripped it and started over. I'll leave the trim to dry and cut new brick tomorrow.
It's bedtime now.

Ah.

AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:I can't tell if someone said it or if it was a dream...

can't decide if that needs a or a

dsteingass wrote:THese are gonna be cool all cast up and spammed

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Man... my respect for you keeps growing. You do more with an idea in a day than a lot of people ever do period. Watching that buttress go from idea to paper to mockup to model in such a short period of time (and done WELL I should add) was nothing short of amazing. You really have what it takes to do this right. I applaud your many skills and am always appreciative that you share your work step-by-step.

Couldn't have said it better myself...

Thanks Rawson!

nothing more to say

This reminds me of Lincoln cathedral, love that building just amazing got some pics if you need any more ?

ok... i squeezed in some online time before the party starts... kids are taking atm their middday nap at home... chillout time for the grownups before the storm is blasting our ears off i guess^^

and...

yes it was worthwhile to have a peek in your thread^^

the buttress is looking very cool! at first i was unable to understand the upper section but then you let it stand upright i see that it is the crown of the piece!!! very good indeed... by the way... if you follow that line of design i suggest you making some nice gothic looking chimneys... really it would be only a small redesign...

thanks vik...but you can put whatever you want on top...Once I have casts, I will design an extension and a flying buttress to support a roof and second floor..but that will be later.

Thanks LDD

dsteingass wrote:THese are gonna be cool all cast up and spammed

OUTSTANDING!
They look first class

well i am off for now... kids are up and about...parteeee^^

see you later^^

dsteingass wrote:You just need to know what angle to hold the pencil against the straightedge Childe

I worked as a CAD ( Microstation) drafter for a year in-between jobs..it was the most boring job I have ever had.


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... Thanks man....

That hurt..


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AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:CAD is dull no matter what, so I feel for you on that one...

haha, thats why I do illustrations in ink... you can't change it, so its start over or do it right in the first place

Ouch...

I guess I got a boaring job...

Maybe not for you...but it was for me...Mostly because it was the same old stuff every day. My comment was not intended to cause you any undue butthurt silver

Enjoy the headache later Vik!

Thanks Klaus! That means a lot coming from you!

No worries. Some people like it some don't.
Frankly I find it nice to have something easy to do.

... Lets me level my D&D character for next session.
... And flip through dakka!

Dave how about some thing like this :

^ I'll take 2 please.

My boss visited France and took an assload of pics of Notre Dame for me for reference....That is exactly like I had in mind eventually LDD...I'll make those that mount on top of these..or you can use them separately. This will be a long process, it ain't happening overnight.

It will be a construction set
It will be a construction set
It will be a construction set
It will be a construction set

Please remember that.


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I'll eventually draw it up...but this type of over-roof flying buttress is what I have in mind...not exactly copying it, but inspired by it..

do you guys understand what I mean?

Lincoln Cathedral is an amazing place, I personally Love York Minster, which is just spectacular as you can walk around the corner from it and not see it, then BAM it hits you like a brick in the face!

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Oh and because you've been such a good boy Dave, heres a cookie... no sharing now, it's all for you:



yes, really, that is the worlds largest cookie

York Minster is a work of art, but Lincoln Cathedral is down the road so to speak.

Plus I love walking around inside there is something about it , I am not even a religious person so go figure …..

If you want any more pics Dave let me know, I can nip down at the weekend and take a few if or when

I would also buy some of those if you ever get around to it mate Before some one asks no that is not me or anybody I know, they just walked into the picture

Awesome! I would love to have as many pics of the flying buttresses from as many angles as possible...focusing on all the greeblies and such

Will get to it then for you mate

That would be cool!! Thanks bro!

I always thought that the Garden Of Morr kits would be perfect to cut up and make all of the spires and greeblie bitz..of course, it would take a bunch of kits

That would get expensive

But I see your point, however building from scratch and recasting them would be a better investment in the long run.


I will take some pics this sunday (all being well ) at the dentist any way so will have to venture into town

Enjoy the headache later Vik!

i am "enjoying" it already...

party was a success i guess... no big bruises and laughter all around... well not always as kids cry too even when they are having a blast... well sometimes on the expense of someone else ... but my headache is more due to far too less drinking...

It will be a construction set
It will be a construction set
It will be a construction set
It will be a construction set

could you clarify this a bit more? what do you have planed for this?

dsteingass wrote:This will be a long process, it ain't happening overnight.

Seeing how you blaze through projects, I'm guessing before the end of July. And worry not, we'll cheer you on the entire way.

GO DAVE! GO DAVE! GO DAVE!

Yaaayyyy!!!

My musings?...
Well, at GenCon, I am taking 3 back-to-back classes/workshops given by Hirst Arts, I am particularly interested in the way their interlocking architectural parts work. I started these tiles with a standard set of dimensions at Galorn's commission, so he could freely sell his creations without relying on Hirst licensing and such. The more I can learn about their system, the better I can design my own, not necessarily to enter a competetive market with Hirst, but to get the know-how to create my own dream construction set of bitz and panels. To be able to build what my mind can imagine gives me the greatest feeling of satisfaction in life..It really does. It motivates me, that is why I am here on Dakka, sharing this process with like-minded riveters and other artisans. If I build the stuff that I want, chances are pretty high that other people will want them as well.

You can consider me wanting
Personally i'd make the butresses just as wide as the windows to give it that bombastic feel.

Oh, and you need gargoyles. All buildings need gargoyles!

Well Maus, wider is cool I agree, but I am keeping casting in mind the whole time too. They have to be easily cast if we are to spam them togehter into some obscene municipal building like a palace or cathedral


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..And I can always make another, wider butress and mix and match them, it's best to have variety IMHO.

MauS wrote:You can consider me wanting
Personally i'd make the butresses just as wide as the windows to give it that bombastic feel.

Oh, and you need gargoyles. All buildings need gargoyles!

Do you mean Gargoyles or Grotesques? there's a difference don'cha know

Gargoyles, like the ones on the notredame... Grotesques are a bit big dontyathink?

Gargoyles are spouts for water run off, Grotesques are hideous statues. both are of differing sizes, so it makes no difference lols. just depends on what Dave decides lols

I have sprues and sprues of Pegasus gargoyles, and I have a bunch of GW Gargoyles too, but yeah..If I could sculpt maybe...but I can't...yet.

There is enough talent around here though, that I think we could get someone to make a master .Someone to make a mold...someone to cast..e.t.c..etc

the thought of making gargoyles is long overdue... this should be your GS project at gencon then dave^^

Childe is technically correct, but the term has been used for scary greeblies for years and years
I know this, because I happen to own a large book about them


But it doesn't matter, just nomenclature

Lols yay... I'm right

well the only difference it makes is position, and we all know, position is everything

i bet we could spend weeks in your libary dave...(your book collection i´ve meant )

Dave you have a book for every thing as for Gargoyles (as stated in the description ) you could try these
http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/set-of-6-gothic-corbels.html

I don't have everything...mostly hobby books.
The Gargoyles book I got because it was $8

these do really look good!

I guess there is logic there some where

Antenocitis is an awesome shop, I love all of their work!

Yes they are pretty cool and their vehicle line has some cool stuff, the prices aint bad either

Why do you guys want me addicted to more British crack??
Funding GW, Zinge, Anvil, and Happy Medium Press isn't enough? LOL
Those ARE badass...cha-ching!..In two weeks a Royal Air Mail packet will arrive.

I've been collecting them for 15+ years

well one does not everything... but just the right stuff^^ and 8 bucks is really a grab it price!

oMFG !
http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/wargaming-materials-tools/augmentables-nuts-rivets-bolts.html?p=2

Dave if you die can I inherit well all your stuff LOL

Your link does not work

Ok you fixed it I know I saw them the other day and the resin ones further on are pretty cool, but they are made in the states any way.

I fixed it..
your copy and paste broke? lol

Yes I know that

er.... is that some kind of brassetched riveing set?...wow...

I must locate and Acquire this US manufacturing plant, harnessing it's production capabilities for my master plan.

Yes, it's an etching set of bolts and nuts, cool looking but maybe a bit flat IMHO, the resin stuff is great mind.

I found some of those resin rivets decals, apparently they work really well might give them ago.


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dsteingass wrote:I must locate and Acquire this US manufacturing plant, harnessing it's production capabilities for my master plan.

I think it's a Chinese company

lol... those china men will one day own the world...

dsteingass wrote:
I've been collecting them for 15+ years

Thats a dick move dave you should send me all those books, but i dont want that dr.who one in the back, those are for chumps

There's no Doctor who book there, only a Dalek Figure still in its blister...


I'm like you dave... I have way too many books, been collecting them for as long as I can remember, and I have the vast majority of 40k books... with a hefty amount of warhammer ones too...

oh i know its not a book i just saw dr who thingy and wanted to make a comment on it

Well at least Dave doesnt own anything Skyrim... he'd be letting the side down if he did

Blah Blah..

I fixed this

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..By the time I finished editing, you yahoos were on the next page

Oooooooo rivets, the Gods will be pleased!!!

Oh most definitely! Rivet Gods are happy!

thems some perdy rivets dave

THanks.

I took a Hirst Arts class at Adepticon, Dave. You will be pleased, and will be taking home a ton of stuff. Well, I suggest SHIPPING it home.

heh..we are only 2 hours away..I can fill a Sporatage...and usually do

Paying for rivets just seems like cheating, but I have yet to find a hexagon hole punch in the right scale.

lol..yes, this is why I must acquire the rivet factory

An interesting note for use terrain and fluff people. 6th Edition is REALLY looking to have some serious Battlefield Terrain, be it fortifications or things on the tabletop that allow you to re-roll a resrves roll, or shooting, if you're in control of it. I'm hesitantly excited that a lush terrain table may be 'cool' again.

Well,except for tournament players. Who will hate it all.

This is most excellent news Brian!

Because I am a WD subscriber, my issue has of course, NOT arrived in the mail yet, so I haven't even had a look at the previews, but I am very excited about it.


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adamsouza wrote:Paying for rivets just seems like cheating, but I have yet to find a hexagon hole punch in the right scale.

This reminds me..I bought a package of glitter (about 1mm dia.) that are hexagon-shaped...very thin, but could be useful..

dsteingass wrote:This is most excellent news Brian!

Because I am a WD subscriber, my issue has of course, NOT arrived in the mail yet, so I haven't even had a look at the previews, but I am very excited about it.


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adamsouza wrote:Paying for rivets just seems like cheating, but I have yet to find a hexagon hole punch in the right scale.

This reminds me..I bought a package of glitter (about 1mm dia.) that are hexagon-shaped...very thin, but could be useful..

Those are promising... I know some use the really small hex glitter to make "coin" piles on terrain things...

It's plastic, but that shiny gak..not sure if regular plastic glue will hold it. It should take paint well though, with a good primer coat methinks.

dsteingass wrote:It's plastic, but that shiny gak..not sure if regular plastic glue will hold it. It should take paint well though, with a good primer coat methinks.

Mylar usually. and yes it seems to, Look on Terragenisis for some examples of the coin piles I'm referring to. (Melly's Mummy diorama has a good depiction)

So, this weekend, I think I want to Finally paint the Catachan Orkmower

thats a friggin awesome tank there dave loads of dakka

Mean machine there Dave!

yea dave get back to them IG's and gak forget the orks

Rogue Wolves wrote:yea dave get back to them IG's and gak forget the orks

I think that is what he was alluding to.

That is one hurty vehicle for certain.

Rogue Wolves wrote:yea dave get back to them IG's and gak forget the orks

It's hard to get too far away from orks when there's that much Dakka around

I superdetailed it too, all the grab irons and such are made of wire. I plan on airbrushing the camo pattern on, then giving it a proper weathering, gloss coats, oil paints, the whole nine yards..

dsteingass wrote:I superdetailed it too, all the grab irons and such are made of wire. I plan on airbrushing the camo pattern on, then giving it a proper weathering, gloss coats, oil paints, the whole nine yards..

nice!

I got to bed and drop 2 pages behind? Ha.

I really like your idea of putting the Dakka modeling community together. Someone makes masters, someone makes molds, someone casts, etc. I've made a couple molds of things but they didn't come out well enough to share here. I may give it another go, but for now I'd rather tip my hat to those who are far ahead of me and support their efforts instead.

All I have to do now is get myself together enough where I'll actually be responsible and mail stuff to people (dstein, RSJake, Galorn, Briancj, Hyenajoe... and probably someone else). I have really sucked as a Dakka bud, time to step up and show I'm worthy of trust.

Dood, you've GOT to show the failures too, no one is going to make fun of you..but they can give you the advice you need, help you along.

I have slacked on shipping stuff too, mostly because going to my local little outsourced post office is always painful. However, No one paid me for any of it, it's all Karma stuff, so I guess it is excused

Dude. It's all 1000% excused.
Who can complain when it's you helping others at your expence?

Well some frakker might.
But not this one.

Right now I have a -6 to all of my Karma rolls.

And you know, never thought of showing the failure to improve. Have been showing "best effort" instead. Have learned a lot, but I have far to go. I'll take a pic of my failed bulkhead and post on my Terrain Project tonight after I get home. Picking up the 6th Ed rulebook tonight from my FLGS! No more modeling (or sleep) for a couple days. Muuaahaha!

SilverHayabusa wrote:Dude. It's all 1000% excused.
Who can complain when it's you helping others at your expence?

Well some frakker might.
But not this one.

Hear hear. I just use occasional needling...

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Right now I have a -6 to all of my Karma rolls.

And you know, never thought of showing the failure to improve. Have been showing "best effort" instead. Have learned a lot, but I have far to go. I'll take a pic of my failed bulkhead and post on my Terrain Project tonight after I get home. Picking up the 6th Ed rulebook tonight from my FLGS! No more modeling (or sleep) for a couple days. Muuaahaha!

HEHEHEHE. I wish I had had the cash free to preorder it... stupid need for gas, food... etc.

Galorn wrote:HEHEHEHE. I wish I had had the cash free to preorder it... stupid need for gas, food... etc.

Right there with you. If this wasn't massively subsidized by a friend I wouldn't be getting it for a couple more weeks.

How can you get the new book before the release date?

Not sure, but the physical book is at my FLGS and the confirmed I can pick it up tonight after work. They are likely massively violating some GW policy, but whatever... GW is barely hanging on at my FLGS because of Failcast and the GW "have to buy everything at once" policy on ordering the new paint range. They still carry the old stock and buy new plastics, not so much new resin and no new paints.

hmm.. My FLGS got all the new paints (which is why I got them ) -but they haven't recieved any new kits at all. I may have to drive over to the full-retail FLGS to get my book. Last saturday they were having a huge apoc game when I went in, I suppose they will be doing something celebratory tomorrow.

Official release party at my FLGS is Sunday, which I thought I was going to have to go to, but I can get it tonight so I'm totally doing that so I can spend some quality time in the saddle rolling back that throttle and feeling the freedom of the wind once again.

It' too damn hot out for motortoys here, the Jeep will have to stay in the garage this weekend.

Woah. Just checked the weather report. Yeah, sucks for a lot of folks out that way. I'll be sticking around New England, thanks.

That sucks..

It rarely gets hot enough here for a bike to be unwanted.
Then again mine's a daily driver. (only vehical...)

It only gets that hot here a couple times a year, if that. One time last summer I went riding when it was really hot, I thought the wind would make up for it, but instead it was like having a hair dryer blown in my face. Ugh.

I know that feeling! UGG..
It can feel like your not moving at all!

Then enevidably on that day you hit road works where they're laying asphalt....

..Wearing leather..

Huh? O.O

My rule for riding is "all the gear- all the time" so when it's hot and I'm sitting in traffic it's miserable.

Forget global warming! I want global cooling! Ice, ice baby!

Yes, I can imagine that it does. Not a rider myself but As a cop it is the number one thing we will ticket for. Not wearing proper gear.....

1.5 hrs to 6th EDITION! I'll be back to brag about it as soon as I can. Have a good weekend if I'm not back before then.

Woo!!!! Back to chattains!

this sucks...bad storm blew through. no power. power lines are down in the driveway. We will probably go see Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter at the theatre.

ah sorry to hear about that.. although i crave a good storm over here! i for one enjoyed them back in PA, ahh Abe the hunter.. not interested in seeing it, but have fun !

Read mah story first Dave... then your allowed to see Mr Lincoln Nosferatu Pursuer

Later..i cant read or type for gak on this 3g droid

lols... yeah I need a magnifying glass for those things...

First few pages of 6th Ed? AWESOME!

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:First few pages of 6th Ed? AWESOME!

Meh I'll buy it when I have the money and the hype has gone away

lol. i have a buddy who will buy it read it and then leave it at my place

Say, all this talk about the community helping each other out... It made me wonder...

Are there any generic types of torso's people would like/need?
Myself i'm thinking a suited one, a shirt one...
but what else?

And if i model them, can someone cast them?

Galorn can cast. The -=]_.=- eague appears to be building towards an interesting co-op modelling company.

Still no power. high voltage lines still lying in the driveway. half the city still without power. I might actually be able to go get the 6th ed book and read it all outside since the storm got rid of the opressive heatwave. it still sucks that I cant fire up my air compressor though. it would be fun to set up an outdoor painting bench, but then crap would probably land and stick to the paint.


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Torsos...i think greatcoats, trenchcoats, long coats in general are always desired by many modelers.

It does trust me, I tried painting outside once never again small flies, debris you name it

Dave why are you in iceland!?

Rsjake has the setup with a pressure pot for casting really fine-detailed resin figure parts. Galorn has the setup for terrain parts and larger casts.


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Vitruvian XVII wrote:Dave why are you in iceland!?

lol..HELL if I know lol


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I think it is confused by my ip address on the droid


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it took me forever to figure out how to use photobucket and copy and paste on this damn thing...i want my pc back

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Dave why are you in iceland!?

I was wondering that myself! I thought maybe that was the closest where Dave could find power

guess the hamster finally bit it

alabamaheretic wrote:guess the hamster finally bit it

Now it's Dave's turn in the wheel!

haha yeah. I went out today...the whole town is slightly trashed. I saw old trees uprooted...a 25-30 year old birch tree bent so far over by 91MPH winds that it splintered and burst! it'll probably be monday at the earliest we'll get power back on, hopefully sooner. I havent heard of anyone getting serioisly hurt or killed though, although the local news sucks here. I have plenty to do, and a nice big window for light.


I am getting familiar hands-on rules learning



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haha yeah. I went out today...the whole town is slightly trashed. I saw old trees uprooted...a 25-30 year old birch tree bent so far over by 91MPH winds that it splintered and burst! it'll probably be monday at the earliest we'll get power back on, hopefully sooner. I havent heard of anyone getting serioisly hurt or killed though, although the local news sucks here. I have plenty to do, and a nice big window for light.


I am getting familiar hands-on rules learning

I passed on the new templates, picked up the Psyker Deck because it is the only way to see what armies get what powers, outside of the issue of WD, which, IMHO, is BS.

The new templates are nice-looking, but far too oversized. Also, I already own, like 18 sets.

The new skull tape measure is just a travesty.

Didn't see any dice packs or those servoskull dice holders.

Can't wait for the mini rulebooks to hit eBay.

Pleased with the direction 6th ed has taken. Final nail in the coffin for ever considering the tournament scene, aside from Adepticon.

yep..rapid fire weapons cannot assault...that means plasmavets are nerfed a bit...right?

meltavets are heavy, they are less effective too right? or am I wrong? the assault rules look fun to me..seems you can do a lot with them, but what can guards assault with?

I just got the templates and cards because that is what they had in the shipment, and I thought the templates design was pretty badass.

There's also allies, sure to be something fun for the guard there.

Templates kind of look disappointing. Guess they just need painting up a little like the fantasy ones.

Briancj wrote:Can't wait for the mini rulebooks to hit eBay.

Will they have the thinline paperbacks like they did in 5e? I hadn't heard that yet. Are you just anticipating the 6e version of AOBR?

Gotta love the 6e gossip

Deathwing got MAJROLY buffed, which is not surprising as that's what's in the next 'starter box'. Should be interesting.

I will probably buy a starter box since I have a Deathwing and Chaos army in the pipeline.

Mini-rulebook should be in the starter, and on eBay within a couple of weeks.

ah... power shortage in dave´s land... so that´s why i´m only two pages back of the banter...

sorry to hear your handiwork in the garden of yours got seriously trashed due to that storm...

all that talk of the 6. edition really makes me wonder if i should persuade my wife to let me get this book once while it is still fresh...

oh and nice work of yours... the plane... the big tank...
and i see deadpool, magneto and oron man... up also against ...aragorn, or is it a highlander? lol

felt a bit tried yesterday so i went to bed early... but i wasn´t lazy hobbywise... if you are up to it... look for some scratchbuilt goodies in my thread ... the chopper was cutting like mad^^


cheers, and i hope too you get your power back soon... dakka is not the same without the biggest regular in town^^

Ya know. Its looking more and more like a LoER team for adepticon could be really wild.

Sorry, I hate the way the new templates are set up dave. I have the old ones which are the proper 8" inside that are, but the pics on GW's site showed them "cheating" using that spike tip to add some to the length of the template attack. I say the new templates are 1 overpriced, (Mine were no more then 8bucks, not 20). 2 they look fragile. and 3 seem to foster some cheattiness in my mind with the pics shown. Overpriced everything, they will be lucky if I pay full price for the rules book.

Sorry, I'm with the Wardens. But I'll support the LEAGUE!

That storm started in Ft. Wayne Ind, ripped through several states, knocked out power in WV as well, but we were somehow spared

Still nothing...it got really quite hot again..all of our food spoiled, my gf decided we needed to go to a hotel. still no internet or tv..but power and a hot shower for the night.

Dont blame you mate that must suck, how long are you expecting to be without power do you get a back payment for the inconvenience from your energy supplier


Are you taking your compressor and airbrush to the hotel LOL

you really move to a hotel? boy that sounds like you are in quite a bad situation... and all your foodstuff is ruined...? when we were on holiday the other week we mistakenly took out the fuses... and our fridge thawed down everything... that was quite the biggest amount of foodstuff i ever had to bring to the waste...

Yeah we are seeing an average of 40or so celsius here and if you lose power, your food will thaw and go bad! and no, he likely will not get any money back or lower rates as America sadly is the birthplace of Corporate Greed on an institutional scale,

dsteingass wrote:my gf decided we needed to go to a hotel. still no internet or tv..but power and a hot shower for the night.

Not a bad plan, Dave. Best of luck!

lone dirty dog wrote:Are you taking your compressor and airbrush to the hotel LOL

I vote for yes!

shasolenzabi wrote: no, he likely will not get any money back or lower rates as America sadly is the birthplace of Corporate Greed on an institutional scale,

Hate to break it to you, Shaso, but it isn't just the corporate greed that is saddening in the States. We've got plenty of regular greed to go around.

Just for a night or two, there is no ETA yet, but my street won't get any work done until the more major parts of town get worked on first.yeah, the meat in the freezer is still frozen, but I don't think it will last long in this 90 degree heat. It'll be a HUGE waste, that is for sure!- Two Briskets in the freezer, will sadly have to be pitched..that makes me almost want to cry.

Through the cunning use of electricity at the hotel, I have turned my Droid into a wireless hotspot, so after we get some food, I'll catch up on your thread Vik.

dsteingass wrote:Just for a night or two, there is no ETA yet, but my street won't get any work done until the more major parts of town get worked on first.yeah, the meat in the freezer is still frozen, but I don't think it will last long in this 90 degree heat. It'll be a HUGE waste, that is for sure!- Two Briskets in the freezer, will sadly have to be pitched..that makes me almost want to cry.

Through the cunning use of electricity at the hotel, I have turned my Droid into a wireless hotspot, so after we get some food, I'll catch up on your thread Vik.

I say go back, and instead of losing all that food, invite local friends for a BBQ of epic proportions so it does not go to waste Dave!

Hate to break it to you, Shaso, but it isn't just the corporate greed that is saddening in the States. We've got plenty of regular greed to go around.

Oh I know, I was just laying blame where it needs to. But I know Greed has infested and infected much of the planet. Mass Consumerism is the true zombie-pocalypse.

shasolenzabi wrote:

dsteingass wrote:Just for a night or two, there is no ETA yet, but my street won't get any work done until the more major parts of town get worked on first.yeah, the meat in the freezer is still frozen, but I don't think it will last long in this 90 degree heat. It'll be a HUGE waste, that is for sure!- Two Briskets in the freezer, will sadly have to be pitched..that makes me almost want to cry.

Through the cunning use of electricity at the hotel, I have turned my Droid into a wireless hotspot, so after we get some food, I'll catch up on your thread Vik.

I say go back, and instead of losing all that food, invite local friends for a BBQ of epic proportions so it does not go to waste Dave!

Mmmmm....Epic BBQ......

shasolenzabi wrote:

Rawson wrote:Hate to break it to you, Shaso, but it isn't just the corporate greed that is saddening in the States. We've got plenty of regular greed to go around.

Oh I know, I was just laying blame where it needs to. But I know Greed has infested and infected much of the planet. Mass Consumerism is the true zombie-pocalypse.

I'm totally with you on the Mass Consumerism thing. Well, I'll have to catch you guys later. I'm off to buy the latest edition of WH40K


Ok, that was a joke. But you have to see the irony of denouncing consumerism on a forum dedicated to small, plastic spacemen that cost a fortune...

yeah... fry that lot... don´t let that prime meat get all to waste... roast the soul out of it and then feast on the lot until you topple over from heartburn due to the amount of grease you got inside you then^^

and cool tinkering^^

Yes, throw a street party eat, drink, overindulge have a great time …… that way no waste

Most of you yanks have gas BBQ, so power will not be an issue

by the way dave... i just had a look at the terragenesis site... and it turns out i knew your stuff way longer then i new dakka... your incernator or the imperial boiler... classic stuff^^

and just for the more audience here... what do you guys think of a little themed terrain competition? just for fame and glory? a small item each time... ? the outlines are negotiable of course... but on terragenesis it had quite a good tradition and lots of cool ideas came up...

Viktor von Domm wrote:by the way dave... i just had a look at the terragenesis site... and it turns out i knew your stuff way longer then i new dakka... your incernator or the imperial boiler... classic stuff^^

and just for the more audience here... what do you guys think of a little themed terrain competition? just for fame and glory? a small item each time... ? the outlines are negotiable of course... but on terragenesis it had quite a good tradition and lots of cool ideas came up...

That sounds fun, especially with the new terrain rules in 6th.

Actually I won the first TG terrain comp, my reward was setting the second competition parameters. That tradition is still going on there from what I can tell. I think that is a great idea Vik!

No BBQ i am afraid, the weather is so dry, there is a county-wide ban or burning of any kind, fireworks, grills, it's too dry, the grass will catch fire with the slightest spark..hell you can get arrested for getting caught throwing a cigarette butt out the car window. And no party since you can't keep the beer cold, and the liquor store is out of power and closed.


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btw..I read the rules wrong, the Meltagun is still an assault weapon wih AP of 1- that means it still Kicks tank ass!

Rawson, yes, I am so conflicted a soul!

Yeah Dave Meltas are still kick ass tank killers!

sad about no BBQ

I have loads of the old templates too, even some cardboard ones and apoc templates. I got these just because they looked cool (and I thought I might press mold the arches )

dsteingass wrote:I have loads of the old templates too, even some cardboard ones and apoc templates. I got these just because they looked cool (and I thought I might press mold the arches )

Ah, Munitorum archways.

wellt he new rules are pretty fun just got done doing a game a few hours ago. man meltas kick even more ass as they are ap1 that add two to the damage chart. good stuff all around.

nice buys dave, tomorrow is my day of learning, probibly going to play some 6ed games

shasolenzabi wrote:Rawson, yes, I am so conflicted a soul!

Aren't we all!

thats deep rawson.. deep

Speaking of the 6ed rulebook, the rules are all fine and well, but I REALLY bought it to see the new Studio Terrain. Did ayone else do a when they saw the pornographical fold-out of the city walls built of spammed SotA and FoR panels?

.>And the Orbital platform!?! That is some great stuff!


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Squats ARE NO LONGER Extinct!!!!

And it appears that the Bigotry of the Imperium has become a bit more liberal vs. Abhumans!
Beastmen are even tolerated!!

This is the first printed GW publication that features a REAL GURL in a photograph. I wonder whose girlfriend she is.

HAHA..yes I noticed that too

one photo...at the beginning lol

She is photoshoped

Dave here is those pics mate hope they help some :

P.S. Lampost for Vik in the first pic electric mind not gas

Dave hope you appreciate this mate I am in great pain (dentist ) and it was pissing it down

Those are absolutely amazing Pics LDD! I really do appreciate it bud..I KNOW dental pain. Thank you very very much. Now dry off, take you pain pill and get a nice nap!

Pill taken, dried of and waiting for updates and dinner

I've got no updates..Our power probabl won't be restored at home until Wednesday- We'll be here in the hotel until then. However I am watching James May's Toy Stories where he builds a 1:1 Airfix Spitfire, then he rides in a real Spitfire and says "Dakkadakkadakkadakka"

James May is FUN. I really enjoyed all the epic train runs they've tried to do.

LDD gave me an idea...I've got all this time on my hands with a hotel desk...I think I'll run back home and get the portable hobby toolobox loaded up with paint and primed miniatures, maybe I can get some brush painting done, if not any airbrushing on the tank, like I had hoped to do this weekend...

Dave, I saw that bit about squats before and it made me squeee... but I just laughed my ass off at the fact Fish People are recognised abhumans

dsteingass wrote:LDD gave me an idea...I've got all this time on my hands with a hotel desk...I think I'll run back home and get the portable hobby toolobox loaded up with paint and primed miniatures, maybe I can get some brush painting done, if not any airbrushing on the tank, like I had hoped to do this weekend...

Heh.

Dave, I'm really sorry to hear about your power outage. Is there anything we can do? Can I Dominos you some Pizza or something?

Dave do it mate, might as well make use of this spare time you have, thanks for the update I forgot about the power issue

Now running around the house with my arms out shouting Dakkadakkadakka

Sweet dropload man! Kinda happy squats are back, but will there be a wave of new releces for them?!?!?

So, I see some old RT days fluff is revised and brought back! Squats and other abhumans.

I'm expecting an Abhumans codex tbh after seeing that...

No, it just means that you can use abhumans in your Imperial Forces. I FINALLY got my new White Dwarf and one of the guys converted a beastman as a commander. Same stats as whatever they are, just a lot less rigidness.

No man, we're fed well enough, but thanks! Like I said the entire town is tore up, they have to restore the greater number of customers down, before they will get to our area with the repairs. It was one helluva storm unlike what we usually get around here.

So I brought my Daylight lamp, paint, and figures..I need to get set up here and I'll probably have something to show before too long.

Well a codex Abhumans would make the system a little more diverse than the "we have more SM Codices than actual alien races" shtick GW seem to pedal...

sorry about the power dave, i used to live in a nice old house, large property.. but the power went out alot.. and it took a long lime to put it back on!... at least you have something new to read though and although i've had a peak at the rulebook and know that it mentions the abhumans, what is that second about? Does it have rules or something for them or is it just "you can use them if you want!" type of deal?


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AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:Well a codex Abhumans would make the system a little more diverse than the "we have more SM Codices than actual alien races" shtick GW seem to pedal...

As much as I'd like one, Abhumans isnt an army.. most abhumans work for the IG anyway and not all work together, the best we get is some imperial beastmen in the next IG book, if we are lucky

sounds like modelling opertunities more than anything RW, but it'd be nice to see rules for them... I think they are trying to do a less Xenophobic Imperium... as that was starting to get stale... "look, Xenos... KILL IT, KILL IT DEAD!" type thing...

Heh..The first part of the entry on Abhumans talks about the Lords of Terra being in "permanenet disagreement" about abhumans- meaning Jervis Johnson and Matt Ward

dsteingass wrote:Heh..The first part of the entry on Abhumans talks about the Lords of Terra being in "permanenet disagreement" about abhumans- meaning Jervis Johnson and Matt Ward

Never has a truer word been said...

..Am I a hobby survivalist or what?

This is what we call "Roughing it"

Well, you rough it all you want. If you need anything though I know I speak for the entire League when I say just name it and we will do what we can.......

Thanks Max! It'll just be a few days of inconvenience, there are people who lost their homes and cars to trees and wind, We're pretty fortunate.

LMFAO... that netbook is even tinier than mine

it's not a netbook, it's a Lenovo X-61, a real big-boy pc
it has a serial port...a serial port is as essential as an x-acto knife to me.

lols, fair doodles

Its still tiny though... but I'm sure you hear that a lot

If you have time to kill, painting is a good way to do it...
basecoats and washes only




Even less for Thraka

Catching up with the ladz eh Dave?

Aye! They've been only sporting primer for a couple of years now

Oh noes! Case of the fuzzy primer there

Yeah....humid-day rattlecan accident, I figure I can turn it into "weathering".............maybe....

Orks a rollin' all dem uvva playas be a hatin'

I may be impatient, but I'm not sure if the orange is a striking enough contrast color, maybe after some highlights, checkers, or dags maybe? I dunno.


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Briancj wrote:This is the first printed GW publication that features a REAL GURL in a photograph. I wonder whose girlfriend she is.

I spotted a second GURL! About page 306 IIRC

Mickey O'Neil wrote:Ya like Dags?

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Turkish wrote:What?

?? - You lost me there Max.

mxwllmdr wrote:

Mickey O'Neil wrote:Ya like Dags?

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Turkish wrote:What?

For ta be shire...


Love that film. "snatch" by Guy Richie.

dsteingass wrote:I may be impatient, but I'm not sure if the orange is a striking enough contrast color, maybe after some highlights, checkers, or dags maybe? I dunno.


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Briancj wrote:This is the first printed GW publication that features a REAL GURL in a photograph. I wonder whose girlfriend she is.

I spotted a second GURL! About page 306 IIRC

OMG! Page 330! And page 332!

oh my we are reaching the big 300 with dave´s thread now very soon....!!!

and again with those orks dave... ^^


thanks LDD for the shout out of my lamppost^^


it is good to see dave next to normal productive under these conditions...


do you by the way have to work now?


as for the competition... i really would like to start one... but mabye rules wise you could name the frist one... do the honor again and then the game starts as planned... just as in former times...

well i must fly now... but later this day (my day) i will post painted pics of my lamppost^^


cheers, vik

Viktor von Domm wrote:oh my we are reaching the big 300 with dave´s thread now very soon....!!!

and again with those orks dave... ^^


thanks LDD for the shout out of my lamppost^^


it is good to see dave next to normal productive under these conditions...


do you by the way have to work now?


as for the competition... i really would like to start one... but mabye rules wise you could name the frist one... do the honor again and then the game starts as planned... just as in former times...

well i must fly now... but later this day (my day) i will post painted pics of my lamppost^^


cheers, vik

I am soo looking forward to the terrainy comp thing. the TG forums coding is so bizzare it kept me from posting often enough to keep the account I had there active.

@ dstein- man, sorry to hear about the weather out your way. Glad to see you are ok, and I respect how you are enduring. Once again, your tenacity is an inspiration to modelers everywhere.

Didn't get a game in on Saturday but we went over the rules pretty thoroughly and aside from a few things I wish I'd seen come on board (like using a pistol in CC instead of hitting something w/ a rock) I'm pretty happy w/ the changes. Wound allocation finally makes sense, strict rules for Allies (and penalties for mashing something ridiculous together like SoB and Chaos) and Overwatch are highly welcomed changes for me. Plus they have added Stub guns again, and that can only mean the rumors that Cultists are returning becasue who else would use such horrible weapons? Ha.

I'm looking forward to getting a few "vanilla" games in (meaning my own troops) before getting into allies, etc. I want a firm understanding of move / shoot / CC before getting into the more advanced stuff.

6th Ed is starting out ok so far. Really looking forward to GW fixing the link to the CSM errata PDF, it's broken right now.

Thanks Skalk!- I'm pretty sure that a pistol is still considered an assault/CC weapon.

@ Vik Unfortunately, yes I have to work. We drove past at lunch and the good news is that they now finally have my street blocked off, maybe they will get some work done and get the power back on soon.

Yeah..Page 300 will probably not be anything fancy under the current circumstances.

Terrain Competition??

Sure I'll start (which means I don't get to play this time) but I will be the JUDGE!
I'll keep it simple for the first one..

The first -=]_,=- sponsored terrain competition is...

-=]_,=- Contest #1 -=]_,=-
LIDS!

"You must scratch build some terrain feature utilizing at least one Lid from any type of household container" (probably plastic, but not required to be.)
Rules are as follows:
1. It must be based, and no you cannot use the lid as a base
2. You must provide at least 1 WIP photo, which makes it CLEARLY obvious it is an actual lid you are using, and at least 1 completed photo to be eligible
3. It must be painted
4. The deadline is 1 month from today August 2, 2012

-On August 3rd I will judge the winner, who will be rewarded with some sort of "fabulous" prize from my personal collection, the winner gets to set the parameters (and optional fabulous prize) for the next competition as well as become the judge for the next competition after he/she wins. The Judge does not have to stick to a material like I am, you instead may choose a theme such as "bunkers" or "sandbags" or whatever you wish within reason.
Judges are not eligible to participate in the contest that they are judging...EVER. Judges set their own judging criteria on a per-competition basis. The Judge's decision is FINAL, feel free to bitch about it all you like, but know that it won't make any difference

Since this will be ongoing.>We need to figure out where to create a thread for this in Dakka and this is where we will set all these things

LIPS! LIPS! LIPS! LIPS! L...

*hushed whispering*

Ohhhhhhh. *LIDS*.

Nevermind.

Only league members need apply? Since no one invited me to join I would still participate if non members can enter

You WERE invited Marty..long time ago! you have proven yourself worthy of bearing the -=]_,=- badge many many times over!
- and no, it is open to all Dakka-users!

By "pistols in CC" what I meant was instead of hitting your opponent in the head w/ the flat of your Plasma Pistol, stuff the barrel in his guts and blast him open w/ a ST7 hit instead of a ST3 lovetap. I'm also disappointed that Chainswords are still ST of user. It is completely ridiculous that a Guard Sergeant has the EXACT same effectiveness in cc with his bare fist as he would if he hit his opponent with a raging 100,000 RPM adamantium razor teethed chainsaw of absolute eviscerating death.

Terrain competition? Lids? Ok, I'm in. Already have an idea.


Great. Now I want to call my manager and tell him I need the rest of the day off so I can go home and build things for my toy soldiers.

Sorry to hear about the power situation Dave, but you seem to have kept yourself busy, I like the Orks!

The comp sounds like fun, I even have an idea already!

Skalk, I feel like that EVERY day!

Thanks for the invite and I'll be entering the terrain competition myself!

I am excited to see what you guys come up with!

I need help from "The League"!


I'm getting to the point where I'm starting to modify and add/build bits for my ork vehicles. I've been to my FLGS and while they have a fair amount of plastic stuff, they don't really have any good stock for riveting.

Can any of you make specific recommendations of which plastic bits to buy to make nice rivets for orky things... specifically grot things (so, the rivits would probably be on the small side). Preferably a web site where I could order things and have them delivered direct. Please keep in mind I'm in the US. Though, if you can recommend the products I can probably find my own supplier.

Thanks so much!

Gits

Evergreen plastic company.


I'll see if I can get a good link for you. If you tell me what you want I can always go pick it up for you and you can PayPal me


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http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/

Actually marty, if you can just get me links to the specific bits that I need... I *should* be able to arrange for the order myself. And it's the specific products that I'm really asking for. What diameter and kinds of rod make for good rivets, bolt heads, etc. I'm assuming I can find thin sheet for crude washers... but heck, I'd even take that if you can find a link to it. Keep in mind these are for both ork and gretchin constructs... so the grot stuff would be very small when compared to full sized ork rivets.

Thanks!

http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/Shapes.htm#Round%20Tubing


Buy a few sizes... stuff is really cheap. I use round tube and cut it with a hobby knife.

Some people use plastic sheets and a hole punch.

The plastic rod method (round and hex) really is the most versatile and cheapest option in the long run. I would suggest a "Chopper II"
http://www.onlinetrains.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=53-694&Category_Code=PTA
or the generic version a "Chop-It" from Micro-Mark http://www.micromark.com/chop-it,9547.html This is what I have, and I use it for all rivets. -On Sale right nOW for $20.75!!

You can make whatever size rivets you want with just a supply of plastic rod. Nuts, bolts, any combination. I've done them all and they are documented in this massive thread of mine (somewhere). It is invaluable IMHO to be able to quickly mass-produce identical parts, and Rivets, nuts, bolts, etc. all look best when they are exact IMHO.






Of course, you can do the same with just a sharp x-acto knife, but they can get a bit uneven



My STANDARD rivet is 1mm (.040") rod, that is as small as I buy stock rod: seen here with 2mm Hex rod nuts, and (I think) 1/16" leather punched washers. You will get used to the joys of the Metric system when working in this scale, its quite a bit simpler than our English-Standard upbringing has made us fear about the Red Commie metric system

Otherwise for big Orky rivets, look in the craft and bead section for little hemi rivets, failing that, split peas work for really big chunky rivets. However, it sounds like you really want some smaller ones

Recently I bought a package of these Hexagonal Glitter that would work for very tiny, thin hex nuts.

I've sort of been working on my own, but it's kind of ignored or not that great.

The rod method would be the easiest though.

Link??? Not_u?? Why am I not subscribed to any of your threads?

Skalk, do what I'm going to do: Chainsword -1 Init, +1 Str. If you feel the need to have points, a WS3 model should be +5 points, and a WS4 model +10.

I also think that the hard-plastic citadel figure case should be considered a STR9 weapon..those damn things can hurt

dsteingass wrote:Link??? Not_u?? Why am I not subscribed to any of your threads?

First prototype is in this post so it's still a little rough. I haven't done much more with it, but I had been kicking around the idea for a little while.

dsteingass wrote:
Terrain Competition??

Sure I'll start (which means I don't get to play this time) but I will be the JUDGE!
I'll keep it simple for the first one..

The first -=]_,=- sponsored terrain competition is...

-=]_,=- Contest #1 -=]_,=-
LIDS!

"You must scratch build some terrain feature utilizing at least one Lid from any type of household container" (probably plastic, but not required to be.)
Rules are as follows:
1. It must be based, and no you cannot use the lid as a base
2. You must provide at least 1 WIP photo, which makes it CLEARLY obvious it is an actual lid you are using, and at least 1 completed photo to be eligible
3. It must be painted
4. The deadline is 1 month from today August 2, 2012

-On August 3rd I will judge the winner, who will be rewarded with some sort of "fabulous" prize from my personal collection, the winner gets to set the parameters (and optional fabulous prize) for the next competition as well as become the judge for the next competition after he/she wins. The Judge does not have to stick to a material like I am, you instead may choose a theme such as "bunkers" or "sandbags" or whatever you wish within reason.
Judges are not eligible to participate in the contest that they are judging...EVER. Judges set their own judging criteria on a per-competition basis. The Judge's decision is FINAL, feel free to bitch about it all you like, but know that it won't make any difference

Since this will be ongoing.>We need to figure out where to create a thread for this in Dakka and this is where we will set all these things

I am officially in...... Not sure where I will get the time but I am in.....

Gitsplitta wrote:I need help from "The League"!


I'm getting to the point where I'm starting to modify and add/build bits for my ork vehicles. I've been to my FLGS and while they have a fair amount of plastic stuff, they don't really have any good stock for riveting.

Can any of you make specific recommendations of which plastic bits to buy to make nice rivets for orky things... specifically grot things (so, the rivits would probably be on the small side). Preferably a web site where I could order things and have them delivered direct. Please keep in mind I'm in the US. Though, if you can recommend the products I can probably find my own supplier.

Thanks so much!

Gits

Def Evergreen. I would recommend using plain small squares of styrene sheet to make Orkified washers for the bolts. I have always seen orks as a bolt type and not so much a rivet type. Kna' Mean?

Thanks Not_u! More reading! aaaah!

No. How about now?

Page 300 will be LEGEND......Wait for it.....

Dave, sorry about not getting you the photos we talked about. Lots of time this week with the Independence day holidays going on so they will be up.....

How about now? Probably shouldn't do that too much.

So sorry. maybe now.......


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Damn, I suddenly find myself very excited about this terrain contest......

....Dary?

not yet...grr

It's only page 300, no big deal.

It'll happen if we pretend we don't want it.

..Never a page rollover when you need it..kind of like a cop

Speaking of....NP Max
...DARY!

Page 300, in less than 1 calendar year even! Wow, what a ride. I'd post a summary here, but the first page is already updated with any relevant finished pics, so you can all go there to see

Works every time.

Woot, Dave got first post on page 300. As it should be.....


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Speaking of holidays: Bout quitting time for the day.



Wait....


It's only 2 n the afternoon, you say?



Well, then I am late for my nap. Gotta go.....

I suppose however, I should pay some respect to the title of the thread, all of YOU have helped this become a reality! Thank you all VERY VERY much!

That is very lovely.

one day i will be able to make that cool stuff.

any plans on making more custom munda stuff?

I think your part kroot too, they build stuff out of everything and you do the same thing with plastic...

OK guys, thanks for the help. Placed a sizable order for the "white gold" of riveting. Thanks!

Congratulations amigo! 300 is no small feat

Woot. 300. damn dude this thing blew up Huh?

another Idea for a moldable product... Rivet strips.

(plasticard strip with a row of your various rivets attached...) a Simple cut, and then more rivets...

Congratulations dstein! Perhaps it is fitting that on page 300 you've finally dragged ME into riveting!

Your Necromunda setup is *still* amazing...

dsteingass wrote:

Terrain Competition??

Sure I'll start (which means I don't get to play this time) but I will be the JUDGE!
I'll keep it simple for the first one..

The first -=]_,=- sponsored terrain competition is...

-=]_,=- Contest #1 -=]_,=-
LIDS!

"You must scratch build some terrain feature utilizing at least one Lid from any type of household container" (probably plastic, but not required to be.)
Rules are as follows:
1. It must be based, and no you cannot use the lid as a base
2. You must provide at least 1 WIP photo, which makes it CLEARLY obvious it is an actual lid you are using, and at least 1 completed photo to be eligible
3. It must be painted
4. The deadline is 1 month from today August 2, 2012

-On August 3rd I will judge the winner, who will be rewarded with some sort of "fabulous" prize from my personal collection, the winner gets to set the parameters (and optional fabulous prize) for the next competition as well as become the judge for the next competition after he/she wins. The Judge does not have to stick to a material like I am, you instead may choose a theme such as "bunkers" or "sandbags" or whatever you wish within reason.
Judges are not eligible to participate in the contest that they are judging...EVER. Judges set their own judging criteria on a per-competition basis. The Judge's decision is FINAL, feel free to bitch about it all you like, but know that it won't make any difference

How many entries are we allowed ?

I've already been making terrain for this competition without knowing it

You could get with Yak about the contest and make it a full blown dakka contest if your up for the work. Might slow it down a bit though.

Great. Adam is in. Not much chance of taking it away now......



LOL, Adam you are alloted a half entry.....

ah.... finally a 300...again...

i still fondly remember the time when i got to my first 300 pages...er...er...ah what the heck...

congratz ye ole fool! who would have thought that talk and banter and the occaisional pic of yon work might get you that far...well...there wasn´t ever any doubt really? yeah!



as for the terrain competition...count me in... for all that i am worth count me in!!! lids...lids... hmmmm....*reads the rules again*.... as you stated the rules... i am not really sure i want to win anymore because if i ever win i can´t compete anymore in the next run

any size of lids? and we have to built something with lids on a base...any size of base? and just to be a really dumb sounding man here... what is a lid..all in all? are we talking bottles lids only or like the big glasses lids that sour eggs come in and such stuff?


and by the way... i just love a game of tyranny^^ never was the man for democracy^^ one man one vote... this time it is dave´s^^

oh and that sounds like good news... soon you will be in your mancave again forging marvels for us all to fest upon!!!

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Turkish wrote:What?

For ta be shire...


Love that film. "snatch" by Guy Richie.

One of my favorite moves of all time.... i got a little smile when i saw this

My blog had 300 pages before 300 pages was cool!

*grin*

OK, so... a month later I'm only at 310... but we won't talk about that.

At least you got that unexpected meme thingy for a bit there.

Gitsplitta wrote:My blog had 300 pages before 300 pages was cool!

*grin*

OK, so... a month later I'm only at 310... but we won't talk about that.

Actually lets So why the lack of momentum?

Congrads on the 300 Dave! No matter what else happens, this will always be a terrain thread to me. It was the last bit of motivation I needed to get mine up and running. The things I've learned since then are incredible. You've been a big part of that and my appreciation is genuine.

Here's to another 300.

Hells yeah! Can we get this thing to 600 by next July?

Thanks everybody! If I could, I'd buy you all a pint or three!

@Vik I posted the rules, you are free to interpret anything you want except for what I wrote
Some terrain feature, using a household lid, based, and painted.

I don't know if this is good or not..my house looks like a crime scene! LOL

I can't even get to the house without parking and walking !
Some big truck probably went through and clipped the hanging line, it's all fethed up now worse than it was in the first place!!

AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:Actually lets So why the lack of momentum?

Just kind of burnt out painting marines. Taking a break doing other projects... mainly my orks. Recharging my batteries so-to-speak. It'll be up and running again once I'm ready to dive back in.

Good sir, your amazing terrain and rivety goodness has inspired me to finally post, and to commence making printable terrain for the masses (provided I can get some help on the sizes from the community).

I may not have money for plastic men anymore, but I can sure as hell paint/photoshop many rivets for the financially challenged terrain lovers!

My thanks, you gave me something to do with myself!

Wow!! Thanks Daemonfae! Welcome!- And dood..I totally dig that idea!! After all, this whole thread was started to mimic the original printed terrain!!

dsteingass wrote:Wow!! Thanks Daemonfae! Welcome!- And dood..I totally dig that idea!! After all, this whole thread was started to mimic the original printed terrain!!

And it succeeds masterfully! But I know the amazing stuff you're doing is past the reach of many, so maybe I can do something for them!

I wish I still had my old ammo crate .PSD files I had some nice ones I made years ago:(

I started a thread over here~ http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/459124.page#4476923

(yes totally shameless plug in post #3, I am good at forums hurr durr)

can't even get to the house without parking and walking !

at first i was about to laugh... then i saw the next pic... man... the weather gods really want to poo on you guys over there...

so i bet your schedule for coming back is turning out to be longer than planned... by the way... not that i am already having a clue as to that question... but who is paying for the hotel bill? i bet you have to pay for that too? or has your president some helpful help on the way? i have heard it was a very big storm throughout many places inthe us...


and demon face...welcome and i will give your thread a look

congrats on the 300 mark and sorry about the house, that does not seem pleasent

Thanks guys! No...we're paying for it, not much choice other than one of the public shelters they opened to help people out. The City Council and Mayor applied for Federal Aid today by declaring it a "Disaster Area" but that money is for the City..which is really not the problem. It's the Power Company who is slow, they have sent crews in from Neighboring states, but they are not hurrying at all. But boy..if you are 1.5 minutes late paying your electric bill, they are RIGHT THERE to turn your electricity off!

oh yeah... i know that drill... student times... had my fill of "dark hours"...

dsteingass wrote:Thanks guys! No...we're paying for it, not much choice other than one of the public shelters they opened to help people out. The City Council and Mayor applied for Federal Aid today by declaring it a "Disaster Area" but that money is for the City..which is really not the problem. It's the Power Company who is slow, they have sent crews in from Neighboring states, but they are not hurrying at all. But boy..if you are 1.5 minutes late paying your electric bill, they are RIGHT THERE to turn your electricity off!

Well, to be fair, this isn't like throwing some jumper cables around. This is a Black Swan event, and even I can't argue that a company should plan to handle "beyond the worst case" scenarios all the time. It costs far, far too much money to have that level of staffing around all the time. They have to deal with the critical, first, then work outwards.

Still sucks, tho'. Do you need help refilling your fridge? Can we deliver a pizza to your hotel room?

Instead of checkers, dags, the sharp v angles that the Orks also use