And arms can be legs as well when it comes to Nurgle.

Holly crap nearly 20 pages to get through and only 2 updates WTF

Banter is not the word here, talk about jumping topics and some really sad flirting (you know who)

The colour scheme Vik is looking good so far how a bout a black stripe down the trouser legs

I only went away for 6 days and took me ages to catch up, and what the hell did I catch up on

Don't hate the player, hate the game LDD

AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:Don't hate the player, hate the game LDD

Think I heard that quote earlier It's a loosing battle mate she is a taken woman, as a rule never gak on another mans patch

However Bubble I am not referring to you as a patch by any means just a figure of speech and may I say that J-paint is a very lucky man

Attractive and talented, I am sure he is not ashamed in any way of you

Lols bubble knows I'm only messing with her

AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:Lols bubble knows I'm only messing with her

You really need to think before you type innuendo every time LOL

haha, nah thats just me, I say stuff thats innuendo without ever meaning it to

lone dirty dog wrote:

However Bubble I am not referring to you as a patch by any means just a figure of speech and may I say that J-paint is a very lucky man

Attractive and talented, I am sure he is not ashamed in any way of you

aww thank youuu hehe xxx

Ah, Vik has no fresh pics.

well...jackal recently provided me with some ideas and helpful advice as to how to get for me semi noob in painting some acceptable looking powerweapons... so i went and looked for some minis in my collection ...and i looked ...and looked...and looked... and didn´t find and guardsmen that atm had any powerweapons i wanted to paint...

then i said to myself: "well you do own a coupla space marines ...take a look at them for once"

and so i did^^...

took in fact three of them and here they are...

that one was made with mithril silver, then a badab black wash...followed by a assurmen blue and then even a yellow ink wash over everything... for me the best looking so far...





that one here was a bit more difficult...as above badab black over mithril sliver...then a green felshg wash of old citadel...followed by the afore mentioned yellow ink... it came out OK-ish for me...





and this one here is just mithril silver, badab black and then the yellow ink... looks interesting... as if he is wuileding a yolk sword but i guess a second treatment with another wash or some edge highlighting could be helpfull here...








but it proved to me the usefullness of jackals suggested methode... just needs some more experimenting tho on my part^^

thanks mate for the tip!!!

cheers, vik

Nice mate
Try to keep the washes after black the same and you get a nice crystal look to them.
Also, remember to go sparing with the black wash.
Its just to mute the silver a bit.

But looking good though mate

Check youtube it has some cracking tips and some bloody awful ones to

Take your time you will get the effect eventually with practice, it takes time but the results are worth it in the end

Thats a nice easy one to do
No wet blending, feathering or airbrush needed lol.

More of my pics in my thread Vik, thought you may want to look at them before sleep/.

shasolenzabi wrote:More of my pics in my thread Vik, thought you may want to look at them before sleep/.

Just for Vik thats nice

hey LDD... good to see you back here^^

less black wash... oki doki! and what do you mean with:

Try to keep the washes after black the same and you get a nice crystal look to them

should i use only one formula? and then which one?


Automatically Appended Next Post:
lol... thanks shas... i opened the page already ...will have a look in about 10 secs

I think he means water it down keep it thin and don't over wash, after your earlier posts I don't think you could be accused of over washing

my earlier posts? hmm? form different threads...thats wat you are referring to? lol

Viktor von Domm wrote:my earlier posts? hmm? form different threads...thats wat you are referring to? lol

How the hell am I supposed to know I thought Dakka was one hole thread

I'm no help here..How fast can that marine scramble eggs?

you´d be amazed as to how quick they are for scrambling eggs... and they hardly get yolk on their pwetty armor too^^

and yes LDD... one thread...^^ and it is a snapped one at that...

WTF scrambling eggs what thread did I miss now

well your confusion is well deserved as you didn´t read all them posts here... look to daves posts...

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/9300/342213.page#4357164

Sorry mate, got distracted
With the washes after the black, use 2 layers of a single wash.
So, 2 asuraman blue or 2 thrakka green or 2 baal red etc.
This keeps the colours from mixing.

Viktor von Domm wrote:well your confusion is well deserved as you didn´t read all them posts here... look to daves posts...

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/9300/342213.page#4357164

How did I end up back here

From the link vik posted
It all returns you to the same part lol.

There is a wormhole that goes between Vik's thread and mine, strange phenomenon!


Automatically Appended Next Post:

Viktor von Domm wrote:... as if he is wuileding a yolk sword

lol... learned that from git^^ he showed me da moves^^

and yes jackal... that was my intention but then i was feeling experi-mental


Automatically Appended Next Post:
full points for you dave!^^

Thats what happened I thought it was me …….

Thanks Dave that makes sense now although I had to read 3 times before I clicked

Vik I am getting on a plane to see my homeland and kick your ass LOL

lol...you want find me... cause i get an eyeshut now...and no one can see me then




nighty night ol´war horse

ROFL

Epic night mate

Hmmm, well that explains that missing wormhole of mine, I knew I dropped it somewhere, must have been all the trips between Vik and Dave's threads.

It may explain how I go to post in one of the other threads then think a few posts have disappeared.

n0t_u wrote:It may explain how I go to post in one of the other threads then think a few posts have disappeared.

Don't watch where you turn, and foomf! in a different thread you are!

No really at the time Jackal's talk about GS started there was an extremely similar conversation in the other thread. To the point where it actually looked like his posts had been deleted.

I'm loving your paiting atm Vik! Its really improving man! Can't wait to see these guys finished........

Keep up the encouragement, Vik needs all the nudging we can give!

I have a baseball bat in the boot of my car if that will help

no LDD... there is a thing called positive encouragement... you are doing it wrong... hitting people with clubs like the monkey you always show up as is not a way to positivly encourage someone... bad monkey...bad monkey


by the way... on childes thread iirc the idea formed to get a unit fully painted in a certain amount of time... well i joined the fun... nbow childe, jackal and cappy and maybe even more peeps have joined in on the fun and as a result i started to paint something else^^...but fear not.. i will complete my redcoats soon... tho i now begun in earnest to paint this small collection of mins here...



started with the primed ones in this pic... others may follow after these then... 11 minis i have started on painting so far... basecoat of blue aplied and worked on some white detailbasecoats as well... later on to be yellowed... pics of my work will follow tomorrow as i think with these darker minis i need full daylight to actually show anything at all^^


so this was more for your information then^^

Urban mammoth mini's I see there I would join in but I cant be assed and therefore would fail

Although I am planning on painting a chaos army of sorts soon and my dwarfs ….O and my steam punk guard and my chaos renegades O feth this


Yes I am a bad monkey indeed positive encouragement must remember positive " hitting one self with bat "

I seek like Vik, so many sources of troops online these days!

lol... that one almost sounds as if it is more orky encouragement

and yes urban mammoth i think they are... it is the felix freedom fighters... that will be the "gang" for one future day for my son felix (6yrs) so we can have a game of muda one day... and his favorite colors are yellow mostly and blue... so i went with that blue foundation atm and added the new white as a basecoat for the soon up coming yellow...after that i am a bit unsure as to what to add next... i thought i´d drybrush them with ice blue on the blue areas and do hazard stripes on the yellow details...what do you think?

Dam I forgot about my orks

Thats cool building them for your son Vik

shasolenzabi wrote:Keep up the encouragement, Vik needs all the nudging we can give!

Btw looks like you have a lot of work ahead of you Vik!!!!! Can't wait for these to be done!

well he is waiting for them to be completed almost a year now... about time i think^^

and shaso... actualy thse minis would be good for you too... they all have russion words on them...

Viktor von Domm wrote:well he is waiting for them to be completed almost a year now... about time i think^^

and shaso... actualy thse minis would be good for you too... they all have russion words on them...

Not so cool after all get to it man he will be a man himself soon

i hope not... as a six year old i hope that he has at least another ten years to get to that stage ...blimey they are quicker in these things nowadays tho but that wouldn´t be quick anymore but donwrights rushing it

Viktor von Domm wrote:i hope not... as a six year old i hope that he has at least another ten years to get to that stage ...blimey they are quicker in these things nowadays tho but that wouldn´t be quick anymore but donwrights rushing it

The speed you run at it there is a good chance he will make man hood before you finish anything LOL

lol... i hope not^^

okay, so back from my two-day trip to brighton, now to catch up on all the pages of various threads I've missed

They painted yet vik?

at jackal ...a bit

and at shrike... well it wasn´t the same here without ye...

by the way... you got made any pics to show us in your thread yet?...now did you? LOL

To be honest, I've barely done any hobby work for the past 6 months or so

shrike wrote:To be honest, I've barely done any hobby work for the past 6 months or so

Well stop bitching about it and do some then

Classic tune by the way, I have to say I fething hated them when I was a kid but love that tune now

lone dirty dog wrote:

shrike wrote:To be honest, I've barely done any hobby work for the past 6 months or so

Well stop bitching about it and do some then

Classic tune by the way, I have to say I fething hated them when I was a kid but love that tune now

I will in about a month or so

shrike wrote:

lone dirty dog wrote:

shrike wrote:To be honest, I've barely done any hobby work for the past 6 months or so

Well stop bitching about it and do some then

Classic tune by the way, I have to say I fething hated them when I was a kid but love that tune now

I will in about a month or so

Why a month or so

That's roughly when I get my tank

shrike wrote:That's roughly when I get my tank

What tank

It's a surprise

Suprise tank!

This is very difficult not posting a "CREEEEEEEEEEEED!" reference...

A surprise tank? Is the A-Team involved? You know B.A. hates surprises........

lol "why we fallin in a tank?"

"We're gonna fly this tank!"

Something like this I hope if the A-Team is involved.

lol....that vid was funny^^

by the way LDD... way better avatar pic than your monkey ones!!!

LOL nice video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK2eV6KEgko&feature=plcp

Ha love it great video

Thanks Vik

Cappy, does your video link work or is it me?

It was dakka! I've tried a few times, so now I just give a link instead

It's not dakka's fault it's the warp i tell you. the WARP!

ok update time ladies and gents...

this is fr the motivation competition on childes thread... not really steampunk related in any way... as it is a unit for my son...the felix freedom fighters...

and here are the first WIP pics to proove i am still painting^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:ok update time ladies and gents...

this is fr the motivation competition on childes thread... not really steampunk related in any way... as it is a unit for my son...the felix freedom fighters...

and here are the first WIP pics to proove i am still painting^^

Looking good!

fatty wrote:It's not dakka's fault it's the warp i tell you. the WARP!

Hello you, you've been quiet lately xxx

Those are looking GREAT Vik!! I love the blue and white! You could easily use these for Arbites in 'Munda!

at bubble...thanks!^^

and dave... that whats they are meant for... they won´t form a real army... maybe in due time they get a chimera like scratchbuilt transport... but yes i got them to stand in as arbites... maybe they even get some dogs too...

They need an armored SWAT team APC!


http://wn.com/Armoured_Car_Alvis_Saracen
You could build a badass one Vik!

actually you are totally spot on with these... that was what i was thinking too!!! and beside... i have a hummer template too... could be the command transport then...

Yes, Your Viktorian Officers will need only the finest transport complete with tea service!

ah... but these aren´t viktorians then... more like a totally modern police force... highly equiped to the teeth.... all from the top shelf and elite in trainings and ruthless in their deeds... no gentlemen at all^^

gotcha!

bubble wrote:

fatty wrote:It's not dakka's fault it's the warp i tell you. the WARP!

Hello you, you've been quiet lately xxx

What about me? I didn't post for two whole days!

Back in your cage.

Even though they're just started that blue is actually pretty nice.

n0t_u wrote:Back in your cage.

aw, but it's cold and dark in there! *trudges back to cage grumpily*

Awwwww, somebody toss the shrike a blankie......

Fine.

YAY!
*happily snuggles up in cage*

Nice looking VASA suppressor/enforcers Vik! Urban Mammoth makes nice minis!

shrike wrote:

bubble wrote:

fatty wrote:It's not dakka's fault it's the warp i tell you. the WARP!

Hello you, you've been quiet lately xxx

What about me? I didn't post for two whole days!

Awww I missed you too *pat* xxx

what have i started

The end of the world?

end of the world... and me without any finished army... nawww... can´t be happening!!!

I the destroyer of the world................ w00t sweet.
but i'll hold it off until my little pony friendship is magic last season

hmmm... that´d be probably sooner than we all would like then...

Viktor von Domm wrote:end of the world... and me without any finished army... nawww... can´t be happening!!!

At this rate vik, with as many side projects you have going, I think you'll finish an army about when the end of the world happens, no matter how far away that is

Viktor von Domm wrote:end of the world... and me without any finished army... nawww... can´t be happening!!!

The concept itself is flawed. An army is NEVER finished.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:end of the world... and me without any finished army... nawww... can´t be happening!!!

The concept itself is flawed. An army is NEVER finished.

The end of the world will come, when I have a fully painted army...

AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:end of the world... and me without any finished army... nawww... can´t be happening!!!

The concept itself is flawed. An army is NEVER finished.

The end of the world will come, when I have a fully painted army...

so your saying the world wont ever end?

Fully painted? Hell, I'd settle for a full army. Sitting on 1750pts of chaos atm and can't seem to get any real work done. Mayhaps though my titan legion will defend me in the armageddon?

no, they only work in apoc games

I know what you mean, I thought I finished my raven guard army, then I got a large section of it, turned it to heresy-era, bought a few more kits, thought I was done then, and I'm still wanting more
One day I will finally peel away from my beloved space marines and properly focus on the guard I've been planning for the best part of two years... one day...

Uh, Dave....


Apoc is short for apocalypse, fo which another word is armageddon....

I was being facetious.....

Armageddon is a planet too... neener neener

But I meant you can't play reg 40k games with the big guys

soo whats going on here

*hastily puts shirt back on* nothing... just... not having a party in your absence...

i.... will.... end you


































.... (in batman voice) im the catpirate

Can't be the end of the world, I have basically units of 5 armies to finish and some new re-inforcements on the way!




Automatically Appended Next Post:
With this guy helping guide them to victory

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:end of the world... and me without any finished army... nawww... can´t be happening!!!

The concept itself is flawed. An army is NEVER finished.

What is an army when it is beaten and destroyed ? Surly it is finished then

Like the start so far Vic your son will be a very a happy boy once these are done or a life of disappointment from waiting

shrike wrote:*hastily puts shirt back on* nothing... just... not having a party in your absence...

... o.O lol xxx

What is an army when it is beaten and destroyed ? Surly it is finished then

that got you another quote in my sig...!!! that is so much insight into the subject!!! priceless!

and just for your all information...

yesterday i had a meeting with all these new parents of the class i soon will attend and help to get their kids to grow up to be good school boys and girls... it was very interresting but also very exhausting so i was in no mood to stop by and add to the banter yesterday... i was totally talked empty so to say

and yes shrike... go to your lil guardsmen... they need you!!!

Thanks Vik but dont see it up yet

Your knackered from one day how will you cope with a week

forgott to add it

now there^^

it was just that the meeting was sterting at six in the evening and went to 10 ...which isn´t really my chatty time anymore...and mind you...all that awful smiling you have to do is really taking the energy out of you...

Viktor von Domm wrote:forgott to add it

now there^^

it was just that the meeting was sterting at six in the evening and went to 10 ...which isn´t really my chatty time anymore...and mind you...all that awful smiling you have to do is really taking the energy out of you...

Better get used to it mate and the bull gaking about how great other peoples kids are LOL

yup... i bet it will get complicated... nut i have to see this through... three years of taking the dumb out on me and after that i can name the price in my new found profession... nursery nurses are highly sought for atm and male ones even more... then i will look for a nice indoor job

Viktor von Domm wrote:yup... i bet it will get complicated... nut i have to see this through... three years of taking the dumb out on me and after that i can name the price in my new found profession... nursery nurses are highly sought for atm and male ones even more... then i will look for a nice indoor job

Who would trust Vik with their kids?

haha I joke it sounds like a good job xxx

My ex was a primary school teacher (as well as an unbalanced psychopath ) and she hated the fact of pretending to be nice to the kids and parents …….. mind you she hated being nice full stop


Viks great with kids it said so in his police record

No only joking mate

All ex's are unbalanced psychopaths... true story!!!

lol... i must have more than just one stalker it seems...*shakes head *

actually the kids really liked me in a first week i did when i had my tryouts... and since i am still retaining some of the attitude i have here in work too i guess we will get on with all like a house on fire...there will be no survivors^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:lol... i must have more than just one stalker it seems...*shakes head *

actually the kids really liked me in a first week i did when i had my tryouts... and since i am still retaining some of the attitude i have here in work too i guess we will get on with all like a house on fire...there will be no survivors^^

They are trying to make you feel at ease, then they will strike in a pact you will be left helpless

nothing new there...

I was once an IT teacher for a primary school for the IT course I was doing.

It helps if you don't realise that you're basically being asked the same question constantly.
It's also quite easy to see the difference in the classes where the teacher makes use of computers in class more often then others.

I have tought soldiers for 20 years in different capacities....


It is all the same....


Trying desperatly just to make at least one of them understand the concepts being taught.....


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Page claimed in the name of Nurgle......

I wondered what that smell was...

Feth off.....


Automatically Appended Next Post:
LOL....

Just realised we've comfortably overtaken Git's thread now... woot!

*removes shirt once again*
party time?

It's always party time at the =]_,='s house.......

Party, party xxx

Someone needs to get a round in then, and since i suggested it, not me

Jackal wrote:Someone needs to get a round in then, and since i suggested it, not me

Well really someone should offer to buy me a drink as the token female here so I couldn't possibly get the round in either xxx

-passes the buck....-

In that case ill get the bloody round in

American passes the buck and the femal charms, how do i win this?

Can't really buy another girl a drink with the wife in the next room, no offense Bubble.....


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Hey, Jackal, I only pass the buck on buying drinks cause I quit drinking ten years ago. But boy did I have my fun times at the Pubs in th UK when I did drink......

I'm underage, so instead of getting drunk I'll eat a hell of a lot of skittles and then maybe combine diet coca cola and mentos in my mouth to compensate

so.... put your drinks if you have them on the table... you need your hands free... to steady yourself or to just madly aplaud for these awesome looking bitz courtesy of RS Jake...!!!

in the following pics i will present to you the still untouched pieces i got as a very friendly gesture from jake so to kind of test them and i will do that with the utmost pleasure...really my heart leaped up in my body as i saw the envelope!!!

so here are the pics...later in that post some questions to jake tho...

steampunk guns...




when i tomorrow clean them up from the very thin flash i will show you way better pics than these...!

the nuka bottles...still on a twin sprue so to say^^




and a collection of heads...they really look top notch!!! fine detailed and totally something i want to use!!! and that is telling something as i still have the odd relation to skulls... but those lovley skull heads form jake lookhighly detailed and very cool looking...








well the pics don´t to the artistic deed of jake enough credit... i had it seems some serious lighting issues but as i said better ones tomorrow!


vy the way jake.... the helmeted female heads are these all yours? the googles look so damn fine!!! and the assasin with the small antenna ...super cool!!! also the brown bare one... my fingers itch like hell to get the GS out and start making a cool hairdo for that one!!!

and well as i said above... usually i am not really that fond with all those endless skulls all over the range of GW but you sir ...you may actually change my view on that! if someone wnats to do traitor guard... or a customized steel legion...these heads are a perfect fit in my view!!! really to have seen the whole range already in your thread was all good... but now as i see the stuff here in the resin "flesh" i have to say... wow... way better... your casting seems to produce a very good quality that other major companies should investigate in!!!

cheers, vik


soon about to start a project with all that cool stuff!!!!

Suger rush combined with foaming at the mouth....


Nice....

















Somebody call animal control, I think he is rabid......

combine diet coca cola and mentos in my mouth to compensate

warning before you do that would be nice.... saw a vid online of someone doing that and it is not for the faint of heart!!!

Nice Haul, Vik, now get to work.....

That is all...

at max... a bit repititive aren´t we...old man


and childe... vid is a blank...

mxwllmdr wrote:Suger rush combined with foaming at the mouth....
Nice....

Somebody call animal control, I think he is rabid......

nah, they sent me to animal control, but they said I'm an exceptionally rare and endangered species, so didn't want to risk operating or injecting me without knowledge of my innards.

Viktor von Domm wrote:

combine diet coca cola and mentos in my mouth to compensate

warning before you do that would be nice.... saw a vid online of someone doing that and it is not for the faint of heart!!!

Ah, but you have not seen the alot's digestive system in all its glory! We can eat concrete and metal if we want, we can handle a fountain in there

er....

they said I'm a rarely exceptional and endangering species...

FIXED that for you...

and well as long as you keep the fountain inside you and your infamous innards i am all right i think... beind a thick wall anyways...

Yes, Vik, a little repetitive but it was applicable to both circumstances.....

lol tomorrow when my kids are back to kindergarden then i will start to work on the projects... one of these days i really have to get me some bluetac tho...

Viktor von Domm wrote:
.... the helmeted female heads are these all yours? the goggles look so damn fine!!! and the assasin with the small antenna ...super cool!!! also the brown bare one... my fingers itch like hell to get the GS out and start making a cool hairdo for that one!!!

Vik, I am so glad you got them! The helmeted female heads: The faces are from Hasslefree minis, but the helmets I made. The bare female head is all mine, have fun with her! I'm glad you liked the skull helmets! I mostly sent them to you because you said you didn't like skulls, and I wanted to change your mind!

And now you know the scale of the things I sculpt. They look so much bigger in pictures, it's hard to get a feel for the scale, even if you are familiar with the size of Cadians, it's completely different to sculpt them. But I love it, and I hope to be able to send you some more stuff at some point!

Yeah Vik!- Get to work!! no more slacking!

We WILL change his mind about skulls!

RSJake wrote: have fun with her!

SHame on you......

I'm excited to see this stuff done! xxx

mxwllmdr wrote:

RSJake wrote: have fun with her!

SHame on you......

Ahahahahaha! Take that comment as you see fit.

Bubble, have you been to my Current Projects thread? The link is in my signature. It's filled with the typical -=]_,=- Banter, but there is some cool stuff there too.

^^^^
[/Shameless Self Promotion]

RSJake wrote:

mxwllmdr wrote:

RSJake wrote: have fun with her!

SHame on you......

Ahahahahaha! Take that comment as you see fit.

Bubble, have you been to my Current Projects thread? The link is in my signature. It's filled with the typical -=]_,=- Banter, but there is some cool stuff there too.

^^^^
[/Shameless Self Promotion]

Hehehe shameless self promotion is fine, you're my main supporter for my mascot role

I shall take a look now! xxxx

Well worth the visit, Buble...


Not a shameless promotion at all, Jake....

OMG!!! Vik your painting is really improving man! Keep it up!

Well, I wonder what surprises Vik will have for us when he wakes up?

Viktor von Domm wrote:er....

they said I'm a rarely exceptional and endangering species...

FIXED that for you...

and well as long as you keep the fountain inside you and your infamous innards i am all right i think... beind a thick wall anyways...

I see what you did there...

and while we're dishing out self promotions, visit my raven guard "blog"! It's had two picture updates, and has been running about a year! Very up-to-date, the last update being 9 months ago, and even that isn't a space marine!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/334599.page
But wait! There's more! There's a short story I'm in the process of writing called "The sons of Corax", centered around a 70-man group of raven guard during the heresy! Last updated 8 months ago!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/The%20sons%20of%20Corax

Very up-to-date stuff Shrike!

I'll go check it out!


*edit*
And I'll read it tomorrow. I'm about to head home.

I think (aside from IRL distractions) the maint thing that's keeping me from doing more writing is my lack of followers (no offense vik ^^)

bubble wrote:

shrike wrote:*hastily puts shirt back on* nothing... just... not having a party in your absence...

... o.O lol xxx

becarefull with that shirke, hes a... different one

vik cant waite to see what you did with those!

Rogue Wolves wrote:

bubble wrote:

shrike wrote:*hastily puts shirt back on* nothing... just... not having a party in your absence...

... o.O lol xxx

becarefull with that shirke, hes a... different one

Singling one out as odd in a =][_= thread is like going into an asylum, pointing at someone at random and saying "that person's insane"

and is there something wrong with that?
btw im sigging that

shrike wrote:
I think (aside from IRL distractions) the maint thing that's keeping me from doing more writing is my lack of followers (no offense vik ^^)

All you have to do is keep doing it thinking "they'll be here any minute... any minute... any minute...".

No really, it's depressing if you don't delude yourself into thinking they'll come.

Maybe I'll continue again now I know Jake's gonna read it...
later though... being awake at 6:30am with no sleep isn't the best time for creative writing

^unless your a raccoon !!!







.. no one....

thank you for that hazzer! i really apreciate that!


Automatically Appended Next Post:
at jake... specially the helmeted heads i see could be your making! this is some design you should definatly do more in...

later on i will start to work with jake´s stuff and will let you know what will develop out of these... i need to make a big plunge into my bitz boxes for these^^

Rogue Wolves wrote:btw im sigging that

I see no quote below your posts, Master Wolves!

I think RW need to use a smaller font to fit all that stuff in there. Like a 2 size font.

Thanks for the reminder shrike! I'll get to reading!

perhaps size 8 or 9- but if that doesn't work, it may be time to let something go... maybe remove some of the catpirates?

It looks like he tried to make something size 9, but he must have forgot the end [/size] thing.

And you know he'll never get rid of the Catpirates....

Which is your main thread Shrike? You've made 84 of them! - And you've never been to mine either so

Putting the link in your sig would be helpful if you want people to check your works out.

dsteingass wrote:Which is your main thread Shrike? You've made 84 of them! - And you've never been to mine either so

Putting the link in your sig would be helpful if you want people to check your works out.

I put the links up yesterday, to my story (article and article discussion- the sons of corax) and my blog (article discussion- user: Shrike)

How about a little trade? I'll check out your main threads and you check out mine?

I'll go put the links up in my sig now ^^
I must've forgotten to, but I was going to a while ago...

RSJake wrote:It looks like he tried to make something size 9, but he must have forgot the end [/size] thing.

And you know he'll never get rid of the Catpirates....

A man can dream

deal!

shrike you may not be able to see my quotes because of how your monitor is zoomed, because when i zoom in, the size dosent change, the boxes do meaning more or less of my sig being shown

oki lads and ladies...

update time... i had to think and rethink my porper use of jakes cool looking steampunk guns... the initial plan was to use the wargames factory greatcoat trooper bodies... but the arms i then had to use never really matched up with the shoulder section of the bodes and i had to cancel that idea... instead i then took out my second plan and started converting empire militia men...

for the gun wileding arms i used a blunderbuss holing combination i (in my view) cut up quite neatly and left enough space to pace jakes steampunk gun inside without hurting the cool bit in any way,.. that was my intention and i am proud that this was achieved... i couldn´t have beared with the fact of hurting those guns^^...

currently i am contemplating if i attach a backpack if vic´s lead scotsmen


as a means to suply power to the gun... your thoughts?


well, also i think i finished my first complete mini of the felix freedom fighters... the arbites unit for my son...it is still rather dark in it´s scheme but i think i am not able to come up with any suitable ideas to get more detial and contrast to the mini...

well here are the pics...:
















cheers, vik

Again, early days on the SWAT guys, but I love the steampunk lasgun! Props to Jake for that

Again, early days on the SWAT guys

er...i didn´t get that...

yup... you gotta have that stuff to really apreciate jakes work.. the detail is so tiny and crisp!!!

I love Victoria Lambs stuff!!! Do it, what ever it is that includes Miss Lambs stuff should always be done!!!

Victoria lamb?
Say no more



Other than the lictor stalking the guardsmen, this has to be my fave.

er... where in that pic is anything sculpted my her???

and yes... i think childe you are right... the bitz alone justify the use^^

I thought you ment painting vik

lol... i knew she was a good painter too^^ but i was more about her sculpted stuff^^

Rivet those plates he is standing on!


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Add a drop of white to your blue for some faint highlights on the blue, that should be sufficient

hmm... the highlight issue again... i did a soft drybrush with iceblue before the wash tho...

and yes... those plates get some further treatment

Looking good Vik, can't wait to see them all finished. I have a lot to do, and I have another 97men on the way

lol... that is quite the amount of work to look forward to^^

Those men and the walkers from Hasslefree. I have some walkers about that short. I should show them to you guys as I modded them from Warzone, sigh, such high hopes, and then they made mistakes that lost them so much! So hard to get the troops nowadays from the factions.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Basic Orcas as they were for Warzone:



Automatically Appended Next Post:
So 50mm tall is not so much the issue for me.

Looking good Vik! I like the scheme...

Cheers Vik! The lasgun looks good with that mini! Love the booney hat! Kind of looks like a Vietnam era US Army grunt!

I have a female sniper in the works using a female armature from hasslefree, and my steampunk sniper rifle and one of the skull sniper heads. I'll get some pics of that on my thread tomorrow.

I'm hoping to have the steampunk weapons ready for sale sometime soon.

I agree with Dave. A final light highlight on those arbites will help to brighten them up.

well you aint seen nuthin yet... new update strting...NOW!

so gents... here it comes... the before shown pics of that steampunk soldier were only rather rough WIPs...

groupshot of things in the works...:





and then the new really up and coming steampunk soldier... note the boiler on his backpack... and the conection with a cable to the steampunk lasgun...the "magazin" i used as a inbetween storage point so to say... i fugured a direct connection would be not my style...and the magazin as such would be too tiny for my stlye too... so a combo would be better...

see for yourself:








also... i just had to give the standard lasgun a bayonet...it is from the DA kit... and also the base is not done yet and probably a bit of resculpting of the body will happen with GS soon...

as for the other fellas... i am currently still figuring out if i clipp off the pistol grip of the sniper rifle... i think it looks fishy atm for what i am going for... and the laspistol will also get a pwercable to a steampowerpack soon... same goes to the sniper rifle...


cheers, vik

Cool conversion Vik!

Nice looking stuff Vik! I like the bayonet!

Yeah, the pistol grip on the sniper rifle maybe needs some re-thinking. I had to cut it off for my sniper too....not sure how I'm going to sculpt the hand though, with pistol-grip or without. Eiter way, I had to cut the existing grip off.

Can't wait to see more!

thanks mister^^

I really like the big-ass bayonette!

well you don´t want to be short on length with a tool like this, now do you?

nope!

And they proved on mythbusters that at close range, a knife is faster than drawing,cocking, aiming, and firing a sidearm

and also it has way more personality... i still recal that fight in saving private james ryan... where that german kills slowly the one GI... that is so nasty... come to that i also recall such a knife fight in All Quiet on the Western Front... nearly the same situaton...

They look great, Vik! The little changes are fantastic - the bayonet fits so well on the guy with the pot helmet, they could have been designed to go together!

The pistolier is really characterful too - where's that head from?

oh... the head is definatly too from a fantasy GW kit... but as i got them from a bitz site i can only say that it is from the standard emperial kits...not really sure which one...

and the pitol wielding chap need some changes to really be done... i have to look at it for longer it seems... there is still lacking that certain something with it for me^^

and well what can i say... the empire stuff certaily feels as if someone has designed it to work splendidly for conversion work... have you noticed that the range of hand on these is remarkably more diversified thab the 40k range?...

Really like these guys mate , they are excellent .

Plenty of mixing of Fantasy with 40K kist for unique armies out there, this is good work Vik!

Nice work man! Love the flamer guy, very steampunky!

thanks a lot to you both neil and shaso!

yup... the empire kits... i think soon i have to really look into getting me more unique shaped arms to get even more chacterful poses for my minis...

Viktor von Domm wrote:thanks a lot to you both neil and shaso!

yup... the empire kits... i think soon i have to really look into getting me more unique shaped arms to get even more chacterful poses for my minis...

Well, as part of the trade, I can get you some Greatcoats rifle arms as i have spares of the beasts!

actually those i have in abundace too...and i don´t really like them...

i know i promised to get you those pics earlier... but the last copupla days have been quite lively, so hobby time i only did the modeling... but tomorrow i take those pics and then we talk

cool conversions vik, btw where is the head on the middle guy from?

Those are from the Empire Mercenaries, or free company, or the Mordheim box set first I think.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
..Great sprues!

i have the free company box, and it dosent look familiar

..Whaddever..Militia

Dis one

Dave I think RW means the bearded head in the middle of the three figure shot. It looks kinda like Knights of Ulrich head...

^ (btw childe i changed your banner, but it uploads all funky, but once i get it right, i'll post it on your thread)

Cheers dude, mucho appreciatto

had a look but still not sure where that particular head comes from...

vik... how could you...

harharhar...

Viktor von Domm wrote:actually those i have in abundace too...and i don´t really like them...

i know i promised to get you those pics earlier... but the last copupla days have been quite lively, so hobby time i only did the modeling... but tomorrow i take those pics and then we talk

Okay, maybe some spare vehicle bitz?:

that sounds interesting... will take those pics later on... was on a big voyage to get some tax documents and stuff sorted out at the offices for soon to get into work properly... now having a bit of a postponed breakfast/lunch and then it will happen^^...

bitz boxes are always like easter and christmas together^^

I'm really liking the conversions you are doing right now, very well done and creative as ever!

I have learned that Vik has mastered of making do with what he has to make awesome-ness. The man even takes a box from cereal and makes it into a tank!

Plus..the extra fiber he got from eating the cereal probably helped to cleanse his colon too

dsteingass wrote:Plus..the extra fiber he got from eating the cereal probably helped to cleanse his colon too

I was not going there!

yup... definatlly no look of constipation on my mug


also...update time...had still much fun with jakes guns and did my conversion work on these...

i am now thinking about attaching some kind of smokestacks to those backpacks...too much? or in dire need? your thoughts?

pics:












i think i will aply a generous amount of LGS to these powercables as i think they need to be thicker...and maybe look like those old cables you got in the early thirties... you know, those textile ones? like:




i bet LGS could simulate some kind of texture there...

also i need to figure out how to sculpt something as a better fitting hat for the sniper...that bowlhelmet looks dumb in my view... any ideas for that?


cheers, and thanks for your helpful advice^^

Nice work Vik! I especially like the bipod!

I don't think the cables need to be thicker, but they should definately hang a bit looser, more naturally. Do you have any guitar string? Or even some coated wire, perhaps from an old cat5 network cable or such?

I think Smokestacks would be too much though.

i had my doubts about the stacks too... if not someone has some good reasons why they should be there i will leave them out...

as for the cables... well i second your need to that these should hang more loose.... but i couldn´t get that done... i tried even to loose the PC rod a bit up by aplying glue to soften the rod more but to no avail...

and guitar wire... i heard that it is pretty sturdy and hard to bend... i tried floral wire too but that didn´t really work out that well too... i was rather glad that the rod did the work i assigend it to do so to say...

cable ...hmmm... those network cables... do i need to cut a bit of that up to get at the sigle cables inside?

Viktor von Domm wrote:





i think i will aply a generous amount of LGS to these powercables as i think they need to be thicker...

also i need to figure out how to sculpt something as a better fitting hat for the sniper...that bowlhelmet looks dumb in my view... any ideas for that?

Great proof of concepts here, Vik! Jake's steampunk firearms are sure becoming world travellers!

For the powercables, before you spend all that time bulking them up, I'd think about a change of medium. The styrene rod works okay, but looks stiff because a) it is stiff and b) it doesn't bend well. You might need to join the ranks of the guitar string users.

I don't think the skull cap is so bad myself. Just come up with a funny backstory as to why he's so attached to it.

Keep it up!
Rawson

no...pc rod would have to be heated up with a hair-dryer to work right, and then probably won't look right..

Oh yeah...cut the ends off the network cable, strip the outer coating and you'll see 8 coated twisted pair wires in there! a lifetime supply probably
No need to strip the coating off the smalelr wires, it's plastic, so it takes paint well

You'll only need your fingers and maybe some pliers to sculpt them into the perfect hang, If you drill and super-glue it won't break off like PC would if dropped or knocked off the table.

oooooooooh I've missed lots! Looking good though! xxx

Why not just use actual string? I'm sure you could find some thread that would be small enough, and you should be able to stiffen it with glue if you really want it to look cabled- it'll even have the texture naturally.

lol... yup even one meter worth of that network cable would provie me with enough for two armies^^

do you all think i should get rid of the rod...?

argh.....................................................argh...

ok... i give in... i am also quite dissatisfied with the current look...

how thick would that inner cable be of these netwok cables? in mm? because if it is more than 1 mm thick i need to widen the holes...argh again^^

thanks rawson... yup jakes stuff sure is traveling a lot^^ and hopefully it will soon hit the market for real^^

i think i will tomorrow look into a music shop and see if they have guitar strings... which thickness and string should i get?

get the cheapest, most generic you can find! - Get a set of acoustic six-string (not electric- you'll never be able to bend them) and a set of bass strings if they are cheap enough

at dave... last line... yup i see your point... and the last wre i wouldn´t de-coat... of course^^

and thanks bubble^^

hey anvil... long time no see^^
actually i too have thought about that... i think i will do a test for this one with some mini and a GW lasgun... cut to size of course...soak the sting in pva and i should be set...

..Better yet, if the music store is also a repair/luthier, ask them if they have any trash strings, i'm sure they just normally throw those out.

dsteingass wrote:get the cheapest, most generic you can find! - Get a set of acoustic six-string (not electric- you'll never be able to bend them) and a set of bass strings if they are cheap enough

i never was inside a music shop all my life... but i think this will be a new expierience... ^^


Automatically Appended Next Post:

dsteingass wrote:..Better yet, if the music store is also a repair/luthier, ask them if they have any trash strings, i'm sure they just normally throw those out.

good idea!!!!! i will do this... asking is cheap after all!

oops dbl post

Viktor von Domm wrote:i think i will tomorrow look into a music shop and see if they have guitar strings... which thickness and string should i get?

I had to physically get out my guitar to answer this question. I hope you appreciate it...

I would suggest either an A or D string. They are both still wound strings, and are small enough to flow nicely I think. "A" ~ .5mm dia, "D" ~ .8mm dia. Keep in mind that I measured with a tape measure. Not the most accurate method in the world for measuring things >1mm

Automatically Appended Next Post:

dsteingass wrote:oops dbl post

Automatically Appended Next Post:
lol.... thanks rawson... i really apreciate that! A or D... now i have a number so to say^^...

and with nicley flow you mean they would bend easier? or how should i understand that term?

See how your Plastic rod curves smoothly and naturally out of the backpack, but then kinks..yeah, he means "flow" as in the natural hang, the lye, or sag I think.

Viktor von Domm wrote:
lol.... thanks rawson... i really apreciate that! A or D... now i have a number so to say^^...

No sweat

Viktor von Domm wrote:and with nicley flow you mean they would bend easier? or how should i understand that term?

I was just thinking of the problem you're trying to solve: the "flowing" curvature of your power cables. They will certainly bend at angles if you're not careful, but they should be able to do what you want them to...

at dave... that sadly was due to me having to use tweezers due to the fact that i used superglue... i am not on good temrs to this actually... so the sheer force i used made those odd angles... that is rather a drag...and yes i was originally aiming for the flow look rather...

at rawson... well i have to see how the guitar strings will work for me...

Looking Good Vik! I like the bi-pod! I may have to make one to go with the production model of the sniper rifle!

yup... i am not really sure i put it at the right spot tho... and it needs some sort of spikes too^^ tomorrow i show the new version then^^

Aye, more natural pipes. Other than that, good work as usual! ^^

those look cool, and definatly add some pipes, it would look really cool!

With your chosen steam-punk theme, smoke-stacks definitely needed on those packs.

Maybe just one if two seems too many.

hmmm... now we have two for the stacks and one against... hmmm...

i need to make a test stack and dry fit it...

thanks RW and shrike!

They look ace Vik. Nice work with those parts

thank you sir!!^^

Well, these will be rather smallish stacks I suppose.

that for definite... also as these are more fantasy looking model i need to figure out as to how to frilly up those stacks then... bare tubes wouldn´t look good i expect...

Just make those bent out crowns!

hm... might be tricky... or i do them with GS if PC fails...

What about parts from a pen or something? Just cut them to size and little notches into it to get the crowned fancy look.



Edit: Could even drawn inspiration from some of the packs some of the Warmachine characters have. Seeing as the vast majority have steam powered armour.


Though in some cases it's a bit small and fiddly.

Nice!

Steampunk wise Warmachine is really brialliant. they even have a giant robot that could be used as a steampunk style warhound give me a sec and i will find a pic


Automatically Appended Next Post:
it's only $135 us dollars

And it is riveted too!

The league approves of this.
=][_=

actually you are getting old these days fatty... you already posted these when they were released

and not_u... i will give that some thought... might be tricky... but i like the short stacks... there is a good idea!

I know Vik but that was 4 - 6 weeks ago so about 100 pages ago people tend to forget what was posted here.

Khador seems to be the most steam punk out of the lot though. even going as far as bolting soldiers into armour that has just as much chance to kill them as the enemy due to the heat of the internal boiler alone.

i say that's brilliant.
fear is a great motivator.

They don't fear them, they line up hoping to get the honour of being able to use the armour. Like space marines in that way.

Clunking along in metal suits simply because it was much easier than to make them robots like the other smaller jacks the other factions have.

I think the backpack looks fine as it is. You have already conveyed the steampunk look. Advise I have shared and have taken from other peoiple- less is sometimes more. The gun and the hat and the other bitz pull it off. I am not sure that having a backpack that looks like it weighs 150 kilos (and produces heat upwards of 100°C) would benefit the miniature overall.

Right!- Infantry need to be as lightweight and mobile as possible IMHO.

We are comparing apples to oranges here...all those Warmachine minis have a smokestack to power their POWER ARMOR, which means it is powered and therefore needs a portable power source.

Vik are you a soccer fan? Germany just beat Holland 2-1 well luckily it was in soccer not a real sport like rugby

LOL... fatty... yup... i had to watch the game... my wife wanted me to^^... so i was like... i do have to keep my eyes open... for me despite the results in goals it was pretty boring game... both teams seemed to be plying too much on the safe side and more like technical than emotional players... i don´t like that!

seems now your team might be in for a bit of trouble...is it still possible to get further for them? i know one game is still to play...


well skalk... you certainly have a point here... hmm... well i did attach a pipe to each backpack now... but that could be undone quite easy...

and dave... yup... i totally see your point... and in fact these are just counts as lasguns wielding steampunk looking cadian stand ins...so the stacks are not needed really... and if the look doesn´t really fit i think i will get rid of them...
but for the time being here is the current look... i did what dave had suggested...cut up a network cable and got one line of cable from that set... easy to get... now in abundance in stock and easy to work with... and dead cheap... what´s not to be liked about that^^ thanks dave for that hint!!!


so...here are the three warriors of steam again...








if the stacks should stay i will be doing a bit of GS work on them... get the base done better and the crown thingy also...

cheers, vik

That looks pretty good Vik! Small and compact..

thanks... the sniper is still a bit too much bended but i think when i am more comfortable feeling to re-shape it it will be good looking too...

or are you talking about the stacks?

These guys look viscious.

thank you matey!

No rivets?

lol... rivets will happen soon at least on the bases... the steamengines on the backpacks are to tiney for those i think...

exhaust pipes need rivets.

hmmm... tricky... but i see what you mean... dunno if i can do that tho... but i try at least^^

You are a senior officer of the LoER. You can do it.

He's definitely senior

skalk... thanks for the reminder...

and childe... shut yuir gob or ye feel the flat of me sword!!!

Yes, if by senior we mean old as dirt.....



LOL...


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Juzt kiddingVik. I am prolly older.....

mxwllmdr wrote:Yes, if by senior we mean old as dirt.....

Yes, yes I do...


... You read my mind

mxwllmdr wrote:Yes, if by senior we mean old as dirt.....

lol lol lol, vik

Respect the elder members of the LoER!

Nice work on the new cables, much "flow-ier" than the last ones.

I'm not sold on the stacks yet: I think they're a bit too tall and need the frilly crowns on them. With Rivets. Lots of Rivets.

Yes RIVETS....listen to him...too small for rivets?

Maybe needs a micro rivet method.

Well, those strips Zinge cam out with may have ones small enough?

Rumor is that Vik invented the practice of putting rivets on rivets. The minor task of putting rivets on a smokestack should be no problem for him at all.

Vik invented rivets. Period.....

And Vik, if you are telling me I need rivets on the itty bitty pwer magazines for the laser rifles, you can figure out the smokestack ones!

Do you have Instant Mold? If not, you need it. You can press mold tiny rivets from something else, or use the tip of a toothpick, and then use the pressmold to make the tiny rivets out of GS.

mxwllmdr wrote:Vik invented rivets. Period.....

Oh so sigged!

LOL...and he is being sigged while he Dakka Slacks too

RIVETS!

lol...you lot slay me ...

well today i nearly finsihed my sons frst squad... pics will follow in the morning (CET) to get some nice daylight pics... and yes... i think the steamsoldiers look with the current smokestack still not right... the lenght will corrected...and i have way too long worked for the hobby without seriously riveting something...that needs to be changed... oh yeah...

also i traded today some of my stuff with shaso...soon my AT 43 colossus walkers will be going to shaso... he promised me some tank bitz in return and then i will create a nice tank for my son... with rivets galore^^

by the way...shaso...the stuff is now truly on it´s way to you!!!

also on a side note... me and the family will be off for a week starting this weekend on saturday... till next friday... so you have to cpe without me... yeah i know...hard times ahead ...but you have to grow up on your own too...


so i will now leave you with an extra dose of ^^´s ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Vik i wanna invite you and the rest of the league to a contest i am holding. its a convert and paint challenge with some funky rules. if you guy's are interested i can translate the rules into English.

sure do! is it for your local gaming group? sounds like fun... do let us in on the facts!

Yes, english please


Automatically Appended Next Post:
gone for a week? Going anywhere cool? -Who will drive my blog if you go away?

lol... i think dave you are way already able to actually "fly" your thread alone... dont you think so

we will go to a lil farm in a region called "harz" there will be horses and a cool dog... the kids and we were aready there twice and they just love iot... big place with lots of woods and even a lil river to play thousand of games... just the type of place for kids that age to have a good time...

anyone have any cool ideas what we could take with us to support just those little experimenting minds of our kids in such a surrounding? we will take with us some tools and stuff... maybe we will cobble together a small hut... the kids atm are very into making their own huts/ caves and such things... we will also take with us a small windshiled tent...you know those things you probably use at the beach... a bit of string, nails, knifes and what not...

That sounds fun! I hope the waether is perfect for it! Sunny but not too hot!

well currently we have not sunny aplenty... and rather not too hot too but the next weekend will bring more warmth... so keep your fingers crossed...

enjoy the time with the family vik, since tomorrow is my last day of school for now and the next two weeks will be tight on time, i will have at least 10 less pages a day to read

well dread the return of me to this board... i think i have to wade through endless pages of banter with the odd update threwn inbetween... argh... this will make my eyes go all monitor shaped^^


and thanks RW

Viktor von Domm wrote:well dread the return of me to this board... i think i have to wade through endless pages of banter with the odd update threwn inbetween... argh... this will make my eyes go all monitor shaped^^

Now you know how I felt when my internet was gone for a week!

yup... and i will be totally without the web too...argh again^^

back to the imagionary friends instead i guess..