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@Kestral. That would imply I can take good photos of my miniatures
The EDDs are lovely but unfortunately the legs were badly cast and have buckled under the weight of the torso. I should straighten them and then somehow reinforce the ankles but I don't dare.

This week's miniature is a 1st gen mutant from Warpath/Deadzone that had been staring me with hate filled eyes from the unpainted pile for months. Lots of drybrush was involved in the making, and for some unexplained reason the blue paints managed to win the battle over the official Mantic reds.


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Haven't posted pics in a while but the eternal war against the grey pile of doom continues. Some rushed pics of my mostly finished figures.

Some old school Stormtroopers along with a Warpath Corporation LT.



And some Warpath mutants for general use. Bad paint job but I couldn't feel the inspiration for them.



Next stop: Buildings and the Aliens APC!

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Because why finishing a project when you can procrastinate with another.

The Mishimatronic Tower.



using another building as a mock up for a possible alt design.



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I like the addition of the top piece, gives it more character .

It has LEDs and illuminates to boot.

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I had some issues with the glue while working on the windows of my big building so while I find a fix I decided to finish some Kharadrons I had around. I converted the guns to scifi equivalent as my aim is to use them for Firefight, Shadow Waror similar small unit rules.



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Because terrain rules in 8th Ed suck I made totally LoS blocking area terrain.



and some big flower pots for the inner city.



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Nice thick jungle set up there .

What sort of problem were you having with the windows on the building?

 Theophony wrote:
Nice thick jungle set up there .

What sort of problem were you having with the windows on the building?

There is no way to glue the plastic sheet to the wood without it becoming unstuck the moment you apply a bit of force to the surface. I tried with a hotglue gun and the brand Aron Alpha especially designed for PET plastics both failed.

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Last week I managed a couple of games with my Stormtroopers and found how badly I know 8th edition rules. 1st game was against Puppy Marines, that I won handily by generously applying plasma. 2nd game was against 1000Sons and got massacred, especially when I found that melta bombs cannot be used in close combat now and the Defiler ate my Eversor.
On the Terrain Building front I managed to put together a dangerous materials shed, that as per Imperial custom follows none of the OSHA regulations. Also after much dicking around I was advised to pin the plastic to the wood for extra resistance after gluing it on my big highrise.

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Soft drink caps can have a second life after all. Dumpster finished.



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I need to finish this too for Saturday :O God help me.



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Apartment building finished. Word of warning if you are painting a Micro Art Studio mdf/foam building, prime it heavily and damn the detail. I was light with the primer and the paint came off very easy.





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I like that building.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
I like that building.

Micor Art Studio. It was not very expensive in Spain. Don't know if you can buy it in Japan tho. As I said above it was a bitch to paint with pain flaking if you looked at it sideways.

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Nagoyahammer 2018 came and left, leaving me with the sweet taste of victory. Mark my words the world is going to end soon due to this untarnished record. Took some pics of the three games we managed on Saturday.

Preparing our first game agains a lovely Eldar Exodite army. I built all the terrain of the table with the high rise needing a bit more work before it's finished.
Dino Eldar are best Eldar.

The IG will not surrender to the dandelion eaters!

The Vindicare on his perch.


Second game was against IG and a Baneblade of some flavor.

My IG was pressed due to the fact that half my army were deepstriking Stormtroopers.

But suddenly the cavalry arrived to the rescue and flooded the enemy's backfield with plasma. Sadly we ran out of time and had to end the game before the big close combat showdown.


3rd game matched me against Primaris Marines helping some AdMech and Inquisition.

The Vindicare takes a snipping position daring the enemy to shoot him (That they do and by virtue of his annoying -2 to the die skill fail to kill him)

Unfortunately for my opponent the mission was a bad match for his army. Not enough bodies to contest all objective barrels so I ended up racking up vps. (In the pictures you can see him holding just one versus the 2 I already had, it got worse from there)


Stormtroopers dropped and cleared the troops in the middle but a marine refused to die no matter how hard I shot him.

FINALLY he dies and then the Captain follows.

Victory for IG.


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More WiP terrain for sci-fi/40k. A power generator because everybody needs a shield sometimes.



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Nice looking shield generator . Looks like a bunch of fun was had. And by fun I mean cursing at vindicare assassins

You also have quite a few pieces of cool looking terrain in your gallery.

AAAAAnd with some weathering the generator is finished.



Next thing... no idea, So many things to finish.

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I like that power generator. It looks like it could work in any number of modern/SF settings.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
I like that power generator. It looks like it could work in any number of modern/SF settings.

Thanks Josh, trying to get a modern looking terrain that could be multiuse. That means not overdose of skulls. It's also been suggested to me that next time I should use LEDs

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LEDs for the superhot glowing parts? That would be badass.

With only 5 painted figures more than last update I say goodbye to 2018. Maybe next year I'll be more efficient at dealing with the lead mountain....



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Well, five is more than zero...

Thanks Josh for the "encouragement"

Having a game 2 days ago helped me dusting a hundred figures and work on quite a few, but that are long ways from being finished.

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Josh inspired me to go for one more miniature, and it turned into two. I had the mortificators on the back painted already so before calling it quits for the year, and due to a very inconvenient cold that left me trapped home I decided to pait a third one along with a Keeper of the Art that I got from a friend. The keeper was missing his "power radiators" so I ordered a set of Doc Ock arms to replace them.



Have a nice 2019 everyone!

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I start 2019 building some Mantic enforcers. Let`s hope I don`t take until 2020 to finish them.

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Nice. The pathfinders are nice models-- I can't wait to see what you do with them.

MUST HACK THAT GREY PILE....!!!!!!!



Enforcers halfway there. Once I'm done with the Pathfinders I'll just have 2 bikes and 5 Peacekeepers to paint, along with 5 more regular enforcers on sprue that one day I'll build.

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PROGRESS FROM LAST PHOTO!


Blaine in Peacekeeper armor.



Pathfinder sergeant, she needs a bas (and her 4 friends)



Lt Roca with a bit of GS on the head to turn the open visor into a mask.

With this I just need 13 more painted Enforcers to call it done... and then buy more.
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Some add-ons for my battlefield that could double as living statues for DnD or similar. Bones Caryatids painted bronze with a healthy verdigris wash. It gave me something to do between painting blocks. Nothing really special.

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