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HF Izanagi wrote:Dude, I'm so jealous of your patch... that is AWESOME!
I like the newest miniature(s?)- that guy hopping the railing looks really good! Is he to do the full-on parkour leg-swing over the fence while pointing hot-death at (insert target here)? If so, .
Keep it up- these scouts are really good. If GKs used any scout-like units, I'd definitely try my hand at your kind of crazy!
-Remi (HF Iz)

Thanks Remi! The patch does raise eyebrows, and some "wtf?", but.. whatever lol!
Target should probably be Orks, as per the current setting of my Scouts... But, who knows!?

inmygravenimage wrote:Maybe get a IG PF? better scale. Looking forward to seeing what you've planned!

Sageheart wrote:you are right it may be a bit oversized haha, an IG PF would work much better.

I don't know if they can't come off, I always saw them as a complex weapon you had to hook onto your hand, so maybe it doens't come off like a glove, but it should come off...

Lord Kaesar II wrote:Well, in my opinion, just depends on the powerfist. Some gauntlets come right on and off, some take some straps here, some locks there... Though I'm always a fan of the cumbersome, go to the shoulder fists, just to stress some (maybe) facts about weight, inconvenience, etc. Besides that scouts can take it.

Enough on my dissertation on the proper inner workings of the conventional power fist, this is some cool conversion work applied to some of the most pose design made plastic miniatures out there (by GW).

Kaesar II

I don't like the IG PF, looks too static too... No, the SM ones look good, and without the shoulder pad, they look as if it was a Scout shoulder pad anyway, so they fit nicely... I guess I'll have to give another Scout Sergeant the PF... Next squad it shall be!

As for how they're strapped on, they might be equipped as gloves, but what I meant was that it was probably hard to remove them on the field for a short time, then re-strap them on! Kaesar, I agree with you too : I like when the PF looks really cumbersome, with cables, added armour plates, etc... Hence a SM PF arm is great for me! It's just not the right mini to put it on...

Here's the last update (and another way to model the mini... pfff... I'm never gonna get away with it!!!)

Let me know what you think!



As for today's song, something that brings some fond memories : Will Smith, Getting Jiggy With It

Cheers!

Ooh, brave man with that pose - very nice though! Silly boy, with the song

I like the way that's looking Yggs. (funny song too)

Actually, that pose....well...it matches the legs better.

Makes it look like he's climbing up to get away from something while snapping shots off.

Yggdrasil wrote:Thanks Remi! The patch does raise eyebrows, and some "wtf?", but.. whatever lol!
Target should probably be Orks, as per the current setting of my Scouts... But, who knows!?

LOL... whatever is damn right! They only wish they had a silhouette of an SM one-handing a boltgun against a field of red and blue... Like the blood drops too, although I'm not sure what that particular rank it denotes. Either way, you got it, they don't. They jus jealous!

I like the newest guy too! The climbing looks really good, and definitely more favored than the previous one, aka the one I thought was going to be a parkour leg swing over a barricade. Keep it up!

-Remi (HF Iz)

inmygravenimage wrote:Ooh, brave man with that pose - very nice though! Silly boy, with the song

Why, silly? Hey, that's Will Smith man!

Gitsplitta wrote:I like the way that's looking Yggs. (funny song too)

Thx!!!

DarkStarSabre wrote:Actually, that pose....well...it matches the legs better.

Makes it look like he's climbing up to get away from something while snapping shots off.

Yeah, "snapping shots off" sounds great... though he's definitely climbing down.

HF Izanagi wrote:LOL... whatever is damn right! They only wish they had a silhouette of an SM one-handing a boltgun against a field of red and blue... Like the blood drops too, although I'm not sure what that particular rank it denotes. Either way, you got it, they don't. They jus jealous!

I like the newest guy too! The climbing looks really good, and definitely more favored than the previous one, aka the one I thought was going to be a parkour leg swing over a barricade. Keep it up!

Actually... I rather think they cannot picture the silhouette correctly, for lack of references to the 40k universe... We don't see many 10-11ft hulking giants in armour with portable, rifle-sized rocket launchers around here!
As for the three drops, it's just something MajorTom added, as it's my Achlysian Reaver chapter symbol! Still, no reference from my comrades lol...

edit : another song that would probably qualify to your standards of "silly" : Avril Lavigne, Everything back but you

Yeah, that works Yggs. I liked the idea of him vaulting over something, but this looks good, and certainly not a pose you'll likely come across elsewhere too, which is a bonus.

Something is weird about the pose. I've been looking at the photo for some time now and all I can say is I have a "feeling" something isn't right when I look at it. I think it is in the stance. If he's climbing down, he looks off balance like he's going to fall. His left leg is too far back on the platform, his handhold is too tenuous, and his right leg ... ohhh wait. I see it now. He looks like he's hunched and coiling up to leap, like as soon as he blast off a shot w/ the Plasma he's going to launch himself onto whatever it is he's shooting at.

I just spent wayyy too much time looking at that pic and trying to figure it out. That's a pretty awesome model. I had to stop and think about it.

monkeytroll wrote:Yeah, that works Yggs. I liked the idea of him vaulting over something, but this looks good, and certainly not a pose you'll likely come across elsewhere too, which is a bonus.

Yeah, jumping over looked a bit OTT, but... I might try again sometime!!

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Something is weird about the pose. I've been looking at the photo for some time now and all I can say is I have a "feeling" something isn't right when I look at it. I think it is in the stance. If he's climbing down, he looks off balance like he's going to fall. His left leg is too far back on the platform, his handhold is too tenuous, and his right leg ... ohhh wait. I see it now. He looks like he's hunched and coiling up to leap, like as soon as he blast off a shot w/ the Plasma he's going to launch himself onto whatever it is he's shooting at.

I just spent wayyy too much time looking at that pic and trying to figure it out. That's a pretty awesome model. I had to stop and think about it.

Lol... Actually I agree with you, so I tried to avoid the "hunching" issue by gluing the stucture at a soft angle from the vertical, so that the mini looks as if straight up when clinging to it...

It's still drying at the moment, so no pics...

On another topic, Mike3066 PM'd me yesterday, asking about how I based my latest minis (and suggesting I should do a tutorial about that). Woud any of you guys be interested too? If not, I'll just PM him in return with the explanations. If so, I might put some efforts into a good explanation....

Oh, last thing... There be should enough room to fit a Humie-Skorcha Grot on the Sergeant base, so he's in for a combi-flamer gear!!!

The scout on the metal struts is really nice mate.

Can't wait to see the grot!

Thanks neil!!

Sam - don't expect wonders mate, the Grot sprues are pretty un-modular uh... That'll be just a weapon swap & a very few Imperial gear, nothing more than this!

One grot plus one hobby knife equals modular grot


edit: actually, that should probably be 2 grots + 1 knife = modular grot (depends on the grot/s)

Which bases? The hop over the pipes guy?

monkeytroll wrote:One grot plus one hobby knife equals modular grot
edit: actually, that should probably be 2 grots + 1 knife = modular grot (depends on the grot/s)

Have you seen those plastic grots, honestly? They're quite static, lack a lot of detail, and have many parts "melded" into another, meaning that if you want to reposition any limb or head, you'd better just sculpt everything back! Or maybe I'm just not seeing the trick with them?

whalemusic360 wrote:Which bases? The hop over the pipes guy?

Actually he asked about the bases I did for the Achlysian Reaver... Wait... Maybe he's talking about the one Gitsplitta did?

I'll have to ask him lol, whether it's :

THIS ONE : OR THIS ONE

After thinking about it, it's more than likely that he was asking about Git's bases... So I'll just direct him to his already-done tutorial!

Shouldn't that marine have his hands up?

++Deleted as I am sorry++

Oh snap!


Back on topic, I like Yggs base better than my own... it's more subdued and natural looking, though I do like my own base style as well (obviously, or I wouldn't be doing it). The colors on that pic of mine are a little cranked up... my bases aren't quite that electric looking.

@ andrew, matt : uh?

@ Git : I guess you meant "back on topic" lol...
It's true that this pic shows a large spectrum of colours lol...

I think Andrew and Matt are referring to this: Surrender monkeys.
While 'm guessing you guys didn't mean anything with that its still pretty uncalled for.

I like the "dropping down" scout. He looks like he's just about snap off a shot before dropping down. Good work.
Was there a recipe for the SM's armor on the Marine swap thread?

Yes, there is a common view in American culture that the french surrender and run from all fights. Non-ignorant folks know its not true, especially those of us that know you are doing just that. Clearly during the riots law enforcement did nothing and your military aren't part of the NATO forces deployed in the middle east...oh, wait, that's backwards...

I do find it interesting that you are using woodland camo (from the small amount visible). Is that the pattern you guys are rocking in a largely brown environment?

I love seeing your reavers. They remind me of what Deathguard would look like if they hadn't gone all nurgely.

Igandris wrote:I think Andrew and Matt are referring to this: Surrender monkeys.
While 'm guessing you guys didn't mean anything with that its still pretty uncalled for.

I like the "dropping down" scout. He looks like he's just about snap off a shot before dropping down. Good work.
Was there a recipe for the SM's armor on the Marine swap thread?

I didn't know there was such a popular anti-French expression... Bet you can say that to the guys that died alongside your forces here in Afghanistan...

Thanks for the kind words on the Scout! As for the Reaver armour, I guess there was... If you're really interested, I'll let you dig through! If you don't find it, ask again...

whalemusic360 wrote:Yes, there is a common view in American culture that the french surrender and run from all fights. Non-ignorant folks know its not true, especially those of us that know you are doing just that. Clearly during the riots law enforcement did nothing and your military aren't part of the NATO forces deployed in the middle east...oh, wait, that's backwards...

I do find it interesting that you are using woodland camo (from the small amount visible). Is that the pattern you guys are rocking in a largely brown environment?

I love seeing your reavers. They remind me of what Deathguard would look like if they hadn't gone all nurgely.

Thx for the explanation, WM...
As for the camo, I don't think you can ever find a perfect camo (except with 40k's cameleoline?). Actually what we call the "Green Zone", where most of the fights occur, is, as the name implies, really green due to a lot of trees, high grass & culture fields (yeah, including poppy)... So it's not that bad, honestly... And, I've been quite surprised to see the US troops recently shed their blueish, pixelized BDUs to get some "light woodland" ones... 1 step forward, 2 backwards, it seems... Too bad, I actually kind liked the bluish one!

As for the Deathguard, I don't think I would've pictured them like that... IIRC, they mention in the BL books that their armours were unpainted & unadorned, so I kinda figured they had a somewhat metallic tint to them?

People forget that it was French military involvement during the American Revolution that helped our little colonial revolt against the world's super-power succeed.

Silly sods. I don't think they meant any real harm Yggs... just a stupid aspect of American culture. We have many, you'll have to forgive them.

Simpsons has a lot to answer for: Groundskeeper Willie refers to the French as cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

I didn't know anything about that, I was just commenting on how it was funny! (to me, at least)
Now I understand that it was uncalled for, I'm sorry I laughed!

(I'm Aussie, forgive my insolence, I don't understand these American Things)

No worries guys, there are also some French dumb people who see Americans as sorts of "warmongers", so I guess it cannot be helped...

Sam : I got it from Igandris' link to the wiki! I don't like the Simpsons, so I can't say how that episode is translated in the French version!

Matt: Don't worry mate, I am a bit sensitive lately... Most of the time I wouldn't even have registered it...

Great to see you can keep up the good work, even in a war zone. Maybe you could send an AH-64 over to my place, to help me take back my dinner table for modeling.

tipios wrote:Maybe you could send an AH-64 over to my place, to help me take back my dinner table for modeling.

That cracked me up

Do you need bombing the table so that it's empty of stuff again? I'm not sure an Apache would help

[edit : Happy Independance Day to the US guys in here! Too bad I didn't bring my Independance Day in here, I like to watch it on such occasions lol...

Here are two small treats though : The president's speech & a special song, back to the time when Mariah Carey was a singer.

Cheers, mates! ]

Lol, don't bomb the table I need it take out the wife from a mile away with the apache cannon is what I was after lol!