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you have 72 Kasrikins ??? and you need more? whoa....^^

the scheme sounds nice...but must be seen on the actual mini...

diabetes is bad.... if this ever hits me i will propbably die due that desease... i am way to dumb to keep diets through and will probably ruin my live due to some stupid eating ebahvior that i am not able to correct...

I have had diabetes for 22 years and it is the first time I have had a lot of complications :/

And yeah I need 6 blisters of Melta/Plasma Kasrikin, some to make a command squad and probably the Captain with the Sword to lead the army Should be tidy and there are 10 on my table waiting for some paint to hit them Hopefully tomorrow or the day after I should have a squad done!

10 of them are used as Stormtroopers in my general IG army (which is under going its 4 paint job) in green so different enough

your profile states you are 24? and then 22 years of diabetes? man that must be a hard childhood...

do you just like the look of kaskrins or why did you end up with so many of them?

It has been different. But you have to deal with the hand you're dealt. Me and my Girlfriend are an interesting pair, she has epilepsy so it is a bit of a case of sick taking care of the sick at times! But we manage and look after one another.

And if I am honest the Kaskrins are my favourite models that GW make! (And the Imperial fleet for BFG!). And I used to run an Inquisitorial Storm Trooper army, I have 62 of the troopers left over from that (and 8 inquisitors and many henchmen). I think at some point I may have to make a completed model thread... I have a lot of them :O

i second the need to show more of your stuff... wether that be in a new thread...choice is yours...

my father has epilepsy too...which led to many other smaller and bigger illnesses ...so i know that is also quite a frustrating setcard given to you... but yeah... what else is a real partnership essentialö meant to be then a coupling for looking after oneanother? at least i like to keep it that way...

I think I will just add the Photos in here ^^

And yeah love is about caring and looking after each other

i totally agree with you on both accounts

Oh dear, I have been working out how many models I own.

Over 200 Guard, 140 Marines, 120 LOTR models, 36 Britanan models, 140ish Empire, and many others O.O

It is scary when you look at it all (and only about 45% is actually complete...).

hey...45% is almost the half of it...not too shabby i say! if i come close to 1% :`(

and i don´t even want to count the minis i atm have^^

Okay so big update time!

I have finally managed to get the Troopers fully complete



And as you can see guns on and based!



The Colour Party is very nearly done now too! Got a bit of detailing on both and a few more large areas to do on the Drummerdoll but getting there.



Close up of Banner



The almost completed Colour Sergeant!



Next up we have the re-enforcements, the 3rd and 4th Dragoons and the Marksmen!



Work to do but with the Drummerdoll hope to have them done by Tuesday Best laid plans...

Finally right now we have the update of nearly completed army shot!




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Oh and for a quick change my Librarian in Terminator armour.

that libby is from the space crusade game, isn´t it? looks very good!

as for the puppets... lovley bunch...! the one with the upside down mustket! he is my favorite! and the bannerbearer... looks very nice! the banner you have done really good! tho the banner still looks a bit too bright in my view...but that is the theme you have choosen...so very good work there mate!

Thank you Vik.

The Libby is the standard SM one, but converted to have a storm shield Because nothing says Custodian of books like a big shield

Yeah I thought it looked a little bright at first, but mixed in with the rest of the army it does seem to come together. The tagline is "Play time is over!" Mind the Drummerdoll and the Marksmen should hopefully be done over the next few days. And then I will post my Stormtoopers

promises, promises

i didn´t new...thought due to the staff it was the SC one^^

Just a quick update (Will do more work tonight but that means no decent light to take photos in ).

But I have started to actually build the hounds up (bar one that had an accident [Got stood on because he fell on the floor!]) They are starting to take shape but as always advice and constructive Criticism is always welcome!



They are starting to become vaguely dog shaped, think I may bulk them up with a bit of a string wrap round the torso.

yes, the basic shape is now much better to recognize... too bad one got ruined and needs now to be rebuild...but accidents happen... will you use GS to the very end with these? i think milliput would be good for these too to get those sacklooking bodies in shape... by the way... will the feet get any form of stronger substance look? because the other puppets have all peglegs and the hounds? just a thought...

Going to try and give them peg legs (if I can sculpt the details right!).

I have tried with milliput, but I am still not completely comfortable using it, But to bulk them up and make them look made of sack cloth, I am contemplating bulking them up further with green stuff and cotton wrapping.

As for the 4th hound, it was a shame :( But I have rebuilt the frame and will bulk it up, and then start doing similar things such as cotton wrapping to help get the lumpy sack style. I hope that it comes together nicely. And I am thinking about the Huntsman himself. Starting with the spare trooper and my empire bits box. Should be be kool if it works.

hmmm... get something that looks like a dog leash... i know there is such a thing as a roll of rope in some mortheim stuff iirc...or possibly some DE stuff could be of help here too...if you have access to such bitz...

the sacking...hmmm... i think somewhere i have seen someone using the slipguard of an exacto knife to be used to create that sadbag structure... or you could use actual cloth for pressing it on oiled GS... so that you are able to get it off afterwards...

peg legs should be fairly easy... RS jake in his thread of sculpting has recently sculpted one... maybe you should have a look at this work and if not really helpful by just looking at ask him how he did it...

I will check that

I have been thinking how to add details to them. And looking at some techniques for how to make them look like walking sandbags haha!

Mind I think that with a mixture of techniques they will (fingers crossed!) look good But I will leave that debate to the peoples of Dakka

walking sandbags you say?.... thought they are more like stuffed with straw....actually a bit of straw leaking out would be a cool idea... maybe an objective marker with a slain puppet... straw coming out of a huge wound....

That would be a kool idea might nick it

consider it a gift...^^

Watching the film 9 while working on my Puppets is quite rewarding.

Mind that machine thing seems like something that should be in your Plog Vik!

Still the Drummer doll just needs basing and the little bone on his coat painted, before a wash of Devlin Mud and then the first half of my army is complete. Shame I feel ill.

erm.... that movie has escaped me... needs closer inspection^^... but as i just googled the movie...and only saw the puppet like main char... what machine do you refer to?

Both the sentient Master machine (it looks like a robotic squid!) And the cat one. The snake one is pretty creepy too.

I think I may actually have to be mad and make a puppet in that style (and scale so about 18" tall!)

On a War gaming related note, what colour should I do the lens on a model that is Karki green and a red/orangey Brown? I am thinking Blue, purple or even Yellow...

i think yellow... as it is more a mix of the two main colors... i wouldn´t go for blue or purple...they are too far away from the color ranges you chosen...

gian puppet squidd^^ low i think this is something the world needs to see^^

Haha I can sew but not that well!

But I am going to build a puppet in the style of those from 9.

And yeah I think Yellow will work, Might start with Orange as the basecoat and build it up.

good strategy!

well you could use insulationfaom tubes...and then just add PVA soaked cloth around...no real need to sew there...

The yellow looks great (and slightly creepy) so thanks for the advice

As for the Puppet what I was thinking of doing that hehe now just need some hemp sack.... And yeah when I get the materials that will probably make it in here Well he will end up with a blue coat and black hat

don´t you brits get those bags in the supermarket too? those woven ones? instead of the plastic ones? they are dead cheap and can create a nice pattern...

Most of the shopping bags we get here are either plastic or the stronger plastic (bags for life). Might have to go to a bigger supermarket.

But on the model front my Stormtrooper squad is coming along