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2022/04/10 11:07:51
Subject: Re:Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/9/22 sci fi animal people)
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Brigadier General
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Some progress made building the Spaceship bridge.
Mostly Mantic ” Starship Terrain” pieces. Seat is from a 1/43 die cast toy car with GW and Denizen bits
Also installed two half size, non flickering, LED tea lights. One in the bridge and one in the hold. I included a pic of the one I put in the roof of the hold.
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2022/04/25 00:50:02
Subject: Re:Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/10/22 building and lighting starship bridge )
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Brigadier General
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Finally got a chance to work on the Bridge, Control area and Pilots. A little more paint to go, but it's shaping up nicely I think.
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2022/04/25 00:52:50
Subject: Re:Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/10/22 building and lighting starship bridge )
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Brigadier General
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Also working on the separate swappable cockpit for 1:18 action figures.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2022/04/25 00:54:00
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2022/04/25 08:31:56
Subject: Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/24/22 starship bridge painting begins)
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Crushing Black Templar Crusader Pilot
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Great use of the mantic terrain bits - which I must confess I have on order and may be trying to use to similar effect in the near-future!
Thanks for sharing
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Relapse wrote:
Baron, don't forget to talk about the SEALs and Marines you habitually beat up on 2 and 3 at a time, as you PM'd me about.
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2022/04/25 10:31:08
Subject: Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/24/22 starship bridge painting begins)
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[MOD]
Otiose in a Niche
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You're definitely on a roll!
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2022/04/25 19:58:25
Subject: Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/24/22 starship bridge painting begins)
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Brigadier General
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IGtR= wrote:Great use of the mantic terrain bits - which I must confess I have on order and may be trying to use to similar effect in the near-future!
Thanks for sharing
Thanks, I was going all over Adepticon looking for appropriate computers and such for the bridge. The Mantic Starship Scenery kit was the best I found. I happily bought it and when they heard what I was doing, the Mantic guys gave me have me almost an entire additional set worth of seconds and some doors too!
Kid_Kyoto wrote:You're definitely on a roll!
Thanks!
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2022/04/29 18:07:59
Subject: Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/24/22 starship bridge painting begins)
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That bridge is inspiring. I’m feeling the need to kitbash an inferior bridge n its honor.
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2022/04/29 18:54:54
Subject: Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/24/22 starship bridge painting begins)
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Brigadier General
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Thanks! It's really a pretty easy mashup. Almost all Mantic parts except for the pilots and seating (from a 1:43 car and figure bits). The floor piece most of the computers are attached to and the pilots seat rests on is a gun rack face down...
I'll do a blog outling the construction at some point. Really hoping to be able to finish it all up this weekend. Other projects are beckoning!
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2022/05/02 21:35:24
Subject: Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/24/22 starship bridge painting begins)
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Legendary Master of the Chapter
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Where did you get the 1:43 car models or bits?
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2022/05/02 22:17:59
Subject: Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/24/22 starship bridge painting begins)
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I think it was just a 1/43 car from a resale shop or maybe Menards.
Are you looking for 1/43 cars? I'm about to purge my collection.
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2022/05/02 22:57:28
Subject: Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/24/22 starship bridge painting begins)
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Legendary Master of the Chapter
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If they are plastic, and you are willing to part with them for cheap enough I won’t feel too bad over a failed kitbashing, I am. I want to make some Mad Mad/Tech-Com cars with Final Faction bits.
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2022/05/03 01:18:20
Subject: Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/24/22 starship bridge painting begins)
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BobtheInquisitor wrote:If they are plastic, and you are willing to part with them for cheap enough I won’t feel too bad over a failed kitbashing, I am. I want to make some Mad Mad/Tech-Com cars with Final Faction bits.
Will be in touch.
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2022/07/09 00:08:11
Subject: Re:Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/24/22 starship bridge painting begins)
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Brigadier General
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Finally finished the ship. I'll have a monster blog post about it up in a while, but until then here's a few pics to whet your appetite.
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2022/07/11 16:18:20
Subject: Eilif's Toybashig Hut (7/9/22 Finished Starship Teaser)
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Brigadier General
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Final post with tons of pictures is up:
https://www.chicagoskirmishwargames.com/blog/2022/07/paw-patrol-spacecraft-part-2-completed/
Very happy with the final results. Never built a dual scale ship before, but this will certainly not be the last time.
A few teasers to encourage viewing of the full post...
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2022/09/08 17:41:15
Subject: Re:Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/7/2022 Big Mech Game Gallery and AAR)
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Eilif wrote:
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If anyone can tell me the origin/name of the dog and the names of the North Star figs I'd appreciate it. It's nice to be working with minis again though I'd forgotten what a pain it is to remove cast-on bases. Removing a mouseling tail from it's base is no cakewalk
Late to the party and haven't seen an answer in thread. The dog is from Dark Horse, for their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles line. Love your stuff!
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2022/09/08 20:26:55
Subject: Re:Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/7/2022 Big Mech Game Gallery and AAR)
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mrgrigson wrote: Eilif wrote:
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If anyone can tell me the origin/name of the dog and the names of the North Star figs I'd appreciate it. It's nice to be working with minis again though I'd forgotten what a pain it is to remove cast-on bases. Removing a mouseling tail from it's base is no cakewalk
Late to the party and haven't seen an answer in thread. The dog is from Dark Horse, for their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles line. Love your stuff!
Thanks for the kind words and the figure ID!
Do you by any chance know the name of the character? That it's from TMNT makes it even cooler.
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2022/09/09 17:22:43
Subject: Re:Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/7/2022 Big Mech Game Gallery and AAR)
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Been Around the Block
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Eilif wrote:
Do you by any chance know the name of the character? That it's from TMNT makes it even cooler.
It was created for the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness" RPG as one of the illustrations Eastman and Laird did for the main rulebook. It's listed on page 36 as "Wire Hair Terrier" in an illustration of "An example of various dogs."
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2022/09/09 17:50:42
Subject: Re:Eilif's Toybashig Hut (4/7/2022 Big Mech Game Gallery and AAR)
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mrgrigson wrote: Eilif wrote:
Do you by any chance know the name of the character? That it's from TMNT makes it even cooler.
It was created for the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness" RPG as one of the illustrations Eastman and Laird did for the main rulebook. It's listed on page 36 as "Wire Hair Terrier" in an illustration of "An example of various dogs."
Wow, what a wonderfully obscure figure. I really appreciate the research you put into this.
I've standardized somewhat these days as I've been playing larger games, but mixed, obscure bargain figure warbands were my bread and butter when we started Chicago Skirmish Wargames back around 2010. That warband is very much a return to form in that it includes two figures that date to the 1980's, 5 different brands and half the figures have at least some minor conversion work.
I did finally get them based and primed, but almost no other progress yet.
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2023/05/01 17:22:18
Subject: Re:Eilif's Toybashig Hut (7/11/22 Finished Dual-Scale Starship Full Gallery)
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Toy bashing last night. Cobbling together a Fallout New Vegas style army truck for Konflikt 47 from a 1956 box truck and a Duce and a Half. Gonna hit it with OD green tomorrow.
Made it from the two 1/48 Menards vehicles below it that were only 5 bucks each and are both currently on the Menards Website in the Die Cast section:
https://www.menards.com/main/grocery-home/menards-collectibles/train-stuff-from-menards/train-stuff/c-13318.htm?queryType=allItems&Spec_ShopByType_facet=HO+Die-Cast&Spec_ShopByType_facet=O+Die-Cast
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2023/06/01 17:27:08
Subject: Re:Eilif's Toybashig Hut (5/1 Fallout style truck)
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A bit of a change of pace here. I bought a Necron Army at a resale shop (best wargaming resale find ever!!!).
Half is painted and most of that is broken or fallen apart as except for one box of wrapped items, everything else was just dumped in a big plastic bag.
Going to try and get at least 1000 points of it (not counting the Monolith) ready for inclusion in a Grimdark Future Grinder event I'm running at TMX on Sunday.
Here's the painted stuff. Most is in need of TLC.
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2023/06/01 20:03:15
Subject: Eilif's Toybashig Hut (6/1 rebuilding a resale shop necron army)
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[MOD]
Otiose in a Niche
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Great find, good luck with them!
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2023/09/15 15:38:15
Subject: Eilif's Toybashig Hut (6/1 rebuilding a resale shop necron army)
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Brigadier General
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Still plugging away at the Necron Army. Got nearly every Warrior (and they were almost all broken) repaired. I'll post pics as they come together.
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2023/09/15 15:44:56
Subject: Re:Eilif's Toybashig Hut (6/1 rebuilding a resale shop necron army)
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In the meantime I recently bought 50+ pounds of Robotix toys off Craigslist and I've been working on some terrain for a friend.
First two pics showing Robotix parts assembled (some cutting required) with bingo chips, pathology specimen case lids, Leftover game tokens, and various other bits.
Last pic shows complete after few layers of spray paint and a single drybrush. Very good chance I'll be building similar versions for myself. Really happy with the results here and it was an extremely fast project.
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2023/09/15 23:44:19
Subject: Re:Eilif's Toybashig Hut (9/15 Fun With "Robotix" toy parts)
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander
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That is so cool- what a great find!
Coming in halves like that, and having 50+ freakin' pounds of material, you could do an entire moon base of pressurized habs and connecting tunnels. The mind boggles!
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"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."
Montrose Toast
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2023/09/16 06:47:40
Subject: Eilif's Toybashig Hut (9/15 Fun With "Robotix" toy parts)
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[MOD]
Otiose in a Niche
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Dang that looks amazing!
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2023/09/16 19:45:34
Subject: Re:Eilif's Toybashig Hut (9/15 Fun With "Robotix" toy parts)
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Meer_Cat wrote:That is so cool- what a great find!
Coming in halves like that, and having 50+ freakin' pounds of material, you could do an entire moon base of pressurized habs and connecting tunnels. The mind boggles!
Kid_Kyoto wrote:Dang that looks amazing!
Thanks folks!
It's a fun system to work with. Normally the half cylinders and wheel end pieces are relatively limited in each set, but the lot I bought had a ton of both.
The bulk of the lot is less useful connecting pieces, but I'm planning to have a ton of fun using the useful pieces before I sell off the leftovers.
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2023/09/21 10:50:31
Subject: Re:Eilif's Toybashig Hut (9/15 Fun With "Robotix" toy parts)
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Brigadier General
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Robotix cylinder vs large and small 40k storage tank.
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