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Now that the Destiny Beta is over I am now fully engaged to fiddle with my wings. I think I've devised a plan of attack on the wings but now I am debating on whether or not the actual jump pack engine part thing should be blue like the rest of him or darker, like the wings will be. Thoughts?

I think the Jump Pack should be like the rest of the armour, thus blue...

Also, what did you think about Destiny ? Looks fun (I've only played 3-4 hours), but I'm afraid we'll have to FARM a lot to get nice items... Still unconvinced :\

Yggs, I really enjoyed Destiny. I don't think I've ever played an MMO that didn't have some level of farming. A unique feature about destiny was that the more you used your weapon the more customizable it became. I really liked that feature.

I think Destiny is very fortunate with its timing. There aren't any other games coming out in the near future that have as much hype. I will be playing it for sure. I just hope it has enough content to sustain itself. I know they plan on making it a long term game with a lot of content to be added in the future but PVP gets old quickly. The exploring and campaign excite me much more. I think my biggest complaint is the small number of friends you can bring with you on the campaign missions. 1-3 seemed rather odd to me.

I did enjoy the little PVP that I did play. Multiple different vehicles and turrets and a plethora of maps.

As for the Sanguinary Guard. Blue jump pack it is.

Thoughts?

That's a great look and Theme. Works very well.

Only suggestion is to do the Scroll across his chest piece in a parchment color. break up all the blue and white and draw the eye to the center.

Ditto, and possibly blood drops on head.

I agree on both counts with SL & graven. Figure looks fantastic but could use a touch of some kind of alternate color to set it off.

oh and black and white checkers on his shoulder pads~!

Sorry At 81 you never know what I might say!

Phone picture is a bit dark but you can see the red droplets.

@Solar, I'm glad you were allowed some computer time at your facility today. Your comment really made me laugh. After adding the red on the model, I will agree with you guys. It does look a lot better. Thanks for the suggestions.

There you go... nicely done Ice.

That does look rather good. I really like the gradiant of blues. Before the Red he was almost monochromatic! Which I thought was kinda neat.

What'd you think of the Destiny Beta? Were you on PS4 or XBone?

Thanks guys! @chemical. Now that you mention the monochromatic thing, I have a surprise for you guys. It's not ready but I think you'll really like it. Back to your question though, I picked up an xbox one. I really enjoyed the destiny beta. One of my biggest problems with the xbox one so far is the complete lack of games or content for it. Titanfall was fun but quickly got old. The number of downloadable games on the system is some where around five. Once more games are out and they fix a couple of minor bugs, I'll probably go back to loving my xbox like I did my 360. I just bought mine a bit to early in the console cycle. Sorry, that turned into a rant, but back to your question once again. Destiny will be awesome assuming they have the content to sustain it. I am a co op gamer. I could care less about PVP. If there is as much to do as they are leading me to believe then I think it'll be the one game I'll be playing for quite some time. I was excited about the game even before the beta but after playing it, I am even more excited. They made lots of great decisions about both the larger and the smaller picture. There is definitely something for everyone.

Any one else get any beta time in?

Okay, almost there. All that's left is for some writing. I tried your cream suggestion. I didn't particularly care for it so I put it back. Mainly because I didn't do it very well, lol. I should have taken some pictures of it first.

Much better

Like the dash of red. Now paint the squad.

That looks great, Ice! The red really makes him shine.

I almost want to say paint some Gold areas on him, though, like the wings on his shoulder, though Im unsure how to go about doing that without potentially unbalancing the mini!

Even sans gold, I cant wait to see a full squad of these guys!!

I'd pass on the gold. The red breaks up enough. Gold I think will break it up too much and mess with the ice cold look. IMO.

Thanks everybody for the tips and suggestions. I'm happy with how he has turned out. I think I'll keep him sans gold. We can reevaluate when the whole squad is put together.

I've gotten all of the other members all primed up and ready. I did discover that I am without a jump pack. I have the wings but not the actual engine part of the back pack. That is my next project. Locate jump pack.

Good JP-hunting !

Oh, erh... wait... Could it be that you used it on my swapped Tiger Marine ???

Nice job on the first member anyway !

Thanks Yggs. That was indeed the back pack I sent to you but I had received a replacement one. Thanks Solar! I did indeed locate it along with some other great bits. I now have a mountain of plastic that will eventually morph into some more marines. Nothing to exciting but needed. I need some regular assault marines and some bolter wielding tactical guys.

Ping me if you need Marine parts.
Also...
I have a bunch of the late period Jump Packs ( some Death company ) that I won't use. Some eagle chest peices as well as some JP chest peices ( LIke your avatar )

 IceAngel wrote:
Thanks Yggs. That was indeed the back pack I sent to you but I had received a replacement one. Thanks Solar! I did indeed locate it along with some other great bits. I now have a mountain of plastic that will eventually morph into some more marines. Nothing to exciting but needed. I need some regular assault marines and some bolter wielding tactical guys.

Hey, if you can't find the replacement, and aren't in a hurry, I'm sure I can find a proper jump-pack...

Good hunting !

Help needed!

I have been in a building mode as of late. All of my plastic guys went together easily and perfectly. My freaking resin forgeworld guys, as awesome as they are, are being a huge pain in my rear. I have four or five different glues at my disposal and none of them seem to get a long with resin. What glue do you guys use on your resin models?

Currently I've had mediocre success with some gale force nine hobby glue but I have to let each bond sit over night before I can go on to the next piece, which means I have to find a way to balance the model just right so that the pieces stay in place. Suggestions please.

Thanks in advance.

With the super slick mold release forgeworld uses are you cleaning them first? Some dish soap and water is enough.

Scoring the points where they contact helps, but isn't needed on lighter models like power armor.

I use loctite from the hardware store. Gel ultra control. Sets in a few minutes. Holds resin, metal and plastic.

As WM mentioned, its super important to wash them if you arent already. I let mine soak for a few hours in lukewarm water + a bit of dish soap. Then its off to the sink with a toothbrush!

Ive had great success with Gorilla Super Glue. That stuff is super strong! On top of that, roughing up the bonding surfaces helps for a better bond. Even scraping it with the side of a knife blade helps by removing any pockets of bonded mold release. I'll usually pin all my resin/metal stuff, too, but its really not necessary.

I do the same as WM360 and use the same glue but I've not tried the gel ultra yet.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

I've decided to reward you with some WIP pictures of what I've been putting together and basing and so forth etc.....

Many of these were built by Moonpie, i just cleaned them up and based them and drilled barrels etc...






These are some of the marines I've been putting together. I wanted them to be a bit more cinematic then usual. The guys without back packs will have jump packs. The one armed guy is waiting for his bolter to dry.




Now all I need is some new primer!

Oh I love the paired bases! Genius!

That's... astonishingly clever. I wonder if there might be plans for a display board that would match as well?

I'm going to have to try out paired bases like that, those are grand.

That's a great idea with the bases. Nicely done too.