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Viktor von Domm wrote:well it is just a sideproject...the standard issue shotgun is still the lasgunconversion...

thanks for the recognition of the bushwackers...

vik, off for now... we go now into/ onto the green^^

see ya, vik!

those bushwakers are pretty nice vik the guns and hats really suit them. think your onto something there. And the bolter / shotty looks nearly perfect just slice of that imperial eagle, cut a chunk from the roud mag and shift it a tad higher, well in my humble oppinion anyhow ;-)

neil101 wrote:just slice of that imperial eagle, cut a chunk from the roud mag and shift it a tad higher, well in my humble oppinion anyhow ;-)

^ what he said.
trim the mag down at the top, re-glue, file off the eagle and we'll take another look. Then I'll decide if I think it need the grip to be cut off.

well mates your ideas i will take in consideration, tomorrow i will do the suggested work asap...
but bear in mind that this is rather a sideproject for shotguns...the real deal will be done with standard lasguns converted into shotguns...

and again there is a pic update here on this nice blog^^

i recently finished building and converting FIVE aussi bushwhackers...(had it looked up and it needed an extra "H" to be correctly spelled^^)

used numerous parts form fantasy empire stuff like heads and hats^^
all are now wielding the new shotgunmodel...its the fashion these days...
the work is a bit subdued now as i ran out of new and fresh minis to remodel in that fashion...i hope during the next week some of my bitz shipment will arrive and then it is on to more veteran bulding...

so without further addo here are my first veterans :


groupshot...

reloading and patched one...

CHARGE!!!!

take this and this and this and this and this and this....


C&C please as there is some unsuryness about the size of the heads...

Vik

Vik- I have an idea- cut off the nozzle and fuel tank of a flamer- shotgun!
bushwhackers are cool- proper analysis tomorrow evening/morning.

look about two pages ago and that was my first go at the shotgun^^ wasnt that good in my opinion...that new one is one heck of a better try...and all in one go and also multi poses able too...

where?

shrike wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:i probably get enough together for seven
vik

Viktor von Domm wrote:and then i started to convert some shotguns for the use on veteran soldiers ...after a lenghty helpfull pm session with perkustin...thanks man for your insights^^
this is made after your inspiration!

Hey, I'll cast you a Viktor Croaks if you cast me a few of those bad boys!
If you don't have a caster, post me one and I'll cast it, and hand back the original.
PM me if you want in.

remember?

i know a good idea when i see one . the vets are looking spot on matey , shotguns are perfect , and the detailed touches such as the knife in the ground are really characterfull

Viktor von Domm wrote:

shrike wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:i probably get enough together for seven
vik

Viktor von Domm wrote:and then i started to convert some shotguns for the use on veteran soldiers ...after a lenghty helpfull pm session with perkustin...thanks man for your insights^^
this is made after your inspiration!

Hey, I'll cast you a Viktor Croaks if you cast me a few of those bad boys!
If you don't have a caster, post me one and I'll cast it, and hand back the original.
PM me if you want in.

remember?

I meant leave the "tubes" on as the barrels, with this version- Imagine it w/o nozzle or tank.

now i understood...see a pic speaks volumes more ...even dummies like me then understand^^

so fellas here i have some work done...i have currently the heavy weapon structure of my army under my wing and therefore i am creating the bases to go for the autocanons and the likes...i am also maybe planning on magnetising the weapons so to use them in whichever way i need them...sounds messy? probably will be...

for the for now four bases of heavy weapons i have now completed the third sandbagbarrier to shield the crew...

see for yourself...:





the crew as seen is from the first team...one normal looking screaming gunner and the other one is supposed to be having a break from sweating his helmet full of angst...he is preparing to get a drink from his canteen...i combined for him the screaming catachan head and a helmetholding arm from the command spure of cadia...

the next crew will be a shooting one kneeling and also a angstridden cadian soldier with desperate flailing hands...
the idea behin all these is that i want to create the bases like small dioramas... each telling a different and unique story...so i try to also create the bases as homely as possible with lots of details thrown in...hope they dont get to busy looking...but i think if you put that much work in a fortified postition you will try to get it at lest a bit homley and comfy for the time being...well thats the former lazy sodier in me doing the concepts^^

feel free to comment, leave criticism and whatewver you deem needed here^^

vik


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by the way the sandbags were created using my suplys of FIMO and when the fourth is completed will be wandering in the oven to be cured...

Viktor von Domm wrote:

now i understood...see a pic speaks volumes more ...even dummies like me then understand^^

so fellas here i have some work done...i have currently the heavy weapon structure of my army under my wing and therefore i am creating the bases to go for the autocanons and the likes...i am also maybe planning on magnetising the weapons so to use them in whichever way i need them...sounds messy? probably will be...

for the for now four bases of heavy weapons i have now completed the third sandbagbarrier to shield the crew...

see for yourself...:





the crew as seen is from the first team...one normal looking screaming gunner and the other one is supposed to be having a break from sweating his helmet full of angst...he is preparing to get a drink from his canteen...i combined for him the screaming catachan head and a helmetholding arm from the command spure of cadia...

the next crew will be a shooting one kneeling and also a angstridden cadian soldier with desperate flailing hands...
the idea behin all these is that i want to create the bases like small dioramas... each telling a different and unique story...so i try to also create the bases as homely as possible with lots of details thrown in...hope they dont get to busy looking...but i think if you put that much work in a fortified postition you will try to get it at lest a bit homley and comfy for the time being...well thats the former lazy sodier in me doing the concepts^^

feel free to comment, leave criticism and whatewver you deem needed here^^

vik


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by the way the sandbags were created using my suplys of FIMO and when the fourth is completed will be wandering in the oven to be cured...

nice job there!
you got any of those SM flamers to cut up? I'm all out...
I can just imagine a drunk heavy weapons sarge...
"Hey mate- shoot whatever, I need to p***...."
"But sir-"
"-I F***ING LOVE YOU, MAN!"
"thankyou, sir, but shouldn't you be directing me?"
"nah."
"the commissar's here, and he doesn't look happy..."
"hey, commissar- your father was a jokaero and you mother smelt of eldar berries!"
*blam*

good work with those sandbags, are they clay?

nope neil, the sandbags are made from FIMO, a putty that has to be heated to get rock hard... if not heated you can work with this putty for days...it has a very soft structure so no real modeling in small detail possible to my opinion...but maybe if you add a cable inside you can get a bit od more detailed modeling done...and one thing thats not possible...like GS can be used for hair and stuff or belts and other things directly on the model it wouldnt work as you have to heat it up to 170 (?) degrees... at that temperature the plastic would melt but the FIMO would get hard...
but for me now it is perfect to get a bit of sculpting know how to learn and try...

at shrike i do have some of those flamers...you think i should do that even if i have a working model of shotguns? will have a go tomorrow on that try...

for now i want to show you the complete crew of the heavy weapons teams i have done so far...including a medic and an officer all in kneeling position^^ as this is the only pose i have left for now of feets^^...

the officer and the medic have been made from tankcommander bodies i brutally cut up to be mounted on some extra leftover kneeling feets...with added details from sprues it really worked...

so here are the pics...:



and here the medic and officer together in close up...



vik

Viktor von Domm wrote:

I'm loving that crazy einsteinian medic there..."Flick the switch!"
just give one flamer a go as a shotgun...

wil do so^^

i need lots more fantasy heads as these give my minis extra tons of character^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:wil do so^^

i need lots more fantasy heads as these give my minis extra tons of character^^

that crazy medic:
"IT'S ALIVE!!!"
"I was already alive, then you saw a wart on my arm and amputated."
"...IT'S ALIVE!!!"
"I'm not an it- I'm unique."
10,000,000,000 guardsmen in unison- "we're all unique!"

LOOL...
and nice pun on "saw" a wart...

Viktor von Domm wrote:LOOL...
and nice pun on "saw" a wart...

It was unintentional- I wrote it, then noticed the pun and left it there. ^^

lol history jokes in the making^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:lol history jokes in the making^^

any more news?

well i had a quick go at a flamer and it came out ugly... didnt made a pic yet but i can show it...it looks too boxy in my opinion...the guardsmen are to tine to have these big shotguns... all parts on their own work good its just when one sees them in cadian hands that they look off...

will post `morrow some proof shots^^

vik

Viktor von Domm wrote:well i had a quick go at a flamer and it came out ugly... didnt made a pic yet but i can show it...it looks too boxy in my opinion...the guardsmen are to tine to have these big shotguns... all parts on their own work good its just when one sees them in cadian hands that they look off...

will post `morrow some proof shots^^

vik

well, the flamer was a marine one, so it'll probably look good on a scout or SM...

this!

on a IG it looks like he would run with a stubber^^

Have you tried it on the ever-muscly catachans?

not for now but maybe i can make some loose mockup and comparissionshots for cadian and catachen...i secretly plan on at least making two vets squads, so one will be catachans as bushwhackers and one will be more cadian looking...

Viktor von Domm wrote:not for now but maybe i can make some loose mockup and comparissionshots for cadian and catachen...i secretly plan on at least making two vets squads, so one will be catachans as bushwhackers and one will be more cadian looking...

cool...i'll be waiting...ect...

Einstein head

whut?^^

shrike wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:

I'm loving that crazy einsteinian medic there..."Flick the switch!"
just give one flamer a go as a shotgun...