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2021/10/15 17:35:14
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Fixture of Dakka
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Thank you JoshInJapan.
Now this next model was more of an experiment...it came to me in a pile of Eldar scrap bits.
So I had to add a hand, a base, and the end of the Glaive.
I repaired it because I wanted to see how it would fit next to my classic metal if I wanted to be absolutely WYSIWYG. So repaired and painted.
Hand came from a ruined plastic Jetbike rider, Glaive blade was made from a plastic power sword.
Cheers,
CB
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2021/10/15 20:02:44
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Liberated Grot Land Raida
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He looks the part, Cap. Though the original metal Dire Avengers Exarch is an all time classic and I’d be loath to replace him on the tabletop even for the sake of WYSIWYG. This guy is looking great though, I’d be tempted. Especially if I had put the work into getting him fixed up like this. Top job!
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2021/11/19 00:34:30
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Liberated Grot Land Raida
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Not sure if this counts but I recently ‘rescued’ this fella from a decades long stint in my junk box. No weapons or base. Just a horribly wooden pose.
So I Chopped him to bits!
And reassembled him anew with a new weapon.
And with a considerable helping of the magic greenstuff.
And finally a long awaited paint job.
Then a. Bit more of a proper rescue; I decided to give these two old scaven a new lease of life in the world of Burrows & Badgers.
One was damaged and got fitted for a new crossbow before they liberally plastered in putty.
And paint for the final transformation into a new world.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2021/11/19 00:54:59
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2021/11/19 03:31:51
Subject: Re:The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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[DCM]
Incorporating Wet-Blending
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I have a whole starter-set-worth of those plastic Lizardmen and Skinks. I have never really wanted to do anything with them, but your sweet conversion makes me want to pull them out of their box and see what I can do with them.
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2021/11/19 23:18:34
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Fixture of Dakka
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Continuing the old metal Necromunda theme. Another eBay pick-up:
It needed hands, a weapon, and a backpack (because the backpack was contributed to the Delaque Heavy on the previous page).
Cheers,
CB
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2021/11/22 04:34:06
Subject: Re:The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Dakka Veteran
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Damn! I honestly had to go back and forth between the before and after several times to recognize that it was even in the after picture. Admittedly, I was looking for a model dual wielding pistols and couldn't figure out why you said it needed new weapons.
You mad the model awesome and playable, but I do think the dual pistol weapons was a very cool conversion in it's own right. I imagine you would have been able to make it display worthy if you had a spare mercenary backpack to put on him instead.
On that note, if you ever find yourself in need of a some old Necromunda part like that, you can check with me. I recently picked up an old bits lot that included quite a lot of the old metal Necromunda backpacks and at least one Heavy Stubber, iirc. I have no idea which go to what gang without returning to the helpful folks in my identification help thread though. For now, I can only identify things as being from Necromunda or Gorkamorka due to their unique themes and the gangs by their clothing/style.
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2021/11/22 18:57:50
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Shrieking Guardian Jetbiker
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haha, was this 'just' very thick paint or did we already enter enamels territory here? Nice save in any case ^^
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2021/11/22 20:56:31
Subject: Re:The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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[DCM]
Incorporating Wet-Blending
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Whoa, nice save, Captain Brown. The repaint is almost unrecognizable.
Recently, I rescued this very old assassin from my teenaged self's rather slapdash painting skills:
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2021/11/22 21:21:56
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Liberated Grot Land Raida
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Hey Josh, teenage You was way better than teenage me! Not to mention today’s Josh, sheesh, that’s a seriously smart paint job. Nice upgrade for an old classic.
CB, your flamer heavy is fantastic. Great job as always. Great save too, that fella was really caked.
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2021/11/23 03:21:19
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Fixture of Dakka
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Thanks guys.
Sargent Silver, you need to send me a photo of your old metal Necromunda stuff and I would be happy to identify them.
Very nice update Josh, I also wish I had the painting patience today 25 years ago.
MobileSuitRandom wrote:haha, was this 'just' very thick paint or did we already enter enamels territory here? Nice save in any case ^^
MobileSuitRandom,
It looks like it was both…I was so glad it was not sealed, or it would have been a nightmare to strip.
Cheers,
CB
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2021/11/23 04:07:26
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Captain Brown wrote:Thanks guys.
Sargent Silver, you need to send me a photo of your old metal Necromunda stuff and I would be happy to identify them.
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Cheers,
CB
I think most have been identified already by other helpful dakka users, but here's my identification help thread in case you see anything that isn't or something you need for a project: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/90/788116.page Most of the bitz there are up for sale or trade since I don't have any specific use for it myself.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2021/11/23 04:07:47
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2021/12/06 06:18:17
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Fixture of Dakka
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Another eBay save.
Metal Farseer I purchased on eBay:
Striped, the a plastic hand with sword and metal wings added. Painted up to fit with my Eldar.
Farseer Wearing Faolchu's Wing
SergentSilver, where do you sell your finds?
Cheers,
CB
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2021/12/06 23:32:32
Subject: Re:The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Hardened Veteran Guardsman
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I managed to repurpose some monopose Saurus into some Genestealer/Tarrelian hybrids. Also used the extra Abberrant torso to make a Primaris Hypermorph, there is also an old Necromunda Goliath model posing as a dynamite wielding Neophyte.
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2021/12/11 09:36:56
Subject: Re:The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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Captain Brown pointed me in this direction with my current project; rescuing a Space Marine Attack bike;
That one will take a while so here’s one I made earlier, though sadly I didn’t get a pic of their previous Space Wolf coating (as slapped on by my brother 20+ years ago
Before
After
There’s more pics here if anyone hasn’t seen them before. At some point they should be joined by this horde of RTB01 Marines who are in a sorry state;
I think 10 have already had their dettol bath and a further 10 are in there at the moment… I should probably get them out at some point!
Another project I have is to finish my High Elves, including some rescues;
Those 2 can be found somewhere amongst this lot;
I’m a dead slow painter, so these last 2 projects will be slow burners.
Thanks for the tip off Captain, it’s a great thread!
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Goberts Gubbins - P&M Blog, started with Oldhammer, often Blackstone Fortress and Void Panther Marines, with side projects along the way |
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2021/12/16 15:49:37
Subject: Re:The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Regular Dakkanaut
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An old friend of mine has followed me and got back into 40k after...decades....away.
He bought these old battered Tau, sprayed all sorts of crazy and many weapons missing or incorrect unit weapons etc.
I offered to paint them up and fix them to be legal etc....quite a task and a lot of detail was already lost...but they look decent I think. Hes now got something like 2.6k of painted Tau (he picked the colour scheme).
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2021/12/16 17:07:07
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Rogue Daemonhunter fueled by Chaos
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Those tau look great! I think the tau range might be some of the most forgiving plastics for rescuing. It's a lot of flat panels, and even brand new models almost need panel lining. It might be a big tougher to line the panels of a rescue, but it still pops, and the under carriages of the suits can be gummed up with dark grey/dark brown/black.
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2021/12/16 18:58:22
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Liberated Grot Land Raida
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So the conversation went “If you buy some Tau I’ll paint them up any colour you want.”
“Ok, can it be white?”
“... I suppose so.”
Crazy man, but also crazy good work.
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2021/12/16 21:02:41
Subject: Re:The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Fixture of Dakka
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Nice work chickenbane, gobert, and VAYASEN.
Cheers,
CB
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2021/12/16 21:12:52
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Rogue Daemonhunter fueled by Chaos
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Does anybody know of a Facebook group for warhammer rescue projects? I love Dakka, but FB has a wider range.
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2022/02/18 21:10:57
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Liberated Grot Land Raida
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Just because I love this thread and want to keep it alive I’ve got a quick rescue to show.
Got this fella in a junker job lot and as I have zero old Chaos Warrios I thought he’d be useful enough in the odd game of hero-quest or whatever. So he got dunked.
And PAINTED!
Not the greatest paint job but he’s improved at least. Bit of a vintage quartered look from the colourful old days before chaos got all dark and gothy. Keep those rescues coming folks, that’s how we roll round here.
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2022/02/20 09:03:06
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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Nice rescue theCrowe, gotta love a good bit of base overhang!
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Goberts Gubbins - P&M Blog, started with Oldhammer, often Blackstone Fortress and Void Panther Marines, with side projects along the way |
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2022/02/20 09:14:27
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Liberated Grot Land Raida
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Yeah I didn’t have a proper big square for him (and you wouldn’t use a round one on one of these surely!) so I just kept the small square he was on but I always hated the diagonal slot so I just square him off with mega overhang. He’ll smite anyone who insults the size of his base though so watch out!
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2022/02/20 17:12:22
Subject: Re:The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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Yeah, a round base would be wrong, and I wouldn’t dare risk being smote by a warrior of chaos!! Here he is in his purple armour with his BattleMasters mates;
By my reckoning he was from the first Warhammer Quest or Talisman, or was he just in the Chaos Warriors box? I think I got him in a White Dwarf back in the day.
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Goberts Gubbins - P&M Blog, started with Oldhammer, often Blackstone Fortress and Void Panther Marines, with side projects along the way |
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2022/02/22 08:01:58
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Fighter Ace
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Chickenbane I love what you’ve done with those Genestealers!
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2022/04/18 18:51:56
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Liberated Grot Land Raida
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Never to miss an opportunity to add to the rescue shelter here was a marine that I fixed up for the March painting challenge.
He’s a 30k legionnaire who needed a new leg so I had a think about some of technology that might have been lost over the years. The kind of thing you just don’t see in Space Marine armies these days.
Ladies and gents I give you, an all new range of magnetised space marine prosthetics I call.
Iron Within, Iron without (a point)
Everyone’s seen the ubiquitous oversized Power Fist but did you know there used to be The Power Boot!
And this side just to show my freehand attempt at an Iron Warriors icon.
But that’s not all! Oh no. The lost files of the admech have also furnished us with this prototype pattern Chain Foot!
Capable cutting a swathe through the enemy as you advance.
But what of the standing defender?
The Omnisiah says one less leg is but an opportunity for one more BOLTER!
You only need one leg to Stand and Fire!
But just one more pic for a laugh. (This one comes from the mind of my ten year old son)
And then there’s that little known gene-enhanced ability the power fart. Armour variants to allow for this to be deployed were later exploited by tyranids and the development of this deadly ability was abandoned.
Parp!
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2022/09/26 16:56:20
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Fixture of Dakka
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Well theCrowe,
That was quite the rescue.
Cheers,
CB
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2023/10/18 17:38:16
Subject: Re:The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Fixture of Dakka
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So it has been a while since I posted a rescue here.
These were an eBay rescue, this was after they had a bath of Simple Green and a primer coat.
When finished.
Cheers,
CB
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2023/11/28 16:03:17
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Fixture of Dakka
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So when I finished all my unpainted models, my gaming group conspired to give me any old metal Eldar harlequins from Rogue Trader. A few were in rough shape (missing weapons and even arms in a few cases) and needed striping as they all had likely come from eBay at some point.
You can see the most damaged ones in the bottom row.
Going to fix them and paint them.
Cheers,
CB
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2023/11/28 23:39:10
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Utilizing Careful Highlighting
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Nice haul! Makes me nostalgic for my box of RT Quins that went missing years ago.
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2024/01/24 22:29:58
Subject: The Dakka Rescue Shelter
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Fixture of Dakka
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Thanks KidCthulhu,
Added three more models to that pile (two of whom very finished in the last batch) .
22 of the Harlequins painted now.
Cheers,
CB
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