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Ifalna wrote:These two are going to be wrapped in cotton wool and bubblewrap,

Ready to post them somewhere?

make sure you don't just feed them rodent mix for food! they really need veggies and lots of available water, you can of course leave some dry mix in with them but if they eat just the boxed stuff they often and quite sadly get kidney failure and pass away! :-( I learnt this the hard sad way many years ago and my poor little V-TEC didn't make it!

but on a brighter note, you'll have so much fun with them :-) they're the rodent everyone loves to love!

nerdfest09 wrote:make sure you don't just feed them rodent mix for food! they really need veggies and lots of available water, you can of course leave some dry mix in with them but if they eat just the boxed stuff they often and quite sadly get kidney failure and pass away! :-( I learnt this the hard sad way many years ago and my poor little V-TEC didn't make it!

Oh god :( I don't feed any of my pets on full "kibble", too many sad stories. I use it as a base and add lots of fresh foods. They will have meadow hay, sprouts and the odd bit of lemon for vitamin C, and my large grassy garden to graze on when I have them used to being on harnesses.

nerdfest09 wrote:but on a brighter note, you'll have so much fun with them :-) they're the rodent everyone loves to love!

They are fantastic, rabbits with an extra dose of cuddly.

Oh god :( I don't feed any of my pets on full "kibble", too many sad stories. I use it as a base and add lots of fresh foods. They will have meadow hay, sprouts and the odd bit of lemon for vitamin C, and my large grassy garden to graze on when I have them used to being on harnesses.

Really? that..... sounds quite good....... Um this might sound weird Iffy but I'd be quite happy for you to put me on a harness and feed me meadowy hay and sprouts as well as grazing on your large grassy garden! I could think of a worse life to lead than that!.....

Oh god that sounds weird now.......

lol nf09 that does sound very weird in a disturbing way....

Yes..... yes it does......

Lol.

errrr

/shifts eyes

In other news, onwards to Inferno with my DH at last!

We had a guinea pig for a while, and they really are a ton of fun. Now, we have two rabbits, and I can say, no pets can beat small fluffy ones

I've had too much school to play enough diablo, but today was the last day, so I'll see you all in inferno

If you only have a small lawn you can use them as lawn mowers - We used to put ours in a square box frame with chicken wire over the top and once they have mowed one square of lawn you just move the box...

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Fantastic weety! She's ready for Spinal Tap!

weety, I haven't been following this thread for all that long- was that model referenced earlier / does it have something to do with Ifalna?

No - I was just a tiny bit drunk last night and posted my pics on the wrong thread - whoops! Sorry ifalna

lol im only lvl 32... and i bought the game on release day... :(
ive been practicing my airbrush on a structure i build the last couple of days

prime12357 wrote:We had a guinea pig for a while, and they really are a ton of fun. Now, we have two rabbits, and I can say, no pets can beat small fluffy ones
I've had too much school to play enough diablo, but today was the last day, so I'll see you all in inferno

I can't wait for them to arrive, the hutch is however still doing a tour of europe with the courier, which is worrying, so fingers crossed it arrives for next weekend!
Inferno is.. fun...

weetyskemian44 wrote:If you only have a small lawn you can use them as lawn mowers - We used to put ours in a square box frame with chicken wire over the top and once they have mowed one square of lawn you just move the box...

Haha yes, I will totally be doing that. I am getting a pair of harnesses so I can just go outside with them, but I may very well get a little outdoors box for them eventually.

weetyskemian44 wrote:No - I was just a tiny bit drunk last night and posted my pics on the wrong thread - whoops! Sorry ifalna

Oh mannnn, you totally should have left it here as a tribute to an awesome drunken night!

DijnsK wrote:lol im only lvl 32... and i bought the game on release day... :(
ive been practicing my airbrush on a structure i build the last couple of days

PLAY HARDER. I'm too pro now for us to be friends anymore.

Ack we were supposed to skype today werent we, sorry I was painting all freaking day >< Poke me tomorrow on facebook and Ill log and we can chat.

Today I got a lot of work done on the massive wolf mounts.






The casts themselves are really nice bar some minor issues which hopefully are not too noticeable. (bubbling, non straight edges etc) I believe these are a small home business based set and so are very clearly home cast, but they are quite unique even if a little bit rough around the edges

These are to character standard, their metals need a little more work but apart from that the wolves themselves are done. Will be on snow effect bases
Marines will be airbrushed with hand painted lower halfs, should not be a noticeable difference. Great to see these starting to come together.

Oh my word, these are fantastic, Iffy. The eyes and teeth are so lifelike. ("The better to eat you with....") And I love the the nose even looks wet.

I don't know if it was an "awesome" drunken night - more of a bog standard, must get drunk cos tomorrow is my only day off kinda drunken night. I will be sure to have a better one next weekend and post some truly irrelevant pictures.

Bionic wolves!? What will they come up with next? Bet they will look fantastical.

Those wolves look fantastic Iffy you keep getting better and better with every mini you paint. The wolves look so life like.

Ifalna wrote:
PLAY HARDER. I'm too pro now for us to be friends anymore.

IM TRYING!! I have a 40 (more like 60) hour per week job and a girlfriend who starts complaining when i dont spend at least an hour a week with her and dont text her for a month!!! and im trying to get some painting done!

Ifalna wrote:Ack we were supposed to skype today werent we, sorry I was painting all freaking day >< Poke me tomorrow on facebook and Ill log and we can chat.

if by sunday you mean saterday then yeah, your right
i wont be online a lot for a couple of days this is kind of a busy week for me, so next weekend??

Those wolves look absolutely amazing, I spooted one as a Maxmini wolf, any ideas where the others come from?

Ifalna wrote:Lol.

errrr

/shifts eyes

In other news, onwards to Inferno with my DH at last!

Ha! You've been slacking! I've been in inferno for 2 weeks ... and I did offer help lol. On the other side of that coin I am at work for another week and cannot play *cries histarically*

Pretty looking armor you have there BTW.

Have you hit A2 yet? It's pretty much a brick wall if you aren't geared...


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P.S. I'm also interested in how the wolves turn out

The wolves look great so far! I really like the casts, they're quite beefy and look like they could actually carry a marine... if a wolf would ever actually consent to do so, of course...

A brick wall for DH, means the Grand Canyon for Barbs trust me!

Cutthroatcure wrote:A brick wall for DH, means the Grand Canyon for Barbs trust me!

Beats playing a monk Even fully geared, you're pretty screwed. As Iffy mentioned, Inferno is...fun.

The wolves look really great! The eyes and mouth look really good. It must be all the practice with the squigs, but the teeth are awesome

Worse comes to worse, one of those pet gate things will keep the little guys enclosed well enough. Good luck with the post!

Yellowbeard wrote:Oh my word, these are fantastic, Iffy. The eyes and teeth are so lifelike. ("The better to eat you with...." And I love the the nose even looks wet.

I used some gloss varnish for the noseys, using gloss in specific areas is something everyone should play around with, its fun!

weetyskemian44 wrote:I don't know if it was an "awesome" drunken night - more of a bog standard, must get drunk cos tomorrow is my only day off kinda drunken night. I will be sure to have a better one next weekend and post some truly irrelevant pictures.
Bionic wolves!? What will they come up with next? Bet they will look fantastical.

I am genuinely looking forward to this. Do it!

I'm not sure about the logic behind the bionic bits, were they not hardcore enough? Did they need robot parts? One of them had bionic bits in his tail but it was stupid so I painted it as fur >< C'maaaan.

GiraffeX wrote:Those wolves look fantastic Iffy you keep getting better and better with every mini you paint. The wolves look so life like.

Thanks dude! I think the sculpts are a bit too "thick" for me to get much detail on, that fur is massive, its like dreadlocks when you compare it to the marines, so it's hard to brush on textures, but I think they will end up ok

DijnsK wrote:
IM TRYING!! I have a 40 (more like 60) hour per week job and a girlfriend who starts complaining when i dont spend at least an hour a week with her and dont text her for a month!!! and im trying to get some painting done!

NO EXCUSES. MORE DIABLO.

DijnsK wrote:if by sunday you mean saterday then yeah, your right
i wont be online a lot for a couple of days this is kind of a busy week for me, so next weekend??

Wait.. what day is it?



My god, see, this is what happens when I am left to my own devices. I thought today was.. sunday? Wow. Wow. I can't.
Sorry dude, just poke me on facebook when you are ready to go and we will organise it.

dantay_xv wrote:Those wolves look absolutely amazing, I spooted one as a Maxmini wolf, any ideas where the others come from?

I have no idea, I will ask the owner

logg_frogg wrote:
Ha! You've been slacking! I've been in inferno for 2 weeks ... and I did offer help lol. On the other side of that coin I am at work for another week and cannot play *cries histarically*
Pretty looking armor you have there BTW.
Have you hit A2 yet? It's pretty much a brick wall if you aren't geared...

I'm in the middle of act 2 now, farmed act 1 for a good few hours, made a couple of million, geared up, and am just about managing it. Just downed Zoltun.

RiTides wrote:The wolves look great so far! I really like the casts, they're quite beefy and look like they could actually carry a marine... if a wolf would ever actually consent to do so, of course...

They are indeed the right size, which is great. I just wish the fur was not so thickly sculpted!

prime12357 wrote:

Cutthroatcure wrote:A brick wall for DH, means the Grand Canyon for Barbs trust me!

Beats playing a monk Even fully geared, you're pretty screwed. As Iffy mentioned, Inferno is...fun.

In fairness, I don't know any class that is not hitting brick walls in inferno. Takes a lot of practice and gearing to the get past them, but everyone can just about manage. My pal is playing a full defensive barb atm and he is totally stuck, he overestimated how far taking very little damage with only 5k dps would get him :(

prime12357 wrote:The wolves look really great! The eyes and mouth look really good. It must be all the practice with the squigs, but the teeth are awesome
Worse comes to worse, one of those pet gate things will keep the little guys enclosed well enough. Good luck with the post!

Haha its true, the squigs give a lot of tooth practice!

Speaking of Squigs..

"Hey Ifalna, so what did you spend 5 hours painting today?"

"PETE THE PINK POLKA-DOT SQUIG"

Yes thats right folks, hes pink, and he has polka dots. He is also tiny. Really, really tiny. The size of a thumbnail. He sits on the base of the mangler, looking smug and not aware he is about to be stood on.
Poor Pete.





He is still making me laugh.

And for good measure, the results of my massive farmathon and AH binge -



Oooo gurrlll lookit dat crit damage. /wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle


Ps: I have a couple of PM's to get around to, will fit that in tomorrow Night night!

Oh good heavens Iffy, that little squig is BRILLIANT! The eyes.... just haunting.

That is incredible, Iffy! Beautiful work.

Now I'm off to go burn everything I own painting related... those all look amazing Iffy...

And if I were a hacker, I'd not go after your stuffs...

Such soulful eyes

Ifalna wrote:

DijnsK wrote:
IM TRYING!! I have a 40 (more like 60) hour per week job and a girlfriend who starts complaining when i dont spend at least an hour a week with her and dont text her for a month!!! and im trying to get some painting done!

NO EXCUSES. MORE DIABLO.

MOOAARRRR!!!
whish my week had like an extra day hidden somewhere

Ifalna wrote:

DijnsK wrote:if by sunday you mean saterday then yeah, your right
i wont be online a lot for a couple of days this is kind of a busy week for me, so next weekend??

Wait.. what day is it?



My god, see, this is what happens when I am left to my own devices. I thought today was.. sunday? Wow. Wow. I can't.
Sorry dude, just poke me on facebook when you are ready to go and we will organise it.

ill do so a couple days in advance. like thursday or something, which is in 2 days
i had a couple of long weekends so i know how it feels! o loose all sense of time

Ifalna wrote:

eye.... sockets..... crumbling..... eyes.... melting....

Ifalna wrote:

Oooo gurrlll lookit dat crit damage. /wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle

can you PM me your blizard name so i can add you to my friendslist.
maybe you can help me progress faster!! (referring to MOOAARRR!!!)