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i can´t understand why you brits always complain about your weather...i think you should have acustomed to it since birth...so no point in groaning over it...

It's a circular thing - we like to moan, and the weather gives us something to moan about. In addition to that, if we didn't moan about the weather, we'd have to talk about important stuff, and that would never do...

lol

Well summed up there archroy. When I am in work on the tills the old customers love to moan about the weather - I used to say things like "It could be worse, at least we don't live in Afghanistan" but that never went down well so these days I just say "ooh yeas isn't it terrible - should be nicer tommorow"

I'm painting delaques as genestealer cultists today - Getting on quite well - there may be pics soon - but only if the thick black cloud sitting over my flats will bugger off cos I don't have enough light - If only I lived in Afghanistan then I would have all the sunshine I need...

Certain portions of this blog prove that we need a recognized internet sarcasm font

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation

lol.... but that sign is not in the keyboard of mine...sadly...

My rhino arrived today! hooray. to tired to do anything else I'm afraid

Awesome! I hope it is of some use to you Weety!

I'm waiting on some Delaque gangers to arrive from merry old England so I can convert them into Valhallan penal squaddies. I imagine a nice barcode on their forehead should do. Plus some autoguns to represent them getting the crappy munitions left lying around from the last batch. Waiting on mail from the UK to arrive is agonizingly slow though.

On the plus side, I finally can't stand it anymore. I've sprayed the space skeleton matte black and printed some reference pics from the internet and am going to start in on him as soon as he gets dry.

Do it and post it please! I like the idea of your vahallan penals - will they have hats to keep their heads warm or are they deprived of head wear as part of their punishment?

Here are some glory shots of the assembled rhino - thankyou dsteingass! I haven't put the back boxes on and I dropped and lost the only headlight - but this is good as I'm going for a slightly non-standard looking rhino - Its probably going to be genestealer cult.

Funny how that thing came from the UK so many years ago and now it's back where it was made! Wow! It even looks rougher assembled than in parts! lol

Whatcha gonna do about the missing exhaust pipes?

Do you have any use for the extra goodies?

I love it! Looks like it's been a squiggoth's chew-toy.

Wow that rhino looks like early era home cast resin. Not like that would be a bad thing.

@ weety I have a crapload of Genestealer cult models laying around wanting someone to buy them and love them.

Make me an offer I cant refuse unicorn!

It does look a bit rough but this is perfect for a cult vehicle or just some kind of ex-military vehicle. It'll look better when I fill in the holes and spray it.

The missing exhausts may stay missing - Depending how it looks.

Nothing immediately obvious comes to mind for the extras. Eventually they will find a place

weetyskemian44 wrote:Do it and post it please! I like the idea of your vahallan penals - will they have hats to keep their heads warm or are they deprived of head wear as part of their punishment?

Here are some glory shots of the assembled rhino - thankyou dsteingass! I haven't put the back boxes on and I dropped and lost the only headlight - but this is good as I'm going for a slightly non-standard looking rhino - Its probably going to be genestealer cult.

I will post it. I figure the Delaques fit perfectly. Not only are they deprived of headgear, but they're shaved bald to serve their penance in the biting cold. The only relief they have is their great coat, and the goggles they have. But they only have goggles to preserve their eyes and their aim. If they survive the loss of heat thru their uncovered heads, they can serve the Emperor by killing his enemies and dying in his cause.

Plus I love the idea of bald guys with bar codes on their foreheads. I'll post one of them also when I'm done. I finally got the first three in the mail today. That brings me to three delaques, a space pirate and a space thug. Now I need to find an adeptus arbites figure to serve as their taskmaster, and find four more. I should have two or three more delaques on the way. OH, and I have a Van Saar with autogun already and one with a heavy stubber on the way. That takes care of my heavy weapon (counts as heavy bolter) and the assault weapon (multimelta on the space pirate counts as meltagun.) All I'm really lacking is the one arbite. Every ebay listing has been for a whole bunch of them, and I'm not sure I can order just one from GW any more.

And I can't wait to see the rhino when you're done with it.

Nice Rhino , ! Did you see the old wd rhino pics i posted in my blog last week ? Thought they might help inspire your conversion weets

groovy! Thanks for the inspiration neil

I have been working on these guys for a while - the two older gangers I had already painted but I am in the process of making them pale skinned vault (sorry I mean hive) dwellers with sensitive eyes and just a hint of alien genetics. They are to be dirtied slightly too. Genestealer cultists always strive to fit in and hide their true identities until the time is ripe so not too bright. But a hint of the alien and lots of purple is mandatory.

weetyskemian44 wrote:My rhino arrived today! hooray. to tired to do anything else I'm afraid

knows how you feel

Weety, are you implying my Tyranid ways infest even the things I send?

Loving the skin tones on them though!

I spray painted my rhino only to discover that it was full of mould lines and visable joins (more like crevasses - the rhino kit never went together quite right). so after a sunday morning of filling, scrapping and milliputing I resprayed and I'm very pleased with the finished job - standard arnament I'm afraid. It felt right to leave this one fairly unconverted as my first rhino - I will have to find more vehicles to put big guns on

FOR THE RECORD: I did NOT paint that rhino, ever It was like that when I got it, along with the SM Bikes. Makes you wonder what kind of cheap-ass clay-based paint they used on it doesn't it?

That is absolutely amazing Weety! I cannot believe that is the same pile of scrap I sent you! +50 cool points to you for drilling the bolter barrels and smoke launchers, and another +50 cool points for the hatch handles. Btw, I get them bent like that too, This type of flat pliers straightenes them out nicely for me, makes a nice 90 degree corner on the wire., even after glued.

Handy tip there steingass - I think I will find one of those flat pliers - I was using a pair of tweezers but they don't really have the power.

And thanks for the comment! - I really wanted to improve upon the slightly cack-handed design of the rhino - Without all the whittling and infilling the bits never stick together tightly and it ends up looking like you could wedge a grenade in the cracks...

I have given my rhino 7 layers of different paint and wash - and only just decided who is getting it - it will be a tech-guard vehicle (my imperial guard are meant to be a mars legion) with cog symbols. I will get the delaques something a bit more civillian.

But this is a pictureless update, as the light is no good for photos. I'm very slowly building it up to a nice rusty finish and there mght be photos tommorow

You should get a daylight bulb. They really do work.

The delaques are suitably culty. Look forward to seeing the progress.

There is some progress now at last!

Continuing experiments in rustyness on my rhino (10 layers of paint so far), and a libyan style, looted imperial heavy weapon mounted on a pickup truck!

Excellent ! the rhino looks pure oldschool, and the truck is cool, It will sit well with your other one.

btw, if anyone is interested, my FLGS has one of these old-school Rhino's in the display case being sold, and it is in a LOT better shape than the one I sent Weety, although she has made it beautiful. If anyone wants me to ask about it, drop me a pm.

Love the pintle gun. Any news on potting progress?