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that one is still on my to watch list...

Vampire Hunter D

I have mixed feels about manga and anime - some I really love, while others I truly despise.

Starblazers and Robotech!!! Yes, I know they were butchered American versions of the "original classics." I don't care.

Harrumph.

And I found more Valhallans that had been hiding out in a case! Right now I'm looking about 85 blue Valhallans waiting to be painted.I still have to apply more wash to some others. About 20 more.

Then I have roughly 40 old beret stormtroopers to do the same way.

Oh the scrunt walker.. amazing.

Every time I come into this thread your use of colour astounds me, freaking loving the work on him. A weaponised space dwarf in a robot is a pretty terrifying concept to say the least. The sculpt is really cool, haha.

I've never heard of Sloe before, so I learned something today. We had a Damson tree in our backyard that had fruit you could make pretty much anything out of, but it was a bit of an acquired taste. Can you make jam out of those berries? Imo anything you can make nice wine out of generally makes tasty jam too. mmmm jam.

Miss Dee wrote:Vampire Hunter D

Original or that really awkward 'sequel' they produced nearly ten years after?

Can't recall ever trying it, but apparently sloe jam is very nice, and even better is apple and sloe.

DarkStarSabre wrote:

Miss Dee wrote:Vampire Hunter D

Original or that really awkward 'sequel' they produced nearly ten years after?

I did not know they did a "Sequel" ......

Miss Dee wrote:
I did not know they did a "Sequel" ......

The sequel was the one I saw first, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Extremely artsy affair from one of the same animation studios that worked on the AniMatrix iirc, gorgeous eye candy, but not a substantial plot I watched the original afterwards, they did a pretty good job keeping D in his original character in the second one, so its deffo worth a watch if you are a fan.

the one saw was D went after Dracula ....

Sounds like the first one.

Which was ok, but also terribly like most anime at the time. Very post-apocalyptic and my god they used purple or red backdrops for everything.

DarkStarSabre wrote:my god they used purple or red backdrops for everything.

Don't forget the repeated scenes of foreground highgrass moving sideways to depict movement. Aw man, terrible 80's animation ftw.

I miss Violence Jack.

Hey thanks for the compliment ifalna - If only I had your patience and eye for detail! Well I have some patience or I wouldn't paint at all, but more would be good.

Saw that vampire hunter sequel - Amazing animation, great gore but too short and insubstantial. Personally I will watch anything. I have a friend who swears by fist of the north star.

Mr terminator is coming along well - but not so far as I can be bothered to take a progress pic - I need a new standard lamp to illuminate my minis - very hard to paint in the dark.

Right so, time to go get some Xmass meat and veg. Chow for now

This is what I'm basing the paint scheme on - such a cool painting

weetyskemian44 wrote:Right so, time to go get some Xmass meat and veg. Chow for now

Meat and veg? as in food? or festive fun? or would that be meat and two veg?

Confused.

Yeah, when I read that, I just assumed she was getting ready for sexy time and she was sharing too much.

But maybe dinner was ready?

Ohh dear, oh dear - no I was just going down shops for some Xmas ingredients. Sorry to disappoint!

I'm considering spreading out onto warseer.com - I've had an account with them for donkeys years but never posted anything so I was thinking of creating a thread called "The Museum of Rogue Trader" and just posting swathes of pics of whats already painted, with the stated aim (long-term) of gathering together and painting every rogue trader mini. I'm sure people would love to see them all together again.

weetyskemian44 wrote:Ohh dear, oh dear - no I was just going down shops for some Xmas ingredients. Sorry to disappoint!

Tsk, you fail us once again.

I think your work would be really well received on Warseer, in fairness I think your work would be really well received on any wargaming site. There is such a charm to these vintage models, and your paint jobs just do such a perfect job bringing them to life. If you made a giant thread and just bombarded it with everything you have painted so far, I am pretty sure you would blow a lot of peoples minds

weetyskemian44 wrote:Ohh dear, oh dear - no I was just going down shops for some Xmas ingredients. Sorry to disappoint!

I'm considering spreading out onto warseer.com - I've had an account with them for donkeys years but never posted anything so I was thinking of creating a thread called "The Museum of Rogue Trader" and just posting swathes of pics of whats already painted, with the stated aim (long-term) of gathering together and painting every rogue trader mini. I'm sure people would love to see them all together again.

The irony is that I came here from Warseer. Dakka simply has a much more lively and active community whereas Warseer tends to form into cliques.

And you disappointed me.

Once again, a redhead has disappointed me and made life not worth living.

Men .......... What do they know?

Love these figures, brings back so many memories keep up the good work!

We know some stuff!
Weety, why not just start a new thread like that here? You can keep this as your WIP thread, then post the finished pics in the new thread?

weetyskemian44 wrote:Ohh dear, oh dear - no I was just going down shops for some Xmas ingredients. Sorry to disappoint!

I'm considering spreading out onto warseer.com - I've had an account with them for donkeys years but never posted anything so I was thinking of creating a thread called "The Museum of Rogue Trader" and just posting swathes of pics of whats already painted, with the stated aim (long-term) of gathering together and painting every rogue trader mini. I'm sure people would love to see them all together again.

I have a couple of simple finished figure show-off threads on Bolter and Chainsword and BoLS for my Mantis Warriors. I'm not really part of those communities, but I thought people who frequent other forums might like to see what I've been up to, not because it's me... just because it's an old chapter that's rarely done. The interest in the B&C thread has been decent, BoLS not so much. People on both forums have been very nice however. I don't know anything about Warseer, but I'm sure your fine, unique work will be welcomed there.

Yeah, I thought you referring to something like that would be too good to be true, that's why I didn't get too worked about it.

As for an "overall collection" thread, I too think it would be very well recieved. And I too think that you should also do something like that here on Dakka in the Painting & Modeling Showcase forum!

See, men know some things!

I know how to fire an AT-4 anti-tank rocket, clear a jammed 240C machine gun, and make a tent out of 550 cord and a poncho. What else do I need to know? lol

EDIT: Oh, and once I made a giant Valentine's Day card for my wife out of posterboard, paper-mache hearts and glitter. What?

yeah... we are so cool... we can do both... tough and sweet! just the inbetween is a bit of a hussle^^

Great painting weets, and a warseer blog would be excellent , always good to spread your wings once in a while, i recently joined so i could comment on a admech blog Baiyuan made me aware of.

Again great mini's, Not to sound a bit special but how do you subscribe to blogs on Dakka?
I'd love to keep an eye on the old school things you're painting but can't seem to work out how to subscribe?

:Edit: I'm being totally double special I understand the subscription process now, carry on