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polari wrote:Wow love the paint job on that marine wish i could paint like that lol

Me too! Ygg's skills are exceptional.

Updated original post with letter...

Great work on the tanks Gits! While i never say no to weathering, i dont feel that your tanks need it, they look great s is. Its really down to yor preference. (Though some dust like on Thing 1s Doom Eagle tanks would look good)


Ygdrasils marine is awesome, looks lovely on that basing scheme as well. And the fluff is top-notch, very characterful.

It was pointed out to me on another forum that none of the rest of my Mantis Warriors are weathered... so it would be odd to weather these alone. It's a valid point.... and while I may eventually weather my entire army, it's not going to happen before Adepticon. There are some subtle weathering and chipping techniques that I've seen (once again from ScaleModelMedic) that I think would fit in nicely... but again, They would stand out.

That being said... I had planned on heavily weathering/damaging the Iron Clad (part of it's fluff) and the drop pods by nature would be beat to hell. So I may revisit these eventually with a more subtle weathering style just to make them look a little used. The fact that the sternguard and Venerable Dread have immaculate armor is not unreasonable given their status within the chapter (i.e. their equipment would likely get priority when it came to repairs and maintenance).

Speaking of deathwatch- a college I visited yesterday had the sign- "WARNING! This site is protected by deafwatch security". I laughed.

Hey shrike... it's like... almost February.

Think your avatar needs a new hat!

(and that is funny... must be orks pretending to be deathwatch)

I was planning to just keep it until someone mentioned it...here's your cookie!

I got rid of my hats this afternoon, having given up on waiting for anyone to complain...

I should have stuck it out a bit longer.

WHOOP!! Love it! Thanks shrike!

I need to get my Gitsplitta avatar back up and running... but I think I'm going to give him a little facial re-paint first. My lenses have gotten better since then and I think I can give him a little more facial definition. I like little project that, or getting Yggs' marine based, etc. as "recreational projects" before I attack the next major Mantis Warrior project.

Gits, your tanks turned out superb, man. Sorry, I know I'm late in saying so, but due to the rash amounts of misspelled words that appear when I type replies from my cell phone, I have been halted from saying anything.
Yggs did an awesome job too. Must be nice to get a package like that in the mail.

Yes, especially since we'd feared it lost in the warp. Took over a month to get from France to the US... go figure. I knew I had to do something interesting with the base though.

I guess he went to you swimming... I cannot think of any reasonable other reason why it took so long...

[edit : I forgot to point out something : ]

Gitsplitta wrote:It was pointed out to me on another forum that none of the rest of my Mantis Warriors are weathered... so it would be odd to weather these alone.

Wait... Do you mean you also flood another forum with your awesome things?!? Your writing output was already awe-inspiring, but now it's unconceivable...

No, I don't. I have a thread on three other 40k forums (one is our local FLGS board) where I simply post the finished product in hopes of encouraging others to pick up the chapter. Threads can't be compared, my heart and the soul of the Mantis Warriors lie with Dakka.

Gitsplitta wrote: Threads can't be compared, my heart and the soul of the Mantis Warriors lie with Dakka.

Wow, nicely written...

Do you say

my heart and the soul of the Mantis Warriors lie with *insert current forum name*

on the other threads as well?!?



Bad Git!

Not my style Yggs. I'm a one-forum guy. ;-)

Fair point on the weathering. Definately look into doing the army after Adepticon Gits. The brightness of the marines really lends itself well to some weathering, I think you'd do an awesome job!

Speaking of awesome jobs! Ygg's, man, again you blow me away with your wash/paint style. I love how vibrant your marines end up. The contrast in them is ace and your blues are (as always) kick fethin' ass! Nice work man! Love that report/letter. What templates etc did you use for it?

On the katana, it's scaled to be (as close as I could get) the right/accurate size for a marine (if standing upright), glad you like the tsuba.
Thanks for the comments everyone.. I really don't think it's good enough to be mass produced as it was just something I played with while waiting for DC universe online to load. But it wouldnt be too hard for me to cast a few copies when I get some new materials if people wanted some.
Gits: Extra size you say eh?! TO THE BATCAVE! *skitters back into the darkness*.

LOL Monkeh! (Just make sure you save a few of your casts for me eh? I'll make sure they get properly shown off...)

Gitsplitta wrote:...my heart and the soul of the Mantis Warriors lie with Dakka.

I seem to remember when you started this (or maybe T1's) thread, that you "might as well post it here as well", or something to that effect.

whalemusic360 wrote:

Gitsplitta wrote:...my heart and the soul of the Mantis Warriors lie with Dakka.

I seem to remember when you started this (or maybe T1's) thread, that you "might as well post it here as well", or something to that effect.

True, it raises something in the deep recesses of my memories too!!!

Ha ha, Git, reveal your true face!

Nope. This thread is entirely Dakka through and through. Re-read the OP if you'd like. I started it while I was in GA waiting for my uncle to pass... so there was no "might as well" about it... it was therapy for a week of waiting for a loved one to die. Might have said that referring to one dakka thread from another, but everything was here first... and most things are only here (Doom Eagles, Nids, Bad Moons are here and on local board... sort of, I forget to update that one).

Boy you guys are touchy! Hadn't realized that posting the finished results in a couple of other places was so controversial.

Stop Poking Me!! (Or I'm gonna tell mom!)

Hey, no worries, there's no problem with that!!!

Well obviously you edited the original post.....*Pokes Git again* Clearly Yggs and I cant be mistaken for a single sentience of something almost a year old. *Sharpens poking stick*

that letter was awesome!!! ggreat fluff and well donne! model is sick too, but that letter really ties it all together

One of the nice things about the in-between times is that I take the opportunity to get caught up on alll the little projects that build up over time. Getting Ygg's marine based, working on an ork that's part of the basing for one of WM's marines, and working on my Pedro Kantor figure which has been waiting patients for months on the shelf. As a result I thought I'd show my progress for the evening on Pedro. I may finish him this time round or not... but after being just hammered trying to force out all of these figures at a high standard it is really liberating to be able to just relax and take my time with one.

Definitely like the work so far and didnt realize how much detail was on that model most of the ones have been so drowned in paint very nice work gits

ooooh!


Good Start on Pedro.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to be using Pedro's rules for my CM but I'm debating on how hes going to look.

Love the colors on Pedro. Looking good so far.

Are you going to leave his fist belt buckle?

Also, Gitsplitta is back! Though off angle a bit.

Looking good so far. Have to say that figure is really nice to paint, a great cast since its not too busy but is still distinctive!

I do really like this figure. Not as insane as the Calgar fig & enough non-decorated areas to actually make the decorated areas stand out. When I cleaned the chapter insignia off of him I apparently missed the belt buckle. At this point, I think I would do so much damage to the figure removing it that it wouldn't be worth it. If I just don't paint it so it stands out, and maybe put a bit of the camo pattern through it I think that for all intents and purposes it will disappear from view. It's amazing what a little black triangle can hide. He'll ultimately get re-based to something a bit more grandiose... but this base will do for now.

I don't like the look of the metallics on this figure and am instead considering going with grey tones. I don't think I'm up to real NMM (just don't want to try it at this point since this is a "recreational" figure for me)... but grey tones if done well can be convincing enough.

Yes, I did update my avatar back to a proper Gitsplitta, though with an rather Quintin Tarantinoesque perspective. I did give him a bit of a facial re-paint... re-did his lenses, eye and touched up his teeth and jewelry a bit. I have a more straight on shot if people prefer, but a pic of Gitsplitta & his pet "Spot" seemed like a fun twist. It's funny how crude my paint job of him looks to me now... at the time I thought it was quite good. Gives me hope that I may actually finish my orks some day as I don't have to paint them to the Mantis Warrior standard to have them look really good on the table.

The new angle is quite weird, but we'll get used to it without doubt!