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Words cannot descripe how awsome that jump pack is. Great work.

Love the extended barrels on the bolters. Excellent work.

Minor difference of opinion, in that I think it would look better with the bolter mag curved forwards, or with a short bolt pistol style mag.

I do like the profile of the CH Combimelta bit. Did You magnetize yours to swap it out with plasma? Does Chapterhouse let you order just the melta bits?

Edit: What diameter of Brass tubing are you using for the bolter barrel?

Thats one impressive Dread Git. Nice work!

Gitsplitta wrote:Dont' worry about it Sage, I appreciate the ability to bounce ideas off you. I'm not a great tactician either... just trying to find a way to win with my Mantis Warriors while staying true to my "vision" of them.


On a side note. A little baggie full of Mantis Warrior heads just arrived from New Zealand... now I wonder what I should do with those??

Heads+MOAR Combi-Meltas= win.

@ Git. If you cant find the weapons, have you thought about talking to Chapterhouse or one of the other bitz crews about making some? I dont think you would be the only person interested in some 'vibro-Katanas'. *Cough* me*Cough*

Gitsplitta wrote:Subltle as a heart-attack wolfshadow....

I'm already indebted enough to the good folks at Chapterhouse for sticking with me this long. God only knows if they'll actually sell any of those pads to anyone else. Much as I would love to see some design & size appropriate katanas & naginatas... I think my good will with them is probably used up. (Actually a clever sculptor would just make naginatas that literally looked like a katana on the end of a pole (which is not far from the truth) that way you'd only have to make one mold and the buyer could just cut them down to make the katana if that's what they wanted.) wait... did I just say that out loud??

Who is as subtle as a heart attack?

I've been bugging a couple of the bitz companies to extend their range of weapons.

The 2 that I think would be really good sellers: Japanese stuff (Naginata, Katana, Dai-Katana, Wakizashi... Samurai pattern PA Helmets and shoulderpads...., and some appropreatly sized Kopeshs for the 1K Sons players out there.

@ Gitsplitta: boucening around today and saw this ::

http://www.theassaultgroup.co.uk/store/product.php?productid=332&cat=31&page=1

Dunno if thats useful to you.

They have Naginatas and Tachis as well.

Sageheart wrote:thats a pretty cool website they have some cool weapons for modern usa

Yeah, just wish they had put up some size comparison or measurements on the swords.

Aww... That sucks Blackhand. Keep trying. You do some great casting work.

@Gitsplitta, wouldn't you have to hand carve the mould out of soapstone? Wouldnt that be brutally difficult?

I would have justused a plastic Marine leg set.

TBH, I prefer the side... That way it doest look like you have a bolder feed running through the mechanicals of a meltagun. But ti still looks better than average.

I love the dude with the surpressed Bolt pistol. That's an awsome pose.


We need to clone you so you can get this army FINISHED and we can see it all on the tabletop.

Great work. I hate yellow. I love your SternGaurd. That says something.

I love the fluffiness, and the thought that you've put into this.

I really do like the idea of squad seargents in Tranquility colors. Really shows the veteran status of the members wearing the colors. If you get around to doing Termies, maybe they should be in Tranquuility camo as well.

gendoikari87 wrote:yes, yes you do. About half a pot for a single color for vehicles.

Big thing with Airbrushing is THINNING the paint. You get good coverage, with less volume. GWs foundation paints especially should be amenable to very significant thinning, with their over-pigmentation. Prob at least 1:1 with water-paint mix. If airbrishing, you might even want to use rubbing alcohol. Tamiya paints are very amenable to RA thinning. They also dry uber quick. Make sure you thin in a seperate container if using GW paints and rubbing alcohol as it can cause an odd reaction, or it did with the old GW paints from about 6-7 year ago.

Even the Vallejo airbrush paints can be thinned down. A few drops of distilled water, and then a drop or two of the airbrush medium.

Git, have you looked at any of the templates that are available for drop pods? Some of them, made with plasticard, or even strong cardboard look pretty damned GWish...

I just cut a small length of styrene tubing and replace the barrels on mine. I dont think it looks too bad.

Note: The targeter cable is a bit off a CSM backpack. WIP Bolter:

o-O The board ate Git's post.

Edit: there it is! (That was wierd....)

Yeah, its inspired by the DW bolters. I'm working on a trade to get a hold of a few of them, which I'll prob use for command squad/Sterngaurd members for my IH sucessors.
Git, I actually started my own little project log. Sofar just repaints of existing minis, and my supplies are limited. 6 colors of paint, primer and plastic glue so far. But I've started at least. Got 3 marines mostly done, with another 1 partially done. Its very nice to have exacto knife and paintbrush in hand. And oh the lovely smell of primer stinking up the house again. I'm sure my wife will be thrilled. :-)

I <3 that Pedro Kantor model. Gonna have to grab one eventually.

Very nice!

Dead never looked so good. :-P

Nice work on the cobblestone base.

@ Git. I've been known to take a small toolbox full of stuff to work with me on occasion.

I noramlly don't paint @ work, but assembling and converting @ work can be fun. I work Security, and night shift cna be terribly boring.

Oh, and Git, dunno if you noticed or not, but I actually got off my butt and stared a p-log. Link is in my sig. Should be a major-ish update on wed or Thurs if the warp is kind.

I'm taking a serious look at a deal online with aPasche 2 stage with a 1/8 HP compressor for around $260 with shipping. If I have any $ left over after I buy my new computer in the new year, I may pick that up.

o-O

Nice casts.
Really like the Skulls on that one backpack.

WHOA! Thats a lot of wings. Nice work Blackhand!

BLACKHAND wrote:We need 20 sets so I have a bit more casting to do

80 panels? o_O