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Beautiful Minis. Like deeps space divers! I love what you do almost as much as I enjoy seeing how you did it.

You'll cut your damn fingers off Vik! Don't use dull blades! I'd send you some good ones stamped U.S.A. on them but I'm afraid the FBI might show up at my door.

lol.... t be honest i am on soe days just too lazy to switch them ^^ and dull ones are in my opnion best to get rid of mold lines...

thanks meatshield...^^ and am i right that you are a guard player as well... that name has a certain gravitas in that direction^^ oh and you are spot on about the deep sea divers.... but more in the good old victorian days time as they used to be...

That pic reminds me of the Deep sea suit I had for my Gi-Joe figure, (the old 12inch tall fully posables, ) came with a treasure chest and huge black octopus and all poor Joe had was a knife!

I was just thinking of the GI Joe diving suit!


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Except it needs more rivets.

dsteingass wrote:I was just thinking of the GI Joe diving suit!


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Except it needs more rivets.

LOL! I started a new project thanks to Vik! http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/405045.page

Gratz with da hundred's page Vik!

I can't stop thinking about their weapons... something to replace the usual power-stuff... and to complement with the rivets that I'm sure will be there... A drill maybe? Like this divers use

at shaso: checked and commented on your new thread!

at shaso and dstein.... boy is that some pricey stuff...but way romantic boytoy stuff too^^

yep i had that idea too... yet i don´t own a drill bit...so mostly for now not happening...i guess... prove me wrong^^

also thanks for sharing with me the 100. page of silly painting (not much^^) and converting (a tad more than nothing^^) and conversation....for a lack of a better suiting term...lol

Vik, you could sculpt a drill with GS!

oh........anyone has seen someone doing that and if there might be a tut of that out there?

I'd just make some GS, get the right base thickness for the arm, twist like soft candy till you get the taper, and use tweezers to pinch the rolls into screw vanes like the pics storag provided.

hmmm...i will work later on with GS again and i will try that out...seems like a doable thing to do...cross fingers for me on that one^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:hmmm...i will work later on with GS again and i will try that out...seems like a doable thing to do...cross fingers for me on that one^^

And if you get open seems between the GS, a sculpting tool should help smooth them out, or some other similar device.

got a whole dentist range of tools now and i think therein lies the success of my current works...and it is so educational for my kids to see what happens and what migt be used on them if they dont brush their teeth good enough^^

shasolenzabi is totally right about that, but is you don't want to mess with GS you may find a thick screw and saw off the "cap"

well today i want to go into an artshop.... maybe i find something plastic even there...as i am the master craftsman of our household i have quite a bunch of metal screws to my needs....some wooden screws would work too.... do you recon they could be attached with GS to an arm?...actually i have a cut off heavy weapon arm of a termy that could hold well a screwdrill^^...

Thanks Storag! I had forgotten about that.

Vik, go with the artshop and see if they have the right sized plastic screws, those would be easier to cut the heads from, I usually place a hole in the things and pin them.

I would suggest a 2-component epoxy glue rather than GS. GS is not a reliable glue, without some kind of wire-frame it can easily broke off on impact.

Depraved posted a kick-ass tut on building a servo and drill arm http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/402303.page from a simple wood screw.

storag wrote:I would suggest a 2-component epoxy glue rather than GS. GS is not a reliable glue, without some kind of wire-frame it can easily broke off on impact.

I tend to use pins and superglue for similar operations.

dsteingass wrote:Depraved posted a kick-ass tut on building a servo and drill arm http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/402303.page from a simple wood screw.

Yeah his tuts are good

shasolenzabi wrote:I tend to use pins and superglue for similar operations.

Same man! but the glue depends on material and situation. Superglue is great but it gives a thin layer and an epoxy can give a volume and fill the gaps if needed, sparing extra work with GS.

Gap-filling super glue is your friend!

dsteingass wrote:Gap-filling super glue is your friend!

Never seen such Share a link please mate!

There are dozens of brands out there. I use this stuff (medium)
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=16409
but I get it branded by my local hobby shop. (same stuff just with Phil's name in the top section)

You can get it in different thicknesses too.

dsteingass wrote:There are dozens of brands out there. I use this stuff (medium)
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=16409
but I get it branded by my local hobby shop. (same stuff just with Phil's name in the top section)

You can get it in different thicknesses too.

Thx, I'll look for something similar on our market.

I tend to use the brand Zap-A-gap, they have a thick jelly like glue for a heavier epoxy like fill.

well ppeps i did my own try to get a drill...with GS just attached to some metal bit.... i will however try that tut out so thank you dstein for that!! that is looking really sweet and totally to the point!

well for various reasons for gapfilling i sometimes use PVA glue... ithas an acrylic base and so it is not too far from the paint we use... well you do get sometimes cracks...but well...^^

i worked with quite a bunch of minis today and i have some goood new for ye, todays eyecandy for those of you that floss regularly to this thread here^^

todays bunch atm
sorry for the blurryness...

base for the old drill attemt...new one will see the light today^^


khorny steamknight^^



hunchback^^


and the open(minded) helmeted guy with his trusty powerpack...


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That is my Favorite Catachan head! I think it's the only one without a constipated expression on his face.

Looking better each time Vik!

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