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Congrats on making the top ten, I know I have subscribed to a lot of blogs due to them being featured, I am sure your readership will grow thanks to the link.

Oh and definitely go for the OSL coming form the mouth, would be very cool

The idea reminds me of the recent Bleach (Anime serries) episodes when the Bakkotos fully possess thier hosts. The eyes and mouth appear on fire. Sounds cool and I think you can carry it off.

What's FTW?

OSL mouths are a nice idea too!

For The Win

i.e your stuff is the shizzle

Thanks Tom, I was asking about that site, or blog, he submitted his mini to.

Have never heard of it (quite unsurprising, to be fair).

Yggdrasil wrote:What's FTW?

OSL mouths are a nice idea too!

MajorTom11 wrote:For The Win

i.e your stuff is the shizzle

Yggdrasil wrote:Thanks Tom, I was asking about that site, or blog, he submitted his mini to.

Have never heard of it (quite unsurprising, to be fair).

Actually, FTW is From the Warp. It's a clever little play on the usual meaning of FTW. From the Warp is a blogger group. I made a small blog about my painting (Mostly just what I post here) and it was added to the rolls. The top ten is chosen by scouring the blogs of FTW roll.

*Hangs head and puts on cone of shame*

No need for this, Tom!!!

We still need you for inspiration!!!

My completed Mandrakes! These were quite a lot of fun to paint. They're so very different from what I normally paint, IE Space Marines, and color wise they're quite easy to do. Overall I'm quite happy with the turnout. Some of the OSL is a little thick, but you can't win them all... You'll notice that one of them is without a weapon. They were a damaged product brought back to the store by someone who didn't want them, dunno what the GW return policy is but friendly manager let me have them for free so who was I to pass that up...



The biggest thing I've taken away from this is how good Andrea Paints are. I used the Red Paint Set to do the robes and I was impressed from the beginning. The paint gives great coverage, doesn't resist watering down, and is designed to be used with an airbrush or painted by hand. All-round top class stuff and I'll be slowly replacing a lot of my paints with them...

Free? That makes them even better! You could get one of these bad boys: http://www.maxmini.eu/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20&products_id=125&zenid=af91a2215a4e304d228c2072104a9a20 to give em a cool new blade.

Very swish vent... they do look great as a group. Kudos.

Great job bud! (Can I remove the cone of shame yet lol?)

Those turned out great Vent! For the weaponless guy you should green stuff some more of those flames or shadowy stuff around his hand.

Looking very good Vent! The color scheme works well.

Thanks very much guys ^_^

whalemusic360 wrote:Free? That makes them even better! You could get one of these bad boys: http://www.maxmini.eu/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20&products_id=125&zenid=af91a2215a4e304d228c2072104a9a20 to give em a cool new blade.

Ooooh they do look good, might have to do that

MajorTom11 wrote:Great job bud! (Can I remove the cone of shame yet lol?)

lol there's nothing to be shamed about. Of course you can lol

IceAngel wrote:Those turned out great Vent! For the weaponless guy you should green stuff some more of those flames or shadowy stuff around his hand.

I was thinking about that, but then I realized that I suck at GS'ing lol

This is a strange post but one I felt I needed to do:

To the member who sent me the PM stating I'm a liar and not responsible for my own work, please note I am lanifiel on flickr. I use flickr to host my photos. I have stated this openly in this blog a few times, indeed within the FIRST post.

So before you go and waste the mods time and start an entire thread attempting to lambaste me I suggest you chill out and learn to read before you get all bent outta shape. I've decided not to name and shame you, but the private attack was pretty shocking...

I'm curious, how would one go about faking the building and painting of models specifically requested by another Dakka member, such as, I dont know, the GMS swaps?

whalemusic360 wrote:I'm curious, how would one go about faking the building and painting of models specifically requested by another Dakka member, such as, I dont know, the GMS swaps?

I'm of the opinion that the person is a flickr member who has seen the photos here under a different name and freaked out a little... If they'd taken the time to read a few posts they'd of understood their error...

Yes... as the owner of one of those models I am curious about that...

must be vent's evil twin skippy...

Lol, I guess in a way he/she is trying to defend you in a strange half-assed kind of way..but still...chill.

I wish I had someone to defend me from myself...I can be pretty brutal .

Anyways Vent, I will be looking forward to some updates when you have the time.

Those are ace! I have always loved the Mandrakes, modelwise, and it is great to see a fresh take on them!

_Tim?

vent wrote:This is a strange post but one I felt I needed to do:

To the member who sent me the PM stating I'm a liar and not responsible for my own work, please note I am lanifiel on flickr. I use flickr to host my photos. I have stated this openly in this blog a few times, indeed within the FIRST post.

So before you go and waste the mods time and start an entire thread attempting to lambaste me I suggest you chill out and learn to read before you get all bent outta shape. I've decided not to name and shame you, but the private attack was pretty shocking...

I often thought about sending you private attacks but I find it's much more fun to do it in the open. lol, but seriously Vent, I log online and see a new post from you and its not full of awesome pictures, I feel a bit let down. Have you not been painting lately? Is everything okay? Do you want to talk about it?

IceAngel wrote:
I often thought about sending you private attacks but I find it's much more fun to do it in the open. lol, but seriously Vent, I log online and see a new post from you and its not full of awesome pictures, I feel a bit let down. Have you not been painting lately? Is everything okay? Do you want to talk about it?

lol thanks IceAngel, always nice to hear from a friend

As for painting, I've been having to split my time between work and WoW right now... I was bitten by the bug recently when they (Blizzard) sent me a free week to try Cataclysm. I have a few squads ready to paint which I must start. My Airbrush also broke last week and it's being fixed...

Hope you were no where near earthquake zone over there!

vent wrote:

IceAngel wrote:
I often thought about sending you private attacks but I find it's much more fun to do it in the open. lol, but seriously Vent, I log online and see a new post from you and its not full of awesome pictures, I feel a bit let down. Have you not been painting lately? Is everything okay? Do you want to talk about it?

lol thanks IceAngel, always nice to hear from a friend

As for painting, I've been having to split my time between work and WoW right now... I was bitten by the bug recently when they (Blizzard) sent me a free week to try Cataclysm. I have a few squads ready to paint which I must start. My Airbrush also broke last week and it's being fixed...

whalemusic360 wrote:Hope you were no where near earthquake zone over there!

Really? WOW? I won't even begin on that one. Whale brings up a good point though, that earthquake was no joke, are you okay? More importantly, did any of your models break or fall from high places?

whalemusic360 wrote:Hope you were no where near earthquake zone over there!

No, I live in Auckland, quite far away from the hit zone. I have friends and family in Christchurch though, as most of NZ do due to the smaller size of our country. It's pretty mind-blowing though...

Yeah we are counting our blessings at the moment as well, Hope your friends and family are safe Vent.

Yeah, hear's hoping that all of the "Kiwi contingent" are safe and sound...

Hope family and friends are all safe as well Vent. Its one of those things I guess us Brits can't really relate to all that well but all the best to those in Christchurch anyway.

IceAngel wrote:Really? WOW? I won't even begin on that one.

Watch it! WoW is a perfectly valid excuse