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Gitsplitta wrote:

(closest thing I could find to a high-five)

Hey, Yakface! Please make a High-five orkmoticon! PWEASE!!!

fatty wrote:well here in the gun hating land of Holland we use pennies. a 1 cents piece fits right in base

same. For a more child-friendly one, try fishing shots (AKA weights). They'd work just fine.

Just found this blg. I have been missing out!

Hey ToxicsLayer, welcome!

So have we made up our mind yet?
ditch this blog and make another or stick with this one?

We're sticking with this one.

Good news! The troops WM built for me arrived today! So, while I'm finishing up the painting of the dread I'll be tweaking the builds (minor green stuffing, attaching some packs, etc.) and I'll move them up on the painting roster! Progress... always progress. (and WM did a very nice job on the builds, especially since all I gave him were the original RT beakies).

And he did the coolest decorations on the box... free-hand purity seal, aquilla and Bad Moon insignia! I was grinning all the way up from the mail room!

Thanks WM! I'll do a good job on 'em & they'll really help move me forward on-schedule.

Lenny - Shot is made of many things, depending on what/where you are shooting. Everything from lead and steel to bismuth and tungsten.

Gitsplitta wrote:We're sticking with this one.

Good news! The troops WM built for me arrived today! So, while I'm finishing up the painting of the dread I'll be tweaking the builds (minor green stuffing, attaching some packs, etc.) and I'll move them up on the painting roster! Progress... always progress. (and WM did a very nice job on the builds, especially since all I gave him were the original RT beakies).

And he did the coolest decorations on the box... free-hand purity seal, aquilla and Bad Moon insignia! I was grinning all the way up from the mail room!

Thanks WM! I'll do a good job on 'em & they'll really help move me forward on-schedule.

pics?

Dont forget salt Whalemusic360

I was laughing while I made the Aquila for the Imperiamail (TM) logo, it was just too dumb and cheesy, perfect for the grimdark of the 40th millennium.

@ Dee - That friggin hurts! Some crazy hick blasted some at us one time. Maybe we shouldn't of been driving ATV's through his field, but seriously, who does that?!!?

let's see this dumb and cheesy logo!

Can't show you anything for a couple of hours yet until I get to a camera, will post later.

whalemusic360 wrote:I was laughing while I made the Aquila for the Imperiamail (TM) logo, it was just too dumb and cheesy, perfect for the grimdark of the 40th millennium.

@ Dee - That friggin hurts! Some crazy hick blasted some at us one time. Maybe we shouldn't of been driving ATV's through his field, but seriously, who does that?!!?

I bet it did, my friend was conducting an experament.

Would this be the same friend who tried to blow his hand up?

Yep.

whalemusic360 wrote:Lenny - Shot is made of many things, depending on what/where you are shooting. Everything from lead and steel to bismuth and tungsten.

Ah.. was just wondering if you could melt it down for miniature casting, though to be honest there are probably cheaper ways to get your metals.

When I made fishing weighs, I went to tire service places to get tire wrights for balancing that were used, which they will likely give you for free, and melted em down.

Tonight's update: Picked out most of the boltgun metal bits. Will finish the rest tomorrow night and give them their black wash.

Time for bed now...

*sigh* It took me 3 days! to look through this epic thread... Awsome work Git your mantis warriors look really cool. I like the camo that youve done for your sniper/vet marines. I would only sugest that you could highlight the yellow just a bit more to make the armor more defined so it doesnt blend in with the rest of the model. But feel free to leave them as is because they do look really cool. Cant wait to see that FW Iron clad all painted up i really want one for my Deathwing.

WarPetrie wrote:*sigh* It took me 3 days! to look through this epic thread...

perplexiti wrote:Wow... I've just finished all 100 pages (not all at once obviously)

gits, may I recommend making a summary post, with pics of the army so far, and each complete model, as well as where you are with your WIP guys?

shrike wrote:

WarPetrie wrote:*sigh* It took me 3 days! to look through this epic thread...

perplexiti wrote:Wow... I've just finished all 100 pages (not all at once obviously)

gits, may I recommend making a summary post, with pics of the army so far, and each complete model, as well as where you are with your WIP guys?

If you guys don't stop asking for summary posts, there'll soon be more summaries than updates in here

@WarPetrie: Thank you for taking the time to go through the entire thread... something even I haven't done (save as it was created of course). I'm curious... did you see the links to the summary posts at the beginning of the OP? If so, did they help... or whet your appetite for actually reading the blog? Is there anything I could do right up front that would make the blog more accessible?



My theory on summary posts.... I need to have enough of a new body of work to justify them. The last summary post was on page 90. Since then, only 3 things have been added to the blog as finished products, one is just a group shot of my objectives which have been done for a while, one is BBL's Mantis Warrior, and one is my chapter master. That's not enough for a new summary.

If you've lost track of what has been accomplished, please go to the OP. There are links there that lead you directly to the first two summaries. I will reword the opening paragraph and links so that is clearer. I don't expect the next summary until at the very least... the Iron Clad and WM's tactical squad are complete.


I posted this earlier, but here is the most recent group shot of my updated Mantis Warriors. You can see the paint job on the tanks isn't quite done yet as of the taking of this picture.



Hope that satisfies for now. I'd like to resist another group shot at least until the two tactical squads and drop pods are painted up.



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OK guys, spent lunch doing a major re-write of introductory post and significant additions to summary posts, especially the first one. Check them out & let me know what you think!

All that picture does for me is suggest that git has a strange love for sniper rifles... that said it does show off some nice minis at the same time.

One shot, one kill. Amazing that it works with a las cannon as well.

Lets see some pic of WM's squad? I'm all for being inspired.

Imperial Monkey wrote:All that picture does for me is suggest that git has a strange love for sniper rifles... that said it does show off some nice minis at the same time.

Jeez!! There's no pleasing some people!

... and yes... my MW's are kind of sniper obsessed. Once I get past Adepticon I'll start building my vanguard in ernest... and if Paulson Games will ever produce their blasted 3-jet jump pack I'll probably work up some regular assault marines as well. OH, and scout bikers mounted on RT era jet bikes... those will be fun to do.

So... chill... and cut me some slack. ...


TBH I'm not sure what to do with a "whole army shot" anyway. To get the whole thing in you have to be so far away you can't see anything anyway... so what's the point?

Your re-worked introduction post looks good to me, but I am no new reader...

It's quite easy to read, you managed to keep the text wall to a good size, and the primary links are quickly available for those that want to jump into the fray quickly...

That should do it!!

I'd say it looks good, but you should get the opinion of someone who has had to go through more then 10 posts at a time.

I think that works very well Gits. Lets hope we get a few more noobs joining. Always nice to have a fresh set of eyes on a project, especially like you've said it becomes a community project.

I agree with the army shot comment, in order to take a pic of my guard army I have to stand so far back they are just a bunch of specks on a white background, not very illuminating.

And don't worry so much about summary posts and the like, I would imagine a lot of the people whoe "read" the whole 100 pages did a lot of skimming and missed out on the best bits anyway, the text! If they want to see pics point them to your gallery, if people want to discuss the MW just let them jump in, its not like we don't mind explaining what we are discussing.

Sorry for the wall of text I just don't like to think of all your hobby time being taken up with managing your blog and not painting your models...which is the whole point after all

I added enough of your work to the first summary that folks might forget who's blog it is! *grin*

Appreciate the comments though.

could you possibly take a close-up of the scout sarge? Pwetty pwease?