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Blimp-tastic.
Could do with more point-i-ness at the front and, of course, the addition of fins and fans (or propulsion solution of some kind).

Turret works well.

and don't forget all the other small details before you get on to the riveting.

Thanks dr. H, I think the front will probably stay a flat nose. Unless I find that an old Lego piece fits it now that I think about it. I had envisioned it being a glass domed viewing area there before I added the gondola. Now I think it might just get an imperial eagle on the front.

I think I need to check the size of a FW thunder hawk and really annoy people with using this as a stand in . Yes my blimp is transatmospheric and can deliver 30 space marines to their destination THAT fast. It's a valued piece of technology that predates the imperium and existed during the bleak days of old night.

Theo, are you actually Vik in disguise or has he brainwashed you? Blimps now on your thread - whatever next, a mechanical horse?

Neigh ruglud neigh!

 Theophony wrote:
Neigh ruglud neigh!

Ruglud makes more sense.

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COOL.

Well, at least Theo might complete his LOL …………………………. Now lets just wait for Viks reply

Unless Vik leads a secret international double life, I can assure all that Theo and Vik are totally different riveters.
Based on the images of them I have seen, and the mail addresses form whence they have sent me packages from.

@Ruglud, I might be channeling VIk, but he'd need to hop a flight to the US to brainwash me. Besides my German isn't good enough to be an international man of Mystery....or is it?
@comradepanda, of course ruglud makes more sense (horse sense), I was at work and getting off of my break when I saw your post.
@Cam, Yes, I have blimp envy of Viks, That is why I started my own. It's like thecold war all over again. one side of DakkaDakka makes a blimp, and I must retaliate with a bigger blimp
@LDD, Glass houses and all I complete just as many projects as Vik does.
@Shaso, curses foiled again by the USPS. Just when I start thinking of stealing Viks identity. Besides Vik has more mad riveting skills than I do. Besides I could never have the love/hate relationship with the royal family that he has.

I am so wiped out from work it's not funny. Shouldn't my energy level be coming back up? I work tonight again then off for the next two with the holiday. no rest for the weary here as the kids are off tomorrow through the weekend. Might be getting another Kings of War Game or 4 in this week .

I'm also looking for what to buy myself for Christmas with the gaming black Friday deals out there. An extra 5% off of Dreamforge? Gamesworkshop? or Mantic? cant decide.

I really like the grey cap piece. That'll look cool all painted up.

Yea Theo that is what I am hoping for.

 Theophony wrote:
@Ruglud, I might be channeling VIk, but he'd need to hop a flight to the US to brainwash me. Besides my German isn't good enough to be an international man of Mystery....or is it?
@comradepanda, of course ruglud makes more sense (horse sense), I was at work and getting off of my break when I saw your post.
@Cam, Yes, I have blimp envy of Viks, That is why I started my own. It's like thecold war all over again. one side of DakkaDakka makes a blimp, and I must retaliate with a bigger blimp
@LDD, Glass houses and all I complete just as many projects as Vik does.
@Shaso, curses foiled again by the USPS. Just when I start thinking of stealing Viks identity. Besides Vik has more mad riveting skills than I do. Besides I could never have the love/hate relationship with the royal family that he has.

I am so wiped out from work it's not funny. Shouldn't my energy level be coming back up? I work tonight again then off for the next two with the holiday. no rest for the weary here as the kids are off tomorrow through the weekend. Might be getting another Kings of War Game or 4 in this week .

I'm also looking for what to buy myself for Christmas with the gaming black Friday deals out there. An extra 5% off of Dreamforge? Gamesworkshop? or Mantic? cant decide.

Id say DF, or Mantic...

currently theo is not online.... so no possible way to verify that I am not theo in disguise.... ...

at theo...I think the droppod bit looks amazing at this place, but how do you want to get the bit and the bottles flush together? that will be something worthwhile to be seen... I think that bit I will order in my next bitzhunt too as I see lotsa uses for that...

as for your energy issues... I think you choose a pretty lame time of the year to start working again... the loss of sunlight might be the cause of such energy drain... try to get out more and grin at the sun... it looks stupid as hell, but you can "leech" sunenergy" with you perly white teeth quite good... soo I've heard... my wife is very low on energy in wintertime to... this is nowadays a common problem in our society... if your working indoors all that artificial light is really pulling you down ...I will cross my fingers for you that you can cope with your workload hopefully sooner than you thought! you´re needed here in good spirits for the betterment of all of us

That Blimps looking great already, and I love the gun turret under the belly, really transforms the whole look and feel of the thing.

So, Theo / Vik - which of you is Clark Kent and which is Superman (or is it Bruce Wayne / Batman?)

I am definitely not supes...I would eat kryptonite flakes each morning if i was.

@dave, thanks, if its the intake at the top your talking about those are from the storm raven wings nd plastic card.
@nafarious, I don't need another GW item, but there are some nice bundles at miniature market, but no extra discount
@galorn, I just can't stand the look of the mantic dwarves, one elves or I'd buy some of their stuff. I'm using the Orc rules for my old chaos and beast men figures.
@vik, yeah I'm indoors all the time, and by the Time I get up to the levels with windows to look out, the sun has set. No worries about me though, even hen I've tried to cut out my time here I usually wind up spending more time here .
@hk1x1, thanks, I wanted a separate turret from the gondola, but it didn't look right with the space I had. Guess I could have fixed it by drinking another 2liter soda
@ruglud, I see us as more Pluto and goofy. Not sure which one of us is the dog though
@vik, and were on both a the same time, although I could have flown to my home in Germany an be on my cellphone at the same time, so there's one more myth for the myth busters to try and debunk.

Today will be a day of rest. So say I. At least that's what I told the kids. Back from breakfast out and now I'm chilling watching a show called "doomsday bunkers" I knew there were nuts out there, but a guy who will pay $500,000 for 1100 sq. ft bunker. Pretty neat other stuff like automatic gun turrets .

Another dude has 10,000 rounds of ammo in his house , wonder I his insurance agent is aware? just think what would happen if there was a house fire , can we say one hell of a cook off?

Yep, the ideas that they get and the money they are making off the doomsday believers is amazing!

Well the quandary has been answered. Miniaturemarket started their blackfriday bonaza today.

156 miniatures and 6 GW paints(including the blood for the blood god, ryza rust, and nihilak oxide technicals plus three various greens for my Orc horde and a half.) 31 of the models are cavalry. In GW land that's over a thousand dollars, but in mantic land with Black Friday prices that's $200.00 mostly because the GW paints didn't get any discount

mostly because the GW paints didn't get any discount

LOL....and too
tho these new paints do sound interesting
...

156 miniatures

talk about a workload....

vik, and were on both a the same time, although I could have flown to my home in Germany an be on my cellphone at the same time, so there's one more myth for the myth busters to try and debunk.

at first i thought that was the living proof... now you spoiled that too... i am starting to get a certain shizophrenic urge...i am rethinking now who i am for real... thanks theo for twisting my brains (ups...plural?...on purpose....)

@vik, whatever I do to you I do to myself as well, so ha

The GW paint got 20% off as usual, but they are still butt expensive for the price.

I assembled 10 of the boar riding orcs and a couple troops, but we have church tonight (no school cause of the holiday), and going to our brother in laws church tomorrow morning. Then to my parents for lunch, followed by a return trip home for n evening with the in laws and game(s) of kings of war. It will be a late night of glueing to be done.

The special character that came with he big box is all metal , and doesn't fit well. That's why I started all plastic marines.

One of the things I like about KOW is that you don't have to model the ignores appropriately, just so long as the bases are the right size. There's lots of fantasy players making heir bases with only half he models on it that it should have, but doing custom scenery along with it. So things like the zombies and skeletons moving out of the ground with tombstones. I think my cavalry will just have the front rank, but be trail clouds o smoke. That aLos means that I will have more units with he models I have . They also don't care who makes the models, as long as they are on the right sized base and you can tell what hey represent.

Happy thanksgiving everyone. And always make sure, as with every American tradition, to use proper safety gear when celebrating.


See you in a few days after my triptifan (sp) high is over.

Hope your Turkey was moist and Cranberry was sharp

Happy Turkey day Theo and family

Dinner was delishous

Thanksgiving is always a date I can't remember when it's supposed to be...we don't celebrate it so no warning shots in shops like you get with Easter or Christmas...
Though if we would celebrate it, it be one of my favourite holiday...when else are you aiming for literaly hearburn through maximum amount of eaten meat


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Or in other words...hope you all have a great time and you're soon on your way to recovery

@vik, do they have Black Friday in Germany? If so just consider thanksgiving the pig out buffet on carbs so you can shop till you drop the next day.
@shaso, so was ours
@ruglud, everything was great, even better in the morning. What I look forward to each year is the stuffing that my aunt makes. Now my sister has taken over making it. I usually only get a little turkey, then load up on the stuffing as it has turkey bits in it.

Did some assembly on the Orc king of war army.

23 ax wielding orc warriors plus the bodies of another 50+

30 gore riders
1 lord on a gore in metal
32 great ax orcs
16 morax (Orc with two ax )
Would be further along, but each peg on the head doesn't fit the holes provided , so I must cut the pegs off of them and glue them on.

I didn't glue the gores (pigs) to their bases as it will be easier to paint them later without the base attached.

So how does Kings of War play vs. Warhammer? I've heard it is much more streamlined, but is it also fun or does it feel like an overly simple game?

Sorry bbb I was headed out the door earlier when I saw your post. First, welcome. KoW is very similar to Warhammer fantasy, just with a lot less rules to worry about. There are only a few armies righ5 now and they each have very similar troops, but each has its own you inquest abilities as well. The rules are very cut and dry with no army having any rules that break the game, or at least none that I see. I play orcs who every unit has "crushing strength 1" unless otherwise stated. This gives them a +1 to penetrate enemy armor. Undead if they do damage in their hand to hand combat removes a point of damage that they have taken. Dwarves are more likely to stay in the fight than others. The rules are totally free to download from manticgames.com. You don't need to sign up or anything. You buy units by their sizes, so. Can buy a unit of ax orcs as a regiment, horde, etc. each one has a different profile for attacks and their nerve, basically the more in the unit the more attacks and higher their nerve, less chance to be broken. If I charge you then I roll my number of attacks on a d6, and consult my attack skill. Any roles that are higher tHan my attack skills "hit", then I roll those hits and compare the results against your armor. An rolls hat bea your armor are wounds. The part where this differed is in KoW you don't remove casualties . Instead you just write down the number of wounds taken. After my attacks have been calculated and wounds determined you roll 2d6 and add in the wounds done and compare it verses the nerve of the attacked unit. H nerve score has two numbers, which always seems to be a number followed by a second number 2points higher than it. If my combined score of 2d6+wounds is lower than he first number tHan your unit holds, and on your urn you get to strike back. If it is higher than the first but lower than the second, then your unit is shaken, an does nothing on your turn. Finally I he number is higher than the second number your unit is destroyed. Really simple. If I charge your flank, then I double my attacks, triple I I hit the rear of your unit.

Check out the rules, they are quick to pick up, after all they are made by order GW rules writers, and are fairly similar to the older editions o warhammer before it became hero hammer, Death Star, or math hammer.

Right before I left or work I completed assembly of all 156 minis. Games Saturday, possibly at the flgs, otherwise in my basement.

Gotta test those rules out after all! I have the Warpath rules, and they were also simpler, and sensible ones to follow.

Still waiting on my puppets war APC's and for the Hanomags from Dreamforge to go retail, more purchases from MM if so. Or from Marks own site store.

I'd buy from mark, but the retail stores are discounting even more than he is .

I am so doomed at tax time next year, not sure I mentioned here, I think I put it in shasos thread. Miniature market is about a half hour drive from me. In march/April next year they are moving about a mile from my house to a much larger location. When I had moved here a year ago they had just moved away and another flgs moved into their old building. The current flgs does no discounts, and I haven't been able to make any inroads there, just not very outgoing. Plus they let he players using the tables cuss like monkeys. Now that I have my brother in law into tabletop gaming, I see my cash flow disappearing at an alarming rate. Good thing my KoW army got built for $200.00 and really doesn't need anything else to play a 2000 point game.