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well if your used to that and taken into acount your boyish prowess...well then all is clear! taken into acount that i am an old fart i think all is explained ^^

so now we...the viewers here... look pushy forward to moaaaarrrrr pics in the verrrry sooooon future...

I hope so.
Not got any more painting done...been revising and stuff...
so I'd better be going offline now...*waves*

well after all its a school day tomorrow...*sad pandaface*

Been to school, and guess what- NOT TIRED!!!

well both thumbs up, mine that is, you certainly need them to upload yor new pics^^ that you´ve made today^^

and if not, whats new in this so freshfaced new week?

not alot really...nothing bought since I'm saving up for stormraven A, and no painting done...
Any suggestions for the name of stormraven A?

Thunder Chicken

öhm what about Darkwing? no serioulsy...

also ravenwing would be nice but obviously taken...

had a quick stroll through a translation site and i sought the word crow there and they gave me "a murder of crows" as in flock of sheeps... nice isn´t it?




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also this might help?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven



this plane is called corvus phantom...so phantom would be a good choice i guess...also with the whole corvus and raven you could consider going nebula and other november originated names sakes...


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or what about black wing?

Nebula...I like it, but I fear people might make the more obvious connection from
40k -> space -> nebula
rather than
raven -> nebula

phantom...looking at the stormraven...it just doesn't suit it.


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wow...looking up "corvus" into wikipedia came up with the option of "Marcus Valerius Corvus". Corvus is latin for raven, and in legend Marcus was fighting Gaul, and a raven landed on marcus's head and distracted Gaul. Valerius is the name of the imperial guard commander stationed on deliverence during the heresy who convinced commander branne (IIRC) to fly over the istvaan, saving the salamanders and raven guard. lol.

BTW Viktor Croaks will be mounted on a horse.
the rest of his squad won't be, but he will be treated as a replacement for a commander (same stats and rules), but can leave the unit to go ride off or something.
I might model him w/o the vox, and make him signalling with a cane, much like this:

not tucked under the shoulder, but in a pose like this:

I can imagine him, a monocle-wearing, cane and power-fist wielding commander, charging alone through no-man's land on a horse...
This is provided his cloak fits when he's on the horse...

saw that tucked cane arm on ebay and i will shortly buy this arm^^ for a conversion of mine as nothing says i am in chrge than such a useless weapon...^^

Marcus Valerius Corvus has definitly the right ring to it as a name of high power!

i had some research too and the obvious choice i think you dont want to make or? huggin and munnin? two stormraven...well this is the real chance to use them and with an alternating paintscheme then? so to better show they are twins...?

Lord Kaesar II wrote:Thunder Chicken

ha. haha. hahahahahahah. A useless post, but nice to see another face on here!

Viktor von Domm wrote:saw that tucked cane arm on ebay and i will shortly buy this arm^^ for a conversion of mine as nothing says i am in chrge than such a useless weapon...^^

Marcus Valerius Corvus has definitly the right ring to it as a name of high power!

i had some research too and the obvious choice i think you dont want to make or? huggin and munnin? two stormraven...well this is the real chance to use them and with an alternating paintscheme then? so to better show they are twins...?

I might do white wings or cockpit...
Valerius is already in RG fluff, so no-go there.

apparently, the raven is most famous as being symbolic of death and a messenger, so:

vaitor (latin for messenger)
vindico (latin for to deliver/punish/liberate/avenge/protect)
excipio (latin for to capture)

I think vindico and excipio are my favorites.

hmm the names lack power in sound...try speaking the names out loud...then maybe you see what i mean... the traslations are all good but its their latin counterpart that sound duchebag...sort of...

Well, in terms of Latin, you could always go with something near Umbra, but I would still suggest Poultor, just considering the shape of the Storm Chicken (unless you're using a modified look maybe?). Warp, even the Phantasm could go, but that may be a bit overused. I recollect that one of the strike cruisers in the Raven Guard's arsenal during the Heresy was the Shadow of the Emperor, until the Death Guard destroyed it (least, according to Cadian Blood, by Dan Abnett, where the Raven Guard make an appearance, thereby making it canon), so that's where I' coming from, besides the Chicken remarks, instead making fun of the look of the SR, as I am certain you can appreciate.

Lord Kaesar II wrote:Well, in terms of Latin, you could always go with something near Umbra, but I would still suggest Poultor, just considering the shape of the Storm Chicken (unless you're using a modified look maybe?). Warp, even the Phantasm could go, but that may be a bit overused. I recollect that one of the strike cruisers in the Raven Guard's arsenal during the Heresy was the Shadow of the Emperor, until the Death Guard destroyed it (least, according to Cadian Blood, by Dan Abnett, where the Raven Guard make an appearance, thereby making it canon), so that's where I' coming from, besides the Chicken remarks, instead making fun of the look of the SR, as I am certain you can appreciate.

I'm having marines on rappel-lines (connected to thier belts), firing bolters one-handed, with a scratch-built dread-holding arcade claw on the back.
shadow of the emperor was indeed a raven guard ship.

Viktor von Domm wrote:hmm the names lack power in sound...try speaking the names out loud...then maybe you see what i mean... the traslations are all good but its their latin counterpart that sound duchebag...sort of...

douchebag actually...
I get where you're coming from. How about Vindicor? Excipius? Excipior?

still not bought...lacks manlyness

I'll think of something...

so i will ask again just as a running gag, will ther be pics MR. Shrike?

and how does the multipling business work for bits?

vik

LOTS of DA bits...
still need to build the tac. marines...need more glue...
oh and for the ursus assault rhino:

maybe this with a door in the middle?

this rhino looks quite good...
as for your ursus pattern rhino, what about a landing ramp in the middle? like the landraides has? maybe you even can get a hold of some LR parts for that idea... would be cool, bridesideing the rhino and then like what? 20 marines popping fromthat überrhino^^ in the middle of the fight^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:this rhino looks quite good...
as for your ursus pattern rhino, what about a landing ramp in the middle? like the landraides has? maybe you even can get a hold of some LR parts for that idea... would be cool, bridesideing the rhino and then like what? 20 marines popping fromthat überrhino^^ in the middle of the fight^^

I already have a front assault ramp, But now I'll have to buy the FW one and glue it there instead...


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shrike wrote:shopping list:
stormraven- mid/early march
grey knights- B-day
dreadnought (furioso)- late april
this- http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/tools-and-misc/instant-mold.html- mid may
plasticard- late may
magnets- early june
CH stuff- late june
FW dozer blade- mid july
Xbox live- early august
stormraven- early october
FW cadian command squad- mid november
decal sheet (blank)- late november
PI heads- late november
cadian battleforce- christmas
PI heads- christmas
trenches- christmas
33 cadians (bought off a friend, costing £25)- late december
PI heads- late december
cyclops vehicles- mid january
banewolf- late february
landing pads- mid march

by the way, whats paintwise happening?

Viktor von Domm wrote:by the way, whats paintwise happening?

regretfully, not a lot. I need to find my decent brushes...

lol i know that... sometime ago i bought some new ones and now i am searching for them... i searched today particularry for some hats and shoulderpads and i had to clean up my whole workspace to find them finally...
do you know the feeling to look continiously in the same drawer with a light preacher on your lips that if you look now you´ll find the things you´ve been looking for eevn so you had looked just 30s before?

Viktor von Domm wrote:lol i know that... sometime ago i bought some new ones and now i am searching for them... i searched today particularry for some hats and shoulderpads and i had to clean up my whole workspace to find them finally...
do you know the feeling to look continiously in the same drawer with a light preacher on your lips that if you look now you´ll find the things you´ve been looking for eevn so you had looked just 30s before?

yep.
Do you ever wonder how the last place you look is always the place where it is?

saw a guideline to searching once i think... taking potshots at search, looking from the side to cover mystyriaously hidden things and don´t forget the murphys law...its always there where least expected...no way there ups there it is...

Viktor von Domm wrote:saw a guideline to searching once i think... taking potshots at search, looking from the side to cover mystyriaously hidden things and don´t forget the murphys law...its always there where least expected...no way there ups there it is...

Isn't murphy's law "what can go wrong, will go wrong, at the worst possible time, in the worst possible place"?
or is that sod's law? I forget.
the answer is...
*drum roll*
because when you find it, you don't carry on looking do you? So it's the last place you look!

LOL

that last part is wise beyond years^^

and i meant murphys law as in the way you described it but put in that searching situation...

sod`s law??? never heard that...

Viktor von Domm wrote:LOL

that last part is wise beyond years^^

and i meant murphys law as in the way you described it but put in that searching situation...

sod`s law??? never heard that...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sod's_law
I would have taken pics by now, but I awoke bright and early at 12:00, got asked to play footie at the green further down the road, and went with some friends. Got back 20 min ago, and immediately got in the shower to get off the mud.

playing football is ok^^ so rinse yourself and make some soddin`pics matey^^

thx for the linky...

will do ^^
vik- I was looking at the hellhound/banewolf/devil dog and the chimera- both the same hull and similar turret, but the chimera is £10 less. So I was going to convert one. Any idea how big the hellhound nozzle is?
I might have to scratch-build the muzzle...
never mind- I'll be buying the bits for about £3 including P&P.

£23 hellhound!!!


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shrike wrote:shopping list:
stormraven- mid/early march
grey knights- B-day
dreadnought (furioso)- late april
this- http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/tools-and-misc/instant-mold.html- mid may
plasticard- late may
magnets- early june
CH stuff- late june
FW dozer blade- mid july
Xbox live- early august
stormraven- early october
FW cadian command squad- mid november
decal sheet (blank)- late november
PI heads- late november
cadian battleforce- christmas
PI heads- christmas
trenches- christmas
33 cadians (bought off a friend, costing £25)- late december
PI heads- late december
cyclops vehicles- mid january
banewolf- late february
landing pads- mid march
http://davesgames.net/papercraft/gallery/gallery-03.htm- late march