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so its a nam feel then , thats what that music says to me ., you should make them lazy sons too , all beard and long hair like donald sutherland in nearly any war movie he has been in. not that long hair and beards equals lazy , as i have short hair and no beard

Must have men with beards hahaha! Really, I totally last the idea of beards and long hair.

Yeah, I'm going for a Vietnam style unit, but the colors are a 'bit' different. I just finished the flak armor, gun and helmet on the test model. Pics will be up tomorrow, but as a spoiler, I used the colors :





The idea of lazy gaks was my initial thought of doing. I want them all stroling on the deck, hanging over the rails, sitting sipping alchohol, smoking and the two only men who are 'actice' are the captain and the gunner who, lazily, still do their jobs for the Emperor!

I really dread the idea of scratchbuilding a swamp barge though, it seems so daunting...

Well you could take some notes from Monkeytrolls hovvawagon, i also remeber seeing a paper built viet nam style boat in the tutorials section i think . looked perfect for those nam style gun boats. and i found this custom built one , which has a tutorial to go with it.
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http://vsf15mm.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html

Yeah, Silveroxide's thread I believe for those papercraft boats. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/90/302107.page#1991108

And yes, I want to see a hovercraft The basis for my hovvawagon has been sitting around for years whilst I tried to figure how to make it work for my Swamp Rats. I want to see a guard version, then I might go back and make mine

Chaos marauder heads for the bearded, long-haired look, and a few guys cut off at the knees so they can be wading through mangrove swamps

hmmm, the pic doesn't show, and I can't seem to find it in the link.

sorry, I can't seem to find any info you posted.

EDIT, you fixed it now, I can see it, thanks!

BUT, I have found some inspiration of myself: prepare for a buckload of picture



@monkeytroll: the link to the tutorial is really helpfull. I put it with favorites, and it definatly deserves a look into, thanks!. oh and I have been looking through your pictures, but I just can't seem to find any pics of your hovvawagon, could you please link 'em here?

And thanks for the help! Marauder heads, I'll get em someway The idea of cutting of their legs will work fine, but I kinda pictured them all on the boat.

Thanks Monkey!

i found the individual links

http://www.hat.com/Othr7/Nuno29P.html

http://www.hat.com/Othr7/Nuno30P.html

http://www.hat.com/Othr7/Nuno31P.html

http://www.hat.com/Othr7/Nuno33P.html

Thanks Neil, I can see the links clearly now. It really shows a simple but nice way to build a gunboat, thanks!

well, here is the test model. No real conversion work about him, he was just a random guardsmen I chose.

The base needs some touch ups, it doesn't look 'swampy' to me. I wanted to take a face shot, but the batteries decided to die.

What do you think of the color scheme? It's quite different from my usual red-only schemes.

all metals and gold are done NMM.

Darker green required, methinks.

Ohyessir, you must make a Charkos model (provided he survives.. use him as Lieutenant [special character name] or as one of the Platoon Commander special characters).

Well, that will be the next model I'll make Charkos it is!

Darker green? I dunno, I like the green flak armor as it is. No need to make it any darker I think...

Ahah, don't make him just yet! Wait till the end of the story! Who knows what "rewards" he will be blessed with and what "encounters" he might survive.

Scrazza wrote:

Spoiler:

I might turn him over to worship Khorne

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Scrazza wrote:

Spoiler:

I might turn him over to worship Khorne

really like the style of this guy , its achange to see a brighter scheme too. like what you did with his boots . now they look like the armour plating ;-) it all ties together very well. maybe a few washes would add to that swampy effect, also nice touch with the helmet;-)

Great Nam Man. I think you have nailed the colours perfectly. Have you thought about modelling some 'Nam era GI flak jackets? I think they would look ace.

Y'know Scrazzobin, lookin' at that guy again in a clearer mind (mornin' all) I quite like him. But the base puts me off.. definitely get some clumpy grass and water effects on there! Make a real swamp of it!

I like... Only some grots dressed as vietcong are missing ^^

hendaron wrote:I like... Only some grots dressed as vietcong are missing ^^

Ork Kommandos more like.

Grots with AK 47's and straw helmets...I like the idea Kommandos sounds good too though

@Neil: Thanks! Yeah the base needs some more attention, don't it? I'll try to make it work. The idea for this model was to use no washes and no metal colors. It has worked so far, but the base dearly nddes some wash.

@Darko: haha, glad you like it now Thanks! Like I said before, I'll see what I can do about the base

@Perkustin:Thanks! You mean something like this?

Hey Scrazz, great looking model, however...

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Darker green required, methinks.

I'm with this guy. If you want it to be camoflagued, make it darker, so he can lie down in the mud and not be seen. Ok, not brown, but I'm saying darker green.

But, your choice, looks great regardless

Thanks! Everybody tells me to paint it darker, but I kinda prefer it this way.


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some more inspiration for the future diorama :

Yeah that kinda thing, but with the kevlar inserts it takes on a cool 'puffy' appearance that i really like.

hey scrazza... guess your blog will take the better half of a complete day to read through^^...so i will be basing my post here on your recent RPG related model...

like the choice of bits! he looks very good, also would be nice to see some more shots of him as i cant seem to catch where you wanted to go NMM on him... but thats just totally me as this tech is new to me... but i am very interessted in that methode!... as to your base...do you by chance know of window colors? i would recomend clear colors of this to use to create a very cheap watereffect! also would use some grass or something to give a living feel to the base... i understand that the base is wip but there needs to be something to get it more of a 3D look...
other than that i am also a great user of red IGs and i am thinking the lighter green is something thats very nice for a change of schemes... have to invent a good new one for my guys when i will be doing something new...well this might take some time ^^since my backlog is stuffed with stuff^^


will be now a regular^^

cheers, and see you later, vik

The Catachan kits have some flak jackets. I could take those and build it up from there.

I did some more work on the Ousian's base. Not much, but I'll show it to you all tomorrow. Oh and I started painting a new piece of urban terrain. I reckoned my field looked a bit off with all those tiny pieces of terrain and that one big one. Pics tomorrow! Or later


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Viktor von Domm wrote:hey scrazza... guess your blog will take the better half of a complete day to read through^^...so i will be basing my post here on your recent RPG related model...

like the choice of bits! he looks very good, also would be nice to see some more shots of him as i cant seem to catch where you wanted to go NMM on him... but thats just totally me as this tech is new to me... but i am very interessted in that methode!... as to your base...do you by chance know of window colors? i would recomend clear colors of this to use to create a very cheap watereffect! also would use some grass or something to give a living feel to the base... i understand that the base is wip but there needs to be something to get it more of a 3D look...
other than that i am also a great user of red IGs and i am thinking the lighter green is something thats very nice for a change of schemes... have to invent a good new one for my guys when i will be doing something new...well this might take some time ^^since my backlog is stuffed with stuff^^


will be now a regular^^

cheers, and see you later, vik

Yeahn this thread started in 2010 I think so it's quite a lot to read through. I'll take some new shots of his face and all. There isn't much metal on him. Just the gun muzzle, the ammoclip, the stock, and the belt and eagle symbol on the lasgu are done NMM.

I added a devlan mud wash over the base allready I wanted a smudgy look. I'll greenstuff some fallen leaves on it's base, add a few 'organic' bits, and voila! It should look 'swampy' enough

Yeah, it's something different for me too I diverterted from my grey and red color sheme, I can't see to paint anything other then red or grey, and I quite like how it turned out.

I'll be checking your blog regularly, too!

Thanks for viewing!

have you looked for window colors? if you see my first cadian / praetorian try then you see the effect i think looks quite good to use as watereffects...:

if you look at the left guy then you see a bit of that wobbly effect the water color creates...i ruined the shiny bit as i added recently in a stupid moment a wash of devlan mud to the WC...but will redo it one day...

Window Colors? I have never come across something like that I think I'll just buy simple water effects colors, might me cheaper I'm very broke ATM. I have to save up money, because we're going to Berlin in three weeks on a school trip for 4 days. And then I need to buy myself a bycicle, I haven't had one in 4 years, but I still can ride a bike, like I proved a few weeks ago.

No worries! the Water Effects will arrive, once, maybe in a month, or three ...

to berlin??? funny thats my rathole^^...be sure to not get to much drunk here^^ i came to understand that many young tourists only visit berlin because the drinks are much cheaper here^^...

the window color you will find in a regualr toyshop or in an artsuply store...

here some ebay links for price ranges and comparrision to water effects...

http://cgi.ebay.de/RAYHER-Window-Color-80ml-Fensterfarbe-NEU-Fenster-Farbe-/380238515207?pt=DE_Spielzeug_Basteln_Kreatives&var=&hash=item97573483b5

http://cgi.ebay.de/Games-Workshop-Wassereffekt-237ml-Water-Effects-/300537814757?pt=Rollenspiele_Tabletops&hash=item45f9731ee5

since it is all in euro you understand all importan things^^

You really live in Berlin? Ha, you might see a band of merry students with me walking in it it over there in three weeks!

Thanks for the tips! Hmm, somebody needs to remind me of not buying it from GW, just too expensive. It got me wondering, Would PVH glue do the trick? When it's dried, it makes for a watery surface... hmmm, let's try that out now!