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Guys I think this equally mad and brilliant in the same vein. I am so onboard. I will be making my Home Brew Bear Claws Available.
HOWEVER, this could be a little idea or we could make this truly Epic..........
What if we sent them all to one person.... WhaleMusic!!!
Could we make a Chapter of a thousand Armours and Colours? 1000 Donated Marines. Obviously WhaleMusic you would have to display them photograph them as the ranks swelled.
What if we could exceed 10,000? A Pre Heresy sized Legion! Dare to Dream my friends Dare to Dream. I vote we shift this project into OverGear, lets get Dakka all over it and think the person with the most at the moment should take the lead? Any thoughts?
You know what I might send this one to you Whale Music when it's finished, as the Bear Claws need to be represented.
I need a MOTF Hint Hint....
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Collecting Forge World 30k????? If you prefix any Thread Subject line on 30k or Pre-heresy or Horus Heresy with [30K] we can convince LEGO and the Admin team to create a 30K mini board if we can show there is enough interest!
Some progress on da Stormboyz Nobz... Orkified da wingz (chipped, battered, bullet holes, plates, rivits). Added Bosspoles. The aim with the Bosspole's was to allow pennant style banners. I may have overdone it Though it looks better on Nob 1 than Nob 2 in my opinion... (due to the angle of da wingz). If I keep them here, I still need to clip and re-attach the hangings (skulls, teef, bullets) so that they are not gravity defying. If I don't, well, the only other option would seem to be to place them more vertically on the Jump Pack rokkits. Any thoughts appreciated!
whalemusic360 wrote:Instead I went to the ER after trying to cut my finger off opening the dang Apocalypse templets. I got 5 stitches and a tetanus shot for my trouble.
WOW! BLOOD FOR THE TEMPLATE GOD! lol, i hope you have a speedy recovery.
On a lighter note, here is my finished deathwatch marine for Gitsplitta. This is Brother Fwuapuu. Btw, the design on his glove is also on the other side. Sorry the pic is a bit dark.
Oh and mwnciboo, Id love to have a whole army of other people marines. That's actually why I started this, I didn't think I could get donations. porkuslimes idea worked quite well also, and I may have to copy it at some point, it seems to be a totally different pool of people. I have used several in game, and have a ledge on the top of my 40k case that will house them all once I have more, my "Hall of Armor".
As long as there isn't a "U" on the other glove, I'm cool. *grin*
He looks great Ice...
I made sure to make a comment on WM's bloody finger so that it would appear in the picture rotation on the gallery page. I suggest we all take turns doing that & see how long week can keep his wounded digit in the public eye.
You should enable voting on it too!
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Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."
gretar wrote:Hey guys. If you have ever read my sig you would've noticed that I have a YouTube channel! So, I thought this would be smart, both to get more members on dakka and to get more people in on this project!
It has only had like 12 wiews but I'll soon post it over tothe Wargamer Group on YouTube that should get it to atleast hundred(all my videos have jumped from 3-4 to almost 400 after I post them there..)
Just to let you know you have numerous jump cut issues in that video. Good job spreading the word though.
I have more issues than that. It was filmed and edited in less than 20minutes
The accent, use of language and words, the wierd faces I keep making for some reason, the mumbling and the "uhhhs" between words etc. are all part of my wonderful video
True, but I do that too, so i thought i'd just point out a middle of the road fact. Did you do like 5 takes and splice them into another?
Nope, its one take, were I repeat each sentence twice or often, then I put it into my video editing software, cut away all mistakes etc and add the texts. Then I'll save it, and wait till its done uploading on YouTube!
I know youtube takes forever!
by chance what software do you use?
@ whalemusic = working on possibly starting your knight of the cog tommorow. sorry, school sucking time away. Do you have a pic, even a blurry one, of the black templar? if possible post it, if not don't worry i'll wait for it to be a surprise.
I collect:
Grand alliance death (whole alliance)
Stormcast eternals
Slaves to Darkness - currently Nurgle but may expand to undivided.
mwnciboo wrote:Guys I think this equally mad and brilliant in the same vein. I am so onboard. I will be making my Home Brew Bear Claws Available.
HOWEVER, this could be a little idea or we could make this truly Epic..........
What if we sent them all to one person.... WhaleMusic!!!
Could we make a Chapter of a thousand Armours and Colours? 1000 Donated Marines. Obviously WhaleMusic you would have to display them photograph them as the ranks swelled.
What if we could exceed 10,000? A Pre Heresy sized Legion! Dare to Dream my friends Dare to Dream. I vote we shift this project into OverGear, lets get Dakka all over it and think the person with the most at the moment should take the lead? Any thoughts?
this idea would be tons of fun, but i think it would make it so really only one person is getting marines (whalemusic) and everyone else if losing marines since whalemusic cant send them marines if we are trying to get him to have them all, and at the same time he cant paint enough marines to trade with everyone!! i think it is an interesting idea and if there was a better way to do it that didnt upset the balance we have i would be down.
Also, its really blurry and from my phone right before stitches, sorry.
ewwwwww!
i'm sorry for you thou.
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Gitsplitta wrote:
I made sure to make a comment on WM's bloody finger so that it would appear in the picture rotation on the gallery page. I suggest we all take turns doing that & see how long week can keep his wounded digit in the public eye.
You should enable voting on it too!
haha def agree
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2010/09/01 17:30:37
Subject: The Great Marine Swap - Now with more not marines!
Bottom line, if you cannot afford to lose one Space Marine and a little bit of Postage you are in the wrong Hobby my friend. For price of an AOBR Marine and a Pot of paint you could send WhaleMusic a great Marine. I know literally tens of gamers who have to wade through boxes of spares I know I do and I am not alone. I am pretty sure those with a bit of an income could afford it, younger gamers I do have some sympathy with Pocket Money/ allowance doesn't buy all that much these days!
Remember you should give without thought of reward, that is a true moral way. Give in return for something is an exchange, I believe a gift is much better. I will put this to my Gaming club the viet taff and we could do it ourselves, or all give me their marines and I'll post a load to WhaleMusic.
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Collecting Forge World 30k????? If you prefix any Thread Subject line on 30k or Pre-heresy or Horus Heresy with [30K] we can convince LEGO and the Admin team to create a 30K mini board if we can show there is enough interest!
2010/09/01 18:06:41
Subject: The Great Marine Swap - Now with more not marines!
Very noble sentiment mwnciboo... WM already has marines from my son and I... but it would be fun to see him accumulate many more as time progresses.
Still, the point of the swap is to encourage everyone to work for each other... not just for WM's benefit. I'm sure he'd agree with that. Let's face it... doing trades is fun! Gives everyone a chance to push themselves a bit more than they might for their own army while still ending up with something cool to show off (i.e. what you're getting in the trade). Turning the focus inward so that only WM benefits... diminishes the effort in my eyes NOT because he is undeserving... but that fewer people overall will benefit. I've made many new dakka friends since participating in the exchanges... that would be lost if all I did was send things to one person.
I'm not suggesting that folks shouldn't send marines to WM... just that you don't limit yourself or the projects generated by this thread to that one end.
Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."
Agreed equally if we all just send to WM we are all only completing one marine. So far I have completed three marines, each one a different chapter. That really is the whole point of this experience for me being able to experiment and try styles that I really had never done before. I have done a Crimson Paladin for Sage that has one of my new bases on, another marine for Git is I hope a perfection or at least an improvement of my bone technique and my final guy is the first yellow marine ever, and you know what is pretty damn good attempt for arguably "the hardest colour".
Don't get me wrong I take your point, but IMHO I think so much would be lost if this thread became solely about getting WM a legion.
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2010/09/01 18:29:01
Subject: The Great Marine Swap - Now with more not marines!
On the one side, Git is correct, this is very much a community project. I have a lot of trades going at once (I realized how many when Ice Angel asked). I have made many new friends as well, and pushed myself to show off my abilities.
On the other side, I realize that some people may not want anything in return. Not everyone has a use or place to display the models they would get. If that's the case, I can replace what is sent to me with a basic marine still in bits or cover the shipping. Some don't even feel that to be needed, which is very generous.
That being said, if I got a box of marines from a group/club, I would be super excited!
I'll get some pics of Marcus's and Lucifer's guys up tonight and shipped out tomorrow morn, along with Sagehearts and Solar_lions
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2010/09/01 18:40:10
Subject: The Great Marine Swap - Now with more not marines!
I think mwnciboo's idea is a good one - and deserves its own thread - for whomever (may be more than one!) wishes to take up that mantle. There is already an offshoot objective marker thread that appears to be doing extremely well, and I'm sure other similar threads will surface as ideas, time, energy and focus permit
Meanwhile, I think the Great Marine (and Xenos!?) Swap should remain focused on its current format - no need to dilute a great idea. For purely selfish reasons - I can't keep up as it is!
Arakasi wrote:
Meanwhile, I think the Great Marine (and Xenos!?) Swap should remain focused on its current format - no need to dilute a great idea. For purely selfish reasons - I can't keep up as it is!
Oh yeah, for those of you interested in doing non-marines, lemme know and Ill add it to the Master List
2010/09/01 18:50:22
Subject: Re:The Great Marine Swap - Now with more not marines!
I'd still prefer to keep this trade friendly, but as I said, some folks might want to participate but have no use for marines in exchange. Disjointed for example offered to just send one, which is cool. I'll make one to send him back eventually, but it wasn't something he needed to feel like it was worthwhile. And porkuslimes army project, where he would send/replaced the bits used. Both are valid points of views IMO.
And really, who wouldn't love a box-o-marines?
2010/09/01 19:28:00
Subject: The Great Marine Swap - Now with more not marines!
So why don't we ask Dakka to do it? Surely one of the Moderators could do setup on the forum and we could all send our marines to him. Dakka's own Marine Chapter, plus you could do Dakka's own Mob that would be seriously mental.
Collecting Forge World 30k????? If you prefix any Thread Subject line on 30k or Pre-heresy or Horus Heresy with [30K] we can convince LEGO and the Admin team to create a 30K mini board if we can show there is enough interest!
2010/09/01 19:35:41
Subject: The Great Marine Swap - Now with more not marines!
If we did a dakka chapter I'd be in, Bolter&Chainsword did one a few years back and with the Storm Wardens project just finished perhaps now might be a good time to start one. If the moderators wanted to set something like that up I would happily send a marine in. Possibly an entire squad if the Army was auctioned off at the end for charity like the Storm Wardens were.
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2010/09/01 19:55:20
Subject: Re:The Great Marine Swap - Now with more not marines!
That would be great. I love looking at all the marines for everyone (one of the main reasons I joined)
And yours (as you know) is done. I can send it whenever.
whalemusic360 wrote:Sounds Good! If ya want, I can hold off on shipping him and have a go at the Chapter logo (fingers gotta heal up a bit before I can paint anything).
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh, and you can now vote on my blood effects.
You don't have to.
If you ship first, I'll use the same box you shipped to me, (like I'm doing with Sageheart) or I can go get a small box and ship first. Preference?
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