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tavoittamaton wrote:Full steam ahead, DT, and Godspeed.

Listen, if God puts in a bid for a job, consult me first. I'll do it cheaper, faster, and it will look better.
In this case, lets take "God" and call him/her/it "Games Workshop".
"God" Sells 3 raveners for like $45.00 in his stores.
Unacceptable. I want to field more than that, and even then just for fun, never at one of these competitive events I hear so much about.
Lets spend 5 minutes on ebay, and then another 10 minutes with sweet mistress Krazy Glue. (Magic instadelivery unavailable in all dimensions)

6x Warrior heads from Horde O Bits - $0.99
4x Spinefist arms, left or right. - $0.11
4x small carapace plate, flat. - $0.22
2x small carapace plate, spike bit - $0.11
2x Tyranid adrenal gland, small - $0.11
4x Tyranid warrior medium talon - $0.66
4x Tyranid Hormogaunt small talon - $0.24
2x 40mm base - $0.90

Building 2 raveners from trash bits for $3.34 TOTAL? Lets call it 3 for $5.01
Thats ridiculous. Especially since 3 ravener models, which no one plays, are $36.99 after discount, before shipping.
Made even more "Lol I'm never gonna buy that" by the fact that the 2nd most expensive buy in my list are 2 40mm bases.
Go on, admit it. If you loved me any more for this I'd have to press charges.

"Wait, WHAT?! Pics or it didnt happen." You might find yourself saying. How, Doomthumbs, how? See my step by step below.
1) Clipper out half of the head mount from 2 of the heads, one on the left, one on the right. Whittle another one down to the plate, as flat as possible.
2)Glue the first two heads together at the sides, with the cuts in the middle. Glue the third down to cover the seam.
3) Attach the adrenal gland as pictured, then use one of the small flat carapace bits on the "forehead" of this custom head.
4) Chop up your otherwise useless spinefist bits, you just want the rectangles at the end. glue them together.
5) Glue the 2nd flat carapace bit so that it covers a brutally sloppy chop job on the spinefist bits because I didnt explain well enough.
6) Take the leading points of what used to be a spinefist top and attach them to the underside of the head on the backside of the adrenal gland "teeth/eyes".
7) Use the spiny carapace bit and attach it to the back of the neck to fill that awkward void.
8) Glue all of this to a 40mm base, and attach the talons in a manner you see fitting.
9) Base it so that it looks like its coming out of the ground, and paint it. (Or not, I'm not going to for a while, either.)
10) Utter a "Thank you Doomthumbs!" You can do this under your breath, in hushed tones, or thank me here in this thread.

Why did I list the price for two? Oh, because I've made two.

So far!

Any pictures of painted stuff?

That Ravener step by step is pretty witty. I would have never thought of that myself. All of your work in this thread is amazing Doomthumbs. You are the reason I made a Dakka account. No joke, I was looking though threads for months and yours is so awesome I had to make an account and post.

Matrim wrote:Any pictures of painted stuff?

Matrim wrote:

Space_Potato wrote: This thread is full of purile filth, and now animal cruelty. Why hasn't it been locked yet?

S_P

+1

I go forward on the assumption that your comment is intended to mock my painting skill, or lack thereof, based on your previous desire to have me shut down.
You there! Consume fecal material, followed immediately by death!
If you're so hungry for my painted material, I offer several tutorials on how to achieve my Hive Fleet's paint scheme in my other threads.
Sadly none of them have generated as much interest as my modeling, and are modest attempts, at best.
You are, by your own admission, not a player of the game. You only enjoy painting of the models. Perhaps this is because the models themselves offer a challenge for being so small, as well as being pleasing to paint due to the fine detail. That is where you draw your enjoyment of these GW products. I derive mine from chopping them up and mashing them back together to make wholly new models. Models you might like to paint.

I wholeheartedly invite you to create a ravener out of just paint. I believe it would be called a painting. Post it. I'll comment asking when you intend to turn it into a model.
However, searching your gallery I find zero converted models! Why is that? Huh? Huh? Wait, no, theres a diorama where you bored a hole in a guardsman! Bravo! How was it accomplished? A drill? How very, very mundane! You also have made some kitbash weapons, and sculpted a GS mask.

I'm sorry, I just can't take you seriously unless you also convert your models (to my standards). Sure you can paint them, but that interests me at a value approaching zero.
So lets agree not to post negatively in on anothers threads, in accordance with Dakka rule #1, hmm?
You've uh... you've got some egg on your face there, which I believe is an idiom for being made to look foolish or embarrassed. Apt.

Now if you will excuse me, I wish to redirect this post to satisfying the requests of people who have generated positive input, rather than detractors.

ZephyrRey wrote:One thing that occurred to me whilst reading this thread is that rippers seem, at least the way you make them, sir, very similar to nurglings. Vicious and bloodthirsty, but also adorable, slightly ridiculous, and meddlesome.

Rippers masquerading as a space marine, or better yet, a terminator, would be great, I think. Ripper hands and face with the armour, and maybe even little pieces of rippers poking out in places...
But that's all up to your artistic license I guess, if you even take up my suggestion

Oh please, Sir is my father. I've actually been trying to trade for some nurglings for quite some time, as my rippers would love to get a beer with them.
Thank you for your kind words, and I am very glad I could entertain you. Thanks for coming out of what I assume to be full time lurking status (very few posts) to comment on my work. Looking through your gallery, I'm delighted to see a chaos emblem captured in a tile mosaic. "Boss" as the youth colloquialize.
I'd be more than happy to attempt what you've suggested, as well as provide new shots of what I feel has already been satisfied in this same vein.
Also some painting progress, as that seems to be important to some.

Add a roll of green stuff and 4 extra arms you got lying around to those raveners and you've got a ravener that's not coming out of ground, gotta try it this summer. Thanks for the guide DT!

Or hell, even some ravener tails, $7 bucks for 3 on ebay.

That way, it would still be at least 90% GW product, which my local GWs require.

Some picture content, and a link:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/329672.page

It details some really disturbing RAW cheesiness, to be used ONLY in the event your opponent acting extremely dickishly.
I like to picture this thread sitting behind a glass screen with a hammer next to it labeled "In case of douche, break his ass".

> goes and posts painted figures.

In actual fact squire, it was not a so called 'negative comment', and I'm sorry if it seemed so.

Your earlier works were pretty filthy, but this later stuff (Iwo Jima, Basketball etc) are actually pretty cool, and i was wondering whether you were a conversion crazy guy, who then goes on to paint said conversion, or just a chap who has a pile of grey and green on there desk (like some other threads of users....)

It would be quite nice to see how you paint the basketball hoop.

Matrim wrote:Your earlier works were pretty filthy, but this later stuff (Iwo Jima, Basketball etc) are actually pretty cool...

Matrim has a point. When are we gonna get some more NSFW stuff? You know, other than the goatse-to-be from earlier.

>he tries to greentext on dakka

One thing.
One tiny thing.
One tiny, somewhat important thing.

Where do you keep all these?!?!

tavoittamaton wrote:I think the point that LeBaron was making [[... ect]]

[[... ect]]

Full steam ahead, DT, and Godspeed.

Yes, tavoittamaton, that was the point I was making. Thanks for clearing it up a bit. I know, I tend to let things get muddled when I talk.

And to ZephyrRey, of course you can put that in your sig.

I noticed another thread here in which a NSFW tag was attached (because it had an anthropomorphic fox woman with nipples... yeah, no joke, I'll even link it) and realized that pretty much anything they slap the NSFW tag on gets people to flock to it to try and stone it to death. Manchu had to go and break up that little hate ring too. In truth, I think it had less nipple then Slaaneshi models but, you know, fanboys... so, I was thinking making a sig banner for those who support the freedom of expression in the form of modeling with Team NSFW banners. I could even add names for those of you willing to put your pride on the line. Also, Team Manchu may get started because, well, WE <3 MANCHU!

PM me for details, questions and comments.


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Also, those Nids are cheese to the max. Hell, after running some of that stuff you may not gak for a week.

tavoittamaton wrote:When are we gonna get some more NSFW stuff?

How about right now? Does right now suit you?

Dan the Viking wrote:I think you should make one where an IG is being melted by that acid gun... thing. I want the acid coming out of a dong.

The dong you requested was GSed onto a Hive Guard.
A classy gentleman to the last, he is digging in his ass and hiking a leg to be "aggressively territorial" all over a Guardsman.
The acid urine, which I am making by dunking fishing wire into a tub of water effects/scorpion green will be added later.
The guardsman has massive "weathering" done to the front, specifically his hands/face/chest. Its tough to see in matte black, but he really hates it.
Experimenting with backdrops for photos, I used a canvas from Hobby Lobby with the plastic wrap still on. I got caught in the reflection, cool stuff.



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DrownedRat117 wrote:One thing.
One tiny thing.
One tiny, somewhat important thing.

Where do you keep all these?!?!

In my pants. Well, one set of things.
In the pants of detractors.
On my girlfriends left ring finger.

The models are all kept in my technofortress in Texas, guarded by savage animals. The largest of which is me

LeBaron wrote:Yes, tavoittamaton, that was the point I was making. Thanks for clearing it up a bit. I know, I tend to let things get muddled when I talk.

Just trying to help, I run into the same thing sometimes

Doomthumbs wrote:

tavoittamaton wrote:When are we gonna get some more NSFW stuff?

How about right now? Does right now suit you?

Yes, yes it does. I cannot stop laughing at the facial expression/pose in the last photo.

The ultimate in Tyranid humiliation tactics.

A question, Doomthumbs, if you will. What will the commander (and/or Glorious Leader) for this army be?

Barbed strangler... TEE HEE.

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Nerivant wrote:A question, Doomthumbs, if you will. What will the commander (and/or Glorious Leader) for this army be?

I will.

My army is led by the mighty Slapahotep, Heirophant and liche priest of all Hive Fleet Pwnogra.....
Wait, no.. Dammit, am I assembling Tyranids or Tomb kings?
Tyranids, for sure. Tomb Kings is just a fantasy...
Ugh , I guess chuck it in the pile of converted Termagants.

Seriously, its a winged Hive Tyrant and a Swarmlord. Everything comes down in spores on a 2+.

Of course, you have a model taking an acid piss on a Guardmen. I wouldn't expect anything less.

Chowderhead wrote:Of course, you have a model taking an acid piss on a Guardmen. I wouldn't expect anything less.

That was my Idea.

He's just marking his territory.

Ysclyth wrote:He's just marking his territory.

On that guardsman.
Killing him.

Yeap. And I'll see if some paint doesn't clear up the picture a bit, but he is reeeaaaally unhappy about it.

Hands held up, feet kicking uselessly against the hive guard's leg, face contorted into a "Oh please nooooooooo".

Im toying with different things to do with the urine, and the best idea I have right now is to put a skeletal hand on the guardsman, visible through the built up water effects/scorpion green urine.

Finally, a chance to use my degree.... lol

Doomykins (That is your new nickname, deal with it), what is your degree? Making very NSFW Tyranids? Making Pee Effects?

Seriously, (PAH!) I think that making the guardsman with a skeletal hand would be awesome. Oh, and maybe you could name him "Chowderhead", as his head will become the consistency of chowder?

*Slips Doomykins a fiver under the internetz*

Teaser for my next project that I'll hopefully have done by tonight:

"Don't worry, I'm a doctor," never leads anywhere good.

I'm interested to see what limbs that marine will have replaced with gribbly bits.

Probably a ripper bursting out of his codpiece, or something.

Chowderhead wrote:Doomykins (That is your new nickname, deal with it), what is your degree?

You ready for this? I'm secretly an overachiever like whoa.
I got my CISCO CCNA, Voice and Wireless, while getting my Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech, minoring in Bong Studies/English Lit.
These have since been jettisoned like booster stage rockets as I go for my M.A. in Legal and Constitutional History at Rice. (A real motherflocker
I totally tell people that I'm already a Law Wrangler though, because that is legally distinct from the Criminal Defense Attorney that I can't tell people I am yet.

And to pay off my loans? I bought a HD projector, and now whore myself out as an artist. If you want something painted on your wall, say... a vine pattern?
I google "vine pattern" or "stencil" and then project it on your wall, using photoshop to separate the color layers. I basically paint by numbers, or black splotches on the wall.
It takes me almost no time at all, yet I charge out the Yin Yang (Practice makes perfect, right?). Free time is spent studying and doing.. well... this.

Awww, you got me, you Chowdie-boo-boo-kitty-molester! You don't actually care. But thanks for the lead in for my wang waving.
Yes kids! Stay in schools, study hard, and one day you too can behave in a juvenile manner on the interwebz!

Im still experimenting with a good format for releasing pics when I do a WIP, so this time I'm trying the "as I go" method, to see if that is the magic combo that whips the crowd into a lather. Until I get a carnival barker to yell "Step right up step right up and SEE the AMAZING acts of PERVERSION and SMUT that Doomthumbs has created today!", this will have to do.

New technique for bending/melting is to heat a drill bit and then press red hot drillbit into the model to heat the plastic that way. 50% less cancer.

Doomthumbs wrote:Im still experimenting with a good format for releasing pics when I do a WIP, so this time I'm trying the "as I go" method, to see if that is the magic combo that whips the crowd into a lather. Until I get a carnival barker to yell "Step right up step right up and SEE the AMAZING acts of PERVERSION and SMUT that Doomthumbs has created today!", this will have to do.

Of course, that implies that people get whipped into said lather by carnival barkers. I've gotta say from personal experience, I don't. I DO however, for these fun conversions.

So here I am, foaming at the mouth.