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well...the prime minister hasn´t had the full information...this mister here has another update up his sleave...

in the spirit of recent weapon creations, and the way earlier expected arrive of the MR TESTOR tube of glue... i tried myself in some blacksmithy endeavor... tho there is hardly any black involved with only rods of white styrene^^

so the credit now goes for inspiration, material and technical support to dave aka dsteingass as he like his new avatar has shown us all the way of self weaponmaking^^

behold...the lawgiver...nono...just a mere peashoter i have to say atm... maybe tomorrow with some further work on the rough stone can a gem be polished out of this...




mind you...the gun now has already seen some more work to it...but since i have just returned fromthe big screen^^ i am not able to go in too much delicate work anymore...

which brings me to the next subject of our late night soiree...namly the movie sherlock holms 2...

the wife criticometer pointed out fair and square an intensification of violence...

me as the advocate of said movie pointed out the fact that said violence always was shown in a very esthetic kind of way...

there were some hilarious points in the movie... like i.e. the automobile in the beginning...but all in all i very much enjoyed the movie... and will be denfinitly be a movie worthwhile to be watched from time to time...

sadly i don´t think i can talk to you in length and depth about the movie... danger of spoilers would be the case^^ the movie is still way too fresh out there still...

but i have to ask the peeps out there that have seen the movie... in one scene watson is wielding a very unknown machinpistol/gun type... with lots of brass and a crescent shaped magazine... anyone has a pic and if possible knows any more about said weapon? i would be most thankfull for any further information... i think a new project is shaping up here...^^

at LDD... martin freeman...yers! i really like that man... many peeps say the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and other movies were pretty lame...but not me... i loved that one to peices and it really cracked me up...even tho i read all books of adams of that storyline...

well if your hint is more on the lines of some bisexual interests... i certainly could say i expect as much of holmes... he is a charcter with way more corners and levels/shaed to him than can be seen by a mere glance...the whole concept of holmes despises sterotypes...and creates a new one^^

at monkey... my wife ust the other minute said.,.. i would like to have a door between you, your man cave and me... she despises the untidyness of all that is there... sad but true...*sniffs*

at fatty... repellant... well my armpits mostly do^^

sadly i don´t know any further information about these nice canons...here was the auction... and sadly no info even there too...
http://www.ebay.de/itm/220903106647?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649


at dave... argh... your killing me with your keeper of a wife...if we all has such nice and understanding GF where would we be...oh the productivity we all could achive... i hope you do tell her how special she is!

and what the hell is a skonkwerks....???

cheers, mates...vik

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Works
It is my secret lab where I develop weapons

Your pistol is lookiing great Vik! Prepare to file a while my friend
Build her a balsa door in 40k scale and put it on the coffee table

well i already used the rods you gave me with the dremel... it is working for such things quite well...of course some stuff you just have to sand/file the traditional way...

making her a balsa door 40k scale style... lol... i bet that would be a declaration of war for her...^^

and somehow the term skunk hole...lol...on the to be left alone folder^^

actually it is more my first try for a gun...single shotgun perhaps... dunno...i just go with the flow and see how it turns out...

Ah, i see Vik is gone shot-gunny on us!

Soon, he will be building a Vickers MG!


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@Vik- Someone has already made a site for the guns in Sherlock Holmes- I want to build a Mauser C96!
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes:_A_Game_Of_Shadows

ah, I have made some that look close to the Vicker/maxim style of water cooled HMG's as a "Heavy Stubber"

Ooh nice man Looks good!I guss I'm going to have to join in too

I think this craze is catching on building weapons from scratch, must have a go at a bit my self this weekend (on the quite misses birthday) don't want to upset her on that day of all, How many time have you been to see Sherlock Holmes 2 now ? and I did not get to see it she was tiered but we will be going at the weekend so no spoilers please, i have to say that I do have concerns though as there seems to be some varied and mixed reviews about it.

To defend your wife's criticometer the same point has been highlighted by several film critics as to the amount of violence and explosions and lack of story line.

As for Sherlock season 2 sexual leas on I cant tell you to much as I think it will be part of an on going plot but lets say I can see what you are thinking but you may be surprised, after all like you said he is a charcter with way more corners and levels/shaed to him than can be seen by a mere glance...the whole concept of holmes despises sterotypes...and creates a new one^^ The next episode looks pretty dam good though


As for hitchhikers guide to the galaxy there was a mixed bag of enjoyment and slightly disappointment, however I feel this more so was due to watching the TV show many years ago as a dare I say it as a young adult and enjoyed it amen sly which gave this movie a hard task to match up.
I hate to say it but I am kind of looking forward to seeing the Hobbit now a bit of a wait I know but I think he will make that roll his own.

Vik I am starting to feel some kind of body care is needed your reference to body odour is now worrying Take a shower dude

dsteingass you have to be one of the luckiest men alive not only does she allow you to have creative freedom she sits and watches and even show s interest I bow down to the master teach me the way to achieve this power of mind deception my Sith Lord ….. These are the toys we are looking for

hello mates.... mayn thanks for the praise^^ and comments,

i will honor the "thou- shal-l not- spoil- my- movie" -command of you LDD...

but since this is already a movie wallpaper i think it is possible without any spoilers involved to show which gun i meant:

[img]http://cutthecap.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/sherlock-holmes-2-poster2.jpgimg]


looks like a smaller and eralier brengun, or sten? i am still confused...

yes dave... vickers will be next... i fiddled around the current built and it took me some wild ways^^ changed it now to a complete different design... still not done yet but it definatly now has a heavy component to it...


after some serious filing and carving it now looked like this:



then i thought... way too big for a sawed off shotgun...so i built a stock...


glued and for referrence put in a hand of one of my scotts:





at shaso... was that one for the sponsons or for the backfiring one for the perun? so many moons ago^^ but i have a foggy idea again...

at hazzer... hell yes...and thank you^^ and be sure whatever you do share it with us!

at dave... looked through the link and unfortunatly they only built this site for the teaser/trailer of the movie...so they wouldn´t be able to portray that gun...


by the way... the plasticcard that i got before yours... somehow it seems inpenetrable to the glue... your stuff works like a true charm... i bet i can really put out some madness now... even the revell glue now is my best friend... i think i can now get on with some serious buttkicking building!!! many thanks again dave...

by the way... since your lady adores you while painting and building... it seems she might be abloe to adore you even when you prick your nose? that kind of women seems to be long erased form the face of the earth... got replaced by the more viscious kind... so i think you definatly should breed ... we need more women like her^^ (just joking...and a slight bit of envy nevertheless... )
at LDD... well we just have to wait and see... i know for definite that the german telly will broadcast the show... without adverts by the way as it is government tv for that one...yeah! one for the dvd burner^^

never saw the HHGTG series in TV, was never broadcasted in my lands...i probably have to see it some time in the net then...

as for the lack of storyline... well it sure had suspense aplenty, sometimes abit of roughness that might have been done otherwise and some characters xould have been done a slightly bit more to the coreconcept...but all in all it is already on my favorite movie list... which for me is saying quite much... next time (second then) i watch it in english... got to have the original too...

as for scratchbuilding yer own weaponry... well what are ye waiting for???

Loving the shotgun Vik!
People who are critical of the HHGTTG movie, generally haven't read all of the series, the Movie was really an abridged mix of several of the novels. If you can't be bothered to read all of the books (there are a lot, but they read quickly) I recommend the audiobooks read by Douglas Adams himself (except the first book, read by Stephen Fry)
They are great to listen to if you drive a lot or while painting and modeling.

Nice!

whoa... what a day... now i had a virus crash after researching for the hun of watson... went to a russian site and got terrible problems... well i hope i am now on top of it... mihgt be needed to change my browser tho...

well dave it isn´t a shotgun anymore... pics will happen later on...to clarify the guntype quite well...

with the books of D.adams... well he has a strange humor... me too... it was a fit.. if you want to have a real strange day read... try the long dark teatime of the soul... strange... very strange...

audiobooks... well i never tred them yet...hmmm...but i totally se your point with the hobbyrelated absence of the need to hear something for modeling to take place...thus an audiobook sure has it´s benefits...


thanks hazzer^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:
after some serious filing and carving it now looked like this:

Great work, Vik! Pop a few rivets on there and she'll be ready to go!
Ah, I crack myself up...

Vik shotguns hey have to say I cheated and bought a load from Maxmini they were to good to pass up, But I did convert some empire muskets to shot gun once I know not quite up there with you scratch building lot

I even cheated on my bloopers for my renegade/bloodpact I asked a friend over on work in progress if he could nock some up using CAD and have to say they turned out looking great just have to wait for them to arrive now.

As for the show I am sure if they have shown the first season they will show the second, HGTG was around in the eighties low budget british production but bloody funny from what I can remember got to stay up to watch it as a kid.

Due to the feedback of the Movie I take most with a pinch of salt plus if you expect the worst I usually enjoy it more go figure.

I do apologise if my feedback is a bit crap but it reflects the evening I had at work yes crap…………….. At least its Friday tomorrow

Liking the Boom stick.

Vik and your subbs thought you might like these just saw them over on MAXMINI great coat legs great aint they

Lone dirty dog, those Greatcoat legs look interesting!

Vik, time to get those men armed, to the trenches and blow away enemy at close and dirty!

lone dirty dog wrote: But I did convert some empire muskets to shot gun once I know not quite up there with you scratch building lot

I had been looking at the Empire rifle/muskets as a possible solution to my shotgun problem, simply cutting them in half or by 75% then drilling out the barrel with a pin vise & bit.

I was going to take the rest of the models and give them lasguns, that would make them empire fancy conscripts/regular troops in an IG force, just something a little different on the battlefield. Similar to what the store owner at Aero Hobbies in Santa Monica, Ca did with his IG force and he named every model after a customer or friend. I'm happy to say that I'm a Veteran member of his IG force!

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/310781_2521626445851_1409017601_2874377_72585362_n.jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/316857_2521626965864_1409017601_2874379_476024264_n.jpg

at LDD...yeah i subscribed the maxmini thread here too...so was also exited about their new legs... thy look great (hurhurhur) together with the armored bodies maxmini has put out... someday i will get that stuff... with their old style guardsmen heads...with big moustaches that would be perfect for my own needs^^

they even advertise the second season...so it is definte!

i promise you you wont have a movie that will be a good popcorn coke combination^^ tho i only ate almonds and other nuts with the movie^^

as for cheating... fave recently said...there is no cheating in modeling...^^ and the maxmini shotguns are just plain lovley... "these are the weapons we have been searching for"^^

at shaso... definatly...but all in good time^^...you know i am a wandering mind...always up to something else...^^

at hmelrose...
cool army...tho i myself used the pistoliers guns as shotgun vets... but that is just a matter of personal taste...besides any gun with that caliber of a musket is already in the league of a shotgun^^...so you are a vet in his army^^ nice... i like tribute minis...might you be able to show yerself to us?^^

at tortured robot..

well i hate to dissapoint you and rawson...not a shooty bomstick but rather a LMG now...:







like?

Viktor von Domm wrote: as for cheating... fave recently said...there is no cheating in modeling...^^ and the maxmini shotguns are just plain lovley... "these are the weapons we have been searching for"^^

at hmelrose...
cool army...tho i myself used the pistoliers guns as shotgun vets... but that is just a matter of personal taste...besides any gun with that caliber of a musket is already in the league of a shotgun^^...so you are a vet in his army^^ nice... i like tribute minis...might you be able to show yerself to us?^^

There is no cheating in modeling only awesome tips/tricks! If the model gets done right the way you want it to look, then you have achieved your goal!

Oh yeah, plenty of options with all the models from the GW line of miniatures and other companies. The Pistoliers are a good example of this variety.

I'm the Meltagun Vet with the feathered cap centered in the second picture I posted. I've survived many battles!

ah^^ i see now!

i like it when IG´s are named! that is giving some character to horde armies!

@Hmelrose They look great nice work and I like the fact you named each one after a member of the group mind you how many are there in that group thats a lot of minis I wish I had a mini named after me as for the Empire musket conversion I only used the arms and musket added it a catachan torso with a militia head and catachan legs to make a zombie hunter, with a little GS.


The reason I said I cheated was I saw the look some where else and loved it so much that I practically copied the entire miniature, although mine had a better jacket collar LOL

@Viktor von Doom Sorry I saw them and nearly wet my self (how sad I know) but I have been waiting for something like this for so long and have tried to push the idea their for ages and finally (all be it after christmas when i am skint no overtime and the misses birthday is here) they made them
and as you all seem to be guard players of sort thought you might like them. Those shotguns are good

Glad you are getting the second season it's getting better and it was pretty good to start with we have no adverts in our series either as it is the channel we pay the licence to .

I think we will be going to see this weekend sunday probably, will let you know my verdict, your link for the gun does not seem to work for me I don't know if any one else has had that problem

Work in Progress for a certain someone....

What do you guys think so far?

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A bigger picture so you can more clearly see the model.

Boom sticks, LMG..... Cobra Assault Cannon - its all firepower, hence Awesome!

j3r03n wrote:

Work in Progress for a certain someone....

What do you guys think so far?

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A bigger picture so you can more clearly see the model.

hahaha, that is awesome! What bits were used or is it a model?

It's a model from Tobsen77 makes a few resin models some great some ok I have 3 of these started to convert one for some renegade rough riders but surprise surprise never finished HA……….

I like this use for it although it does kind of remind me of the version on the Tobsen site in away which is great but you need parts from Copplestone miniatures to achieve it.

I would sculpt your own legs myself as the bend in the legs looks a bit odd for the seating position or add more of a seat so it looks as though he is sitting on it.

- The monowheel miniature is from Tobsen77 Miniatures; the model does come with a lot of bubbles and other stuff that needs fixing though.
- The head, torso and arms are from Victoria Miniatures
- The bases I found on eBay and got them from Fenris Games
- The lower body is a sentinel pilot body (cut in half in order to make room for the victorian torso).


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- The monowheel miniature is from Tobsen77 Miniatures; the model does come with a lot of bubbles and other stuff that needs fixing though.
- The head, torso and arms are from Victoria Miniatures
- The bases I found on eBay and got them from Fenris Games
- The lower body is a sentinel pilot body (cut in half in order to make room for the victorian torso).

It's a model from Tobsen77 makes a few resin models some great some ok I have 3 of these started to convert one for some renegade rough riders but surprise surprise never finished HA……….

I like this use for it although it does kind of remind me of the version on the Tobsen site in away which is great but you need parts from Copplestone miniatures to achieve it.

I would sculpt your own legs myself as the bend in the legs looks a bit odd for the seating position or add more of a seat so it looks as though he is sitting on it.

I agree with the seat thing, this was my first assemble kind of like a test to see how it would look, the gap definately needs filling, now where is my GS...

True it does look similar, I originally purchased some to convert into Hellhounds for my Squat army....and then I saw how small they were in reality so I decided not to. They also somewhat remind me of the Cobra tank thing.

Vik, the bipod and Bananna magazine are totaly badass! Awesoe job man!

Thanks j30r3n for the links - If I ever get into Victorian SyFy I'll have to get me some of those!

j3r03n wrote:-I agree with the seat thing, this was my first assemble kind of like a test to see how it would look, the gap definately needs filling, now where is my GS...

True it does look similar, I originally purchased some to convert into Hellhounds for my Squat army....and then I saw how small they were in reality so I decided not to. They also somewhat remind me of the Cobra tank thing.

With you on that the cobra tank thing lol although if you get this right it will look amazing.

Vik have you fixed that link as for the gun how rude I never answered I just realised after reading Dave's reply sorry is ok to call you Dave …. any way as Mr dsteingass had mentioned good look like the "banana magazine" have you got a miniature to give this to ?

Will he either be laying down firing or will it be resting on a wall firing ?

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