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It's okay, folks. Space Marine legs are supposed to bend that way.

Nerivant wrote:

Doomthumbs wrote:
Is it still "Teabagging" If the balls dragged across your face are your own? I submit that it IS.

This is a perfect example of scientific research outside of this organization's budget.

Ok, so its not imminently clear now, but when I'm finished, there will be a blood trail circling around from the marine's ex-crotch around the outside of the 40mm base.

Behold, Broodlord #2, answering the question once and for all! Yes. Yes it is. Those are clearly balls in that marine's mouth.
And hey look! Theres even some paint on there that looks like it might turn into something one day!

Cthulhu, 40k, NWA rap-music lyric; all in one.

Doomthumbs wrote:My army is led by the mighty Slapahotep,

Eye watering ... laptop-computer slides off lap ... wife gives prolonged eyebrow raise ... glasses wiping ... helpless giggling.

This is Monkey Poo flinging fun.

Brothererekose wrote:

Doomthumbs wrote:My army is led by the mighty Slapahotep,

Eye watering ... laptop-computer slides off lap ... wife gives prolonged eyebrow raise ... glasses wiping ... helpless giggling.

This is Monkey Poo flinging fun.

I glossed over "Egyptian sounding name," and missed a real gem. That's fantastic.


Remember, every dollar donated to the Doomthumbs Foundation Organization for the Advancement of Experimental Sciences relating to Scientific Advancement Experiments* goes towards crucial research into... stuff.

*A non-profit organization managed by the Department of Redundancy Department.

I've got teams working around the clock, dragging all manner of scrotal sacks across various media to see what achieves the most photogenic effect.

This is a great bit of fun will be watching for updates lol

Dan

So, for some reason this morning I started thinking about what you could do with the "Two _______, One ________" construct. Two 'nidz one Kroot? I'm seeing a savaged corpse and the rippers fingerpainting with bodily fluids. Since you are more interested in conversions, rather than painting, perhaps this isn't a shovel-ready project...

tavoittamaton wrote: Since you are more interested in conversions, rather than painting...

Don't get me wrong. I still enjoy the painting aspect of the hobby. Its just that I feel that in order for the painting to be "palatable" to me, the work itself has to be interesting.
GW does a great job of making their figures enjoyable to paint, I'm just making it... more so... for people of my similar... tastes. Can I do that anymore? Can I say I have taste?
I think you had it spot on with your phrasing. I'm not disinterested in painting, I'm just MORE interested in converting.

tavoittamaton wrote: I'm seeing a savaged corpse and the rippers fingerpainting with bodily fluids... perhaps this isn't a shovel-ready project...

Oh? Whats this in the lower right then?

or you could do something of the effect Two talons One {insert 40k race here} and do something with talons (works with claws too, i suppose)

I envision a carnifex with scy-tals pierced through a body, holding it up to his face while with his weird tongue he sensuously licks the emaciated corpse. but then, I know doing that with an entire carnifex might not be what you want. perhaps just a genestealer.

There have been some requests for a full army shot, and hopefully this will satisfy them.

Things to note:
1) Most of that stuff is painted. Not well, but painted.
2) Multiple kinds/colors of termagants help to differentiate between squads that come out of the tervigons.
3) 60 genestealers and 3 broodlords.
4) Distinct lack of bigger bugs. I much prefer Old Adversary bubbles and just drowning people in smaller bugs that come out of nowhere.
5) There are some conversions in there not posted on this thread yet. I will get to those, faster if requested.
6) That Goatsegon has been sold. $100 bucks for $15 of plastic and an idea was too good to pass up. I will rebuild it. May he shock people in his new home in Omaha.
7) I'm still doing requests, but my stock is temporarily limited to what you see here for bits/models, in addition to my bitbox.

If you'd like to augment my army, either by suggesting an idea or by actually donating models/bits, I'll try to see that justice is done to the concept of maximum awesome.
Work is going to be crazy these next few days, so I'll be posting less frequently. I will have a few models completed, just not as many.

Going to use my last free day (today) to experiment with hot glue and tyranid structures.
The following videos have been approved by Carl Sagan, and the Federal Commission of T-Pain. This is what I've been jamming while modeling, lately.




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As long as the Department of Redundancy Department isn't an Aperture Science division, I could be persuaded to help.

Really good work going on here.

SeverePatronage wrote:As long as the Department of Redundancy Department isn't an Aperture Science division, I could be persuaded to help.

Really good work going on here.

Doomthumbs is our resident Cave Johnson.

Clicking on one of his threads is like signing an Aperture waiver.

"Don't have any tumors, we can take care of that"

SeverePatronage wrote:"Don't have any tumors, we can take care of that"

OT: Thanks for proving me wrong about the shovel-readiness DT, looks great And I can't fault you for making a quick buck on the other conversion - it can be rebuilt! Bigger, faster, stronger, somehow more mind-bogglingly grotesque!

Million dollar bug? I could make one HELL of a grotesque Tyranid with a cool million bucks.

Doomthumbs wrote:Million dollar bug? I could make one HELL of a grotesque Tyranid with a cool million bucks.

Life size Tyranid goatse?

Larger than life. And you'll be able to drive it.

You know, the 'Critters' movies frequently showed the Krites attacking their victims in ways that I think a ripper would be able to emulate. A nod to the murder of the Easter bunny sheriff (with a ripper running amok inside a Space Marine or Ork's armor, devouring him from within), or hanging half-in and half-out of some poor victim's throat (ala Critters 4) would be entertaining.

Also, thank you for your shout out to my Chaos mosaic (I assume you were talking about mine, since Zephyrey doesn't have a mosaic in his gallery). I love custom conversions, and your's are some of the most innovative I've seen. I also appreciate the legitimate strategies for cheap scratchbuilding you suggest. Do you just play/model 'nids, or do you have other armies as well?


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Also, dumb question, but what does NSFW stand for? I assume it is some manner of content warning?

Yes, I was talking to you on the mosaic Jimsolo. Its awesome, and makes me wonder if I could get away with doing my kitchen backsplash like that.
(Lady Doomthumbs is shaking her head no, so thats a WIP for another brane of dimensional space)
NSFW is "Not safe for work" and is generally considered nice, as not including it can maybe get you fired and me held liable.
This should have been included in that phonebook of a contract you had to sign to get in here...

Ah. Thanks for the heads up. As you pointed out, I don't have a lot of posts considering how long I have been a member. Not so much due to lurking as a protracted period of inactivity in wargaming, due to a 45 hour work week, a year of classes, and a marriage. But now I have more free time and have returned to both 40k and Dakka. Incidentally, I hope to do another one of those mosaics soon, this time with the Ultramarines logo. Hopefully, should be up soon.

Ok I mentioned earlier that I was going to be spending my day playing with hot glue.

Its pretty horrible looking right now, but its a WIP. I'm aiming for the alien from "Independence Day" , specifically the "Release me" scene.
What I'm doing is squirting hot glue on pipe cleaners, then dunking this in a tub of water in order to cool the glue into the shape I want.
There is a brief few seconds that I can shape the glue afterwards, and I'm slowly adding onto this armature.
At the moment, it is crude beyond even monkey doo doo fights. Give me time. You know I do good work. Well, maybe not good.
Interesting. There, thats what I was going for.
A cool discovery I've never seen anyone else talk about: Hot glue floats.
So I can squirt a stick of glue into the same water tub and make a sheet of alien building material. Maybe hot glue redemtion for the ID Alien.

You know, I've used hot glue before and have never once thought to experiment like that. The 'everything floats down here' approach was something I would have never considered, not even once. Now, I'm thinking it's going to be a nice addition to my small list of skills.

Quick question: How long do you have to wait between dunking the glue-covered object in the water and the point where it is safe to handle without burns? And about how long does it stay pliable enough to mold?

Depends on several factors.
How hot is the glue? How large of a bead of glue did you use?

I'm using a small size glue gun, and just quickly dunking it. Its warm, sometimes still hot on the inside, but never really burning. Water is a very good coolant. If it works quickly for nuclear reactors, it follows that it works quickly for glue.

Your mileage may vary though, based on your glue gun, how long you left it on before squeezing the trigger, the glue sticks you're using, etc. I'd suggest a few test runs and get comfortable with the process. I'm just learning myself through trial and error.

Nooooooooo Peeeeeeaaaaaaacccce

Progress.
I scrapped the old acid pee delivery method for this one.
I put a blob of hot glue on a skaven weapon arm and then submerged it slowly, pumping more glue as I pulled the armature down into the water.

Gonna wash this over with the water effect/scorpion green mix, instead of building it up from that. Faster, and looks better.

So I dropped about two dollars on some glue sticks and made some Tyranid terrain last night in about 5 minutes.
The method I used was to fill various containers with water. Tupperware, a bowl, and a small baking sheet with walls. Then go nuts with glue.
I won't bore you with pictures of me squirting glue into water, I'm sure you all have active imaginations. The point is, glue floats, so you can just carpet the top of the water with glue, then peel out a sheet of glue strings that didn't have the time or heat to melt the other glue around it. This means it stays looking all ropey instead of forming blobs like doing this on a sheet of cardboard would. Cool. Slap some washes on it, make it look at gross as possible.
I made 5 pieces in the same number of minutes. Seriously just go nuts, even using two glue guns pistolero style, then attack this with a wash that goes nicely with your army. I chose a mix of bubonic brown and catachan green, with some GW water effects, but you could use any wash.
You can then take these sheets of translucent glue and throw it down on any table, and have the detail of the table show through the holes in the glue, as well as somewhat visible through the glue itself. These sheets are pliable, and will bend to fit any shape you toss it down over. Models can walk over it without damaging it, and the glue even acts as rubber feet to keep wobbly models from falling over.

As you may have guessed, I'm a huge fan of psychological warfare. Being able to take this Tyranid/Zerg creep and make any table look like a Tyranid invasion zone in 10 seconds without hampering the gameplay or model movement in any way is a fairly strong statement. The statement is "This table belongs to the Nids, mofacka, and there is absolutely jack squat you can say or do about it". See that thing their face just did? Its called a "frown". They don't have anything that makes the table looks like it owns to them, now do they? Thats pretty damn demoralizing, especially if they have to move models across it. Hell, they might even avoid those areas with a tank, being freaked out enough to not know what the hell is going on. I mean, 30 seconds ago the table looked normal. Now it belongs to you.

The pictures below illustrate this fairly well, I think. There is also a picture of what I spent my 100 bucks I got from my Goatsegon on. Terrifying enough for you?

Interesting terrain... But now to the big question, when do we get more of the NSFW nids, or have you stopped on that army? Also, what model is that?

HOLY HELL! WHAT IS THAT MODEL AND WHERE CAN I GET ONE!? TELL ME NOW!

Dude...

I like that last one