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of course that i thought more in the lines on how to do a quicker paintscheme...

Oh, I used that for my crazy camo patterns, get's me done fatser than going one guy at at ime, so prime them, the add your red to the first dry guy, and do that until they are all done, then the armor colors or the dry-brush color for the fabric, and then the armor color, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
this cycle repeats until all 10 are looking fit to fight, and then the next squad get's done the same way. It is very factory like but it does work.

yep, batchpainting all the way^^ other wise the road to madness lies...

I tend not to for everyone but the troops...yay...can't wait 'til I get 60 IG...

SOOOOOOOOO




today i got a really busy postman... at first i gt me a weety mug with two goliath shotgunners inside...
then i got a fully loaded and meaningful bitzbox i bought from ebay with lots of cool its and odd ends...
and then my order from hord of bitz...american bitzordersite va ebay and also now on their own ...where in the post...
i have now lots of bodies, legs and arms and weapons to make new minis...

this means:

if there are some peeps out there that want to make some suggestions of me making some fun and goodlooking minis out of catachan and cadian bitz then speak thy intentions...

but remember here is the main rule: the rule of cool totally aplies...only the cool may be chosen!


vik

Lucky fella , good job on getting your mug, and two goliaths as well , cant be bad! as for your new minis , i suggest a dog handler , Logan suggests a animal tamer , and rhohan suggests a pilot . post pics soon matey

hmmm for your bunch i will do them all^^...concerning painting i wont give you any garanties but the minis will be my next projects in line...
the doghandler ...i wanted to do him anyway... how should he look like? would he be cadian or catachan as a base? or what else do you think...
the animal tamer...now this could be a truly nice thing... ask Logan if he has a special animal in mind...the animal might be tricky but i can see a wayaround nearly any choice here^^...if i was the daring type i woudl be so bold as to suggest here a hawk or even an eagle?
the pilot is a very cool thought, do tell rhohan that from me...something like that is cursing through my mind for quite some time... does he want him seated to walking?

i will be making some mockups real soon...^^

cheers to the four of you^^

by the way... on your recent work i saw your logo...very intriguing... the two upside down "1"s... looks a bit as if you say something like neil lol...just belned in oneanother^^


vik

Here's a conversion challenge... I havent seen this kind of thing made by anyone...




In case my drawing fails it is two troops carrying a wounded comrade out the battle.
Obviously it would require three models and some significant conversion work with the arms and legs.

cool drawing actually very dynamic . and forshortning. that would be a nice scene , and if vik doesnt doit i will ;-)

i think i grab that idea at the horns^^ and to boot it even more i expect a medic to come around before weekend too... so i could make this as some kind of small "M.A.S.H." diorama^^...consider this idea in my book^^

what kind of injure would you want me to do to the ...injured? lost limb or a shot to the torso as i think is shown in the pic...?

LoL how about a 'see all the way through' puncture in his torso? That way you kinda know he aint gonna make it, poor Bugger...

Surprised they care enough in the Imperial Guard to help the wounded.
Wouldn't he be shot by the commissar for failing to dodge enemy fire or maybe be burned by the inquisition for tbeing tainted having had his body corrupted by xenos/chaos?!

ouch... that is cruel... tho i have to say the full bdy shot through the ribs has some apealing to me^^

How's about a commissar standing tall, right arm straight out with bolt pistol, other arm behind his back, using painted cotton wool to have asmoking barrel, and a guardsman with half/no head kneeling down facing away from him? Execution!

would be nice...but for my taste a bit to graphic...i am the gentle and mercyful kind of guy.....

then you have no place in the ranks of the imperial guard! go and join the eldar if you want to go flower-picking! This is war, not the neighborhood watch! *bolt pistol -> face*

Ahhh so this is what you've been doing - silly me I thought you'd been taking time off... Looks like I missed a bit - the progress so far is very steamy and a little bit punk

been working on a ninja/deadpool conversion... recently i got a fully and delicious packed bitzbox from ebay and one brutaly painted mini looked already much like deapool for me...

and then the worst thing in a modlers life happened...

MY GLUE WAS DRY AND NO NEW GLUE THERETO REPLACE...

arghhhh....having a vision of what to do and no materials to work with...very frustrating....so ´morrow i need to urgently buy me some glue...

after that the modeling/conversion mayhem may take its ugly course^^

at neil: if you and your sons might be in favor of sporting some pics as how you want certain chars to look like i am very open to suggestions...

also the gates of hell need more of soe decent suggestions... not too brutal please...

the progress so far is very steamy and a little bit punk

lol this was a nice one!!

vik

ha ha no glue! this is the worst, kind of torture. deadpool ninja , sounds great. I will tell the boys what you plan in the morn , they are keen draughtsmen so i expect they will enjoy the challenge. ;-)

cool, thats something to look forward to^^

best wishes to them from me^^


vik

Will do matey.

so i still can´t provide pic updates, but i can tell you all i went heavy on the conversion job....
perkustins suggeted conversion /diorama idea is very hard on the way... three minis modeled to a very forward extent...tomorrow will be the finishing touches on that...

then i worked for the ogryn...see other thread^^

and also i did some groundwork on my deadpool...he looks now recognizable but still some work there...

and i tried myself out with a lil pressmoulding with GS...used a cabelbinder to make a pressmold to later be used as a amobelt...


ALL PICS TOMORROW, will do a photoshooting to show all process...

cheers, vik

and neil... your sons already have some sketches to provide?
need some input still on the pilot and the animal trainer...which animal to use...a snake would be easy^^

nice, looking forward to pics.
how's about a sniper team lying in wait, one crouching with binoculars, one lying down aiming down the sights, with foliage on the base?

i saw that in the gallery even... i don´t want to do too much snipers as i have already quite a lot metal ones lying around waiting to get painted... but the spotter is always a nice touch...

"OI! HE'S OVER DERE!!!"
"Shhh!"
"YOU WOT?! I CAN'T 'EAR YOU!"
"WE'VE GOT TO KEEP REALLY, REALLY QUIET SO THEY DON'T NOTICE US!"

sometimes you freak me out...though not now... thats so hilarious^^

rememberes me to hte sesam street... the shlemiel one... always selling stuff like letters and things so common that black marketing wouldn´t be necessary...

All I remember from sesame street is elmo...

to enlighten you a bit at this late of hour...:

ah. Gotta go now. Read ya later!

sleep thee well