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Now thats cool. Those boys invented cool.

Wow the metallic effects on the cylon are outstanding.

that mobster looks very smart! i like him... and the solid colored suit works for me... pinstripes are good and all but a one colored suit sure has it´s merrits too

the metal work on the cylon looks very cool... yes...good image^^... a cool and murderous ba....rd...... how you want to weather that one is a mystery... i never saw a ruined looking pile of screws back in the day when starbuck still was a guy...but that´s just me


on a side note... yesterday we celebrated our sons felix seventh birthday... in fact it is actually today...but we had to go to work...so little time in terms of celebrating that glorious day... so we instead preponed the event to sunday and not only did he get his presents early...(or better lots ) but also we went to legoland here in berlin... and boy...did we get lucky!!!! they had a special super feature star wars thing going on! man have been we all amazed! have you ever seen literally thousands of stormtroopers and droids and clone troopers side by side marching in for the battle? it was a cool sight for sore eyes if i ever saw something...

Sounds awesome Vik! Did you get any pictures?

any??? any??? zillions...^^

though i dunno where to put them for a big show...

Photobucket? Maybe make a LEGO album in your Dakka Gallery- if you only put pics of troops, it shouldn't get deleted.

Wow, super impressive Cylon paintwork - although the pose is a little camp possibly... but none the the less an impressive kit... Love the gangster, really good pose - did you ever consider painting him in shades of grey (no, not the book...) to give him that black and white movie feel?

Vik, that sounds like the Star Wars weekends in Disney World's Hollywood Studios - Always wanted to go but never made it yet - mostly because they are in May and my kids are still in school... Closest I got was Celebration Europe - loads of the 501st in attendance, plus life size Jabba, Snowspeeder and X-Wing (and more besides) A joyous day out!

http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-weekends-2013-dates-announced.html

Check out dancing with the Star wars Stars on youtube...

The Pose is the kit's biggest downfall, I agree. It could be changed, but it would take some surgery. Some might say the gaps where the armor plates meet is bad, but there would be no other way to make the kit, and I wouldn't want to try and fill them after painting. You have to figure that the "real" thing would need those plates to be replaceable parts, so the gaps are normal.
After two days of contemplation, I have decided NOT to weather the Cylon after all. I think I like the toaster just the way he is. The uber-reflective surface lets light play with shadows and highlights without much need for painted/inked shadows, and I think inks/washes would ruin the pretty surface too.

yeah... photobucket or the dakka gallery... i can´t really think of peeps getting wound up on little lego troopers... after all it is as close to tabletop as you can get...

by the way... i agree...the hands poses look a tiny bit akward to me too... otherwith you are doing amazing stuff...again ...

No, his left arm gun is out and readying to fire, the right arm gun is retracted, the hands are doing what they are supposed to, He is supposed to be 7 feet tall, so he would be aiming downward to hit a smaller human. Besides, he isn't really supposed to move like a human, he is a toaster after all

yep...that´s why he says...:"you´re toast..."....

that gangster is sexy

Thanks Cormade, but I think his feelings toward you might depend on whether or not he has been to prison yet, and for how long

It's good to see that someone is doing something Middle Earth related. It's a shame that the game is so under rated, it's really a fun game.

I like what you've done so far!!!! Keep it up, you're inspiring me to dig out my old LOTR minis.

Thanks Bane! Dig em out!

whoa??? a whole day gone past and no one bloddy posts on this fine thread? what a tragedy!

Well I guess I haven't given them much to talk about lately Vik. Dakka has been quiet in general.

It has!

Wow, just caught up Dave...outstanding work as usual.

Really enjoying the Bag End build, marvellous stuff...

Gangster is cool, looking forward to seeing how you put him together with the furniture.

Beautiful finish on the toaster, even if it is one of the re-booted versions

Thanks Monkey!

Some good news, after today I will have 9 SEQUENTIAL DAYS off work! I plan on doing some serious cleaning and reorganizing of my shop space and then hopefully get the Gangster/furniture diorama done.

So did I miss all of the hobbit stuff?

Not if you started at page 1 Hazz

Ha ha ha!

I think kids these days aren't bored enough. When I was a kid..I was bored ALL THE TIME. I think being bored makes you a detail-oriented person.

You wish, man dakka is really quite today!

a frightening thought if dakka is going all quiet... i am currently a bit RL challanged but soon i need my favorite chatty waterhole back in full steam

I need people to chatt to on my blog!!! I only have like 5-8 regual subs you have like 50!!!!!

Well, there was that one Star Trek TOS that had gangsters dressed like that including the tommy guns.

lol, I'm just too much of a 40k addicit to do something like that!

I think just about EVERYONE has their hands full with RL stuff lately. I've experienced some myself. I think winter is driving everyone in the northern hemishpheres nuts.