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blue tack and it works as modeling clay??? cool!^^

how old is that model?? never saw those anywhere else....seem vintage and cool^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:blue tack and it works as modeling clay??? cool!^^

how old is that model?? never saw those anywhere else....seem vintage and cool^^

blue tack only acts as it for botch jobs- they don't hold shape very well, and need a good 2/3 coats of super glue to stiffen it up. Even then, it is prone to breaking and you having to repaint the area- definitely not a straight replacement.

that model is maybe 10/15 ish years old? No clue, but it's young enough for the proportions to fit modern orks, and old enough for the 80's heavy metal feel to it and for it to be in the 40k collector's section.

he chopped up a collectors item....balls^^

well so why did you use blue tac then? sounds like you could need a bit of kneadatite or GS^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:he chopped up a collectors item....balls^^

well so why did you use blue tac then? sounds like you could need a bit of kneadatite or GS^^

collector's section of the GW website, which is a universally different thing to plain simple collector's item, in that GW collectors is normally models with no rules in game, sold at a normal price (in this case, £7 for the trio), while collector's item normally means rare/OOP, and a lot more expensive ^^

Blue tac because, TBH, I was feeling very creative and didn't have any GS, and didn't want to go out and buy some and for the creative flow to run dry ^^

think of me as a faulty tap- sometimes creativity flows out over a few weeks, sometimes it drips every week or so, and all the creativeness pools at the bottom into the vast sink we call the internet, either being refreshing cool water or undrinkable trash ^^

I also haven't used modelling putty before, and I certainly didn't want my first try to be on the one figure that will represent me on dakka

ok that is understood^^...

the part about your creativity.,... that is just priceless! lol

ok now i see the difference between collectors section and collectors item^^

Well, I'm always a fan of extended metaphors ^^

well... me too... now imagine a man married to a wife that s not into metaphors ... truly hard time... dang thats a metaphor again^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:well... me too... now imagine a man married to a wife that s not into metaphors ... truly hard time... dang thats a metaphor again^^

being married is like wetting yourself- you get a warm feeling, but it tends to get a bit uncomfortable if left to sit

...no offence

laugh out loud...man i had this coming^^ but rest assured one way or the other i get my vengance for this one^^ and it wll hit you straight into the nadgers^^ it will only take some years from now^^ lol

couldn't resist

we have to step carfully with this wet trauma here...

Viktor von Domm wrote:we have to step carfully with this wet trauma here...

yeah, or it might run down your leg!

lol...from now on only wear bright trousers and the problem solves itself... but refrain from yellow colored ones as i think this may be a trap^^

^^


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since I don't have much else to talk about, let's talk about monty python

My favorite sketches have to be:
-falling off of tall buildings (just for the "I have never onc- AAAAAAAAH")
-ministry of silly walks
-it makes me mad
and, of course, the killer rabbit.

apart from the deadly picnic, what's yours?

So for christmas I didn't get much in the way of models, just a drop pod, but I also got £15 worth of games workshop vouchers and two new gaunt's ghosts books.
I'm thinking I should wizen up and get a tactical squad to make up a half-decent core of troops, and then carry on getting space marines until march (my birthday), by which time (hopefully) my army will be near completion, and then start focusing on the IG aspect of the imperial forces.

finally some signs of life in these parts...^^

i have been thinking... would you be willing for a trade of sorts? i have quite some mits and bobs of SM i probably will never use... an old predator and a rhino... maybe you could have a use for those... even the ocasional SM mini would be there...

Hmm, that might be somewhat beneficial...
what do you want in return?
I have some tyranids I don't want, and if not I can do paypal?

well, pay pal is one thing...but to be honest...really? nids i am afraid i got rid off a month ago... so ^^ not likley...

so, what did you have in mind?

oh, and I'm heading to my LGS tomorrow to order the only gaunt's ghosts book I haven't got yet, and providing I have enough time, I might start building my drop pod there.
Maybe an update to the sons of corax if I remember!

currently i would love to get my hands on a sprue of necron warriors...for some heavy converting...but that is not really pressing...

any way... happy new year to you mate!

and put your best foot forwards^^

cheers, vik

So I set my alarm for 10:30 so that I'd be rested but still able to do stuff during the day... it didn't go off and I woke up about 45 minutes ago
instead of rushing around the house and getting there for 4:30 or so, the store closes at 5:00 for new year's eve and so there wouldn't be much point, so I'm gonna go in on the 2nd and order it then, and see if I can't glue the drop pod together before that.

happy new year matey!

yeah, survive!

you too


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Went to my LGS, got 10 more space marines, built 6 while I was there, got home and (d'oh) left my glue and clippers there, and it had already closed.
with the only staff member there being a stand-in for the normal guy who's off sick, so the guy doesn't know my name.
and the store will next be open on thursday.

Feeling in a very 40k mood as I just tabled an opponent by turn 4, losing just one squad as casualties (1500 point game, lost 5 scouts)

getting stuff painted very slowly, but my aim is to get my tactical squad, drop pod, rhino, land raider, terminators, vanguard and sternguard and librarian to be painted before my birthday in march.
hopefully I'll get the tactical marines done by the end of the week, and the terminators the week after.

Why is the captain called Lenore? Makes him sound like washing powder...

Nice "I like trains" avatar

Lenore was a reference to Edgar Alen Poe's "the raven", to which there are lots of references to in raven guard fluff:

"darkness there, and nothing more" is a line in the poem.
a quote from kayvaan shrike "we strike, fast and lethal, and by the time our enemies can react... darkness there, and nothing more"
a quote from a vanguard veteran sergeant called "Alenpoe"
the only word the raven says in the poem is "nevermore"
the last word Corax said was "nevermore"
Corvus translates into "Raven" in greek, and "Corax" translates into "Raven" in latin.

shrike wrote:Nice "I like trains" avatar

Lenore was a reference to Edgar Alen Poe's "the raven", to which there are lots of references to in raven guard fluff:

"darkness there, and nothing more" is a line in the poem.
a quote from kayvaan shrike "we strike, fast and lethal, and by the time our enemies can react... darkness there, and nothing more"
a quote from a vanguard veteran sergeant called "Alenpoe"
the only word the raven says in the poem is "nevermore"
the last word Corax said was "nevermore"
Corvus translates into "Raven" in greek, and "Corax" translates into "Raven" in latin.

Lenore is a woman.

In the poem, yes. But in the dark future of the 41st millenium, lots of things have changed.