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No you are right it probabvly wouldnt matter so much, I kinda guessed what you were aiming at when I saw the gs disk for the chapter symbol. Do you have plans for the heavy flamer arm, such as, mek bits to make it a bionic arm or a harness of some type?

How was your time with the family? We had a great weekend at Haggerston Castle near Berwick, was nice to get some family bonding time.

The flamestorm cannon should go on a rig like the conversion beamer that hiots made, either that or a wheeled/ tracked carrier as even a space marine would strain to carry that beast.

Actually I was being sarcastic/ironic with the flamestorm cannon thing... make one hell of a codpiece gun though, eh?

Well, there's not too much I can do for the arm as it's all mounded in. I suppose I could add some mechical superstructure on the outside... but I'm not sure how that would look, plus it means that removing the weapon for maintenance or fuel changes would be nearly impossible. I kind of figuring that when necessary, a button push releases the marine's arm from the flamer completely (it essentially unclamps), so he's free to move both arms... he quickly replaces the fuel canister then inserts his arm into the cradle and a second button push causes the weapon to re-clamp around his arm securely.

Let me put some thought into it dantay... might come up with something plausible.

So by "Iron Warriors", do you mean that the legs came from the Choas Space Marine box set?

The Fglamestorm certainly would do

Actually, the cicular section at the elbow might be the answer., put a cog on it or paint it as a button or some such and you have your release mechanism, paint the struts silver like pistons and you have a support device to help the gunner with the weight of it. Maybe just add a cable to the backpack to power the harness, it might ot even need that.

I know I sound a bit critical, but i actually do like it a lot The pose is cool, i can almost imagine him puffing out his cheeks as he lugs it around.

wyomingfox wrote:So by "Iron Warriors", do you mean that the legs came from the Choas Space Marine box set?

Not Iron Warriors... "Iron Armor"... it's like, Mk-3 or something... it's Forge World.

nice avatar by-the-way...


@dantay: Hmmm... food for thought there. Let me look though my bits and see what I can come up with. I just keep thinking about the actual soldiers who used to lug around the huge brownings and such in WW II and beyond. My impression was they tended to be pretty well muscled in order to bear the extra burden. Here you have the armor and implants to help... but even for a space marine that's a HUGE gun... so making him look like he's having to really work to haul the gun around seems reasonable.

What can I say, your model inspired me .

Oh, so you purchased some of those "ancient" style armour kits from FW. That's cool.

You could AT LEAST wait until the darn thing is painted!!

I like it. the legs should offset some bulk. I'm guessing you see more continuity when painted. My only suggestion would be to tilt the head down a little. I'm thinking this gives the impression of him pulling backwards.

SL

Not sure I get you SL...

BTW Gits, a new(ish) store called the Labryth has (re (re))opened up in Baraboo down on the square. They are setting aside Thursdays as a wargaming night and are trying to get a 40K league set up. My buddy Tim (DA player who I mentioned before) is trying to spearhead it. Seeing as you are like 15 minutes away or so, you and your sons might be interested.

Very... please throw my name into the hat. Do they have a mailing list?

Hey Gits you should convert the item in the other hand to a miners lunch box, would suit the pose perfectly lol



I do like it though, a chain would be a good addition to give more emphasis to the weight of the weapon.

Why not use the PAGK flamers?

I'm liking that Gits, just think it needs a chain from the handle/hook thing over the nozzles going back to the shoulder pad. Those legs are pretty sweet.

Gitsplitta wrote:You could AT LEAST wait until the darn thing is painted!!

Nah, this gives you the perfect incentive to hurry up and paint that fig. Muwahahaha! Besides...I owe you for that "Cock-A-Roach" comment earlier .


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Gitsplitta wrote:Very... please throw my name into the hat. Do they have a mailing list?

Better, they have a Facebook Page .

The Labrynth Games
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GiraffeX wrote:Hey Gits you should convert the item in the other hand to a miners lunch box, would suit the pose perfectly lol



I do like it though, a chain would be a good addition to give more emphasis to the weight of the weapon.

LOL! That it would! I could do that actually... be really funny.

Miss Dee wrote:Why not use the PAGK flamers?

Mainly because this is what I had on hand. And I like the over-the-top size of the thing... gives the figure presence, and humor.

monkeytroll wrote:I'm liking that Gits, just think it needs a chain from the handle/hook thing over the nozzles going back to the shoulder pad. Those legs are pretty sweet.

Have a couple of ideas rolling around in my head, unfortunately the best one would probably take a while for the bits order to come through... but who knows... I may have something lying about.

wyomingfox wrote:Nah, this gives you the perfect incentive to hurry up and paint that fig. Muwahahaha! Besides...I owe you for that "Cock-A-Roach" comment earlier .

Truth is truth... being sore about it doesn't change anything.

Gitsplitta wrote:Better, they have a Facebook Page .

You have odd criteria for "better". (Facebook... *ptoooie*)



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wyomingfox wrote:BTW Gits, a new(ish) store called the Labryth has (re (re))opened up in Baraboo down on the square. They are setting aside Thursdays as a wargaming night and are trying to get a 40K league set up. My buddy Tim (DA player who I mentioned before) is trying to spearhead it. Seeing as you are like 15 minutes away or so, you and your sons might be interested.

Boy, I dunno wyfox... from their facebook page it doesn't look like they're particularly interested in 40k... more like card games. Think your friend might be fighting an uphill battle.

Gitsplitta wrote:Not sure I get you SL...

Take the " beak" and lower it more towards his chest , not much. The current head position gives the impression that the figure is leaning back. From my perspective of the picture.

AH, I misread your statement. I'll think about that.

I like it. It's a chunky, spicy meatball of a flamer.

Solar_lion wrote:Take the " beak" and lower it more towards his chest , not much. The current head position gives the impression that the figure is leaning back. From my perspective of the picture.

I agree, thus the meme. Then again, I love the pose that the tilted head helps to create, thus the meme .

The head positioning *was* a conscious decision on my part. I was going for that... "I have the GodEmperor's own flamer... so wtf do you think YOUR going to do about it." attitude.

Gitsplitta wrote:Boy, I dunno wyfox... from their facebook page it doesn't look like they're particularly interested in 40k... more like card games. Think your friend might be fighting an uphill battle.

One of the store's previous interitions (back in the days) happened to sell GW merchandise. The owner is trying to diversify again, and their seems to be some interest from the current customer base. In truth, I was into CCG (MTG) way before miniatures -- as was my friend Tim. Anyways, might be an opportunity to grow something local .

Nice.. I think then you should name him Otto Helmmelter, Grillmaster of the Emperor!

Motto " I don't do Rare!"

Seriously.. are you going for the Tranquility camo on these guys or standard color scheme. Sorry If you said earlier, I have only 5 megs of Ram available!

SL

Oh, now there's an idea... I could convert that fuel cell into a little Webber grill...

Yep, these will be regular sternguard. Have a couple more to do as I'm trading on of my combi-plasma guys. Think I might try out converting a couple of the Chapterhouse combiweapons so I'll have two guys in the squad who's load out I can easily change from melta to plasma to flamer.

I bought some of those CH combi-weapons as well. Haven't used them yet and honestly I don't know if I ever will. After getting them in hand, I wasn't too keen on thier appearance. If you want some more, I would probably sell you mine.

I've got plenty, thanks. Once I get them all dressed up they'll look fine on the tabletop.

He looks like he is casually strolling to me...

Today's build modifications: strap (while the rest of the gaming world would make the strap out of green stuff, I hammer mine out of copper wire) and a new head... While I generally dislike bare-headed marines, I like this one... personalizes him a little bit & should be fun to paint.


Looks like there's a couple of mold lines I need to clean up yet...

The strap makes a big difference IMO. Helps balance the model. He's still a pimp though .

It must have been the old head that gave him the "dear god this gun is heavy" look. Flat copper looks good as well.