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Its like an evil/communist Mr. Clean...

lol^^

Ja Kommandant Klean! In Soviet Russia, Mr Klean gets washed by YOU!

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2011/11/30/300352_sm-Conversion%2C%20Imperial%20Guard.JPG

wow , he looks cool already mate.

kommandant klean...lol but i see your point^^

I really like the conversion of flamers into meltas, makes it look more rustic and fits in with the vostroyan feel. Also the ogryns are a really good conversion although competitive-wise I dont know how useful they will be, but still, good work!

Lovin the Work, even love the fact that "Creed" is hiding as a Vostroyan. Damn that Creed, they seek him here, they seek him there. Merry Christmas too.

LOLZ

neil101 wrote:http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2011/11/30/300352_sm-Conversion%2C%20Imperial%20Guard.JPG

wow , he looks cool already mate.

Thanks, Neil! I'm excited about how he's turning out, but it's been taking more effort than I expected to get the arms right. Now I think I'll have to file off the pouches on his right side to get a good position for the right arm.

djdutton wrote:I really like the conversion of flamers into meltas, makes it look more rustic and fits in with the vostroyan feel. Also the ogryns are a really good conversion although competitive-wise I dont know how useful they will be, but still, good work!

Thanks and thanks! Yeah, Ogryns might not be the most competitive unit choice, so who knows if they'll make it into the final list, but I think they look cool

mwnciboo wrote:Lovin the Work, even love the fact that "Creed" is hiding as a Vostroyan. Damn that Creed, they seek him here, they seek him there. Merry Christmas too.

Thanks! Vostroyan Creed is one of my favorite conversion ideas, but I'm not very happy with the results. I got a used model off of eBay and it didn't strip very well, so he lost a LOT of detail. I'd like to give it a second go with the new finecast version someday.

dsteingass wrote:

Merry Grimdarkmas!

If Creed is metal I can recommend using Isopropyl Alcohol, (like ACETONE FREE Nail Polish Remover) this stuff is cheap and totally safe with Metal, it is also better than anything I have ever used (and I have used a fair amount of stripping agents). It will come off in 1 hour, if it is stubborn however give it 24 Hours and it will gone, I mean gone, the Alcohol literally breaks this stuff down to fine particulates at the bottom of your dish.

at rawson... welcome back to the united states of A.?

at dstein... cool...i will now reconsider my holiday vacation plans... seems you spotted the ideal place for a happy holiday shootout...

lol...read this at first...

If Creed is mental I can recommend using Isopropyl Alcohol, (like ACETONE FREE Nail Polish Remover) this stuff is cheap and totally safe

mwnciboo wrote:If Creed is metal I can recommend using Isopropyl Alcohol, (like ACETONE FREE Nail Polish Remover) this stuff is cheap and totally safe with Metal, it is also better than anything I have ever used (and I have used a fair amount of stripping agents). It will come off in 1 hour, if it is stubborn however give it 24 Hours and it will gone, I mean gone, the Alcohol literally breaks this stuff down to fine particulates at the bottom of your dish.

Does the acetone free stuff work better than the normal stuff? That would explain a lot, since I just used the normal stuff and it didn't work so great

Viktor von Domm wrote:at rawson... welcome back to the united states of A.?

Yes, thank you! And I will be seeing a fair amount of the country while I'm back! Visiting my parents, my wife's parents, friends up north, a wedding in Washington, ang a wedding in Texas. Phew! I thought this was supposed to be vacation!

Wooh! come on up to Illinois and stop on in at the bunker!

@Rawson, yeah Acetone makes wierd things happen to paint, and also to Plastic and Resin. Isopropyl Alcohol is an alternative to Acetone and much safer, but do not leave Plastic or resin in Isopropyl Alcoholo for more than 30mins or they go all soft and wierd.

@Viktor, it's true CREED is all kinds of Mental, he's like that Illusionist, David Copperfield. He can make a titan invisible in plain sight.

lol... mwnciboo... lol...yeah^^ he is cool...and the mini i own is still waiting for the day it gets the right treatment to join my troops in the right fashion...i just love the model...!


at rawson...be sure to look after your two ladies! that amount of traveling sounds quite a big helping...

Really nice job!

Hello again!

Sorry for the lack of updates over the holidays, but I think I noticed a similar trend over all of Dakka so I hope there's no hard feelings

I'm usually not one to post pictures of boxes, but this is too tasty not to


and aparently, the Customs Authority saw fit to check out the Firstborn firsthand


Four boxes of firstborn gives me 40 troops, but with the HB, flamer, and sergeant, that leaves only 24 with lasguns. I cleaned up half of them tonight (with a few bayonet removals for variety), and hope to do some head swaps or other nifty things on some of the rest of them.


More work on Marbo tonight. I need to come up with a sweet Vostroyan name for him.
Front

Side

Top (sorry for the bad pic, but it really only serves to get a feel for the weapon alignment, so: mission accomplished)


I had some left over GS, so I picked up an old concept that I had been working on: the prone sniper. I modeled a knit cap on him since the other three snipers are lacking the traditional Vostroyan furry hat.


As always, love you hear your thoughts on the projects.

Thanks for looking!
Rawson

Lookin good man!

Gotta love your right to privacy eh!
Big Brother is Watching YOU!

hello back again rawson!

now there must have been some one a real good boy all over the last year!

so many fresh faced firstborns...^^


the marbo mini of yours reminds me somehow...i dunno why, because he doens´t even look remotly like him...of yuri from C&C...



had this flash about that name...

as for the prone sniper...knitted cap sounds good... also i would make this sniper one of the few that is not actually aiming... let him crawl... that would be something new...

anyway... good to have you bback and fully loaded so to speak^^


cheers, vik

dsteingass wrote:Lookin good man!

Thanks, buddy!

dsteingass wrote:Gotta love your right to privacy eh!
Big Brother is Watching YOU!

Right? Tell me that 28mm miniatures look like a bomb in the x-ray

Viktor von Domm wrote:hello back again rawson!

now there must have been some one a real good boy all over the last year!

so many fresh faced firstborns...^^


the marbo mini of yours reminds me somehow...i dunno why, because he doens´t even look remotly like him...of yuri from C&C...



had this flash about that name...

as for the prone sniper...knitted cap sounds good... also i would make this sniper one of the few that is not actually aiming... let him crawl... that would be something new...

anyway... good to have you bback and fully loaded so to speak^^


cheers, vik

I don't know why he reminds you of Yuri either, but I'll take all the ideas I can pilfer
The non-shooting pose is an interesting idea. I dug out some magnoculars from my bits box and am playing around with that pose as well. Thinking outside the box!

dugs in bitzbox and then thinks outside the box...hurhurhur...

well i more thought about the lowest form of movement... crawling to the firening spot...gun in both hands and moving forwards with just toes, knees and elbows... like the drill sarge ordered...

Rawson wrote:Hello again!

Sorry for the lack of updates over the holidays, but I think I noticed a similar trend over all of Dakka so I hope there's no hard feelings

I'm usually not one to post pictures of boxes, but this is too tasty not to


and aparently, the Customs Authority saw fit to check out the Firstborn firsthand


Four boxes of firstborn gives me 40 troops, but with the HB, flamer, and sergeant, that leaves only 24 with lasguns. I cleaned up half of them tonight (with a few bayonet removals for variety), and hope to do some head swaps or other nifty things on some of the rest of them.


More work on Marbo tonight. I need to come up with a sweet Vostroyan name for him.
Front

Side

Top (sorry for the bad pic, but it really only serves to get a feel for the weapon alignment, so: mission accomplished)


I had some left over GS, so I picked up an old concept that I had been working on: the prone sniper. I modeled a knit cap on him since the other three snipers are lacking the traditional Vostroyan furry hat.


As always, love you hear your thoughts on the projects.

Thanks for looking!
Rawson

How about "Dimitri Reznov" for your CA Marbo?

That Marbo looks great!

marbo looks soo awsome, the sniper looks cool too

Viktor von Domm wrote:well i more thought about the lowest form of movement... crawling to the firening spot...gun in both hands and moving forwards with just toes, knees and elbows... like the drill sarge ordered...

That particular pose would be a bit tough, as his left arm is tucked under his chest. The "spotter" type pose followed soon after...

Galorn wrote:How about "Dimitri Reznov" for your CA Marbo?

Not bad. Definately in the running! Thanks for the idea!

Flying Pooo wrote:That Marbo looks great!

Thank you, Pooo. You are a scholar and a gentleman

Rogue Wolves wrote:marbo looks soo awsome, the sniper looks cool too

Thanks on both counts, RW!

Love the pose on the Marbo Conversion and all those new Vostroyans are making me smile something fierce!

I had a similar run in with TSA, I was carrying on my metal army and dice bag, long story short my dice were scattered across the security checkpoint at LAX when the TSA agent upended my bag.

Hmelrose wrote:Love the pose on the Marbo Conversion and all those new Vostroyans are making me smile something fierce!

Thanks! I tried to ask my wife what she thought of the pose, and she didn't really understand the question. As for all of the troops, I'm still reveling in my stellar eBay purchase, but that's an aweful lot of troops to paint

Hmelrose wrote:I had a similar run in with TSA, I was carrying on my metal army and dice bag, long story short my dice were scattered across the security checkpoint at LAX when the TSA agent upended my bag.

Touche. I'll take my anonymous inspection over your random search any day

Rawson wrote:

Hmelrose wrote:Love the pose on the Marbo Conversion and all those new Vostroyans are making me smile something fierce!

Thanks! I tried to ask my wife what she thought of the pose, and she didn't really understand the question. As for all of the troops, I'm still reveling in my stellar eBay purchase, but that's an aweful lot of troops to paint

Hmelrose wrote:I had a similar run in with TSA, I was carrying on my metal army and dice bag, long story short my dice were scattered across the security checkpoint at LAX when the TSA agent upended my bag.

Touche. I'll take my anonymous inspection over your random search any day

I know all about having lots of troops to paint! I've got over 200 Mordian Iron Guard to paint up. I try to explain to the ladies that having a unique and individualistic model, not anything generic helps to make my work stand out amongst the crowd. I'm like an artist. I want my sculpts and work to be considerably geeky and awesome while making everyone else ooh and aww.

Oh yeah, dice bag upended on those metal tables = bouncing dice everywhere and me immediately hitting the floor scrambling to catch them all. I can only imagine what everyone else in line thought I was doing when TSA pulled me to the side and I hit the deck.