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never??? i cant believe that

I have never lost to Nids since the combination of last IG and Nid dex, both written by Crudacce,,,,seems he rigged the nids to lose tot he IG slowed 'em down and made it easy for Guard to load out on fire-power spammification. Even my Orks rocked the Nids.

^ i unfortinatly have lost to nids a couple times... though my old store was 75% nids .. :(

I've never played nids apart from a 500 point per player 3 vs 3, where I used my ally's guard as meatshields until the hordes dwindled and my raven guard flew in and took out the synapse creatures.
I started to collect tyranids (got I think 1500 points), played a few games with them (won every time against marines/chaos), but they just weren't my style, so I stopped. I still use them for practicing my raven guard on when I get a new unit at home though

lol^

So this is what the 260 page barrier looks like? I like the view.




I think I can see my thread from here..........

mxwllmdr wrote:So this is what the 260 page barrier looks like? I like the view.




I think I can see my head from here..........

corrected that for you

Quickly to page 261, for an even better view of course.

Viktor von Domm wrote:

lone dirty dog wrote:It turned up great hope it helps with the GS now we might finally get an update

i am sure it will help me... by the way... when you mix the GS... do you have a mix you prefer? the tip of the paintshaper is labeled hard...but feels rather soft still... i bet i wouldn´t be able to use a soft one atm... i really need to see how to best testdrive the shaper... any tips?

That depends on what kind of detail I am doing ? If it is a larger area I add 50-50 but then add a little more blue just to give it a more solid base, I do this as it is stronger and holds shape better but can be a pain to shape as hardens quicker.

Smaller detail and areas that need more sculpting add more yellow, this way I can shape it easier and it gives me longer to do it, also never roll it and then use it straight away I give it a few minutes once its uniformed in colour before I work with it.

Someone taught me the trick of given it a few minutes to cure before using it and it made all the difference, as for the shapers there are soft medium and hard plus varying shapes and sizes.

The one I sent you is good for large areas and I found the hard ended one was better for larger areas, the medium is good for small areas on minis and I use the smaller sized version.

Also the really soft tip I used for getting a smooth finish on areas with a lot of close detail that I don't want to rub out or over work this is also only in the small size.

Hope that helps with that sorry for the late reply but I was knackered last night .

Viktor von Domm wrote:

lone dirty dog wrote:It turned up great hope it helps with the GS now we might finally get an update

i am sure it will help me... by the way... when you mix the GS... do you have a mix you prefer? the tip of the paintshaper is labeled hard...but feels rather soft still... i bet i wouldn´t be able to use a soft one atm... i really need to see how to best testdrive the shaper... any tips?

What a great guy, that LDD I haven't gotten so much into the mix design (as LDD describes below), but the paintshaper takes some time to get used to. I would recommend a random side project or experiment first, not "that one perfect thing I've been dying to sculpt", if you know what I mean

lone dirty dog wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:

lone dirty dog wrote:It turned up great hope it helps with the GS now we might finally get an update

i am sure it will help me... by the way... when you mix the GS... do you have a mix you prefer? the tip of the paintshaper is labeled hard...but feels rather soft still... i bet i wouldn´t be able to use a soft one atm... i really need to see how to best testdrive the shaper... any tips?

That depends on what kind of detail I am doing ? If it is a larger area I add 50-50 but then add a little more blue just to give it a more solid base, I do this as it is stronger and holds shape better but can be a pain to shape as hardens quicker.

Smaller detail and areas that need more sculpting add more yellow, this way I can shape it easier and it gives me longer to do it, also never roll it and then use it straight away I give it a few minutes once its uniformed in colour before I work with it.

Someone taught me the trick of given it a few minutes to cure before using it and it made all the difference, as for the shapers there are soft medium and hard plus varying shapes and sizes.

The one I sent you is good for large areas and I found the hard ended one was better for larger areas, the medium is good for small areas on minis and I use the smaller sized version.

Also the really soft tip I used for getting a smooth finish on areas with a lot of close detail that I don't want to rub out or over work this is also only in the small size.

Hope that helps with that sorry for the late reply but I was knackered last night .

Like I said, I'm not so familiar with changing mixes, but I've found that the leaving the GS for a few minutes is actually very helpful.

Good luck, Vik!
Rawson

Yes, mix it up a bit Rawson it amazes me how much of a difference it can make when modelling, I found this out from one of the guys at my local GW store and was amazed at the results.

He also was the guy who put me onto the clay shapers, I was going to buy the GW sculpting tool at the time and he told me not to bother LOL sent me with a list of clay shapers to the art shop down the road.

Best advice I got to date I would say, really changed my sculpting skills.

Look at it like this the darker green it is the harder it forms, lighter the green softer it is and more manageable, but remember that when it is softer it takes longer to get sharper edges.

Also buy the GS in 2 separate parts if you can get, the stuff that comes joined has all ready started to cure, what I do when I get it like that (cheap on ebay) is cut the middle section out (use it if you wish for bulking stuff out).

Put the 2 separate colours in to sealable bags and put in the freezer till you need it (don't worry don't take long to defrost) this way it keeps longer.

lone dirty dog wrote:
That depends on what kind of detail I am doing ? If it is a larger area I add 50-50 but then add a little more blue just to give it a more solid base, I do this as it is stronger and holds shape better but can be a pain to shape as hardens quicker.

Smaller detail and areas that need more sculpting add more yellow, this way I can shape it easier and it gives me longer to do it, also never roll it and then use it straight away I give it a few minutes once its uniformed in colour before I work with it.

Someone taught me the trick of given it a few minutes to cure before using it and it made all the difference, as for the shapers there are soft medium and hard plus varying shapes and sizes.

The one I sent you is good for large areas and I found the hard ended one was better for larger areas, the medium is good for small areas on minis and I use the smaller sized version.

Also the really soft tip I used for getting a smooth finish on areas with a lot of close detail that I don't want to rub out or over work this is also only in the small size.

Hope that helps with that sorry for the late reply but I was knackered last night .

sleeping is a must...so i´ve heard^^

the mix going into the more blue area i never even considered...will adapt to that for the right effect next time... for some reason i use way too much yellow...i am a very slow worker so i guess the extra curing time is all in the mix^^ so to speak... also i tend to work on multiple spaces /minis when i mix the GS... from the mixing my hands sometimes get very stained as i foind it quite hard to get it all even mixed...guess that´s why i tend to use more yellow...

i have a good feeling with the shaper and i think in about an hour i will start a sculpting session...

Rawson wrote: What a great guy, that LDD I haven't gotten so much into the mix design (as LDD describes below), but the paintshaper takes some time to get used to. I would recommend a random side project or experiment first, not "that one perfect thing I've been dying to sculpt", if you know what I mean

Like I said, I'm not so familiar with changing mixes, but I've found that the leaving the GS for a few minutes is actually very helpful.

Good luck, Vik!
Rawson

well the next as max always describes this on the honeydo list is making a hulk mini out of a lego mini for the kids... they are atm totaly hyped by the avengers (note an old TV cartoon series currentlöy on TV...) and they lack that extra muscle that the hulk provides...so i recruited an old lego...this one is a bit taller than standard lego minis and it will get covered as good as it is possible with gs to get me a hulk looking lego mini...cross your fingers... guess that falls uner the "that one perfect thing I've been dying to sculpt" ^^


thanks mates!

No probs Vik ……. but stop stealing your kids toys you will only have to replace them LOL

Good sculpting and one last bit of advice (which I learnt the hard way ) try not to do to much yes it sounds weird but build in sections once you achieve something you are happy with STOP!.

Haggrid minifig from Harry Potter?- he is a bit taller

Green stuff I use comes in tubes like this.



They seem hard enough and come with little caps for the tops as well as a circle of what looks like foil to stop it from sticking to the lid and a thin plastic sheet wrapped around it to stop it sticking to the tube like all the other GS I've seen.

n0t_u wrote:Green stuff I use comes in tubes like this.



They seem hard enough and come with little caps for the tops as well as a circle of what looks like foil to stop it from sticking to the lid and a thin plastic sheet wrapped around it to stop it sticking to the tube like all the other GS I've seen.

Thats the best way to get it

Viktor von Domm wrote:

mxwllmdr wrote:So this is what the 260 page barrier looks like? I like the view.




I think I can see my head from here..........

corrected that for you

My ego ain't that big....





Yet....

well max...we are here to keep your ego from going out to outer space^^

LDD...yeah i tried to stay true to that advice today... but i guess i did too much still^^ i try to be an overachiver but i lack the skill^^

at not_U : yep...that is the GS i currently use... stored that way is now the only stuff i accept to work with... i got cheaply some GW GS recently and i can only use it to fill sections with as it is almost cured in the middle between Y and B already... crappy way to sell reactive materials together???

at dave... nopr...i couldn´t bear butchering hagrid... he is one of my favorite characters... he was the one why i sticked to the books reading them in english...the german translated version lacks the slang hagrid or other characters use and i need that in a book... germans get so cramped when it comes to speech impediment...

so here goes...

that mini i used you connoisseur of lego designs will notice ...hopefully is a cop...a cop mini from an old range called jack stone...which i detest quite at large... the minis just look dumb in my view and lack character...which makes it perfect to do what i did to that mini...

which you see here at first in its natural state...




then...

i took off the cap...well in essence i effectifly lobotomized that poor fella...no mercy!!! off with his hat as the red queen would have said...^^



this reminds me a bit of that hannibal movie end...^^


then...the GS massacre started...

i sculpted the hair with a needle tool from my dentists tools...but the major work on the chest and abs i did with the new paintshaper provided by LDD...here is to you good sir!!!




next step would be to work on the neckmuscles..and the pants... i need to get that torn look and after that step...not before tomorrow i guess will be the sculpting of arms and back...

how do you like?

speak your mind as you see fit^^

cheers, vik



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by the way... max... it was meant to be a joke on infinity...if you walk long enough you can see the back of your head as the universe is due to some theories curved...well if you want to believe that...

Viktor von Domm wrote:well max...we are here to keep your ego from going out to outer space^^



.....


by the way... max... it was meant to be a joke on infinity...if you walk long enough you can see the back of your head as the universe is due to some theories curved...well if you want to believe that...

I think the theory is closer to "if you could see far enough" but in my case I think that I would have to be able to see pretty fething far to see myself from where you and Dave are right now.....


But I am getting there......

Viktor von Domm wrote:
i sculpted the hair with a needle tool from my dentists tools...but the major work on the chest and abs i did with the new paintshaper provided by LDD...here is to you good sir!!!

next step would be to work on the neckmuscles..and the pants... i need to get that torn look and after that step...not before tomorrow i guess will be the sculpting of arms and back...
how do you like?
speak your mind as you see fit^^

I think the abs are a little too defined (sharp edges I mean, not that he has done too many situps), but I think overall he's pretty awesome! Hair looks great, and it seems that you're getting the hang of the paintshaper pretty quick.

Keep up the good work!
Rawson

thanks rawson... the shaper took some getting used to and i am learning as i go along.,..that is the bad side effect of having chums all around the world... you can never have them around and telling you what is what when you do the stuff... but well it is as it is...and yep... i second your view here the abs are too defined... i need to get me some referrence shots ...or probably a catachan bare chested mini (we all know they are pretty much hulk looking anyways^^) while i sculpt to get a feel of what looks right...

the best part was tho that my kids recognized the mini already...^^ well the color of the GS helped there^^

^ i agree with exactly what rawson said, nice one vik!
btw, what is this guy going to be??

*snip*

well the next as max always describes this on the honeydo list is making a hulk mini out of a lego mini for the kids... they are atm totaly hyped by the avengers (note an old TV cartoon series currentlöy on TV...) and they lack that extra muscle that the hulk provides...so i recruited an old lego...this one is a bit taller than standard lego minis and it will get covered as good as it is possible with gs to get me a hulk looking lego mini...cross your fingers... guess that falls uner the "that one perfect thing I've been dying to sculpt" ^^

it will stay a toy for my kids... this also makes it kinda tricky...as it needs to be usable on lego bricks still after the sculpting work...so legs and arms need to be movable...

^ahh, nice work there vik, makes me miss having my neice and nephew living with us a while back.. my nephew was a superhero fanatic, i made him countless wolverine claws, ironman costumes, me and my brother even had a Spiderman vs Venom fight for his birthday...

that sounds cool...

and now that you remind me... one day i need to use my PC -fu to get me said wolverine claws... it is a must^^

and how did you do an iron man costume??? cardboard or what??

basicly cardboard, foamboard, paper, and ductape, oh he was estatic

i bet he was... heck who wouldn´t... hmmm.... would you happen to have some old pics of that costume? would like to see that... my kids would go spare if i did that for them^^ as a dad you always need some extra mental crowbar with your kids^^

sorry there vik, no picks of it, but i can make a basic diagram of what i did in paint if you wish?

That's really cool Vik! You're a minifig customizer now!