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2013/05/11 12:06:44
Subject: Orkishness - the thunderfarter years. yes yet another ork thread.
I am truly honoured and grateful for your praise, thank you.
So here are the final shots. These will be linked in to the competition.
Next up I am not sure, I also through my hat in on the terrain comp, but my materials have yet to arrive, so maybe made dash on that. Or I am itching to do a Warkopta, got ideas and I see that Wazzoo2000 recently did one, which is too awesome for words so it's itching the back of my skull at the moment.
Anyways, here are the pics, trying my best to get good pictures. May have to try again later when the light is better please let me know what you think.
and you need a better backdrop for such pics mate! you´re short selling your stuff that way!
also... as a personal request... would you be able to point me in the right direction as to where I could see some WIP pics of that grotz display base? I am gathering my own forces for a grotz army as we speak... and I would love to give them the right attention...if you catch my drift
Thank you. And yup just got a new camera, and everything but need to sort out a nice backdrop.
I have to make up another soon, so will do my best at a tut.
It is basically, a old cd, cut a bit of polystyrene to size. I did it more as a movement tray than a display base. Although it does group them nicely for a ordinance template. 8(
2013/05/12 15:49:15
Subject: Orkishness - the thunderfarter years. yes yet another ork thread.
So see if you can follow these. Totally not wishing to teach anyone to suck egg's here guys. I use this as a movement tray for Grot squads.
You will need:
1) Polystyrene from a pizza package. If you can get them. Its about 3-4 mm thick.
2) Old CD.
3) Contact adhesive.
4) Marker pen, and very sharp knife, and small something to spread glue out.
oh...I didn´t expect that... aha... so soft foam something...now that explains the nice round circles for the bases... I didn´t see that coming...hmmm...I use insulation foam for floor boarding... same stuff really... here we get pizza´s only with cardboard^^... but what exactly is that inpact glue? some kind of superglue?... but regardless...that was most helpful mate... I will use that sooner than we all would think...got me recently yet again another squad of grotz...^^...cunning plans ahead^^
@ Vik. The adhesive is a contact adhesive. Its really rubbery, you put it on both surfaces wait for it to dry a bit then put together. The only down sides are 1) you have to be very careful putting it together because once it touches it will never come off, so NO realignment. 2) It has some fairly nasty fumes, so always use in a well ventilated area and it melts polystyrene. Not badly but enough. The good is it is a very strong bond on any 2 surfaces that are relatively non-porous. In the trade it is used to stick laminate to worktops for kitchens etc.
Hope this helps Vik
@ Squidbot Thank you sir.
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2013/05/14 20:16:11
Subject: Orkishness - the thunderfarter years. yes yet another ork thread.
I'd play against such a well painted army any day, I have Orks/IG/SM/'Crons/ Tau(although i have not paid the blood money for the new codex yet!)
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2013/05/19 22:11:44
Subject: Re:Orkishness - the thunderfarter years. yes yet another ork thread.
So been busy trying to sort various projects, and also decided to expand my work space.
So some pics of the shrine I am working on, not very orky yet, but give it chance. And then a before and after of workspace. Been moved out of my little corner, got me a nice little shed. Been feeling a bit envious of others on Dakka upgrading, so made the choice to do something about it.
Loving the new workspace, nothing better than a proper quiet place to do what You love to do.
Have to say that I'm lucky enough to have a room as well just for my hobbies.
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2013/05/20 10:36:31
Subject: Orkishness - the thunderfarter years. yes yet another ork thread.
Not likely to stay so clean, I see space for posters or shelves, there will be shavings and paint there soon enough
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2013/05/20 21:36:50
Subject: Re:Orkishness - the thunderfarter years. yes yet another ork thread.
Not a bad effort by so young a painter, imagine when he is painting minis at say 13, or 18, or when he hits his twenties? by then he will be likely painting at award levels!
My very first DnD minis were so simply painted, flesh with no highlights/dry brushing/washes, clothes were the same, one color only, no layers, not dry brush, nada! then I I learned that minis could look more serious, less cartoony.
What I am saying is, encourage the lad! let him do more and learn more ! help him develop his techniques so that one day, he too will be posting pics on Dakka as well as his "Old Man"
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2013/05/22 21:15:59
Subject: Orkishness - the thunderfarter years. yes yet another ork thread.
I did the same with that model for a kid I know... we used a way simpler scheme... he is painted only drybrushed silver over black... but your son can paint very well already!
your new workplace looks very cozy... having everything at arms length is really the way to go
The sands blew past obscuring vision and biting into every exposed part of his flesh. This bloody planet was a waste land. Colonised thousands of years ago, but then lost in time. Continued attempts to recolonize had failed again and again. But each attempt had left its scars on the surface of this planet. Each attempt had brought new life to this planet.
Now here was Commander MacTappass leading yet another attempt by the Imperium to take this planet back. He knew that Tyranids had been here, and failed to truly conquer. He knew that ancient relics could be found to show that the Eldar had once tried. He knew that a human population, the remains of the Catachan that had last been sent here, was here and surviving somehow 400 years after it came with the Dark Angel chapter contingent to wipe out the other most successful inhabitants. The cursed green skin devils. He was here now because yet again another Waagh was brewing. Three times massive hordes of the green tide had spawned from this planet and decimated this sector. This was the only reason he could fathom for the Imperium’s interest in such a desolate place. To wipe them out once and for all, those were his orders. With the Cadian Guard and the Ultra Marines at his back he must be able to defeat such a low brow bunch of heathen scum.
Yet here on Siccus Prime he was fighting for his life every single day. The Leader of the horde, one Thunderfarter da Turd, was a very cunning adversary. The orks had adapted to the conditions on this planet very well, they seemed to thrive here. They had adapted and tamed the beasts of the desert. They had developed a nomadic life style. They had even befriended the survivors of the original colonists, to the extent that he had to take action against a village, killing all the human inhabitants as well as the orks. The humans where almost worshiping the orks, they even had a statue praising them. He had to admit that he could see their point. He admired his enemy, and respected him.
He once more tried to scan the horizon for any sign of trouble, and once more got a face full of sand……..
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2013/05/24 10:40:33
Subject: Orkishness - the thunderfarter years. yes yet another ork thread.
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2013/05/24 19:17:58
Subject: Orkishness - the thunderfarter years. yes yet another ork thread.
The sands blew past obscuring vision and biting into every exposed part of his flesh.
you captured that description very well in your dio mister!... it was the exact feeling i had when seeing the fist pic of the floor covered with sand... you really gace that windy feeling here... sand blown everywhere!...remarkably!
also... how did you get that sarcophagus done? was it ready made? people demand to know^^
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