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Screw you SOPA!

Back on topic, the salamander characters look really nice and the banner is stunning!

Reaper and Bigfish: Not to further draw attention away from Sigur's awesome painting, but currently 11 other countries having similiar laws/bills in motion that would achieve the same goal for them. It's not just the US. This legislation has $94 Billion behind it. So stopping SOPA or PIPA alone will not put an end to it. They will keep rehashing it and tagging along with other bills down the road for a long way to come. That is why us friendly internet-goers have to step up and stay vigilant. This will not go away over night, we will have to fight this for a long time to come.

Now...Siggy, show me some FW salamanders!

Gitsplitta wrote:I'd like to see what that stuff looks like painted up... so it's not so obviously wood looking...

I got several sets this Xmas. I'll bring you one when I come up this winter so you can see first hand!

SL

Love the Salamanders.

SL

Nice work Sigur, those salamanders are really nice.

..And the EU already has it's own version of the SOPA, the ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement wich went active in late 2010) wich also has been ratified by the U.S and Australia to name a few. This concerns IP and 'Immaterial Property Rights', however the acctual contents of the document are still secret and any documents released to the public that in part or directly relates to ACTA has those parts blacked out. Wich as you understand, blatantly violates scores of laws (like the US Freedom of Information act or the Swedish principle of public access and the Freedom of the Press Act.) forbidding the sequestering of information (non-vital to national security) from the public.

..*ahem* that ironclad is quite cool too..

Thanks for the lively comments on the whole SOPA/PIPA thing. For now SOPA seems to be pulled back , getting the much required overhaul. Still, as Moltar says, we have to keep on being on our toes on this issue and, above all, informed.

Thanks to STC_LogisEingine for pointing this out. I really have to read up on what I can find on ACTA.

...and of course thanks to everybody for commenting on the painting as well.


Between interweb strikes and me working on getting a new photo setup ...set ....up :shifty: I almost forgot updating the logs!

So here we go.

Salamanders Captain (pretty FW figure)







Ironclad Dreadnought









Terminator Librarian (pretty Finecast figure)









On a slightly different note:

Kabuki Models Ikazuchi No Tora:
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For my Infinity "army" - my TAG and some remotes:





Hope you like everything so far.

Next up:
Salamanders army shots
Space Wolves (or more Pre-Heresy World Eaters. What would you prefer?)

Sallies look great, Sigur! That FW boarding marine turned out amazing. Detail and script work really set it off. It's also refreshing to see some more Infinity mini's.

My vote's for more PH World Eaters.

Thanks. Yeah, I guess I'll finish the World Eaters next.

Oh, I almost forgot about today's rendition of Tools of Terror!

Warning: not for the faint-hearted!

Sigur wrote:Salamanders Captain (pretty FW figure)

I really like the power weapon style that you have here! Very original and very fitting for Salamanders!

If I was to vote for your next project, I'd vote Space Wolves.

Keep up the great work!
Rawson

Excellent NMM gold, sigur, the Salamanders are looking increasingly impressive - not to mention the Infinity models, too!

Keep up the good work!

there is now way that will pass, its in violation of out freedom, on and btw that wizard is awsome sigur

Wow, that captain is just.. wow.. Awsome in the true meaning of the word.

Sorry for the threadjacking but if you want more info on ACTA this vidio explains it all quite nicely:





(p.s; if you don't want the vid link here just poke me and I'll remove it)

What the heck happened with that hobby knife..... :O

D.Smith wrote:What the heck happened with that hobby knife..... :O

BLOOD

Love that dread its 5 times..... no wait, ... six times awesome!

@Cosmic: Thanks very much!

@Rogue Wolves: Thanks and yes, SOPA didn't pass for now but we gotta stay informed indeed.

@STC_LogisEngine: Thanks for commenting and the video. As it happens ACTA made it into the headlines yesterday as AnonAustria attacked several government websites to draw attention to the ACTA situation.

@D.Smith: Basically what Moltar said. In fact, I was touching up the bases I had done for the Infinity robots, cut myself, after a brief inspection decided that it wasn't that bad and happily cut on when I noticed that the wound was of the "small but deep" kind and bled much stronger than I had thought. SO I went to do something about it but forgot to clean the knife in the meantime.

@Moltar: Spot on.

@Tortured-Robot: Thanks very much.


Alright, here's another update.

Yesterday was mostly spent with upgrading my photo setup, tidying and reorganizing my painting place a bit, assembled another paint rack so I finally have some more order in my paint collection than before and more space on the table and all that. Also, my new camera arrived and it had to be activated, manuals to be read, software to be installed and so on. This is what I spent much time today on as well so there isn't an update that huge. I really have to get to get behind that new camera first, what it can do exactly and I have to get to know what I can do with it as well. As a result, not all that much painting got done and my eyes are rather strained.

Anyhow, here's some pictures.

First, a test picture of good old Sicarius:


...and then some more pictures of a Pre-Heresy World Eaters commander:








Hope you like them. As you can see, there is still a LOT of work to be done (and learned) about how to make really nice pictures but I think I'll get there soon. As for the model itself - very much fun to paint. Not sure if it's the metal or the red cloak (I love me some red cloak painting once in a while) but this guy was very much fun to paint. The pictures are a bit so-so. He looks better in real life actually (haven't used that excuse in quite a while... :p ).

I like that you haven't used a pure white for the armour on the World Eaters, and that some areas are cleaner than others. I always find it incredible how people manage to progress from red to increasingly white without creating pink in the process (such as the cloak). Good pictures, good work!

Great looking minis. And as Cosmic says; the red is really well done. The details on the inside of both too.

That captain is awesome Sig, great weathering.

Sigur, I'm not sure if it is just me but those latest images aren't loading.

Dysartes wrote:Sigur, I'm not sure if it is just me but those latest images aren't loading.

on my computer they are.....

the cloak is nicely done, and the weathering also looks top!

Pre-Heresy World Eaters commander................ oh yes!

Hmm - they're showing now, but they weren't before, despite refreshing the thread a couple of times.

Good work, Sigur - though a World Eaters commander without a melee weapon looks a bit odd...

But he has a PF?!

Dysartes wrote:Hmm - they're showing now, but they weren't before, despite refreshing the thread a couple of times.

Good work, Sigur - though a World Eaters commander without a melee weapon looks a bit odd...

Vitruvian XVII wrote:But he has a PF?!

Lol that gave me a little chuckle! Nice work by the way.

Hey guys,

any way I can get around dakka galleries reducing the picture quality to gak?

update

Noice, hazard stripes are safetacular!

Not sure Sigur. You don't let it fiddle with your contrast do you? I always answer "no" when it asks.

Yeah i never get it to auto-correct. You could post in Nuts'n'Bolts or PM a gallery mod or something if youre really having trouble.

Great stuff Sigur. Good call on the World Eaters having some blood splatter but not going over board.

Sigur, what's going on with the side door on the right-hand Rhino? It looks like you started highlighting the edges, but stopped part-way down.