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Very nice.. I think the color is great. Loving the stripes.

I just want to make it clear that any purple put on these planes has been at MY specific request. I like purple... bold, exciting, contrasting purple. So, if you advise "no more purple" and Ramos ignores you... he's not the one ignoring you... I'M ignoring you! Go make your own bloody green planes!

Purple and Green - the go to color combo for all the greats Marvel Super-Villains!

 Alpharius wrote:
Purple and Green - the go to color combo for all the greats Marvel Super-Villains!

I've been getting some vibes from the other side of the villain spectrum





Sure I could have said "Joker" but come on, thats too easy!

Who's that guy? I want his as my chapter master...

You would heretic! It's Lex Luthor, and you need to take 5 points off your nerd cred effective immediately.

I never did DC. I lose no nerd cred for not knowing the current version of the *other* comic book company's stuff.

I dislike DC as much as the next True Believer, but Lex is pretty iconic.

I can totally see a Luthor Chapter master, Gits. Get on it!


So progress continues on the flyers. Figure I've a couple more days left on them. Hopefully finished Sunday/Monday!

Today I took a small detour and worked on some Space Wolves that a client wants me to rebase. Baking soda removed, that sorta thing.
Currently have the bases all painted and just need to touch up one squad's shoulder pads and then apply the snow and grass to the base.


I also put some more work in on the Lancer, particularly the shield. It is now considerably thinner in width and I think the pose could do well with the new dimensions. Even rigged up a third hand to hold up the spear arm as I took a picture!





Back to the flyers tomorrow!!

Excellent work on the pose Ramos.

Hopefully it matches your vision, Gits.

Provided that the scale of the shield looks right, I can start to actually start laying some plastic down! Then some more plastic.... and beautiful gears

Go for it.

Ladies and Gents, some important news!! The AdMech Giveaway has concluded!

I was blown away by the response- more than 60 people threw their hats in the ring.
Wish I could give everyone something for being awesome, but alas... Much like Highlander, THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!

Tossing the names into my most fancy hat, I drew a name for the grand prize- A Skitarri army!



Drumroll, Please!!









Ready....?








I'm unfolding the name.....







And....











TADAH!!!!



Congrats to Evan Myers! You win a Skitarri force complete with 10 Skitarri Vanguard, 5 Ruststalkers, and a Dragoon! All painted up to my best and delivered to you! Congrats!


But thats not all....
You see, I was so stunned by the number of people who sent me entries (and endlessly entertained by the various jokes, jibes, and comments), that I have decided to toss in a couple extra prizes. A second and third prize, if you will. I have a large selection of minis that may never see the light of day, as I'm much more of a painter than a player now... So I want to send them off to a good home. They may not be Admech, but I think I can find a stompy robot or two for you guys

Second Prize is awarded to ALPHARIUS!
Third Prize is awarded to Paul Regush!


All of the winners have been contacted through email, and have a week to claim their prize- Once May 9th hits, their name goes away and I redraw!


I just want to thank all of you for your support. A little comment here or a like may not sound like much, but it's a huge morale boost to see people enjoying my work. Even better when it inspires others to paint!

Take care guys, and thanks again!!

Congratulations to all the winners. I hope someone slashes your tires.... :/

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Congratulations to all the winners. I hope someone slashes your tires.... :/

Gits, you need to think clearer:

Grats to all the winners! I hope the server eats you e-mail, so there is a re-draw (that I can win)

No need to hate on the tires.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Congratulations to all the winners. I hope someone slashes your tires.... :/

That's the funniest thing I've read all day

Congrats. Here's hoping nothing bad happens to you.

By reading this it is understood that the writer has fully expressed his good intentions to the ower of this blog and in no way would be responcible for any misfortune that might happen to him by accident or due to the dangers present in everyday living.

ps.. please stick to your daily routine for at least a month

Man that contest was rigged. Probably some fake names and emails just so Ramos can keep the loot. Either way congrats to the winners.(In the most sarcastic tone I can muster.)

It is a rather shady last name on this Evan fella...

Those two thin racing stripes on the flyer's left wing - just beautiful! Offsets the green very nicely, well done there!

 whalemusic360 wrote:
It is a rather shady last name on this Evan fella...

It is, but I'm fairly certain I know this Evan fella, and I don't suspect anything, except maybe good old fashioned bribery.

I didn't win, but I didn't enter so....

Those poor, poor tires, Gits...
Nev's got the right idea! Curse the server!!!

Alas, It was not cursed soon enough, for I've heard back from everyone already. Sorry guys- better luck next year!!
The winners' projects should be up on the chopping block after the flyers- a nice in-between project to break up the huge vehicles. Wondering if I want to post them here as I work on them or just let them be a surprise?


Today was just a bunch of touch-ups on the SWs (which are complete now), and some more work on the Lancer's shield.
Its now cut from plasticard, and Im starting to place gears about it to get an idea of where to go with it. In this extremely precise and in no way cobbled together diagram, the blue areas denote further building- the shield as a whole will be trimmed in a crenelated band, akin to the teeth on a cog, an Admech staple of design. The field generator will be mounted a little higher and will intersect with a plasticard crossbar, possibly with some sort of power cabling on it.
For paint colors, the shield itself will be red, with the trim split down the middle in black and white (again, Admech staple!). The gears themselves I think will be left in their own natural antiqued bronze... That will be determined after paint starts to fly- in the mean time they'll be sitting off to the side as I build the rest.







Now if you'l excuse me, my chair seems to have started ticking... Wonder what that could mean

Is the shield motorized? If you had set all those cogs so they would spin, it would be mind-blowingly awesome.

Oh yes... go with Nev's idea. No, I demand it actually.

Make it so.

That would be pretty badass, actually xD I think I will do so, but Im not telling anyone where the on-off switch it




Joking aside, We'd have to get better gears than these... these arent toothed the same, so they rarely mesh! So we're looking at just decorative gears...


For now

More work on the shield. Now with trim!



Coming along rather nicely, if I do say so myself. Managing to get it to fuse into one solid chunk of styrene- NOTHING is going to bust this thing!

Mantis warrior flyers are progressing, albeit a smidge slower than anticipated. Game day yesterday and I've been hiiked on the Lancer's shield for most of the rest of the weekend. Metals are going on and are almost at the wash stage!

Decorative gears! As an engineer, I've always loved this phenomenon

Looks quite nice, Ramos! I wasn't sure about replacing the "empty" shield frame with a real shield at such a large size, but I think this will look really good - particularly if it's slightly curved. The border you've added really helps with the feeling of the shield having depth, too.

That is more than a miniature shield at this point. It's art.

Edit: Your shield is on the front page now.

Amazing work on the kite shield, with all that brass it's going to start weighing a bit at this point (?)

I can't wait to see that thing with some paint on it

Now THAT"S what I like to see! holy hell that idea is brilliant and you did it so well ramos! I'm very happy it worked out so bloody attractive for you! if Gits isn't over the moon .....Oh who am I kidding!? Lol.......of COURSE he'll love it :-)