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2012/09/11 00:17:50
Subject: Re:Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine
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When do we get to read some fluff Gits? I'm very excited.
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2012/09/11 00:22:12
Subject: Re:Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Posts with Authority
Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts
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His cod-piece is too small. BUT!
That's the best "Duke Nukem" miniature I have ever SEEN. 
--B.
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Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
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2012/09/11 00:23:09
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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@Ice: When you write it??
Had t thought about that actually... hmmmmm.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/09/11 00:24:18
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2012/09/11 02:57:06
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine
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 Gitsplitta wrote:@Ice: When you write it??
Had t thought about that actually... hmmmmm.
lol, I see. Sure, send me what you want and I'll whip something up.
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2012/09/11 03:03:15
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Will do. Let me sleep on it.
Thanks by-the-way. Never send an amateur (me) to do a professional writer's job. (you)
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2012/09/11 04:51:33
Subject: Re:Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Renegade Kan Killin Orks
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 YES! Deathwatch Scout for the win! I dig it. Obviously he will be promoted to a devastator squad quickly, should he return from this mission. I like the name too. Is that a cigar in his mouth? ps: shouldn't the shoulder strap for the cannon be hanging the other way?
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/09/11 05:04:52
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2012/09/11 10:50:32
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Details, details. The sling is just for transporting it and helping it to stabilize it... it's not really a shoulder strap. Typically, gun slings are mounted on the bottom. Remember, he's a sniper, he doesn't shoot from the hip. Come "business" time the gun will be set on it's bi-pod, stabilized and motionless.
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2012/09/11 15:07:27
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Renegade Kan Killin Orks
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To true, about the bipod... but I meant the dip in the strap. Shouldn't it be on the lower end?
Ok that's the last I'll mention it, change it or not. I think the model looks sweet, and I love the Death Watch scouts. To me the idea seems cool, and I think there are a few tiny bits of fluff to support it. Additionally I feel like the scouts that are sent are on the verge of being inducted as full battle brothers with a clear career path ahead of them. Like your sniper, who is clearly going to become a devastator.
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2012/09/11 15:37:48
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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GG, don't worry about the comment, I really appreciate it. I'll take a closer look at it when I have the model in front of me again.
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2012/09/13 14:13:32
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
OH-I Wanna get out of here
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I like the big guns. Hail to the king, baby!
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2012/09/13 19:51:59
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Apprehensive Inquisitorial Apprentice
Censored by order of the Inquisition
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The blog lives. Anyway nice scout, in war, there is no such thing as overkill.
EDIT I can't spell
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/09/13 19:53:09
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2012/09/13 21:53:57
Subject: Re:Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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OK, finally having a chance to consider the figure given GG's comments on something other than my iPhone screen, I agree and will be re-doing the strap. I could see if he was swinging the gun around the strap may fly out like that, but if he was swinging the gun around he'd never be able to strike the pose (there is a back part of the stock by-the-way... you just can't see it from this angle.) So. Some progress to show soon I hope, perhaps as early as tomorrow (day off). I might try to rebuild the strap tonight so I can paint tomorrow... but it's been a very long week, I'm pretty bushed. Lots of Zinge goodness came in the mail today though... happy, happy! 
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/09/13 21:55:48
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2012/09/13 22:03:16
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Fireknife Shas'el
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Zinge Industries Bits? Like what?
Oh...and look who has a sexy new signature 
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/09/13 23:13:33
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2012/09/13 22:53:50
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps
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Mmmm i love getting zinge supply drops 
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2012/09/13 23:20:12
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Bunches of stuff... power fists, power klaws, orky trim bits, rivet strips and chainsword teeth/chains/whatever else comes on the sprue. Got a freebee light thingie which I really like. Oh...and look who has a sexy new signature
Oh yeah.... your right! Hey Vit, nice new sig man!
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This message was edited 3 times. Last update was at 2012/09/13 23:23:18
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2012/09/13 23:22:14
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps
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Thanks Gits, i thought no one had noticed  *Runs off sobbing* 
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/09/13 23:22:26
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2012/09/14 01:34:24
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Fireknife Shas'el
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Touche
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2012/09/14 04:00:32
Subject: Re:Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/10 - Deathwatch scout WIP 1)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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*chuckle*
OK, fiddled with the build a bit. Got rid of the sling, GS'd the resulting damage, removed some of the gun understructure and replaced it with the forward grip from a bolter. Also added the bi-pod. Slightly different angle on the pic and the head isn't permanently attached yet, so the angle is just random.
I'll clean things up a bit more before I begin the painting.
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2012/09/14 04:58:51
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/13 - Deathwatch scout WIP 2)
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The bipod angle looks good. Thinking that this 'sniper' would take an elevated position over his target its fair to think that the pod would have that slight lean to it.
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2012/09/14 05:37:10
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/13 - Deathwatch scout WIP 2)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Likewise, I'm a fan of the bipod. Can we get a shot of his butt by the way? I see cables I think.
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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven. |
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2012/09/14 08:56:38
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/13 - Deathwatch scout WIP 2)
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Phanobi
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@ Graven an ass man?
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http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/463976.page (Space Sharks and Tau)
DJ @ http://www.rockindocradio.net
Mon, Thursday+Fri 06am - 09am EST
We refuse to take sides in this anymore. And we refuse to let you turn us against one another. We know who we are now, we can find our own way between order and chaos...
It's over because we've decided it's over. Now get the hell out of our galaxy! Both of you.
"Whoever takes purple sash is purple, and follows purple leader." I follow purple tau. Theophony
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2012/09/14 11:23:46
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/13 - Deathwatch scout WIP 2)
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Rampaging Furioso Blood Angel Dreadnought
Potters Bar, UK
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Looking good Gits, bipod is a marked improvement over the strap (not that i noticed it before...) Thats something you dont learn every day....
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inmygravenimage wrote:Have courage, faith and beer, my friend - it will be done!
MeanGreenStompa wrote:Anonymity breeds aggression.
Chowderhead wrote:Just hit the "Triangle of Friendship", as I call it.
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2012/09/14 13:05:00
Subject: Re:Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/13 - Deathwatch scout WIP 2)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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LOL Miss Dee!
To be honest I didn't have much choice with the bi-pod, it comes that way (angled I mean)... so I just had to make a decision about angled back or angled forward & I felt angled forward would push the gun back into the firer's shoulder... giving it firm support from both directions & keeping it as stable as possible.
Including pics from other POV as requested. Just one cable from the backpack to the gun. The little ribbed part of the pack will be painted like the power coil on the gun to indicate that's where the charge is coming from. I do not intend for the back-back to be able to provide more than a couple of shots worth of power to the las cannon as he is a sniper rather than a regular devastator.
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2012/09/14 22:29:31
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/13 - Deathwatch scout WIP 2)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I do like a nice pair of buttocks, tis true. Also cabling. No wait that sounds wrong.
Also, nice lookin fig there!
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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven. |
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2012/09/14 22:57:30
Subject: Re:Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/13 - Deathwatch scout WIP 2)
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Posts with Authority
Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts
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Welll Graven likes big BUTTS and he cannot lie! You other players can't deny!
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Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
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2012/09/14 23:02:16
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/13 - Deathwatch scout WIP 2)
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Rampaging Furioso Blood Angel Dreadnought
Potters Bar, UK
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When a Scout walks in with a itty bitty waist and a round thing in his face he gets....
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/09/14 23:02:22
inmygravenimage wrote:Have courage, faith and beer, my friend - it will be done!
MeanGreenStompa wrote:Anonymity breeds aggression.
Chowderhead wrote:Just hit the "Triangle of Friendship", as I call it.
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2012/09/14 23:03:14
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/13 - Deathwatch scout WIP 2)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I remember painting the derriere of one of the original Banshee models when it struck me that I'd seen those curves before... Made me appreciate what I had (in a girlfriend) all the more.
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2012/09/14 23:04:13
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/13 - Deathwatch scout WIP 2)
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Dakka Veteran
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Maybe some kind of power cell clued to his back would help.
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Maybe some kind of power cell clued to his back would help.
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2012/09/14 23:35:33
Subject: Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/13 - Deathwatch scout WIP 2)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
OH-I Wanna get out of here
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You are correct on the leaning of the bipod gits. Irl, they fold forward as if the folded back, the would collapse from leaning into the rifle.
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2012/09/17 22:10:03
Subject: Re:Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors (9/13 - Deathwatch scout WIP 2)
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Focused Dark Angels Land Raider Pilot
Cupertino, California USA
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Hey Gits when I see this conversion for some reason the wrestler The Rock comes to mind for some reason and can picture him talking out of your model looks good can't wait to see it painted. Automatically Appended Next Post: Hey Gits when I see this conversion for some reason the wrestler The Rock comes to mind for some reason and can picture him talking out of your model looks good can't wait to see it painted.
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