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Dreaded Page rollover....

EDIT: apologies for having nothing worthwhile to contribute, i just wanted to see what GreyDeathOne and wm360 wrote....

Nothing worthwhile either, as per the usual.

well i wouldnt say that, a little confirmation that the bipod would work IRL counts right?

Hey GDO, sorry, with page rollover I couldn't see your response.

 GreyDeathOne wrote:
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.

Oh, yes... my agent is talking to his agent about a film project based on the model. News at eleven. Unfortunately RL has dominated for a couple of weeks now as we are feverishly trying to get work done around the house (fall is here, winter aproacheth). Didn't see a single football game on Sunday as I was working like a mad man outside all day (and now my body is complaining bitterly). Work has also been throwing me some curves with lots of little business trips at the last minute. I guess summer is *definitely* over. *sigh*



Good news everyone! nerdfest09 is sponsoring a "Squad Leader" painting competition! The prize is the first-ever "Golden Bathtub" award (inspired by a photo that was hilarious but gave wayyyy too much personal information). Here's the link: Nerdfest's Squad Leader painting competition. I encourage everyone to stop by and sign up. Sounds like it'll be a whole lot of fun and I've heard a rumor that Nerdy's gotten some top quality judges for his event! Nothing but the A-team will do.

Cant wait form the finished modle!!!

LOL! I can't even remember what I was working on...

Have 3 interesting marine projects in the que, just working my way up to them as they tend to be very intense.

- LoTD sergeant
- Death Watch scout for graven
- Tranquility Vanguard for Yggs

No ETA's on these projects, but I will get to them.

Well... just dropped a c-note at Battlefoam. Necrons and orks, tired of all this stuff I've worked on piling up and getting dusty and damaged.

I'm trying to sort out a list for Adepticon, once that gets set the MW painting frenzy will begin anew.

Lucky you didn't drop the 'C-Bomb' at battlefoam... as you may not have gotten such good service!

Put a large order for custom foam myself. Should have my Miss packed up a bit nicer by next week.

Well, I only got a couple of bits of foam each... two infantry trays for my orks and an infantry tray and the barge + 1 ark tray for the Crons. Still a long way to go but I think it'll make me feel a lot better about life if we can get this stuff safely put away. It's a lot easier buying foam for the Necron army as it isn't "open ended" (i.e. I don't just keep adding stuff to it for the sake of adding stuff). With the orks and marines it's more of a finger-in-the-dike kind of thing.

I'm ba-ack!

First thing's first. Getting ready for Adepticon next year and I only have a dozen models to paint. Two sternguard and the rest regular livery in varying units.

2 Sterguard w/ plasma cannons
3 las cannon infantry
6 tac marines
1 assault srg w/ PF

I'll start with the sternguard and Yggsdrasil's GMS marine as that's also in tranquility camo. Once those are done, I'll build the rest and paint them in one fell swoop.

To start off with though, I thought I'd assemble the las cannon guys. It rankles me that with 4 different OOP las cannons to choose from, I couldn't get a single style to fit on this figure without modification... so I picked the one I had to modify the least.



The plasma cannons have required some major modifications, but I think I've really pulled it off. The GS work is curing right now & I hope to have some pics for you tomorrow of the completed marines. Then, having been appropriately "warmed up"... I'll start Yggsie's build which is going to be a major challenge (but fun because I get to work with marine bits I don't usually get to use).

More in a day or two! Thanks for not giving up on me.
Gits

We shall never give up on you Gits! it's like waiting for the Hobbit and Lord of the rings movies, you know they're coming and they're going to be awesome but it takes time for awesomeness right! and it's great to see some progress! did you need any more of the old school lascannons? i have some FW ones if you want?

Oh how my heart was gladdened when I saw the title of your blog! I'm glad your back Gits, and with such an awesome project too. Can't wait for more

Gitsplitta wrote:
- Tranquility Vanguard for Yggs

No ETA's on these projects, but I will get to them.

Gitsplitta wrote:
I'll start with the sternguard and Yggsdrasil's GMS marine as that's also a sternguard. Then, having been appropriately "warmed up"... I'll start Yggsie's build which is going to be a stone cold b***.

More in a day or two! Thanks for not giving up on me.
Gits

Please tell me he's still going to be a Tranquility Vanguard

@nerdy & proto: Thanks mates! I think I'm ready to jump back in. Cleaned my desk of half-a-dozen unfinished projects... got some things done for the kids... Thus, creatively renewed and cleansed & ready to take up the torch where I left off.


@Yggs: It is (fixed)... what I was referring to is that it'll have the same paint scheme as a sternguard. Since I was talking painting strategy in my last post, I referred to it as a sternguard, not vanguard (as the vanguard aspect wasn't relevant). I'm trying to get better at maximizing my productivity. In this case, that means building all of the like-scheme marines first & then getting the basic painting (airbrushing, washes, basic highlights) done en-masse. Then I can come back and spruce them up individually. That way I should be able to turn out some great figures while not wasting time going back and forth between techniques for each figure.

Well... Ok lol !!!

I knew it, it was just a tease, Gits....

Can't wait to see that coming to fruition !

Well, I've got to psyche myself up for it... and get some practice in. Yours is going to be a serious challenge, though I'm hoping that if I'm successful it'll be a real show-piece. I've had a pile of bits sitting on my painting table with your name on the bag for months now... high-time I did something with them.

You took your time :p

Only joking, good to have you back on the mantis warriors, its been odd not having this to check.

@nerdfest: Actually, the FW las cannons were one of my 4 options... they don't fit either. The versions I chose (see figure) were the closest to fitting. But thanks!

@Vit: Sorry to keep you waiting so long.


Well, I just assembled the torso and weapon of the first plasma cannoneer. Worked perfectly as far as I can tell... which I have no problem taking full credit for! I'll let you guys be the judge when I get a pic up later today or tomorrow... depending on how much of a pain it is to find or convert some legs that fit the model.

As far as prep goes, I think you have this one in the bag!

Glad to see you back Gits' - Dakka just wasn't the same without you! Nice to see those old school minis - got a few of those on the display shelf myself. When I'm back from China, I'll dig around and see if I can find you a few more shoulder mounted weapons if you like?

That'd be wonderful monkeyh, thank you! (and it's good to be back)

Good to see you back Gits, and judging from the first mini, its going to be worth the wait

Awesome, back in the saddle, lets get this blog back to the number 1 blog with the most pages

Unfeasibly good to see the blog getting updated - hope the rest has done the trick and been the cure!

Thank you gentlemen. Love that avatar graven!



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Update: The second plasma cannon is going together better than the first... I want a patent on this design! (OK, it's not that good... back pack has a rather unorthodox curvature to fit the helmet.. but still. Not bad for government work!) No pics yet... soon.



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Further update:

Builds on the heavy weapons are complete. The las cannons are straight-forward OOP GW. The plasma cannons are original plastic beakie bodies with FW plasma cannons and back packs. Really pleased with how they went together.



I'm experimenting with dynamic priming mooched from Major Tom. Black underneath, grey on the sides and white on top. Be interesting to see how this effects the paint, especially with the yellow sternguard.

Very nice collection, Those FW PC are very cool. Can you take a picture from the left side (showing where the BP differs) ?

Here you go. As you can see there's virtually no visible difference in the two methods I employed. The divot for the head in the pack of the second one (left) is more noticeable... but for some reason that's the one I feel is better. Something to do with the head positioning on the body I think. On the right-hand marine, I simple used some end nippers to remove a rather unimportant extension of the back pack in order to accommodate the plasma cannon. Hmmm, and there looks to be a casting error on one of those PCs that I've got to address...




You'll also notice the chainsword blades on the figures... those are care of Zinge Industries. NEVER has getting those chainsword teeth onto my figures been that easy and stress free. Thank you Zinge!




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OK, fixed that.

On a side note, Ygg's build is going nicely but slowly. Still selecting bits, filing, fitting things together, GSing gaps. You know the drill. I decided to stop trying to force it into a specific pose and just let it flow into whatever form it wants to take, as a result... progress is now steady and I have high hopes the model will turn out to be quite interesting.

Intresting that the left PC sits on the side of the cable and the right one sits in front. A bit more forward!.. Love the backpacks. Did they come with the PC's?

Can't wait to see what you're up to !!!!!!!!