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A very good execution indeed! You really have a knack for robots mate! But I must agree with the base issue - a more universal one would do better (not that the current is bad in any way ) You could paint it in circles, like the energy is evenly spreading from the point where the beam hits the ground. Makes any sense? This way it'll still be in one colour theme with the arena part but won't look misplaced on other terrain.

And about that idea of mine...

This is what I mean by stained glass as I don't know how such things are called in english



There are special paints sold at any art-shop for those. They are semi-transparent! My thought is that using them on clear plastic might make a good looking holo/energy-field effect. What do you think?

I got what you meant Storag my mum used these craft paints, the only issue with them is they are really quite thick in consistency maybe a bit bulky for this scale.

However the idea is a cool one and with a little experimenting could or at least might work, and you were correct it is stained glass in English

Water or alcohol thins those paints nicely LDD

ok...where to begin...

thanks mates... it really helps to up my spirits! much needed... first day at work... after FOUR weeks of illness and holidays... man... the kids at school were all crazy... dunno why... seems to be a tradition

well... graven asked if i should aply a wash... and a slight weathering... on this one i have to disagree... the whole arena is a crisp and clean scene... imagine the green grass of wimbedon or the soccer statium... no chance that before the games start the grass is not super mint...

and storag... i actually have a large amount of these thick craft paints... for energy effects these might really be a cool thing to experiment with... you can easily mix them and get nice swirls that way... the only problem with these i see is the constant happening of bubbles... i can´t say how many pictures of these, here named window colors (as the are used for possibly decorating windows...) i have done already... with young kids you tend to do that... even on tiles in the bathroom we have small pics of this...

so yeah... i think i will do some try outs... could be a cool thing...


as i said above... was totally drained after work so i only watched some telly with my wife...

hopefully more tomorrow!


cheers, vik

Damn this lamppost looks great, Vik. Lovely level of detail!

Just stumbled upon a funny implementation of clear plastic... meet the Tau stealth suit in action!

wtf...storag that is amazing... what is it made of...looks almost like ice...

I might be wrong but my guess is that it's a standard GW flyer base + support pillars and lots of cutting/sanding to make the surface "icy".

It was carved with a dremel..I can see the tool marks, but they must have wet-sanded and then buffed it back clear again. That's a LOT of work!

I saw a conversion where someone casted a stealthsuit in clear resin. He then painted it half way going stealth so there was that cool energy line rippling through the mini. Then the clear parts were buffed clear. It was one of the coolest minis Ive seen in a long time. Too bad I dont have that picture anymore

 storag wrote:
I might be wrong but my guess is that it's a standard GW flyer base + support pillars and lots of cutting/sanding to make the surface "icy".

i totally see the flying base... you see the lil pip in the middle...looks like a navel to me ... the whole thing done with a flying base...

the hardest part is like sanding a diamond... keeping the sanding to the level where you get the shape you are looking for but keep enough substance to the material...

tricky...

at dave: tho for someone that has the knowing of milling...a doable job maybe?

and KC...indeed that would be a cool mini!

oh yeah, completely doable, but like KC said, it would almost be faster to make a mold and re-cast it in clear resin.

if you are a caster ...

tho having such a mini would be bound to be cool...

you should think of asking galorn to cast you a rangerlike mini in clear resin to go for a stealthboy conversion so to say^^

No, while it would be cool, it's really not practical in game-terms, you can just place a token next to the fig wearing the Stealth Boy, denoting that some special rule is in play, such as -2 to hit or some such

well for now... you are not playing... so no harm having a clear resin mini just for esthetic reasons

clear resign.. good idea.

You got me there Vik

hehe

Even if he was, it'd look cool enough to be worth it anyway. The main issue would be bubbles though.

Also sneaking nightkin = clear resin.

I understand that bubbles are only an issue if there are no proper equipment. Gonna ask Jake what he used for the bottles.

letts all praise google and stealth suits there real fun to mess with

That super shiney one looks like the one I was talking about...minus paint of course

But how cool would that be? I think the rule of cool would over ride the anger of casting said mini.

Yeah, they should make the next ones clear. Probably won't though...

Well i find that the the stealth suits are some of the most fun models to convert/reposition.

more so then the bigger suits as the tend to look way to bulky to be flying where as stealth suits look just right in full flight

Yeah the stealth suits are amazing for conversions - but not into other tau suff They need to be turned into grot-koptas, mega-armoured grotz and the like

well... what´s a real cool treat when you come home froma days worth of work and you already treated yourself to a nice suply drop of new paints?...

i tell you...unexpected treasures!!! that´s the ticket...

our local selfmade god of coolscratchbuilding and currently diorama workings... klaus, not santa... well he sent me a huge load of selfmade casted bases for a birthday present! man... i was already about to explain that i again bought some expensive and heavy stuff from ebay when i saw that everything was a present from klaus...talk about self owning... now my wife knows there is something soon in the mail

feast upon the new bases of klaus current temple project...and by the way... while you´re at it... go and check out his thread here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/310208.page;jsessionid=B451D74C96399FD561B6839C505396EC

and here are the amazing bases made by him:




this makes me again wonder what i have done here to deserve such friends you all know who i am talking about...

many thanks klaus! now you have sent my mind spinning for a proper use of these babies!!! darn

and... well after a recent discussion about the new glazes paints from GW with dave i today went to the shop and got me a small suply drop of paints... three glazes (except the blue one... gonna save that one up for later...) and a dryxbrush metal (gold/brass) one for my steampunky new projects soon... and a paint to get me into the verdigris effect for good!!!


well that´s about all for now...

oh... and fatty... those stealthsuits look sweet to say the least!!!


cheers, vik

Well Vik, i need to hang around you for my birthday! hahah. The glazes are always a excellent touch if you want to smooth something or look for a glow, i used all the colors. Makes everything a nice smooth glow. Good luck, i cant wait to see yours in action!

Hehe
I'm glad they made it to you.
Have fun thinking about what to do with them - I'm very interested in the result
Cheers to you and the missus!
Klaus, (still) not Santa

Klaus, (still) not Santa

LOL...yeah right

and well the thinking machine is working already

at comrade... they will be tested real soon

I cant wait to see the results vik.