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Have a care Vik . Spain and England are already headed home early. Can Germany, and France and Italy, be far behind? Not going to be Europe's year.

Now a question about the Lego dice. I heard that Germany has some unusual laws about dice. True?

EDIT: sorry I overlooked your question. French was the second language I learned. And the first language I've almost entirely forgotten. Here in the US you'll hear English and Spanish. Quelle Dommage.

I say the bench in the half track needs to be longer for the squad to ride in comfort

The bolters are an improvement for the side weapons Vik!

LegoHammer looks like a lot of fun with the kids.

OMG that is a lot of interior detail on the half track. I would have glued the back door shut and called it day

Comfort? This is 40k no such thing as comfort.

Lego ftw, every time!

LOve lego, we need more legohammer!! I have the old knights and castle... with a bit of Harry Potter we could do lego fantasy hammer!!

Oh and you wear some scary trousers fella!! But the halftrack is pure awesome... Stained glass roof for the half track right? right?

I have no idea Vik. Soccer (as we call it) is really just a somewhat recent, growing thing in the US. I'm not really sure why that is, other than we're backwards and arrogant in many ways. I watched a few World Cup games yesterday for the first time. I can see why it can be exciting, but I also see the boring parts. Not as boring to watch as baseball or golf though.

Dumb Question though, Why is England called "England" and not the UK. I thought UK was the preferred nomenclature?

Its called England because it is the English national team, all countries within the UK have their own national team (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) and each compete separately.

None of the other countries from the UK were good enough to qualify for the world cup this time around.

Same as in Rugby world cup or the 6 Nations.

That explains it well, thank you.

Red Harvest wrote:Have a care Vik . Spain and England are already headed home early. Can Germany, and France and Italy, be far behind? Not going to be Europe's year.

Now a question about the Lego dice. I heard that Germany has some unusual laws about dice. True?

EDIT: sorry I overlooked your question. French was the second language I learned. And the first language I've almost entirely forgotten. Here in the US you'll hear English and Spanish. Quelle Dommage.

I bet you speak as much French now as I am still able...which is a shame as I personally think languages are very important... but you need so much time and a good teacher to learn a new one...
and I never heard any unusual laws about dices...? where did you hear that from?...and well... tomorrow I think Germany will win against Ghana and when the tow of our teams clash we will watch the game with some friends ...I am as I already told not that much into soccer/ football, but when our combined kids all want to see the game...who am I to be ignorant about it
and we´ll see after that game how far Germany will get... but I think Germany in the half finals is always a good bet...

shasolenzabi wrote:I say the bench in the half track needs to be longer for the squad to ride in comfort

well... as I used premade junk (plastic icecream sticks...) so I guess wider is no option... besides...there is no more room...and I've tested the sitting position with the now infamous pants down guardsman fitting they are^^

HAZZER wrote:The bolters are an improvement for the side weapons Vik!

thanks mate, I thought just sleak cannon barrels wasn´t the way to go... it had to have more 40k to it...

adamsouza wrote:LegoHammer looks like a lot of fun with the kids.

OMG that is a lot of interior detail on the half track. I would have glued the back door shut and called it day

I tend to be one hell of a lazy guy when it comes down to it... but with that built I wanted to push my limits a bit further... turns out even further
the kids by the way play now the game each day without any parental guidance... and felix is still inventing new rules... now he has included some rules to get reinforcement for each others teams... with roleplay scenes even... I am a proud dad all over

Camkierhi wrote:Comfort? This is 40k no such thing as comfort.

exactly mate!!!

inmygravenimage wrote:Lego ftw, every time!

indeedy!

dantay_xv wrote:LOve lego, we need more legohammer!! I have the old knights and castle... with a bit of Harry Potter we could do lego fantasy hammer!!

Oh and you wear some scary trousers fella!! But the halftrack is pure awesome... Stained glass roof for the half track right? right?

we own quite some knights too... but no castles... for now star wars lego hammer rules... but who knows... might turn out that spidey will fight sponge bob sooner or later side by side with emet and gimly
well... that was a very hot day... and these are my bermudas... but what am I talking about... you´re British so you never saw the sun (not the papers...)

dsteingass wrote:I have no idea Vik. Soccer (as we call it) is really just a somewhat recent, growing thing in the US. I'm not really sure why that is, other than we're backwards and arrogant in many ways. I watched a few World Cup games yesterday for the first time. I can see why it can be exciting, but I also see the boring parts. Not as boring to watch as baseball or golf though.

Dumb Question though, Why is England called "England" and not the UK. I thought UK was the preferred nomenclature?

only watching grass grow or waiting and watching the paint dry is even more boring.... also... I never understood why you liked football... I tried it once to watch a game... but it really consists of long periods of dullness and lots of repetitive back and forward movement...
if you want a fast paced all male game where blood, sweat and spilled teeth are the main ingredients... the ice hockey is your game!!! it is the best fun, seeing bodychecks that really smart even when only watching from the gallery...

dantay_xv wrote:Its called England because it is the English national team, all countries within the UK have their own national team (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) and each compete separately.

None of the other countries from the UK were good enough to qualify for the world cup this time around.

Same as in Rugby world cup or the 6 Nations.

thanks for the catch dantay... this is a matter best explained by a brit... even tho I would have been able... but that is what I would call a home issue and I only could call an analogy of Bavarians, Prussians or Saxons...they probably all would prefer to be a separate country of their own
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update time!!!

well mates... today you see the last unpainted pics of this built... in the pics below I will show you the riveted body of the half track...
also I have made a flag for the outer side of the ramp, and added some nice looking details to the fenders...
even more also I added a pintle mounted stormbolter to the cabins hatch, and even further also I made a storm bolter and a scratch built pintle for the ramp... removable by the way

enjoy...













what do you think?

cheers, vik

Fantastic work, looking brilliant.

Gun in the back looks brilliant. Great idea.

Looking forward to seeing all this brilliant detail picked out with paint.

just took the truck from the balcony where I primed it... my wife cam in and said it looks now way different... everything all tied together...
now the even harder part will start... painting...ohoh^^
well ok... the turret need finishing but in essence the truck is ready for painting...

more pics tomorrow...

and thanks mate!

Can't wait to see it Vik!

Well Vik, Italy took a hit today. Ask not for whom the Bells tolls... XD

The truck is looking fabulous. And if you could have it run over a few hobbits, that'd be great (I think you get the reference.)

Something about a higher tax on board games with dice included. I'll get details from my friend who mentioned it.

I'm always amazed at the speed I see you guys working at. Puts my snail-like pace to shame.

Nce door gunner vik. It's that little extra surprise when they go to open it up to see if anything is of value inside.

Door gunner is great vik....and the flag on the ramp...does that mean this is going to be for the viktorians?

Woo Hoo, coming together nicely.
The flag on the ramp is genius

But I have to admit, I'm not quite convinced on the rear door gunner.
Not that it's not looking good, but if you need a guy there, you're doing something wrong
The HT taxies the troops forward, provides tactial fire support to front and side, so they can exit safely to the rear...
Dunno, it blocks a lot of space, that you'd use to dismount faster. With this setup you limit the exit to "single file" again...
Just my 2C
Good job anyhow Vic!

 Klaus, not Santa wrote:
Woo Hoo, coming together nicely.
The flag on the ramp is genius

But I have to admit, I'm not quite convinced on the rear door gunner.
Not that it's not looking good, but if you need a guy there, you're doing something wrong
The HT taxies the troops forward, provides tactial fire support to front and side, so they can exit safely to the rear...
Dunno, it blocks a lot of space, that you'd use to dismount faster. With this setup you limit the exit to "single file" again...
Just my 2C
Good job anyhow Vic!

Ah, but it could be there for fast withdrawals. Truck speeds in and the rear gunner drops the door and provides cover for withdrawing the troops that were stranded.

 Theophony wrote:


Ah, but it could be there for fast withdrawals. Truck speeds in and the rear gunner drops the door and provides cover for withdrawing the troops that were stranded.

Sure, as said, purely my personal opinion.
And if you have a rear door gunner, you tend to use it
So this vehicle would be more open ramped than not

No Vik, just as you like it! The built is great, the gunner is fantastically executed - just my "military sense" or rahter aesthetic wouldn't do it
Keep it up mate

Hmm seeing the steam-punk theme of Viks army, I would dare call it the Vik-A-Trax

I see the Germans are scoreless at halftime.

1-1 as I type this. A much better game than the France-Suiza one

What if the rear gun could swing out/rotate to shoot to the sides? That would be interesting?

1-0 to Germany

German fans sure know how to watch the game in style...

German side Union Berlin have allowed their supporters to bring sofas to their stadium so that they can watch the World Cup.

The club, who play in the second tier of German football, have transformed their Stadion An der Alten Försterei into a giant living room for the World Cup with around 850 couches dragged onto the pitch.

And if that didn't seem good enough already, they've also installed a 700-inch screen to watch every minute of the action from Brazil.

Spoiler:

ooohhh... 1-1

Eh..I see my post is now outdated.


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The sofas are fantastic! Lol


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Uh oh...2 to Ghana!


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Scheiss! Tied up 2-2!

I'm sure there's a Ghanaian player who's shorts keep falling down... LOL

Much better 2nd half though... Been a pretty decent World Cup thus far (England results aside...)

So...If the US loses to Portugal tomorrow..that makes the US Vs. Germany game sudden death?

Indeed it does... This draw has blown the group wide open for all 4 teams. I can see USA v POR being a draw or even a US win if they can contain Ronaldo. He's not 100% fit (as shown in the GER v POR game) so there's a chance..

Red Harvest wrote:Well Vik, Italy took a hit today. Ask not for whom the Bells tolls... XD

The truck is looking fabulous. And if you could have it run over a few hobbits, that'd be great (I think you get the reference.)
LOL... yeah...got it!!! and be my guest... for this honourable deed I will have the cabin door open for you any time^^

Something about a higher tax on board games with dice included. I'll get details from my friend who mentioned it.

I'm always amazed at the speed I see you guys working at. Puts my snail-like pace to shame.

but the snail like pace does miracles....

Theophony wrote:Nce door gunner vik. It's that little extra surprise when they go to open it up to see if anything is of value inside.

that was the plan... but...

monkeytroll wrote:Door gunner is great vik....and the flag on the ramp...does that mean this is going to be for the viktorians?

as you will see below... it will... even if it isn´t steampowered at all...

Klaus, not Santa wrote:Woo Hoo, coming together nicely.
The flag on the ramp is genius

But I have to admit, I'm not quite convinced on the rear door gunner.
Not that it's not looking good, but if you need a guy there, you're doing something wrong
The HT taxies the troops forward, provides tactial fire support to front and side, so they can exit safely to the rear...
Dunno, it blocks a lot of space, that you'd use to dismount faster. With this setup you limit the exit to "single file" again...
Just my 2C
Good job anyhow Vic!

while assembling it occurred to be too that the pintle is indeed a bit wide... it is thus a bit surplus... but well... I felt the need to build something like that as you have seen in many war movies like apoc now for the helicopters... but it does indeed interfere with the embarking ....and single file is definitely not the way to go (lame pun...)
and thanks for the compliment to the flag, copied my own design on the big red one to get it this time again...

Theophony wrote:

 Klaus, not Santa wrote:
Woo Hoo, coming together nicely.
The flag on the ramp is genius

But I have to admit, I'm not quite convinced on the rear door gunner.
Not that it's not looking good, but if you need a guy there, you're doing something wrong
The HT taxies the troops forward, provides tactial fire support to front and side, so they can exit safely to the rear...
Dunno, it blocks a lot of space, that you'd use to dismount faster. With this setup you limit the exit to "single file" again...
Just my 2C
Good job anyhow Vic!

Ah, but it could be there for fast withdrawals. Truck speeds in and the rear gunner drops the door and provides cover for withdrawing the troops that were stranded.

nice idea....^^

Klaus, not Santa wrote:

 Theophony wrote:


Ah, but it could be there for fast withdrawals. Truck speeds in and the rear gunner drops the door and provides cover for withdrawing the troops that were stranded.

Sure, as said, purely my personal opinion.
And if you have a rear door gunner, you tend to use it
So this vehicle would be more open ramped than not

No Vik, just as you like it! The built is great, the gunner is fantastically executed - just my "military sense" or rahter aesthetic wouldn't do it
Keep it up mate

and this is also a good reasoning... hmmm....

shasolenzabi wrote:Hmm seeing the steam-punk theme of Viks army, I would dare call it the Vik-A-Trax

hmmm... that sounds either like a dinosaur or a taxi enterprises...

dsteingass wrote:I see the Germans are scoreless at halftime.

yeah... was a very lame half time....

Red Harvest wrote:1-1 as I type this. A much better game than the France-Suiza one

What if the rear gun could swing out/rotate to shoot to the sides? That would be interesting?

interesting idea mate, but afraid too late and I wouldn´t have known how to... and the second haftime got better and more packed ... but alas not really that better... but my kids liked it nevertheless...

Ruglud wrote:1-0 to Germany

German fans sure know how to watch the game in style...

German side Union Berlin have allowed their supporters to bring sofas to their stadium so that they can watch the World Cup.

The club, who play in the second tier of German football, have transformed their Stadion An der Alten Försterei into a giant living room for the World Cup with around 850 couches dragged onto the pitch.

And if that didn't seem good enough already, they've also installed a 700-inch screen to watch every minute of the action from Brazil.

Spoiler:

ooohhh... 1-1

lol... yeah... that was due to one radiostation here in Berlin... it is a cool thing, eh?...probably the only cool way for me to watch a game of foot the ball

dsteingass wrote:Eh..I see my post is now outdated.


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The sofas are fantastic! Lol


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Uh oh...2 to Ghana!


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Scheiss! Tied up 2-2!

lol... scheiss HAHAHAHA... yeah well it wasn´t such a good game... my kids were allowed to stay up for the game...too bad it wasn´t that much of a good experience... and rather dumb move to have the Portugal US game happen so weirdly late... here at 0:00.... wtf???... what time is it in the US when the game starts???...

Ruglud wrote:I'm sure there's a Ghanaian player who's shorts keep falling down... LOL

Much better 2nd half though... Been a pretty decent World Cup thus far (England results aside...)

ideed... my kids pointed that one out too...must´ve been seen at least on two moments... and believe me... my kids are good at spotting these things...

dsteingass wrote:So...If the US loses to Portugal tomorrow..that makes the US Vs. Germany game sudden death?

er... I would have to ask my wife for such info... as she keeps our goaltable....(she is the football enthusiast with the kids in the family... I happily painted my halftrack during the whole game )

Ruglud wrote:Indeed it does... This draw has blown the group wide open for all 4 teams. I can see USA v POR being a draw or even a US win if they can contain Ronaldo. He's not 100% fit (as shown in the GER v POR game) so there's a chance..

well...after the game against Germany he suffered from depressions for sure



well....while the kids and my wife munched chips and watched the game, I painted my half truck... which you can see here...:



what other nice things brought the weekend?... well... on Friday night my son felix came out at night for having a wee... and told me he had an itchy head... a bit weary I had a look and I discovered that his head was covered in lil bugs....arghhhhhh.... school life is horrible for kids... well so we had to clean up the household... all textile stuff got cleaned and all our heads got searched... *sighs*

well we´re still on top of the lil buggers and them not on top of us

cheers, vik



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also good luck my friends of the united states!!!

poor Felix, it sucks when they get lice at school and bring it home to share .
The red is looking great, but I almost miss the clear top for the queen to stick out of.

Last I looked Portugal was winning 1-0, I don't follow soccer so