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Some amazing work here. Some of this GS work... I can't even comprehend...
Consider me subbed!

Lone Cat wrote:oops i've forgot to add 'spearmen torso' so do you think that that elven spearmen plastic bits and cadian shock troops fit well on making vet grenadiers?

the 'V' markings has no meanings in my IG army. they belong to celtic culture and not slavic ones, so gimme the reasons that convince me to buy metal vostroyans and how to get around with V iconography please.

Okay, that makes a bit more sense No, I haven't tried that either. I've just converted the metal ones myself. Up to you though, I don't feel the need to convince you to use the metal guys. Personally, I prefer the metal guys (though I haven't gotten into the Slavic vs Celtic debate) bt I'm not a Vostroyan Puritan

Freytag93 wrote:Some amazing work here. Some of this GS work... I can't even comprehend...
Consider me subbed!

Thanks, Freytag! Glad to have you aboard!

^ Thanks! once done I will have an unused parts traded here. hope that the sprue traders in the Dakka is honest enough to conduct a trade.

Tell me about the grey plastic materials that makes a tube sight for this rifleman please

 Lone Cat wrote:
Tell me about the grey plastic materials that makes a tube sight for this rifleman please

IIRC, it is off of an empire long rifle

Really great stuff in here Rawson. I just dug through all fifty pages, and I've got to say I'm impressed. I'm a big fan of how you did the Commissar out of the Fantasy Witch Hunter. Fantastic conversion.

What's the status on your Marbo count-as?

 Darth Bob wrote:
Really great stuff in here Rawson. I just dug through all fifty pages, and I've got to say I'm impressed. I'm a big fan of how you did the Commissar out of the Fantasy Witch Hunter. Fantastic conversion.

What's the status on your Marbo count-as?

Thanks, DarthBob! It's quite a chore to go through 50 pages, so I'm glad that the 104th didn't disappoint!

Uh, yeah. About that... Marbo has some base paint on him, but that's about it. Im in a painting mode right now, so maybe he'll get some love

 Rawson wrote:

 Darth Bob wrote:
Really great stuff in here Rawson. I just dug through all fifty pages, and I've got to say I'm impressed. I'm a big fan of how you did the Commissar out of the Fantasy Witch Hunter. Fantastic conversion.

What's the status on your Marbo count-as?

Thanks, DarthBob! It's quite a chore to go through 50 pages, so I'm glad that the 104th didn't disappoint!

Uh, yeah. About that... Marbo has some base paint on him, but that's about it. Im in a painting mode right now, so maybe he'll get some love

It's not a chore if there's good content!

Do it! I'd love to see that model completed. The pose was very dynamic. The only thing I thought he maybe needed was a little fur collar to further tie him in with the Vostroyans, but he looked awesome regardless.

Super quick update before I run out the door:

Here's a bit of what I worked on last night. I finally found a solution for the triple capacitor conundrum

It's a slimmed sponson with the apurature widened to show the capacitors (modified LRBT exhaust systems). I think I'll actually widen out the rest of the window so that you can see all three clearly. I had hoped to preserve those rivets but I don't think it will work.

I also worked a bit on the Valdor side, and the last PlasmaVet, but no pics of those until later.

Thanks for looking!
Rawson

now that is a nice meaningful aperatus without meaning actually too much... definatly will keep in mind that idea... my army needs those gimmicks!!!

suggestion: if possible do a mirror version and then glue it together... i bet that would look very good... and would make even more sense in terms of construction...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
now that is a nice meaningful aperatus without meaning actually too much... definatly will keep in mind that idea... my army needs those gimmicks!!!

suggestion: if possible do a mirror version and then glue it together... i bet that would look very good... and would make even more sense in terms of construction...

Thank you, sah! I like to think of myself as the king of gimmicks What do you mean, exaclty, by mirror version? There is a sponson mounted weapon on the other side of the Valdor, if that's what you were thinking...

The scrathbuilt valdor id coming along very well, and i have a little experience in that area ;-) loving the vostroyans as per..

 neil101 wrote:
The scrathbuilt valdor id coming along very well, and i have a little experience in that area ;-) loving the vostroyans as per..

Thanks, Neil! I wish the 104th could do some fighting at the Manufactorum Yggdrassillium

 Rawson wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
now that is a nice meaningful aperatus without meaning actually too much... definatly will keep in mind that idea... my army needs those gimmicks!!!

suggestion: if possible do a mirror version and then glue it together... i bet that would look very good... and would make even more sense in terms of construction...

Thank you, sah! I like to think of myself as the king of gimmicks What do you mean, exaclty, by mirror version? There is a sponson mounted weapon on the other side of the Valdor, if that's what you were thinking...

nono... take a sponson of the other side and glue it facing your recent gimmik...

like so...:



see what i mean? just on the one side...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

IT'S THE FLUX CAPACITOR!!!!

In all seriousness, not a bad idea, but I think the execution would require more bits than I'm willing to buy/wait for. I would like to build/use something else in connection with the triple capacitor (which was a spur of the moment name that has now become ingrained in my mind) like on the original model. I'll have to figure something out...

IT'S THE FLUX CAPACITOR!!!!

which in essence makes timetravel possible at all....


well... this way a construction makes more sense... but i bet you could scratchbuild this part completly... i think it would be no real big deal...

and of course straws would make a nice base for that energy spindle look...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

IT'S THE FLUX CAPACITOR!!!!

which in essence makes timetravel possible at all....


well... this way a construction makes more sense... but i bet you could scratchbuild this part completly... i think it would be no real big deal...

and of course straws would make a nice base for that energy spindle look...

Now, if my army could have access to time travel, they'd be unstoppable!

I had thought about straws, but I wondered about how the finished product would look. Maybe if I made some nice housings for them, it would look alright...

my thought exactly... just the bended bit inside a nice housing!

I wrote up a bit of fluff and names for the Commissars tonight



And here's the fluffy bits. Hope you enjoy!


CC always appreciated

Thanks for looking,
Rawson

hmmm.... the names lack a certain something... how about adding some prefixes like "´o" or "de" or a "von" ?

as for the fluffy bit... frightingly realistic sounding it is!... you´ve written in that style already in RL or what?

i like the explainative shortcuts you give after the more elaborate earlier ones...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
hmmm.... the names lack a certain something... how about adding some prefixes like "´o" or "de" or a "von" ?

Feel free to give some examples

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
as for the fluffy bit... frightingly realistic sounding it is!... you´ve written in that style already in RL or what?

i like the explainative shortcuts you give after the more elaborate earlier ones...

I'm glad you enjoyed it! As for the RL experience, in my previous career as an engineer, I worked for the Department of Transportation as an inspector. I don't want to think about how many Inspectors Daily Reports (hereafter "IDRs") I've written. I'm glad that my univeristy degree doesn't have anything to do with my current career, but it helps me write believable fluff for my warhammer army

well... live shapes us... and we someday can benefit hopefully from past days...hopefully^^

and... well...

haroldus von wulffe ?

luthre bismarcke... atm i have no idea to posh it up a bit... maybe not needed tho i feel he will satnd out more... and rightly so!

I'm so pumped for efterårs ferie! For those of you who don't speak Danish, it means next week is Autumn holiday and I have the week off! I have a lot of things going on besides gaming (the wife has a nice list of things, I promised to help a buddy with his kitchen remodel, etc) but I hope to get a ton done this next week

Here's what I worked on tonight:

Random ADD project: heavy flamer. I had tried to make this guy a Vostroyan Harker (not that I ever run him, I just thought it would be fun). Didn't turn out well, so not I have a cut down grenade launcher with no head. What to do, what to do. Not that I ever run a heavy flamer either, but could be a fun conversion. Here's what I've got so far:


Too OTT?

Don't worry, I know there's a mold line there

Also, I made some GS press molds for the Valdor Project. I read a blog about a guy melting sprue and using it in press molds to get plastic casts instead of GS. I think I'll give it a try.


CC much appreciated!

Thanks for looking,
Rawson

Sorry Rawson, I meant Pegasus, not IMEX, my bad, but you've solved the problem already and it looks great man!

Looking good Rawson, really curious to see how you get on with melting the plastic to go in the mould, if it works I will be following suit!

HArker being anything near OOT??? is that possible?? i think not... the tank on his back is thus fully in theme! and i eagerly await the eradication of the aforementioned abomination there!

as for the plastic melting... hmmm... prepare for stench... that´s all i am saying on this one

and...well good luck for having some free time for your own errands hope is the last resort^^

Mini supply drop today: I finally received my empire captian to use as a tanker.

Here's what he looks like after a bit of chopping


First order of business is to find a right arm (since his two handed mace won't be of much use anymore ) Here are some options I've come up with:


The leaning arm works pretty good, and wouldn't require much sculpting


I like this pose the best, but it would require something in his hand (and a coffee mug seems a bit out of place)


The parade sword looks okay, I guess, but it isn't my favorite and would require a heck of a lot of sculpting to make work

I've omitted a bunch of stereotypical arm options (e.g. the pointing hand, the pistol pointing at the sky, and the "charge" sword) but I guess they are still possibilities if you guys really wanted to see them.

I'm also debating a bionic eye and :gasp: whether or not to give him that classic Vostroyan hat (in all seriousness, it doesn't make a lot of sense on a tanker)

Love to hear all of your thoughts

Thanks for looking!
Rawson

the leaning arm option looks good... the "mug" holding one is something i think would lend a funny take for this model... depends if you could live with that as your vostroyans tend to be more sober.... so could be a kind of diversion from the main theme...

i totally join you here tho in omitting those classic options... overdone... lack style and what not.... he could hold a telescope sort of device tho... not to his eye but rather to be ready once the tank is standing still again....

i gather you want to have the one arm steel clad and the other one just with sleave...? if you add some cables and gimmicks to the armored arm...then this will work quite good...

dunno if a bionic eye would be too stereotypical classic GW like... i instead would opt here for a posh looking monocle... much better looking...and you can do it! sculpt it on your own!...

and... i would keep the head as is... bold as brass and bald too

That will work perfectly as a tank commander, as for the arms leaning is the winner for me maybe you could turn it into a mega phone, however I do like Viks idea of the telescope.

What about the cane held under his arm from the command squad kit? Could look posh.

Viktor von Domm wrote:the leaning arm option looks good... the "mug" holding one is something i think would lend a funny take for this model... depends if you could live with that as your vostroyans tend to be more sober.... so could be a kind of diversion from the main theme...

i totally join you here tho in omitting those classic options... overdone... lack style and what not.... he could hold a telescope sort of device tho... not to his eye but rather to be ready once the tank is standing still again....

i gather you want to have the one arm steel clad and the other one just with sleave...? if you add some cables and gimmicks to the armored arm...then this will work quite good...

dunno if a bionic eye would be too stereotypical classic GW like... i instead would opt here for a posh looking monocle... much better looking...and you can do it! sculpt it on your own!...

and... i would keep the head as is... bold as brass and bald too

Great ideas, all, Vik! I'm glad I'm not crazy for designing this guy with no hat I'll be thinking about your other ideas as well

lone dirty dog wrote:That will work perfectly as a tank commander, as for the arms leaning is the winner for me maybe you could turn it into a mega phone, however I do like Viks idea of the telescope.

I appreciate the input, LDD!

prototype_X wrote:What about the cane held under his arm from the command squad kit? Could look posh.

Good thought, but wrong arm (and I don't have one ) Thanks for the ideas coming

Here's the evenings work:

Now just a bit of armor on his shoulder, and he's about done! That went faster than expected

CC appreciated as always

Thanks for looking,
Rawson