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Show us your putty foo master!

that somehow sounds a bit nasty and naughty to me...maybe it is because I am a foreigner^^

and nice tools mate...er... there ...again the mind is in the gutter again....

I have such a paintshaper too... sponsored by LDD recently... and they improve work very greatly!
looking forward to the next level of putty work then

Thanks Dave. More to come soon.

Thanks Shas.

nerdfest09 wrote:You are a legend! yes you! I used your idea for making cables using a comb and greenstuff!! and omg it works a treat! I am so happy right now :-)

Cool. I look forward to seeing what you do with them.

Viktor von Domm wrote:

Show us your putty foo master!

that somehow sounds a bit nasty and naughty to me...maybe it is because I am a foreigner^^

and nice tools mate...er... there ...again the mind is in the gutter again....

I have such a paintshaper too... sponsored by LDD recently... and they improve work very greatly!
looking forward to the next level of putty work then

Looks like you just have a dirty mind there Vik
Yep, putty later. Come back and see...

i am back... and no putty to be seen for bloody miles

I made one Cable using your technique and used it on my Obliterator to add some detail where i thought he looked a little sparse and I will definitely be doing a lot now i know the secret! :-)

You better hide dr. Hinternet , I think zinge would like to ask you why his sales are dropping. He does not look amused either but thanks

Settle down in back, Vik. We'll be there soon.

Ahh, cool NF. I thought some of the cables on them looked familiar in shape, thought it was just coincidence.
Cables/wires/pipes/tubes for the win.

Knowledge is free man, you can't put a price on that man... (where's a hippy Orkmoticon when you need one) will have to do.

I am now, just now, as you read this, settling down to poke some putty...then...

just misread the title change and wondered what you were doing with lamas guess we've watched Evan almighty one too many times.

 Theophony wrote:
just misread the title change and wondered what you were doing with lamas guess we've watched Evan almighty one too many times.

Fixed it for you Theo.

So, I will say that colour shapers are AWESOME for putty work.
You can poke and prod, caress, smooth, llama and re-distribute putty without it sticking to the tool AT ALL (no moisture needed ).

I'll have to wait until it's set and I can give it a lick of primer before showing you, as all you'd see are vague white shapes.

If you want to putty, you want to get some of these colour shapers. No Llamas.

So..let me get this straight...they DO NOT work for shearing Llama wool right?

Well Dave, I haven't tried it on an actual llama yet, but I would think it might take a while to shear a whole one with a colour shaper...

Good News; I have a picture to show you.
Axes 6.3, 1.2 and 5.


I tried adding contacts for the small wires on the axe heads, but I couldn't get the balls of putty small enough (this may be a paint job like the contact points on the WS).
I added a vent to the top of the battery, well I say vent; at the moment it just looks like a slightly rough oval. I'll attack this with a scalpel later to see if I can make it more vent-like.
The main work was on the grips. I tried to make the grip on #1.2 diagonal (as opposed to the horizontal detail on the other two), but that seems to have ended up not quite defined enough and may be another scalpel job later.

I also did a few other small putty jobs, they're not really worth showing, but they aid progress.

Next up will be the grips, handles, hands and guards for the swords.

Simply awesome Dr Hinternet! I think this nick name is going to stick to you.

Those axes really are shaping up to be quite the nice weapons. The drips are excellent.

 cormadepanda wrote:
Simply awesome Dr Hinternet! I think this nick name is going to stick to you.

Those axes really are shaping up to be quite the nice weapons. The drips are excellent.

Fair enough, it only means more typing for you...

Thanks Comrade. Glad you like them. (took a while to work out what the "drips" were )

The one on the far right is my favorite! Love the grip and single, ominous rivet!

Loving the update Doc!
Contact points in paints are a good idea actually

HA! you don´t fool me no more Dr Hinternet!
you try to conquer the world with your plotting axes you say you´ve built on your own... HA! seeing the last pics they clearly show that these are just bought and due to clever but ultimatly doomed to fail photography to LOOK like small model axes... but in fact are really man sized axes all along... you fool me no longer! *shakes fists*

cool work with yon clayshapers!

I think viktor things you plan on Axing people...

Sorry about the drips.. I did mean grips. Dr Hinternet is possibly the best nick name I have ever generated out of my skull.

so.... does this now mean your skull is empty? it was a big name after all

Do llamas love hockey? Yes, they're all-pucka!

Dr Hinternet! I did laugh :-) and then again when i read Panda's head is now empty! my oh my too much humor when you add in Daves Llama pun! I need a lie down.....


Oh and the Axes are looking wicked dude! really cool look to each one although I think the far right one is the one i'd most want to hit people with (little plastic people)

My my, you have been busy while I was out...

dsteingass wrote:The one on the far right is my favorite! Love the grip and single, ominous rivet!

Thanks Dave. Rivets for the rivet god(s).

SelvaggioSaky wrote:Loving the update Doc!
Contact points in paints are a good idea actually

Thanks. Glad you agree.

Thanks Vik. They would be so much easier to work on if they were 1:1 and not ~2cm high.

I'm sure there's plenty more in that skull of your's Panda.

dsteingass wrote:Do llamas love hockey? Yes, they're all-pucka!

Thanks NF. Glad you like.
Two more of you liking the old school approach to hacking.

No update as yet. Other than the British weather being turned up to 11 (well 25degC but nudging 30 inside ) and being British I have to complain about it. More later if I haven't melted...

When they depicted Mohammad's alpaca in a Danish newspaper cartoon, it was an insult to 'is llama

lol. Thank you Dave.

You can always trust a guy who uses bad puns

You should stop spitting out puns, They're Llama ..

He needs to alpaca it in

Great work, H! These are looking really nice, mate.

Everyone in Tibet loves alpacas, they are trying to breed miniature ones so everyone can have a dolly llama , I'm glad they are peaceful, unlike Dave I don't want to have a jihad called against me.
http://cheezburger.com/4383495168 link for pic

Loving this army. I admit I haven't made it through all 22 pages yet, but I got a kick out of reading your fluff. I'll definitely by following this one from now on... not a lot of P&M blogs have this kind of entertainment value! Are you still using those enamel paints, though? I also came to 40k through scale modeling and I can't imagine using that stuff on all the tiny details...

Thank you (maybe ) for keeping the puns going guys
I have nothing to add on that front... really am out of ideas...

Casey's Law wrote:Great work, H! These are looking really nice, mate.

Thanks Casey.

Owain wrote:Loving this army. I admit I haven't made it through all 22 pages yet, but I got a kick out of reading your fluff. I'll definitely by following this one from now on... not a lot of P&M blogs have this kind of entertainment value! Are you still using those enamel paints, though? I also came to 40k through scale modeling and I can't imagine using that stuff on all the tiny details...

Welcome Owain. Take your time, there's no rush as I'm not the fastest of updaters, but there is always something going on...
Glad you enjoyed the fluff. I'm not taking it seriously so I can enjoy writing it and just let loose some Llamas... no, silliness .
It's nice to know that people are being entertained as much as I am by it all.

Yep, I'm still using Enamels and not really finding I have any major problems with them. Although I did branch out with the paint for the WS, but that was all very experimental, so I can't really compare, not having tried Acrylics as the main paint. Maybe I am making things difficult for myself, but it doesn't feel like it... and I don't want to have to buy and learn another whole set of paints...

Good to have you aboard.

Wow..I don't like enamels myself. My deepest respect for them though. Ease of cleaning makes me an acrylic man myself..