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did you stay calm when they droped the nuke upon ye?... somehow i think this ruins their fun when they do this to peeps...

as LDD´s mum says... i hope soon a cool door swings wide open to you...something that gives fun in your work... not just a paycheck... i still believe that fun has to be a part of work... tho my whole life i haven´t found that yet...but for all the time you waste away at work it should be with a job you like... and not that you die a little every day there...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
did you stay calm when they droped the nuke upon ye?... somehow i think this ruins their fun when they do this to peeps...

as LDD´s mum says... i hope soon a cool door swings wide open to you...something that gives fun in your work... not just a paycheck... i still believe that fun has to be a part of work... tho my whole life i haven´t found that yet...but for all the time you waste away at work it should be with a job you like... and not that you die a little every day there...

I die a little every time I go tot my job Dave seems to be a resourceful type of guy and will bounce back in no time, this will just end up being a paid hobby vacation you wait and see

Plus with the added bonus of hobby candy for us guys

I die a little every time I go tot my job

see? this is what may very well be the downfall of civilization one future day... having to use up so much time of a day for a process to feel so bad about is just plain wrong!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

I die a little every time I go tot my job

see? this is what may very well be the downfall of civilization one future day... having to use up so much time of a day for a process to feel so bad about is just plain wrong!

Yes but until we work out how to grow money thats the way it has to be, either that or we are bloody lucky enough to find an amazing job LOL Thats just crazy talk

Thanks a lot guys! The support is much appreciated. The thing is, Corporate America doesn't want resourceful people that get the job done, they want the equivalent of Zombies, unthinking, unchallenging, and brainwashed into the corporate doctrine. I'm just not that guy. I find and fix problems, but sometimes those problems are the cause of someone else not doing their job. Well, when you correctly identify the part in the machine that has failed, it becomes political, usually because some manager is afraid to admit one of HIS/HER people fethed up. All I need to do is find work that I love in an environment where they REALLY do want me to find and fix the problems, not just shut my mouth.

 dsteingass wrote:
Thanks a lot guys! The support is much appreciated. The thing is, Corporate America doesn't want resourceful people that get the job done, they want the equivalent of Zombies, unthinking, unchallenging, and brainwashed into the corporate doctrine. I'm just not that guy. I find and fix problems, but sometimes those problems are the cause of someone else not doing their job. Well, when you correctly identify the part in the machine that has failed, it becomes political, usually because some manager is afraid to admit one of HIS/HER people fethed up. All I need to do is find work that I love in an environment where they REALLY do want me to find and fix the problems, not just shut my mouth.

Well that job might be a hard one to find after all management love incompetence it makes them look like they are needed, I am sure you will find something whether you like it or not is another question LOL but hey at least you got your hobby

If it gets really bad we will have to start the" Dave hobby fund charity " where you can provide funds, gift vouchers for the major hobby outlets/manufactures and of course model and miniatures donations.

Haha, well it won't get that bad..seriously..you should see what I have stashed away for rainy days such as these
It's easy to do, just feed and watch squirrels in your back yard


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As far as being HAPPY, I'd have to move to California for that job

Job Title:

Model Maker
Company Name:

Gemmiti Model Art
City:

San Francisco
State:

CA
Zip:

94110
Company Profile:

Gemmiti Model Art is a California Corporation, founded in San Francisco in 1999 by Lisa Gemmiti. Lisa has dedicated her career, since 1979, to the production and use of physical scale models for a wide variety of purposes serving many industries.

Our team consists of top professionals with over 30 years of experience building models from simple study models to very large expansive marketing models and full-size mockups. We are dedicated to being the best in model making, whether it be architectural, technical or artistic and interpretive in nature.

We use the latest technologies in design and model making. Most are in-house processes & equipment, enabling us to deliver quickly and efficiently.

Our service includes the production and delivery of individual components including: laser cutting, CNC machining, model trees, model photography, model repair, and regular maintenance of your existing models.

The valuable final product of Gemmiti Model Art is understanding, agreement, and inspiration through Model Art™.

Dam that would be a pretty cool job but I would imagine the demand levels could be quite high, after all you're building for someone else's designs or visions.

All you need is someone to build Necromunda Fall Out World, hell you would be quids in LOL you could employ the league as your support and design team or at least for the riveting

Yeah, but a man can dream right?

Thanks again LDD.

First thing's first though.Packed Damo's VERY late trade goods box (so sorry buddy) a hit to my Dakka Karma fer sure



Now to clean up this fethhole!!

Yes, next to primed buildings and garbage sits this sexy bitch!

Isn't she sexy??
I can't believe I got her for $75!!

She is a pretty piece indeed and at $75 cheap to, just how I like my woman LOL

Whats that in the second pic ? is that the Micro Art Infinity buildings I see there

Without dreams what would we have to drive us on.

Yes, the aprtment block.
Primer grey..not sure what to do with it next really.

Depends whats the intended use or area of play ? Are we talking ghetto or suburban ? needs hazard lines LOL

I just can't imagine very well or something..

I don't see how humans, living on frontier worlds would have time to make everything in geometric shapes, so that means it needs to be clean-ish..high-tech manga-super-city...not much room for weathering? I dunno

 dsteingass wrote:
I just can't imagine very well or something..

I don't see how humans, living on frontier worlds would have time to make everything in geometric shapes, so that means it needs to be clean-ish..high-tech manga-super-city...not much room for weathering? I dunno

Yes, see your point as to the clean geometric styling, but it could have been a high-tec manga-super-city that was on the border of the frontier worlds (you know to encourage settlers for developing new land) with a bloody large wall around it.

However the walls have fallen from constant fallout storms, regular frontier worlders interference and ongoing attacks by scavengers and other gangers.

This has left the area deserted, looted and ransacked leaving the dwellings in a dilapidated state, these have been taken over by squatters mobs using them as gang houses.

Looking good mate! So what other projects are you going to start now? Whens the dakka bug going to kick in and make you do updates every single day?!?!!

actually for the very same reasons i haven´t even considered to buy micro arts terrain stuff in the slightest... way to clean looking... soulless for me...(taste is very subjective... so no reasoning needed here^^)

as for the modelling job... just the other minute my wife asked me how you are... and what your plans are... and we both thought... why IT... gods damn it... hy not modeling for profit?... now you come with such a cool job offer...well... you could at least tell these gentlemen your name and show them some of your stuff.... after all you now have some time on your hands... you never know... the roads in life are twisty and bendy...

Good luck finding a new job.

I'm with LDD on the buildings, Just because it was built as a high-tec manga-super-city, the recession could have hit, everyone important left for somewhere better and the whole area boarded up and left to decay...

Yeah? Hmm..perhaps?

Thanks guys

 Dr H wrote:
Good luck finding a new job.

I'm with LDD on the buildings, Just because it was built as a high-tec manga-super-city, the recession could have hit, everyone important left for somewhere better and the whole area boarded up and left to decay...

HA HA HA recession yes gets us all eventually even in the necromunda world.

Look I even gave you the back ground for it, it is such a common one as well

Dave you can do it

Vik think about it the hives and underworlds will be crappy badly built make use of whats their, but the upper crust will have there polished soulless clinical abode.

Plus Dave can ruck them up a bit smash a few pieces, weather them a bit of blood splatter yada yada you get the jist

 dsteingass wrote:
Yeah? Hmm..perhaps?

Thanks guys

You don't have to do it old and decayed.
It might be nice to see you do a really clean and new looking piece, might be a nice challenge...
or, Or (thinking as I type) at least lived in like bag end, not neglected but not new.

The point was, that just because it looks like it was built all high-tech and manga-crisp & clean, doesn't mean it has to stay that way. Look at the Fallout universe... That corvega of yours was once clean and new.

I said it earlier, make models for money! You got the mojo.

Concerning the appartments, I remember a nice sub-story in the early days of Perry Rhodan, where a colonisation company shipped settlers to new planets, dropped an installment, all shiny and complete out of the box, then just skimmed the cream and forgot about the poor sods in every other way. I think that stuff would be perfect for such a scenario, slowly failing high-tech solutions replaced with what-we-have like sliding doors that are wielded shut and a new, hinged door cut into, annexes made from standard freight containers, chimneys for hard fuel cremating heater solutions (so called "ovens") later on patched onto the walls and / or roofs, grand bright advertisement panels praising the "company" and decorated with hate graffiti... basically a phase of the ruin before the squatters settle in, a bit like a space "Tombstone" after the silver starts to get rare.

I found a sword, and decided to make a Michonne from the Walking Dead


I need to build a scabbard, strap, and give her more, longer dreadlocks yet. Started with a VOID mini

Very nice bounce back into the work there Dave!

Interesting idea love the ingenious use of parts , good old void minis, now I am thinking Kromlech sword and Micro Art heads am I correct ?

The pose is about spot on for her stance as well , there is hassle free miniature that reminds me of her as well but this is better

Will there be anymore of the gang arriving ?

I gather by the chains she will be accompanied by ex boyfriend and friend ? Minus arms and bottom jaw of course .

Dam you stole my idea I was thinking something along these lines myself, we'll at least you will do a good job on it.

This was the one I was thinking of using, but I think yours is better now

The only thing is the VOID mini was from the 90's, and thus hip-hugger pants apparently were not invented yet Yep, she'll have a couple of jawless, armless geeks with her

The sword is from the Warlord greatcoats I think, and yep, you called the MAS head. You're a bitzmaster LDD< I even forgot the company name

 dsteingass wrote:
The only thing is the VOID mini was from the 90's, and thus hip-hugger pants apparently were not invented yet Yep, she'll have a couple of jawless, armless geeks with her

The sword is from the Warlord greatcoats I think, and yep, you called the MAS head. You're a bitzmaster LDD< I even forgot the company name

I think that small detail we can over look Cool cant wait to see this progress further what models are you thinking for the zombies ?

Yes thats one good thing about me I can remember every manufacturer

Thanks! I'm not sure about the walkers yet, here is the scabbard




That really adds to her look IMHO, some more dreads and I think she'll really pop

Nice clean work Dave looks bad ass like the strap as well, once you add the long dreads it will be spot on

What was the original mini before decapitation ? by that I mean which organisation as I know it is a Void mini

Zombies what can we use for that

This is a helpful reference pic for sure

Honestly, I don't remember LDD, she was hefting this huge rifle

And what looks like a mold-line running down her right arm was an implanted cable. And she had a long pony-tailed head, which flew across the garage and landed who knows where when I clipped it off
The POny Tail ran all the way down her back and ended on the left cheek of her ass, which I had to clip and file down- I probably should work those areas some more. If all else fails, primer will show me if I got it all, failing that even, Vik will surely point any of that out


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Wire dreads smothered in thinned LGS





She has big hair, what can I say?

LMAO I wondered what the hell the first pic was for then I realised when I saw the second pic

I think I know the mini pretty dam sure I think I might own a copy of her myself some where

The dreads look pretty cool the idea was a good one wire and LGS must remember that for future work

Yes, a little on bouffant but otherwise still cool looking, maybe in hindsight filing the head back first then added the hair but no biggie.

But once the paint job hits her I am sure it will not be that noticeable, love the last pic it like she is saying " this action figure sucks it looks nothing like me Hasbro must die "

Great work keep up the productivity

Is this her ?