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Yeah..you're probably not gonna get away with cereal box card on this one

Interesting that you guys are talking about this...I have aspirations of making my own ZM boards...using the new-ish Space Hulk floor tile art as inspiration...Basically my plan is to come up with a grid size that suits the scale. Would be nice to have the exact measurements of the ZM tile grid and go with that. From there, I will design a few different square tiles that are super detailed...then make molds of each and cast multiples in resin. Lay them out on a 12x12" square of MDF. I dont like how the ZM boards have static walls...so I will be designing the walls to fit that grid (ultimately the walls max width would be the width of a 'square' in the grid) , not unlike the ZM boards...except my walls wont be attached, and can be re-positioned for infinite layout possibilities...this is all down the road though, as I still need to acquire a pressure pot, pressure gauge, fittings and hose to get my resin casting operation up and running. I would love to see what you guys come up with though!

ZM tiles are 2" by 2" Each board segment is 6 tiles by x6 tiles.

Once I've caught up to my intended production and have updated my webstore I'll be beginning to work on my own take on ZM.

Hey guys, yep needs to be modular so I can use it lots, i've been hoarding parts for the build but haven't shown any yet so when the next lot arrives I'll whip up some pics so you know exactly what i'm thinking about trying :-) I have for the tiles 20 300x300 PVC foam squares (obviously!) they're light and stiff and should work well I hope.

and now back to Dave's regular scheduled awesomeness :-)

Haha I have a schedule?

That's bad news, since Shadowrun Returns has been occupying my time one turn at a time the last few days

ah... that was obvious...it had to be a game related distraction...

Well, and I'm still undecided on parts of it too, not really sure where to go.

To be fair, I also spent a couple of days shampooing the carpet and giving the house a serious cleaning and all the rain we've had gave me lots of stuff in the yard that needed cut, so I haven't just been sitting on my ass
Although I'm finding myself quite bored this morning......looking at the thing on my bench, but not quite committing energy to working on it.


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There..I did something

That awesomeness needs some love dude, Upper stowage. Possibly some hard point action. Definitely some feeds for the weaponry. I think I am going to put my ammo up top, gravity fed.

Nice skid

so I haven't just been sitting on my ass

i can only speak for myself... but i prefer to sit on my bum... i have tried to sit on someone leses bum... but to be honest... it didn´t felt right... it was just not me...

So, it's degraded to bums and skidmark puns around here eh?

degraded

niveau...or standards if you like are a way of looking at facts from different positions... so... hwo is to say that this here degrades now to something less... or other... we are just spicing up the atmosphere^^

I didn't say it was a bad thing

aye^^

Talking of bums.......what does the back end look like on your beautiful Heuy UH1-40k.

Morning! So far, it looks exactly like the Landspeeder Storm

The tail fin keeps falling off, not glued yet.

Strange, it actually looks like Nerds avatar...

 dsteingass wrote:
Morning! So far, it looks exactly like the Landspeeder Storm

The tail fin keeps falling off, not glued yet.

Perhaps that's its way of saying "weapon mounts go here"

No, weapon mounts don't go on the top tail fin, Silly servo-Theo!

 dsteingass wrote:
No, weapon mounts don't go on the top tail fin, Silly servo-Theo!

Deluxe jungle fighter pimp whale tail then??? that message just didn't feel right even typing it

Well, it carries men in an open compartment, which means it needs to fly relatively level whenever possible. If you put guns on the top, then the craft has to nose down to aim, spilling guardsmen all over the forest canopy. An Ideal greenskin tactic maybe, but not for Catachans

Your guard need to get to work, there's all these ork threads poppin up like mushrooms around here

I know, but I just don't feel motivated for some reason.

I know the feeling, I've even begun painting because I lost building motivation. You just need a recharge. "Dust" of an older project to see what might happen. You might find an old "hobbit" bites you and gets your mojo going again. Failing tha o on a shooting spree in one of your video games.

Ah, I need to eventually get myself air assets for my guard

Hey, waay OT, but you guys gotta see this diorama
http://forums.yojoe.com/customs-fan-creations/81840-dreadnoks-cold-slither-reunion-tour.html

Cold Slither reunion

For those that don't know...
In the GI Joe cartoon, Detro invents a machine that makes Heavy Metal Music, and fills it with subliminal messages. The Dreadnoks Become the band "Cold Slither" to brainwash people
http://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=11050.0

Oh. My. Chicken.

(as my son says)

i bet they do the pogo...

heh..did you see the other pics? Zartan rides off the stage on his bike, and Road Pig double clotheslines a few concertgoers that get out of hand

People like this are why I'll never own an Army of Cobra Trooper figs They buy them all!

I once saw packs of 6 troopers at toysrus. I guess I always felt bad for the bad guy cause everyone only had one of him, but had all the joes.