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 Ascalam wrote:
I also used the detonator mounting plate from a WW2 bomb

 KingCracker wrote:
the engines are shotgun shells

I now have the fear that I may meet death at the hands of someone's unexploded conversion bit, where before there was none.

"This is my landraider, built out of a live claymore mine... Try not to knock it off the table."

 Smacks wrote:
"This is my landraider, built out of a live claymore mine... Try not to knock it off the table."

That's not going to happen.



A Claymore would be far more appropriate as a Deathstorm Drop Pod...

Unfortunately i dont have any pics but back in the mid 90's I used the nozzle from an oxy acelylene kit as a cannon slotted into a cut bakalite hub from the steering components of a Unimog truck.

The hub was cut down to approx 40 degres with the bolt hole in the middle and the nozzle fitted nicely into the hole. It was then glued to a base and it made a nice futuristic cannon

Here are the components:

The left hand one was the cannon


this is the bakalite bracket I used


As you can see with the nozzle inserted (pointing upwards) the angle of the bracket looks like a nice angled gunshield


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Some strange ones from a single person who was in our gaming group in the 90's

- Slaanesh banner with a provocative body part sculpted on it surrounded by his girlfriends cut pubic hair

- Undead banner using a bat skull and claw (we had alot of bats in the area so they were readily found)

- Chaos landraider covered in hobby knife blades and fish hooks. He eventually got sick of stabbing himself and removed them.

He was a bit 'out there' when it came to building his armies

I must admit... my Fabius conversion has a real hypodermic needle...

 Smacks wrote:

 Ascalam wrote:
I also used the detonator mounting plate from a WW2 bomb

 KingCracker wrote:
the engines are shotgun shells

I now have the fear that I may meet death at the hands of someone's unexploded conversion bit, where before there was none.

"This is my landraider, built out of a live claymore mine... Try not to knock it off the table."

Pffff you should see what a made a Big Bomb out of

Not put in practice yet, but I thought crushed coffee granules have a very 28mm dirt look.

 sing your life wrote:
Not put in practice yet, but I thought crushed coffee granules have a very 28mm dirt look.

I've been wondering about this, though using used, dried coffee grounds. My wife's a big coffee drinker and we use a french press, so I've got a near unlimited supply of the stuff.

Anybody tried this?

Tea works for model railroading scenery, it makes nice dead leaves for marshy areas, and if its been steeped it makes a nice dead plant colour

 MangoMadness wrote:

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Some strange ones from a single person who was in our gaming group in the 90's

- Slaanesh banner with a provocative body part sculpted on it surrounded by his girlfriends cut pubic hair

- Undead banner using a bat skull and claw (we had alot of bats in the area so they were readily found)

- Chaos landraider covered in hobby knife blades and fish hooks. He eventually got sick of stabbing himself and removed them.

He was a bit 'out there' when it came to building his armies

Bu...Bu.... WHY WOULD YOU DO ANY OF THESE THINGS! (Well the bat skull is fairly cool, I don't have a problem with that, but 1 and 3 are just gros and dumb respectively.

 goblinzz wrote:

 MangoMadness wrote:

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Some strange ones from a single person who was in our gaming group in the 90's

- Slaanesh banner with a provocative body part sculpted on it surrounded by his girlfriends cut pubic hair

- Undead banner using a bat skull and claw (we had alot of bats in the area so they were readily found)

- Chaos landraider covered in hobby knife blades and fish hooks. He eventually got sick of stabbing himself and removed them.

He was a bit 'out there' when it came to building his armies

Bu...Bu.... WHY WOULD YOU DO ANY OF THESE THINGS! (Well the bat skull is fairly cool, I don't have a problem with that, but 1 and 3 are just gros and dumb respectively.

What?
That's just too out there

 goblinzz wrote:

Bu...Bu.... WHY WOULD YOU DO ANY OF THESE THINGS! (Well the bat skull is fairly cool, I don't have a problem with that, but 1 and 3 are just gros and dumb respectively.

Agreed.

I dont know why, most of the group were late teens so maybe it was a 'look at how far I can push the limits arnt I cool' sort of thing

I've used ashes dirt and saw dust for basing material. Worked rather well.

While certainly not strange by any length or definition I've gotten a number of compliments on my tendency to use real rocks in basing. So many times people ask "What did you base this with? It's got some serious weight to it" To which I reply "Actual rocks."

I recently painted a realm of battle table for a friend of mine that I used a similar technique for. Beside the gravel patch that I pick rocks from I dug a hole and scraped up some clay. A little water and some egg whites added in and I could paint the surface of the battlefield with, well, actual dirt. Not only did it look like dirt but it felt like it too and works well for stopping models from sliding around.

This topic is singing the song of my people...

My recent jet includes two lemon meringue pots, a chopped up extension cable, part of a clock, a Star Wars toy I took a hacksaw to, some actual GW kit pieces, and about £0.30 in pennies to keep the base weighted so that it doesn't tip over and destroy someone else's model.
it used to have a spring loaded spear as part of the toy, but I wreched it out because the last thing I need is someone pressing the button and firing a harpoon (and surrounding models) across the table.

 mad_eddy_13 wrote:
Tropicana makes a very handy fruit juice bottle that has a cap perfect for pedestals, turret bases and structure additions...



Cat trimmings are new though...

Funny I have one of those OJ tops right in front of me now using it as a base for an angel figure.

Remeber seeing on here a while back someone making a ADL out of a spine of some animal.

looked cool but a bit weird.

Not terribly weird I guess, but hooray for pens:


And bottle tops


I also remember painting up a chunk of controls equipment from a storage radiator as a Epic scale factory thingy at one point. I think VHS machines are also a good source of totally random techy looking bits and bobs.

I used a tooth from my youngest daughter.. (she was 10 I think when I got it).. one of her last "baby teeth"

it plopped out on day at dinner.. she rinsed it off.. and then said.. "Dad.. can you put this on some of your undead models?? If so, I will sell it to you for $2.. since the tooth fairy only gives me $1."

So.. it is a banner topper on one of the undead skeleton regiments I have..

wat

dude


WHYY

WHY WOULD ANYONE EVER DO THAT

This thread has given me lots of knowledge on life.

 porkuslime wrote:
I used a tooth from my youngest daughter.. (she was 10 I think when I got it).. one of her last "baby teeth"

it plopped out on day at dinner.. she rinsed it off.. and then said.. "Dad.. can you put this on some of your undead models?? If so, I will sell it to you for $2.. since the tooth fairy only gives me $1."

So.. it is a banner topper on one of the undead skeleton regiments I have..

Only 10 and she's already learned to monetize your feelings for her and your hobbies,
That kid is going places!

Love the idea of your daughter selling you her tooth for modelling use

Not particularly weird, but couple of junk piles made out of junk....






Skalk Bloodaxe ran a comp a couple of years back to build junk-piles out of actual junk......http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/563097.page

When my superglue fails, my tears act as an accelerator to hold the model together.

Joking aside (though that feels true enough for me, I hate gluing sometimes, just got into Pinning. It is so much better,) does taking weird bits from junk/factory machine cogs that have broken off to your home, repairing them, and then combining them to cast up as tank bits count?

lliu wrote:
Mine is a bit of my own pee for trying to scratch of some paint. Sure, it's not a bit, but it's both weird and obviously disgusting. For bit, perhaps one of my friend's fake plastic anchors that I into a Necron Flyer.

You kinky animal. I would never pee on a model. Well not on my models.

My weirdest is a hair for a bow or maybe some floss for wire. But other than that its pretty normal. Certainly got nothing like cat claws.

Cheers

Ig

I came across a pic once of someone's tyranid terrainscape where they'd greenstuffed chitin to adult toys. Now, I could expect that if someone ever did lets say... a Kingdom Death tablescape maybe but in 40k? Seriously...

I've used my hedgehog's quill as a pain boy's needle. Sadly I don't have a pic of it.

I made a defense line from the spine of a dead raccoon I found

dsmith10 wrote:
I made a defense line from the spine of a dead raccoon I found

That is simultaneously the coolest, yet most stupid thing I've ever seen. I love it.

Did you just find the raccoon and decide to do that then and there or what?

 liquidjoshi wrote:

dsmith10 wrote:
I made a defense line from the spine of a dead raccoon I found

That is simultaneously the coolest, yet most stupid thing I've ever seen. I love it.

Did you just find the raccoon and decide to do that then and there or what?

Just looks cool to me. The bones appear to be well cleaned. I'd love to have something like that on my fantasy tabletop.
I do think it could use a bit more foliage winding up and over the spine though. If the dragon's spine has been there long enough for the body to decay, it'd have all kinds of vines snaking up it.

Well. This has been insightful.

Gatorade cap has very interesting shape, small soy sauce dispenser caps work cool as small jet exhaust.

Guinness CO2 container is really good as structural element.

Guns - I suggest you to deconstruct soap dispenser cap. You will get 2 really nice guns.

And Pringles cap - golden for painting, pva glueing and casting flat textures.




And when it comes to the bones: just check what ebay has to offer in terms of skulls and taxidermy stuff.

Think this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Taxidermy-Beautiful-CROW-skull-bone-skeleton-bird-fox-mouse-cat-magpie-corvid-/291389602949?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item43d82c7c85

... and Raven Guard Land Speeders.


Hope it helps.

Cheers.