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Whoops. It us the dogs balls, sir!
How did you counter balance the firing effect? I gave up using mine on plastics.

I wonder if people see the amount of pages this thread has and then avoid it. :(

There are magnets in the base to hold them to the diorama, and magnets in the effects so they can come out for actual play.

One of those dev kits is metal too (the stupidly crooked one)

You could also start a new thread about it and get this one locked, we lost our benevolent OP

I bow to your magnetting experience. I always feth them up.

If/when it drops off the front, I'll (or you can) see about making a thread with an updated OP.
A list of lookers/lenders and spoilered pics of completed/sent would be cool as.

I'm currently waiting to hear back from a fellow poster on here regarding painting up some specific bits and sending them to them to use for a librarian conversion/kitbash they are in the process of planning.

While not in the exact same vein as this thread, I did draw inspiration for the idea from here.

Currently only looking to sub-assemble and paint up a right arm force weapon (Halberd/Spear, which will count-as an axe for the purposes of WYSIWYG), as well as the front half of a suitably decorative torso (The back half being a power armored grey knight torso the recipient would be using), a backpack, and possibly a helmet too.

It wouldn't take me a terribly long time to paint these bits up, and would be a nice gesture toward a poster who has offered some great feedback and input for my projects over the last few months. I see it as being a nice way to say thanks, and hopefully give them something useful that they can use in their modeling and painting as they build their army up.

Hopefully I can use this as a method of not only branching out and painting things I wouldn't normally paint, but also allow me to start using some bits I would otherwise never use and put them to good use as well, while at the same time helping out a fellow deserving 40k player with some cool bits they can use on a project that are already painted and ready for assembly.

Just a thought on that end. Hopefully this thread keeps going for a good long while yet.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

@KB - what dio? Did I miss something (more than likely)?

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/210/648746.page#8259312

I'm a ditz! It's looking great KB. Love the setting. can't wait to see it all assembled and rocking

this idea was and is a fine one and am reluctant to lt it fade into the warp. C'mon folks - who can spare a bit of their painting time for another hobbier, who's got a fig that they've never gotten around too or wish it could get some top paint on it? My paint shelf is as full as it ever is but I'll always make room for this thread! You pay the postage here, I'll paint it and pay the psot back. If you need to see my style/quality - click on the links in my profile. Let's keep this great community idea going

 Januine wrote:
this idea was and is a fine one and am reluctant to lt it fade into the warp. C'mon folks - who can spare a bit of their painting time for another hobbier, who's got a fig that they've never gotten around too or wish it could get some top paint on it?

You know what? It's Christmas, and I haven't had any commission work in a while, so I'll throw my hat back in the ring here! So if anyone is after what essentially amounts to a 'freebie' commission then now's your chance! Given my somewhat limited time at the moment I'll only take on one job (first come, first served) for the moment. I'd ask that you pay the postage, but if you've got a mini or two that you'd like me to tackle then let me know and we'll see what we can do!

I have no real preference at the moment; I'm currently working on assorted Horus Heresy and Batman bits and soon X-wing myself, but so long as I feel I can do a good job on your mini, I don't mind what game/genre/style it is. I wouldn't mind a crack at some of the characters from the Age of Sigmar set, and it's been far too long since I tackled any Infinity or Malifaux, so I'd definitely be happy to work on any of that stuff!

Also, anyone not taking up Januine's offer who is in a position to do so needs their head looked at! Work of that quality would cost an arm, a leg and possibly a kidney from other places!

Jan, paint my Knight Warden, K?

Curse you Para. I was wanting to ask you to paint the word bearer being crushed under my dread but now they are one piece.

I wonder if my tank crewman made it to Ustrello.

nice try Storm!!! A full on knight (considering how long my own knight is taking!!) might be a bit outside the margins!!! usual figs and up to a dread in size - I'm game.
c'mon folks - you've got two fo the boys game on me n para - who else'll step up. lets spread the paint (feth that's an awful pun)

Can you paint me 4 assault Marines then?

I also offered but I can understand the reticence considering my paint schemes are not exactly grim dark.

I wonder if folk are just busy in December.

Speaking of which, I'm gonna try and get your stuff out tomorrow, Jan. There's one figure to follow as he's at my parent's house, and I've not been home yet.
Remember all but the frumpyssar and trooper are just for you to have as a Tanith fan, haha. Not trying to cause a heart attack.

While slightly off topic, this seems a reasonable place to ask:

How much does it cost to ship a mini or two? My experience with shipping is just sticking a stamp on an envelope. Once I go past a piece of paper or two I haven’t the foggiest idea what’s involved. Not just in postage, but boxes, packing materials, custom fees, taxes, etc. I suspect "where to" is a huge factor. Within the US, or across either the Atlantic or Pacific oceans.

It might just be my tight-fisted nature, but I just assume that anything going into the mail across the pond is going to be prohibitively expensive. Would love to be wrong.

Shipping out, you can generally use a bubble mailer and wrap the mini in foam or more bubble wrap. Unless it's a dreadnought it should be <$12 easily.

Getting it back would depend on the country it is returning from. In my case it'd be about £4.80 to return a boxed and protected mini abroad.

Assuming you're not selling, just sending/trading/receiving minis, customs and taxes shouldn't come into it. When I've sent a couple of commission pieces to the USA it's cost me about £4.50 for the postage and another £1 or so for a sturdy box and some bubble wrap and packing chips. So really not massively expensive, to be honest, and those were 6-7 minis in reasonably large boxes.


Now I think about it, it might be worth starting up a new thread for this. Just as this one is quite long and has been on and off, a new thread with the offers in the OP might get some more interest.

 Stormwall wrote:
Jan, paint my Knight Warden, K?

Curse you Para. I was wanting to ask you to paint the word bearer being crushed under my dread but now they are one piece.

I wonder if my tank crewman made it to Ustrello.

I could of sworn I messaged you man my bad. Yeah it got here and it's primed sitting on my painting station. I am just waiting for finals to be over to finish it.

nice one Buttery, I'll get on those as soon as thy arrive

i wouldn't mind painting up a model for someone...
but im not paying for shipping bwa ha ha ha

Ust, it's fine. Take your time. I was just making sure he didn't enter the Abyssal crusade known as the post office. I was serious by the way if anyone wants to paint up some Vorpal sword assault marine allies for my Sons of Orar.



If you guys want we could make a new thread for this.

 Stormwall wrote:
I was serious by the way if anyone wants to paint up some Vorpal sword assault marine allies for my Sons of Orar.

Spoiler:

As long as you have no problems with it taking me a literal year to get back to you, sure.

I'm game to participate, though I wouldn't consider myself top notch, feel free to check out my gallery for examples. More than happy to help out fellow Dakkites. Dakkacians. Whatever.

I would love for you to paint them but I don't have a year as I will move overseas in 9ish months. :p

We're Dakkanauts, mkay? Like cosmonauts but better. Jan I'm gonna PM you, if you're still willing.

Well, if you're moving to Australia, return shipping gets a lot cheaper

kb_lock wrote:

 Stormwall wrote:
I was serious by the way if anyone wants to paint up some Vorpal sword assault marine allies for my Sons of Orar.

Spoiler:

As long as you have no problems with it taking me a literal year to get back to you, sure.

Finish your dinner before you start on candy.

Stormwall, how many?

And I'll throw up a new thread with a lot of offers, completions and such if/when this drop off P1
If someone like KB wants to snag post two, then if/when I get banned for gaking rainbows all over the place, you have a a back up.

If someone doesn't mind doing tartan i do have a 2nd irregular cameronian that is kinda centerpeicey so would be worth getting a nice paintjob on.

Actualy if someone(or 2 someones) wanted to paint a nomad gecko, they are on my to get list and also would be nice to have a nice paintjob on.

That than that the only thing that i don't need on my atm nor doesn't need modeling/striping work is a bunch of direwolves.

Pics. Most of us are not familiar with all game lines.

cameronian
http://store.infinitythegame.com/articulo.php?f=1&s=3&o=3&id=76

Geckos
http://store.infinitythegame.com/articulo.php?f=1&s=7&o=3&id=2285

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
Finish your dinner before you start on candy.

HRRRRNNNNNG you're right, I'll shut up now

Trev is definitely Brussel sprouts. Though I was more thinking you had something else on your plate? Fuzzy recollection.