[Model] Progress?`
Myrmidon
Time for another progress thread (since for a change I've made some...)
Well, to the good - I have made some decent progress in the minis
department - my 3 Silver Skulls dreads (AoBR dreads with magnetic
conversions) are nearly complete with only tiny detailing work needed,
and the bases are done and awaiting to have static grass and a few more
details added. I've got 2 more Silver Skulls Tac Squads about 85%
complete - the champion from the AoBR set is coming along very nicely
and I'm looking forward to seeing it finished - I'm just not certain
what colors I want to use on the back banner. And the Rhino / Razorback
is in need of only the final detailing and weather, as well as decals
and it's good to go as well. Woot!
Unfortunately my city fight terrain still isn't nearly as far
along as I wanted it to be by now, by primer gray bastion stares at me
forlornly as I haven't got a clue what color scheme I want to go with on
it, and my poor termigants haven't seen a paint brush since my last
progress report.
On the up side - I did pass my Network+ certification, so I've got one
more to finish up my MCSA. Weeee! Then on to MCSE and more brain
melting fun.
So what have you slackers been up to?
Myr :)
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And I want someone to slap me with a fish every time I buy something
new, assemble it, and then leave it unpainted for months.
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Chris Jones
> Time for another progress thread (since for a change I've made some...)
>
>
> Well, to the good - I have made some decent progress in the minis
> department - my 3 Silver Skulls dreads (AoBR dreads with magnetic
> conversions) are nearly complete with only tiny detailing work needed,
> and the bases are done and awaiting to have static grass and a few more
> details added. I've got 2 more Silver Skulls Tac Squads about 85%
> complete - the champion from the AoBR set is coming along very nicely
> and I'm looking forward to seeing it finished - I'm just not certain
> what colors I want to use on the back banner. And the Rhino / Razorback
> is in need of only the final detailing and weather, as well as decals
> and it's good to go as well. Woot!
> Unfortunately my city fight terrain still isn't nearly as far
> along as I wanted it to be by now, by primer gray bastion stares at me
> forlornly as I haven't got a clue what color scheme I want to go with on
> it, and my poor termigants haven't seen a paint brush since my last
> progress report.
>
> On the up side - I did pass my Network+ certification, so I've got one
> more to finish up my MCSA. Weeee! Then on to MCSE and more brain
> melting fun.
>
> So what have you slackers been up to?
>
> Myr :)
>
Congrats on the pass Myr. You got My Computer's Screwed Again, and now
it's onto Must Call Someone Experienced! Sorry - little humour from my
days at EA.
My DA army is increasing in size and all that good stuff. I have one
rhino, two razorbacks and two combos (later realised I should not have
glues down the top hatches - ah, well) almost finished. Ther magnetised
arms Deathwing are still in basecoate while I worry about the vehicles.
The drop pod issue has been interesting. I don't know if anyone has
noticed or experienced this flaw in the DP sprues. On the sprues where
there are two fins, blades, whatever you wish to call them - there is
one which has a decided king in the middle. Very consistent across the
four kits I bought. I had eight that were like this. So bad that I
wouldn't have been able to assemble the drop pods without heating the
fins to try and straighten them, or by doing some colourful swearing,
filing and filling. Which just won't do as I'm painting them
pre-assembly so I can get the insides done nicely.
So I called GW Direct Services and we conversed on the issue. I sent
photos and on Monday, two more drop pod kits arrived, gratis, so I could
raid them for the parts I needed. Opened the box giddily to find that
these models had the same problem. Egad!
Today after work, off I toddled to the GW store and after much friendly
banter with the store manager and his Igor, we raided some kits off the
shelf and I was furnished with fins that were straight, and the Igor had
to figure out how to put two drop pods together for their Space Wolf
(yes they're behind) or Blood Angels display with wonky pieces.
Also have one land raider basecoated - again, being painted before
assembly because I'm a fussy sod. Not bothering with the inside cos i
can't be bothered. It's a tabletop piece, not a display item. The other
one I may take some time on as I have ForgeWorld doors for it.
And there's the Damocles Rhino - had the kit since June and it's still a
kit.
To add fuel to the fire I'm waiting for a strongpoint, imperial sector,
shrine of the Aquila and a Ravenwing to arrive from Bitkingdom.com.
They should arrive sometime after Don Quixote realises windmills don't
shout back. And then theres the Fortress of Redemption. Drool, is all I
can say about that one.
I ordered a pro-painted Sammael from midgardmodels on eBay. VERY nice
paint job. Paid my $111 Canadian (included $25 shipping from
Argentina!) and waited, because I cannot envision myself assembling a 17
piece metal model with any patience. The money to me was more than worth
it for the time it saved me. So it arrived. The post of the cast resin
base had broken off in the bottom of the bike, and the left hand/sword
had been broken off and wrapped seperately. Not at all like it was in
the picture, and there was no warning on the auction to say it would be
shipped "broken". Emails back and forth etc, and I got the cost of the
shipping back. Whatever - I made a new post from 1/8" welding rod and
pinned the hand. Now I need to find something to cover the paint and
keep the stuff on the model. And that's why I ordered a Ravenwing...
Chris Jones
OH MY ME, my typing is awful today.
>
> My DA army is increasing in size and all that good stuff. I have one
> rhino, two razorbacks and two combos (later realised I should not have
> glues down the top hatches - ah, well) almost finished. Ther magnetised
> arms Deathwing are still in basecoate while I worry about the vehicles.
Yes, the DW with magnetised arms. Quite.
>
> The drop pod issue has been interesting. I don't know if anyone has
> noticed or experienced this flaw in the DP sprues. On the sprues where
> there are two fins, blades, whatever you wish to call them - there is
> one which has a decided king in the middle. Very consistent across the
A decided KINK in the middle of the fin. On eight fins - two in each box.
And I STILL haven't finished sprue-clipping from Space Hulk. Poor
Bugman's Bar is feeling ignored too...
Minty fresh
> So what have you slackers been up to?
I cut the end of my little finger off with a quick slice so I haven't been
up too much.
Matt C
>
> My DA army is increasing in size and all that good stuff.
>snip<
Have y'seen this:
http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=223422&page=2
?
Matt C
>
> So what have you slackers been up to?
>
> Myr :)
>
I finally got round to painting some of my orcs !
So far I've done a unit of 20, and some spider riders are next.
The plan is to alternate units of orcs with units of something else, but
this may vhange.
Definately NOT selling them this time.
Probably.
I took some progress pictures which will go online just as soon as I can be
arsed.
Borscope
> Time for another progress thread (since for a change I've made some...)
> So what have you slackers been up to?
>
I've been busy the past couple of months so not too much progress.
Pluss with the heat on now, the cats drink my paint water down when my
back's turned.
15mm retardation:
I don't know why, but I'm on a 15mm scifi/Stargrunt (god I love these
rules) kick. Ordered a smattering of Laserburn, GZG etc figs and some
FoW Bersaglieri and L6/40 tanks. (As if WW2 Italians didn't have
enough problems in their own game system) However, the only shit
that's come in is the little bit of stuff I ordered from 15mmUK so no
pics.
I was so frustrated waiting that I started converting some WW2 brits,
an opel truck, and nappy prussians I had lying around (no pics)
Anyway, this thread is useless without pics
Invid defiler knight
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3303.jpg
Ork Jetbike prototype painted
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3296.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3298.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3299.jpg
Baneblade
Hinged hatches
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3308.jpg
Jerry can rack
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3305.jpg
Searchlight elevation linked to mantlet
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3306.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3307.jpg
"Treacle" PDF tank
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3294.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3294.jpg
1/48 Westland Wyvern S.4
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3304.jpg
"War of the Rosettes" Inquisition flunkies
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3302.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3300.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3301.jpg
Space Hulk
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3303.jpg
Chris Jones
*drool*
Desert Lurker
I have negitive progres on my redone Iron Avengers Space Marine army.
I set up my painting staiion in front of the windows and the cats
really want to be in the windows. And the kid loves all of my 'army
guys' and sneaks in to 'play with them'. I had as of a month ago 60
marines awaiting pauldrons. Now I have scattered marines all over the
carpet...
Going to go buy an airbrush this weekend. Probably a badger 150.
love those 40% coupons for hobby lobby.
Perhaps I will photo the new space. that will eventually hold a gaming
table as well.
Doctor Rock
"Myrmidon" <Im...@home.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.25499babf...@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> So what have you slackers been up to?
fuck all. my last completed project was a scratched/converted BFG ship,
really just to use up some leftover bits of cruiser sprue from other
conversions. that was back around mid-august. the past couple months i've
just been swamped with school shit. i have a couple of dreadnought
conversions planned, but when/if i'll get the time, i've no idea.
jockelinde
> So what have you slackers been up to?
Nuffink.
Damn you, work (and warhammer online)!
--
Joakim
Moramarth
I'll never get round to building.
Drooling over the Wargames Factory stuff I've bought, but that is all
still on the sprue.
(BTW, did you notice they had their Zombies on special offer
recently?)
>
Cheers,
> Myr :)
Moramarth
MoonsOfJupiter
>
>
Got up to 1500 points on my son's Dark Elves built and base coated. Played a
game at FLGS with him last Sat. -- made it through three turns before he was
played out (He's 7).
Picked up some Chosen and Mounted Marauders to go with his Chaos Knights.
Children -- the key to getting your wife off your back when you want to get
back into the game.
Maybe we should try that space game next?
:O:
wd
Richard Busby
> Time for another progress thread (since for a change I've made some...)
<blah blah blah... some guy spouting off>
> So what have you slackers been up to?
Got the undead bug again so I'm resurrecting (no pun intended) my LatD
army of Plague Zombies as Traitor Guard.
Enclosed Medusa (formerly a Basalisk):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/Medusa2.jpg
This white plastic doesn't photo worth a damn but a close up anyway...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/Medusa1.jpg
What began life as a Hellhound is now a Hydra, thanks to the Aegis
Defence line quad gun and mounting turret:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/HydraFront.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/HydraRear.jpg
Close up of the turret. Believe it or not that top panel that appears
blindingly white is really blue:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/HydraTurret1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/HydraTurret2.jpg
The bottom:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/HydraTurretBottom.jpg
A non-flash shot of the turret top showing rivet detail:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/HydraCC.jpg
Land Raider for the Radical Inquisitor to ride in during Apoc games:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/LR10.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/LR2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/LRRear.jpg
Close up of the front. Note the tread aquilas replaced with skulls:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/LRFront.jpg
Guess what my current project on the workbench is?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/Missiles.jpg
Hint: it involve most of what you see in this pic or something like it:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/MissilesNHydra.jpg
Only this much more to build and I'm done!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/StackOGuard.jpg
Regards,
Richard
Borscope
wrote:
> Only this much more to build and I'm done!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/St...
>
Where the hell did you get that lazy suzy? That's exactly what I've
been looking for, for years.
smcdaniel1
"Richard Busby" <rich...@hatespam.bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:hbr5jr$7l0$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
> Myrmidon wrote:
>> Time for another progress thread (since for a change I've made some...)
>
> <blah blah blah... some guy spouting off>
>
>> So what have you slackers been up to?
>
> Got the undead bug again so I'm resurrecting (no pun intended) my LatD
> army of Plague Zombies as Traitor Guard.
>
> Enclosed Medusa (formerly a Basalisk):
This would be more informative if you had actually gotten anything done...
--
This time I will not be silent
I cloak myself in the flag and the First Amendment
JFK - Malcolm X meant it
When John Hancock signed it - he meant it
Abe Lincoln - Bob Marley meant that shit
And my dogs represent that shit
Doctor Rock
"Richard Busby" <rich...@hatespam.bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:hbr5jr$7l0$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
>> Time for another progress thread (since for a change I've made some...)
>
> line quad gun and mounting turret:
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/HydraFront.jpg
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Hive_Tyrant/40K/UndeadGuard/HydraRear.jpg
cute. that quad cannon actually looks a lot less sucky on a vehicle than it
does in the defence line kit.
here's one of mine from a few years back, sorta similar:
http://what.h8r.net/hyperzone/wip/nemean01.jpg
Blackheart
you realize that they make things to deal with that right?
1) door locks
2) water guns
3) closets
Blackheart
working on the Brass Scorpion...
Working on a batch of old (bald with big claws) Daemonettes...
Pinned some old daemon princes and greater daemons together...
working on about a dozen previous edition Flamers...
finished a ton of old Blue and Pink Horrores.. got about a dozen more
to finish.
finished about 6 old Slaanesh Fiends...
right now? it's the Halloween event in World of Warcraft.. so I have
to try and finish that for about 9 toons...
Richard Busby
This?
http://www.micromark.com/MODEL-80-CARROUSEL-ORGANIZER,8365.html
It's extremely handy. When I want to go paint on the kitchen table and
hang with the spousal unit while she watches whatever tripe is on TV, I
can just move all the paints in one go.
Richard Busby
>
> here's one of mine from a few years back, sorta similar:
> http://what.h8r.net/hyperzone/wip/nemean01.jpg
Not bad. I struggled with the whole "front or back mounted turret" thing
and in the end decided up front made more sense for a Hydra. I want the
guns as far forward as possible even though the range is 72" or so.
Also it will make a contrast when the Manticore rolls out with the back
mounted turret.
Doctor Rock
> Doctor Rock wrote:
>>
>> here's one of mine from a few years back, sorta similar:
>> http://what.h8r.net/hyperzone/wip/nemean01.jpg
>
> Not bad. I struggled with the whole "front or back mounted turret" thing
> and in the end decided up front made more sense for a Hydra.
i tried to get mine as close to mid-hull as possible, so that it didn't look
like it was about to tip over. the fact that the Chimera hull slopes down
at the front and is flat at the rear means that custom turrets do usually
look better further forward.
i've idly considering doing a Chimera w/ predator autocannon turret, but i
don't think i got any Chimera hulls bits left and honestly i've no space
left to store any more large figures even if i do :(
> Also it will make a contrast when the Manticore rolls out with the back
> mounted turret.
my manticore is pretty much straight outta the box with the addition of some
leftover HK missiles:
http://what.h8r.net/hyperzone/wip/manticore01.jpg
http://what.h8r.net/hyperzone/wip/manticore02.jpg
i was gonna stack another 4 on there, but couldn't work out how to mount any
more launch rails without getting them in the way of the bottom row of
missiles.
Toaster
How're those Tyranids coming along? :P
---------
Toaster
Matt C
@edtnps83:
....and then it appeared on GW's site:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=5100022a
Preeeetty.... want one.....
Chris Jones
> ....and then it appeared on GW's site:
>
> http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=5100022a
>
> Preeeetty.... want one.....
>
November 28th dude. 68 quid or something. $118 Canadian. Same price as
Space Hulk.
Matt C
@edtnps83:
�58 not �68, so the same as a Baneblade, and I have DA not Guard so...
Gonna try the online stores, see what I can get it for off them.
Chris Jones
I think I'll be going to the War Store for mine. More expensive than
Bit Kingdom, but still 20% cheaper than G-Dub and more reliable than BK.
Matt C
I'm gonna wait until it starts showing up in pre-order lists and then see
where I can get it cheap.
Should be able to pick it up 15% - 25% off RRP
That is a big tower
DA compensating for something?
Myrmidon
says...
> > So what have you slackers been up to?
> >
> > Myr :)
> >
>
> Congrats on the pass Myr. You got My Computer's Screwed Again, and now
> it's onto Must Call Someone Experienced! Sorry - little humour from my
> days at EA.
>
Nice! That's going into my collection of quips. Thanks. :)
> My DA army is increasing in size and all that good stuff. I have one
> rhino, two razorbacks and two combos (later realised I should not have
> glues down the top hatches - ah, well) almost finished. Ther magnetised
> arms Deathwing are still in basecoate while I worry about the vehicles.
>
Yeah, I've only got one Pred, but it's fully magnetized. As well
as the Whirlwind, and there's a pair of Razorbacks with swappable Hvy
Bolters / Las-cannons that double as plain Rhinos when needed. (I blame
RTM and Blank_Dave wherever they are. :)
> The drop pod issue has been interesting. I don't know if anyone has
> noticed or experienced this flaw in the DP sprues. On the sprues where
> there are two fins, blades, whatever you wish to call them - there is
> one which has a decided kink in the middle. Very consistent across the
> four kits I bought. I had eight that were like this. So bad that I
> wouldn't have been able to assemble the drop pods without heating the
> fins to try and straighten them, or by doing some colourful swearing,
> filing and filling. Which just won't do as I'm painting them
> pre-assembly so I can get the insides done nicely.
> So I called GW Direct Services and we conversed on the issue. I sent
> photos and on Monday, two more drop pod kits arrived, gratis, so I could
> raid them for the parts I needed. Opened the box giddily to find that
> these models had the same problem. Egad!
Yeah, I'm glad that I didn't rush right out to buy any of these.
They're cool looking kits, but they've become the new 'land speeder' of
sucky kit design both in quality and in 'PITA' to assemble from what
I've heard from multiple sources.
> Today after work, off I toddled to the GW store and after much friendly
> banter with the store manager and his Igor, we raided some kits off the
> shelf and I was furnished with fins that were straight, and the Igor had
> to figure out how to put two drop pods together for their Space Wolf
> (yes they're behind) or Blood Angels display with wonky pieces.
>
Somehow this doesn't surprise me that you had to work at it twice
to get useable bits. Particularly not after my calling FW for a 'right
and left' burst cannon for the Remora drones, only to get two more
freaking left ones when all I really needed was a single right burst
cannon. You'd think that they'd at least know the parts in their own
kits, or for fuck's sake could look at the damn instruction set to
figure it out.
> Also have one land raider basecoated - again, being painted before
> assembly because I'm a fussy sod. Not bothering with the inside cos i
> can't be bothered. It's a tabletop piece, not a display item. The other
> one I may take some time on as I have ForgeWorld doors for it.
I do quite a bit of pre-painting before assembly on my own kits
where possible. I hate having to be a contortionist while trying to
paint recessed bits that can still be seen but which are behind arms,
etc and hard to get at with a brush.
>
> And there's the Damocles Rhino - had the kit since June and it's still a
> kit.
>
> To add fuel to the fire I'm waiting for a strongpoint, imperial sector,
> shrine of the Aquila and a Ravenwing to arrive from Bitkingdom.com.
> And then theres the Fortress of Redemption. Drool, is all I
> can say about that one.
All I can say is - get an air brush.
>
> I ordered a pro-painted Sammael from midgardmodels on eBay. VERY nice
> paint job. Paid my $111 Canadian (included $25 shipping from
> Argentina!) and waited, because I cannot envision myself assembling a 17
> piece metal model with any patience. The money to me was more than worth
> it for the time it saved me.
I know the painter you're talking about. The artist has skill,
but I've just never been a fan of that style of minis painting - at
least not in the color schemes the artist seems to favor. (Some of the
'Pro Painted' conversions - i.e. junk parts they had laying around -
make me wince too.)
> So it arrived. The post of the cast resin
> base had broken off in the bottom of the bike, and the left hand/sword
> had been broken off and wrapped seperately. Not at all like it was in
> the picture, and there was no warning on the auction to say it would be
> shipped "broken". Emails back and forth etc, and I got the cost of the
> shipping back. Whatever - I made a new post from 1/8" welding rod and
> pinned the hand. Now I need to find something to cover the paint and
> keep the stuff on the model. And that's why I ordered a Ravenwing...
Ok, that's definitely not cool. I can understand the unintentional
breakage - since one can't really control the postal gorillas. But the
seller could have warned you about removing the sword arm, and more
importantly - could have used a jeweler's saw to make a clean cut, not
to mention pinning and repainting the area before shipping so that all
you had to do was carefully reglue it.
Ah well. I look forward to seeing some pics of your ever
increasing Minis hoard.
Myr :)
--
"Conan, what is best in life?"
"To paint your miniatures, to see them driven before you on the table,
and to hear the lamentation of the cheese-mongers!"
- Del Webb
RGMW FAQ: http://www.rgmw.org
Myrmidon
@d4g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>, donovan...@yahoo.com says...
> On Oct 21, 11:29 pm, Myrmidon <Im...@home.com> wrote:
> > Time for another progress thread (since for a change I've made some...)
>
> > So what have you slackers been up to?
> >
>
>
> I've been busy the past couple of months so not too much progress.
> Pluss with the heat on now, the cats drink my paint water down when my
> back's turned.
>
> 15mm retardation:
> I don't know why, but I'm on a 15mm scifi/Stargrunt (god I love these
> rules) kick. Ordered a smattering of Laserburn, GZG etc figs and some
> FoW Bersaglieri and L6/40 tanks. (As if WW2 Italians didn't have
> enough problems in their own game system) However, the only shit
> that's come in is the little bit of stuff I ordered from 15mmUK so no
> pics.
>
need YET ANOTHER gaming system and more minis about like the Titanic
needs more salt water...
> I was so frustrated waiting that I started converting some WW2 brits,
> an opel truck, and nappy prussians I had lying around (no pics)
>
> Anyway, this thread is useless without pics
>
> Invid defiler knight
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3303.jpg
Wholey Shite, Jihad man!!! The conversion alone is damn cool,
combine it with the paint job you put on it, and it's moved straight to
the 'F'ing Cool' catagory. I was half expecting to see something based
on one of the old Robotech / Macross Invid Toys from back in the late
80's / early 90's (not that I have one of those or a Zentradi Female
officer's suit stashed away some where). I love the color and the big
ass 'Eye of Chaos' icon that does indeed make it look one the Invid
Mechs. Kick ass job.
>
> Ork Jetbike prototype painted
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3296.jpg
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3298.jpg
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3299.jpg
>
Sweet paint job on a damn skippy cool conversion. Nuff said!
> Baneblade
> Hinged hatches
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3308.jpg
> Jerry can rack
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3305.jpg
> Searchlight elevation linked to mantlet
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3306.jpg
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3307.jpg
>
My Baneblade is still sitting in the box untouched. What color
scheme are you going to do yours in? (And it had to be a bitch to do
the hinges on those hatches.)
> "Treacle" PDF tank
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3294.jpg
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3294.jpg
>
You need to do a side by side round up photo shoot of all your
tank conversions. (That and the techno-flying-bug with Knight and
explosive tipped lance.)
> 1/48 Westland Wyvern S.4
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3304.jpg
>
> "War of the Rosettes" Inquisition flunkies
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3302.jpg
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3300.jpg
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3301.jpg
>
You need another group shot with all of your 40K conversion dudes.
> Space Hulk
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/borscope/Sept_25_09/100_3303.jpg
>
I trimmed mine off the sprues, and played a couple of games with
my buddy Toaster a few weeks back, but beyond that. Nada. :(
Hopefully I'll get a bunch of stuff worked on tomorrow. Thanks
for the latest batch of kick ass pics.
Myr :)
--
I actually have all the strategic acumen of a russet potato...
- Chris Jones
Myrmidon
rsin...@hotmail.com says...
> "Myrmidon" wrote
> > So what have you slackers been up to?
>
> up too much.
>
>
Damn dude! That makes me wince just thinking about it. Do I even
want to know how it happened? :( I've broken or dislocated a digit or
two (bound to happen in martial arts), but I've yet to cut off any parts
I wanted to keep.
Hopefully it stops being painful soon.
Myr 0_o
--
I'm sorry. I admit, I've been shaping my brush with my lips
again. My thane is starting to look real good tho'. Damnit Myr
I'm an Evil Genius not a safety freak.
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Myrmidon
no...@noway.jose says...
> >Snip<
>
> >
> > So what have you slackers been up to?
> >
> >
>
> I finally got round to painting some of my orcs !
>
> So far I've done a unit of 20, and some spider riders are next.
> The plan is to alternate units of orcs with units of something else, but
> this may change.
> Definately NOT selling them this time.
>
> Probably.
>
Heh, reminds me of a couple of guys I went to college with - they
never knew whether to buy food, art supplies, or Pot when they had 2
dimes to rub together.
>
> I took some progress pictures which will go online just as soon as I can be
> arsed.
>
In that case, by all means - MORE ARSE!!!
Myr ;)
--
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on unnecessary sex.
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Myrmidon
33g2000vbe.googlegroups.com>, blackhear...@yahoo.com says...
> let's see
>
> working on the Brass Scorpion...
>
> Working on a batch of old (bald with big claws) Daemonettes...
>
> Pinned some old daemon princes and greater daemons together...
>
> working on about a dozen previous edition Flamers...
>
> finished a ton of old Blue and Pink Horrores.. got about a dozen more
> to finish.
>
> finished about 6 old Slaanesh Fiends...
Hmmmm... yeah, I've got to say it...
PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!!!1!!(ONE)! :P
>
> right now? it's the Halloween event in World of Warcraft.. so I have
> to try and finish that for about 9 toons...
>
Hello sleep deprivation...
Myr :)
--
RE: Rhino Conversion...
I intended to put a smaller gun on it but never got around to
it. Ahh space marine ordinance envy will make you do funny things.
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Myrmidon
@h2g2000vbd.googlegroups.com>, Mora...@moramarth.demon.co.uk says...
> On 22 Oct, 04:29, Myrmidon <Im...@home.com> wrote:
> .
> >
> > So what have you slackers been up to?
> Buying cheap discontinued paint in (mostly) useless colours for stuff
> I'll never get round to building.
Hehe.
> Drooling over the Wargames Factory stuff I've bought, but that is all
> still on the sprue.
> (BTW, did you notice they had their Zombies on special offer
> recently?)
> >
I actually snagged 3 sets of their Zombies when they first came
out. The detailing is great. Unfortunately the difference in scale
between them and GW's IG models just doesn't work for me. Either the IG
troopers are all the size of a WWF Pro Wrestler, or the zombies would
all have to be mal-nourished teenagers. The size disparity is just too
noticable unfortunately.
I do have to check and see what's new recently on their site though.
Myr
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says...
Ok, that sucks. Paint something - I command you! Or at least
strongly urge you to do so.
Myr ;)
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They came pre-fallen apart from the printers.
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Doctor Rock
"Matt C" <no...@noway.jose> wrote in message
news:Xns9CADCB5B4F1...@69.16.176.253...
i dunno. i appreciate the baroque 40K wackiness as much as the next guy,
but in this instance the excess is inappropriate. sure, it's pretty as a
big gay wedding cake, but you can't really get around the fact that this is
SUPPOSED to represent an installation specifically designed to resist
artillery and direct support fire.
an aesthetic similar to that of the bastion kit, with a few minor
Astartes-bling concessions, would have been a lot more appealing IMO.
Doctor Rock
> In article <hbp12h$9vq$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> rsin...@hotmail.com says...
>> "Myrmidon" wrote
>> > So what have you slackers been up to?
>>
>> I cut the end of my little finger off with a quick slice so I haven't
>> been
>> up too much.
>>
>>
> Damn dude! That makes me wince just thinking about it. Do I even
> want to know how it happened? :( I've broken or dislocated a digit or
> two (bound to happen in martial arts), but I've yet to cut off any parts
> I wanted to keep.
i cut off a whole knuckle, down to the joint, while building my
Xtra-Rivetty(TM) land raider a couple years back. it eventually healed up
after a lot of trouble... but then i split the scar tissue wide open about 6
months ago (boxing), and it's been continually half-healing and then
re-splitting, over and over, ever since >:(
more recently, i also broke a finger playing guitar. (a different finger,
unfortunately.)
Moramarth
> In article <b30cca98-8653-405e-8cef-f41f1ab7cae7
>
> > On 22 Oct, 04:29, Myrmidon <Im...@home.com> wrote:
> > .
>
> > > So what have you slackers been up to?
> > Buying cheap discontinued paint in (mostly) useless colours for stuff
> > I'll never get round to building.
>
> Hehe.
in my Old Age...
OTOH, it could come in useful for one unit of Ork Boyz: "We're a bit
worried about Pink Squad..."
>
> > Drooling over the Wargames Factory stuff I've bought, but that is all
> > still on the sprue.
> > (BTW, did you notice they had their Zombies on special offer
> > recently?)
>
> I actually snagged 3 sets of their Zombies when they first came
> out. The detailing is great. Unfortunately the difference in scale
> between them and GW's IG models just doesn't work for me. Either the IG
> troopers are all the size of a WWF Pro Wrestler, or the zombies would
> all have to be mal-nourished teenagers. The size disparity is just too
> noticable unfortunately.
match the already-available figures in the genre, but all the
Historical hard plastic manufacturers (Wargames Factory, Warlord,
Perry Miniaturess) appear to have opted for "True 28mm" figures (as
pioneered by the Perrys for GW's LotR range?) rather than "Heroic
28mm" and I can understand Wargames Factory wishing to maintain
consistency within it's product range. However, I've been lucky in
that the Wargames Factory Zombies are more "ragged" than "rotten", and
I'll be able to utilise them in my (proposed) "IG on the turn" army as
mutant militia standing in for conscripts. I'd always intended these
should exhibit a wide range of stature (although the really big
Mutants would substitute for Ogryn) and I can utilise spare arms from
other Wargames Factory ranges with weapons from Mongoose' Mega City
Street Gang (unfortunately the figures are too genre-specific, but
will provide donor components) to produce a "Counts As" unit. I
actually like the variety of the human (or similar) form that has
always been the bane of parade ground tyrants ("All right you lot,
line up, tallest on the right, shortest on the left"), one of the
charms of Nick Lund's "Chronicle" figures was the deliberate variety
of size in the figures in any particular range, with cohesion being
given by consistently-sized details and accessories. I'd always
assumed mass-produced equipment would do this for 40K units, but I
recently found out that the classic German steel helmet of the WW2 era
was actually made in a range of sizes, including some quite small ones
after they started drafting whole classes of schoolkids into the Flak
units. As it stands, the sole mutant assembled so far (see, I have
done somthing!) consists of an old plastic Space Dwarf head on a
Gorkamorka Ork body, the right arm being that of the Catachan firing a
lasgun one-handed supported by it's sling, and the left coming from
the old Chaos Mutations frame. He's quite bulky, but I expect
Gretchen and even Gnoblars to donate some bodies (did I say these guys
will be the dregs of the Underhive?), as may some Crypt Ghouls,
although these latter would take a lot of greenstuffing - I'm thinking
along the lines of the unfortunate outcome of a one-night stand
between Gollum and an Orc, a thought I'd recommend others not to
think...
>
> I do have to check and see what's new recently on their site though.
Undead Brits...
>
Cheers,
> Myr
>
> --
> Non nobis solum nati sumus
>
Moramarth
Blackheart
> In article <d27fe8c7-7dcd-4fcb-95ab-64747e58c576@
>
> > let's see
>
> > working on the Brass Scorpion...
>
> > Working on a batch of old (bald with big claws) Daemonettes...
>
> > Pinned some old daemon princes and greater daemons together...
>
> > working on about a dozen previous edition Flamers...
>
> > finished a ton of old Blue and Pink Horrores.. got about a dozen more
> > to finish.
>
> > finished about 6 old Slaanesh Fiends...
>
> Hmmmm... yeah, I've got to say it...
>
> PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!!!1!!(ONE)! :P
>
I'm shopping for a better digital camera this week i think... we have
two mediocre ones laying around the house, but neither takes good
pictures and both seem to have a battery life of about 2 minutes... I
really hate camera's...
>
>
> > right now? it's the Halloween event in World of Warcraft.. so I have
> > to try and finish that for about 9 toons...
>
> Hello sleep deprivation...
>
not exactly... alot of what I have left to do is "get lucky" on some
trick or treat drops, but you can only trick or treat once every hour
per toon and I can get a chance to get the items once a day as a daily
quest which is just "log in, and hope someone already killed the
Headless horseman in town and pick up an item". which I finished that
achievement on 2 toons. so the other stuff left to do is some tedious
traveling (takes about 2 hours per toon, 90% is spent afk on flight
paths) and I'll have to pay guildies to get to kill the seasonal boss
on my lower level toons. Shouldn't be too hard to finish monday night,
they'll appreciate the extra chances at the flying broom mount and the
Headless Horseman's Flying Deathcharger. Especially since the fight is
so fucking easy that my level 66 Paladin can probably heal the fight.
I'll do the trick or treating and maybe some of the travel stuff
logged in tonight. There seems to be an available wi-fi again that I
can access.
I'll paint some more on tuesday at the GW store after I go talk to my
attorney and hit Best Buy to spec cameras.
Blackheart
> "Myrmidon" <Im...@home.com> wrote in message
>
> news:MPG.254c540d7...@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> > rsing...@hotmail.com says...
> >> "Myrmidon" wrote
> >> > So what have you slackers been up to?
>
> >> I cut the end of my little finger off with a quick slice so I haven't
> >> been
> >> up too much.
>
> > Damn dude! That makes me wince just thinking about it. Do I even
> > want to know how it happened? :( I've broken or dislocated a digit or
> > two (bound to happen in martial arts), but I've yet to cut off any parts
> > I wanted to keep.
>
> i cut off a whole knuckle, down to the joint, while building my
> Xtra-Rivetty(TM) land raider a couple years back. it eventually healed up
> after a lot of trouble... but then i split the scar tissue wide open about 6
> months ago (boxing), and it's been continually half-healing and then
> re-splitting, over and over, ever since >:(
>
sounds like you should get that checked out.
> more recently, i also broke a finger playing guitar. (a different finger,
> unfortunately.)
how the hell do you break a finger playing Guitar?
Myrmidon
@p9g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, blackhear...@yahoo.com says...
to mind. Just saying...
Myr :)
--
"I'm already impoverished from buying wargames minis,
and I'm too knackered for riotous living..."
-- Moramarth
RGMW FAQ: http://www.rgmw.org
Fin
>
>
> more to finish up my MCSA. Weeee! Then on to MCSE and more brain
> melting fun.
>
> So what have you slackers been up to?
>
>
> --
Cheated by getting a batch of horses painted by a painting service in
Sri Lanka (http://paintedfigs.com/). Not golden daemon quality but
they quote a fair price for really good table top quality. Was really
happy with the communication, speed, packing and quality.
Good news is it has got me moving on the riders. I've now got almost
the entire anti-chaos chaos army painted.
10 de-chaosed war-hounds (all spikes scales and tendrils removed)
14 80s-90s old style chaos knights
10 original mounted marauders
left to paint
5 new style mounted marauder ( base colours down)
10 new style knights (undercoated)
Premise is these guys are a Northern tribe out raiding but not
particularly in with the gods. Figure the knights can form a core of
about 4 sections of knights with 2 sections of five war-hounds out
front. The marauders will run down the flanks.
On the 40k side I'm still stuck with the fun job of repainting 5 leman
russ I made magnet swappable. To add to my woes I picked up one of
the new demolishers. Fighting the urge to build it though until I get
more painting done. Also picked up a Shadowsword. Given the
Baneblade is still just base coated this one will stay boxed till I
get some more painted.
Need to find more time....
Fin
Richard Busby
> Cheated by getting a batch of horses painted by a painting service in
> Sri Lanka (http://paintedfigs.com/). Not golden daemon quality but
> they quote a fair price for really good table top quality. Was really
> happy with the communication, speed, packing and quality.
Cheater!
What's funny is I was taking a gander at the site (just to see what the
fuss is all about, mind you... I paint my own stuff). One of the local
tournament howler monkeys is listed in the testimonials page. I'm going
to have to give him a load of shit the next time I see him. Given the
way they date the testimonials I'm pretty sure he used an outsourced
painted army at the last big event. :P
Doctor Rock
"Blackheart" <blackhear...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:e37c428b-9f6e-4ba3...@p9g2000vbl.googlegroups.com...
On Oct 24, 2:24 am, "Doctor Rock" <mala...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> i cut off a whole knuckle, down to the joint, while building my
>> Xtra-Rivetty(TM) land raider a couple years back. it eventually healed up
>> after a lot of trouble... but then i split the scar tissue wide open
>> about 6
>> months ago (boxing), and it's been continually half-healing and then
>> re-splitting, over and over, ever since >:(
>>
>
> sounds like you should get that checked out.
eh, it' a bit late now. they'd just tell me i should've gotten it checked
out when it happened. this is a recurrent theme with me and injuries,
because i'll habitually put up with almost any degree of pain or
inconvenience rather than voluntarily visit a fucking hospital. fuck those
shitawful places.
>> more recently, i also broke a finger playing guitar. (a different finger,
>> unfortunately.)
>
> how the hell do you break a finger playing Guitar?
hitting it very hard and not paying attention to what's in the way
Andy O'Neill
<>> I finally got round to painting some of my orcs !
>
> So far I've done a unit of 20, and some spider riders are next.
> The plan is to alternate units of orcs with units of something else, but
> Definately NOT selling them this time.
>
> Probably.
>
>
>
> be
> arsed.
You're specialising in non-competitive sides?
First ogres, now orcs.
Mind you.
Eventually they'll get ther turn at power leap.
--
Regards,
Andy O'Neill
Andy O'Neill
"Myrmidon" <Im...@home.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.25499babf...@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> Time for another progress thread
I recently took up yet another genre - moderns in 20mil.
Here are some pics:
http://s523.photobucket.com/albums/w352/aon14/Moderns/
I've also been doing some more of my seven years war stuff.
I'm about 3/4 through painting a prusssian fusilier battalion.
Finished painting but not re-based the second battalion of IR 13.
They look pretty similar to some I've already done.
http://s523.photobucket.com/albums/w352/aon14/
Myrmidon
aon14noc...@lycos.co.uk says...
>
>
> "Myrmidon" <Im...@home.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.25499babf...@news.eternal-september.org...
> >
> > Time for another progress thread
>
> I recently took up yet another genre - moderns in 20mil.
> Here are some pics:
> http://s523.photobucket.com/albums/w352/aon14/Moderns/
>
skellington? It's like they wandered into the set of a Sinbad movie...
:)
> I've also been doing some more of my seven years war stuff.
> I'm about 3/4 through painting a prusssian fusilier battalion.
> Finished painting but not re-based the second battalion of IR 13.
> They look pretty similar to some I've already done.
> http://s523.photobucket.com/albums/w352/aon14/
>
Love the paint jobs on the Mohawks - very nice. And that's a
butt-load of infantry to boot. The (I want to guess 12lb) field gun is
very nice too. A question for you - how did you do the flags or
banners? Are those decals or did you hand paint the heraldry?
Myrmidon
Myrmidon
rich...@hatespam.bellsouth.net says...
Myr
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their own product line...
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Myrmidon
toa...@eviltoaster.net says...
>
> "Myrmidon" <Im...@home.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.25499babf...@news.eternal-september.org...
> >
>
>
> ---------
> Toaster
>
Mine - slow. Yours - even slower. I take it you got hooked up
with eternal-september judging by the headers. Good. :)
Myr
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Myrmidon
33g2000vbe.googlegroups.com>, blackhear...@yahoo.com says...
> On Oct 24, 1:05 am, Myrmidon <Im...@home.com> wrote:
> > In article <d27fe8c7-7dcd-4fcb-95ab-64747e58c576@
> > 33g2000vbe.googlegroups.com>, blackheart666_2...@yahoo.com says...
> >
> > > let's see
> >
> > > working on the Brass Scorpion...
> >
> > > Working on a batch of old (bald with big claws) Daemonettes...
> >
> > > Pinned some old daemon princes and greater daemons together...
> >
> > > working on about a dozen previous edition Flamers...
> >
> > > finished a ton of old Blue and Pink Horrores.. got about a dozen more
> > > to finish.
> >
> > > finished about 6 old Slaanesh Fiends...
> >
> > Hmmmm... yeah, I've got to say it...
> >
> > PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!!!1!!(ONE)! :P
> >
>
> I'm shopping for a better digital camera this week i think... we have
> two mediocre ones laying around the house, but neither takes good
> pictures and both seem to have a battery life of about 2 minutes... I
> really hate camera's...
>
pictures out of it before it died (close to 10,000) due to a sensor
defect. Picked up a referb on Ebay for a lot less, and it's doing fine
but it isn't quite as good as the first one. I want a Nikon D80 in the
worst way (which is standing up in a hammock). I'd like a digital
camera that I can use to both snap still pics of my minis and also get
great pictures of people and critters in motion. The Coolpix is fine on
the stills, but doesn't have anywhere near the speed needed for motion
capture.
> >
> >
> > > right now? it's the Halloween event in World of Warcraft.. so I have
> > > to try and finish that for about 9 toons...
> >
> > Hello sleep deprivation...
> >
>
> not exactly... alot of what I have left to do is "get lucky" on some
> trick or treat drops, but you can only trick or treat once every hour
> per toon and I can get a chance to get the items once a day as a daily
> quest which is just "log in, and hope someone already killed the
> Headless horseman in town and pick up an item". which I finished that
> achievement on 2 toons. so the other stuff left to do is some tedious
> traveling (takes about 2 hours per toon, 90% is spent afk on flight
> paths) and I'll have to pay guildies to get to kill the seasonal boss
> on my lower level toons. Shouldn't be too hard to finish monday night,
> they'll appreciate the extra chances at the flying broom mount and the
> Headless Horseman's Flying Deathcharger. Especially since the fight is
> so fucking easy that my level 66 Paladin can probably heal the fight.
>
> I'll do the trick or treating and maybe some of the travel stuff
> logged in tonight. There seems to be an available wi-fi again that I
> can access.
>
Holy crap, that's a lot of toons. I used to play DAoC, but I
realized early on that I'd end up spending way WAY to much time on
MMORPGs so I did the sensible thing for me and bailed. I spend to much
time on occassion playing FPS games as it is.
> I'll paint some more on tuesday at the GW store after I go talk to my
> attorney and hit Best Buy to spec cameras.
>
Cool. Let us know what, if anything, you decide to get and I look
forward to seeing more pics. I keep looking at the Shrine of the
Aquilla terrain since seeing your pics. :)
Myr
--
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Blackheart - "Same thing happened to my Chaos Space Marines...
But all I did was open the new codex..."
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Andy O'Neill
> In article <LFVEm.95696$4G3....@newsfe06.ams2>,
> aon14noc...@lycos.co.uk says...
>>
>>
>> "Myrmidon" <Im...@home.com> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.25499babf...@news.eternal-september.org...
>> >
>> > Time for another progress thread
>>
>> I recently took up yet another genre - moderns in 20mil.
>> Here are some pics:
>> http://s523.photobucket.com/albums/w352/aon14/Moderns/
>>
> Nice paint jobs, but why are they being attacked by a giant
> skellington? It's like they wandered into the set of a Sinbad movie...
> :)
Couple of people elsewhere were asking about scale.
I stuck that one up in the album to show that the Caesar 20mil stuff would
make space Orks look VERY big if you used them for 40k.
>
>> I've also been doing some more of my seven years war stuff.
>> I'm about 3/4 through painting a prusssian fusilier battalion.
>> Finished painting but not re-based the second battalion of IR 13.
>> They look pretty similar to some I've already done.
>> http://s523.photobucket.com/albums/w352/aon14/
>>
> Love the paint jobs on the Mohawks - very nice. And that's a
> butt-load of infantry to boot. The (I want to guess 12lb) field gun is
> very nice too. A question for you - how did you do the flags or
> banners? Are those decals or did you hand paint the heraldry?
>
> Myrmidon
Ah well there you go now - maybe some seven years war info might be
interesting..
The long explanation:
At that time the done thing was to have the likes of 12pdr or "long" 6pdr
cannon in small static batteries.
The unit of maneuvre for infantry was pretty much the battalion ( with
exceptions ).
Round about 800 men in a battalion.
Usually 2 battalions to a regiment.
Each battalion would have a couple of small guns attached to it.
These were small enough to be manhandled forward on the battlefield.
They would sort of leapfrog forward of the parent unit, shoot a bunch and
then repeat until they got within musket and charge range.
Usually 3pdr to 6pdr in size. Although just to confuse things more the unit
of weight was different from nation to nation.
Frederick ( the great of Prussia ) liked bigger battalion guns and in the
latter half of the war decided that howitzers - particularly the 7pdr
howitzer were better.
It's a bit weird that stuff from medieval times still filtered through into
far later periods.
For example, the position of honour was the right flank.
This goes back to when people used shields and you put the really good guys
on the right flank as their open flank was unshielded.
So gunnery was considered a scummy dirty trade and they deployed on the left
flank of each battalion.
The colonels flag was more important than the regiment flag so his goes to
the right of the flags and in the first battalion of his regiment.
In short.
Those are 6pdr battalion guns.
Guns are a pain in the bum for 7yw since it's difficult to find nice ones
which are the right scale.
So my prussian 6pdrs are Foundry cannon but with Front Rank wheels.
Foundry wheels are too small.
The flags are printed.
I have a cheap colour laser.
You'd go nuts painting 4 almost identical flags per regiment.
I download pictures off a web site and manipulate them.
Tootle with the image a bit, duplicate it reflected and add a gap for it to
wrap round the pole.
Technically, the flags are a little oversized but they look nicer that way.
They should really be thinner and finer since flags of the time were painted
on light silk so they would catch the breeeze easily and be more manageable
for the guys carrying them.
Matt C
news:kAVEm.95695$4G3....@newsfe06.ams2:
I'm still sulking about the Ogres.
I like orcs. Dunno why. Got literally hundreds of them, almost all
unpainted, of course.
Andy O'Neill
<<>>
> I'm still sulking about the Ogres.
Well there was an australian bloke won some tournaments a while back with
ogres.
Before 7th though.
From High Elves onwards most lists are way more powerful.
Well.
Unfortunately, except maybe skaven.
Maybe some weird furnace monks and monster build might work but I dunno.
There's a serious argument now that you just forget clanrats completely.
Crazy.
If they do the same to Tomb Kings I may be shelving WFB for an edition.
> I like orcs. Dunno why. Got literally hundreds of them, almost all
> unpainted, of course.
Orcs are easy.
You need a lot though.
smithdoerr
In article <80370a8c-2a34-4c04-8c03-04c624fbd687@
> not exactly... alot of what I have left to do is "get lucky" on some
> trick or treat drops, but you can only trick or treat once every hour
> per toon and I can get a chance to get the items once a day as a daily
> quest which is just "log in, and hope someone already killed the
> Headless horseman in town and pick up an item". which I finished that
> achievement on 2 toons. so the other stuff left to do is some tedious
> traveling (takes about 2 hours per toon, 90% is spent afk on flight
> paths) and I'll have to pay guildies to get to kill the seasonal boss
> on my lower level toons. Shouldn't be too hard to finish monday night,
> they'll appreciate the extra chances at the flying broom mount and the
> Headless Horseman's Flying Deathcharger. Especially since the fight is
> so fucking easy that my level 66 Paladin can probably heal the fight.
>
> I'll do the trick or treating and maybe some of the travel stuff
> logged in tonight. There seems to be an available wi-fi again that I
> can access.
>
Holy crap, that's a lot of toons. I used to play DAoC, but I
realized early on that I'd end up spending way WAY to much time on
MMORPGs so I did the sensible thing for me and bailed. I spend to much
time on occassion playing FPS games as it is.
==================================
Same here. I've only dabble in modern MMORPGs because I know if I ever
seriously got into one that would be the end of life as I know it. In fact,
I think the last MMORPG I played where I leveled a character past a 1/4th of
the level cap was a MUD.
As for FPS games, I've been addicted to Team Fortress 2 for almost 2 years
now which already takes a large chunk of my disposable play time.
--
-smithdoerr
The shriveled piece of celery in the bottom refridgerator bin
> rsin...@hotmail.com says...
>> "Myrmidon" wrote
>> > So what have you slackers been up to?
>>
>> I cut the end of my little finger off with a quick slice so I haven't
>> been
>> up too much.
>>
>>
> Damn dude! That makes me wince just thinking about it. Do I even
> want to know how it happened? :( I've broken or dislocated a digit or
> two (bound to happen in martial arts), but I've yet to cut off any parts
> I wanted to keep.
>
> Hopefully it stops being painful soon.
I was cutting ginger and not paying enough attention and then suddenly the
last 5mm of the pad of my little finger wasn't there anymore. It's not as
painful as you think as the nerves just aren't there anymore. It just more
weird shit like all the pain and itching being on the side of my ring
finger. Or waking up feeling like someone is sticking pins in me. Although
I did try and push a door open with it a couple of hors ago and I didn't
like the feeling one bit.
It's growing back nicely. Apparently I'll just have a spot without too many
nerves.
I don't recommend it tho'. I had to drive down to the Doctors and convince
them to let me see the nurse to get it bandaged up. She called me a dork
and got the Dr into have a look. He said "it's a bleeder". I had a
tourniquet bandage on for two days. The pressure on my knuckles was
actually the worse bit of the whole thing. That started to get pretty
excruciating. I tried putting a latex glove over it to shower. The moment
I got it over the knuckle and let it go tho' I had to say a lot of bad words
and pull it back off.
I did get some painting done when I got a much smaller dressing.
Chris Jones
> Yeah, I've only got one Pred, but it's fully magnetized. As well
> as the Whirlwind, and there's a pair of Razorbacks with swappable Hvy
> Bolters / Las-cannons that double as plain Rhinos when needed. (I blame
> RTM and Blank_Dave wherever they are. :)
Absolutely don't blame you for that - why buy Rhinos AND Razorbacks?
Unless one is an absolute completist who has a 12 bedroomed house living
on one's own and nothing to fill the thing with :D
>
>> The drop pod issue has been interesting.
>>
>
> Somehow this doesn't surprise me that you had to work at it twice
> to get useable bits. Particularly not after my calling FW for a 'right
> and left' burst cannon for the Remora drones, only to get two more
> freaking left ones when all I really needed was a single right burst
> cannon. You'd think that they'd at least know the parts in their own
> kits, or for fuck's sake could look at the damn instruction set to
> figure it out.
Did you ever get that burst cannon issue sorted out? Or do you have 28
left cannons by now? Fortunately I've been lucky that way. I'm wary of
buying a Thunderhawk since I heard the come with no lower fuselage at
times...
> All I can say is - get an air brush.
Badger Crescendo. Just the thing for basecoating all those drop pods :D
>> I ordered a pro-painted Sammael from midgardmodels on eBay.
> I know the painter you're talking about. The artist has skill,
> but I've just never been a fan of that style of minis painting - at
> least not in the color schemes the artist seems to favor. (Some of the
> 'Pro Painted' conversions - i.e. junk parts they had laying around -
> make me wince too.)
OMFG those dreadnoughts are dreadful. Pardon the pun.
>> So it arrived. The post of the cast resin
>> base had broken off in the bottom of the bike, and the left hand/sword
>> had been broken off and wrapped seperately.
> Ok, that's definitely not cool. I can understand the unintentional
> breakage - since one can't really control the postal gorillas. But the
> seller could have warned you about removing the sword arm, and more
> importantly - could have used a jeweler's saw to make a clean cut, not
> to mention pinning and repainting the area before shipping so that all
> you had to do was carefully reglue it.
I guess they could have done any number of things that would require
thought and common sense :/
> Ah well. I look forward to seeing some pics of your ever
> increasing Minis hoard.
Yes, one must get around to that. Drop pods basecoated in Orkhide Shade
aren't very interesting to look at tho lol. Soon, I will fill a
Photobucket account with pictures of Lionel's D'angels. And share it all!
Matt C
The trouble with horde armies (that I've had anyway) is that at low points
(say 500) I go for taking loads of really cheap troops, like hundreds of
Night Goblins and they roll over whatever I'm facing by sheer weight of
numbers - having spare units to get round the sides and back, massively
outnumbering so always getting combat bonuses etc.
As soon as the number of points goes up, there's a movement towards more
expensive troop types.
Firstly, cos they're there. The "oo, shiny!" effect.
Secondly, cos if they cost twice as many points, I only have to assemble
and paint half as many.
Trouble is, half as many means they have to be twice as effective. And
they're not. I'm not that good tactically (cos I don't practice) and bitty,
incoherent lists make for bitty, incoherent attacks.
Also, higher points allow my opponents to take really effective troops and
weapons which simply aren't there in 500 point lists, meaning my tactics
have to go up yet another notch.
Andy O'Neill
> The trouble with horde armies (that I've had anyway) is that at low points
> (say 500) I go for taking loads of really cheap troops, like hundreds of
> Night Goblins and they roll over whatever I'm facing by sheer weight of
> numbers - having spare units to get round the sides and back, massively
> outnumbering so always getting combat bonuses etc.
>
> As soon as the number of points goes up, there's a movement towards more
> expensive troop types.
There's a growing gulf between the new books and old. which doesn't help so
much.
In most of the new books the elites get really good abilities, and the
entire army gets good abilities.
HE with ASF just hack cheap infantry to bits before they get to fight, as
one of the least powerful examples.
Ranks and flanks no longer works.
So you're left with cheap rubbish who largely provide easy meat for your
opponent.
For some reason, the designers don't seem to have worked this out.
So Skaven are about to be redone.
They're not so good.
Doesn't bode very well for OnG.
That aside.
WTF are you thinking of playing 500 point games?
Christ...@web.de
> "Andy O'Neill" <aon14nocannedm...@lycos.co.uk> wrote innews:dQ_Em.38727$GY2....@newsfe11.ams2:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Matt C" <n...@noway.jose> wrote in message
>
> - Zitierten Text anzeigen -
For 500p games try the border patrol rules.
Rules Summary:
-one core unit required
-an infantry unit of ten (no flyers) required
-min. two units, max. four units
-one hero slot only
-a model must not be more than 125p.
-one war machine/chariot only
-one elite or rare unit only
-no unit may be larger than unit strength 25
This makes 500p games much more playable. We banned storm daemon etc.
as well. Chaosdaemons need some special treatment as well.
Christof
Matt C
Oh, I used to go to Ponder's End Wargaming Club in NE London, and lived in
Cricklewood in NW London.
Trouble was there wasn't a direct bus route between the two, I'd have to
travel into the centre and out again.
And the train stopped running fairly early, so it had to be really short
games.
And then the time taken to set up / pack away 200 Night Goblins...
Matt C
<rsin...@finger.hotmail.com> wrote in
news:hc32u6$cts$1...@news.eternal-september.org:
The fun bit is always when you forget and do something normal that's
suddenly excruciating.
You in the UK or USA ?
Minty fresh
> The fun bit is always when you forget and do something normal that's
> suddenly excruciating.
>
> You in the UK or USA ?
Neither.
Minty fresh
>
> "Myrmidon" <Im...@home.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.25499babf...@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>> Time for another progress thread
>
> I recently took up yet another genre - moderns in 20mil.
> Here are some pics:
> http://s523.photobucket.com/albums/w352/aon14/Moderns/
You're gaming with miniatures 0.5mm high! And I thought 1/285th scale was
small.
Blackheart
> Hmmmm... yeah, I've got to say it...
>
> PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!!!1!!(ONE)! :P
ok... just bought a Samsung SL30... seems ok.. best part was that it
was only $90.
Tzeentch Flamer WIP:
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/flamer2.jpg
Blue Horrors:
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/horror1-1.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/horror2-1.jpg
Pink Horror WIP:
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/horror3.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/horror6.jpg
Pink Horror Icon - Mostly done:
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/horror4.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/horror5.jpg
Daemonette - WIP:
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/daemonette1.jpg
Plague Marines:
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/pm2.jpg
1K Sons:
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/1kson1.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/1kson2.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/1kson2.jpg
Black Legion:
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/bl1.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/bl2.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/blackheart666_01/40k%20test%20shots/bl3.jpg
Myrmidon
1c89c3...@z41g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>, blackhear...@yahoo.com
says...
> On Oct 24, 1:05 am, Myrmidon <Im...@home.com> wrote:
>
> > Hmmmm... yeah, I've got to say it...
> >
> > PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!!!1!!(ONE)! :P
>
>
> ok... just bought a Samsung SL30... seems ok.. best part was that it
> was only $90.
>
>
Nice pictures! Like the Horrors - the blue ones with 20 toes each made
me grin. I really like the paint job so far on the Daemonette, I look
forward to seeing it when it's all done.
As for your Chaos Marines - I'm shock, SHOCKED I SAY! - to see them with
actual honest to goodness *ARMS* attached to their torsos and
everything. Heh! :)
I wouldn't mind seeing a couple pictures of the terrain behind the
horrors, etc and your Aquilla terrain piece as well now that you've got
the new camera.
Myr :)
--
(There's nothing like RGMW morale support.)
Re: What are you painting...
RTM - Dark Eldar.
Old Bear - Poof.
RTM - Christ, I've had the little blighters for three years now.
It's about time this f'ing army wasn't all krylon grey. You
should be supportive.
Old Bear - OK. Well done, you poof.
RGMW FAQ: http://www.rgmw.org
Blackheart
> I wouldn't mind seeing a couple pictures of the terrain behind the
> horrors, etc and your Aquilla terrain piece as well now that you've got
> the new camera.
>
that's actually the store terrain at the GW Shop in Westminster. There
lighting is better in there than at home...
Playa
Hey,
On Oct 29, 10:50 pm, Myrmidon <Im...@home.com> wrote:
> As for your Chaos Marines - I'm shock, SHOCKED I SAY! - to see them with
> actual honest to goodness *ARMS* attached
Heh. More impressive to me is the lack of mould lines.
Also, the painting of those tiny helmet lenses.
(Details almost never attended in my area.)
Are those the new Citadel washes?
Also, those BL hoses look unique -
A sort of Reanimator vibe?
Well done, Blackheart!
Pla - Teh Hobby Slowpoke - ya
Blackheart
> Heh. More impressive to me is the lack of mould lines.
> Also, the painting of those tiny helmet lenses.
> (Details almost never attended in my area.)
>
yeah.. I generally get eyes on helmets pretty consistently. I'm hit or
miss on mould lines and usually have to go back and clean some up. I
think most of my old CSM were actually cleaned up by my old college
roommate a few years ago when we were snowed in for a weekend and had
nothing better to do than work on models.
> Are those the new Citadel washes?
> Also, those BL hoses look unique -
> A sort of Reanimator vibe?
>
> Well done, Blackheart!
>
> Pla - Teh Hobby Slowpoke - ya
the pink horrors have a coat of the new Citadel red wash over old old
version of tentacle pink. The Blue horrors were black primed, heavy
heavy drybrush of a old UM Blue, light drybrush of enchanted blue.
washed with old old citadel blue wash. and by "old" or "old old" I
generally mean the line of paints that eventually became Coat D'Arms.
the 1k Sons and Plague Marines were washed by dipping them in a really
diluted cup of black craft acryllic. It doesn't show as well on the
PM's due to the accidental use of gloss sealer. The use of Gloss was a
happy accident for the 1K Sons.. doesn't look as good on the PM's...
as for the BL... that's a mostly carbon copy of the old scheme in the
2nd Edition CSM Codex where they are black with yellow hoses and
silver trim (or Gold for veterans.) I'm not very good at working with
yellow. That color is from taking a half empty bottle of old old
sunburst yellow citadel and filling the pot the rest of the way with
an artist acryllic super-pigmented yellow (came in a big tube.)
I'm not gonna claim to be GD level or anything... but I will always
make an effort to put out something I'm not going to be ashamed to put
on the table... well.. except for arms.. they get put on when they're
damn good and ready... regardless of how much whinging Myr does over
it.
the basing is shale from the new GW basing kits, some talus rock and
green flock that I've had around for years...
But as you can tell... my painting style relies on heavy use of
drybrushing to get stuff done quick... then I soften that up with
washes. I tried to do line highlighting and I just don't have the
patience to do it on rank and file. I might try to do it on some
bigger stuff, but I don't know yet.
Right now I really want to sell alot of my excess non-chaos 40K stuff
to get some cash saved up. I'm not letting myself buy anything new
until something gets done. Or multiple somethings in some cases. I
bought the stuff for the Brass Scorpion. I'm gonna finish these demons
then I'm gonna try to acquire some FW World Eater stuff and go on a
Khorne kick for a few months.. Brass Scorpion, Berserkers WE Termies,
bloodletters... might try and build a Tower of Skulls for Apoc.
Definitely want to make a couple Blood Slaughterers, they'll be able
to double as Defilers also.
Keep in mind that there's a good chance I won't use any of this stuff
until the CSM Codex stops sucking... though my local friends aren't
entirely against me using the old book... if they actually play...
i think the big project for next spring will be terrain again and
getting what I have done fixed up. Sitting in storage and never
getting sealed hasn't done some of it any favors.