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lighttigersoul posted:Dude, that armor is sick. I'm jealous since that is THE MODEL that has my imagination when it comes to infinity. Agreeing with this- the knight dudes are what will eventually have me buying a bunch of PanO.
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pw pw pw posted:WELP, sushi you got your wish. Did you tell them where to shove it? They are your models, dude: do what makes you happy. VVVVVVV Well, I can respect that. Still, sucks that you gotta change what you liked already. Sole.Sushi fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Sep 4, 2010 |
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Sep 4, 2010 04:50
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that dog won't hunt, monsignor. I play wysiwyg, and he's right. meganobz get kombis, megabosses don't. So if I'm gonna use him he's gotta be right.
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I'm curious how many warhammies just assemble kits based on aesthetics vs. technical load-outs. I'm all for accurate armies and what not, but sometimes a couple beefy weapons on some model that has no business with them is good fun. for example... wolf guard terminator power claws on a regular grey hunter body. comical and pleasing.
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Sep 4, 2010 07:07
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I'd say I build for aesthetics, but'll still play wysiwyg more or less. I've got some guys with weapons larger than what I'd consider "normal" for 'uge choppas, so I play them as count as powerklaws. Also if the unit is specialized, like Kommandos, I'll try to come up with a theme for them, like old school war movie team, or something similar.
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Sep 4, 2010 08:23
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WYSIWYG and Aesthetics wherever possible. Click here for the full 2048x1536 image. I really need to redrill that slugga barrel... I swear it didn't look that off when I drilled it. I try to model all my special figs with their appropriate weapon loadouts, but lately I've been trying to give them special attention over the generic rank and file models since they're intended to stand out a bit more. Since I'm going to the trouble of designating a model as different than the rest, I may as well go all out and (try to) make it really cool. Or really silly. That works, too.  Click here for the full 2048x1536 image.
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Got the 1/8" drill bit and wow it makes magnetizing arms so much easier. Don't even need a dremel for the metal parts, it just takes a minute longer to cut through. Had to wedge it into the hobby drill though, and something tells me it wont come back off so easily. On the plus side, it takes under 15 seconds to fully drill out a hole on plastic.
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Sep 4, 2010 21:30
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I started painting my Warmachine stuff the other day. Here's the first result:  As always blue always gets blown out in pictures. Highlights aren't quite as stark in person. Pretty good model from a painting perspective. There's not an insane amount of detail to deal with, etc.
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Sep 5, 2010 03:55
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Dr. Lenin posted:Got the 1/8" drill bit and wow it makes magnetizing arms so much easier. Don't even need a dremel for the metal parts, it just takes a minute longer to cut through. Had to wedge it into the hobby drill though, and something tells me it wont come back off so easily. On the plus side, it takes under 15 seconds to fully drill out a hole on plastic. Wait till you start doing newer plastic Marine arms. There's a divot at the point where you sink your magnet to line up on and a void behind it. Three good cranks and you're done and the pauldron covers any misalignment like cake. So long as you spot any miscasts as you go you can bang out assembly line like a breeze. Not that anyone would be so stupid as to do something like that. You'd have to be mad MAD I SAY!
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Tadhg posted:
Do you have a friend with a macro lense and a light box? I still love this model.
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I assemble purely along aesthetic lines. Hell, I have Vanguard Veterans. VANGUARD VETERANS!
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MaliciousOnion posted:I assemble purely along aesthetic lines. Hell, I have Vanguard Veterans. VANGUARD VETERANS! So do I, I really need to finish painting them because they're some of my favorite models GW makes.
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Fix posted:Not that anyone would be so stupid as to do something like that. You'd have to be mad MAD I SAY! Ahh, you know, I always get a kick out of explaining your magic army to people. "He did what? With HOW many magnets? To a WHOLE ARMY!?" I always picture that army kept in a magnetically-shielded transport case, because I'm fairly certain that concentration of magnets can really gently caress stuff up.
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Sep 5, 2010 07:31
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 Click here for the full 1851x654 image. 3rd terminator. I think its a big improvement from my others. I might go back and clean up the highlights on the legs a big.
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Fix posted:Wait till you start doing newer plastic Marine arms. There's a divot at the point where you sink your magnet to line up on and a void behind it. Three good cranks and you're done and the pauldron covers any misalignment like cake. So long as you spot any miscasts as you go you can bang out assembly line like a breeze. Every single special weapons marine and champion has magnetized arms, and i made sure every magnet's alignment is uniform so all arms are interchangeable across the range. I have a lot of magnets left over still, and I'm considering magnetizing regular bolter carriers just for shits and giggles. I NEED HELP
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Dr. Lenin posted:Every single special weapons marine and champion has magnetized arms, and i made sure every magnet's alignment is uniform so all arms are interchangeable across the range. I have a lot of magnets left over still, and I'm considering magnetizing regular bolter carriers just for shits and giggles. I NEED HELP On the plus side, they say magnets improve circulation, and that's always a good thing.
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Cthulu Carl posted:Thinking Aerodynamically you want to minimise your frontal area, so lining the balloons up inside a sailcloth cover would make sense. You could always arrange nets & sails between the envelope & the deck, sort of like the trampoline-like-area on a catamaran but in reverse, This will provide plenty of shade. Also, putting the balloons in a sailcloth envelope will reduce their reflectivity, meaning you won't be spotted a bazillion miles away & shot down so quickly.
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Dr. Lenin posted:Every single special weapons marine and champion has magnetized arms, and i made sure every magnet's alignment is uniform so all arms are interchangeable across the range. I have a lot of magnets left over still, and I'm considering magnetizing regular bolter carriers just for shits and giggles. I NEED HELP Juuuust one army's worth of arms, you say?  Seriously, don't do it. They're a pain in the rear end to play games with and keep organized. Bolter dudes are better off glued where you can actually move them around a game board and pose them in decent ways.
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Fix posted:Juuuust one army's worth of arms, you say? Yeah I started realizing that before I did my first bolter guy. I magnetized my special weapons arms, but now I'm stuck wondering if I should magnetize the matching arm. On the plus side, everything is entirely interchangeable and I don't need to dedicate one of the three arm types entirely to special weapons. On the down side, they would have the same issue that bolter guys would have.
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Jonny Nox posted:Do you have a friend with a macro lense and a light box? I still love this model. My friends are (mostly) slackers in terms of painting, so sadly no. I can try to get a better pic soon, though. Plenty of nice, bright sunny weather here in Cali so I can try some outdoor shots.
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Put him on the beach with a little drink umbrella as a shade.
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I finished adding armor plates to the rest of my meganobz, and now it's time to take another pass at the boss. Problem is, he looks pretty good as is, and there are very few places I could add plates without looking forced and weird. I was mostly going to bulk up the shoulderpads to be a little more like football pads, if I do anything. Y'know, linebacker him up a little. I kind of want the boss's armor to look more "professional" than the others, and I'm not sure it needs any extra plates at all. So here's some shots of him with a styrene extension on one of his shoulderpads. Which side looks better? Should I just leave the boss as-is? I've already converted him pretty heavily from how he started, and I'm not sure when to stop.   (bear in mind his klaw arm is on a ball-and-socket joint, and I'm trying to keep it poseable. Normally it's going to be in a more threatening position.) Edit: I became impatient and bulked up the shoulderpads. It may have been a mistake, but gently caress it. Ignite Memories fucked around with this message at 07:30 on Sep 6, 2010 |
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pw pw pw posted:Edit: I became impatient and bulked up the shoulderpads. It may have been a mistake, but gently caress it. Honestly, I'm sure you're tired of me commenting on your stuff by now, but I'm getting a very "Big Daddy" vibe from what you have here, and to me that's awesome. I wouldn't change much; a rivet or two if you want to go with that, but otherwise it looks good.
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Nah, I don't mind. If anything, the others are probably getting tired of me posting all my half-finished conversions. Anyway, after several different attempts I landed on a shoulderpad design that I like. It definitely helps differentiate the boss from the others, and I think a couple rivets is gonna make it look totally baller. I'll do all the riveting tomorrow, though. Got enough crazy glue bonded to my skin for one night.  
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I am always a fan of pics and conversion discussion. The bulkier pads look good, defiantly what I was going to suggest before you did it already. My other thoughts would be to make sure to embed as much of the bits as possible. It is hard to tell much from 2d pictures, so I am not saying you are guilty of this, but sometimes the added bits just look like a pile of stuff glued ontop of a model instead of being apart of the model.(which is why I flirted with the idea of embedding 10 sec youtube videos of my conversions in progress to really give the 3d feel, though not sure if there are forum rules about that  )The place I thought might have this problem is the warboss's face since there is a lot goin' on there with those warbiker bits ontop of each other. As long as it does not stick out really far or nothing it should be fine. Other than that maybe add some of those lil' glyphs that you get in a trukk kit to the flatter areas like the crotch plate.
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WhiteOutMouse posted:Other than that maybe add some of those lil' glyphs that you get in a trukk kit to the flatter areas like the crotch plate. Use the Mekboy one, the double-sided wrench. GET IT!? IT'S WHERE HIS TOOL IS!  Bonus Edit: Dickglyph.
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I'm having some fun playing around with train set textures. I figure these are going to look pretty nice when painted up.
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Miles O'Brian posted:I'm having some fun playing around with train set textures. I figure these are going to look pretty nice when painted up. Wow, where did you get these? Hobby town?
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Oh yeah, that reminds me: Sole, how are those bases coming?
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crime fighting hog posted:Wow, where did you get these? Hobby town? I ordered them online. I got a few textures like treadplate, bricks, etc but this rough cobble is the one that jumped out at me as awesome for bases. This particular one is by Wills, 00 scenic series materials pack. Its called "Coarse Stone". I ordered from here, but they're UK based. You can get 15 25mm bases to a sheet, 4 sheets a pack. So one pack is enough to do my whole Sisters army.
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Hey guys, I picked up the GW woods set for Fantasy, and I'm thinking of painting the bark white, like birch. Any ideas how to pull it off?
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crime fighting hog posted:Hey guys, I picked up the GW woods set for Fantasy, and I'm thinking of painting the bark white, like birch. Any ideas how to pull it off? Birch isn't actually white, it's more of a light greyish-brown. Start with a basecoat of bestial brown with some codex grey mixed in, and add a 50/50 mix of codex grey and bleached bone with each successive highlight until you get a final color you're comfortable with. A thinned wash (I mean like 4:1 water:wash) of thraka green over the finished product will make it look like a real, living tree.
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Silhouette posted:Birch isn't actually white, it's more of a light greyish-brown. Start with a basecoat of bestial brown with some codex grey mixed in, and add a 50/50 mix of codex grey and bleached bone with each successive highlight until you get a final color you're comfortable with. A thinned wash (I mean like 4:1 water:wash) of thraka green over the finished product will make it look like a real, living tree. Good call on the grey, I'll give it a shot.
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PaintVagrant posted:Oh yeah, that reminds me: Sole, how are those bases coming? I've had the Alien Beach bases done for a while now.  I've just be incredibly forgetful about taking photos of them for the world to see. I should try to get them up tonight. Don't let me forget.
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WhiteOutMouse posted:I am always a fan of pics and conversion discussion. Good idea, totally on board with a crotchglyph. His face kinda looks all over the place in those pictures, but it looks real good in person and I'm confident the paint job will help clarify it. Also his name is Gob Moblin, so he's gotta have a really fancy jawline. Normally I wouldn't name a model before they're painted/proven, but I've decided I'm promoting my 'ard boyz nob to the position of warboss. He was the first ork in my army to earn a name, and he's survived more games than any other ork. He has passed some extremely unlikely leadership tests in his time.  (here he is, in the middle) Does anyone else ever establish a narrative to the introduction of new models in your army? I liked the fact that ghazkull has had several increasingly large models over time, and so rather than introduce a new ork i've decided to promote from within. Also I used the incomplete warboss model as an objective in my last capture/control game, and held it successfully. It's gonna feel good fighting the same guy with the model all finished and pretty next time. Ignite Memories fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Sep 6, 2010 |
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  More pics on my blog: http://www.paintvagrant.com/?p=60#more-60 PaintVagrant fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Sep 7, 2010 |
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Is that one dude the postal officer in the regiment? I guess it'd make sense to bring him along. Send out the form letter for each soldiers' death as the Commissar causes them.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Is that one dude the postal officer in the regiment? The dude with blood on his apron and vials of chemicals? Oh yeah, he's not the medic. No, he's the postal officer.
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