WIP Update (pic heavy)

It has been some time since the last post but here an update.
Painted the boyz, they are ready except for the colour of the bases and some minor details. Additionally I started building a new cybOrk which is still not finished.
My runtherd is made in GS and is also still not finished, he needs some details on his Luger and cap,... Sadly the pics do not show his uniform in total, I will deliver some additional pics in the coming days.
Comments are very welcome, as always..

runtherd

(jesus, arranging pics in this editor is a real pain in the a..)

runtherd big bad grabba

runtherd

runtherd face

runtherd back

boyz

boyz

boyz

boyz

guess what, again the .. boyz ..

boyz

boyz

cybOrk 2.0

cybOrk 2.0 left arm

cybOrk 2.0 right arm

WIP Update

Here are some pics of my boys, taken just in between and directly before priming. Actually they were standing around here for quiet some time but I finally managed to prime them. Nothing special but anyway, an update:

 This guy is an ork-cyborg, the head will be painted metallic in a 'terminator'-look. The next photo shows his back with his 'engine'

Actually I am planing to do some more of these ork-cyborgs or orkobots to represent the abominations that meks are able to...

Owner of the old ork codex will notice this guy immediately...

Now, since GW is not willing to put more than one copy of each weapon system in a box, one has to build his own rockits!...(sorry for the first pic)

cheers

Sergeant finished

I recently finished my Sergeant from the Black Reach Box. And took that opportunity to take some pictures because I  learned (but still have to learn a lot) something about taking pictures from a tutorial.

Pimp up my rhino II

It's been a while but here we go:

I've been very busy with my Mordheim Warband - maybe some off-topic pictures following up - and my new project my Night Goblin Army . But I also finished some Tactical Space Marines, assembled my Predator and I pimped my Rhino:

Actually I don't have a new Rhino but I have a new Razorback since in my early armylists I preferred Razorbacks. This changed but I did not want to buy me a new Rhino because in smaller games or alternative lists I may want to use the Razorback again. So I decided not to glue the Lascanons but leave it variable so that I can put it back in if I want to use a Razorback instead of a Rhino.
So but what to do with the hole in the top of the Razhino? So I started doing some experiments with plasticard and build me a fastening for the hole.

So this is how it is done:
You need some plasticard (go and see the next model making shop) some superglue, a printer, a Image Manipulation Program(I used open office drawing, its opensource) a sharp (!!!) knife, sand paper, a needle and some wood glue.

Start your software and draw a circle (inner) with a diameter of 2.6 cm - sorry guys I am using SI units :) no idea how many inches this is - and a second circle (outer) with a diameter of 2.8 cm and print them out.

Cut the circles out, this does not have to be very exactly just make sure you don't cut the circles into peaces.

After this, glue them on the plasticard with the super glue and make sure that the edges are glued. Now the cutting begins.
As mentioned before use a SHARP knife so the cutting is very easy - by the way sometimes you don't have to cut the plasticard all the way down because breaking works also very good. To get the circles, use small cuts tangential to the circles, the smaller your interval is the more exact the circles will be.

(Pic: some cutlines)

After you have cut out the two circles use the sand paper to round them up.
Know glue the inner circle onto the outer circle, glue it with super glue and glue it in the center of the side of the outer circle with the paper on.
So now you have your fastening, the rest is up to you, use some bits or make some detail with plasticard. I used to make some bolts, for this take the needle put it in the wood glue and simply use it to put small dips of wood glue in the right size on the plasticard and let it dry!



Similar to the fastening I constructed me some symbols for my tanks. Just print out the symbol (was given by a jpeg-file from the GW homepage) or copy it from a codex or so, cut it out and glue it on the plasticard. One should mention here that you do not have to glue it, you could use a permanent marker to copy it on the plasticard if you want to - i did not have a fine enough marker so i glued it - but gluing is no problem, you can get rid of the paper at the end very easily. Again cut it out, use some sand paper on it and ready!
I did these two :


So this was the homemade part of pimping my Rhino but I did something else.
As I mentioned in some earlier post I bought me some Forge World Stuff on the SUCKING Games Day 09 , a dozer blade and some extra armor. I also applied them to my Rhinoback and here we go (still some Green stuff work to do):



I think it looks pretty nice and as I said I can change to a Razorback in no time!

Other possibilities for doing the bolts are using Green Stuff or peaces of paper clips.

Give it a try!

sun, bbq and no predator

yes,yes,... as expected I did not find any time to assemble my new predator during my vacation. The sun, the beach, the girl(friend), the bbq and a lot (!) of beachball did not allow me to spend any minute on the tank*. But back home I painted a ruin I build two weeks ago and I am pretty pleased with it. But the nicest thing is, that I finally was able to order me a new battery for my digi-cam and I can't wait to get it and finally start shooting some pictures of my tactical squad, the ruin and anything else that does not take cover in time! ...


* and of course my vacation-reading 'Feyman lectures on Physics'

standard choice #1

I do already have a Space Marine Army, particularly painted in the 'Sons of Medusa' color scheme and a fully assembled Tyranids Army. Still I wanted to restart my Space Marine Army along with the new Codex and use these opportunity to choose a color scheme that is easier to paint and allows me to paint more Models in tabletopquality in a shorter time.

A look at the 'Cities of Death' rulebook and it was clear to me, that it is going to be the 'Iron Knights'. So I went and got me the plastic scouts with sniper rifles. I do already have enough painted scouts but these are the old metal models without a rocket launcher. Additionally I got me 'Sergeant Telion', because I really liked the idea of a rocket launcher with BS 6 within a infiltrating squad.

Some days ago (aprox. 1.5 Weeks) I began to assemble and painted the plastic scouts. I finished this job last night with the exeption of some little open corrections and highlighting the few black parts and the camouflage on the cloaks. Due to the fact that I have to prepair a talk, prepair a weekend trip and I am in the middle of my relocation, I do not have so much time at the moment but I give my best :)

It is planned to start with a 5 Space Marine squad after finishing the Scouts, followed from the next 5 Space Marine squad. Unfortunately the battery of my digi cam is broken, so I have to hand the pictures in later.


german:
Ich besitze bereits eine Space Marine Armee, Teilweise bemalt im Schema der Sons of Medusa und auch eine fertig aufgestellte Tyraniden Armee. Dennoch wollte ich meine Space Marines mit dem neuen Codex neu aufziehen und bei dieser Gelegenheit ein Farbschema wählen, das einfacher zu malen ist und es mir so erlaubt schneller Truppen in Spielfeldqualität zu erstellen.

Ein Blick in das 'Städte in Flammen' Regelbuch machte für mich klar, dass es die 'Iron Knights' werden. Darauf hin zog ich los und besorgte mir die Plastikbox Scouts mit Scharfschützengewehren. Ich besitze zwar ausreichend bemalte Scouts, aber diese sind erstens die alten Metallmodelle und zweitens keins mit Raketenwerfer. Desweiteren besorgte ich mir 'Sergeant Telion', da ich die Idee sehr nett fand einen Raketenwerfer mit BF 6 in den Reihen eines infiltrirenden Trupps zu haben.

Vor einigen Tagen (glaube 1.5 Wochen) begann ich dann mit dem Zusammenbauen der Plastik-Scouts und mit der Bemalung. Diese habe ich gestern Abend nur bis auf kleinere offenstehenden Korrekturen und dem Highlighten der wenigen schwarzen Teile abgeschloßen, inklusive dem Tarnmuster für die Tarnmäntel. Da ich momentan mitten in der Vorbereitung für einen Vortrag, kurz vor einem Wochenendausflug und mitten im Umzug stecke, bleibt nicht so viel Zeit aber ich bemühe micht stets :)

Vorhaben ist nach dem Scouttrupp einen 5 Mann Trupp Space Marines gefolgt von einem weiteren 5 Mann Trupp zu bemalen.

Da leider der Akku der Digitalcamera nicht richtig lädt, werde ich Bilder nachreichen müssen.