Ben's Bits n Bobs
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I don't know about chipping, but I'll be adding more weathering for sure. Though the paint job is already quite rough anyway.
Here's a better pic, taken in daylight:
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I hadn't done any more at this point - this just gives a better idea of the actual colour.
(I have done a few little bits since then, such as the wheels.)
Here's a better pic, taken in daylight:
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I hadn't done any more at this point - this just gives a better idea of the actual colour.
(I have done a few little bits since then, such as the wheels.)
I didn't post many updates here, though there was one on Yakday. Anyway, the YakComp 56 entry is now done:
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That's the first thing I've completed in some time, but it got me inspired to start a couple more:
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I don't know whether I'll get these done in time for the comp, but I may at least manage to finish them...
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That's the first thing I've completed in some time, but it got me inspired to start a couple more:
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I don't know whether I'll get these done in time for the comp, but I may at least manage to finish them...
I made some start on those other cars, but encountered two problems. First, paint rubbing off quite dramatically where I'd handled it. Not a big deal - I can repaint that. But second, and more annoying, it turns out it's not the same red as I'd used before. (Or, at least, it doesn't look it - unless it dulled down through age and/or weathering...)
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Now I'm not sure what to go with. I think I could, at the second time of asking, find the original darker red and repaint this one. But I'm not sure whether I should. I think I like the brighter red. But should I try repainting the two older models I've already done? Decision, decisions...
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Now I'm not sure what to go with. I think I could, at the second time of asking, find the original darker red and repaint this one. But I'm not sure whether I should. I think I like the brighter red. But should I try repainting the two older models I've already done? Decision, decisions...
While pondering the red car, I made some progress on the other one, which I wanted to be another faction.
Actually, this was something else that I spent a while thinking about. I'd been considering either Death Skullz or Bad Moons. I didn't particularly fancy painting yellow, but blue would also be an issue because I'm using that for windscreens. So, I decided to go for a black Goff scheme:
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I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner. Maybe because Goffs have never been my favourite or because painting black isn't great either. Still, this will give me two clearly distinct factions (even if one is black with some red bits, and the other may be red with some black bits).
I wish I knew where my old ork transfers were.
Actually, this was something else that I spent a while thinking about. I'd been considering either Death Skullz or Bad Moons. I didn't particularly fancy painting yellow, but blue would also be an issue because I'm using that for windscreens. So, I decided to go for a black Goff scheme:
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I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner. Maybe because Goffs have never been my favourite or because painting black isn't great either. Still, this will give me two clearly distinct factions (even if one is black with some red bits, and the other may be red with some black bits).
I wish I knew where my old ork transfers were.
CaptainDangerous
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To stop the paint rubbing off, you should give it a quick rub over with some fine sand paper, it just takes the glossy finish away and gives a better surface for an undercoat.
But saying that, I really like the accidental distressed door panel on the red car!
I’m loving the goff scheme too! Afew checkerboard stripes and an evil skull will really make it pop!
But saying that, I really like the accidental distressed door panel on the red car!
I’m loving the goff scheme too! Afew checkerboard stripes and an evil skull will really make it pop!
Bit late for that now. I think I have done that on some, but not all, of the previous cars I've done. But never had much trouble with any of them before this one.
I had a go at the checks (which had already been my plan).
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They look pretty rough close up, but it'll be fine on the table.
I've done a little more since then, but that will have to wait for a future update.
I managed to finish the two more cars:
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Getting them done today means I could add them to my FYSC April entry and make two more submissions for YakComp 56 (just the three this time though).
Not sure what to do next though. I have a busy time at work, including a couple of trips away in May, so it may not be much.
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Getting them done today means I could add them to my FYSC April entry and make two more submissions for YakComp 56 (just the three this time though).
Not sure what to do next though. I have a busy time at work, including a couple of trips away in May, so it may not be much.
I haven't really been hobbying, but we've been re-organising our living space a bit. When we redecorated the bedroom earlier, we got ourselves a new chest of drawers. The older one has now made it downstairs, to be used as a kind of sideboard. And it turns out that one of the drawers is an ideal size for my craft paints:
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Last weekend we picked up another proper sideboard from a local freecycling group, so we went to Lidl and bought some plastic storage boxes for it. But I also came across these things that allow you to turn tall shelves into two-tier storage. I'd been looking for something like this for a while, so this was a good find:
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It looks like you could even convert it into terrain, but I'm not going to bother with that. It's useful enough for storage and display.
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Last weekend we picked up another proper sideboard from a local freecycling group, so we went to Lidl and bought some plastic storage boxes for it. But I also came across these things that allow you to turn tall shelves into two-tier storage. I'd been looking for something like this for a while, so this was a good find:
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It looks like you could even convert it into terrain, but I'm not going to bother with that. It's useful enough for storage and display.
*Blows cobwebs off thread"
I don't actually have anything to show for the last 3 months. But I have been thinking about getting back to stuff... We finally rearranged the living room (to better accommodate the new unit mentioned in the previous post). With a bit more work, I hope I'll soon have a hobby area again. And, with luck, it will cool down a bit too...
I have plenty of potential in my 'pile of opportunity' but I've been thinking of doing something with my Stargrave scavengers. I have both male and female boxes, as yet unstarted, but had been trying to decide what to do. I think I have it.
My plan is to make a gang that are primarily intended as ash waste nomad types, but could if need be count as Delaque (they're basically guys in trench coats). But I wanted more than that. I think, if I'm clever, I can make them so most of them could also be used as a Genestealer Cult or some kind of Ad Mech-y thing.
My plan is to have the basic ganger/grunt types serve purpose for several potential gangs but (if I get far enough with this) I'll make a selection of leaders/heroes that are a bit more distinctive in style. I reckon this could work.
(To be clear, I don't play 40k and, indeed, haven't played Necromunda with anyone other than my gf in years. If I ever use these figures, it would probably be for something like Xenos Rampant or a re-skinned version of Dracula's America. So really, I can use whatever models I want and have them count as what I want. But I still like the 40k/Necormunda lore, so want to do something that could fit into that.)
I don't actually have anything to show for the last 3 months. But I have been thinking about getting back to stuff... We finally rearranged the living room (to better accommodate the new unit mentioned in the previous post). With a bit more work, I hope I'll soon have a hobby area again. And, with luck, it will cool down a bit too...
I have plenty of potential in my 'pile of opportunity' but I've been thinking of doing something with my Stargrave scavengers. I have both male and female boxes, as yet unstarted, but had been trying to decide what to do. I think I have it.
My plan is to make a gang that are primarily intended as ash waste nomad types, but could if need be count as Delaque (they're basically guys in trench coats). But I wanted more than that. I think, if I'm clever, I can make them so most of them could also be used as a Genestealer Cult or some kind of Ad Mech-y thing.
My plan is to have the basic ganger/grunt types serve purpose for several potential gangs but (if I get far enough with this) I'll make a selection of leaders/heroes that are a bit more distinctive in style. I reckon this could work.
(To be clear, I don't play 40k and, indeed, haven't played Necromunda with anyone other than my gf in years. If I ever use these figures, it would probably be for something like Xenos Rampant or a re-skinned version of Dracula's America. So really, I can use whatever models I want and have them count as what I want. But I still like the 40k/Necormunda lore, so want to do something that could fit into that.)
It's not much to show, but I think this is the first model I've assembled this year. It took me quite a while just to find things...
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The Xgrave female figures are usually a bit smaller than the men, but the Scavengers II look like a bit of an exception. Female arms (from Crew II) looked very small, so this one has male arms (from Crew I). The head is from FG Soldiers II. I'm worried it looks a little small (though it's not as bad in the photo as I thought in real life).
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The Xgrave female figures are usually a bit smaller than the men, but the Scavengers II look like a bit of an exception. Female arms (from Crew II) looked very small, so this one has male arms (from Crew I). The head is from FG Soldiers II. I'm worried it looks a little small (though it's not as bad in the photo as I thought in real life).
Yesterday, I posted in the scratch-building thread about these things from Lidl. Today, I went and bought some, to see what they're like.
Here's an idea of scale:
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They seem to stand reasonably well, though it wouldn't take much to knock them over (particularly if push towards the flat 'front' edge).
The annoying thing is there's a bunch of writing on them. I'll need to find some way to cover or remove that, but not sure of the best approach yet.
Here's an idea of scale:
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They seem to stand reasonably well, though it wouldn't take much to knock them over (particularly if push towards the flat 'front' edge).
The annoying thing is there's a bunch of writing on them. I'll need to find some way to cover or remove that, but not sure of the best approach yet.
Strip of card over it, it’ll stick with super glue.
Strip of card or a couple of seconds with a sanding wheel on a dremel. If you could find something triangular about the right size you could solve the tipping issue at the same time by sticking it over the writing part.
Another option would be to stick them together back to back - which also helps with the tipping over issue.
