Also this thread http://s3.zetaboards.com/The_Ammobunker/topic/7632208/1/ is full to the gunnels with a mix of surgical-grade inspiration and 100% pure awesome win - the guy's a true master-modeller and a large part of what inspired me to start building my own weapon models.
Shenanigans in the north of Scotland
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Having secured a supply of further stahlhelms; Kampfgruppe mit maschinengewehr.
Starting to take shape nicely. Under normal circumstances I would never put a heavy in a kneeling position as it'd feel a bit elastic tape measurey; given that this miniature is for ][munda use as an NPC and is intended to play quite a static role as one part of the crew of a semi-fixed machine gun nest, it became more important for him to rest his big gun on its bipod.
Next step once the superglue's sufficiently set: green stuff to tie his mashup of Mantic zombie arms/head and Warlord torso together, then it'll be time to sort out his ammo supply and other such 'incidental' detailing.
Starting to take shape nicely. Under normal circumstances I would never put a heavy in a kneeling position as it'd feel a bit elastic tape measurey; given that this miniature is for ][munda use as an NPC and is intended to play quite a static role as one part of the crew of a semi-fixed machine gun nest, it became more important for him to rest his big gun on its bipod.
Next step once the superglue's sufficiently set: green stuff to tie his mashup of Mantic zombie arms/head and Warlord torso together, then it'll be time to sort out his ammo supply and other such 'incidental' detailing.
Well, getting that ammo feed sorted out was an exercise in frustration. Even still, that's it done.
The ammo drum is a piece of cigarette lighter with nothing more complicated than paper wrapped round it, while the ammunition belt is solder and paper.
Now he's sitting on my windowsill drying.
The ammo drum is a piece of cigarette lighter with nothing more complicated than paper wrapped round it, while the ammunition belt is solder and paper.
Now he's sitting on my windowsill drying.
And just receives a supply drop from Max Mini and they look just as good in the flesh, so to speak, as they did on the web page.
Here's the usual scale comparison shots:
Gun scale! Those Stens demand that I produce a Tommyesque equal and opposite force to the Kapfgruppe, ideas are now perculating.
And girls! Left to right; Brother 'In Soviet Russia, words get wrong Google Translate' Vinnis, GW Rogue Trader-era Guard, GW Escher, Max Mini, Grenadier/EM4/Mirliton Future Warrior, modded GW Dark Eldar Wych (who is, bear in mind, wearing high heels) and Statuesque Resistance.
I have to say it's a crying shame Max Mini don't do many more of these girls as they look like what you'd get if you dropped a bucket of Nam movies on one of the original '41st Millenium Tank Girl fanclub' Escher. Couldn't look much more in place while still having their own look - assuming, that is, that the M16s aren't too much for you, but then who's going to argue that that doesn't WYSIWYG an autogun?
They're a mite on the tall side, as tall as my gunslinger conversion, but then she's standing a darn sight more upright than your average GW mini - if she was much more bolt upright she'd be standing to attention.
(EDIT derp missed getting one of the images linked)
Here's the usual scale comparison shots:
Gun scale! Those Stens demand that I produce a Tommyesque equal and opposite force to the Kapfgruppe, ideas are now perculating.
And girls! Left to right; Brother 'In Soviet Russia, words get wrong Google Translate' Vinnis, GW Rogue Trader-era Guard, GW Escher, Max Mini, Grenadier/EM4/Mirliton Future Warrior, modded GW Dark Eldar Wych (who is, bear in mind, wearing high heels) and Statuesque Resistance.
I have to say it's a crying shame Max Mini don't do many more of these girls as they look like what you'd get if you dropped a bucket of Nam movies on one of the original '41st Millenium Tank Girl fanclub' Escher. Couldn't look much more in place while still having their own look - assuming, that is, that the M16s aren't too much for you, but then who's going to argue that that doesn't WYSIWYG an autogun?
They're a mite on the tall side, as tall as my gunslinger conversion, but then she's standing a darn sight more upright than your average GW mini - if she was much more bolt upright she'd be standing to attention.
(EDIT derp missed getting one of the images linked)
Working towards completing the Kampfgruppe MG42 gunner; ejected brass, hastily-plunked-down water bottle, and some kit slung on his back. I think it may say something about me that I am now annoyed that I can't figure out how to make 28mm-scale disintegrating-link belt segments to go with the brass without any nightmares.
I'll add more brass on top of the basing material once it's applied.
I'll add more brass on top of the basing material once it's applied.
And another supply drop having landed, this time from Victoria Miniatures, gunscale part two!
Most of my gun-shortage woes being gone, I turned my attention to getting a bit of paint onto the Kampfgruppe machine gunner.
Seen here along with a strange little miniature picked up off Ebay; a rather 40k-looking (but not) little girl levitating on a bunch of pipes and cables that Admech themselves out of her back, who looks like she's got something to do with either Nurgle or the Admech or possibly, horror of horrors, both. Either she's simultaneously creepy and adorable, and I am profoundly in awe of the mould-making that resulted in her, she's pretty much made out of undercuts.
Most of my gun-shortage woes being gone, I turned my attention to getting a bit of paint onto the Kampfgruppe machine gunner.
Seen here along with a strange little miniature picked up off Ebay; a rather 40k-looking (but not) little girl levitating on a bunch of pipes and cables that Admech themselves out of her back, who looks like she's got something to do with either Nurgle or the Admech or possibly, horror of horrors, both. Either she's simultaneously creepy and adorable, and I am profoundly in awe of the mould-making that resulted in her, she's pretty much made out of undercuts.
I have a new favourite Squat.
Meet Captain Snorri Redbeardsson, irrepressible Squat 'haulage contracter', ne'er-do-well, part-time buccaneer, licensed Rogue Trader, ladies man, and just all-round rogue. When Urist or Miss van Harker need a lift someplace far off in the cosmos on the quiet, they know exactly who to contact; self-referentially piratical he may well be, but even by Squat standards he is considered a man of his word.
Meet Captain Snorri Redbeardsson, irrepressible Squat 'haulage contracter', ne'er-do-well, part-time buccaneer, licensed Rogue Trader, ladies man, and just all-round rogue. When Urist or Miss van Harker need a lift someplace far off in the cosmos on the quiet, they know exactly who to contact; self-referentially piratical he may well be, but even by Squat standards he is considered a man of his word.
Quick parts build to see how the combination of Max Mini Sten gun and a 1/35 tin hat looks;
Because where there are any variant of Nazi stormtroopers, there absolutely positively have to be Tommies (and/or Indiana Jones) to 'give them what for'...
... Crud, I now have to make a slightly 40k Indiana Jones.
Because where there are any variant of Nazi stormtroopers, there absolutely positively have to be Tommies (and/or Indiana Jones) to 'give them what for'...
... Crud, I now have to make a slightly 40k Indiana Jones.
Those victoria miniatures shotguns/autoguns look good. I'm in a bit of a weapons crisis, but I'm lurking around ebay trying to see if I can find a bulk lot of anything (and even considering trying my luck on this, but it is all of an more than my current games budget) :-\
The customs "Kampfgruppe machine gunner" turned out really well, gives me hope that I'll be able to scrap some guns together.
Can't remember if it has been asked already - do you not base minis? (had a door-snake get a tear in it, and instead of binning it I've put it to one side for the tiny-tiny sand that are its innards)
The customs "Kampfgruppe machine gunner" turned out really well, gives me hope that I'll be able to scrap some guns together.
Can't remember if it has been asked already - do you not base minis? (had a door-snake get a tear in it, and instead of binning it I've put it to one side for the tiny-tiny sand that are its innards) More a matter of not having got round to basing any minis since everyone was still painting them Goblin Green. I've never been a big fan of the 'bit of scenery that he carries about stuck to his foot' basing style, but that leaves things a bit meh, really. Glue, sand, basecoat, drybrush, that's about all she wrote. Easy, but likewise pretty dull to do.
The plan is to nip down to the shore with a jam jar and get some basing material out of the wild, so to speak. Half an ocean's worth of sand and fine grit down there. I'll mix stuff like bits of scrap plastic and shavings from various convertings, and maybe some more random 'ejected brass' bits of solder, into it, then use the result for basing. I'll probably go with a neutral grey and leave the rims of the bases black.
The MG42 gunner is going to have a bunch more brass on his base when he's done, and the ground stirred up where the bipod's dug in a bit with the recoil so I can get away with not having modelled feet onto it. If I ever manage to work out a quick and easy way to make a bunch of them, he'll get a load of ejected disintegrating-link belt segments too. Once his existing base is based he's then going to have a specific piece of scenery modelled for him, in the form of a sandbagged machine gun nest, which I plan to build onto one of the bases used for 40k heavy weapons teams. I am currently waiting for a pack of 1/48 Tamiya sandbags to make his position out of. There's also scale bricks in that pack, which may very well get mixed into the basing material.
As he's intended for a very static role in-game, the plan is to put a bunch more attention into his base than 'sand, paint, drybrush' since he gets away with having permanent accompanying scenery bits by sitting on them. Think I'll need to magnetise him to the bigger base, but that's neither here nor there.
Anyway, bit of paint gone onto the test Tommy. I could do with finding more WW2-looking torsos and this chap appears to have pinched a Jerry's boots, but the overall combination is definitely workable.
The plan is to nip down to the shore with a jam jar and get some basing material out of the wild, so to speak. Half an ocean's worth of sand and fine grit down there. I'll mix stuff like bits of scrap plastic and shavings from various convertings, and maybe some more random 'ejected brass' bits of solder, into it, then use the result for basing. I'll probably go with a neutral grey and leave the rims of the bases black.
The MG42 gunner is going to have a bunch more brass on his base when he's done, and the ground stirred up where the bipod's dug in a bit with the recoil so I can get away with not having modelled feet onto it. If I ever manage to work out a quick and easy way to make a bunch of them, he'll get a load of ejected disintegrating-link belt segments too. Once his existing base is based he's then going to have a specific piece of scenery modelled for him, in the form of a sandbagged machine gun nest, which I plan to build onto one of the bases used for 40k heavy weapons teams. I am currently waiting for a pack of 1/48 Tamiya sandbags to make his position out of. There's also scale bricks in that pack, which may very well get mixed into the basing material.
As he's intended for a very static role in-game, the plan is to put a bunch more attention into his base than 'sand, paint, drybrush' since he gets away with having permanent accompanying scenery bits by sitting on them. Think I'll need to magnetise him to the bigger base, but that's neither here nor there.
Anyway, bit of paint gone onto the test Tommy. I could do with finding more WW2-looking torsos and this chap appears to have pinched a Jerry's boots, but the overall combination is definitely workable.
Incidentally @trollmeat, the price on that bag is funny money - the 'Buy it now' button should normally read 'Get ripped off now', and that's no exception, I've picked up bigger bags for half that.
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_....TRC2.A0.H0.XBits.TRS0&_nkw=Bits&_sacat=31398
Try this and see what you can score. Incidentally, if you see something with a price above about one UK pound (roughly 2 Australian dollars IIRC) and no bids, look for the catch before you bid on it - it's probably funny money.
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_....TRC2.A0.H0.XBits.TRS0&_nkw=Bits&_sacat=31398
Try this and see what you can score. Incidentally, if you see something with a price above about one UK pound (roughly 2 Australian dollars IIRC) and no bids, look for the catch before you bid on it - it's probably funny money.
@NeekUK @Subaltern Mayham: One shoota, one lasgun, one set of Orlock heads TO completed heavy stubber heavy (just needs some sort of backpack and a spot of gap filling) in elapsed time of 4:10 and time waiting for the photos to upload, effing photobucket.
Step the first: You need this shoota. Belt feeds make for heavy stubber win. Chop it as so
Next, surgical lasgun alteration! This is one I already pilfered the muzzle from for something else. You don't necessarily need a lasgun, but it's the right size and I had one handy. Chop it as so, or alternatively chop a bit of junk plastic into the same sort of size as the bit above the pistol grip, because that's the important part.
Now glue your bit of lasgun (or Stuff) to the back of the shoota, like so. Don't worry too much about lineage uppage, it's not critical. You might as well lop the pistol grip off now.
And onto our Catachan goes our heavy stub! That's a grenade hand; it needs its shoulder shaved a little, and the other arm needed bent a bit. It broke; it might not, depends how thoroughly you brutalise it.
Here he is with my Orlock heavy.
How's that for non-derpy human shoota holdage?
If you want to make an Ork gun into a human rifle, I suggest starting with a slugga and extending its barrel.
Step the first: You need this shoota. Belt feeds make for heavy stubber win. Chop it as so
Next, surgical lasgun alteration! This is one I already pilfered the muzzle from for something else. You don't necessarily need a lasgun, but it's the right size and I had one handy. Chop it as so, or alternatively chop a bit of junk plastic into the same sort of size as the bit above the pistol grip, because that's the important part.
Now glue your bit of lasgun (or Stuff) to the back of the shoota, like so. Don't worry too much about lineage uppage, it's not critical. You might as well lop the pistol grip off now.
And onto our Catachan goes our heavy stub! That's a grenade hand; it needs its shoulder shaved a little, and the other arm needed bent a bit. It broke; it might not, depends how thoroughly you brutalise it.
Here he is with my Orlock heavy.
How's that for non-derpy human shoota holdage?
If you want to make an Ork gun into a human rifle, I suggest starting with a slugga and extending its barrel.
That's how it's done! Think I like it more than the original orlock! D-:
I like the original Orlock gun quite a lot - it's an old friend, been with me in various forms since I was sixteen, the above Orlock being the third iteration of this miniature I've owned - but this one's got a certain sort of Vickers-gun charm to it - not that the Browning M1919 look of the original is bad, mind.
Recalling the stories of Tommies firing off a few rounds to heat the water in a Vickers gun's water jacket enough to brew tea, I'm tempted to run a hose from the barrel jacket to a large teakettle slung on his back.
Recalling the stories of Tommies firing off a few rounds to heat the water in a Vickers gun's water jacket enough to brew tea, I'm tempted to run a hose from the barrel jacket to a large teakettle slung on his back.
I really like that! Thanks for tagging me in on it.
I was day dreaming of this conversion during a very dry finance course work has me on today and what I had devised just won't work now I've seen the true scale and what you've done here...
...but what I have now come up with as a result could be very very cool...
Got to get my hands on one of those shootas now.
I was day dreaming of this conversion during a very dry finance course work has me on today and what I had devised just won't work now I've seen the true scale and what you've done here...
...but what I have now come up with as a result could be very very cool...
Got to get my hands on one of those shootas now.
OK having spent all last night utterly engrossed in the 'If the Emperor had text-to-speech' Youtube vids, here's some work on the guy with the shoota, done this morning before heading to work.
Intention is to turn him into another Tommy, since that's a suspiciously Vickers-like gun.
No that strap is not uncharacteristically precise and fingerprintless greenstuffing, it's me cheating like a mofo and I'm going to tell you how.
Take blob of spare greenstuff. Roll out into long strand. Flatten with something metal such as the handle of a scalpel. Drape resulting flat strip over something it won't stick to, such as the top of a bottle. Naff off to work for the day. On arriving home, take strip of rubbery mostly-set green stuff and trim edges to get that nice sharp strap effect. The flatter you flatten it, the thinner the resulting strap. I did not invent this: it's a slipshod lazy-git version of one of the techniques revealed by master-craftsman Lamby over on the Ammobunker forums.
There, now he's getting pretty Tommy-like, isn't he? Left to do: extend his trousers downwards, connect trousers and boots with garters, sort out the gap between the back of his torso and legs, seal the crack in his right elbow and do a little more work on where that sleeve meets his shoulder, contrive a tea-kettle to sling on his back as the water can for the gun, maybe do something about the kinda unVickerslike (and, it transpires now I've drilled it, very much oval) muzzle on the gun, then he'll be ready for a lick of paint. Note that I have changed his expression to something a bit less gurny than the original Catachan head.
Intention is to turn him into another Tommy, since that's a suspiciously Vickers-like gun.
No that strap is not uncharacteristically precise and fingerprintless greenstuffing, it's me cheating like a mofo and I'm going to tell you how.
Take blob of spare greenstuff. Roll out into long strand. Flatten with something metal such as the handle of a scalpel. Drape resulting flat strip over something it won't stick to, such as the top of a bottle. Naff off to work for the day. On arriving home, take strip of rubbery mostly-set green stuff and trim edges to get that nice sharp strap effect. The flatter you flatten it, the thinner the resulting strap. I did not invent this: it's a slipshod lazy-git version of one of the techniques revealed by master-craftsman Lamby over on the Ammobunker forums.
There, now he's getting pretty Tommy-like, isn't he? Left to do: extend his trousers downwards, connect trousers and boots with garters, sort out the gap between the back of his torso and legs, seal the crack in his right elbow and do a little more work on where that sleeve meets his shoulder, contrive a tea-kettle to sling on his back as the water can for the gun, maybe do something about the kinda unVickerslike (and, it transpires now I've drilled it, very much oval) muzzle on the gun, then he'll be ready for a lick of paint. Note that I have changed his expression to something a bit less gurny than the original Catachan head.
Well, with a bit more green stuff on my Tommy heavy has turned out to be one big, big lad;
He's the size of a freakin' Goliath! No wonder he can swing a water-cooled machine gun around like that!
Since taking this photo I've declared the attempt at breast pockets on his uniform a dead loss and ditched them, instead using the spare green stuff this produced to bulk up the back of his left shoulder a bit to match his right.
He's the size of a freakin' Goliath! No wonder he can swing a water-cooled machine gun around like that!
Since taking this photo I've declared the attempt at breast pockets on his uniform a dead loss and ditched them, instead using the spare green stuff this produced to bulk up the back of his left shoulder a bit to match his right.
Well, as I've just received some new toys it's scale comparison o'clock and this time it's Malifaux time.
First off, these guys are packaged at 32mm miniatures and it shows. They're big. Not Goliath-big either - they're taller than a 40k miniature while not being as wide as a 40k miniature. Here's a couple of snapshots of a quickly tacked together member of Mei Fang's Rail Crew in a lineup with what should be some more familiar faces to demonstrate how xbox hueg he is:
HOWEVER I still recommend getting a few minis from these guys for three reasons.
Firstly, you know that soundbite out of GW not so long ago about not being a games company, instead being a model-making company? It now sounds even dumber than it did before I received these kits: no GW, if you want to see what that looks like open some Malifaux boxes. These are flat-out the most beautiful plastics I have ever seen in my life: they are going to be really freaking sweet to paint, so if you enjoy the whole process of putting together and painting minis anywhere near to as much as I do, these guys are a good time on a sprue.
Secondly, if carefully chosen some of these guys are usable pretty much or just flat out as-is. Maybe run a weapon swap or something, but check this guy out, doesn't he just stink of high-strength and Massive Weapon?
I'm not 100%, Mr Kang, but when Fred the Scalecadian said he wanted to get hammered I don't think that's what he meant...
And thirdly, the clue of what primary utility Malifaux miniatures could present to us Necromunda fans can be found in the title of the company that makes them. Wyrd Miniatures produces some seriously awesome...
... Wyrds.
First off, these guys are packaged at 32mm miniatures and it shows. They're big. Not Goliath-big either - they're taller than a 40k miniature while not being as wide as a 40k miniature. Here's a couple of snapshots of a quickly tacked together member of Mei Fang's Rail Crew in a lineup with what should be some more familiar faces to demonstrate how xbox hueg he is:
HOWEVER I still recommend getting a few minis from these guys for three reasons.
Firstly, you know that soundbite out of GW not so long ago about not being a games company, instead being a model-making company? It now sounds even dumber than it did before I received these kits: no GW, if you want to see what that looks like open some Malifaux boxes. These are flat-out the most beautiful plastics I have ever seen in my life: they are going to be really freaking sweet to paint, so if you enjoy the whole process of putting together and painting minis anywhere near to as much as I do, these guys are a good time on a sprue.
Secondly, if carefully chosen some of these guys are usable pretty much or just flat out as-is. Maybe run a weapon swap or something, but check this guy out, doesn't he just stink of high-strength and Massive Weapon?
I'm not 100%, Mr Kang, but when Fred the Scalecadian said he wanted to get hammered I don't think that's what he meant...
And thirdly, the clue of what primary utility Malifaux miniatures could present to us Necromunda fans can be found in the title of the company that makes them. Wyrd Miniatures produces some seriously awesome...
... Wyrds.
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