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Post by comstar on Jan 6, 2012 15:17:26 GMT -5
Well you are doing better than me got a cold just after I posted my WIP piccy's and haven't been able to do any more through constant Coughing  |
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Post by shep on Jan 7, 2012 3:25:55 GMT -5
I'm going to enter, but I failed to take any before pics.
You'll have to take my word for it that until my first game of gruntz in early december my old laserburn minis were half-painted and all stuffed in bag in the back of a drawer. They've since been stripped, based on 5ps and 2ps and are most of the way to becoming Leto Montelaw's Private Army with a little back-story too. My scratchbuilt grav GSVs are based on dental floss dispensers. Should be ready by the end of the week...
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Post by comstar on Jan 7, 2012 20:39:29 GMT -5
Can't wait to see pictures  |
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Post by stroezie on Jan 8, 2012 5:55:21 GMT -5
OK so my entries will be :
1) six man squad of scifi Germans with flamethrower squad attachment.
2) artillery vehicle : Old Crow Goanna scout converted to panzerwerfer.
3) command unit : officer + radio operator (+ one more trooper?) mounted together on one base
I don't know if a command unit is OK for the contest but I don't really like the heroic commander concept so I was thinking of making my commanders 3 figures on one base and my specialists will be 2 figures on one base to account for the extra hits.
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Post by firebroadside on Jan 12, 2012 15:07:12 GMT -5
I have two options. Hopefully I get my crusties and the vehicle I have in mind in time in which case that is what I'll go with. Otherwise I'll do a few more of my EarthSec troopers (UNSC). They certainly could need some support! Speaking of which. Would it be possible to have two smaller vehicles instead of one large?  |
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Post by inrepose on Jan 13, 2012 6:00:57 GMT -5
I think two small instead of a large would be fine. Robin
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Post by evilevan on Jan 14, 2012 8:55:06 GMT -5
Ok folks - I'm ready to post my entry...shall I do it here - or start a new thread?
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Post by comstar on Jan 14, 2012 16:50:52 GMT -5
Here would be good Keep it in one place |
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Post by evilevan on Jan 15, 2012 2:03:30 GMT -5
        Here is a work in progress shot:  Eek! - Looks like I'm the first to post... So here's my entry for the Gruntz painting contest: 1 - A squad of Vivipara Infantry (Critical Mass Games) 2 - A Gekotaa Armored Car (Critical Mass Games) 3 - A Kaamados Agaamid commander with twin slug throwers (Critical Mass Games) They are all hand painted - no airbrushing. After the usual de-flashing etc, they all started with an undercoat of very thinned down Humbrol Matt Black enamel. Then I used a variety of different acrylic paints. For the vehicle, the 3 main colours used were from Revell - Gunship Grey, Medium Grey & Light Blue. The other colours were various Vallejo and Games Workshop acrylics... I read somewhere that you can make your own washes by thinning down your acrylic paint and adding a bit of PVA glue to the mix - this helps the thinned down paint to hang about in folds/creases etc - so I've experimented a bit with that...mainly on the vehicle - seemed to work ok! Ok - so that's my entry.... can't wait to see everyone elses!! - Good luck everybody! |
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Post by comstar on Jan 15, 2012 3:39:01 GMT -5
They look brilliant Well my coughing is nearly finishing (damb cold) so I can get right back where I left off only three weeks waisted |
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Post by shep on Jan 15, 2012 6:27:26 GMT -5
Damn they are good. I'm a little behind schedule and not feeling very confident!
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Post by lordnth on Jan 15, 2012 9:57:57 GMT -5
I too am very behind, and not confident. But at least I started. Hoping to get more work done and at least get something posted.
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stroezie
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Post by stroezie on Jan 15, 2012 10:19:12 GMT -5
Now that is one very nice looking strike force!
Love your colors, its simple but effective, i almost never manage this , my stuff always tends to end up way to complex.
I'll post my entry as soon as I manage to get some decent pictures.
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Post by wikkid on Jan 15, 2012 11:47:43 GMT -5
Very well done. The bar is set! ;D
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Post by wikkid on Jan 15, 2012 16:03:26 GMT -5
My elbows hurt and my wrists and eyes are killing me, but some major progress made today.
Troops are a couple of spots of paint away from being ready to base and the (mahoosive) vehicle is assembled ready for undercoating.
I may just do this yet....
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