Post by dustand on Jul 3, 2005 19:17:26 GMT 12
Right 3 days into this thing and I finally have my plan
More semi painted models, but alot has to be done to get them going.
First the Pics
Now first off, ALL the green skin is now the wrong colour, For the troops I am using a Forest green base with one highlight of snot green, done in the previously mentioned wet dry brushing technique, these guys all started of as either goblin green (grots) or battle green (boyz). aside from that everything else will be as it is.
The first unit of boyz will be Red Shirts Black pants (Uniform for speed look and story) The other unit is two tone brown. I will be painting 30 boyz of which 11 had paint on them, I have almost completed the first five test subjects which were taken from the partially painted lot.
The Gots need all their detailing done, teeth, nails wrist bands, gunz and the like, a couple need repairs. added to the unit will be a squig hound (generic unpainted model, last on I got) So the unit by the end of the month will have 20 grots a slaver and a squig.
I am going to finish the mad doc that I found, no pics yet sorry, I painted most of him last month and he just needs one more arm and a little more work. I am going to scratch build another Mek, and god willing get some sort of trukk built or painted. These two orks and the trukk will finish my retinue
All these will need to be bassed which will probably take more time then painting them =\
Further more I Started working on a 4' x 4' table on thursday night, its in 2 sections. I am sorry about the shonky pxt photo and I dont think I will get my hands on a better camera before I start the next stage. so far Ihave cut and glued the polystyrene to the mdf, marked cut and used my soldering iron to melt the edges of the fault lines in the ground, I also created pitted areas, that way after I glur on my cat litter rubble it should still be roughly level.
Here are the planed steps to completion
1. Sandpaper this thing till it matches up properly
2. Glue on sand and litter
3. rough up flat surfaces with builders glue.
4. ensure all areas are sealed
5. Paint it all (Poster paints)
6. Flock all night.
7. Coat with a magical substance that will ensure years of durability
sounds so simple when I write it down as 7 steps.
So this months target is 54 troops figures and a trukk, this is the more important for me. and work like a man possesed to complete this table (which will probably end up spilling into next month...)
come the end of the month I should have a game legal army the Force organisation chart will have filled up like this
HQ = (2) 2
Elite = (1) 1
Troops = (1) 3
Fast Attack = (0) 0
Heavy Support = (1) 1
The number in brackets is whats already completed, the other number is the end of the months target.
The clouds broke open and the space craft fell from the skies. An unpredicted meteorite storm had damaged the engines but the Air Caste pilot was managing to keep the nose up. The ground loomed in the monitors moments before the craft tore a its self on the barren landscape.
"It is by the greater good that we have survived" spoke the captain as the crew started running their damage checks. "This place has gifted us our lives and we shall return unto it the bounty of our technology".
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Days passed as the Tau earth caste prepared there machines, soon they would commence the terraforming of the planet and claim it in the name of the greater good.
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The formal side winding up, the Etherial leading the pioneers activated the machinery, It would burrow down till it found the water table. The water would then be used to dilute the potent mix of life bringing chemicals stored in the ship. There was a whiring and grinding as the stone gave way beneith the burrowing machine.
"Where picking up seismic activity" called one of the technicians, within 10% of expected readings. The Etherial smiled, just as the earth learched. The ground started cracking like thin ice, huge crevases opened swallowing Tau and machine alike.
The land started sinking deeper and deeper, sheer rock faces seemed to shoot up into the sky. water rushed up from below washing away the last survivors. The current picked up the Tau craft like a toy, crashing it on the rocks, rending the hull apart. The swirling colours of nutrients escaping into the water.
Almost as quickly as it came the water subsided. The nutrient rich water painting the box canyon with the seeds of life.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some time later
Spannaz the mek raced down the crumbling path down into the canyon, the lush jungle rising over head. he had seen smoke rising form the tropical oasis, He smelt orks on the wind, and he would be damnd if the kommandos were going to take the credit for this find.
As he switch off the Trukk and steped down to meet the ork that had come out of the shak "Ders a Wargh on, da boss'l wanna see yooz" said Spannaz. The Cheif eyeballed the mek, then the trukk then he spoke, "Tell da boss to come 'ere. Da boyz grow fast 'ere, and dey come out big, not like dem off world runts. You Tell da boss to come here ."
I got a lot to do, and i been typing since the sun was up... Good luck everyone, I know I am going to need it.
More semi painted models, but alot has to be done to get them going.
First the Pics
Now first off, ALL the green skin is now the wrong colour, For the troops I am using a Forest green base with one highlight of snot green, done in the previously mentioned wet dry brushing technique, these guys all started of as either goblin green (grots) or battle green (boyz). aside from that everything else will be as it is.
The first unit of boyz will be Red Shirts Black pants (Uniform for speed look and story) The other unit is two tone brown. I will be painting 30 boyz of which 11 had paint on them, I have almost completed the first five test subjects which were taken from the partially painted lot.
The Gots need all their detailing done, teeth, nails wrist bands, gunz and the like, a couple need repairs. added to the unit will be a squig hound (generic unpainted model, last on I got) So the unit by the end of the month will have 20 grots a slaver and a squig.
I am going to finish the mad doc that I found, no pics yet sorry, I painted most of him last month and he just needs one more arm and a little more work. I am going to scratch build another Mek, and god willing get some sort of trukk built or painted. These two orks and the trukk will finish my retinue
All these will need to be bassed which will probably take more time then painting them =\
Further more I Started working on a 4' x 4' table on thursday night, its in 2 sections. I am sorry about the shonky pxt photo and I dont think I will get my hands on a better camera before I start the next stage. so far Ihave cut and glued the polystyrene to the mdf, marked cut and used my soldering iron to melt the edges of the fault lines in the ground, I also created pitted areas, that way after I glur on my cat litter rubble it should still be roughly level.
Here are the planed steps to completion
1. Sandpaper this thing till it matches up properly
2. Glue on sand and litter
3. rough up flat surfaces with builders glue.
4. ensure all areas are sealed
5. Paint it all (Poster paints)
6. Flock all night.
7. Coat with a magical substance that will ensure years of durability
sounds so simple when I write it down as 7 steps.
So this months target is 54 troops figures and a trukk, this is the more important for me. and work like a man possesed to complete this table (which will probably end up spilling into next month...)
come the end of the month I should have a game legal army the Force organisation chart will have filled up like this
HQ = (2) 2
Elite = (1) 1
Troops = (1) 3
Fast Attack = (0) 0
Heavy Support = (1) 1
The number in brackets is whats already completed, the other number is the end of the months target.
The clouds broke open and the space craft fell from the skies. An unpredicted meteorite storm had damaged the engines but the Air Caste pilot was managing to keep the nose up. The ground loomed in the monitors moments before the craft tore a its self on the barren landscape.
"It is by the greater good that we have survived" spoke the captain as the crew started running their damage checks. "This place has gifted us our lives and we shall return unto it the bounty of our technology".
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Days passed as the Tau earth caste prepared there machines, soon they would commence the terraforming of the planet and claim it in the name of the greater good.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The formal side winding up, the Etherial leading the pioneers activated the machinery, It would burrow down till it found the water table. The water would then be used to dilute the potent mix of life bringing chemicals stored in the ship. There was a whiring and grinding as the stone gave way beneith the burrowing machine.
"Where picking up seismic activity" called one of the technicians, within 10% of expected readings. The Etherial smiled, just as the earth learched. The ground started cracking like thin ice, huge crevases opened swallowing Tau and machine alike.
The land started sinking deeper and deeper, sheer rock faces seemed to shoot up into the sky. water rushed up from below washing away the last survivors. The current picked up the Tau craft like a toy, crashing it on the rocks, rending the hull apart. The swirling colours of nutrients escaping into the water.
Almost as quickly as it came the water subsided. The nutrient rich water painting the box canyon with the seeds of life.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some time later
Spannaz the mek raced down the crumbling path down into the canyon, the lush jungle rising over head. he had seen smoke rising form the tropical oasis, He smelt orks on the wind, and he would be damnd if the kommandos were going to take the credit for this find.
As he switch off the Trukk and steped down to meet the ork that had come out of the shak "Ders a Wargh on, da boss'l wanna see yooz" said Spannaz. The Cheif eyeballed the mek, then the trukk then he spoke, "Tell da boss to come 'ere. Da boyz grow fast 'ere, and dey come out big, not like dem off world runts. You Tell da boss to come here ."
I got a lot to do, and i been typing since the sun was up... Good luck everyone, I know I am going to need it.
. All I ever use for stripping metal and plastic figures that have been varnished and painted with acrylics in good old fashioned Methylated Spirits and an old toothbrush. Never had a problem with it. Bit of scrubbing gets rid of 99% of paint. Doesn't seem to effect superglue either so you won't have to re-assemble figures after you're stripped them.
