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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on May 15, 2011 9:00:33 GMT -5
someone knows their bitz  It was a really simple and easy conversion, the only thing that was a real pain was carving away the grenade without messing the hand up, took me three arms to get it right! The grunt catching the shotgun actually took a hell of a lot more converting, when I get my camera working again I will have to post a clearer pic of him on his own  |
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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on May 17, 2011 17:42:22 GMT -5
any ideas what would make a good simple shoulder pad/ vehicle symbol for a Cadian logistics corp?
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Post by chromepip on May 17, 2011 18:17:31 GMT -5
well the Canadian Military logistical branch has this as their cap badge  |
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on May 18, 2011 7:27:30 GMT -5
someone knows their bitz It was a really simple and easy conversion, the only thing that was a real pain was carving away the grenade without messing the hand up, took me three arms to get it right! The grunt catching the shotgun actually took a hell of a lot more converting, when I get my camera working again I will have to post a clearer pic of him on his own I've got a bunch of those Sentinel pilot heads kicking around in my collection--either on minis or loose in my bitz box. I definitely want to see more photos of the grunt catching the shotgun! |
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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on May 18, 2011 8:34:51 GMT -5
chromepip, I like that, its given me an idea.... trooper 1974, well as soon as my camera is up and running again, i will post some Along with some pics of my latest super-secret project-X  |
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on May 18, 2011 9:03:23 GMT -5
chromepip, I like that, its given me an idea.... trooper 1974, well as soon as my camera is up and running again, i will post some Along with some pics of my latest super-secret project-X *Bounces around in an excited fashion* Excellent! I can't wait to see them... ;D |
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Post by chromepip on May 18, 2011 19:00:02 GMT -5
good good,
i like the interlocking knot. it is a strong symbol, that would look good on the shoulder pad
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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on May 24, 2011 13:48:21 GMT -5
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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on May 24, 2011 16:36:52 GMT -5
Double posty goodness this one is picture heavy! My latest whimsy project came about when I spotted some toy trucks in the local 'Pound stretcher' (for an international readers its a rather cheap and nasty store chain that sells stuff insanely cheaply) These trucks where a mere £1.99 each! and almost 40K scale, and they had LOTS of them! my brain started ticking... Any one who has read a Dan Abnett novel will have undoubtedly heard mention of the ubiquitous 'Cargo-8' or one of its slightly larger/ smaller cousins the Cargo-5 & 10, Mr Abnett seems quite fond of them and they spring up in most of his books at some point or another, all we really know about them is they are road trucks of various mass, mainly used by civi's My Cadians are supposed to be a combined armoured regiment primarily supplied by Gryphonne IV, latest 'Nid fluff says Gryphonne IV got eaten by Hive fleet Leviathan, so I reckon my Enginseers and quartermasters are going to be a little less fussy about what they replace their damaged Trojans with..... This is the first of the offending Truck toys, complete with weird stickers only a child could fathom...   after a bit of a rummage in my bitz box    A lick of paint and viola! a Cargo-8 munitions carrier is born!       One down, 15 to go, including tankers |
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Post by Walrus on May 25, 2011 9:37:29 GMT -5
That is genious! You could have them parked as barriers and whatnot as well...
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on May 25, 2011 15:30:52 GMT -5
"Hold ma gun" is awesome... |
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Post by Gabriel Lupus on May 26, 2011 11:10:43 GMT -5
Excellent! Simply excellent! I also came across a similar toy - a Morrisons articulated lorry... I'm thinking of doing the same kind of thing as you've done Nathaniel... but, tell me, did you have to sand the toy at all to get the paint to stick properly? The toy truck I have seems very "shiny" and not paint friendly... I shall be drawing upon your completed version for my own inspiration |
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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on May 26, 2011 11:23:03 GMT -5
Thanks guys Gabriel; no, I didn't have to sand it, but I would test a patch first to be sure, the only issue I did have was whatever paint they did the blue on the cab with showed through the Catachan green a little even after two coats of Chaos black primer, which baffled me somewhat, but I just kept layering it on until you couldn't tell |
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Post by Cosmic on May 27, 2011 5:12:55 GMT -5
Fan-bloody-tastic Nathaniel, really like it!! Well done, more!!
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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on May 27, 2011 12:36:30 GMT -5
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on May 27, 2011 17:16:37 GMT -5
Sweet! I like the rules for the Cargo-8, also it's a great looking conversion/re-painting of a cheap toy. |
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Post by Gabriel Lupus on May 28, 2011 4:51:04 GMT -5
hehe, you can go round and round between the two threads... weeeeeee
*Is carted off to the mad house. Again.*
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Post by The Hawk! on May 28, 2011 5:31:27 GMT -5
FEAR MA GUN TRUCK! wow i'm loving the conversion nathaniel also allowing me to transport 20 conscript.... *drools* who needs a chimera when you have toy trucks :L Great work and an awsome statline Regards, Dave |
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It was a really simple and easy conversion, the only thing that was a real pain was carving away the grenade without messing the hand up, took me three arms to get it right! The grunt catching the shotgun actually took a hell of a lot more converting, when I get my camera working again I will have to post a clearer pic of him on his own 
