belgiumfire
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the emperor protects!!
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Post by belgiumfire on Nov 27, 2009 16:37:19 GMT -5
love all your work
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Post by Vice-Shogun Himura on Nov 27, 2009 19:25:10 GMT -5
So, random question, being an American soldier, how the hell do I tell you Brits and German's ranks apart? I have to see German ranks again but British army is easy One pip 2nd lt. two 1st lt. Three Captain, Crown major, Crown and Pip lt. Col. , Crown and two Pips Col, Crown Three Pips Brigader [generall], Pip Crossed sword Baton Major General, Crown and Sword and Baton Lt. General, Crown, pip Sword and Baton General, Crown and Double Crossed Batons in bay leaf Wreath Field Marshal |
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Post by ltericwatts on Nov 28, 2009 2:24:41 GMT -5
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Post by kommissar on Nov 28, 2009 20:51:58 GMT -5
Thanks to all, I like to see this awesome pain.... ;D the weight of the bolter is near 40pounds...the ammo belt carried by myself on the last pics weights near 18 pounds... I think without using metal, it is the easiest way to do it with plastic sheets and tubes....you can glue it, and the tools are in the hand of every mini -gamer. But this is the area of our artist "kommissar".........  What do you think about me...? "Also we have no unlimited cash reserve." If I would have unlimited cash reserves .....then I´ll have an tank Transporter....loaded with an tank on the back....loaded with the hydra AA turret on the back of the tank...followed by an CH-53 instead of an Valkyrie( its difficult to realize)... Nooo, no unlimited cash reserves....on my side too....  Ohh...Kommissar..I´ve found this in on a german board, it is a publicity for an costume competition of one of the german biggest toy/comic/larp/game events. I did´nt know something about this pic....I found it yesterday I meet the Inquisitor on the pic on an larp event this year, he is one of the official rpg team from Schattenjäger.  Greets Watts WOW Watts! that's pretty awesome! can you tell us anymore about the contest? i wonder what some of the contestants will be like..  i take this as a huge compliment that someone used our pictures for that! though i think your work should have been shown more than just in the background, the fact yours is made from metal really sets it apart from everyone else! love your servo skull and the inquisitors sleeve by the way, did you make those as well? |
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Post by ltericwatts on Nov 29, 2009 3:24:06 GMT -5
kommissar: I was´nt there on the competition, but this one was the winner:  What do yo mean? Nice too.... Yes, I do´nt see that negative, is a cool pic, and that the troops are in the background is ok....we are not so important, we only te grunts... ;D The skull and the sleeve is done by the inquisitor himself, he is an really artist in writing, painting and do sculptures. But he work only for his equipment and spend more time for every piece as I can do... Greets Watts
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Post by spazmunke on Nov 29, 2009 3:33:08 GMT -5
Beautiful, I bow before your awsomeness
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Post by RedCuffs on Nov 29, 2009 5:00:43 GMT -5
@ LtEricWatts. Cheers Mate, If you ever build a Valk or need a tank crew uniform I'll send them. I spent 22 years in the British version of the German "ObjektSchutz Regiment". Although I'm not sure if their roles are exactly the same. I was employed on Anti-Aircraft, Infantry, Parachute, Helicopter units and instructional. spazmunke. I worked with a German PanzerGrenadier platoon in Bosnia in 1996. The ranks have equivelents to British ranks but the structure of the platoon is very different. Whereas Brits have three sections of eight men (each split into two fire teams of four men) commanded by a Platoon HQ of five. And that's pretty much how it stayed, quite rigid, you worked in that group and that was that. The Panzergrenadiers had a platoon of 22 (+ or - one) and they operated as a single unit with no one NCO "having men in his own group" the Pl Cdr would just decide what Platoon resources are required for each task he had been given and allocate those resources (human and hardware) accordingly. All this may have changed since then but I don't see why, it worked well enough. |
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Post by ltericwatts on Nov 29, 2009 6:07:43 GMT -5
RedCuffs: I´m not sure...in the german forces there are for the Navy the units called "Marinesicherungskompanie" and for the Air Force the "Luftwaffensicherungskompanie" they guarding and protecting the naval and air bases. Trained for ground fighting in all ways, air defence with stinger and Machine guns(twin linked MG3) 20mm ADA (not sure at this time)and Firefighting. The "marinesicherungskompanien" are trained for boarding, fast roping too, and sometimes based in teams on frigates. And in germany there is the battalion called "Wachbattallion" to protect the goverment and mostly represent( like the grenadier guards in Britain) with military ceremonies. Greets Watts
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Post by spazmunke on Nov 29, 2009 6:40:09 GMT -5
Ah, and how real world militaries haave such varried unit structure as their Imperial Guard counterparts.
Im in a squad of 4, in a platoon of 20 something that is also the only platoon in our company (so company strength of 20something + commander and first sergeant), in a battalion of maybe 150 and brigade of a little over 1000, and to top it off, I havnt done the job I was trained for since I finished school for it almost 3 years ago.
Sorry about poor punctuation, im on a rant and ive been up since 0730 Saturday, and its 0430 Sunday at the moment.
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Post by RedCuffs on Nov 29, 2009 7:30:20 GMT -5
Sorry, I thought it was ObjektSchutz. I saw them on the internet when I google German air force Regiment. This is my old mob www.raf.mod.uk/careers/jobs/rafregimentgunner.cfmI joined in 1982 and a lot changed in my time, not to mention since I left in 2004. @ Spazmunke ... Go to bed !!! |
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Post by spazmunke on Nov 29, 2009 8:06:45 GMT -5
Cant, pulling a 24 hour duty.
And the unit I am in is a prime example of american waste, as we truly are a waste of tax-payer's money. What I do all day is sit in my office playing stupid internet flash games from about 0900 to 1700. We dont go "to the field" to train, as we have no equipment to train on. Oh, and we are "non-deployable"
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Post by ltericwatts on Nov 29, 2009 8:06:31 GMT -5
Yes ok....sorry thats my mistake, but we mean the same thing...but Luftwaffensicherungstruppe is the header name of the structure of the ground troops in the german air force. Greets Watts PS. Nice Job describtion |
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Post by ltericwatts on Nov 29, 2009 8:13:13 GMT -5
 Hmmmmm....you do this for years..? Greets Watts
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Post by spazmunke on Nov 29, 2009 9:14:19 GMT -5
Yes, and you can look up the program im "working" on, the US Army Future Combat Systems, or as we all came to know it, the Fantasy Combat Systems.
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Post by ltericwatts on Nov 29, 2009 9:26:39 GMT -5
Playing warhammer and get paid for it...?? ;D Great... I ´ve found some pics from future projects of the army---some kind of that?  Terrible camo.....arrrggll... and this science.howstuffworks.com/ffw.htm/printablelooking like HALO Greets |
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Post by Makarova (M.I.A) on Nov 29, 2009 9:40:22 GMT -5
Yay, the americans will have power armour! I guess you don't need more people telling you how purely awesome your craft is Watts, but I'll do it anyway. |
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Post by ltericwatts on Nov 29, 2009 9:56:03 GMT -5
Makarova (M.I.A): But I like to hear that all the times... ;D Greets to sweden...End of the next week, I think there are current pics from the project . There is not enough time to work effective..but next week I get the third canon ready, hope so.. Watts
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Post by RedCuffs on Nov 29, 2009 10:56:34 GMT -5
Well in that case ...
Eric, your kit is stunning !!!
A joy to gaze over and to pick out all the detail
Just to find that it's all exactly correct.
Well done. I don't know where you find the time and energy.
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Post by ltericwatts on Nov 29, 2009 11:30:05 GMT -5
Thanks a lot.. "I don't know where you find the time and energy." I had some visions and try to realize them....thats all... ;D "Just to find that it's all exactly correct." Not all....I think a gamer working with the minis find some points of un- correctness...but my meaning of this hobby is..looking good, looking realistic ....and it must be working. With a special style of free interpretation(and my faible for modern armys)...in creating armour and weapons greets Watts |
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Post by spazmunke on Nov 29, 2009 11:55:42 GMT -5
I dont think you will find a member here who says your kit is un-fluffy
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Post by RedCuffs on Nov 29, 2009 12:58:29 GMT -5
No it's not !!!
It's Hard core,
Aggressive,
and has an explosive aura
It has all the right spirit of 40k Guard.
Spazmunke ... why aren't you in bed yet?
I'd be pushing out the Zed's most properly by now !!!
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Post by ltericwatts on Nov 29, 2009 13:48:25 GMT -5
spazmunke & redcuffs: postings like yours motivate me to do my best.... Greets...Watts
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2009 3:57:17 GMT -5
what would happen if theoretically someone posed as a threat?
like for instance, an opposing army of daemons or traitor marines?
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Post by ltericwatts on Nov 30, 2009 10:53:27 GMT -5
;D What a question....first there is the order to the squad to take care......then the order against the wasting of ammo....and then we take many cool pics... Without any joke...we can do the same thing as the battle-displayer....arrange very nice photos to motivate some people...and have fun. Greets Watts |
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Post by ltericwatts on Dec 6, 2009 6:00:42 GMT -5
Sorry guys, there are bad news from the german forgeworld...coming back from hospital yesterday. At tuesday i get wounded by an accident on my cnc milling machine. I cut off the sinews of three fingers , right hand, the sinews damage was by 70%. Now I´m out of duty  for 6weeks , no usé of the right hand possible.... but I still on this place to read every day... Greets Watts |
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Hmmmmm....you do this for years..?
for 6weeks , no usé of the right hand possible....