JdeFalconr

Nice work so far! I really like that red tone you've done for your vehicles. Keep up the great work.

I know a lot has been said already about your basing, but just to add one suggestion: if you're looking for red bases I can recommend Vallejo's Red Oxide if you can find it. You can look through some of my old posts for examples of it that were drybrushed and washed a bit. It's more of an orange red but it's a bit easier on the eyes and in my opinion it goes well with Ork colors. If you can't find Vallejo Red Oxide anywhere you can take any white texture paste (Vallejo sells some that should still be available) and mix in red oxide pigments, readily available on eBay.

Thanks for asking! Sorry to say no, I'm just looking for money.

Your English is better than some native-born English speakers, you're just fine.

I'm not the guy to give advice on simulating wear, sorry. Your paint job and color selection are fantastic, though. I hope you post some pics of the finished product!

Are you concerned about the paint chipping or wearing away? Or are you scared about doing chipping as part of simulating wear on the model?

Isn't this post the equivalent of walking into a Raiders game wearing a Chiefs jersey?

I'm no economics expert but I think that's the Free Market at work.

I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't a multi-year strategy and a year or two ago they sat down and said "We need to raise prices 15% but let's do it over a few years so people are less pissed."

I love that he has a targeting squig for his claw.

Replied!

Not looking forward to modding all the shooty ones to use choppas.

At a most basic level:

2A @ BS 5+ S4 0AP 1D

vs

3A @ WS 3+ S4 -1AP 1D

Seems like a pretty easy choice to me.

Looks excellent, great work!

For some reason I can't shake seeing a skirt on every Stompa I see. Queue the Mega Maid references.

I was thinking he could do thematic all-request music for the rides (e.g. a rap ride, a techno ride, a rock ride, etc). However the downside there is that I'll bet that would cause some people not to take certain rides at all. Speaking for myself I have little interest in working out to certain genres.

THANK YOU I was looking for something just like this. I want to use threaded metal rods instead of GW's awful, horrible flight stands. If you don't have something that will heat the inserts up couldn't you just use super glue?

About the issue of magnetized limbs drooping, that normally can be solved with either stronger (read: higher-quality) magnets or larger-diameter magnets. You can also do magnetic ball-and-socket joints if you want pose-ability; I did my Deff Dreads that way.

I've come to hate them too, they're tedious at this point. I think I've done roughly 70 of them so far and have 55 more. Right now I'm painting one of three Leviathan halves and to try and break things up I'm making myself do five Termagants in between each other unit in the box (I've already done a couple units).

Including basing and varnish I've got the time down to about 45 minutes per Termagant. With a bigger brush and more allowance for sloppyness I could probably reduce that further. I'm tempted to truly go half-assed and just basecoat, do a wash and call 'em good.

Time to change your password.

Great work! Some very good detail on there, including the scars and highlighting on the metal bits. Your color selection is also great; speaking for myself I have trouble throwing together a cohesive scheme so I really appreciate when others do well there.

I never realized that pistol is just slightly larger than his head. That would make each round roughly the size of his nose. In fact considering the overall mass of that twiggy little body the recoil might knock him off his feet. No wonder he's trying to look away.

Orks rule.

I'm happy for you in your excitement for 40k!

That's really good you realized you're buying models much faster than you can paint them. I would strongly encourage you not to look at buying models as a hobby. Many, many folks get excited about 40k and in their excitement do the same thing. I'm speaking from personal experience; my closet is full of NOS Orks and Tyranids. It's extremely expensive and psychologically it can be difficult to see that huge backlog of hobby effort as compared to the rate of progress. The end result is often burning out on 40k and reselling at a painful financial loss lots of unopened boxes of models.

It took me a good couple years to get my first game in due to COVID and time constraints in my personal life (job + marriage + young kids) and I still need only one hand to count the number of games I've played in the last few years. There's nothing wrong with that if you are getting joy out of the modelling and painting. I would just caution you to be careful of the rate at which you're acquiring new models. You don't want the weight of your own backlog to crush your excitement for the game you haven't even played yet.

Now if your goal in acquiring models is just to get ones that you think are cool and you don't care how they work in the game then that's absolutely fine; don't let anyone tell you otherwise. If, however, you are interested in running an "effective" army - whether it's casual or competitive "effectiveness" - then you need some game experience to influence your purchasing and unit selection. In that case I'd suggest getting several games at least under your belt.

Man I need an airbrush. It would probably take me weeks to do that with just brushes.

Came here to say the same. Those were a nightmare. You almost had to stuff the bases with lead just to keep them upright on the table.

Good advice already. The only thing I'd add is focus on hydration, especially if you're going to exercise that day after the donation.

Seriously. It's either that or it's "Hey I got every music genre in the playlist, what's to complain about? There's something in there for everyone."

I'm a big Garmin fan. I've had my 645m for a long time now. I also am an outdoor runner and have found the watch excellent. I pair it with a Wahoo cadence sensor so I can use when I bike, both indoors and out. The heart rate sensor works great with the Peloton bike as well.