Moe's Random and Chaotic Wonderland.
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TrystanGST
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Claymore is a good show. Violent, but then again most of the good adult ones are (no, not hentai lol).
moetle
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@Milosh- I would really LOVE to see your take on some of those 
@KB- yeah the red is really dark, i was planning on brightening it up but i wanted to see how it was going to look with the gloss coat. That blue thing will be a 40k bunker or something.
@Marj- Thanks, and i would LOVE to see one painted up by you as well
@Meph- Get cracking sir! I do believe you were one of the first persons to inspire me to get an airbrush in the first place. Cheers to you!
@Tryst- I shall watch it eventually, but i want to paint while i got the painting bug voodoo.
@Ceal- I'm always happy to hear something i did helped someone else.
Which is why I'm going in a totally different direction again. We played a game of heroscape(i think, i didn't like it too much personally) the other day on part of the table that had the river cut into it. Never fails, eventually someone gets excited and a die rolls to the floor. I decided then i was going to get a couple of dice towers. I then proceeded to look up dice towers online.
Some of the ones i'd seen were like 100$ each. No friggin plastic die is that damn important. Time to make my own.
I used one sheet of elmers foam board 20X 30X 3/16th inch. This made both of my towers with this one sheet. And just an FYI my measurements were off on them both so i had to adjust as i went(i didn't compensate for the thickness). It wasnt that big of a deal so if yours is off a bit don't panic.
I also Used a hot glue gun, and two sheets of sheet styrene.
Total cost less then 5$
I just started measuring out about how tall i wanted it to be and about how deep i wanted the try to be. I've seen some made out of cardboard 15 years ago at the place we used to play 40k, so i was just going with the square wizards tower shape. I may paint them up later to use as actual stratigically placed terrain for the game players. Who knows?
As i went i wrote down the length i measured and what that piece was actually going to be:
I then took a SHARPE box cutter and started cutting out the pieces. A dull blade will cut you more often then a sharp one.
I then split the pieces up into the two sets and started with a corner:
I then had to decide what i was going to use for the inside. I wanted three levels to make it simple to do and roll the dice enough to work correctly so i went with three layers. I didn't want to use more then the one sheet of foam board and i wanted to put a distinct sound to them. i grabbed two sheets of sheet styrene and cut them into 3rds. I didn't measure this part at all i just kinda eyeballed it:
I then folded up the corners to make them level and angled to the way i wanted them to be. I then used Blue tac to set them where i wanted them and glued them in:
Glued on the rest:
Oh look! Test subjects!
TADA!!!
Someone probably made this in another thread, Hats off to you sir, just spreading the knowledge.
If someone tells you "They look like an orc built them." Tell them "that was the idea the whole time".
More in a few
Moe
@KB- yeah the red is really dark, i was planning on brightening it up but i wanted to see how it was going to look with the gloss coat. That blue thing will be a 40k bunker or something.
@Marj- Thanks, and i would LOVE to see one painted up by you as well
@Meph- Get cracking sir! I do believe you were one of the first persons to inspire me to get an airbrush in the first place. Cheers to you!
@Tryst- I shall watch it eventually, but i want to paint while i got the painting bug voodoo.
@Ceal- I'm always happy to hear something i did helped someone else.
Which is why I'm going in a totally different direction again. We played a game of heroscape(i think, i didn't like it too much personally) the other day on part of the table that had the river cut into it. Never fails, eventually someone gets excited and a die rolls to the floor. I decided then i was going to get a couple of dice towers. I then proceeded to look up dice towers online.
Some of the ones i'd seen were like 100$ each. No friggin plastic die is that damn important. Time to make my own.
I used one sheet of elmers foam board 20X 30X 3/16th inch. This made both of my towers with this one sheet. And just an FYI my measurements were off on them both so i had to adjust as i went(i didn't compensate for the thickness). It wasnt that big of a deal so if yours is off a bit don't panic.
I also Used a hot glue gun, and two sheets of sheet styrene.
Total cost less then 5$
I just started measuring out about how tall i wanted it to be and about how deep i wanted the try to be. I've seen some made out of cardboard 15 years ago at the place we used to play 40k, so i was just going with the square wizards tower shape. I may paint them up later to use as actual stratigically placed terrain for the game players. Who knows?
As i went i wrote down the length i measured and what that piece was actually going to be:
I then took a SHARPE box cutter and started cutting out the pieces. A dull blade will cut you more often then a sharp one.
I then split the pieces up into the two sets and started with a corner:
I then had to decide what i was going to use for the inside. I wanted three levels to make it simple to do and roll the dice enough to work correctly so i went with three layers. I didn't want to use more then the one sheet of foam board and i wanted to put a distinct sound to them. i grabbed two sheets of sheet styrene and cut them into 3rds. I didn't measure this part at all i just kinda eyeballed it:
I then folded up the corners to make them level and angled to the way i wanted them to be. I then used Blue tac to set them where i wanted them and glued them in:
Glued on the rest:
Oh look! Test subjects!
TADA!!!
Someone probably made this in another thread, Hats off to you sir, just spreading the knowledge.
If someone tells you "They look like an orc built them." Tell them "that was the idea the whole time".
More in a few
Moe
TrystanGST
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Awesome Moe. I hate chasing dice.
Iateyourbanana
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Clare is looking ace!
Going to pay a whole new level of attention to this thread now 'cause of her. You should really get to watching the show, it's great!
Going to pay a whole new level of attention to this thread now 'cause of her. You should really get to watching the show, it's great!
RayzrYR
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Damn Moe,
thats some great stuff. Your painting space reminds me of my desk in my latter high school years - covered in minis and paint instead of homework:smile-big:. When I get my "own space" its going to have to have a Moe style paint stand too
But one thing... I see Deathwing (and others)... Whats going on there?
thats some great stuff. Your painting space reminds me of my desk in my latter high school years - covered in minis and paint instead of homework:smile-big:. When I get my "own space" its going to have to have a Moe style paint stand too
But one thing... I see Deathwing (and others)... Whats going on there?
moetle
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Thanks guys.
@Iateyourbanana-She got put on the back burner for a bit while i rearrange the paint room, to make more room for, a small airbrush paintbooth. Claymore is in my to watch list
@RayzrYR- I'd like to see the stand when your done. I was thinking of cutting out the middle part on the sides with holder spots for cup holders or something. As for what's going on? Well, I may only have 6 speeds, but i shift gears alot :/ I have tons of 40k minis collected over the years and now that i have a little bit of time i want to model paint and play A friend is wanting to try it out and my son would like to learn so i said we could use my stuff. So i was getting a few different squads ready for some of the armies i have to try out.
@Meph- I really try to put as much of the models together as i can but sometimes you gotta paint em first. Speaking of all that....
So... I get a squad and Bloodletters together first. As i expected the banner guy was going to be top heavy. However it wasn't too bad so getting a counter wieght under the base wouldn't be to hard. I Hated the plastic GW kits that had metal banners. What were they thinking?! For you 40k guys i have not played a game since 3rd edition i think it was, so i got a question. Is the points cost for the instrument worth the cost? The one painted red is an experiment in Army painter dragon red. It worked great but its too bright for what i wanted to do with this set.
Primed black and basecoated dark red:
I gotta say i really like the looks of these Bloodletters over the last generations. More in a bit.
Moe
@Iateyourbanana-She got put on the back burner for a bit while i rearrange the paint room, to make more room for, a small airbrush paintbooth. Claymore is in my to watch list
@RayzrYR- I'd like to see the stand when your done. I was thinking of cutting out the middle part on the sides with holder spots for cup holders or something. As for what's going on? Well, I may only have 6 speeds, but i shift gears alot :/ I have tons of 40k minis collected over the years and now that i have a little bit of time i want to model paint and play
A friend is wanting to try it out and my son would like to learn so i said we could use my stuff. So i was getting a few different squads ready for some of the armies i have to try out.@Meph- I really try to put as much of the models together as i can but sometimes you gotta paint em first. Speaking of all that....
So... I get a squad and Bloodletters together first. As i expected the banner guy was going to be top heavy. However it wasn't too bad so getting a counter wieght under the base wouldn't be to hard. I Hated the plastic GW kits that had metal banners. What were they thinking?! For you 40k guys i have not played a game since 3rd edition i think it was, so i got a question. Is the points cost for the instrument worth the cost? The one painted red is an experiment in Army painter dragon red. It worked great but its too bright for what i wanted to do with this set.
Primed black and basecoated dark red:
I gotta say i really like the looks of these Bloodletters over the last generations. More in a bit.
Moe
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moetle
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Got a Dark vengeance set. I like it. Best set yet imho. With that said i switched gears a bit, and did up the DA squad and the deathwing guys:
Clean up was pretty easy and they put a lot of nice details into all the models. If you were to run another chapter and wanted to use these models your going to have to do a lot of cutting.
Shift again:
Shift again. Terrible pics i know but they get better later Daemonettes and since i hate the GW plague beasts and i love the FW plague toads, They shall be my "beasts" of nurgle. I think that's still allowed isnt it? Kinda scared after seeing Skel's toadwork, but these are for gaming, so i wont worry too much.
More in a bit
Moe
Clean up was pretty easy and they put a lot of nice details into all the models. If you were to run another chapter and wanted to use these models your going to have to do a lot of cutting.
Shift again:
Shift again. Terrible pics i know but they get better later
Daemonettes and since i hate the GW plague beasts and i love the FW plague toads, They shall be my "beasts" of nurgle. I think that's still allowed isnt it? Kinda scared after seeing Skel's toadwork, but these are for gaming, so i wont worry too much.
More in a bit
Moe
moetle
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Got a Dark vengeance set. I like it. Best set yet imho. With that said i switched gears a bit, and did up the DA squad and the deathwing guys:
Clean up was pretty easy and they put a lot of nice details into all the models. If you were to run another chapter and wanted to use these models your going to have to do a lot of cutting.
Shift again:
Shift again. Terrible pics i know but they get better later Daemonettes and since i hate the GW plague beasts and i love the FW plague toads, They shall be my "beasts" of nurgle. I think that's still allowed isnt it? Kinda scared after seeing Skel's toadwork, but these are for gaming, so i wont worry too much.
More in a bit
Moe
Clean up was pretty easy and they put a lot of nice details into all the models. If you were to run another chapter and wanted to use these models your going to have to do a lot of cutting.
Shift again:
Shift again. Terrible pics i know but they get better later
Daemonettes and since i hate the GW plague beasts and i love the FW plague toads, They shall be my "beasts" of nurgle. I think that's still allowed isnt it? Kinda scared after seeing Skel's toadwork, but these are for gaming, so i wont worry too much.
More in a bit
Moe
moetle
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Update again
OK, so i went back to the plague toads and they started coming out like this:
Them are some ugly effing toads. I mean, they are SUPPOSED to be ugly in character. But those are just effing horrid. I was thinking "toxic toads". I know everyone says "keep going! keep going!" but ill try it on some plague bearers. i'm starting over on these:
Now keep in mind i want them to look the same, but look different. Makes sense right? Lets see....
New base coat of deathworld forest then a heavy drybrush of nurgling green:
ok so they looked the same. Now i wanted to try something different and something familiar as well. So i liberally washed each in a different wash. Nuln, and druchii violet, and agrax. This, i figured, would let each have a slightly different appearance but still look like they were from the same family, so to speak. Also i want a nice large visual comparison right in front of me so i can see what each shades as :
I then started picking out spots here and there with some highlights:
Then it was time to start working on the teef! i want them to look rotten so i base coated them with iyanden yellow:
I then washed them with agrax. While they were drying i went over the red parts with mechrite red:
Then i washed those spots also with agrax. And picked out some red spots:
I then started highlighting up with the reds and yellows and base coated the horn areas beastial brown:
The eyes aren't started yet, just an FYI. Here are some close up picks:
I got the right reaction with the lady when she looked at them. I think i'm on the right track here.
C and C welcome
More in a bit
Moe
OK, so i went back to the plague toads and they started coming out like this:
Them are some ugly effing toads. I mean, they are SUPPOSED to be ugly in character. But those are just effing horrid. I was thinking "toxic toads". I know everyone says "keep going! keep going!" but ill try it on some plague bearers. i'm starting over on these:
Now keep in mind i want them to look the same, but look different. Makes sense right? Lets see....
New base coat of deathworld forest then a heavy drybrush of nurgling green:
ok so they looked the same. Now i wanted to try something different and something familiar as well. So i liberally washed each in a different wash. Nuln, and druchii violet, and agrax. This, i figured, would let each have a slightly different appearance but still look like they were from the same family, so to speak. Also i want a nice large visual comparison right in front of me so i can see what each shades as :
I then started picking out spots here and there with some highlights:
Then it was time to start working on the teef! i want them to look rotten so i base coated them with iyanden yellow:
I then washed them with agrax. While they were drying i went over the red parts with mechrite red:
Then i washed those spots also with agrax. And picked out some red spots:
I then started highlighting up with the reds and yellows and base coated the horn areas beastial brown:
The eyes aren't started yet, just an FYI. Here are some close up picks:
I got the right reaction with the lady when she looked at them. I think i'm on the right track here.
C and C welcome
More in a bit
Moe
Grimm Blade
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Disgusting job on the plague toads! I mean that as a compliment of course
moetle
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Thank you Grimm Blade! I am looking forward to your term conversions.
UPDATE:
NOMNOMNOM MAREEEENE!
Ahem, anyways, i grabbed some bestial brown, vomit brown and fortress grey and blended the horn parts up and the toenails:
I then grabbed the iyanden yellow and watered it down alot and painted the wart/pussbags with a few coats:
I then finished up the eyes on all three with regal blue, lightning blue, ceramite white and chaos black:
Together:
I'm calling these guys done till i finish their bases
More later
Moe
UPDATE:
NOMNOMNOM MAREEEENE!
Ahem, anyways, i grabbed some bestial brown, vomit brown and fortress grey and blended the horn parts up and the toenails:
I then grabbed the iyanden yellow and watered it down alot and painted the wart/pussbags with a few coats:
I then finished up the eyes on all three with regal blue, lightning blue, ceramite white and chaos black:
Together:
I'm calling these guys done till i finish their bases
More later
Moe
