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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Steam Flunky on March 08, 2017, 07:03:30 PM
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Decided it was time to take a few photos of old 40k stuff. I think the last 40k miniatures i bought were a box of Kroot in 2001 so most of these will probably be older.
Warfare on a desert planet
My setting is Torq XLII, a desert mining world where many squats fled to after their homeworlds were invaded by tyranids. Around the same time a badly damaged eldar craftworld carried out a "controlled" crash landing on the planet stranding the survivors. Although the eldar and squats often trade peacefully with each other, the arrogance of the eldar and the squats pride and their ability to hold a grudge often leads to conflict.
Also on the planet is a small Kroot colony and a few imperial guard units such as the Ratlings in the first photos here below.
These photos are my first attempts to work with Photoshop (Photoshop Elements 11). Up to now i have only edited size and lighting on my photos with Photoscape, a free internet software download. My other photos are on a couple of threads on the fantasy board or here - http://steamflunky.deviantart.com/gallery/
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these are Fantastic photos....thanks for sharing!
Cheers,
Blue
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Love stuff like this. I wish Lead Adventure would put together a yearly album of the best paintjobs and best photos like this and sell it...what a great coffee table book it would make.
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Excellent photos, dude! Thank you for posting them.
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Great photos!
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They look very cool. I must upskill in that sort of thing.
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Very nice - I like the choice of troops too.
8) 8) 8)
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really really marvelous pictures :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Really awesome pictures. nice.
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Very evocative. And if this is you just startig out in this medium it's only going to get better.
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Very nice!
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Thanks all.
Nice weather at last here in NW germany today so i will try to take a few photos outside where i can get some REAL fire and smoke into the pics. No idea if that will make the photos better but i remember as a kid how much fun it was to burn and blow up old model tanks and buildings :D and i dont think i have changed much.
If i know me, i will probably have no eyebrows left by this evening lol
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Safety first, for god's sake lol
Great photos, this is realism!
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Really great pics. I love those old rattling sculpts. I would love to see some tanks in the next set of pics :)
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Really great pics. I love those old rattling sculpts. I would love to see some tanks in the next set of pics
Thanks.
There are no tanks in the next set of photos but i will try to find some time soon to take some more with tanks. Unfortuanately i only have 3 tanks so there so i dont have much to choose from.
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Looks lovely, subscribed. I love the north Africa WW2 vibe that you've got going on.
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Kroot Raiding Party
A Kroot warband wipes out a trading settlement on Torq XLII.
The moral of this picture is don't be stupid and invite Kroot to a party!
Effects done with Photoshop Elements 11.
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Serves the Ratlings right for posting the invite on Facebook.
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Great shot!
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love the pics and the realistic battle details!!!!
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Kroot Raiding Party
A Kroot warband wipes out a trading settlement on Torq XLII.
The moral of this picture is don't be stupid and invite Kroot to a party!
Effects done with Photoshop Elements 11.
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They're like frat boys.... always wrecking things.
Awesome pictures!
Did you use any specific brushes for all of the smoke and fire effects?
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Great stuff :-*
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Did you use any specific brushes for all of the smoke and fire effects?
Yes, i use various brushes that i have often found here - https://www.brusheezy.com/ (mainly for light smoke, mist and lightning).
The big explosions and dust clouds are pictures from the net (just google explosion) that i edit until they fit the photo.
As i started playing around with photoshop elements for the 1st time a couple of weeks ago i tried to write down where the brushes came from so i could link to them. Unfortunatly since 90% of the brushes either did not work on PSE 11 or just were not very good, i downloaded everything i could until i found some good ones that actually worked. By then of course, i could not remember where i found most of them.
Edit: Found some good explosions and fire here - http://www.psd-dude.com/
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Wow, very very cool.
Love the photos.
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Serves the Ratlings right for posting the invite on Facebook.
lol
Squat Artillery
Squats on Torq VLII in battle with Eldar from craftworld N'kila.
Old Games Workshop squat miniatures.
Effects done with Photoshop Elements 11.
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Squats :-*
Nice paint and nice background / context :)
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Very cool, love them old stunties. I only have two myself :(
Good stuff
Glen
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These pics are a joy
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Really enjoying these. Any plans for pics of tanks or vehicles in the future?
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Really enjoying these. Any plans for pics of tanks or vehicles in the future?
Thanks.
Just took a tank photo and i am working on it at the moment. Unfortunately i only have a couple of tanks so it will get boring if i use them too often.
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Armoured Advance
Squat mining colony Rhino's (or Rhino and Predator?) in the thick of the action.
Old 40k vehicles.
Effects done with Photoshop Elements 11.
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Excellent, can I post some of these on my 2nd Ed. 40K blog for inspiration?
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Awesome! Great looking classics and the special effects make them even better!
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Always nice to see these old models, and the conversions that you've done are very in keeping with my memories of similar things back in the day! ;)
I rather like the PS effects too, very well done. :)
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Excellent, can I post some of these on my 2nd Ed. 40K blog for inspiration?
No problem (a link to my Deviantart page where i post all my photos would be nice - http://steamflunky.deviantart.com/ )
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Here ya go Flunky,
http://projectanvil.blogspot.com/
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Here ya go Flunky,
http://projectanvil.blogspot.com/
Thanks, i'm honoured!
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Confused Kroot
Had this idea a couple of days ago and could not get it out of my head :D
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Really lovely stuff, especially the squats in the desert with sunglasses. They look like military contractors.
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Here we stand!
A turning point in the history of craftworld N'kila Eldar stranded on Torq XLII. During the Battle of Gungen Pass, a unit of warriors led by Prince Finladon defended the flank of the line against waves of attacks by mining colony Squats long enough for reinforcments to arrive. This saved the downed craftworld from distruction and therefore gave the Eldar a chance to survive on the planet.
Older 40k Eldar miniatures.
Effects done with Photoshop Elements 11.
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Love it 8) 8) 8)
There's a special kind of RT vibe going on there :D
cheers
James
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Yep, that's masterful!
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Why does the Farseer have a bag on their head? Butter face?
Edit: Ah, I see the faceplate now looking far right. Still like the idea of Eldar bagging their Farseer though. :D
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The kroot look good with earthy tones.
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Thanks all.
Why does the Farseer have a bag on their head? Butter face?
Edit: Ah, I see the faceplate now looking far right. Still like the idea of Eldar bagging their Farseer though. :D
Around 15 or 20 years ago before Dark Eldar existed i collected eldar miniatures wearing robes and painted and converted some more with greenstuff hoods to make them fit in with this "Dark Eldar" look, hence the "bag". After dark eldar were released i repainted them in desert colours.
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Great paintjobs, and your photoshop skills are nothing to scoff at either!
I really like the idea of creating a world to serve as background fluff for a multitude of forces you assemble.
Back when the Bolter and Chainsword forum was my regular haunt, I started doing the same. I wrote fluff for an out of the way Agri world, recently cut off from the rest of the Imperium by warp storms, called Vorten's Gem.
An Imperial Navy convoy, with its contingent of remnants of several Guard regiments was trapped there, so they settled on-planet. There was a saint's shrine in the ruins of it's only large city, guarded by a small Sisters order, an Arbites precinct, Eldar scouts were secretly searching the planet for a lost relic, a Genestealer Cult was slowly plotting to convert the dwindling human population and Dark Eldar irregularly raided the system . Also there was a Necron tomb on the moon of one of the gas giants in the system, and an Adeptus Mechanicus listening post on another. There might even have been something chaotic to be found elsewhere in the system.
This enabled me to give all of my (fledling) armies to have a background of my own making.
I just like world building I suppose. The entire idea of creating your own background world though, was published in White Dwarf back when Fat Bloke was still running the show. Now if only I could remember the issue number (because like heck I'm going to read thorugh hundreds of issues just to find this one little article... lol )
Please keep up your work; it's very inspirational. I abandoned 40K many years ago, but the setting has always held an attraction. And with the now available new Shadow Wars rule book, I can see myself revisiting this long forgotten project and revive it. If only because of the great example you've set! 8)
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You missed out the orks daeothar lol
That's what I liked about the rogue trader /early edition 40k the background fluff.
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Back when the Bolter and Chainsword forum was my regular haunt, I started doing the same. I wrote fluff for an out of the way Agri world, recently cut off from the rest of the Imperium by warp storms, called Vorten's Gem.
An Imperial Navy convoy, with its contingent of remnants of several Guard regiments was trapped there, so they settled on-planet. There was a saint's shrine in the ruins of it's only large city, guarded by a small Sisters order, an Arbites precinct, Eldar scouts were secretly searching the planet for a lost relic, a Genestealer Cult was slowly plotting to convert the dwindling human population and Dark Eldar irregularly raided the system . Also there was a Necron tomb on the moon of one of the gas giants in the system, and an Adeptus Mechanicus listening post on another. There might even have been something chaotic to be found elsewhere in the system.
This enabled me to give all of my (fledling) armies to have a background of my own making.
I just like world building I suppose. The entire idea of creating your own background world though, was published in White Dwarf back when Fat Bloke was still running the show. Now if only I could remember the issue number (because like heck I'm going to read thorugh hundreds of issues just to find this one little article... lol )
Just the same as i am doing. Great fun isn't it.
World building started for me after i bought Dungeons and Dragons in 1978. At that time there were very few modules and as i had very little money i could not afford them anyway, so i spent most my time creating worlds with loads of maps and background.
I have also used the "cut off from the rest of the Imperium by warp storms" trick for planet Torq XLII to keep things smaller and in control.
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Rippers!
Eldar and kroot are not the only dangers on Torq XLII for the squats. Packs of rippers can strip a man to the bone within a miniute.
Old 40k squat miniatures.
Effects done with Photoshop Elements 11.
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Lovely atmospheric photos.
Hahaha are those 10mm dinosaurs? Magister Militum? I use some as 'giant lizards' myself.
I spotted those converted crests on your Eldar shuriken guardians - so cool! I really liked those models, even though they were just plug ins :)
Keep up the great work.
Ragsta
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This is bloody brilliant! It has given me plenty of inspiration too! Thanks very much!
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Thanks a lot.
Lovely atmospheric photos.
Hahaha are those 10mm dinosaurs? Magister Militum? I use some as 'giant lizards' myself.
Hi Ragsta, as far as i can remember they 28mm miniatures from HLBS - http://www.hlbs.co.uk/product.php?id=767
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Firefight
A kroot MG in the middle of a firefight on Torq XLII.
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Very nice use of the effects to frame the image you've created.
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Awesome painting and photos. I always preferred the kroot to the Tau, loving the kroot machinegun perfectly fits the kroot technology level :)
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A squat mole mortar battery in action during the Battle of Trader Town on the mining planet Torq XLII.
I still love these old squat models from GW (well, at least the regular Imperial Guard types - not the bikers)
Effects done with Photoshop Elements 11.
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Glorious... You should do Osprey styled booklet about the campaign with those photos :>
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Glorious... You should do Osprey styled booklet about the campaign with those photos :>
Thanks. I dont expect that to happen but it is fun to think about!
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Yeah, this stuff is gold. :D
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Lovely models and atmospheric photography. Looks like it's out of a Forge World book.
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I just love this thread.
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Your pictures are fantastic. I agree with a previous comment they look like they were out of a Forgeworld book.
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Squats advancing
A squat unit advances during the battle of Trader Town on the mining planet Torq XLII.
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Awesome as ever, you should do a book with scenarios in it
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Excellent, the original Rhino hull brings back memories.
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This thread is possibly the greatest thing on the internet.
It must be fun selecting which poses go where in the photos. Makes you think about what each mini is doing.
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stunning indeed
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High time i revived this thread and i here proudly present the WIP on my Aviodanar, a birdlike race native to planet Torq XLII.
Decide to do some kitbashing with the little i have. Since i have only bought 2 things from games workshop in the last 20 years ( 1 box of kroot and 1 box of warcry chaotic beasts) it was not difficult to decide what to use.
I bought the warcry box for the furies that i need for my fantasy bronze age thread - https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=125281.0 - ,so i had the raptoryx left over. With their heads on kroot bodies i found something i liked straight away.
The robes are tissues soaked in paint and pva glue and the plumes are from some sort of vegatation from some deco shop.
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Whoa, those look a bit like Skeksis (Dark Crystal), but cooler!
Dan
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Great kit bashing 8)
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Liking the kit-bashed aliens.
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A heated discussion between 2 aviodanar and an adventurer in Trader Town on the mining planet Torq XLII.
The Aviodanar from planet Torq XLII are a race that have evolved from birds. Although they are OK to get on with, other races avoid them as at first light of day just before the sun comes up, they still join in the dawn chorus just as their ancestors did and make such a bloody racket that it gets on everyone else's nerves.
The adventurer is from Hasslefree miniatures.
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Superb. Love those aquiline characters, lovely conversions.
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Agreed, most excellent conversions.
I am getting from them the vibe of the bird baddies from the Dark Crystal, but as of typing this I have no idea as to what they were called?
I love the fact that they are sinister to look at, but actually quite friendly, if noisy ;) lol
Glen
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I love these photos! :-* Very evocotive of the Rogue Trader era!......and 80's action movies for some reason!
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Very impressive conversions. The photography is outstanding. :-*
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Great work, very inspiring.
Thanks for posting these.
Whoa, those look a bit like Skeksis (Dark Crystal), but cooler!
That's exactly what I thought when I saw these!
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Very nice
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Great thread. Ditto on the Dark Crystal vibe (which is a good thing by the way!)
Lovely minis, great paintjobs, fantastic backdrops, brilliantly composed and the special effects don't overwhelm the models but add to them. A+ all round.
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Cracking shots 8)
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Just joining in with the general gushing, brilliant work.
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Thanks all for the compliments. Motivates me do do more.
Here is the WIP on the next 2 aviodanar. I cut the kroot bodies apart and glued them in new positions. Luckily i could cover all joints with the tissue paper (soaked in paint and pva glue) so clever greenstuff work was not necessary.
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Love 'em 8)
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The Aviodanar are inspired, I want to bit of the brain that allows these brilliant kitbashes to be identified!
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Love those Aviadanar!
GW are making some great kits these days, but it takes creative kitbashers like you sir, to really them shine :)
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Thanks for the comments. I can see the Skeksis resemblance and as a big Brian Froud fan i see that as a compliment (i even liked the Dark Crystal series from Netflix :D)
Well, here are the next two painted.
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Very cool 8)
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absolutely fecking, smeggin stunning :-* :-* :-*
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Brilliant work!
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Whoa. These are great!
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I absolutely love this. I wish actual 40K still had this kind of character and atmosphere, as opposed to the lifeless, generic dump it took a while back. I cleared out most of my GW stuff other than the board games like Space Hulk and my custom Tru Scale Marines.
I also love old school 40K projects too. I just finished converting a Rogue Trader Dreadnought into a custom Robot for Blackstone Fortress a few months ago, as well as some plastic Squats I'd had lying around forever.
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Really cool I’m loving these conversions!
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The first four aviodanar together.
I am working on two more at the moment, including a leader figure.
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Pure genius! I love it. Great kitbashing, great painting, great backdrop, great photography.
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Man I love those creatures. So cool!
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Those looks great. The dead skeleton terrain looks great as well.
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Very nice indeed :-*
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Some more photos of my Eldar miniatures. These were taken last summer on the beach in Mallorca :D
I was lucky to get Saturn in the photo. It is only this close to Mallorca every 32 years!
Old school Eldar
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I've just discovered your thread. One word: great ! :-*
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Taking a picture on Mallorca with the sun was simply an awesome idea! That looks absolutely stunning!!!🤩
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I've just discovered your thread.
Me too, this is magnificent, love it all!
I’ve been planning the same colour palette for my oldhammer Eldar… if they ever get near the top of the pile :'(. Yours look absolutely awesome! :-*
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Very nice, the aviodanar in particular! :)
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I missed the 2020 updates somehow, but I stand by what I said in 2017: this thread is the greatest thing on the internet. Saturn being involved only confirms that.
The new conversions are fantastic btw. Really great idea!
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More time than money at the moment so i made some buildings to sell, but i obviuosly have to take some photos before they are gone.
They are here - https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=139917.0
Wasteland Squats
Lovely old-school GW squats from the 1990's.
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Outstanding - a delight to behold.
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I love those desert squats. The colour palette makes them look much less cartoony than you often see.
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Excellent 8)
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I love those desert squats. The colour palette makes them look much less cartoony than you often see.
Plus the Squats look like they would actually FIT inside the APC!
Unlike Space Marines. lol lol lol
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:o
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Lovely squats; lovely conversions; lovely photography. Can you still get Bob Ollie squats or did his new company stop selling?
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Great photos :)
Saw the one with the exo-armor on Instagram, cool to see the rest.
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Wow those Aviodanar are very cool! Will you have to buy another Chaotic Beasts box to get enough heads? I wasn't familiar with that set and it seems skimpy on the number of spare parts you get (most of my familiarity with GW plastics is from 15 years ago).
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Lovely squats; lovely conversions; lovely photography. Can you still get Bob Ollie squats or did his new company stop selling?
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I am afraid i dont know. These are all GW squats from the 1990s
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Wow those Aviodanar are very cool! Will you have to buy another Chaotic Beasts box to get enough heads? I wasn't familiar with that set and it seems skimpy on the number of spare parts you get (most of my familiarity with GW plastics is from 15 years ago).
Not a lot of spare parts, but i iked the set anyway.
I am buying hardly anything at the moment as i have very little time to paint them (real life issues, new job, moved to other country etc)
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Some more oldhammer.
If i remember rightly, these were GW's old chaos hounds.
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Wow, lovely stuff! :-*
The hounds are Scylla, who's a Khorne chaos spawn character (released in 4th/5th edition IIRC).
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Have just ‘found’ this thread: it is a joy. :-*
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Very nicely done, those hounds look great.
I am much taken by the images of Eldar fighting chaos hounds round the back of Bradford rail freight depot.
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So cool 8)
Love the way the background/drop fades off into the distance.
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Just found this thread and I am quite happy to have! Great pictures and the mood they set is nice! :)
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Very cool photos and a great collection of figures.
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Eat laser beams, spawn of chaos! ;)
As others have said: a really great set piece.