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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: Colonel O Truth on October 22, 2012, 09:37:20 AM
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Hi, All!
I set myself a challenge by buying the worst cheap and nasty dinosaurs Toyworld could offer...
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b9FQR8bYggE/UITU6Ir3m-I/AAAAAAAABhw/GWsozmioQVQ/s400/IMG_0394.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qu_KZ9iopNs/UITVRoEoN1I/AAAAAAAABik/QOZbKEWf5Tk/s400/IMG_0408.JPG)
With a bit of luck, these will look pretty good when I'm done!
Hope you like.
More on the blog.
http://colonelotruth.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/shocking-developments.html (http://colonelotruth.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/shocking-developments.html)
http://colonelotruth.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/shocking-developments.html (http://colonelotruth.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/shocking-developments.html)
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Looks pretty good so far :)
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Sorry to hear about the spam storm. Tar-and-feathers; too good for the blighters!
Those are hardly the nastiest dino's I've seen, but even the start of conversion elevates them, as has been mentioned already.
However, I shall allow my curmudgeon-ess to come to the fore, and point out that I think the saddles should be astride the beasties haunches.
Otherwise, cracking, indeed!
Doug
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I have a few very similar dinos on my workbench to do the same thing with. althoough I plan on mounting some colonial troops on mine. Horses just don't transport well to Mars or Venus.
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Heck, they're off to a good start!
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I'm not sure I'd mix meat-eaters and plant-eaters in the same unit. There might be trouble. ;)
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I'm not sure I'd mix meat-eaters and plant-eaters in the same unit. There might be trouble. ;)
Well, if they are not on Earth they may not be mixed in dietary habit. lol
Gracias,
Glenn
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Thank you, gentlemen - and I shall take your comments under advisement...
I thought about the herbivore/carnivore thing and I did wonder... but then I thought, "What the heck? They'll look pretty." So that's that.
Anyway, many horses are cannibals. I can prove it. I read it in my sketchbook.
As for riders sitting above haunches, Doug - Yes: You're right. No: I'm not changing them. And I must apologise for the lack of rivets.
Just about ready to paint them. I only have to add the reins to three of the blighters and we're away!
More pics soon...
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I thought about the herbivore/carnivore thing and I did wonder... but then I thought, "What the heck? They'll look pretty." So that's that.
Thats really all of the justification that one needs for anything in VSF
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Thats really all of the justification that one needs for anything in VSF
As well as "It's not VSF unless the operator is actively risking his life", which I see you have also accomplished admirably.
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Sir, I salute your imagination and skill. 8)
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These fellow look great.
I wish I was better at conversions: I'd love to make some of these for myself! :-*
Slightly off topic, but I somehow missed your British flyer. It looks fantastic.!
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Blodwin - Thanks. You're too kind, Sir!
Aggro - Thank you very much. I was very pleased with the way the hydrothermicopter turned out. Haven't finished the MkII yet...
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Quick question if I may? How 'bendy' are those toys?
Looking forward to seeing paint on them :)
cheers
James
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Quick answer:
Quite bendy.
However, with their feet superglued to metal washers and using acrylic undercoat and inks, they should be fine - the colours will bend with the model.
Nearly finished colouring them...
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Here you go then...
Finished!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m4k4OjsqPgE/UJDUB32n30I/AAAAAAAABls/DDmylsyrP0Y/s400/IMG_0471.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s-XpiHJYuS0/UJDT7Rl307I/AAAAAAAABk8/LJmnRHkvR8w/s400/IMG_0440.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dU7fRAvBC5E/UJDT_6sMpXI/AAAAAAAABlc/puPI_Z8RLGc/s400/IMG_0445.JPG)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XRikIjYRj4c/UJDT-vt8wKI/AAAAAAAABlU/DQfLkC-UU70/s400/IMG_0444.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RkdOE0VDqhc/UJDT9p1emxI/AAAAAAAABlM/xFAlr4M8Xwo/s400/IMG_0442.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eckvWFqPsIU/UJDT8J-ZVZI/AAAAAAAABlE/It1eBz11cTw/s400/IMG_0441.JPG)
More on the blog...
http://colonelotruth.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/keepin-it-snappy.html?showComment=1351671726062#c8263359793735867677 (http://colonelotruth.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/keepin-it-snappy.html?showComment=1351671726062#c8263359793735867677)
Hope you like!
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Corkers, every one! And the group shot only enhances the insanity.
As for the unit's nom de guerre... How droll, yet apropos! ;)
Doug
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You made it work man, you made it work! Well done!
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Well done they look sweet!
I'd love to steal the idea, but I don't think I'm capable of sculpting all of the lovely riding gear!
:-*
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Very nice :)
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Thanks, folks!
Now... On to the next project...
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Very nice! Like the colour choice, gives a kind of dinotopia vibe.
FFF
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FFF - thank you.
Yes - Dinotopia was definitely an influence. I love James Gurney's work!
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Hey Col,
So if i read correctly, the saddle blankets and reins were brass-foil and the "muzzles" were greenstuff?
As for brass-foil and anyone who wanted to use such a material, is there a minimum thickness, or brand or whatnot to look for? :-)
Grimm
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Hi Grimnar
You read correctly.
I get my brass foil from tubes of tomato puree. It's great stuff to work with, doesn't tear easily and holds its shape. (The foil, that is - the tomato puree is a bit gloopy for model-making.)
I cook a lot of chilli, curry and Italian food, so I get through a bit...
Just squeeze out the puree into a container, cut the ends off the tube and split it open with a knife. Once washed, it can be easily flattened out into a sheet. I sort of 'scrape' it smooth with a metal ruler - a technique which would destroy other materials.
Hope that helps.
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I'd forgotten you'd mentioned this before; haven't seen such containers/tubes in these parts. Might find it in Baltimore, of course. Lot's of old world charm, don't you know... lol
Sounds relatively thick, yet pliable. Impressive. And, as I said, not here... ;)
Doug
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I get my medical ointment in a metal based tube. I wonder if it is the same. I'll have to give it a try when I finish of my current tube.