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Offline vodkafan

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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2115 on: May 12, 2024, 09:56:39 AM »
Inspiring stuff! Buzz and Woody I can take or leave but the downed drone and the car are awesome!
I am going to build a wargames army, a big beautiful wargames army, and Mexico is going to pay for it.

2019 Painting Challenge :
figures bought: 500+
figures painted: 57
9 vehicles painted
4 terrain pieces scratchbuilt

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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2116 on: May 12, 2024, 10:24:51 AM »
Ta, James.

Offline Luigi

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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2117 on: May 12, 2024, 03:07:55 PM »
Fantastic work on the car, 8 year old me would have committed terrorism for something half as cool.

How do you take the car apart  without breaking the bottom plastic half?

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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2118 on: May 12, 2024, 05:11:24 PM »
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How do you take the car apart  without breaking the bottom plastic half?

It was held together with three screws, so, was easy to disassemble.
The surplus to requirement bits all went into the stock of 'really interesting gubbins'.

Offline Westbury

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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2119 on: May 12, 2024, 10:11:28 PM »
Very inventive Pete.

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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2120 on: May 13, 2024, 06:52:04 AM »
Thanks Ian.

Today I have used up three cast Lord of the Rings figures.
They have been sitting on the Shelves of Shame for a long time.
Originally from a Chess set I believe.
Now repurposed as giant statues, one 'Good' one 'Bad' & one fallen (Ugly ?).

Offline syrinx0

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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2121 on: May 14, 2024, 01:50:45 AM »
Great looking statues.  Rather nice & creative backgrounds too.
Painted:  2024: 170; 2023: 37; 2022: 56

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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2122 on: May 14, 2024, 07:05:28 AM »
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Great looking statues.  Rather nice & creative backgrounds too.

Thanks Syrinx0.
The backgrounds are (very) old Sci-Fi Posters that I found last year in the
(never ending) tidy up.

also found an odd Sci-Fi Alien, so painted him up.

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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2123 on: May 15, 2024, 07:07:52 AM »
At a recent Diecast toy fair I picked up (along with a lot of other bits)
some key-rings with space-ships. Only a pound each!

Took the space-ships off the key-rings, gave them a dark wash, then a dry-brush.
Stuck them onto some spare flight bases & here they are.

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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2124 on: May 15, 2024, 08:27:51 AM »
Those LOTR statues worked great and the key ring ships were a great find. 
A bottle of scotch and two aspirin a day will greatly reduce your awareness of heart disease.
"Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference"... Mark Twain
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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2125 on: May 15, 2024, 11:50:46 AM »
Thanks Snitchy.

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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2126 on: May 17, 2024, 06:41:13 AM »
Guys, if you get a chance, head over to the link below, see the entries & vote.
Hopefully for my entry, or failing that the good ones. lol

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https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=145456.0


& today I have another base for my Tudors.
Vodkafan gave me some cannons (the type you get in castle giftshops).
The barrel, wheels & front half of the carriage are all lovely, but the back
end... :o Plus the wheels are wobbly & the cast lines ugly. I put these right
then added two spare Hinchcliffe Landsknechts as German mercenary crew.
Hope you like it.

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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2127 on: May 18, 2024, 01:49:07 PM »
Picked up two AFVs off Ebay. One I wanted, the other...not.
Not wanted was a pull-back friction Pz IV.
I took it apart, removed the gubbins, reassembled it then gave it a tart up.
Now ready to go back on Ebay.

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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2128 on: May 18, 2024, 10:40:28 PM »
Very nice.
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Offline syrinx0

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Re: Stuf Wot I Dun
« Reply #2129 on: May 19, 2024, 02:35:51 AM »
That tarted up nicely.