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Originally Posted By CTM1: Everyone knows the speed of a Samurai with his katana trumps the brute force of the Viking with his longsword. View Quote Sir, with love and kindness I must request that you… Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Kingdead: Nice job. If you wanna make more grass, I HIGHLY recommend investing in a static electricity grass applicator. Basically you spray PVA glue onto your surface and shake a hopper with your grass blades over it. There is a 9V battery that makes the grass stand up as you shake it and it dries in place. You can get extremely realistic looking grass with it. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/346870/61Zj-ALz2-L__AC_UF894_1000_QL80__jpg-3197020.JPG And yea nice job with the resin pour. The characters are well positioned (they don't look like they are drowning) and the edges are clear with minimal bubbles. View Quote Oooh - very cool. I bought some grass like that, but couldn't figure out how to get it to stand up, so I went with the simpler stuff. Thanks!! |
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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WOW ------ That's sweet ------ the artistic detail is killer...!!!
The joker in me would have hid a couple of "original Away Team members" observing the goings-on... |
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"Ammo will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no ammo..."
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It looks like the Cherry Blossoms are in full bloom.
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Look, when I woke up this morning I had no plans to be sexy, but shit happens!
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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Pretty sweet!
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that looks like many meditative nights of work, whisky, and soothing music.
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Originally Posted By sirensong: that looks like many meditative nights of work, whisky, and soothing music. View Quote Exactly. I might do this every winter. Make some pipes ahead of time to build up inventory, and then put away all of the pipe tools and equipment, and spend 3-4 months making a diorama. It was a very nice project, and was very relaxing and satisfying. |
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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Nice job OP. I used to do this for tabletop gaming but I have to admit I liked painting the miniatures and making the landscape more than actually playing the game
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Fantastic job.
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Originally Posted By BoneB1B: Originally Posted By M1Zeppelin: You should sneak in an Easter egg of some kind. Like a single Warhammer figure or something. Edit: I figured it out. A Darth Vader figure painted like a samurai. Godzilla I did briefly briefly search for a 1/72 Godzilla figure ... but decided to stick with the original plan. |
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Ironically, the resin pour is the part I am LEAST happy with, and I feel like my impatience really screwed it up. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Originally Posted By guns762: I'm still in awe of how well your resin pour went and how ot turned out. Really cool. Ironically, the resin pour is the part I am LEAST happy with, and I feel like my impatience really screwed it up. I thought it looked good, I liked the waterfall especially. I was thinking about the anxiety I would have pouring the resin over all that detail work. |
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: I thought about buying a Gundam or Robotech model and having it almost complete underground, with just a couple of tiny exposed pieces almost covered in dirt/grass. But then I realized how much models like that cost. As a little bit of frivolity, I did make some surfing Vikings (because that was a joke among guns762's students). But I didn't glue them down, so they are not part of the final model. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1715/PXL_20240302_225948968-3147355.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1715/PXL_20240302_225653162-3147356.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1715/PXL_20240302_225611519-3147357.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Originally Posted By Noname: The joker in me would have hid a couple of "original Away Team members" observing the goings-on... I thought about buying a Gundam or Robotech model and having it almost complete underground, with just a couple of tiny exposed pieces almost covered in dirt/grass. But then I realized how much models like that cost. As a little bit of frivolity, I did make some surfing Vikings (because that was a joke among guns762's students). But I didn't glue them down, so they are not part of the final model. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1715/PXL_20240302_225948968-3147355.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1715/PXL_20240302_225653162-3147356.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1715/PXL_20240302_225611519-3147357.jpg How about some Kaiju lurking below the surface? |
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"The villainy you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction"
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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Originally Posted By beitodesstrafe: Lololol! That is awesome. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/138374/4L3oPIo-3196935.jpg View Quote Attached File |
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Excellent work! DK, you are truly a Rennaissance man...
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Another old guy
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Nice!
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You're not the board darling you think you are.
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Maybe next year, it could be Vikings and Samurai putting aside their differences to fight a common Kaiju enemy! It would be like an inspirational Hallmark movie. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Originally Posted By cyclone: How about some Kaiju lurking below the surface? Maybe next year, it could be Vikings and Samurai putting aside their differences to fight a common Kaiju enemy! It would be like an inspirational Hallmark movie. An ancient Pacific Rim |
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"The villainy you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction"
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Where is the goose?
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Death to quislings.
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That’s pretty sweet
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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Wow! That's awesome bro 👏
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"We're from the department of justice and we're here to adjust the beds. This is our consultant Mr. Roy"
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Very cool. I want to watch that as a movie.
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I don't know how this works, but I nominate Joker and Fluffy for arfcom sainthood.
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That is really cool!
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: I wish I had thought of that! What a great idea. No no, they absolutely have archers. There are a handful of them at top of the dirt trail, shooting down. ETA: These guys: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1715/PXL_20240408_161424000_kindlephoto-87632-3197025.jpg View Quote Wow! I missed the details! I need reader glasses haha. So damn cool. I love the layout of the battle. |
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: I did briefly briefly search for a 1/72 Godzilla figure ... but decided to stick with the original plan. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Originally Posted By BoneB1B: Originally Posted By M1Zeppelin: You should sneak in an Easter egg of some kind. Like a single Warhammer figure or something. Edit: I figured it out. A Darth Vader figure painted like a samurai. Godzilla I did briefly briefly search for a 1/72 Godzilla figure ... but decided to stick with the original plan. The arm of the Statue of Liberty sticking out of the sand. |
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Nice work! The new style speed paints (aka contrast paint) are really great for painting minis. I use the Army Painter Speed paint 2.0 on my toy soldiers.
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SgtAR15 approves!
J/k nice job. |
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Originally Posted By CTM1: Very impressive. Can't say I have ever seen a movie where Vikings battle Samurai. Perhaps there is the makings of a script here. "Some nerds might be curious (or argue) about which of them were better warriors, or whether a Viking longsword is "better" than a Samurai katana, and other silly dorky arguments." Sir, you are student of steel so the fact that you are mocking men who would debate what steel and tactics are better is deeply troubling. The Riddle of Steel is not something to be mocked or trivialized. Everyone knows the speed of a Samurai with his katana trumps the brute force of the Viking with his longsword. View Quote Vikings didn't use longswords. |
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Needs a Mariko figure. Perhaps attempting to distract the Vikings by bathing in the surf. I'm going to my bunk.
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Originally Posted By beitodesstrafe: Having fun with AI https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/138374/_f8af529d-c13d-4ad2-b81f-5b6e4470a561-3197521.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/138374/_a479aa51-6416-4b79-b0e1-b7c01139a86f-3197520.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/138374/_3701601b-8f07-4c92-8953-2fc0697d4224-3197519.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/138374/_c6e81cc1-51fc-4c1b-9660-343bd4226ac7-3197518.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/138374/_868c0f4f-75c9-424d-bd05-5b082df8868f-3197517.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/138374/_5eff2ece-5d91-4488-bec3-3e6dc5b5295f-3197516.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/138374/_85c40bb6-0fd7-48f0-bfdc-f5b9913699c2-3197515.jpg View Quote Awesome! |
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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You need a hobby.
Oh, wait... That's really cool looking. I especially like the underwater aspect. Are sharks common in those waters? It amazes me the stuff people can build and create when given the time and resources. I met a guy who is building a scale model of the trains and coal mines in the area that operated in the 50's. Really neat what he's doing. He bought and restored an old mine worker bunkhouse and has his workshop in one of the units. |
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Originally Posted By Jambalaya: That's really cool looking. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Thanks! I especially like the underwater aspect. Are sharks common in those waters? I have no idea! The one on the right is a Great White, and the one on the left is an Oceanic Whitetip. I just looked it up, and apparently Japan is within the Great White range, but not so much for Oceanic Whitetips. ETA: From now on, I'll just tell people they are BOTH Great White sharks! |
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Thanks! I have no idea! The one on the right is a Great White, and the one on the left is an Oceanic Whitetip. I just looked it up, and apparently Japan is within the Great White range, but not so much for Oceanic Whitetips. ETA: From now on, I'll just tell people they are BOTH Great White sharks! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Originally Posted By Jambalaya: That's really cool looking. Thanks! I especially like the underwater aspect. Are sharks common in those waters? I have no idea! The one on the right is a Great White, and the one on the left is an Oceanic Whitetip. I just looked it up, and apparently Japan is within the Great White range, but not so much for Oceanic Whitetips. ETA: From now on, I'll just tell people they are BOTH Great White sharks! Maybe in your upcoming diorama of the OTHER side of the island, there is a wrecked Samurai boat, with vegetation suggesting an island in the Oceanic Whitetip range. |
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Death to quislings.
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Neat
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Not fly enough to be halal....
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War between cherry blossom and Norway spruce?
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Fujobi Hamp! (F Joe Biden, He ain't my president!)
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Originally Posted By DefMan: War between cherry blossom and Norway spruce? View Quote If I do another one next year, maybe it could be a Japanese ship that is shipwrecked in a Norwegian fjord! Although I am not sure Japan had good blue-water ocean going vessels. I mean, obviously a Viking longship never actually made it to Japan, but in theory one could have. I am not sure the Japanese had vessels that could have made it to Scandinavia. ... but that may also be a silly thing to worry about when making an entirely fictional diorama. ETA: Although this might work, and it is 1/72 scale. https://www.japan-wooden-model-kits-zootoyz.shop/contents/en-us/p1660_Japanese-style-ship-HIGAKIKAISEN-Structure-reproduction-Wooden-Model-Kits-by-Woody-JOE.html |
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: If I do another one next year, maybe it could be a Japanese ship that is shipwrecked in a Norwegian fjord! Although I am not sure Japan had good blue-water ocean going vessels. I mean, obviously a Viking longship never actually made it to Japan, but in theory one could have. I am not sure the Japanese had vessels that could have made it to Scandinavia. ... but that may also be a silly thing to worry about when making an entirely fictional diorama. View Quote What if the Japans are pissed about the Vikings so they force the survivors to fix the ship and take them back to where they came from? |
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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Originally Posted By beitodesstrafe: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/09/5f/eb/095feb5e07b2f3ee711260e3f649d822.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By beitodesstrafe: Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Originally Posted By Notcalifornialegal: What if the Japans are pissed about the Vikings so they force the survivors to fix the ship and take them back to where they came from? Or, they could ride on the back of Godzilla! https://i.pinimg.com/736x/09/5f/eb/095feb5e07b2f3ee711260e3f649d822.jpg |
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Now that's pretty awesome!!
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Though I walk thru the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil .... because my brother is the shooting sonofabitch on over watch ,and will smiteth the fucketh out of whatever threateneth me.
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