Hey Mathew, that millenium falcon is AWESOME, got to dig out that cutaway falcon that i have stashed away after seeing that one, cheers for sharing. Greg
Good pics and great models Matt!!
Ok Dave, Lawrence, where are yours?? Common, now. There’s a tread that tells you how to post the pics…let’s see…here it is…
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4462
[;)][:D] just ask if you need more help [}:)] [:D]
Eric
Great stuff - Matt
That beemer looks like it’s on a showroom floor some where.
Cool stuff indeed, Matt… Long live the original SW trilogy!
I’m glad you like it!
LightSheet comes in blue and white, and is actually much brighter and more vibrant than it appears in the photos. I haven’t tried it yet, but from what I hear you can put translucent “gel” filters over the white sheet to make almost any color. It’s essentially a thin (about .020"), flexible sheet of plastic that glows like neon.
And best of all, the folks at LightSheet are modelers, so they make several pre-packaged sets for popluar models. They offer a set for the Falcon, the Shuttle Tyderium, and several of the most-recent Star Trek Enterprises.
Great stuff.
Matt @ FSM
Lawrence recently built the T-34 for a weekend project. You can find it here:
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/article.aspx?aID=1221
As for myself, well…uhm…see it’s like this…the dog ate it. [;)]
Seriously, it seems I have a problem completing kits. I usually get stuck on the painting. I have so many models at various stages of painting, but none finished.
I took a couple of pictures last night, but they turned out too dark. It’s been awhile since I used our digital camera and I forgot how touchy it was with lighting. I’ll have to try it again tonight.
We saw Lawrence’s T-34 in the magazine, but we want to see some “personal” models as well.
As for you Dave, no excuses [:p] We would like to see what you’ve done so far though. Try again with the camera and show us what you got!! [:D]
Eric
Lawrences T-34 wasn’t shown here in the forums … where it counts !!! And we know he does more, so “show us your stuff Lawrence”.
David, David, David … more excuses than a …
Figure that camera out and show us your stuff !!! And don’t forget to get a couple of pics of the wife’s NASCAR models too.
I have a ton of gray sprues. All washed and organized. Their miniatures which is more about quantity over quality. To get them all painted up to play Warhammer, it’s more like an assembly line. But it’s difficult to get into that mentality. I tend to take my time on each piece. After a couple of hours I look at what I have done and then look at the 20 other similiar pieces and get depressed. And that’s just for a single regiment. There’s more needed to complete the army.
Can’t let you all get away so easy now can I !!! [:-,]
Alright Dave, I’m begining to think you’re just a computer geek who CLAIMS to build models and paint warhammer figures. [;)] [:D]
Or is it you’re not sure how to post them and too embarrased to admit it???[}:)] [:-,][:D]
Eric
Alrighty…if I don’t post something you won’t stop. [}:)]
Here’s a pic of a group of Archers my wife has painted. She won’t do the eyes tho’.
Here’s a pic of a group of Skinks (little lizardmen) I’ve made some progress on, but just can’t seem to finish.
The leader’s sword isn’t finished, along with some other finer details. The bases on both groups need to be finished off. Have yet to decide how I want to do it.
I didn’t have the best of lighting so I apologize for the pics. I was in the basement with an overhead light, a lamp with a 40watt Reveal bulb and a tiny bit of sunlight. It’s hard to get good lighting in the “dungeon”. [;)]
[:)]
You’re off to a flying start with your “Skinks” Dave and your wife’s archers look great.
Thanks for sharing.
Now where’s Lawrence … didn’t he get the memo !!!
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I’m lovin’ it…
More pics!
[:D] [:D] [:D] [:D] 'Bout time Dave!! [;)]
Those look really good so far and so do your wifes. The lighting’s not too bad on those pics either though they could be a little bigger ( so’s we can pick 'em apart a little easier [;)] ) Really though, they look great!!
I’m glad you have a sense of humor Dave or I’d probably be banned from the site, wouldn’t I??? [:D]
Eric
Here are a couple more shots of my wife’s work. These were her first miniatures she’s ever painted. She said they looked like they would be fun to paint and jumped right in. Aside from the fact it meant less for me to paint (which when it comes to masses of miniatures, it’s a good thing), I’m really proud of the results. I was pleasantly surprised how well they turned out.
Then there’s my stuff. [:I]
The funny thing about when we were painting these. Here I was, reading all the painting tips in the different Warhammer Guides, White Dwarf and their website. I wanted to make sure I was doing everything correctly – worrying about getting getting the techniques down and all the little details. Then my wife comes along, glances through a quick tutorial and off she goes. Within a couple of hours, she was done with the group of archers in the green and red tunics.
Here’s one last pic to share for now. It’s a closeup of the Skink leader.
I have yet to finish off his weapon. According to the “lore”, the lizardmen typically fashioned weapons out of obsidian. That’s kind of where I got “stuck” on this one. I needed to practice painting obsidian looking blades before I finished him off.
The leader and flag bearer are metal figs, while the rest are plastic. I really like painting the metal figs, but the cost factor is too great to have all metal figs.
Dave, do those have to be assembled any or are they one piece moldings? I think either way would drive me nuts prepping them! [banghead]
Eric
It’s a good start Dave!!!
Matthew, do you have a web site for LightSheet???
I want to build a Startrek model, and i think that would be sooooo cooool!!!
Nicework Everyone…
…and David??? how’bout posting some pics that us “normal” people can relate to… never go into that stuff… roll playing games and such…
but they do look nice Dave!!!
These were one piece moldings – the main pieces come on sprues and the base is separate. The flag bearer was a couple of pieces. There are larger lizardmen warriors which do come in 3-4 pieces and the base.
These were 5th edition. Looking at the companies website, it appears they’ve redesigned the figs now. [}:)] The picture below is of the sprue for the new ones. It looks like the arms are separate pieces now. [:0]
A typical unit for the skinks is like 24, plus standard bearer, musician, and leader/hero. And that’s just a single unit. [B)]
I couldn’t find a website for LightSheet Systems, but I found the following address at the link below.
Lightsheet Systems
319 Main Dunstable Road
Nashua, NH 03062
USA
Phone: 603-595-7146
email: TrekFX@aol.com
http://www.ketzer.com/MF_making10.html
If you go to Google Groups ( http://groups.google.com/ ) and type in LightSheet Systems, you’ll come up with messages posted by the company.