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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:37 pm
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| Some non-pictured progress. Scorpion printed successfully, washed, cured, primed, and basecoated. |
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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
| Otterman |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:00 pm
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| The dead sexy berzerkmonkey had a brilliant idea to make a pop-up missile launcher, similar to the Praetor, that could also fit in a FW resin artillery chassis. I'm printing one now! Once it's cured I'll prime and drybrush it up. |
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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:54 pm
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At this link you can see various Forge World resin Epic models The medusa and basilisk near the top left have a common hull with a plug in the back that different weapons could plug into. The Arma was meant to go there.
download/file.php?id=20535&mode=view |
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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:45 pm
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Jervis J had indicated around 2004 that the Tyranid, Necron, etc. armies would be redone after the initial three. That never happened, of course, so I resolved to fill in the blanks myself. The zombie robot war machines were the result. Here's a sample
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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:52 pm
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And here's a picture of the Epic Armageddon Basilisk that I didn't like. And don't like.
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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:47 pm
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semajnollissor wrote: I recall an outfit called print-a-part that did what shapeways does now, just without the webstores. .
Yes indeedily doodily.
Here's a picture of the investment cast of the gun enclosure.
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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 5:00 pm
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Next step: vulcanized rubber molds and spincasting.
You don't get to know about that. Suffice it to say that I know how to spincast pewter. |
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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 4:58 pm
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| At the same time I was also teaching myself how to make RTV silicone molds and pour resin. This would prove useful in learning about undercuts, minimum and maximum piece sizes and geometries, and whatnot. |
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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 4:57 pm
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| This was before Shapeways, but there were enough professional 3D print houses for me to find something suitable. I also tried demo versions of different 3D programs and ultimately settled on Moment of Inspiration, or MoI (http://www.moi3d.com). It was cheap ($100), had STL output, and a very friendl... |
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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 4:52 pm
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| Perusing the Space Ranger spaceship mini site, I came across Todd Boyce's With Hostile Intent line of ships. Todd had mastered the Rhino 3D program and purchased a very fancy 3D printer that could print in jeweler's investment wax. He had figured out how, with the aid of a goldsmith, to investment c... |
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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 4:49 pm
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My first attempt was an abysmal try at traditional sculpting, but I sucked. Even the very supportive TacCom couldn't muster an "aw, at least you tried" pity post.
Finnegan begin again. |
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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 4:46 pm
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| So, I got interested in 2004 while Jervis J was busy creating Epic Armageddon and posting his design notes online. I really liked his logic, and the appeal of zillions of tanks and dudes was very appealing. I bought the rules and starting collecting the current and old 6mm FW and GW stuffs. One thin... |
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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 4:35 pm
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Aw, it wasn't that bad.
But it was a good read. |
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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 3:09 pm
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Yes, you intended as a module. One of the really neat parts about it was/is that it could fit into FW's old resin Basilisk chassis.
Shall we school the young 'uns about the very first bit of Otterware? Anybody interested in that? |
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Forum: 6mm (and 8mm) Topic: Todderman's rarely painted items |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 2:15 pm
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Hey, did you ever get anywhere with your Scorpion module for the Otter Utility Chassis? That was really cool.
Edit - Incidentally, are your Wants on the Direct Fire blog still up to date? I'm trying to reduce my closet of shame and it would be nice if some of it could go to a loving home. |
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