Weekender XLBS: Christmas Hobby Time Plans & A Yeti Mystery!
December 18, 2016 by warzan
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the Near Future/Sci-Fi Solders By CP Models are the ones originally by Frank , from Franks toybox , and then from Hasslefree , very very cool models.
http://www.wampforum.com/VB4/showthread.php?t=13489 (earliest link I can find for them)
Happy Sunday!
@warzan Loving your Idea for a hobby bog, though surely you have described a Turdis…
Happy Sunday! Or it would be if I didn’t have the bug that makes you *censored* and *censored* endlessly. Will be watching this in short spurts ( excuse the pun 😉 )
As far as that Elite is concerned, are we sure it’s not an NMM paint job? Without a moving 360 or more angles it’s hard to tell. Want to know either way…. The Greyscale cell-sheded models look excellent. In painting technique terms they reveal an excellent technique in the use of tone alone to achieve contrast; many painters could learn how to get more out of their colour paints by trying to paint in greyscale only. It’s the equivalent of a pencil sketch. Sometimes “less is more”. Looking forward to KD:M 1.5 turning up later in the year I love… Read more »
One word… COMMODE!
Get wel soon.
I was thinking for Starship Troopers that you would do a co-op game where you and your buds control a squad of troopers vs waves of bugs trying while trying to get an objective of some sort. The longer you take the more and bigger bugs show up.
@warzan what is the make of the compressor????.
Here you go https://bartsharp.co.uk/index.php/compressors/tc88t-airbrush-compressor.html
Obviously we cant stand over this yet until its given a good run out, etc, but after chatting with @nakchak it seemed like the best option for the budget we could scrape together.
We’ll probably chat a bit more about how hes getting on with it next week 🙂
Thank you Warren… May your day be fantastic and your sit down time undisturbed 🙂
@cousins286 its a pretty tidy little compressor, just make sure you follow the rest period instructions as it does need to cool down once in a while, but would be absolutely fine for getting to grips with airbrushing
Thank you. I currently have an Iwata Ninja Jet, paired with a Neo for Iwata, which i’m having trouble with, which could be down to the fact that I am a complete novice to Airbrushes and was wondering whether having a pressure gauge would make a difference. So have been looking for a half decent budget compressor to try out and this could be the one.
I got this setup myself from bartsharp last summer and whilst I haven’t had it out much (nowhere setup to paint) it has run well.
@cousins286 Huge difference, its practically essential in my opinion to have a decent pressure regulator, and a receiver, to find out why i point you at a series of articles i wrote on air compressors earlier in the year:
http://www.beastsofwar.com/painting-and-hobby/air-compressor-introduction/
http://www.beastsofwar.com/painting-and-hobby/air-compressor-receiver/
http://www.beastsofwar.com/painting-and-hobby/air-compressor-accessories-maintenance/
Any issues you are having with inconsistent air delivery are almost certainly down to the compressor lack of receiver and lack of adequate pressure regulation
Classic reaction from Justin over the present. He looked like a small kid getting just what he asked for from Father Christmas . Well done Warren and Lloyd!
You deserve it guy. Enjoy.
My other half bought me an air brush and compressor a couple of years ago and have not looked back(what a diamond) and yes I had same look on my face too,or so she says.
Aww, Justin’s little face!
I’m genuinely feeling a bit emotional after that 🙂
Me too. Great show ( as ever ) lads. I have always loved hearing / reading about folklore and legends like the yeti, chupacabra, bigfoot and such.
I have to disagree with @dignity about Dredd though, the re-launch / re-boot should be based off the comic, not the Karl Urban film. As much as films would draw people into the game and hobby, i feel ( maybe because i’m an old fart ) that the game should come from the comic.
Same here. Did I see a small tear in the corner of his eyes 😉
Otherwise it was mine in the way:)
Great gesture guys.
I will follow his progress with loads of attention as I am thinking about getting a starter set myself.
Thanks for a great vid :*
Happy Sunday, There does seem to be more and more great value boxsets coming out from GW and regardless of people’s thoughts about the company as a whole, it is really nice to see them head in this direction. Really loving the undead oriental force and the options it gives you for fielding a very different but very cool undead force. I think the latest Dredd film from a few years back, not the Stallone one, did a great job. I feel that the miniatures out there already are pretty rough and need to be brought to life by a… Read more »
Lol nailed it 😉
@warzan i see a lot of value to it just being the 2000ad license, as there are a lot of people (myself included) who graduated from the beano/dandy to 2000ad, so another dred movie really wouldnt make any difference as whether i would get into it, and the prospect of other 2000ad series getting the game treatment really excites me…
Wouldn’t hurt getting the basic story in to folks mind though 🙂
For the lesser known 2000ad IP’s i agree, but for dredd the problem with more story and a movie is that you end up with the stallone wonk, when all that needs to be established if that a) he is the law, b) he is an unstoppable badass who never takes his helmet off 😉 less is very much more with him, its really the supporting cast who have the backstory, that said if they were to do megacity1 stories in the vane of sincity as a film i would probably enjoy that, and would get a lot of world… Read more »
Happy Sunday felllow Weekenders!
I have been so busy I haven’t had a chance to go through the Dropfleet Bootcamp vlogs – that Space Station is beyond epic!
@warzan – my favourite moment of the XLBS series this year – seeing you present Justin with his starter airbrush kit. No amount of internet kittens could have brought a bigger smile to Justin’s face. You are a generous (and canny) friend. Well done sir.
Great show guys. On the conspiracy. And my movie of the Week is The Abominable Snowman (1950’s starring the absolute legend Peter Cushing). Yetti hunting!!! The Yetti theory is as believable as any other but here’s my take on it. Three major red flags for me. 1. The Date. This is a few years after the Death of Stalin and Khrushchev had denounced all the murder, camps and State violence of Stalin. (Khrushchev was one of the biggest supporters of it at the time and personally purged Ukraine killing millions but politics is politics). Khrushchev went to great lengths to… Read more »
Re. Hitler – Don’t know if you are ( or can ) watch it but there is a program on the History Channel (in Canada, maybe elsewhere) called “Hunting Hitler”. In its second season now, using declassified files with small teams doing ground checks to follow up leads in Europe and South America. As you say, interesting stuff.
Oh, “live long in custard” – a strong contender for BoW event of the year
Loved Justin’s little Christmas present face. Bless.
Darker Days Radio covered Dylatov Pass a few years back. Worth having a listen.
Happy Sunday
@warzan…dropzone…yes do it..lol
RE: Dyatlov pass adrenalin etc, the psychotic member would probably not need to overpower 8 people once they cave in number 9’s head with their bare hands. 8 people can take 1 easily, but so can 7 or 6, and if 4 or 5 of them think “the others will do it I don’t need to take the risk” suddenly you have the others standing looking at them thinking “oh crap I’m doing this on my own? Screw you guys I’m running.” After that hypothermia screws with the brain. The party member with the missing tongue can probably be explained… Read more »
Not gonna lie, Warren totally caught me out on this, and he even had me carry the big wrapped box in to the set telling me it was a gift for his missus that he wanted to hide, (sneaky git) 🙂 I’ll be fireing up a form topic later today to start getting some tips and tricks off everyone 🙂
dude, your reaction was priceless – pretty much summed up christmas for me in one go 🙂
Good luck and enjoy the airbrush 🙂
Happy Sunday – what a great Weekender XLBS again! This Dyatlov incident looks like a Predator hunt. But – even if we all know it is really unlikely there is another civilization in our galaxy at the same time. There may be others in different galaxies, but they are just to far away. I think – and many more educated scientists do so two – the universe is just too big we will ever meet. @dignity Congratulations to your airbrush starter kit. Keep in mind, patience and practice is the key to get good results on minis. May be you’l… Read more »
That or go for an eyeball searing hot yellow 😉
I watched a documentary about Stalin planning to breed an army of half-ape Super Soldiers…
Like the plot of that creepy ITV miniseries Chimera…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXrWX3fAZnw
So why couldn’t they have had Soviet Yetis? 🙂
Would be good to see how Justin gets on with the Airbrush. I fear there are quiet a few of us wanting to get one but not really knowing where to start like myself.
an airbrush n00b vid series would be good, if not a series a monthly vlog showing progression and lessons learnt would be a valuable resource
Yes, this sounds very good. I might buy one myself but I keep putting it off because I don’t know were to start. And I don’t know anybody around to show me the ropes.
A couple of points on today’s show: 1) @warzan – Well played on the gift for Justin. I was expecting a joke or some other not “real” gift when you gave the box to Justin. When he actually opened it, and the reaction on his face and the sincerity you showed, was great to watch. Thanks for your Christmas generosity. 2) I ABSOLUTELY want a remake of Starship troopers. The movie that was made was more of an insult to the book than an attempt to actually translate the book into a movie. I absolutely love the book and generally… Read more »
@warzan: instead of the flashing light when you’re in, why not a flashing light when your not, but tell people it flashes when your in? 😉
@dignity: you are aware that the Mummy has been remade before right? Apparently, the remake out next year is supposed to be the first in an expanded universe series of films with all the classic universal/hammer horror monsters in the vein of the MCU or DCCU.
On the pigeon bomb: it was mentioned a few years ago on QI as well.
I remember seeing a story about chickens being used in search and rescue craft as a follow up to the pigeon bomb. It was to be used as sea as it’s very hard to pick out sailors in life jackets amongst the waves. The scientists had seen chickens pecking at grain in a farm yard and thought they could tap at a screen where they could see sailors
My take on the Dyatlov Pass incident is as follows: Nothing as fun as aliens or yeti’s im afraid, human error and possibly depending on how much you like tin foil hats the military. For me the most likely explanation is a combination of altitude sickness and hypothermia induced erratic behaviour and group hysteria, much the same way that many super experienced mountain climbers die on everest and k2 due to hypoxia induced delusions, the same could happen to them, for arugments sake the “leader” of the group started to freak out causing the rest of the group to flee… Read more »
great show, LOVED the look on@dignity‘s face when @warzan gave him that present! absolutely priceless!
I’d like to see @warzan try to melt either @johnlyons or @brennon‘s mind…….I’d think it’d be @warzan educating @johnlyons about some obscure WW2 facts would be highly entertaining!!