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  1. Finius
    Dystopian Wars minis, great game, naval focused, easy to play, probably the most fun tabletop game I've played so far. Game is set in an alternate-history Victorian-era steampunk universe. I play the Federated States of America: -Enterprise Class Dreadnaught: -A17 Bomber: -Guildford Class Destroyer: -Lexington Class Cruisers: -August Class Frigates: -Independence Class Battleship: -Tiny Fliers (terrifyingly destructive little f**kers):
  2. Finius
    Next up I've got the GW-addicts staple, Space Marines, pretty much everyone I know who has ever been into GW has used them, I never got sick of their all-round winability and stuck it out. Besides, mine are Black Templars so they're better anyway, all the other chapters are sissies and heretics. -Couple of photos of my Sternguard, the middle guy changing his mag is a mashup of kits, but the actual mag change I had to put together myself: -Vindicator, probably the most awesome looking tank in the game: -Terminator Chaplain: -Jump Chaplain: -Tech Marine & Servitor (The CAT objective marker from the previous release of Spacehulk - too cool to not use for something): -Assault Terminators & Marshall/Chapter Master in Terminator Armour, made from several kits: -One of the limited edition captains released this year: -The other limited edition captain: Couple of random GW heroes, both dusty due to being on a shelf rather than in my display cabinet for a while: -Assault On Black Reach Warboss: -Illuminor Szeras:
  3. Finius
    So I dug my camera out and had a good dig through my display cabinet this morning for some decent models to show off. The good news is I found a couple. The bad news is my camera was running out of battery so I've not even got photos of a fifth of the collection. The worse news is that my camera, despite being a top-of-the-range D-SLR when purchased, how transfigured into a potato and the off-camera flashgun has broken - what this means is that the on-camera flash has exposed EXACTLY how awful my painting is, though I will say that at least everything does look a LOT better in the flesh which is good. The traumatisingly awful news, is that this is going to be REALLY heavy for anyone on mobile. First up I've got GW Skaven: -Couple of shots of the paint scheme for my clanrats. I only do these guys quickly so rather than them looking uniform have been varying the color of the cloth they're wearing to break up the units without having to REALLY focus any attention on every model, the brown-cloth is for slaves: -Packmaster & his ogres: -Packmaster on his own: -The bossman, Ikit Claw (IMHO, coolest small character in WHFB): -Warplock Engineer: -Doomwheel based: -And finally the Warpfire Thrower:
  4. Finius
    The new GW tools are BEAUTIFUL. Well, the clippers are. They honestly have outdone themselves with those. Everything else is pretty much the same as you'd expect, the clippers though are REALLY good at not sending bits flying, most hobby clippers I've used tend to want to play aggressive hide and seek with small items that have excellent projectile properties when clipped from sprues. To be fair though, when I first started doing GW minis, I went to superdrug and got a nail-care kit - containing mini-scissors, nail clippers and a couple of files. Aside from when I'm out at a GW store or my local club, I never use any 'real' tools, I mostly either use the bits from superdrug (which not only enable me to remove and tidy up my model parts, but also allow me to do my nails at the same time in order to be one fabulous motherf**ker) or random bits I find in my toolbox. The reason I stuck with the nail clippers? They curve in on themselves slightly where the blades meet, meaning you end up with the tiniest remnant of sprue on your parts which is then easily filed down. I've tried hobby knives and because I'm a northern-monkey with hands the size of the average dinner plate, I tend to either gouge chunks out of stuff or end up with cuts/slices in models - easy to fix, easier if avoided in the first place. Gonna get some more photos of my minis tomorrow I think...
  5. Finius

    In bed, in my underpants, watching mythbusters whilst eating nutella straight out the jar (with a big spoon) - living a life most of you can only dream of.

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    2. Finius

      Finius

      Northern Pride Ed! Together we are strong! Don't bow down to Southern Oppression! YORKSHIRE & LINCOLNSHIRE SAY NO TO LEMON CURD!

    3. Liam Porter

      Liam Porter

      Unfortunately for you guys, I've brought lemon curd to Sheffield.

    4. two_zero

      two_zero

      oh.. so you also injured your leg, Finius?

  6. Finius

    Hereby declare today to be National Alex Salmond Day - let's all go get drunk and eat ourselves into a diabetic coma on battered mars bars!

    1. DX115FALCON

      DX115FALCON

      Is that supposed to be anything out of the ordinary?

  7. Finius
    Thread tidied. You may find that your rational, well thought out answers have been deleted, possibly because you didn't quote the question. Please remember to
  8. Finius

    Gentle reminder. Lets clear up the bad language a bit shall we? Pg13 and all that.

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    2. JamesAirsofterAgent

      JamesAirsofterAgent

      I thought that too!

    3. Sitting Duck

      Sitting Duck

      oooops guilty will turn it down a bit then (even though PG13 does include some swearing)

      and have always refrained from impluying the extreme C word which is very vulgar indeed

    4. Sitting Duck

      Sitting Duck

      but if your are over 18 and not too easily offended then this is amusing but only if over 18

      http://funnyshit.com.au/swearing-at-work.php

      http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~choh/fcuk.htm

      but will watch p's n q's

  9. Finius
    I'm not surprised they're blanks, but to provide those trenches, without even having textures or anything on the mud and those crappy paints etc, and to bill it as an all-in-one starter set for beginners, is a total lie. As a starter set, you'd really need to be able to just go at it with the contents of the box and get results worth at least a 5/10. For me to get what I'd count as 5/10 out of that, I'd need to: -Wash everything to get rid of any residue from the molding process. -Cut off all the flash. -Rework some of the models because they look like bears have molested them. -Apply some random sanding to the trench mud to ensure the paint bonds properly. -Prime the whole thing in black. -Paint everything using far superior paints to what is likely provided, including textured paint for the mud. -Use ink washes to make it look like it was worth the effort. Then, and only then, might the set be worth it. Maybe I'm a bit fussy, but I can't imagine any other way to make that look decent!
  10. Finius
    Then trenches look like a joke!
  11. Finius
    Hey look, an M4, that's different! Don't see one of those every day...
  12. Finius
    Have used Wonderland Models several times for several things and always received good service!
  13. Finius
    This, a thousand times.
  14. Finius
    My camera is on the fritz again, but I've pulled a couple of crap shots of some of my minis from facebook. First is a GW Skaven Doomwheel 'WIP' at this stage it just needed basing and then washes/minor highlighting etc but is basically where I wanted it: Next up, a pair of GW Skaven Rat Ogres from their Island of Blood set once again - 'WIP' - these guys just needed basing and another wash: Completed GW Skaven Warpfire Thrower from their Island of Blood set: Completed GW Tyranid Tervigon - he doesn't look *quite* so rubbish in the flesh, the bulb in my display cabinet was a bit too bright when this was taken, as a result some of the more subtle work is washed out (not that I'm much good with a brush either way): I've got a dozen or so X-Wing minis, way more Skaven, an honest-to-god f**kton of 40k models, a Dystopian Wars fleet and god knows what else kicking about that is yet to be photographed. Soon gonna be starting a collection of WW2 battleships/carriers I think...
  15. Finius

    Everyone in Essex is freaking out over some Brazillian spider found in some bananas. It's 'the worlds most venomous' - but it won't kill you, oh no...It'll give you a nine hour boner!

    1. Airsoft-Ed

      Airsoft-Ed

      Which if left alone and doesn't go away, can result in said boner being sliced open and drained, or lopped off to avoid blood poisoning or something.

       

      So not only is it the most venomous spider in the world but it can result in the loss of your manly bits.

       

      I think the hysteria is fairly justified tbh.

       

      But then again, it is in Essex... So a few locals losing their man bits probably isn't such a terrible thing for the gene pool lol.

    2. Lozart

      Lozart

      lolz

    3. JamesAirsofterAgent

      JamesAirsofterAgent

      Reading this made me smerk lol.

  16. Finius

    When I got a lizard, my mum was all like 'y u do dat' - at the time, I didn't know, I just wanted one. Now I know his true calling - freaking the f**k out of local Chinese people.

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    2. Finius

      Finius

      I definitely don't have a secret basement where I kidnap people and torture them with my lizard. That's definitely not what it is at all...

    3. Lozart

      Lozart

      Well that's no fun.

    4. JamesAirsofterAgent

      JamesAirsofterAgent

      Hmmm I'm not buying it.....

  17. Finius
    Fantasy/Scifi wargaming for me only at the moment! Play a lot of Warhammer/40k - also really digging Dystopian Wars at the moment but would like to start building some WW1/WW2 armor models for display only purposes! Will get some pictures of my better work up shortly!
  18. Finius

    Does anyone here play at South Cost CQB? If so, direct your attention to this: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=850644264953535&set=o.296206383878338&type=1&theater

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    2. NickM

      NickM

      Point blank shot from a new mag and cylinder! It smashed the fibres of the glove and smashed the skin on the base of my nail bed. Sometimes people play fast and loose with the rules or try to cheat the system. Eg Chrono's can read lower if they are using old batteries. Some chrono's are just faulty in general. Some sites run multiple chrono stations which really shows the inaccuracies between them.

    3. Lozart

      Lozart

      And THAT is why the Mall has banned all CO2 pistols outright!

    4. Sam_G

      Sam_G

      I have played SC-CQB (even gave advise to the owner prior to the site opening) and the safety side of things was bang on. All guns tested and tagged. There could have been alot of reasons leading to this incident and it angers me that people make assumptions of the site due to one hearsay picture/story. If it were that bad the player should have mentioned it on the day and not just turned it into a keyboard warrior shoot out. Many guns can have the FPS changed very easily so it is very hard t...

  19. Finius
    STOP THIS THREAD RIGHT NOW. Youre turning me on and I cant handle it
  20. Finius
    Nah, you're talking about the Tory Party Collectors Edition - did you know each copy is washed in childrens' tears!?
  21. Finius
    I'm not excited for any games for the next two years...I just bought a remastered version of Theme Hospital for Windows 8.
  22. Finius

    Half a dozen interviews next week. Hoping I'm about to enter either the legal profession or estate agency.

    1. JamesAirsofterAgent

      JamesAirsofterAgent

      Good luck :)

  23. Finius
    That and for the sake of four pence, I'd rather give my custom to the people who were the cheapest initially because frankly prices promises are a cop out - 'we'll rip off who we can by charging more than most people because no-one will notice, but if you call us on it and we'll give you a discount to shut you up'... It feels to me like its cheating - although I work in an industry where there's an eternal cycle of price promising going on between competitors and it irritates me so I may be misguided.
  24. Finius
    We had one of those. I didn't like it because we don't single people out when all they're trying to do is learn, because that isn't fair. Now we don't have that thread any more. We were all new to airsoft once, we all wanted to know everything right away, and I welcome anyone who is so enthusiastic that their thirst for knowledge is literally bursting out and they're owning up to their ignorance and asking questions instead of just bumbling along, people like that are the future of our sport and often turn out to be formidable opponents. To stop being classed as a noob, you have to show respect to other noobs who are trying to learn the things you probably didn't know yourself once upon a time, and you have to accept that when someone is asking their quick questions and is looking for simple answers, in my Quick Questions & Simple Answers thread, they have every right to do so, only then, grasshopper, are no longer a noob. Thread cleaned.
  25. Finius
    Seen those in shops. Not airsoft, just very detailed toys, just below the sizing/scale requirements for vcra IF restrictions, makes noises when you pull the trigger and the red bit on the end lights up. Cant remember the shop but I definitely inspected this exact item somewhere local recently. Still daft having it out in public but definitely a toy!
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