Building/tutorial: Different ways to glue different materials together.

So, first off i must say that befor building any models you MUST take of the moul lines, I hate some of my old models for just this reason, the 3 different types of models I will be covering today are:

plastic kits
metal kits
wooden stuff (scenery)

Plastic kits: the glue to use nfor these are plastic glue/poly cement and they should go together really easily.

Metal kits: now this gets a little more complecated, small joints on metal models will require pinning which is where you drill a hole in the joint at both points and add a little greenstuff and superglue then put a pice of metal through it to hold the joint together. You can find loads of great tutorials for this online. For bigger contact points use superglue. remember, you should treat meatl/plastic combo kits as metal.

Wood: for this use PVA/white/elmers glue or wood glue, nice and simple but leave plenty of time to dry.

Tell us what you think, thnaks for reading,

Jacob

P.S. don't forget to check out my mate James's new blog!

Building: Khorne Lord on Jugger and missing bits on rhino.

So, I'm sorry I have'nt posted in a few days, our internet connection went dodgey and then when it was fixed pictures wouldn't upload because it went faulty again. Now, on with the post. Since I last saw you I have been busy with all sorts and there will be a variety of posts this next week but the main two modeling things have been what is shown in the pics below:

The door on the front should have been painted befor but I had lost it and the guy on the top was a bit of a brainwave I had when rooting through my bitz box. I thought it would look cool to have him actualy holding the storm bolter. I quite like it.

This khorne lord on jugger is one of the refinements to my chaos army that I will be doing befor calling it finished or at least as finished as an army ever is. I already have plans to do touch up's and rehauls of some models after the army finishing project. I'm thinking off perhaps to other way off projects, one being a terrain finishing project and the other being a touch up project.

So, what do you think, thanks for reading,

Jacob.

Building models. Batch or single.

No, let me make this clear. I batch paint and like to think I have quite a high standard even if I am no golden daemon painter. But when it comes to building, I do it one by one. Here are the pros and cons of each method.

Batch pros: while the glue dries on one thing you can do the next thing.

Cons: The models built this way can end up not as well thought out and can fall crooked if your not careful.

Single pros: Your models can be well thought out and you can take you time without worrying about other models.

Cons: it takes longer.

So, what do you think. I preffer Single how about you. Thanks for reading,

Jacob.

Scratch built: more added to the palanquin.

Hi, the other day I decided to add some more onto my palanquin, here are the pics:

I green stuffed over the top and added some sides (soon to be greened).



more pics

and more

and more.

Games Day soon and there will be a report on that. Hope you enjiyed this and be sure to check out yesterdays dicussion.

Thanks for reading,

Jacob.

Building: progress

Sorry for the lack of updates recently, I have been in centre parcs as of late.

Almost all of my marines are now built with just one land speeder left to build (pics to come)

Here is a list of my marine army:

HQ

AoBR cappy
Cappy
Termi chaplain
Vang Kantra

Elites

AoBR dread
Dread
sternguard
12 termies

Troops

40 tac marines (combat squad left to build but that will be built over a period of time as I add slowly to my collection of marines. Orks and warriors of chaos starting at some point).
10 scouts

4 rhinos (possibilty for some razorbacks)

Fast Attack

3 landspeeders (with missile launchers)
3 bikes
10 assault marines

Heavy support

Land raider
Land raider reedeemer
vindi
dev squad

And thats it, I have a good amount of painting left to do. (I hope to have finished by April-May).