tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32376496802773678532024-03-13T23:07:54.761-04:00WarFrog's Hobby BlogA Tyranid and Eldar blog, Warhammer 40K modeling, converting, and hoarding at its best!War Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05284218481061706744noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237649680277367853.post-36834806028492446872021-04-12T10:18:00.001-04:002021-04-12T10:18:48.716-04:003-D printing checklist for the Any Cubic Mono-X<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> I am writing this up to help keep useful tips and items in one area for folks to checkout.<p></p><p><br /></p><p>These are things that I have found to be incredibly useful or absolutely necessary. I am not going to directly link these as I don't want to have to update dead links and I'm not trying to get a commission on sales of these items.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Consumables:</b></span></p><p><b>Resin: </b>This will be a post all by itself.</p><p><b>Disposable Gloves.</b> all the UV resins are said to be skin irritants plus chemicals used in clean up are not exactly skin friendly.</p><p><b>Paper Towels.</b> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzDTRsDhdyHk15esCpZgSAamB05qfe_yf1cmos-lrrLc35g5A7JqemmYWXgLTPLpYUjeyekJmlPZLP_CCeY0ZzxFLmCFcMJRiDQ2w7a1sPU3pdwVyS1Eb1DuY5fX5vD0DiKINxp4MzwXk/s960/NFEP.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzDTRsDhdyHk15esCpZgSAamB05qfe_yf1cmos-lrrLc35g5A7JqemmYWXgLTPLpYUjeyekJmlPZLP_CCeY0ZzxFLmCFcMJRiDQ2w7a1sPU3pdwVyS1Eb1DuY5fX5vD0DiKINxp4MzwXk/s320/NFEP.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b>FEP Replacements:</b><p></p><p>Order 2 you don't want to be waiting on a back order to finish a project. 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If/when your FEP develops a hole resin will leak onto thee screen and you will probably destroy your screen trying to clean it up. As of the date of this article, replacement screens run around $180.00 USD and have a very long lead time. I have been using these from the beginning. They have not effected my prints, small air bubbles between the screen and protector have not caused any issues in my prints. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwltHk1pbTOxIOaxB5W52Uwlkxxf5R2IVbkMxWCJMs37LsAJSjp3tC2WKLC3y1rlyuBhDMiCjdhe_NH9JeiZFGo2ylMZdrzB8G_kURLUneCVBbLczNXnTHTFXWuC71AHir-b8_UlY2w8/s1042/Kapton+Tape.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="1042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwltHk1pbTOxIOaxB5W52Uwlkxxf5R2IVbkMxWCJMs37LsAJSjp3tC2WKLC3y1rlyuBhDMiCjdhe_NH9JeiZFGo2ylMZdrzB8G_kURLUneCVBbLczNXnTHTFXWuC71AHir-b8_UlY2w8/s320/Kapton+Tape.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b>Kapton Tape:</b><br /><p>Use this around the edges of the screen protector to add an additional level of protection from resin leaking between the screen and shield. Kapton does not leave residue and is high heat resistant.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alchohol:</b></p><p>99% Isopropyl Alcohol or Denatured Alcohol. With a raging pandemic IPA has gotten expensive add a new demand from every type of hobbyist needing it for print clean up and you get massive increases in cost and limited availability. Denatured Alcohol is a great option as it works just as well and its much cheaper. I buy mine at Lowes in 1 gallon metal cans. As you clean you prints your alcohol is gonna get dirty. 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These will also be useful in filtering big bits out of your used alcohol. This set came with a silicone funnel, its nice because you can set it in the sun to cure any resin and then it just pops right off.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">One time purchases:</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGF2O57ljsD-8XDD7Ub0amT1myZ-CmM9HQ6sTRn-wIRWPPUseeYmjOf3hiIBqgPfz2wb6OiGH7Fr3soLEzQ1ACDORSr7PHZOV3vGLq0EfppCRzlJU1bbQNU1I-4DZ7r8REmrlnE5ZXqqI/s999/CookieSheet.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="999" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGF2O57ljsD-8XDD7Ub0amT1myZ-CmM9HQ6sTRn-wIRWPPUseeYmjOf3hiIBqgPfz2wb6OiGH7Fr3soLEzQ1ACDORSr7PHZOV3vGLq0EfppCRzlJU1bbQNU1I-4DZ7r8REmrlnE5ZXqqI/s320/CookieSheet.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><b>Giant Cookie Sheet:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>These are huge and are great for catching any spills, leaks, accidents, etc. I have one under my printer, and one in used in my work area for removing prints from the build plate.</div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdZiW-NB8PUKCWmGCmaRGHtDnYS7JwxqPwzgD1N_zhV0A5WKYMov01dy-iyPen9i3EfcqjN0jHtfJ7RNeOfEOEMAQakP39-o3DEI1KDhcs8_UoPH-AV7vYIRKH1-iT8HGgSwO8hqCiDY/s1023/Silicone+Mat.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="1023" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdZiW-NB8PUKCWmGCmaRGHtDnYS7JwxqPwzgD1N_zhV0A5WKYMov01dy-iyPen9i3EfcqjN0jHtfJ7RNeOfEOEMAQakP39-o3DEI1KDhcs8_UoPH-AV7vYIRKH1-iT8HGgSwO8hqCiDY/s320/Silicone+Mat.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b>Giant Silicone Mat.</b><div>UV resin will peel right off of these when cured. When mine gets messy I take it outside, let the sun cure the resin and flex the mat to pop off the resin bits. Plus it adds a little bit of cushioning to dropped prints as they come off the build plate.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX3Q9j8pWjduyNRJzeg-JifH9MhLnykIGJIWee2LHPw9nkDBnNKxuzqXvEnmCdQkiFluZTmfMzJ_RYbgLzCASoNQhMX5H0-awnmFkJcKF4hnZnFlxD4vZHuBNdVDCDj-5nAIpq8x6LmaY/s1016/Silicone+Brushes.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="1016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX3Q9j8pWjduyNRJzeg-JifH9MhLnykIGJIWee2LHPw9nkDBnNKxuzqXvEnmCdQkiFluZTmfMzJ_RYbgLzCASoNQhMX5H0-awnmFkJcKF4hnZnFlxD4vZHuBNdVDCDj-5nAIpq8x6LmaY/s320/Silicone+Brushes.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b>Silicone Brush:</b></div><div>I find these to be great for stirring a vat that has set for a while between prints or for feeling the FEP to see if any thing is stuck to it after a failed print.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxqSI2Rz3r66MU-IJOP3QjNpuRl1u-Pqfe7ZjrlYguC7-ZplDzwLFYsxAQClWkD0gm4ibDGhgvo70_NHuuiDJ35SNb763JDbHeTveAj8CNqbs2FHWJG5yJK_GdlW-z9jHSnE-MJmao1Y/s1004/WashNCure.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1004" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxqSI2Rz3r66MU-IJOP3QjNpuRl1u-Pqfe7ZjrlYguC7-ZplDzwLFYsxAQClWkD0gm4ibDGhgvo70_NHuuiDJ35SNb763JDbHeTveAj8CNqbs2FHWJG5yJK_GdlW-z9jHSnE-MJmao1Y/s320/WashNCure.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b>Wash and Cure Station:</b><p></p><p>You could try to put together a homemade UV cure box, or leave the prints in the sun. You can use all kinds of things to hold alcohol while trying to clean your prints, pickle jars ultrasonic cleaners, etc. I've tried those things and found this to be a better and safer choice. Anycubic will be releasing a larger model soon</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXet-cz1D6ZhtOobR-fFa86b92PBaGFYlwh-pIvBsEg1FRA-HByAKvCClHvWddSdcd8Rdlj3iYwpuoELuV2_TiqV9zlgxaR_eSLO2wS7dVsRaWwhcZW64TSQF_p-sPNoK6eSkAqHXhvA/s2048/20210412_094233.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXet-cz1D6ZhtOobR-fFa86b92PBaGFYlwh-pIvBsEg1FRA-HByAKvCClHvWddSdcd8Rdlj3iYwpuoELuV2_TiqV9zlgxaR_eSLO2wS7dVsRaWwhcZW64TSQF_p-sPNoK6eSkAqHXhvA/s320/20210412_094233.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Other useful things:</b></div><div><i>Space heater</i>, your resin and room the printer is in needs to be warm, cold resin fails often.</div><div><i>Digital Scale</i>, Useful if you ever start mixing resin types or colors</div><div><i>Plastic Razors,</i> good for removing cured resin from surfaces with little or no damage to the surface.</div><div><i>Digital Calipers,</i> I use these all the time, checking prints.</div><div><i>UV flashlight,</i> this one came from Wal-Mart, great for spot curing resin, or using resin as a glue between two printed parts.</div><div><i>Squeeze wash bottles, </i>having clean IPA or water nearby and convenient is a huge help. </div><div><i>Small USB powered fans, </i>Once I clean a print I set it between a couple of these fans to rapidly remove the alcohol before I UV cure.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAw9nYlN5lC9RTrvyXrxagynAndGKwnshShxa8GZTL6y54zRABPQ1gqtUQVrUKmCm6k-LbSYYb8tZl1Ae85XYEMApvUPjUArCa9Y1vYQF3R708mIR8woXsHCErO8h80WFKKE92PWWiBY0/s1022/Lights.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1022" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAw9nYlN5lC9RTrvyXrxagynAndGKwnshShxa8GZTL6y54zRABPQ1gqtUQVrUKmCm6k-LbSYYb8tZl1Ae85XYEMApvUPjUArCa9Y1vYQF3R708mIR8woXsHCErO8h80WFKKE92PWWiBY0/s320/Lights.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><p><b>Work Station Lights: </b></p><p>I included these because I have found them to be great for my work table and the light they put out does not cure the resin, I have replaced the overhead light bulb in my room as well and I do not get any unwanted cuing of exposed resin. 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From your Main force take an Autarch on a jetbike for grenades and other goodies, and to kick it up a notch consider giving one of this unit's FarSeers the Mantle of the Laughing God. for Stealth & Shrouded plus Hit & Run. You can add rune of warding to each FarSeer for a 10 points each to get 5(or more) one shot +2 buffs to deny the witch. Fully loaded the Farseers are 130 points each plus 40 points for the Mantle, so yes its a minimum of 690 points for just the 5 dudes.<br />
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So I got a package of goodies in the mail today and quickly assembled 3 Eldar Hornets. These are the best sculpts and best casts I have ever got. The mold lines were minimal, there was no warpage other than a few of the gun barrels. I have never had a Forgeworld kit go together so easily. </div>
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<a href="http://nevernesshobby.blogspot.com/">Neverness</a> happens to work with me in the real world, he jokingly suggested that working in an environment where your overseers may be armed with AK-47s might contribute to the quality of the product.</div>
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War Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05284218481061706744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237649680277367853.post-36088976804681821402014-05-14T13:45:00.002-04:002014-05-14T13:45:41.923-04:00FW Lynx ConversionFollow up on a <a href="http://warfrog.blogspot.com/2014/05/resin-model-repair.html">previous post</a> where I repaired some minor issues.<br />
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After looking at how the cannon assembly works on the standard Lynx I realized that a hull brace like the FW Cobra would be a great modification.<br />
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Here you can see where I have ground down the existing hull and added in a piece of plastic card to form the mount.<br />
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Here the Gun has bee glued into place and is resting on the mount strut.<br />
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<br />War Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05284218481061706744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237649680277367853.post-70224507028860301122014-05-12T13:51:00.000-04:002014-05-12T13:51:38.836-04:00Bring on 7th EdSo I spent the weekend working on some FW models getting ready for no FOC lists.<br />
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Very happy with this kit. like most FW it will look great on the shelf. Maybe FW will see more table time in 7th. I have a hard time making a 6th list including this because of the current D-strength rules.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I say this was prepping for unbound glory and spam but truth is I have a few models lying around that needed work done to make it to shelves.</span><br />
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<br />War Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05284218481061706744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237649680277367853.post-54197120378070279042014-05-09T10:03:00.002-04:002014-05-09T10:04:09.353-04:00Resin Model RepairSo I have been working on a few ForgeWorld or possibly FW knockoffs in an attempt to catch up on my backlog of unassembled models.<br />
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Here you can see the white area just lower and left of the cockpit.<br />
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There was a small break here and I did not have the piece that broke off. I used a very thin piece of plastic card (from a yardsale sign) I glued it to the underside and trimmed it to fit the old curve of the piece.<br />
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1 The engine cover got snapped off, I reinforced it from below with thin plasticard.<br />
2 The engine cover and stabilizer seen far right had broken in transit. I rebuilt the cowl using thin plasticard from underneath and using ProCreate grey putty on the visible side of the model.<br />
3 The white half of the stabilizer mount is thick plasticard cut and sanded to fit the original missing piece.<br />
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Why is that everyone tries to justify there own lists while vilifying the opponents list? Warhammer 40,000 is not now, nor will it ever be balanced. If you want balance play chess. There is a quote floating around that if you find your self in a fair fight then you need to change your tactics. This has been true for every real battle ever fought, it should hold true for a futuristic war simulation as well.<br />
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I do not advocate WAAC, if you have to exploit by cheating with movement, pivoting vehicles to gain an inch, or some other such shenanigan then you need to improve on your own skill level to drop such crutches. I often feel that the current editions permission to use allies is a huge crutch to most players and allows for exploitation. Most army lists were written in an attempt to give each army a feel; they get something they specialize in, as a trade off they often have a few weaknesses. With the addition of allies you often see nothing but the strongest combos from each codex.<br />
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I feel that there is a time for soft fluffy lists, that time is when teaching the game to a newcomer. Those are called demo games. Would you feel better about your most recent victory if your opponent afterwards said, yeah well I was holding back and used a subpar list on purpose? I see on message boards people using the fluffy list excuse for 2 reasons; either to make themselves feel better about their loss, or to pump themselves up even more in a victory. Why not just build a list be fair and honest and try to win while being a good sport. No more crying about fair or not fair, spammy or not. Do what every military has tried to do; win!<br />
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Some of my most memorable games have been against damn hard lists ran by skilled players using Dark Eldar Raider spam well before the internet was all abuzz about MSU/transport spamming. And that was 3rd edition.<br />
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Calling a list or player fluffy or WAAC is bad sportsmanship. Cheating and rules exploits are bad sportsmanship as well.<br />
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Get out there and try new lists, shake things up and work on new combos within your codex. Who knows you might create the next great net-list that everyone talks about. <br />
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<br />War Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05284218481061706744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237649680277367853.post-10241891582860434852014-04-29T11:56:00.001-04:002014-04-29T11:56:10.070-04:00Battle Report Eldar vs Marines 1850 points Very few pics this time around.<br />
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I showed up at our local Hobby Town hoping for a game. I had my 1500 point Eldar list and a few extras in case someone wanted to go larger. The group there introduced me to Corey and his Ultramarines for a game. Corey had a 1850 list so I scaled up to meet him.<br />
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Basic Farseer on bike joining a Guardian bike squad<br />
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For a total of 1808 points<br />
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My Warlord power was the one that lets you rearrange your units. My side of the board was so full that it was totally wasted. I went first as the marines were unable to seize in the darkness. We rolled up Big Guns never tire on Dawn of War.<br />
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I knew the marines were holding 3 drops pods plus a unit of legion of the Damned in reserve so I held my troops back so that I did not leave any huge gaps that he could land a pod next to my artillery in.<br />
In the darkness of turn one 30 warp spiders went on the hunt. 10 Spiders on my left flank took up cover in a multilevel ruin. 10 on my right flank jumped 17 inches forward and destroyed a rhino plus one passenger leaving 4 marines cowering in the crater. The 10 Spiders in the middle got fortuned from the Farseer and advanced on two melta bikers, killing them swiftly in the darkness. A dreadnaught with 2 twinlinked autocannons lost an arm to the fireprism. Then the Spiders ran back and jumped back during the assault phase to hide in cover.<br />
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Here the middle spider have just wasted the bikers, and the right flank spiders are ready to slag the Rhino.<br />
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The right flank spiders, after slagging the Rhino jump up to the top of a building to hide from the marines.<br />
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The rest of the army sitting at the rear waiting to pounce when the pods appear.<br />
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Eldar turn two killed 3 land speeders all of the drop pod contents, a unit of devastators in the ruins and most of the marines hiding in the crater. The Marine player dropped the last pod near his fortified ruins and the LotD dropped in to support his ruins and objective.<br />
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Eldar turn three all of the pods were destroyed, the ruins cleared including the one armed dread and most of the LotD went back to being just ghosts. Marine turn three realizing that he was down to a double las-cannon Razorback, a Command Rhino missing 2 hull points, and a Dread that was trying to hid from the spider death. The marine captain fled the field of battle.<br />
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In all I lost the main gun on the Fire Prism, 5 spiders from each unit, and 2 jet bikes.<br />
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It was a good game with a great opponent at a wonderful Hobby Town game night. I look forward to the next game.<br />
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<br />War Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05284218481061706744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237649680277367853.post-57443760483384263272014-04-28T18:19:00.001-04:002014-04-28T18:19:17.395-04:00Is this thing still on?Life gets in the way. Its been a while someone remind me what year is this and what edition are we in?<br />
I am going to try to start updating this blog again, we shall see how long that lasts.<br />
I have managed to get a few 40k games in recently, there might even be enough photos for a battle report.<br />
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I have added a swap shop link for old goodies I no longer need to be the keeper of and broken down my army pic pages to accommodate the Eldar and Tyranid hoardes.<br />
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With any luck I will get some photos up and maybe even a battle report or two.War Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05284218481061706744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237649680277367853.post-56873510297923035572012-07-15T14:30:00.002-04:002012-07-15T21:01:16.207-04:00First run with 6th ed Tyranids<h2>
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Winged Tyrant fully loaded 2x Devourers Hive commander, Old Adversary<br />
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Deployment: Hammer & Anvil, Night Fight on round 1, Wolves go first. Alpha Warrior is my warlord and rolls Legendary Fighter bonus VPs for challenge kills<br />
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Lone wolf in the forest finds nests full of Razorwings that try to eat his face off (1 Wound suffered)<br />
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Assault Phase Warlord Prime makes it into assault challenges and wins his combat (1 bonus VP), Combat ends in one turn, 3 of the spawned Termagants survive and no wounds are dealt to momma bug.<br />
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Flappy passes his roll for a power only to have 2 wolf priests deny it with a 24" range axe.<br />
Flappy then vectorstrikes the unit of Longfangs dealing 3 wounds that were not to be saved even with ruin cover. True to form the wolves roll snake eyes for moral. Flappy then unloads with devourers and takes the Multimelta off of the speeder.<br />
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End of 5th turn 2 scoring units are right on the line, 1 more inch and either unit would have scored a secondary objective of linebreaker.<br />
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everything except for 2 of the Longfangs 9 points<br />
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Momma Tervigon never rolled a double, spawned 15, 14, 8, 8, and 12. So an extra 67 Gants during a game is nice.<br />
Daemons caused 2 or 3 wounds to wolf priests and 1 wound to the flappy tyrant.<br />
Termagants tarpitting the Wolfpriest for at least 3 rounds of combat is crazy nice compared to the old days of no retreat wound shenanigans.<br />
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After having played Tyranids since 2nd edition it feels like the bugs may be back to being competitive.<br />
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Hive Tyrant wings with scything talons. <br />
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This project is now dead with the release of a plastic GW flying tyrant kit.<br />
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First is a reference photo of the large scything talon from the Trygon kit.<br />
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First layer of Green Stuff has been applied to the top of the wing, I used heavy paper to make the base of the webbing then soaked it with super glue to add strength. The GS has been textured using wet sand-able sand paper being pressed into the GS to leave a rough even texture.<br />
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I have been running two conversion projects at once, to fill the down time while waiting on green stuff to cure.<br />
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Starting Bitz;<br />
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I am going to be using a Trygon torso and 2 Trygon head plates (not pictured), plus a set of Carnifex legs and tail, standard Carnifex head and standard Carnifex armored plate (not pictured either).<br />
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Torso modifications:<br />
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I removed the 2nd and 3rd ridges from the armored plate, I would later go on to remove the first two back vents as well.<br />
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Torso modifications step 2:<br />
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Here you can see the Carnifex armored plated and additional green stuff vent that has been added to the torso. The Carnifex tail section has been lengthened so that the torso and tail/waist will fit correctly. The tops of the Carnifex legs have been widened and Trygon head crests have been cut into armor plating for the thighs.<br />
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Leg conversion process<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Thighs removed from legs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Thighs cut in half</td></tr>
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The Carnifex thighs were removed with a jewelers saw, the cut in half with a standard hobby razor saw. The thighs were then widened by gluing the halves to a 1/8 inch thick piece of plastic card and sculpting/sanding it down to match the original contour. Your can see the white plastic card in a photo above this.<br />
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Trygon torso:<br />
Beginning to blend the Carnifex armor plate into the torso and have added the first 2 green stuff vents.<br />
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Waist & Tail extended and armor plate added<br />
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Torso & Tail dry fit<br />
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The last two pairs of vents still need to be extended with GS.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Current edition Hive Tyrant tail</td></tr>
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I need 2 of these and I don't want to pay for them as bitz on eBay.<br />
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I used Instant Mold to make a quick press mold.<br />
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I took a piece of brass rod and bent it to shape to be structural support of the tail.<br />
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Beginning to pack the mold with ProCreate at a 60/40 mix.<br />
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Two short tail sections molded up with brass rod inserts ready for use.<br />
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Legs about %85 complete</div>
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I need to fatten up the thighs a little bit, going for that softball player look.<br />
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Making the primary horn<br />
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Still need the extended goatee and talon thingies on the sides of the mouth<br />
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Once again this product is mixed at a 1:1 ratio by volume and has little or no odor.<br />
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It has a 7 minute pot life and a 30 minute demold time.<br />
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I recommend getting some squeeze bottles like restaurants use for condiments to make it easier to pour.<br />
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I use Alumilite's Black dye to get a gray resin. 305 is usually bright white. A few drops in the A side jug and shake till blended. Go slow with this and test until you get a shade you are happy with.<br />
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I use a marble cutting board for any of my messy work. Hot metal, super glue and resins scrape right off with the razor scraper.<br />
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<li>Syringe for injecting resin into the mold, or pulling resin through a vent gate.</li>
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<li>Rubber bands to keep molds together</li>
<li>Clamp(s) for molds</li>
<li>Hard board or plastic card used when clamping the molds.</li>
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Using a hardboard or thicker plastic card line up the halves and hold them together. Use rubber bands or clamps. You have to figure out the right amount of pressure for your mold. Too little and the resin will seep out of the bottom, too much and you will warp and deform the cast.</div>
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<li>Stir the A&B sides well, make sure it is completely mixed.</li>
<li>With this mold I was able to pour directly into the main gate, I used the syringe slowly pull resin & air pockets up through the vent channel.</li>
<li>Rotate and shake the mold to help free any trapped air pockets.</li>
<li>Wear gloves you don't want mixed resin on your hands.</li>
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On this pull (that's what a casting is called) you can see the middle claw did not form because there was a small amount of silicon that needed to be removed from the vent. A few small air bubbles but over all a very nice first pull, means this should be a very good mold.<br />
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On this pull we see a few air bubbles and the toe had a trapped air bubble. <i>Still better than most packaged and sold Finecast.</i> The toe bubble was solved in future pulls by rotating the mold while the resin was liquid, to allow the air to escape.<br />
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With a little work these legs will be usable, a small amount of green stuff and less time than I have spent on most ForgeWorld I have gets a very good set of bug legs.War Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05284218481061706744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237649680277367853.post-50427757481498831882011-11-10T20:29:00.001-05:002011-11-10T20:44:50.857-05:00Hoarding Tyranids<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">5 Original Tyrants being converted/magnetized to be Tyranid Primes or Tyrant Guard & 6 original Tyrant Guards</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">80 Termagants ( Battle for McCragg)</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Current hive tyrant, custom leg set, carnifex.</span>War Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05284218481061706744noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237649680277367853.post-57462276768887501612011-11-09T00:11:00.000-05:002011-11-09T00:11:16.331-05:00WiP Tyranid Swarmlord pt 4<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Long Overdue Update</b></span><br />
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This product is mixed by volume at a 1:1 ratio. It does not have an foul odor, in my opinion. It has a 15 minute pot life and sets up in 75 minutes.<br />
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This step will take longer than it most would people think it would, take your time and do it right. Using a sulfur free clay, build up a layer of clay to around half way up the original. Make sure to leave no gaps and not get the clay on the top half of the original. Build your mold on a flat portable surface, I used a piece of 1/8 inch thick plastic card. I also Use Legos for the walls of the mold box. Where you stop with the clay will be the mold line, you want to be aware of this so that you can minimize mold lines in you detailed areas. Leave plenty of room on all sides of the original, so that the mold halves maintains strength.<br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">Adding vent channels.</b><br />
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At the bottom of the photo you can see the end of a syringe that I use as a pour gate for resin, the white plastic rods were added to make channels for air to escape when pouring the resin.<br />
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The holes in the clay will form registry keys that will help to keep the halves lined up properly.<br />
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If you are still with me this far along, then I am going to assume that you can read and have a basic understanding of the MATHs. At this point you need to figure out how much silicon to make. So some basic calculations of volume are going to be needed, along with at least one graduated container. So my two boxes had interior measurements of 6.5 cm 9.5cm x 1.5cm & 6.5 cm 11.25cm x 1.5cm, giving me two volumes 92.625cc & 110cc. Total volume needed approximately 202.3cc minus the filler(scroll down) and volume of the original to be cast.<br />
This is America here but metric is so much better for things like this (everything really).<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Two Compounds One Cup.</b></span><br />
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I use clear throw away drink cups, using the graduated container measure out 100cc of water and pour into the cup. Mark a line with a sharpie at the water line. Now pour another 100cc of water in and mark the next line. Make sure the cup is <b>completely dry</b> I put tape over my lines so that the mark would not rub off.<br />
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Follow the manufacturers instructions on mixing the A&B sides of the silicon. I keep two labeled large paint stir sticks like from Lowe's and two measuring cups one for each bucket with my gear. After stirring I add the thinner of the two to the cup up to the first mark, then add the other side up to the second mark.<br />
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Stir with a third stick until the color is even, you need to stir this and pour the silicon in around 5 or so minutes you have a work time of 15 minutes total.<br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">Left over silicon.</b><br />
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Left over silicon can be cut into small bits and added to a new mold pour. Keep it to small amounts added after the first part of the pour. When the resin has coated the clay floor and original.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Poured Silicon.</span></b><br />
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Start pouring in the most empty corner of the mold box and allow the silicon to flow by itself throughout the mold box. That will help to ensure complete detail capture.<br />
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In this photo you can see the air bubbles caused by mixing and pouring rising up and popping leave them alone and let the silicon do its thing. Gently shaking, tapping, or even vibrating the mold will make this go faster. <br />
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(<i>You can buy a professional vibrator for this, please post pics of it delivered to your door step if you do.</i>)<br />
The manufacturer says 75 minutes to cure, I recommend pouring the first half and between 2-4 hours. Let it really set up and cure well before the next steps.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Remove the walls.</b></span><br />
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Remove the clay, notice how the blue stains the plastic card. Buy a natural unstained shade if possible.<br />
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You must apply a rubber to rubber <a href="http://www.micromark.com/Rubber-to-Rubber-Mold-Release-2-fl-oz,7507.html">mold release agent</a> to all of the silicon, be extra careful not to get any on the master being copied. Use a old paint brush for this.<br />
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Gently pry the 2 halves apart. You will have to clean out the pour channels and venting sprue gates. Use a very sharp knife and possibly a good quality sprue cutter.<br />
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<br />War Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05284218481061706744noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237649680277367853.post-87423840804859094072011-11-04T12:55:00.000-04:002011-11-04T12:55:23.694-04:00Green Stuff BasicsSo I have been getting some questions on forums about how to sculpt with GreenStuff (henceforth GS). So here goes my amateur tips and techniques.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><b>GREENSTUFF</b></span><br />
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First don't buy the strips, buy the big tubes for around $13 for 100grams from the <a href="http://www.thewarstore.com/kneadatiteputtyandsculpting.html">warstore</a>. The same weight of GS from GW would be $50.00 in strips and the strips do not store well.<br />
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No matter what sculpting tools you use or make keep water handy to keep your fingertips and tools wet, to keep the GS from sticking to you as much. I know some sculptors make their own tool ends for specific effects or their own preferences. I am not that far along yet or more correctly I have not found the need create a tool tip.<br />
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I bet most of you did not see that one coming. Get a jewelers scale from eBay that can handle around 500g to 1000g. You can weigh out the blue and yellow portions individually to be sure you are close to equal. I have found that I am rarely able to use more than 1.5g in a single session before it starts to set up and get more difficult to use. Remember that is about .750g of each color. Some sculptors like to vary the amounts of each color or even add different putties like milliput or Brown Stuff. this lets you make sure your ratios are right. Like painting and trying to match a blended color, a scale can make it easier to match a special ratio keep a note book handy for these sort of things.<br />
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<li>Sometimes you may be sculpting two parts that will join up to each other but need to remain apart, like a ball and socket joint. In the case of a ball & socket joint once the socket is formed and cured a good tip is to lightly apply petroleum jelly (vasaline) to the inside of the socket and the press a wad of GS into it to take the ball shape. Petroleum Jelly will not stop GS from curing but it will keep the two pieces from sticking together. Once cured clean up the goo with regular dish soap.</li>
<li>Press Mold, <a href="http://warfrog.blogspot.com/2011/05/saving-ebay-finds-by-casting-your-own.html">read this post</a> to get a better insight on press molding.</li>
<li>Work in thin layers, build the model slowly.</li>
<li>On this torso I extended the backbone in around 3 sessions. The first was to build a plastic card skeleton joining the ball back to the waist and then covering it with GS. Once cured I blended the vertical strips of GS onto the torso. Next after that had cured I packed a small amount of GS at the bottom of each U shaped valley and using a Clay Shaper made the cross members by working the excess up the groove until I reached the top of the torso. It took days to complete and probably could not have been in one session.</li>
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I need 2 of these and I don't want to pay for them as bitz on eBay.<br />
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I used Instant Mold to make a quick press mold.<br />
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I took a piece of brass rod and bent it to shape to be structural support of the tail.<br />
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Beginning to pack the mold with ProCreate at a 60/40 mix.<br />
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Two short tail sections molded up with brass rod inserts ready for use.<br />
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I picked this up at a Michael's store I think retail was $20 (they almost always have a %40-%50 off coupon). <br />
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I like the concept of flying ripper swarms, thought I would buy some I was looking at these.</div>
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These are <a href="http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Tyranids/TYRANID-RIPPERS-WITH-WINGS.html">Forgeworld's</a> version and for the low low price $33.50 (for nine total winged bugs) I can order them from the UK, wait while they ship and then fix the bad quality sculpts that Forgeworld is known for. I say no thank you to that.</div>
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I decided to make my own and cast them out of resin.<br />
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Also using 2 different jumping sculpts of ripper bodies, any Tyranid player will have tons of these. Lets call them free with purchase of other plastic crack.<br />
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Using a Hobby saw and clippers I cut the bats in half and then carved the body away, leaving 2 sets of wings.<br />
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Some glue and GreenStuff later, I now have 2 different winged rippers ready to be molded and cast.<br />
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<br />War Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05284218481061706744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237649680277367853.post-18734150632251198522011-11-01T13:15:00.000-04:002011-11-01T23:46:22.419-04:00Halloween = ExtortionSo my boy has been taught the fine art of Trick-or-Treat, this Halloween was first holiday he has been old enough to participate in and understand. Fortunately he grasps the finer concepts like asking for candy in exchange for protection from tricks being inflicted upon the home he is visiting. He will make an excellent negotiator or mobster.<br />
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The little dragon visited his grandparents, and a surprise visit to <a href="http://nevernesshobby.blogspot.com/">Neverness</a> to solicit candy and chase the great and furry Isis.<br />
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On the horizon, the swarlord legs are finished <i style="font-size: small;">(I think, I hope), </i>the tail section is in the final stages of completion, and the head is in the home stretch.<br />
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