"Midnight Raid in Mosul" Dio & Write-up....

You were saying something about MY figure being weathered after 3 weeks ... should I even begin!?! .... 4 years!?! That's like sending your kid off to military school .... I'm surprised you recognized the damn thing! LOL!!!!!

But seriously, that woodland looks great! Just finish it. You're almost 1/2 way done anyway!?! Heck!, I bet you can finish that one before psst finally gets done powdering his! HAHAHA!!!

Hey .... where is he BTW!?!

your figs sat around for 3 weeks...they should be plenty dusty...lol. well, 1/35 is certainly more managable. i've been toying with taking out of the box one of my previous 1/16 builds that i started oh lets see now ummmm.....3-4 years ago something like that. . its the dragon delta force guy. i was painting him in woodland camo. have the gear and the upper torso done...then for some reason i put it in the box and left it for all this time. here's a couple of pics of the unfinished fig!

this second is blurry...but whatever!

You and me both buddy ... I toying around with building up just one of the figures that I cast just to see how to comes out. I think that if I get done with one of them, I might be in the mood to finish the rest.

However, I've pretty much decided that I'm not going to light this one up. I think that the correct way to do this one IS going to be using a shadow box and I'm not about to do one this large. So, this idea is still on the table, but it's going to be with 1/35 figures ... not 1/12!

This project ... with four 1/12 figures .... just might be the one that I carry back over on my next "vacation". I've found that I can build what I want to and then if I want to weather it ... I just let it sit around for a few days! Nice and dusty!!! And perfectly weathered to boot!!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!

But, first things first ... I've got to get my SF figure out the door. So, I'm going to be concentrating on that one this week.

I think what's got me down is that I'm really still in the "thinking" phase on this one since it's got all this FO crap going on. I really don't like spending more than a week or two planning a build up before I start in on it .... and this one has been going on for HOW LONG now!?!

I may continue this one as a regular build .... w/o all the lighting though. However, once it's built, that's it. No adding lights .... so I'm going to put it away for a little while until I know that's what I want to do.

I've got an F-117 in the shelf that I know I'm going to light up. That one may very well take care of the "lighting" bug that I've got.

modelchasm wrote:

so that maybe one day I'll be retarded enough to pull it back out again.

lol hey- that just means we were all retarded enough to push you into it (ok maybe just me)

modelchasm wrote:

I've also got the resin pieces that I cast from the original molds. I may try to put something together from that. Seems like a lousy way to end this one ... got any suggestions!?! I'm all ears ...

I got it! Get a bunch of your 1/16 guys and have them checking out the giant 1/12 scale bronze statue of an SF soldier!!

sorry, I got no idea. I guess for now that cardboard box labeled "retarded project" will hafta work for now.

Sooooo ...... I'm thinking of shutting this build down. Since coming back, I've trying to jump on it again and I'm just not feeling it. It's not that it's too difficult or impossible, but it doesn't make sense to me anymore. It's too .... over the top. I mean ... after it's completed, I'm going to end up with this HUGE .... thing!?! (and that's IF it doesn't turn into a shadow box!)

I've already started packing most of the parts and things into a box, so that maybe one day I'll be retarded enough to pull it back out again. I've also got the resin pieces that I cast from the original molds. I may try to put something together from that.

Seems like a lousy way to end this one ... got any suggestions!?! I'm all ears ...

psstoff995 wrote:

Oh yeah- hey model, how ya been? -CAMO!! YOU GOT ANY MORE PICTURES OF THEM FOREIGN LEGION GUYS?? Haha j/k

of course!

HOW IN THE $*&^  .... am I supposed to catch up on 14 PAGES worth of crap!!! You guys talk too much!

HAHA!!!!

Gi'me a few days to sort through my laundry ... and these pages, and I'll start up my blurbs again.

Hope everyone had plenty of time to build these past few weeks. I'm looking forward to seing some progress!

dont b.s. me p.o. its ok. lol. if they're bad so be it. i know they're not even close to my other oif guys...but like i said...my mind just isnt in it like it should be. i think when i get back from iowa and can calm my mind back down to a sense of normalcy i can do better. i've done better i know that. i just cant explain it other than some burnout and my other issues. however, i know model will be back soon and you guys can go at it while i "take a brief brake".

as for the whole second guy thing, i know it doesnt look like it from the pose im holding him at but he's actually taking one in the body (bullet that is). however, i never really liked it blah blah blah...alright dude, gonna go watch some red wing hockey!!

alright here are my two figs for my dio. i have more to do on both of these (touch ups, etc.) and of course more figures to do. i dont consider them my best work just because i wasnt really in to it alot of the time. i'll let you be the judge but with everything on my mind and now this possible move....i feel i can do better...

not sure i want to even use this guy anymore...may change it!

well p.o., i've got a job interview in desmoine iowa next week...., yeah, go figure. that ought to be interesting. i havent traveled in nearly 15 years (any great distances). we'll see how that goes.

anyway, just wanted to mention that because at this point im not sure if i'll ever get this damn thing done...LOL. i'm slowly painting the figures (the ones i have made). i will post some pics of the 2 i have nearly done in a day or 2. i dont know about you but i have to be in the mood 2 paint them (and paint them decently) and lately...i've just not been in the mood! but i'll get it one way or another. i've just given up for now until i can really spend some more time with it the whole arpat thing. i wish ya luck on it when you actually try it in 1/35 scale. anyway, some minor updates are coming soon!!

psstoff995 wrote:

just call the dio "Hunting Season: Iraq" lol but the practice beforehand sound like a good plan. I'm sure you can pull it off. I had no idea Michigan was so down on it’s collective luck. Again, not to worry about you too much, but I hope it went well today. Fell free to complain, I’m sure I would... ...(you sure you don’t want to use any pink??) j/k

ssssshhhhh....be vewy vewy quite...i'm hunting sunni's...hehehehe....! yeah that was a pathetic attempt to do elmer fudd! whatever!

yeah dude, y do you think there's all this stuff over trying to save the auto industry with bailouts and all that. the american puplic thinks they only want $$$$$$ to soften their already cushy lifestyles (like a.i.g.)....far far far far from it. 12% of the entire population (including myself) in unemployed because of it (that's about 5 million people buddy)...blah blah blah...see ya got me started....!!!

anyway, 'nuff of that stuff. i practiced with painting the arpat...let's just say it looks easier than done. some parts i like other's well, its an abomination...mostly an abomination!!! so unless i really really make an effort (i just dont feel i have the time) i'll probably stick with the 3 color!!! pink!! no, no pink. could always make a gay soldier with a pink arpat...instead of pixels...they could be rainbows...LOL. no, maybe not....!

hey....nobody said anything about pink..... man i said i'd practice, not make hunting camo buddy!!! LOL. j/k. yeah, i'll get a good start on them this week and really really really do all i can do get it done a.s.a.p. as far as the econ etc, dont worry...who cares if i live in the worst state in the union with the highest unemployment!!! . anyway...we'll see how all that goes...blah blah blah. not here to complain (though i realize i am)!!!

the painting will go better that im sure of in the coming days. i just wanted to test the arpat to see if i can do it reasonably. then i can decide what uniform i want my army to go to war in...LOL. to be continued........