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Ok, perhaps not the best topic line :s I've just tacked the leg components together and in fact they've gone together better than I'd hoped.  Less slope is going to be needed than I anticipated, which is good.  However my gut feeling prooved corect and the left leg needs repositioning slightly, just to make sure that it looks right.  One positive thing of doing that, is that it means I can modify the pelvis joins and use plastic rod rather than trying to work with the blob of plastic that it has, creating a much more realistic and dynamic effect. Read More

After around about 8 hours of cutting, filing and some gluing over the weekend, what I'm aiming for looks like it is possible.  The right leg has been cut up into separate components and should give enough play to allow it to be hinged at the knee and hip so that it's pressing down on a Chaos Marine's chest.  Facilitating a slope into the base and pushing the Marine into the ground should allow it to not look like it's drunk. Running Totals: Time - ~ 8 Hrs; Cost - £36.47 The sarcophagus block has been cut out from the front torso without… Read More

When I collected my ticket I also purchased myself a regular plastic Space Marine Dreadnought.  I'm a Space Wolves collector and have wanted to put together a dread for ages, but held off because I had a gut feeling that they'd be releasing a new plastic one at the same time as the new Codex.  Now that this years Golden Demon has become a possibility, I felt that it was time to fulfil this yearning and put together one of these behemoth's. My intention is to hack, gouge… Read More

Today I was lucky enough to be able to scrounge a lift to Swindon on September 27th.  For those who don't know, September 27th (2009) is the date that Games Workshop is holding its annual 'Games Day' exhibition.  This is held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Bristol.  Every Games Workshop store runs a coach from the store to the NEC and back again and Swindon is the store closest to me.  Tickets to Games Day cost £30 this year, which (as with last year) include a limited edition model, the coach ticket from Swindon is £12 - yes that's right, it's cost me £42 plus whatever my lift wants for me to get there... Thriftyness aside,… Read More