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L4, what did we tell you about teasing us like that... where's the pics?!
Found some marines that I had painted up for a commission many years ago, that the owner never paid me for. I'm now the 'proud' owner of a squad of Tactical Marines and a Devastator Squad (like I really need more of either, but the extra heavy weapons will be nice for the 5th (Battle) Company of Dark Angels). Took a couple apart to get usable arms for my Shas'el. One master arm is in place, the other is waiting for the plastic cement to cure before I drill it for the pin. Once that's done, she'll be painted Blue, with a bit of red, and yellow, and lots of White trim. The master arm of my Broadside Shas'vre has proved stubborn, and the Testors white Contour putty is taking longer than it should to set. I still need to build the Railgun for him, in addition to building the shoulders up. If you own the Appleseed manga, I'm building Briareos, as he shows up in the fourth book. For most of the rest of the suits, I'm going for the look from the new Appleseed movie.
If I can figure it out, I have a really cool idea for the shield drones that I want to try, involving some electrical work and fiber optics. The look I'm going for is flares from a helicopter. If I can get it to work, I'm going to make many of them, and use them for both Shield Drones on battlesuits and Decoy Launchers on vehicles.
Got the letter of 'we found someone else' from the Department of Education, so still working on finding a job, too. I plan on getting a digicam sometime before Christmas (probably, since I want a digital SLR for real picture-taking, and those are dang pricey, ~$1000 for the Body plus a decent macro lens), so I'll be able to post some pics of my stuff. After the Digicam, it's time for the FW Epic Tau order (although that will probably be in time for IA5 or 6).
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"For the Lion and the Emperor!"
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On the other hand, the Blue Angels Blue from the rattlecan looks great. Some wet-sanding to clean up some blemishes in the finish from when a gust of wind sent the engines across the backyard, and another coat of paint should have the base coat done. Then I get to figure out how to paint the hatches white with a nasty cheap nylon brush. (Starting from gray primer, should be able to get the hatches white pretty quickly) From there, add details (Black Radome, De-icer boots around the engine intakes, Warning: Jet Intake chevrons, etc.), the hand-painted ESWAT Markings (after I find my paintbrushes) and decals. Couple coats of glosscote later, and they're ready to face the enemies of the Greater Good.
