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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Made it to the top 18 entries…
Well, my Tiger (build log previously entered) has made it past the judges and is now in the top 18 entries for voting – if you do like the thing, I’d appreciate it if you visit their FB image and … Continue reading
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Build Log: Italeri “World of Tanks” Tiger 1 Model – Final
Here’s Helga, all done up! I still intend to go back some time and add some basing, but I haven’t figured out what kind of terrain to site her in. Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy the pics (large versions are … Continue reading
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Build Log: Italeri “World of Tanks” Tiger 1 Model – cont’d
Part 9 Approaching “done” status on the model itself – for the time being I’m going to leave the base very plain, but I’ll probably revisit it at some point to add some terrain and give the weathering on the … Continue reading
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Build Log: Italeri “World of Tanks” Tiger 1 Model – cont’d
Part 6 Not a lot of action today, though it might look like it – I applied the “dots” of the ambush camo pattern today, and that’s likely to be it for the day. I used middlestone and chocolate brown … Continue reading
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Build Log: Italeri “World of Tanks” Tiger 1 Model – cont’d
Part 3 Today’s operation was pretty simple – I used tack paste (Brits call it “blue tack”, don’t remember a US analog for this stuff – it’s basically a gum paste that people use to stick posters and things to … Continue reading
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Build Log: Italeri “World of Tanks” Tiger 1 Model
I picked up one of these models to participate in the WoT contest coming up, and figured I’d keep a build log as I went along – so if you like building models or just want to see some of … Continue reading
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Terms I’ve coined…
I just finished reading a blog post over at Coding Horror regarding that author’s top-30 favorite new terms, and I was sad to see that none of mine made it in, so here’s the first three I can remember: “Borked”, … Continue reading
Movie Review: “The Amazing Spider Man 2”
Okay, so I saw this a while ago (bought the DVD when it was released): Visuals: 5 Audio: 5 Plot: 2 Characters: 2 Action: 3 Overall: 3 (slightly better than a shit sandwich) Well, I won’t hold back – … Continue reading