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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future...: 01.2015
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future. Having fun with 40K on a budget. Imperial Knights, Part X. Okay, so. when I left off I’d finished all the cannon elements. But it struck me I hadn’t shown off the assembled cannon. The heavy stubber was the same. The detail pieces gave it enough surface area for the glue to adhere, and the top edge could press up against the base of the battle cannon. Again, held in two directions. It was very, very solid. All four layers if I was building with card? There are three c...
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future...: 07.2014
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future. Having fun with 40K on a budget. Imperial Knights, Part VII. So, it only took a little bit of work, but I managed to salvage and rebuild the toes. Without losing too much time. They're much more solid this way. Now on to the legs. They look complex on the template, but the leg sections are really the same sort of thing I’ve done in the past for gun barrels and towers. To give the cardstock a good curve. Then it came down to another bit of pinching and holding each...
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future...: Gargant, Part Four
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future. Having fun with 40K on a budget. Gargant, Part Four. Okay, time to build some arms and mount some dakka. So, you may recall I built two sockets in the thorax. Mentioned this before, but foamcore is always two cuts, at least. Always. When you try to go through foamcore in one cut, that’s when you get all those beads and tears and rough edges. Use a fresh blade in your hobby knife. Like they worked) believably with the assorted joints and hinges I’d be adding to t...
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future...: Cheap Jungle Plants
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future. Having fun with 40K on a budget. We were told by our landlord that we had to clean the garage out this weekend, so a lot of work did not get done on the Thunderbolts. However, we swung by our local 99 Cent Store for drinks and I saw this little piece of cheap scenery goodness which I thought should be shared. I decided to stick with my old plastic palm trees. I was pretty sure another option would present itself. You could even pull off all the tufts in every third ro...
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future...: 08.2015
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future. Having fun with 40K on a budget. So more dakka. And some other stuff. This one’s going to be kind of huge. I had a week off and I did a lot. I mentioned before, I built a simple arm for the rokkit pod based off the same design as the gargant’s actual arms. I fastened it to a square plate on the bottom and a round plate (a “swivel joint”) on the top. So maybe only use this method on single, specific things. Then I cut some long strips of cardstock for the scaffolding/g...
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future...: Garagant: Part VI
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future. Having fun with 40K on a budget. Many, many thanks for all your patience. There were conventions. And edits and then an anthology. But now I’m back. Speaking of anthologies, check out that new one over on the right. I now get to call myself a canon X-Files. Writer with my story “ The Beast of Little Hill. 8221; It’s fun, you’ll like it. But let’s head back to the Gargant. Mentioned this before, but foamcore is always two cuts, at least. Always. When you try to...I glu...
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future...: Gargant--Seven
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future. Having fun with 40K on a budget. Okay, so, ready to apply logic and geometry to a problem? So, what I need is an arc that’s between a straight line and the curve of the base. And I’m willing to bet—based off my great scores in high school geometry—that if I make my arc halfway between those two extremes, it should connect in a way that gives me a 45 degree slope to my jaw base. Or something very close to that. I guess math and science are still the way to go. Probably...
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future...: 02.2015
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In The Grim Cheapness of the Future. Having fun with 40K on a budget. Imperial Knights, Part XII (the end). Okay, let’s talk about some final extras. None of these things are necessary, but I think they’re a lot of those good little details that can really make a model pop, especially a Paperhammer model. First up, my friend Marcus. Sent me a tracing of the base from one of his plastic Knights. The big trick to cutting foamcore? Another Helpful Hint—. Helpful Hint 2.2. There are a bunch of Warhammer 40K ...
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