Models of whatever in plastic kits

[Devlyn]

I am sure this will cause sadness among the modeling community, but when I was much younger, I built the inexpensive plastic models for the purpose of photographing them in the process of being destroyed.

I remember building the CV-34 Oriskany, probably because it had been in the news.  When it was just about complete, I ballasted it with marbles, so it floated properly, and loaded it up with firecrackers.  It the went into the swimming pool, with the long fuse lit.  Picture time.

Blew it to smithereens.  My dad got mad because all the marbles rolled down to the deep end, and made me and my brother fish them out.  Also there were little plastic A-4 Skyhawks, red paper, and unexploded firecrackers floating in the pool!

Little did I know how the real Oriskany would meet its end: sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to form an artificial reef.

A behaviour no doubt inspired by sniffing the glue! <running away>

[V M]

There was a runoff area called 'The back bay' that was eventually closed to the public when I was a kid

There were these small ponds of sea water and plenty of open space for adventure, my friends and I would get up to mischief blowing up our model boats and other things and shooting them up with our BB guns

Oh the memories of great war games and getting chased about by the Sheriffs that patrolled the area 

[Beth Andrea]

After an appropriate delay of time admiring my handiwork, when I was younger I would tie a golfball-sized rock (about 5cm) to a 10' length of string, then to the airplane...then would throw them both over a cliff.

The rock would accelerate faster, dragging the plane behind it...which of course would make it look like it's flying...for about 4 seconds, before impact.

Tank models were shot, as were the myriad 1/35 scale soldiers. Missing them caused dirt "explosions."

See? One can have several different levels of fun with models...it ain't just about sniffing glue (which I was warned against, many many times, by my parents.) I'd have never EVEN thought of doing that, I was so vestal.

[ZoeM]

Finished cutting/painting/glueing my Pola model, at long last. Rigging it now, with the help of a little sewing kit.


Is it just me, or does modeling cement smell really, really strongly foul all of a sudden? I can't recall that it ever smelled this bad...

[ZoeM]

Mah new babeh showed up!

'Tis a 1:350 scale Roma battleship, and it's sooooo pretty

Came with a wood deck and brass cannon, plus other stuff. I have photos, but they won't upload on my phone.

[Christine167]

I do a lot of model building for both games and display pieces. This is a 32mm Ghost pirate I painted for a game called Warmachine:

[V M]

I do a lot of model building for both games and display pieces. This is a 32mm Ghost pirate I painted for a game called Warmachine:

Wow!!! That's a lot of detail for such a tiny thing... Very impressive 

[Christine167]

Thanks V M. Now if I only turn out to be half as good at applying make up this whole becoming a girl thing just might work out 

[Devlyn]

I do a lot of model building for both games and display pieces. This is a 32mm Ghost pirate I painted for a game called Warmachine:

Nice work! We've sent your fingerprint to the FBI for analysis,  by the way!

[Christine167]

Nice Sammy. I love the colors on your high elves. 

[Beth Andrea]

Wow, magnificent detail on those miniatures! I didn't get into the RPGames that much, but I remember doing a few Star Trek miniatures years and years ago...I used to be really into Star Trek, even had the original deck plans for both the Constitution class and the D-7...Tried to make the D-7 using Qoole (Quake 2) but I do NOT have the patience to make that kind of thing...

[Jamie D]

Finished cutting/painting/glueing my Pola model, at long last. Rigging it now, with the help of a little sewing kit.


Is it just me, or does modeling cement smell really, really strongly foul all of a sudden? I can't recall that it ever smelled this bad...

I think it is scented with mustard now.

[Christine167]

I thought about selling off quite a bit of my stuff as well Sammy. Possibly all of it depending on how my friends react as I have not told them yet and have not chosen to transition yet.

[Christine167]

Many of the guys and girls that I play with are very good friends of mine. I used to work for the shop that I play at for almost a decade too. It was my college job and it made me popular amongst the customers there. Almost like being a bartender I got to know the regulars. Without the shop I would have never met my wife either. The games were always just an excuse to talk to each other. Especially here in the south where being a gamer used to be so looked down upon.

So that leaves me in a hard place I feel. Some of my friends will probably just accept me. And some I feel will freak out. I don't really want be known as the one who drove apart other friends because of their beliefs about this.... Issue.

I'll just have to see how it goes. Depending on how many friends stay with me then perhaps it is best to not to just disappear.

[Christine167]

Christine, I see that hobby means much more to You and it would be a pain for You to leave this. Do You only play WM or You play other systems as well?

Mostly Warmachine & Hordes. I am one the volunteers for that company. I hope I can say that since there are hundreds of PGs out there.
I also like skirmish games like Malifaux, Relic Knights, Mordheim, and The Batman Miniatures Game. I tend to like those more than the games which require a huge number of models now. I get to paint up a great looking ten to twenty figures and then try a whole new paint scheme on the next batch.

[Christine167]

I am fascinated by Infinity skirmish rules and would love to paint some of their Ariadna range, but my common sense tells me that I have plenty of other projects to do .

Yeah they look great. I too have the inventory of a miser in my game closet.   

By the way Sammy I think you're pretty cool.
Thanks keeping our conversation alive.

[Christine167]

I'd like to keep this one alive while I wait to be able to more actively participate in transitional conversations. These are some science fiction models I painted up for contract work a few years ago:

[Northern Jane]

I used to do plastic models when I was young and living in an apartment, mostly Tamiya because of the high quality of the moulding. My goal was to produce complete dioramas  and were indistinguishable from real life in photographs. Unfortunately, they accumulate until there is nothing to do with them but give them away or send them to trash.

Twenty years ago I started making large scale fully-operational models of machinery, mostly steam, all from metal and all from scratch. Very rewarding! An added benefit is that they are quite saleable and fetch insane amounts of money LOL!

[Beth Andrea]

Twenty years ago I started making large scale fully-operational models of machinery, mostly steam, all from metal and all from scratch. Very rewarding! An added benefit is that they are quite saleable and fetch insane amounts of money LOL!

That's something I read about a few years ago, and thought it'd be cool to look into further. I'm not sure if my mechanical interest went away with "manhood" LOL, but I would like to read up on it...

What would I google, "steam miniatures"?

[Kia]

Ooooo! 40K models, I have a meagre collection of Chaos Marines, but they're so damn expensive and difficult as hell to paint (they're so itty bitty)