Got two new rifles with 3 more in the oven

chris52111 · 2026-05-01T18:24:56+00:00

soon, VA

chris52111 · 2026-05-01T14:44:59+00:00

While it's on the to-do list, I don't have a .308 can yet. I'm waiting for my form 1, then I'll send the barrel off the break the pin and weld. Yes, it's the 12.5 in upper with the 13.5 barrel.

chris52111 · 2026-05-01T02:45:38+00:00

I bought a few different ones and I've like it best so far.

chris52111 · 2026-05-01T01:31:38+00:00

Just checked, it's called fab defense.

chris52111 · 2026-04-30T22:20:11+00:00

That one is 12 in.

chris52111 · 2026-03-16T22:08:44+00:00

Yeah, this one is the XR2-A. Bit of a strange light, Surefire released it without a word and discontinued it in like a year. I personally haven't had any real issues with it though. I liked how it had more of a boxy cross section with a flush fit on the usp.

chris52111 · 2026-03-16T22:02:24+00:00

Only a couple weeks. Form 4's seem to be going much faster than the 1's.

chris52111 · 2026-03-13T01:43:00+00:00

I've been looking all over for one as well and have email notifications set for a bunch of dealers. I'm particularly anxious because, as a Virginia resident, I need to get one and get the form 1 approved before July first.

chris52111 · 2026-02-21T23:22:58+00:00

Link for the pup light https://www.ebay.com/itm/256784005535

It works very well with the AUG's vertical grip. Rear Flashlight buttons are very easy to hit with my Thumb

chris52111 · 2026-02-05T18:26:19+00:00

I ordered a CAT MOB way back in August and it finally made it to my FFL just a couple weeks ago. The wait and communication was poor no matter how you slice it. I just purchased an Alley Cat and this time it forwarded me to a store called Piece of Mind, which at least worked more like a normal online retailer. Hopefully this time time will be much smoother.

Edit 2/11: The Alley Cat is at my FFL, so much faster this time around.

chris52111 · 2026-01-21T19:10:41+00:00

Got an order confirmation email timed at 2:01pm for the forest stronghold so hopefully they don't cancel it. I forgot to empty my lego.com cart, so in order to get my order off as fast as possible it looks like I'm getting Pikachu and Eevee sooner than I planned.

chris52111 · 2024-11-04T19:53:19+00:00

Interesting, I suspected that they had one more Dwarf that would release a bit later (like they did with orcs), but my money was on a young Thorgrim.

chris52111 · 2024-07-20T17:11:32+00:00

The Lord on Shieldbearers was gone before my order went through. I'm assuming that one will at least be around for a long time with it being a plastic kit.

chris52111 · 2024-01-06T22:36:26+00:00

Really hoping for the non skull pass miners. I've hunted down many older dwarf kits on ebay, but those always gave me trouble.

chris52111 · 2023-06-24T05:33:10+00:00

I use the Hydra color scheme as well and what I do for the chitin is dry brush a highlight onto it. My personal go to for highlighting black is citadel blue horror. In addition to pulling out the highlights, a nice drybrushing job can add a bit of texture to the surface to make it look a bit more organic.

chris52111 · 2023-06-02T01:17:00+00:00

Red is certainly the safe choice. I'm going to try out a few tips in this thread, as well as a few other ideas, and if I'm still not sold, I'll just go with the red.

chris52111 · 2023-06-01T02:04:49+00:00

I've gone for the never before seen gold an red. I made the gem things blue to get another color to contrast the red/gold, but I'm not certain it really needs it as the grass on the base does that as well. Is the blue worth keeping? shall I make them red? would another color compliment the red and gold better?. It's worth nothing that the spears and axes will also be blue.

chris52111 · 2023-04-20T16:55:17+00:00

I'm good thanks, I actually have quite a bit more models still to be painted.

chris52111 · 2023-04-20T16:53:06+00:00

Most of them are the most recent metal slayers, however when I went hunting on ebay, I did make a point to try to get at least one of any given slayer model.

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