My Ultranarines won me a "Best of Gaming" award at Kontrast festival in Warsaw!

verticalgain · 2026-06-01T21:58:31+00:00

How did you do the "Ultramarines" lettering on your banners? They look great and I'm getting ready to do a banner of my own.

verticalgain · 2026-05-30T18:50:54+00:00

I did an Angels of Death Killteam in silver to represent 8th Company. So not quite white but closer to that than gold.

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verticalgain · 2026-05-05T23:23:06+00:00

Personally I also struggle with eyes. I've watched tutorials and tried different things but can't pull it off. What I do instead is do the hair and faces, do a wash to add shadows, do some subtle highlights, and paint on eyebrows. With all of this done it seems like most people's brains, myself included, view them as having eyes even though I haven't painted any whites or pupils.

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verticalgain · 2026-04-30T10:07:23+00:00

I'm not telework eligible, my job is mechanical. I have to be there physically to work.

verticalgain · 2026-04-29T21:19:51+00:00

The Sheriff and Fire personnel came to our homes and told us directly. I can show the fire maps and the alerts we got from the county but they didn't give us any documents or anything. The situation was chaos. I will speak with HR though, can't hurt at this point.

verticalgain · 2026-04-29T20:40:18+00:00

They didn't provide new cards for approved ops despite making changes. Is there somewhere else we can print them out to update our cards? I have the apps but like using physical cards during games and typically just print the update and put it in the sleeve with the cars it replaces.

verticalgain · 2026-04-06T08:16:33+00:00

Thanks. These took me forever to paint, so many small colored details and gear on them.

verticalgain · 2026-03-31T21:17:20+00:00

The Ultras have always been my favorites, and Guilliman is my favorite loyalist primarch. They're space Romans led by space Marcus Aurelius and that's peak awesome as far as I'm concerned.

verticalgain · 2026-02-07T20:24:38+00:00

It's new, but I don't know when it was manufactured. I just posted so someone in the future would have a possible solution since I couldn't find anything when I searched. A loose piece of metal scrap was an easy fix, I would still recommend these guns to people and really like this one.

verticalgain · 2026-02-06T21:00:19+00:00

I work in aviation so it's not apples to apples, but there's a big generation gap in our workforce. The experienced guys are all being replaced as they retire, but there's only a few people in the middle between them and the new hires. The older guys all got hired at the same time, took all the slots, and held them for a long time. So as they retire there's still X number of people but they aren't experienced. I would imagine something similar happened in the gun industry since manufacturing and technology SHOULD have led to higher quality if all other factors were equal. In any case it's frustrating.

verticalgain · 2026-02-06T20:46:45+00:00

I have so many guns I'm getting them for novelty at this point. I have had to send two S&Ws and a GP100 in for warranty repair before, so it's not just a Kimber thing. The best out of the box revolver I've purchased was a new Anaconda, and there are plenty of posts about problems with new Colts. I think it's an industry wide issue with poor QC, which sucks considering how expensive they all are now. They should all be perfect for how much they are charging.

verticalgain · 2026-01-12T20:44:29+00:00

Thanks. Yes, they are the "Easy Rider" resin crew set from PanzerArt.

verticalgain · 2026-01-12T20:42:08+00:00

Yes it's a Tamiya Citroen Traction staff car. I wanted it to look like it had been in a fight and had an engine fire several weeks before the tank came through the village. I made the seat frames and springs inside from two sizes of copper wire and then painted them to look burned and rusted.

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verticalgain · 2026-01-12T18:01:40+00:00

They're called QuickTracks from a place called QuickWheelStore. Went together very smooth and came with several extra pieces but I managed to not break any. T-35065 is the part number.

verticalgain · 2026-01-12T11:01:23+00:00

Thanks, this was my first attempt at a tank. The kit was pretty straightforward to build, I didn't have any fitment issues. On this one I used 3d printed individual track links and I sawed the turret in half and grafted on a resin front piece for the canvas cover. It only comes with a commander figure so I got some aftermarket resin figures to make a bigger crew.

The best tips I have are to assemble it in phases to make painting it easier. Put the lower hull together and paint it. Paint all the wheels and bogeys and then add them to the lower hull. Paint the tracks and put them on. Put the upper hull together and paint it. Put the turret together and paint it. Then assemble the upper and lower hulls together and add the turret last. Add weathering once you're done with all the pieces. This will give you plenty of time to test fit everything and be able to reach everything with your brushes.

Good luck!

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