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Community painting contest (self.warhammer40k)
submitted 21 hours ago by setsneedtofeed to c/warhammer40k
 

I thought it would be time again for another community painting contest. With the holidays coming up, people are sure to be getting some new stuff, and hopefully have some free time to paint.

Since I'm posting this mid-December, I'll run the contest date out until the end of January 31st for submissions to give everybody time to get their entry ready.

The rules for this contest are going to be pretty relaxed. You can enter any 40k mini, either official or recognizable proxy. The contest is to find a mini to serve as the new community icon, so submit minis and put up photos in mind for looking good as an icon. You can submit multiple photos and angles.

Submissions will be comments inside this thread. You can post mini WIP threads or just for fun, but I'll only look at minis inside this thread as candidates.

Good luck and happy holidays to the community.

[–] setsneedtofeed 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

few minor changes like the furniture

And the fire control group, and the barrel design, and the reenforcement on the back of the receiver. The redesign of the sights is not merely cosmetic as fixed sights are more tied to rifles than removable. With those, and the other changes all standardized into one design.

[–] setsneedtofeed 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Nah, the design of the A2 is uniquely different, if we want to be technically pedantic.

[–] setsneedtofeed 8 points 1 day ago

Batman sitting around with no crime to fight should be a sign that all social wellfare is actually making a dent.

[–] setsneedtofeed 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This might be something to think about since I'm contemplating making videos I promote directly to Lemmy and/or to my blog subscribers. I want to have a page, but I am not concerned about growing and audience for the profit.

[–] setsneedtofeed 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is the sort of thinking I'm looking for although videos area projected to be 30 minutes to an hour.

[–] setsneedtofeed 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The XM148 proved the concept, while the M203 iterated on it with a lot of streamlining. The M79 with a full barrel still shoots softer and flatter than the M203, though for mass use the M203 was an improvement.

[–] setsneedtofeed 3 points 1 day ago

It's easy to be an arms dealer when the writer decides you simply have the better weapon. Somehow 5.56 out of a carbine at point blank range can't penetrate armor that an MP5 and then a P90 can.

[–] setsneedtofeed 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

sucks about the caliber

Cult Of Battle Rifle intensifies.

[–] setsneedtofeed 7 points 1 day ago

The SMAW-D and I are having an affair. We thought this would be the least traumatizing time to tell you, buddy. Here, have a Turkish delight.

[–] setsneedtofeed 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Information that appeared to me in a dream confirms that the US Army was still issuing M16A1 lowers into the 2000s.

[–] setsneedtofeed 18 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Ummm acktually the A2 developemnt began in 1979, which makes it 45 years old.

 

I have been toying with the idea of various types of videos, including intermediate level painting videos, video game retrospectives, and some personal worldbuilding project videos. I don't want to feed the YouTube machine, but also don't want unsustainable expenses. I've looked at a few of the various not-YouTube alternatives but it is difficult for me to get a good read on that landscape.

 
 

I finally got back out, and now should be able to play more regularly for a while. I played in the woods, and the field had a pretty good sized crowd on Saturday.

I felt that I personally did well, and am particularly pleased with getting more use out of the pistol. I got a number of kills with it, including a few times where I dropped my MP5 entirely to run in for pistol kills to finish off enemies in 1-life team death matches.

The pictured loadout is a CYMA MP5SD, which I've had for a few years now. Overall a good airsoft gun, although I have been looking at some replacement solutions for its spongy trigger. There is a pretty cheap Monstrum 3x Prism on top, with an off bran ACOG kill flash taped to the front as a lens protector. The Surefire light was quickly ziptied on the night before as I had originally planned to go to a CQB arena rather than the woods field. I think I'll just leave it in place though, it is surprisingly snug on the gun.

The pistol is a CO2 Umarex Glock. No moving slide and only a 15 BB magazine. Still useful for niche situations. The holster is new (to me) and I am happy to finally have a crisp thumbs map to replace the large and bulky USGI universal holster. Bad on me for not noticing until Saturday that the drop panel was missing a buckle, forcing me to tape up the top strap out of the way. This lead to the holster being a little wobbly on my leg. I will likely replace that with a USGI leg extender I already own.

DYE i5 mask, which has always worked great. It is painted the same as the MP5, and also is obscured under a sniper veil which I have attached to the top brim; the veil can be pushed back and under the mask's backstrap to get it out of the way, or it can be draped over the mask and tucked into the collar if I am really feeling like I want to kill the glint and shape of the lens.

USGI FLC with a pair of cheap triple mag shingles for the mags. The mag shingles are sized for AR mags but I've found that I like them for MP5 mags better than purpose made pouches. This also gives easy versatility if I get an airsoft AR.

Camo-wise I hadn't updated out of the summer time bias towards green. I still had great success creeping up on it around the enemy team, but I also feel more comfortable when I've updated colors for the season. There is another hat with more fall time browns I will switch to, and all of the painted camo will soon go to browns and tans to match the winter time woods.

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The Third War For Armageddon (www.belloflostsouls.net)
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Sci-Fi Rhino Arena Beast by Adam Frank (l72smetalminiaturesmusings.wordpress.com)
 

Guess the episode/scene.

Correct answers will have points awarded by oh, let's say Moe.

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Wizards return to the Old World (scentofagamer.wordpress.com)
submitted 2 days ago by setsneedtofeed to c/wargaming
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