Commander Ponds

Hey guys, been a long long time since I updated my blog. Went on a holiday with my family during my holidays and came back to rush projects for my school. I have since been busy until now when I decided to take a break.

I went to buy from my forum group one of the 30th anniversary action figure for a star wars clone trooper officer with yellow stripes.

The one on the left being the one I bought and the other is one that I have in my collection.

I just collected it and the reason I bought it was because he look really like Commander Ponds during the first invasion of Geonosis.

Commander Ponds is one of my favorite commanders, especially since Star Wars the Clone Wars series where he was featured and off course died. 

My friends tell me he is not a likable character, since he died so fast without doing anything. But I find that he is really being unfairly treated. I believe that before he was captured and killed, he must have fought with all his strength to protect the admiral. No soldier goes down without a fight.

Thus I really like him, also he was the commander for one of my favorite Jedi, Mace Windu. 

That's all for today, my exam is going to end towards end of February, so hopefully I can get more post up after that :) 

Winters

Star Wars Break!!!!

Hey guys, its been a long time. I finally got time to write my blog ( Its e-learning and I'm getting a bad headache )

As you all know Star Wars episode 7 : The Force Awakens is coming out soon in December. As a huge Star Wars fan, I decided to take time to head down to one of the department stores about 2 weeks back and score! I found awesome Star Wars products that was actually on a discounted price.

This was the first thing I scored. Commander Cody was bought some time ago but due to the price, i haven't been able to complete this collection. But on that day, I saw what I needed to complete this collection, and I bought Rex and Gree. It is sad that I did not get to see Commander Fox as it was not available. But nevertheless, I managed to complete my set of 3, which off course also finishes the exclusive parts to complete a Jetpack trooper. :D

Next up would be this guy here^. Ever since I watched Star Wars The Clone Wars, I couldn't help but see lots of 501st legion clone troopers, but they never really left an impression on me. But towards season 6 of Star Wars The Clone Wars, where they showed the episode that Fives died, they left a great impression on me. They all had the same haircut, they worked as a whole. Even though they could not help but to kill Fives, they felt sad about it. Like they could have prevented it yet unable to do anything to stop it. i cried when Captain Rex cried, I cried when they all removed their helmets, as a last respect to Fives. Most importantly, they removed their helmet to remind everyone that they are the same: Clones of the Grand Republic.

I actually considered getting more sideshow clones from the department store, but my wallet warned me that it is already too skinny. Thus I only managed to bring home these 3 boxes. Although there was a feeling of disappointment, but at least I felt fulfilled when I completed my collection.

Next up to join in to the Star Wars craze would be I downloaded a Star Wars Venator Class Star Destroyer. It was one of the most detailed papercraft model that I have ever built:

The link to his page is: http://www.momirfarooq.com/index.htm

The beauty about this model is that it is extremely detailed in its art. Besides that, the model itself was so magnificent. Its sad that my glue smudged the ink of the Star Destroyer a bit (The most obvious parts would be the base of the bridge, though its not obvious in the photo due to the lighting, but its blue.)

I decided to make a tutorial when I get the chance on making this beauty. What to take note off and how to get the best out of it. I did not glue this cruiser to the base for easy storage, but for some models, such as the V-19 Torrent, it is inevitable that you have to glue it to the base to display the model.

So that's all for today, hope you guys enjoy my blog post. What are you waiting for? Download now and start building your very own Venator Class Star Destroyer. And I will see you guys in the next post. :D

Winters

Tamiya 1:25 scale German Soldier

So guys, its been a long time since I came in to do blogging. Have been playing lots of Neverwinter and also with the new school term, my time is pretty much limited. But that does not mean I will stop my hobby.

For a school project, my friend brought me to a specific Tamiya store to get some motor parts and gears. When I reached that store, I was looking at all the scale model sets they got rather then looking for parts for the project. Guess this is in my hobby enthusiasm.

With limited cash in my wallet, I spent all of it onto one scale model that I found was pretty awesome. It is a German Panzergrenadier metal model:

Sorry about the photo, as I am unable to rotate it. This is the figure that I bought. There are like 3 other designs to this metal model series, but I decided to get this as it looks pretty cool, similar to dashing to cover or stealth advancement to enemy position. The scale of this model is 1:25. As I have not handled miniatures of this size before, I was more inclined to grab this model.

When I opened it and read the instructions, I was unsure whether to start building this model up or only do it when I have more time to spare. 

Enclosed within the aluminium pack is a special type of cement that came with the model. At first I was just thinking to use super glue, but after much thought, I decided not to. There must be a reason for them to give this special cement. Thus I have yet to build up this model.

Majority of this model is made of metal, except for the weapons and accessories. It comes with a stand for the model too! How cool is that!

I cannot wait to build up this model. One last component I am waiting for is to get the drill to drill a hole for the stand and I would start building it. Hopefully within the month I would be able to at least build this model.

That's all for today's post, hope you guys enjoy it. Be sure to look out for the fully assembled version of this soldier. And I will see you guys in the next post.

Winters

Fire Hawks and Imperial Fists

So, its been a long time since I have posted in this blog as to be honest, I don't really have much to post these days. Most of the things that I have been working on are just plans drafting, future projects to do, some painting and catching up on my novels.

But I decided to share with you guys some marines which I have painted up about 2 weeks ago. Yes, that's a long time ago. Now I will share it with you.

The first would be my own Imperial Fists:

Sorry about the lighting as this was taken with my phone and the image does not really do the actual figure justice. The one on the left is the recent one while on the right would be one which was used as a paint scheme test for the Fist which I really liked. The based I did it as a urban style of base as I am hoping to start my Vostroyan someday. The urban base could make a connection to my Vostroyan in the future and also easier for me to add the snow instead of having to repaint it,

The next would be my Fire Hawks. Yes, you saw correct. Fire Hawks:

The Fire Hawks are something which I have been working on for a while. 5 of them have only been recently painted, the rest are in various stages months before. Some looks shinier then the others are probably the older ones. I had them satin varnish in the past before I got my matt varnish and did the matt on the entire squad. The colors in the group image does not really do it justice. Here is a close up on one of them:

This image was taken right before I batch paint the remaining 5 bolter marines. You can see them in the background. The symbols on every of their shoulder pads are free handed:

When I finally get my hands on more marines, I might just do up a tutorial for the Fire Hawks and the Imperial Fists.

That's all for today's post. Hope you guys look forward for more awesome content.

Winters

Birthday goodies for me today :D

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So, I actually gotten some awesome presents. The awesome album that I waited for so long even before it was officially release: Breaking Benjamin: Dark before Dawn.

I too got this 3 cute little clone figures. It was just sad that it was originally 5 but 2 were already sold out, the blue one and the plain one.

I too got this scout trooper with speeder bike. Totally awesome set. I would build this up once I finally finish packing my room.

I got this 5 men devastators with all missile launchers. Totally awesome. This 5 men was second hand, and I bought this specially for myself. :D

I too got 2 awesome books, D&D Legend of Drizzt series Homeland and the Crystal Shard, because I already have the 2 books in between.

Today's project was also a great success. We did like 3 failed attempts came up with over 10 ideas and finally got this done. It was not as awesome as we wanted it to be, but it still works, totally awesome still.

So that's all for my birthday today :D Its almost exams but that means holidays are coming and that means I can finally finish up my fire hawks. Look out for them, woohoo!!!!!

Winters

Edit: I forgot to add the title for this post xD

So its been a while since I last posted on my blog. So I thought that I would just post about this. 

I managed to find this battlefleet gothic ship papercraft through papercraftsquare. You should be able to find this if you look through the pages one by one after you search the keyword Warhammer 40k in the website. This is totally awesome as these ships are all expensive and I do not have any intention yet to throw my all into getting one of these ships.

Another thing I got was this 3 Despicable Me tiny little minions that I found was really cute. These minions are one of the last, so I had to make a quick decision and buy it. It was really a good buy and I have no regrets.

So that's about it in this post. A new term, a new beginning, a new fight. See you all soon!

Winters

Adeptus Custodes Scratchbuild Update #3

Its been a long time since I last posted, have been so busy catching up on a new liking of mine that my friend recommended: Naruto.

I finished like more than 200 episodes of when he is still a child and now I'm in Shippuden 100+ episodes in. But I am already in the midst of my examinations, I thought I better start posting some stuff rather then spending too much of my time watching. 

So without further ado, this is my 3rd update of the Adeptus Custodes. Technically this was the 4th, but the 3rd failed so badly that I decided not to post it and chuck it aside. Note to self and everyone: White glue will literally turn white when it touches water even after it dries, breaking the bond.

So I thought about it for quite some time and why not use something that I have the most abundance for? Sprues. Yes. I made this about 2 weeks ago:

So this is going to be a really short update, but this is going to be a great leap to finally finishing my scratchbuild Adeptus Custodes before those in Forgeworld get there before me. And they are drawing close I must say, at the rate they are releasing all the stuff. Even Gal Vorbak are out. 

Guess I better hurry up and make more updates.

So that's all for today's update. Nothing much. See you guys soon :D

Winters