Posts made by Danforth Laertes

• Top Gun: Maverick

  Top Gun is a terrible movie. Top Gun: Maverick is very good.

  posted in General Chatter

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  Danforth Laertes
  6/9/22, 1:39 PM
• Were are the Aliens behind "Death Fields" .

  It might be there is no plan for anything other than a series of models that can be used as proxies for Warhammer 40K Imperial Guard . . . rules writing is hard and it is the thing people...

  posted in Death Fields: The Greatest Sport is War!

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  Danforth Laertes
  6/9/22, 9:28 AM
• LE SPEESE FRENCH!

  A 1:35th scale Lorraine 38L (much incomplete and converted) as a Chimera equivalent.

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  6/8/22, 9:23 AM
• LE SPEESE FRENCH!

  A total of eight Les Grognards finished!

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/30/22, 9:03 PM
• Halftrack: Feedback Needed

  Someone on another forum suggested an idea that came to me independently while they were making it; slice off the top of the rear section and put some railings on it. This ties in with the overall ...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/27/22, 9:39 AM
• Halftrack: Feedback Needed

  @Geoff Maybury That is an interesting idea - I hadn't considered raising the front up (because it is already fairly high and to raise it would make the vehicle less streamlined). But it's an intere...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/27/22, 7:45 AM
• Halftrack: Feedback Needed

  I am not sure if I don't need to remove all of the rear section above the mudguards and then rebuild / replace the whole of the bodywork. Right now the main issues (as I see it) are the twin view p...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/27/22, 6:42 AM
• Halftrack: Feedback Needed

  @Estoc It is - that is the aesthetic difference between them. Of course, part of the lack of detail in the rear is the style of the two kits; the rear one is a very old Airfix kit (I think it was d...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/26/22, 9:41 PM
• Halftrack: Feedback Needed

  I need some feedback - here is my converted / kitsmashed halftrack (for use by my SPEESE FRENCH Les Grognards, which is what justifies its inclusion on this forum! :) ). I have included a couple of...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/26/22, 9:21 PM
• LE SPEESE FRENCH!

  Not a WGA model, but it is going to go alongside them (and the main gun and the driver's head are also WGA Grognards!) but more on the little Renault FT conversion.

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/26/22, 9:27 AM
• LE SPEESE FRENCH!

  The mods are not STLs - the hands are purchased from Taro Modelmaker, and the lower legs are from Legio Models (the poseable leg set - I purchased a set of them and never used them as designed, but...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/22/22, 9:13 PM
• Paint Agitator Balls? Stainless Steel, Hematite, Glass?

  @Blutze "Not sure how magnets are supposed to test steel for being stainless" - stainless steel is not always magnetic.  https://www.thyssenkrupp-materials.co.uk/is-stainless-steel-magn...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/21/22, 9:47 AM
• lauregami's building/progress thread

  Just lovely to read about your first forays into this great hobby. Keep posting and keep us updated!

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/21/22, 9:44 AM
• Light Vehicles Possibilities

  I just so happen to be working on such a thing - a 1:35th Renault FT somewhat modified to go alongside my Les Grognards.

  posted in Death Fields: The Greatest Sport is War!

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/20/22, 7:51 PM
• LE SPEESE FRENCH!

  A 1:35th scale Renault FT modified and part-built as a proxy Leman Russ.

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/20/22, 7:50 PM
• LE SPEESE FRENCH!

  https://www.worldanvil.com/w/outremer-danforth-laertes/a/the-three-cities-organization  

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/20/22, 2:20 PM
• Useful Trash

  My wife wears contact lenses, and each time the cleaning solution comes with this cool little bottle which has a place to keep the lenses safely in so they can be washed overnight. The bottle is st...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/20/22, 12:57 PM
• LE SPEESE FRENCH!

  Here is the big lad, as far as he has got :)

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/20/22, 12:55 PM
• LE SPEESE FRENCH!

  Here are the first completed 4 models for the armies of Les Trois Villes (full disclosure; this is one of my fanon powers in my little fanon corner of the Imperium .... aesthetically and culturally...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/20/22, 12:54 PM
• LE SPEESE FRENCH!

  Much fun with some Les Grognards (I need to find the "completed" pics) and their big buddy; a converted 15mm Dreamforge Leviathan. Am I dreaming, or did Wargames Atlantic inherit some of the molds ...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Danforth Laertes
  5/20/22, 12:52 PM