The Noisey Orks were painted eons ago, but I ended up re-basing it a while back with a desert theme to match it with the other Orks. I finally decided to take new photos so the background matched too as they were originally taken against a forest. I used my Samsung A40 phone as the camera had recently been replaced and the photos turned out much better than before. Although I've still not mastered the settings. The photos turned out quite bright and white, which was ideal but stood out drastically different to the previous that was a wash of yellow. Hence they got tweaked in Paint Shop Pro version 5! Hopefully if I ever get around to taking photos of my Bikers (the original intention), I'll get the setting correct, otherwise I need to try and replicate this again and it took far longer than I wanted.
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I wish I did have an automated machine. However I made far more progress than I'd expected and glad that I decided to do both towers at the same time. It's been difficult finding the correct template and pattern used for the platform markings. Once I found it, I ended up doing the pattern for all six platforms, but regret that I ended up doing the bottom too. Hence that was repeating each pattern ten times! Fortunately I didn't do the underside of the base ceiling as you'd have to dismantle the tower to see it, as opposed to crouching down to see the bottom of the other platforms. The last pattern (on the left side that looks like a backwards 7) I ended up eye-balling with some measurements. Also glad I did the lines post spray paint as it made seeing the scribe'd lines far easier. Just the tower and base to go.
Next time I'll need to cover the ends with masking-tape. Although they slot in, its a tight fit rather than the smooth sliding motion. Hence ended up spending time to scrape off the spray paint. I found my short small metal ruler that makes it easier to scribe as I didn't need to balance a 30cm+ ruler. However it was tiring on the fingers trying to holder the ruler in place tight enough that when I scribe, it didn't move. This was all I managed before the pain was too much.
The Striking Scorpions have been painted almost as long as the Firedragons, just the shrine was recent. Finally I got around to taking photos (twice) to finish up the page in the Eldar section under Armies. Also the shrine has its own photos in the Eldar Structures in the Terrain section.
So the connections held up, but not sure what happened. The truck didn't stay on the track and just shot off in a random direction, so it seemed to indicate the battery was at least working. However after a factory reset, the firmware would not update, after it attempts to complete, the LED flashes red and the app has a tool icon against it. When put on the charger, the light turns blue. So either I messed up something on the circuit board or the replacement battery is a suspect. Too many bad things happening in the last couple of months :_(
Brand New and over half price, however they knew the battery would be dead and provided a new battery for yourself to replace. So I wasn't too pleased that I had to risk breaking it before I even get to race it... well I got it to do one short lap before the existing battery died. I snapped the top tabs as I didn't bother checking You Tube first and was trying to pry the board out at the wrong end. Luckily the tabs weren't that important as the circuit board is sandwiched between the base and the truck shell. No soldering as they provided shrink wrap to cover the joins. As there was such tight space inside for the wires, it would have been easier if I made the wires shorter, although that's another risk. I just hope my job holds up. I've got one other car that doesn't charge and needs a replacement, but that's another day.
So the last four stands of Striking Scorpions now flocked with the Astro Turf, the first scenary material I ever purchased and still barely used! Now that summer is gone and the cold weather has settled in, I can take more photos without sweating. Who needs heating when you have the heat of two table lamps!?
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