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SA Oath Thread Season 8 Welcome to the Oath Thread, a place where we can all get together and paint our stuff! Useful Links: So, What’s this oathing thing about? Simply put, each month participants will post an oath stating what they’re going to paint, and hopefully by the end of the month it’ll get done and we’ll all get to see a bunch of nifty painted minis! We’ve found it’s a great way to get motivated, regardless of whether you’re a veteran painter sitting on piles of unused plastic and metal, or a newbie just getting started with the hobby. As we go along there are bonus monthly challenges designed to get people to experiment with new techniques or paint something you otherwise wouldn’t have gotten around to, plus a set of overall Achievements which can be earned any time. How does oathing work? Oathing is pretty simple. You just need a digital camera (ones built into modern phones are generally fine), a place to upload your pictures (like Imgur or similar), a computer screen showing the date (more on that later) and of course your models. You’ll then make an Oath post - this should be made during the current Oath month (e.g. for May's oath, post it during May):
Once you’ve finished painting your Oath, you’ll need to make a Completion post:
If you're not sure how long you've got left in a month to finish your painting, you can use Deanut Pancer's Oath Countdown site and confirm the dates. Earning Points Completing oaths will earn you points! In previous seasons this meant prizes, but in this season they’re mostly for bragging rights (though we may try sort something out depending on how the season goes). You can earn points in the following ways:
Challenges Each month will feature one or more themed challenges. Simply paint up something to match a challenge, claim it in your completion post, and earn a bonus point! Note that in order to get this point you must state which miniatures match it - e.g. if you painted up a bunch of wizards, one of whom is throwing a fireball, you might write something like ‘Fire mage for the OSL challenge’. It’s best to make your claims bold so they’re easy to spot! This season’s monthly challenges are:
Goals / Achievements In addition to challenges, you can also earn Achievements to gain points. Unlike challenges, these can be earned at any time in the season. Achievements are split into two categories: Automatic and Manual. Unless otherwise stated they are all worth 1 point. Automatic Achievements These are granted automatically upon the completion of the requisite number of Oaths. You don’t need to claim them as the magic of our Spreadsheet does it automatically!
Manual Achievements These require claiming in a similar fashion the Challenges (e.g. Claiming ‘Need 4 Speed for the Inquisitor). Some require a bit of extra set up or additional work - check the descriptions carefully!
The Gallery & Judging Each month’s pictures will be entered into the Gallery for that month. Only pictures with your name on them will be submitted to the gallery. Additionally, WIP shots and initial Oath pictures will be excluded, what should end up here are the final pics of your oathed miniatures. The gallery will then be submitted to our panel of celebrity judges who will award bonus points to their favourite 3 oaths (3 points for 1st place, 2 for 2nd, 1 for 3rd), plus an additional point to the one they feel best exemplifies the monthly challenge. Once again we are invoking the Bachtere Clause - anyone who receives 1st or 2nd place in a month can only earn a maximum of 3rd place in the next month from that Judge. This has no effect on the ‘Best Challenge’ points. Unlike previous seasons, Judges are allowed to participate in Oathing. However they may not choose their own oaths when performing judgment! This season's judges are Signal and Electric Hobo - we're still looking for volunteers for the remaining slot! Competitions From time to time Goons may post their own competitions in the Oath thread - usually these will be extra challenges or require painting specific types of model. These competitions are entirely separate to the main Challenges and Achievements and don’t affect your points, although it may be there’s an overlap between them anyway. It is up to the individual Goons running the competitions to specify the rules and requirements of their competition along with any prizes, although we do ask that at least a month’s notice is given before any such competition is started. Other Important Info & FAQs Terrain Pieces of Terrain may be oathed, pretty much everything that applies to miniatures also applies here. Bases As not all miniatures and gaming systems use bases, they are an optional part of the Oath. If you wish to make a fancy base your Oath, that’s fine so long as you state this! Otherwise it’s fine to use pre-painted bases, or even no bases at all, so long as the miniature that will be going on the base is fine. Coloured Primers It is fine to use a coloured primer (e.g. red) when submitting your Oath pictures. What’s not OK is pre-shading using an ink wash or similar, with the exception of basic Zenithal priming. What happens if I fail an Oath? Not much, you won’t get any points for that month and won’t go into the Gallery. It’s possible that someone could feel bothered enough by this to buy you an Oathbreaker avatar but it’s pretty rare unless you make a habit of it! Can I make more than one Oath in a month? Yes, it’s perfectly fine to do this so long as you follow the same rules as the initial Oath. They are usually labelled as ‘Oath Additions’. However, you need to make sure that all your oaths get completed and are included in a single Completion post, otherwise it counts as failure! I forgot to post my Oath picture before starting to paint! We understand that sometimes life gets in the way and people will get distracted between taking pics and posting their Oath. If you have a valid (date stamped, unpainted) ‘before’ picture it’s OK to post it outside of the 3 day window. However, participants who abuse this leniency frequently may have their Oaths rejected, especially towards the end of the month (i.e. don’t take the picture at the start of the month, then post it just before your completion at the end of the month once you’ve done the painting! This is against the spirit of Oathing and will not be looked upon favourably). Zark the Damned fucked around with this message at 21:55 on May 1, 2018 |
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# ? May 15, 2024 03:28 |
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Hooray for another year of getting all my bad decisions painted!
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# ? Apr 23, 2017 20:56 |
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Well I think I might as well get the ball rolling and make my first oath. I, lorddazron, Oath to paint the following for May, 5 x Khorne Bloodreavers, fully painted and based Wish me luck!
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# ? Apr 23, 2017 21:24 |
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I, DiHK, pledge an oath to paint General Patton, a medic, Lt. Rifle, Sgt SMG, NCO Rifle, NCO Carbine and Sniper Team for the month of May. Hello, this is my first oath. I thought this was a great idea when I saw it in 2015 but I was off the hobby horse at the time. Anyway, I'm moving this month so I'm keeping it light. These are the leadership of an army I want to field ASAP and they're all primed and ready to go. I also have a literal crapton of models beyond these so yeah, here's to getting through some back log. DiHK fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Apr 25, 2017 |
# ? Apr 25, 2017 04:53 |
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lorddazron posted:Well I think I might as well get the ball rolling and make my first oath. DiHK posted:I, DiHK, pledge an oath to paint General Patton, a medic, Lt. Rifle, Sgt SMG, NCO Rifle, NCO Carbine and Sniper Team for the month of May. Wow you guys are keen! Approved, though note for future months the Oath should me made in the month it's for. I'll go clarify that in the rules. Also I realised I posted this in the Season 7 thread and not here: As it seemed popular last season, I'm running another Monster May-hem. This time, the robots have had enough of the kaiju menace and are fighting back! To enter, simply oath and paint up either a giant city crushing monster or a massive anti-kaiju fighting machine during May and announce Monster May-hem! when you post your finished oath. By monster I mean something big and gribbly like a giant, hydra or dragon, something you'd see terrorising a village and tearing down the houses - while vampires and similar man-sized beasties may count as 'classical' monsters, they simply won't do here! I'm after stuff that is larger than ogre-sized. Fighting robots to be of a similar size - think the equivalent of a heavy warbeast/warjack/dreadnought as a minimum, though a gargantuan would be much better! Note: these size guidelines apply in-scale, so something like an Epic-scale Titan is acceptable. Though in this case it'd be a good idea to show them alongside some regular minis so we can see just how big your monster is! At the end of May I'll have a look through all the entrants and pick one at random to win a fabulous prize of an online voucher worth £10 for some kind of games store (last time both winners got Miniature Market vouchers but I can arrange other stores). Additionally, if there are at least 15 entrants I'll throw in a second voucher to another entrant. Bonus objectives You can increase your chances of winning with these bonus objectives!
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 11:44 |
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I, Yvonmukluk, oath to paint an Anvil Miniatures 28mm Madison Yoshida for the month of May. (Sorry if I jumped the gun!)
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# ? Apr 29, 2017 13:58 |
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What's the rule on models that are already primed a color? I have a Deffdread that's been collecting dust for over a year with silver primer on it that I'd like to oath.
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# ? May 1, 2017 00:01 |
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Floppychop posted:What's the rule on models that are already primed a color? Coloured primer is fine so long as you've not done any other painting or pre-shading.
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# ? May 1, 2017 11:28 |
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Would monstrous creatures like the Bastiladon qualify for Monster May-hem?
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# ? May 1, 2017 14:56 |
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Yeah that'd be fine, pretty much all of the Warhammer Monsters are big gribblies
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# ? May 1, 2017 15:39 |
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It is a shame I started Celestine and her bodyguards a week ago. I think that is the biggest rub for me when it comes to oathing. I don't have the time to really just sit put off my next thing till the start of the following month. She would be perfect for this month's challenge. Add in being gone on my honeymoon for a week, and I doubt I'll get anything else done in time.
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# ? May 1, 2017 16:14 |
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What a better way to start a season than to oath the biggest model I have. I, Lord Hypnostache, oath one Zombie Dragon and six Templar Infantry. Both are 28mm, dragon by GW and Templars by Fireforge Games. That one painted shield is naturally not part of the oath, but it'll be glued to one of the dudes' arms, so I included it for completeness' sake.
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# ? May 1, 2017 20:58 |
Time to go big or go home, and not crash in flames like I normally do. I've got better with my painting, time to really kick it up a gear. I, Thundercloud, oath the following. 5 Cataphractii Terminators, from GW. 5 Tartaros Terminators, from GW. 5 Space Marine Scouts, from GW. 1 Chaos Hellbrute, from GW 1 Dark Eldar Jetbike, from GW. 1 Stage 1 Plague, from Mantic. 12 Cybermen, 8 individually based Cybermats and 2 Cybermat swarms from Warlord Games For a total of 40 miniatures This is an entire force of Cybermen, 2 miniatures I am painting for my youtube channel and my projects to get sorted before 8th edition drops. I'll be making painting videos for the Tartaros Terminators, Scouts, Helbrute, DE Jetbike, Stage 1 Plague and Cybermen. The Cataphractii I will paint in store and may take them with me on a training event to get them finished there. Thundercloud fucked around with this message at 07:10 on May 5, 2017 |
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# ? May 1, 2017 22:16 |
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I, KingMob, Oath for May... 3 28mm models for Frostgrave. One model from the defunct Drake line, and 2 Reaper Bones minis.
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# ? May 2, 2017 00:13 |
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I, Grey Hunter, hearby oath the following - 6 Heros, 9 Stormtroopers and 3 Probe Droids - 28mm, Fantasy Flight Games (from Imperial Assualt.)
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# ? May 2, 2017 17:46 |
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I, Triple20, oath to paint the following 20 models for May: GW: 10 Dark Angels and 1 Rhino (Gauntlet Tactical Squad) 1 Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain 1 Age of Sigmar Necromancer 1 Helbrute (Dark Vengeance set) Mantic: 1 The Governor and 5 walkers from Prelude to Woodbury
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# ? May 3, 2017 04:14 |
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I, Electric Hobo, back for another season, oath to paint this space wasp jump trooper. 28mm by CP-Models. Armed with a non-standard gun since the model was literally impossible to put together out of the box.
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# ? May 3, 2017 09:02 |
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I, NTRabbit, Grand Master of Season 7, return for the new season, and oath to paint for the magical month of May Nathavarr by Reaper (28mm) The Tyrant of Halpi by Mantic (28mm)
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# ? May 3, 2017 09:25 |
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I, Chiwie, Oath to paint these 5 15mm M1IP Abrams for May. Battlefront miniatures for Team Yankee, 2x platoons and a command tank. Edit: Forgot to bold text. Chiwie fucked around with this message at 12:06 on May 3, 2017 |
# ? May 3, 2017 09:32 |
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I JackMack, oath for May, one Abhorrent Abomination by Thunderchild Miniatures, and Death by CMoN, both 28mm
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# ? May 3, 2017 09:50 |
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I, RancidChris, Oath to paint the following for May, 2 Malifaux Raptors
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# ? May 3, 2017 18:03 |
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I Weirdo Oath 8 Figures - 7 Reaper Dwarves and one Fly Demon as a Bee. All are 28mm scale from Reaper minis bones line. The dwarves are, from left to right: Logrim Battlefury Dwarf Paladin, Herryk the Dwarf Cleric, Freja Fangbreaker, Khael Stonekindle Dwarf Wizard, Dain Deepaxe, Harsk Iconic Dwarf Ranger, and Thain Grimthorn. Aiming for a Rescue Ranger on the Bee.
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# ? May 4, 2017 06:32 |
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I, JerryLee, oath to paint a Treant and a Blue Dragon by Wizards of the Coast I just noticed that while the picture shows the time and date, the year is occluded. If that's a big credibility problem, I suppose I can retake the picture
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# ? May 4, 2017 08:13 |
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Trying to scam us with minis from 2006
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# ? May 4, 2017 10:56 |
This is how quick painting up the Cybermen was. Assembling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHIpNoDMufQ Painting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zglKWkfaYvU So that's all the Cybermen finished.
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# ? May 5, 2017 07:11 |
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I, Ilor, do oath these two Fat Yuan Yuan (28mm Corvus Belli) for the month of May!
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# ? May 5, 2017 18:37 |
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Thundercloud posted:This is how quick painting up the Cybermen was. Nice, I'm excited to see the 30k terminators and Helbrute videos when they happen.
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# ? May 5, 2017 20:59 |
No idea if I can get this done by the end of the month, but I'm going to try and paint a real monster. I, Arson Fire, oath to paint a Hierophant Bio-Titan in the month of May (GW, 28mm) Still got a bit of work to do decorating its base.
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# ? May 5, 2017 22:32 |
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I Signal, do Oath for the month of May, Tourbillon Sky Fortress, from Dystopian Wars
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# ? May 6, 2017 08:52 |
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I Raphus C Oath 1 Mega-dread and 1 Stormboy for May:
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# ? May 6, 2017 11:30 |
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Lord Hypnostache posted:What a better way to start a season than to oath the biggest model I have. Thundercloud posted:Time to go big or go home, and not crash in flames like I normally do. I've got better with my painting, time to really kick it up a gear. KingMob posted:I, KingMob, Oath for May... Grey Hunter posted:I, Grey Hunter, hearby oath the following - 6 Heros, 9 Stormtroopers and 3 Probe Droids - 28mm, Fantasy Flight Games (from Imperial Assualt.) Triple20 posted:I, Triple20, oath to paint the following 20 models for May: Electric Hobo posted:I, Electric Hobo, back for another season, oath to paint this space wasp jump trooper. 28mm by CP-Models. Armed with a non-standard gun since the model was literally impossible to put together out of the box. NTRabbit posted:I, NTRabbit, Grand Master of Season 7, return for the new season, and oath to paint for the magical month of May Chiwie posted:I, Chiwie, Oath to paint these 5 15mm M1IP Abrams for May. Battlefront miniatures for Team Yankee, 2x platoons and a command tank. JackMack posted:I JackMack, oath for May, one Abhorrent Abomination by Thunderchild Miniatures, and Death by CMoN, both 28mm RancidChris posted:I, RancidChris, Oath to paint the following for May, 2 Malifaux Raptors Weirdo posted:I Weirdo Oath 8 Figures - 7 Reaper Dwarves and one Fly Demon as a Bee. All are 28mm scale from Reaper minis bones line. The dwarves are, from left to right: Logrim Battlefury Dwarf Paladin, Herryk the Dwarf Cleric, Freja Fangbreaker, Khael Stonekindle Dwarf Wizard, Dain Deepaxe, Harsk Iconic Dwarf Ranger, and Thain Grimthorn. JerryLee posted:I, JerryLee, oath to paint a Treant and a Blue Dragon by Wizards of the Coast Ilor posted:I, Ilor, do oath these two Fat Yuan Yuan (28mm Corvus Belli) for the month of May! Arson Fire posted:No idea if I can get this done by the end of the month, but I'm going to try and paint a real monster. Signal posted:I Signal, do Oath for the month of May, Raphus C posted:I Raphus C Oath 1 Mega-dread and 1 Stormboy for May: Approved! A bumper week so far, I like it!
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# ? May 6, 2017 17:49 |
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Do I need to resubmit mine? It wasn't approved. I've not started painting it yet.
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# ? May 6, 2017 18:15 |
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My apologies, I missed that one. Also approved! For future note so long as your initial pic matches the requirements you're good to start painting even if it's not been approved yet.
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# ? May 6, 2017 18:29 |
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I, Ashcans, oath this GW 28mm Dinosaur carrying dinosaurs shooting snakes (or, Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek) for April Here is a second one with the phone in focus, in case that is too tricky to make out:
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# ? May 6, 2017 19:12 |
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I, LazyAngel, oath the Belfry Gargoyle and Titanite Demon from the Dark Souls board game, by Steamforged (28mm) Gargoyle is primed grey, demon is yet to be primed hence the slight colour difference.
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# ? May 7, 2017 10:14 |
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I, Zark the Damned, oath the following for May 2017: One Dragon from Heresy Miniatures I had hoped to get more oathed but I've been busy sorting stuff out. Maybe more to come later depending on how this goes.
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# ? May 7, 2017 15:01 |
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Zark the Damned posted:One Dragon from Heresy Miniatures
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# ? May 7, 2017 15:14 |
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I thought I'd posted this earlier but I guess not. I, head58, oath these two dudes from Privateer Press: Zaadesh2 and Venator Dakar (28mm) for May 2017
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# ? May 7, 2017 15:24 |
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Ashcans posted:I, Ashcans, oath this GW 28mm Dinosaur carrying dinosaurs shooting snakes (or, Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek) for April LazyAngel posted:I, LazyAngel, oath the Belfry Gargoyle and Titanite Demon from the Dark Souls board game, by Steamforged (28mm) Zark the Damned posted:I, Zark the Damned, oath the following for May 2017: head58 posted:I thought I'd posted this earlier but I guess not. Approved! Electric Hobo posted:Is that the fabled dragon that was a 100 years underway and nearly drove that guy insane? Sure is. I was lucky enough to get one of the later iterations that's pretty much all resin and they'd worked the kinks out of the moulding process.
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# ? May 7, 2017 15:33 |
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# ? May 15, 2024 03:28 |
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Zark the Damned posted:Sure is. I was lucky enough to get one of the later iterations that's pretty much all resin and they'd worked the kinks out of the moulding process.
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# ? May 7, 2017 15:43 |