OK, so a while back, I got hold of a real alarm box to make a second shoulder lamp - I'm gradually swapping out Matsu's wonderful resin work with the real thing as I have a real Reflecta light too.

Anyway, I wanted to make the lamp self-contained and functional - Handy, then, that the alarm box has a removable panel and 6XAA battery pack!
So I stripped it, removed the useless microwave sensor from the top ( Hey, it wasn't used in the movie for anything... It's junk, right? ) painted it with the EVIL PAINT OF DOOM...


And realised I've lost the bloody screws from the body of the lamp.

Then I had an idea.

And thankfully, the screws from the wee sensor appear to fit the main body as well.
Yay


Also, as the battery compartment is inset, I can now run an Ikea double-ended screw right through both sides of the box, and my armour so it'll be rock solid when it's on there.

Yay, w00t, etc.


In other "Bin nothing" news...
I have a drawer full of old paints that I plan to revive with boiling water - some day.
Anyone who paints models will know that ( Aside from the EVIL PAINT OF DOOM that Humbrol made once upon a time ) yellow is one of the most annoying colours to use.
Well, I found a use for it



Cracked shin guard + hot glue + old yellow paint
^Click for big

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Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
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Someone failed at posting an image...

I HATE yellow paint - particularly Games Workshop's yellow paint. One of the reasons why I never wanted to paint an Imperial Fists army.

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

Dammit, I thought Twitpic allowed linking

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Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
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Ewww... yellow sticky stuff!

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

What kinda' damn fool Marine gets close enuff t' a Xeno t' get hit by th' acid splash, gopher balls?

You suicidal, boy? You some kinda' Hee-ro?
Marines is not allowed t' die without permission!!!!

You paint pretty good though, maggot...... Git out thar an' paint all fifty o' my battle tanks as punishment!!!
I want them tanks so Olive Drab that Gen'ral Patton himself'd be proud to go inta battle with 'em!!!!

Actually, it's on the wall, I believe it's whole.

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"Bin Nothing"

For our cousins on this side of the pond that means "Don't throw anything away" if you haven't already figured it out.

I knew what "bin" meant in UK English terminology- however when I first glanced at the title of this thread I thought it was a warning about a Buy It Now auction on ebay.

Kevin

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I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME!?!

L@L! L@@K! R@RE! @@P!!!!11111oneleventy

And yeah, I think the whole unit was on the all next to Medlab, but I don't has a Medlab, so...


As for the splash - One of the buggers popped out of a floor grating, so I stepped on its head and blew its brains out.
My boots were ruined! And there's me just having polished them, too...

Bloody Xenos

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For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
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Huh???!!!
What the heck have you been eating, then?

Clearly you don't remember the good old days of eBay

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For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
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I thought it was Buy It Now info too That xeno goob looks great. I trust that no one had any of their body bits burnt off in the making of this.

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Nope.
Rarely found anything I want on there. I think I've only bought three things off there since I first went online ten years ago.

I usually have people custom/tailor make me the stuff I want
This is one of the reasons I am poor

I, uhh...

I got distracted by a shiny thing.
Again.
Didn't notice the bug on the ceiling...

Just managed to twat it in time, but the Sarge is gonna be pissed. The repair bil for the 'Wall is getting kinda high

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
linktr.ee/wastelandworkshop

You think the Sarge'll be mad? Who do you think has to sign off the forms and send them on to command for all these repairs!

Yeah, but the Sarge has an angrier Angry Face

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
linktr.ee/wastelandworkshop

Cool work, Rev.

Mike

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