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Community => Art => Topic started by: beo on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 08:33:32 PM
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ok. got paid today, was bored at home and thought "fuck it, why not?". went to the local GW and looked for a decent looking kit to paint. found these:
(http://uk.games-workshop.com/spacemarines/blacktemplars-gallery/images/swordbrethren_lg.jpg)
i'm only halfway through the first one so far, but i thought i'd post anyway, since i'm pleased with the way it's turning out and i'm having a lot of fun!
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/blacktemplar.jpg)
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Nice choice. It doesn't get more badass that Black Templars.
Your clothwork always impresses me, but that highlighting you have going on his right leg is amazing.
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Yeah, the robes kick ass. Mine are... not so good, as I will demonstrate shortly with my one finished Battle Sister. Awesome, though, can't wait to see more!
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Cool stuff man, can't wait to see your progress.
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thanks. i think it's going to take me a week or so to finish these guys, but any suggestions on what to go for next? i'm going to try and make a 500 point battleforce, but i'm unfamiliar with current edition rules!
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Man, you're so much faster than I am.
I've gone through the Black Templar codex, but I still haven't learned the core rules which makes a lot of what I read uselss. They have a somewhat strange system for their basic troops that involves mixing rookies with hardened soldiers. I forget if they sell the two together or if you have to end up buying two sets. You'll probably need at least two more basic troops units to make a legit army so it'd probably be best to start there.
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heh, well to be honest it will probably take me at nearer a month to do these guys. but i'm trying to spend some time with them, since i really love the models.
anyway, two or three tactical squads of marines (one with scouts mixed in for good measure) are going to be a necessity, but other than that i think i'm going to have to go for a razorback to put these guys in. having trouble deciding between termi's or a dreadnought though. hmmm...
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Damn, your good beo. I like the highlight you did on his beard, hell everything you've done so far looks really good. Definitely keep updating with pics.
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finished the first one. i know i shouldn't say this, but it really does look better in real life. it's so difficult to get decent photo's of miniatures!
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/blacktemplar2.jpg)
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Damn dude, that is slick, I really like how the metal stands out.
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Put me to fucking shame, that's for sure. Damn. I'm really impressed.
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The cape looks fucking amazing.
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ok, since i last posted in this thread, i've bought a razorback tank and a couple of 5 man marine squads. i've gone full on uber-geek again! anyway, i'm half way through the tank, and i've made a start on the marines - got the first one finished today. again, excuse the quality of the pics, i really should use something other than my phone camera!
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/crusader1.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/crusader2.jpg)
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Awesome stuff, can't wait to see the tank.
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Very impressive. My painting has more or less stopped for the moment. Too much going on, too busy dealing with watching my life slowly fall apart.
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Very awesome indeed. Looks almost like something you'd find in a codex or something.
And you better start painting again, Que. Pretty soon my room of awesomeness will be done and you'll need to be there to paint.
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I know. And when your room of awesomeness is done I'll probably be excited to paint there. Right now I'm just flat.
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Well then you're definitely not like your avatar.
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Heh. No, I do not have boobs, much less giant, luscious ones. I was referring more to my general emotional state of mind. And no, it doesn't have boobs either.
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funny you should say that que, since i've been signed off work with depression the last few weeks (not something i really want to go into right now) and that's what's triggered my urge to paint. i find putting some decent music on and spending a few hours with a brush in hand to be highly therapeutic.
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Dude. Listen to the man... of course, I sorta imagine writting can do the same thing for you and I really shouldn't be distracting you from that too much.
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Well, it isn't the painting isn't awesome. I really enjoy it. It's more difficult because it's one of those things I have a lot of trouble justifying in terms of my allotted time. There's just so much to do and painting always ends up falling low on the list of things, especially because it takes up so much time. That's why I love to do it with Sy, because I like seeing him anyway, and hanging out with him takes higher priority over a lot of other stuff, so then I can hang out with him *and* get some painting done, which makes me feel pretty productive.
But yeah... the writing thing is eating me alive right now. I just need to figure out how to better make things coexist in my life. What with the job that I can't stand more than anything else in the word, it seems like so little time is left to do the things I love to do. I fucking hate my job so much. If I could write for a living... man. I'd never feel I had to write more than whatever I did for the "job" and could then devote all other time to my wife and my pursuits. That would be so awesome.
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Well, it isn't the painting isn't awesome. I really enjoy it. It's more difficult because it's one of those things I have a lot of trouble justifying in terms of my allotted time. There's just so much to do and painting always ends up falling low on the list of things, especially because it takes up so much time. That's why I love to do it with Sy, because I like seeing him anyway, and hanging out with him takes higher priority over a lot of other stuff, so then I can hang out with him *and* get some painting done, which makes me feel pretty productive.
But yeah... the writing thing is eating me alive right now. I just need to figure out how to better make things coexist in my life. What with the job that I can't stand more than anything else in the word, it seems like so little time is left to do the things I love to do. I fucking hate my job so much. If I could write for a living... man. I'd never feel I had to write more than whatever I did for the "job" and could then devote all other time to my wife and my pursuits. That would be so awesome.
I seriously think you can write for a living, you just need that first break. I am not just saying this to make you feel better, I think if you can get your novel fleshed out and published it would get someone's attention. I also think you could write game reviews for a living, you write better than a lot of the fucktards that are on gaming review websites now. Just keep you head up as much as you can and keep trying.
Sorry if I'm making this topic derailment longer by the way, I felt I just needed to say that.
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Well thank you, I appreciate it on both fronts. God knows I'm shooting for it at this point. If I can't make it happen, I'll die trying.
And to get the thread back on topic.
WOW BEO! OMFG those could be in White Dwarf! Heh... but no, seriously, I don't remember how much of this you said you used to do. I'm judging that you did an awful lot if you can paint these so well. Did you sell all your old stuff from when you used to play?
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no, never sold my old stuff. got it sitting in boxes at my parents - and yes, i've got loads. spent far too much money on the stuff!
here's the next one anyway. i don't expect comments every time (although i'm hardly going to stop anyone!) - it's just nice to be able to share what i'm doing, since everyone i know in real life has moved on from such childish pursuits.
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/2crus1.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/2crus2.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/auspex.jpg) (http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/spad.jpg)
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That's always been my favorite style of Space Marine helmet.
Anywho, did you do the shoulderpad freehand?
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yeah, the old-school "mousehead" marines kick ass. note that they should really be used with the flat-shinned legs and studded shoulder pads (as pictured), if you're keeping the different MK's of armour together. sorry, that was incredibly geeky, but i'm *very* much too into the fluff of 40k at the moment!
the shoulderpad isn't freehand (apart from the text) - it's a custom pad with the design modeled on, part of the black templar's accessories box, which is where i also got the plastic robed bodies.
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Oh? So is that a tactical Marine dolled up with the BT accessory sprue? I was always kinda curious what was in that box.
I don't quite know the details to the different versions of the armor. I wish I did, but that's fluff I haven't jumped that much into yet. I do know the "older" styles generally seem more bad ass. Have you seen some of the Pre-Heresy conversions that Games Workshop has done? They're pretty sweet. (http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40k/spacemarines/painting/pre_heresy/default.htm) Some of the paint jobs are lacking for something of that level, but the conversion work is great.
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ooh, no - i hadn't seen those before. sweetness... i've been reading into the horus heresy era stuff a lot today, so it was cool to see some real old-school looking marines.
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Are you reading those Heresy novels that have come out over the past half year or so? They're pretty good so far and it's cool to see the details of a few of the major leagion's histories.
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no, haven't read any of the novels actually, was just checking out some background info on wikipedia. stuff about the origins of the emperor leading upto his physical death at the hands of horus. the 40k universe is easily my favourite sci-fi mythology, it's been going so long now that it's really rich.
in a slightly related note; if you want to get a real feel for the 40k universe as the average 41st millennium's denizens experience it, you should look into the spin-off game, "necromunda". it's all about gang-fighting and trading within one of the imperium's countless hive worlds. gives you a really detailed taste of things - plus you only need between one and fifteen models to play. you ideally need at least four regular players though, since it's heavily campaign based, but if you can find a gaming club nearby i *highly* recommend it. it's probably my favourite GW produced game and it's what got a lot of my slightly less-geeky friends into the world of 40k.
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I've sorta thought about looking into it, but for the time being the thought of a swarm of angry armored flesh covered with sharp claws and acid guns spewing consumes me for now.
*Looks through some of the Necromunda models*
Hmm. Most of them are just alright... however, these guys are completely awesome (http://store.us.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.us?do=List_Models&code=305697&orignav=300817&ParentID=258505&GameNav=300808). Problem is, I know I'll be fighting with Que to use them if we played.
Edit: I think I take back my comments about the models. Some of these are pretty cool, very in line of some of the Witch Hunter stuff.
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Yeah, some of the guys are definitely less impressive, but there are several sets that also happen to seem pretty badass. The ones you linked to are good, Sy, as are the Enforcers and Cawdor gangers. Ratskins and Delaque aren't too bad either. Goliath and Escher kinda' suck. Still... doesn't look bad overall. I could be curious to try it out if there isn't too much cash investment. More 40K stuff is always good, especially if this is really small scale and all.
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no, never sold my old stuff. got it sitting in boxes at my parents - and yes, i've got loads. spent far too much money on the stuff!
here's the next one anyway. i don't expect comments every time (although i'm hardly going to stop anyone!) - it's just nice to be able to share what i'm doing, since everyone i know in real life has moved on from such childish pursuits.
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/2crus1.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/2crus2.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/auspex.jpg) (http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/spad.jpg)
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update. again with crappy quality pics - the lighting is way off.
anyway. here's my first finished legal squad, with three new guys.
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/squad4.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/squad1.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/squad2.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/squad3.jpg)
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Sy is going to cream himself. Those are awesome. You make me want to... give up. Or get better. Maybe.
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I've had Warhammer on the brain so much the past couple weeks I'm about ready to explode. I need to get back into my little 'Nids... what's bad is that all those new Eldar models have been calling to me.
Those guys look freaking awesome Beo. The highlighting on the upper chest and helmets is way out of my league right now. That's definitely what I'm going to work on in the next thing I decide to paint.
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small update. only one extra guy. i wasn't happy with the focus and lighting of most of the previous photos i'd taken though, so i re-shot a few of them as well.
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/1.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/2.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/3.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/4.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/5.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/helm1.jpg) (http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/helm2.jpg)
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You continue to blow me away, the work you did on the eyes... just wow.
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Damn. Pyro's right. Awesome work on those eyes.
Thank you for the close up shots though. I feel like I'm getting to a point where I think I might be able to pull stuff like that one day and seeing examples like that allow me to disect the process a bit more.
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You continue to rock, sir. Great stuff. And I continue to suck. I've been wanting to paint so bad but have had fuck-all time. And it's just going to get worse with this music thing in February.
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one more. this time with a lascannon - which is, as the name suggests, a giant laser cannon that makes tanks go boom.
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/las1.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/las2.jpg)
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I am not impressed.
OK that is very fucking impressive. Good stuff.
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You're not freehanding the Black Templar Cross, are you?
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yeah, actually - on this model anyway. the transfers don't fit the curve of the shoulderpads too well and i was having to repaint over the entire things just to get them to stick, so i thought i'd give freehand a go on this guy.
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yeah, actually - on this model anyway. the transfers don't fit the curve of the shoulderpads too well and i was having to repaint over the entire things just to get them to stick, so i thought i'd give freehand a go on this guy.
WTH?! ::) Those are some wicked skills, but if I ever start this up again I an't posting any pics.
Though have you thought about doing any centre pieces or dioramas?
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Ay ya... well damn. You know the usual compliments. Heh.
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WTH?! ::) Those are some wicked skills, but if I ever start this up again I an't posting any pics.
Though have you thought about doing any centre pieces or dioramas?
damn you for putting that thought in my head - i want to get my army finished! i'd love to a "last stand" kind of diorama, with a single marine (or few marines) being overwhelmed by swathes of termagants. dynamic poses with acid damaged armour, termagants leaping into their faces and chainsaws ripping up the filthy xenos scum... damn it! i want to make it now. *no*. army. must paint army.
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damn you for putting that thought in my head - i want to get my army finished! i'd love to a "last stand" kind of diorama, with a single marine (or few marines) being overwhelmed by swathes of termagants. dynamic poses with acid damaged armour, termagants leaping into their faces and chainsaws ripping up the filthy xenos scum... damn it! i want to make it now. *no*. army. must paint army.
I think we'd all love to you do that! But yes the army comes first!
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Please don't go painting any Tyranids; I'd hate to be put completely to shame. Of course, if do have some Tyranids ripping your guys apart, it'd be fun to see my guys actually doing it.
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Hang isn't that in the 40K lore that the 1st company of the ultra marines were all but wiped out while fighting off a Tyranid horde? I think that was some of the first stuff I read about waaay back when I was first starting my Dark Angels army, and I think there was some art to go along with it, and it looked pretty sweet!
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Yeah. That was at the end of the first major invasion from a Tyranid fleet. The Nids attacked the Ultramarine's homeworld and the first company fought to the last man defending their major fortress.
So you were a Dark Angels guy. Have you heard that they're getting a new Codex with all the usual goodies next month?
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No I hadn't I don't follow it much other than the odd look around the local store and what I read here.
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not really relevent to the art board, but i just wanted to say that i had my first battle in years on friday. i played against an old friend of mine who has a dark angels army, and i completely anhiliated him! i lost somewhere around 300 points (1700 point game), while i erradicated his entire army. mwaaahaha, etc. deepstriking three landspeeders and a termi squad behind enemy lines proved to be insanely effective.
oh yeah, i have a few more bits painted, but as i can't get net access from my place, i can't post them at the moment :(.
i've converted and painted the captain lysander model into a dual lightning clawed templar, and i've got my first landspeeder done, i'll post pictures as soon as i am able.
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Looking forward to it. I did my first attempting at converting recently... it's crazy addictive. I'd love to see what you do conversion-wise given your experience.
Take any pictures of your battle?
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na, we didn't take any pics, but i'll make sure to next time.
as for the conversion, it's relatively simple - just a bit of filing, a weapons swap, and a few plastic accessories stuck here and there. nothing drastic, but i'm pleased with the results. i've got the pictures on my phone, but rather frustratingly, no memory card reader here to upload them. i saw the conversion you did too, and i have to say, i'm really impressed with the gs work you did on the chains - far beyond what i'm capable of.
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Thanks! Those were surprisingly easy. And a nice undercoat sure hides mistakes nicely... he looks better now. I've been meaning to take pictures of him primed, but haven't yet because I'm lazy.
We'll all be looking forward to when you get back to a real computer and can show us your new stuff.
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Do you already have 1700 points of Black Templars, or did you just do lots of proxying?
I've been meaning to ask you, Beo. Do you use anything like flow release or drying retarders in your paint? I've been thinking of dabbing in them a little and even picked up some bottles yesterday, but I'm just curious about experiences you might have had with them (or if you're just so awesome that you don't need them).
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yeah, i've got 1700 points in models, although obviously not a great deal of it is painted yet.
other than water (which i use liberally), i don't use anything in addition to the standard paints. i've never thought of using such things as drying retarders - to be honest it hadn't even crossed my mind that such things existed.
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Well, you can still count me as impressed then.
So far after a couple of tests I think I like them. You get most of the benifits of water in terms of making the paint smoother and thinner, but you don't loose so much of the color strength. It's kinda cool actually. The only part that seems to be bad is that when the paint starts to dry it becomes almost gluish.
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right, got the images off of my phone at last. here are the latest two additions to my force:
first off a couple of pics of my first landspeeder
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/DSC01824.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/DSC01826.jpg)
next, my marshall - who is a conversion of the captain lysander model. i'm not 100% on the paintjob, and the banner definitely needs something, but i'm not sure what.
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/1-1.jpg)
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Impressive. The marshall is pretty topheavy... looks like he could claw your face off just by looking at you.
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Damn. Nice job on the banner. I fear for the day I have to paint some sort of logo on something.
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I fear you. :-[
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not much of an update, but a couple more guys done, along with some very simple chain link fences.
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/CC1.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/cc2.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/fence1.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/fence2.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/fence3.jpg)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f57/slothman1982/fence4.jpg)
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Nice! I dig the terrain stuff. Haven't experimented with anything in that arena yet. That's all Sy's territory (as is most everything else...).
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How positively fun. I've sorta thought about making something like Tyranid death traps, but for now I'm thinking more generic stuff is better.