tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967025114803737732024-02-21T09:20:50.135-08:00+Schola Progenium+A small painting blog which follows my hopeful improvement...Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-27664486738835610522015-07-31T23:26:00.001-07:002015-07-31T23:26:49.167-07:00Necromunda - House Orlock (Completed)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Holy crap... I finished a group of miniatures... The end times are upon us and the world will end a wave of rioting tabletop geeks! OK, maybe it's not that momentous, but for me it's pretty damn close. I gotta say though, these were fun to paint. I've not been painting long enough to have painted these when they first came out, but GW could learn A LOT about their company by looking back at things / minis like these and understanding the reason we loved them was because of the minis...<br />
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Unique sculpts with great attention to detail. Yes, they were/are static, but that's OK. They have real character and it really shows when they're painted! Right, enough of the ranting, more miniatures!<br />
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The leader is meant to look unique on the field. I like to think I've done that with this guy. The elevated base also helps ^_^<br />
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The Heavies; no gang looks complete without two huge guys carrying massive guns. I'd love to find some more, but I doubt they're out there anywhere... Or if they are I imagine they're expensive as hell!<br />
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Four distinct sculpts and four awesome miniatures. The far left one is my test miniature and you can see the differences in the end results. My favourite of the lot is the second from the left, such a badass pose! ^_^<br />
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Ahh, the Juve, fresh meat for the grinder. Endless ways to die in the hive... And these poor bastards have no eyes! Yup, if you look closely you'll see I forgot to give them eyes... Oh well, mutants they are! ^_^<br />
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<br />Now to name them and kill them off one by one in horrific games where I get schooled! Roar! ^_^<br /><br />Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-73756948508683033722015-07-12T03:11:00.000-07:002015-07-12T03:11:11.702-07:00Holy crap I'm not dead!<br />
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More work on Orlocks. I'll take some real photos when I finish, which is only TWO miniatures away! TWO!Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-68999154917460979252015-01-12T23:02:00.002-08:002015-01-12T23:02:18.705-08:00OK, more Orlock's. Took me a little longer than an hour this time, but not much... I'm having fun not using any metals. It's quite a good exercise to do... I think everyone should give it a go every once and awhile. <br /><br />There's numerous minor things that have to be finished off, like eyes and teeth and lenses, but as they're for gaming more than display I'll get around to those at a later date... <br /><br />I've been playing with skin tones and things as I don't normally paint humans, or skin at all... <div>
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Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-64829303510656172272015-01-06T21:22:00.003-08:002015-01-06T21:23:21.089-08:00Necromunda - Meeeeeeeeemories... of the way we used to be...I've always loved Necromunda, the concept the campaign feel, the growth of the gang, the bitter frustration and resentment when you lose a ganger who you just out-fitted... It really appeals to me... So when my local group suggested we return to the hive I was totally on board and went looking for the Orlocks that I purchased loooooong ago...<br />
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Here's the test miniature which I decided to speed paint. One hour, one miniature. ^_^<br />
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<br />Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-85085741923390256952015-01-03T20:53:00.003-08:002015-01-03T20:53:59.241-08:00Stars Abound!Looking at the plastic flight stands for X-Wing is depressing. They're see through, but they suffer from bubbles and the joins look terrible as well... So I got bored and decided to repaint mine as a starry field...<br />
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Surprisingly simple, and twenty minutes of work later they were done. I might gussy up a tutorial for it if there's interest. All credit goes to NASA and their amazing photos of the cosmos! ^_^<br />
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<br />Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-85923661238394843712015-01-02T16:59:00.001-08:002015-01-02T16:59:21.385-08:00Not Dead Yet!As Stormy says 'You can't outrun who you are'... I think I'll always be a painter of some sort. Part of my problem is work, part of my problem is a short attention span. ANYWAY, I've been painting X-Wing Miniatures again. This time it's the Rebel Alliance getting some love!<br />
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I used this A-Wing more to get a feel for the colours I wanted to use, I know it wasn't going to be red like my imperial stuff, but I was unsure what I wanted to do so I started slapping some paint on. Eventually I got things figured out, and I'm pretty happy. Undercoating another A-Wing, a B-Wing, and a couple of Y-Wings today and should follow a similar colour scheme to this one. I'll get to the X-Wings when I've got other things nailed down, although they have the smallest surface areas of all the ships I think...<br />
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So I have actually been painting... I mean, I've been painting without updating. Partly because of laziness... Partly because of the funny way Google blogs was working for awhile... Either way, stuff done... ^_^</div>
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So I've been spreading out to other things lately, and decided to start with some Imperial Stuff from X-Wing. I started with the shuttle and then decided to do some escorts...</div>
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So that's left me with a pretty large squadron. I'm going to add a firespray in there somewhere ^_^<br />
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A lot of these were done very quickly with my airbrush, and I gotta say I would do things very differently if I did them again... Which I'm going to be... As I'm selling these ^_^<br />
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<br />You can do SO MUCH with an airbrush, but it is not hassle free; colour changes are a pain, as such it's often beneficial to do things in large batches... Of course I have trouble batch painting... but you do what you can...<br />Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-230535211915737202014-07-16T03:35:00.001-07:002014-07-16T03:42:02.076-07:00 Dark Elf Dragon WiPWell it's been awhile, but I'm painting again. Since last time I've gotten a new degree, started a new job, been victim to a home invasion, been screwed over by the justice system, etc, etc... <br />
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Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-12089625399418477742014-01-16T19:45:00.002-08:002014-07-16T03:37:08.114-07:00Airbrush stuff continued...If you don't know and follow Tom Schadle, over at <a href="http://tomschadleminiatures.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Tom Schadle Miniatures</a> I highly suggest you start reading his blog and following his amazing work. He's won awards and paints professionally and all the other stuff that most of us aspire towards. Anyway, look at his stuff... ^_^<br />
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I borrowed (See 'blatantly stole') his colour scheme and technique for his Infinity terrain and used it to see if I could reproduce something that kinda looked the same... Good News! What I've produced doesn't suck!</div>
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Was disturbingly easy as well. I used exactly the same method as tom did in his post <a href="http://tomschadleminiatures.blogspot.co.nz/2013/07/underground-lasers-crates-finished.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Worked like a dream, I'm sure things will get better with more practice... </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">And I am done! This has been so much fun, and so very easy to do... The decals were amazing and look really nice on there. Enough talk. More model!</span></div>
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<br />Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-12611654783978995322014-01-07T20:10:00.001-08:002014-07-16T03:38:10.618-07:00Everything looks better with Racing Stripes!It's true! They really do look better ^_^<br />
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Not much left to do really ^_^Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-19390359912579306532014-01-05T21:47:00.002-08:002014-07-16T03:38:31.455-07:00Battlestar Day Two...It's so very hot where I live right now... I've been spending time reading in the sun rather than in the Sauna that is my painting room... But I did the 80% of the grays. There is a distinct possibility of going to light with this, so I've kept it quite muted... I still like the look of it though ^_^<br />
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<br />Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-75258659732886448432014-01-04T01:28:00.002-08:002014-07-16T03:38:45.804-07:00Battlestar start positionMy airbrushing skills are still lacking, so I purchased this for practice... If you're going to paint something, paint something cool... And the Battlestar Galactica is <i>Daaaaaaaamn </i>cool... I'm thinking for this one I'm going for height of its power Galactica rather than battle damaged Galactica or Museum prep Galactica...<br />
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The kit is from <a href="http://www.moebiusmodels.com/" target="_blank">Moebius Models</a>. It is really nicely detailed... and the Pegasus just came out, same scale, so I'll have to get that one soon enough as well ^_^<br />
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<br />Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-11385940258035012922013-12-30T16:39:00.004-08:002014-07-16T03:39:09.445-07:00ZOMBIE HORDE SIGHTED!<div>
And suddenly ZOMBIES!</div>
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So... Many... Zombies... Longest continual painting project of my life... and some of them are pretty rough... but overall I'm happy with the outcome. Now it's time to take a shotgun to them... Or a chainsaw... ^_^</div>
Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-75155457236624929872013-10-15T23:43:00.003-07:002014-07-16T03:39:29.984-07:00Oh come on...Well despite me actually starting my zombies in Zombicide (See below); fate has a wicked sense of humor... When I got home today this was waiting for me...<br />
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Hmmm a very large box... Well it couldn't be anything to bad... Right?! RIGHT?!<br />
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Oh phew, it's just some dogs... But wait... Maybe WE NEED TO GO DEEPER! (Zombiception?I'm so trademarking that word...)<br />
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So anyway... The long and the short of it is that I have TONNES of zombies to paint... I think it's time to enlist the help of a peon or two...<br />
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<br />Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-64739497010212321752013-10-04T23:09:00.005-07:002014-07-16T03:40:04.323-07:00MORE ZOMBIES!<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;">The horde grows and continues! Once you're bitten you're screwed! </span><i class="_4-k1 img sp_1ew8hp sx_c9c03c" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/ya/r/YGAMNXFfZJ_.png); background-position: 0px -1220px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; color: #333333; display: inline-block; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; height: 16px; line-height: 13.600000381469727px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"></i><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;" />
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</a>Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-54535804540023023042013-10-03T17:48:00.001-07:002014-07-16T03:40:17.588-07:00So Anyway...It turns out that trying to cram three years of university work into one year leaves very little time for other pursuits. While I have tried to paint, I have failed more than succeeded...<br />
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That being said, I have been painting <i>some </i>things... Speed Painting Gooooooo!<br />
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OK, so I'm the worst speed painter in the world. I'll often take an hour (or longer) on an SM helmet to be happy with it. In an effort to help me paint quicker I'm going slap happy with my Zombicide zombies. It took me two hours to get these seven done. Anyone who knows me knows that this is a monumental achievement of splediferous speed for me...<br />
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Huge time savers were the army painter sprays and dips. I only used three colours, but I'm about to do my next batch which will have more colours...For gaming pieces (Which they are), they're fine, but I really had to stop myself from doing eyes, and picking out all the little bits...<br />
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I'll still take my time with the survivors, and zombivors, but these are OK... ^_^<br />
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<br />Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-18917371289282654802013-08-24T03:25:00.000-07:002014-07-16T03:40:47.592-07:00Vallejo Metallic Liquid.Vallejo Metallic Liquid.<br />
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Find these. Find these and buy them. They are beyond stunning. They are mind-blowingly good... I hope to have a few photos up tomorrow, but these paints make me want to play Necrons so I can paint with them...<br />
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If you're in New Zealand: <a href="http://www.slavetopainting.com/" target="_blank">Slave to Painting</a> has <a href="http://www.slavetopainting.co.nz/products/paints-accessories/paint-brush/metallics/" target="_blank">the full range</a>. They cannot ship them overseas though, because of hazardous shipping stuff. But Find Them!Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-21850023015796598852013-08-08T02:13:00.004-07:002014-07-16T03:41:00.225-07:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Mark the day folks. Today is the day that GW lost me as a Space Marine collector... I mean ... Look at them?!</div>
<br />Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-46507010009317805502013-08-07T03:02:00.002-07:002013-08-07T03:02:24.944-07:00We interrupt this blog for a brief musical interlude...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This video is for those days when your desire to paint is low or nothing is working... Don't be afraid to smile when you watch it ^_^</div>
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Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-14913939347516913032013-08-04T02:29:00.002-07:002013-08-04T02:29:34.356-07:00Sunday Night Progress ReportSo another week draws to a close... You know when you think there's only 52 of these in a year you realise how quickly they go... Anyway... Things done:<br /><br /> - <u style="font-weight: bold;">Finished a Squad</u>: This is somewhat more momentous than most would leave to believe. I don't normally paint squads... I'm more of a one miniature kind of person... Don't ask me why... Anyway, this squad is the start of my Blood Angel army... It's going to be a long term process, and no doubt I'll get bored here and there and then move on to something else... Oh well ^_^<br />
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- <b><u>Prepped Death Company</u></b>: I don't know how but I've lost one of them... The bastard did a runner! ARGH! How do you lose a miniature between undercoating and your painting room?! Gah... I blame my cat... Little devil... ANYWAY! Prepped them and they're ready for painting.<br />
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- <b><u>Prepped Space Hulk Replacement Mini</u></b>: Another of my long term plans is my replacement Space Hulk Inquisitor Warband... I'm on to my assault cannon replacement... I can't remember what it was called... but here's the image<br />
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<b>So, what's my motivation level like?</b><br /><br />Actually, it's pretty good. I was happy to finally get around to finishing off the squad, but unlike what I normally do when I finish something (Which is take a long break), I kept going with the prep work. I'm not sure which I'll start with, might be both at the same time...Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-70145773051753739992013-08-02T23:24:00.001-07:002013-08-02T23:24:27.959-07:00Blood Angel Assault SquadFinally got around to finishing the marine off. Yay first half squad finished... I have no idea how long it'll take to paint me an army... But there ya go... ^_^<br />
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Might take a few individual shots of the marines... Most of them are floating around anyway. The only difference the keen of eye will notice is that I've rebased everything. I just clicked that Secret Weapon Miniatures no longer makes the straight edged bases I originally used... Doh... As I have no idea what will get discontinued next and these guys are going to be a longer term thing I figured I'd just make them myself... ^_^Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-90773820713095419202013-07-28T03:29:00.004-07:002013-07-28T03:29:56.905-07:00Sunday Night Check-in So it's been about five weeks since I took up the brush again <insert applause="" delirious="" fans="" from="" multitude="" of="" the="" thunderous="">, and things are going well. I'm still wanting to paint, and that's a good thing. I think part of it is having a dedicated time to paint at night, it makes me want to go and paint... Also having a multitude of things ready for painting at once is a pretty good idea. I've got my Blood Angels which is an ongoing project, also my re-imagined Mordheim witch-hunter warband, plus my Firestorm Armada fleet going at the same time. I've also got a chaos thing... Not quite sure what it is, I've thrown out the box... Whoops... Rather than feel over-whelmed at the scope of everything it's nice to have different array of miniatures with different feels to them going at the same time. </insert><br />
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In other good news category I've found my recipe book with the colours I use for certain things. I thought I had the right recipe for my firestone gems, but I had it all wrong. Might have to put some of them up here to help me remember... Also in the good news category I found a some of the miniature prizes I'd won in painting competitions. I have a lot more vehicles than I thought... Hehehe...Venthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04122679909754523995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596702511480373773.post-1875178846782621282013-07-22T00:07:00.001-07:002013-07-22T00:07:32.535-07:00Critical Feedback - The best way to lose friends?<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">This post is going to sound a little stuck-up
on my part. Why? Because I’m going to talk about people that paint who aren't
very good. I am not talking about any one in particular, this is a generalization
brought about through forum reading and interaction with other people… Now that
I've done the disclaimer, let’s head to the heart of the matter. What do you do
when someone posts a miniature and asks for feedback when said miniature is
terrible to behold? Do you rip it apart? Do you focus on what they've done
well? Do you lie and say it looks pretty good? Do you just not comment?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’m someone who likes feedback when I post
stuff, critical feedback is even better. Especially when it highlights exactly
what I've shanked, and possible new ideas or a different approach I should have
tried or can try next time. Now, I don’t count my work as great, I count it as
table-top, maybe highish table-top, but far removed from lots and lots and lots
of painters who I really look up to, and have been nice enough to help me out
with advice and really good critical feedback from time to time… However it has
become clear to me that some people who state they want feedback don’t want an
honest appraisal of their work, they want to be told they haven’t wasted their
time painting, they also want to be told that their work is great. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So knowing this what to do? Lie, tell the truth
and earn scorn or ignore the post? I've done all three; I've told the bitter truth
in an attempt to provide critical feedback which earned me contempt and even
got me banned from a forum, I've lied through my teeth and told the person they’re
work was really good, but maybe they wanted to focus on “small issues”, while
this didn't earn me contempt (except from myself), it did leave someone with an
over-inflated sense of their own ability, and right now all I do is ignore the
question. It’s too much hassle and has very little chance of ending well (Both
for them and me).</span></div>
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