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thanks mate!
in our family we have the tradition to "scratchbuild" the costumes... my wife sews...and I construct...

will show you the complete looks once they´re finished...

Awesome work you kids must be well and truly chuffed the colour of the bolter looks totally Ultra cool see what I did there

The Elysian is a bit bright for my personal taste but kinda works at the same time and rocks the detail is pretty damn spot on you should give yourself a big pat on the back

You could try water downed coffee works well as a stain on wood, but try it out on something first mind.

now coffey is what I think qualifies for a cheap stain medium....man...you have cool ideas... thatß´s what I love about dakka...!!!

and I tried to avoid the smurf look... but you´ll get there everntually due to the blue hue... it is even art paint called ultramarine......pfff....

Those weapons look sweet.

I especially like the lasgun

that lasgun looks awsome.

washes and inks are remarkably similar, IMHO...i have been experimenting with inks as washes on a few of my orks, snd it's working okay. i would definitely thin the ink before "washing" the guns, because you can always add more washes, but it is a pain in the butt to take just "some" of a wash off...

Ultramarine blue, yep. What ordinary people will think of when you say ultramarine anyway. Lol.

Just use an ordinary wood stain on the guns. Test it first, of course. Think of it as 'dipping' the guns. Also, maybe make some bright orange barrel inserts, just to be safe.

Have fun at Carnival. Although, I though the biggest celebrations were in Southern Germany.

Very nice work on not just the bolter, but the drop trooper Las-carbine! Great work as always Vik!

Fantastic work. Both look amazing. Very sturdy also.

For staining. Tea bags for subtle red/ brown. Coffee for stronger brown. Sprinkle some granules of coffee on wet area to give spotty rust marks. And maybe try a little boot polish on the barrel tips to make them look heated black.

Inspirational work as always Vik. Your boys will be real proud. I would be.

But are the barrels drilled out? Sorry that's always the number one question I see when people post pics of the regular bolters . If the lasgun has a drilled out barrel you need to drop a flashlight inside of it so it's just as effective as true imperial guard guns.

Nice work all around vik

This makes me sob as I attempt to assemble a Bilbo costume for #1 great work mate!

Those guns are big, you could add a paint gun or pellet gun mechanism to it!

ach mate, two years ago I even had a larp version of sting...my wife made the base work of the costumes some two years ago too... my kids love to run around all in camouflage clothes... for now no teachers or other have had issues with that... and these clothes will get some battalion badges sewn on and they got some black barrettes to go with their uniforms... all with the same self made badge... looks like they are a special forces team from Canada... .

at theo... WB old mate! good to see you here again, indeed the barrels are all drilled out or built to look as if... but lighteffects... well, that will maybe happen to some other guns in some other years...

Camkierhi wrote:Fantastic work. Both look amazing. Very sturdy also.

For staining. Tea bags for subtle red/ brown. Coffee for stronger brown. Sprinkle some granules of coffee on wet area to give spotty rust marks. And maybe try a little boot polish on the barrel tips to make them look heated black.

Inspirational work as always Vik. Your boys will be real proud. I would be.

I´ve successfully stained clothes with tea already... yeah, good idea!... I dunno if I want to make these guns too realistic looking... currently both look as if made from lego...which is actually quite a good coincidence so the toy character is quite obviously...that might help... every little bit helps... but afterwards I might try to stain them further...(shoe polish... man...cool idea there too!)

shasolenzabi wrote:Very nice work on not just the bolter, but the drop trooper Las-carbine! Great work as always Vik!

many thanks matey!

Red Harvest wrote:Ultramarine blue, yep. What ordinary people will think of when you say ultramarine anyway. Lol.

Just use an ordinary wood stain on the guns. Test it first, of course. Think of it as 'dipping' the guns. Also, maybe make some bright orange barrel inserts, just to be safe.

Have fun at Carnival. Although, I though the biggest celebrations were in Southern Germany.

mate, I actually have thought about taping the barrels with masking tape and then paint that tape bright orange to later on get rid of the orange...hmmm....

GawdamSumbish wrote:that lasgun looks awsome.

washes and inks are remarkably similar, IMHO...i have been experimenting with inks as washes on a few of my orks, snd it's working okay. i would definitely thin the ink before "washing" the guns, because you can always add more washes, but it is a pain in the butt to take just "some" of a wash off...

you´re totally right about thinning and testing, and I especially bought these inks for the mins too...saw some good works made by inks already here...and thanks mate!

adamsouza wrote:Those weapons look sweet.

I especially like the lasgun

thank you sir! the lasgun is actually also my favourite one... I just love the bullpop look on it...

I probably will later on make a laspistol too...one day...^^


cheers mates, vik



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 Jehan-reznor wrote:
Those guns are big, you could add a paint gun or pellet gun mechanism to it!

lol...if I could be considered a painter...that´d be a happy day... if I might be considered a wood worker/ carpenter... I'd be flattered... but I am by no means a mechanic enough to include working mechanisms ...the farthest in modelling etc was when I included lights or a working hinge...good idea mate but I am the wrong man...^^

Great job on that guns! I am not so sure about inking/washing them, though. If you haven't polished the wood to the extreme like furniture would you will probably emphasise the grained stucture of the material in spite of the paint.
My recommendadion: use classic shading/highlighting technique by hand. The old carpenters did this to the wooden figurines on the old sailing ships even on completely gilted decorations. Next step, take acrylic paint "boltgun metal" and give those weapons some metallic accents around the muzzle, the rivets etc, don'T forget to shade and highlight them again. At last, take an old sock or another piece of fabric, crumple it together and dab on some mahogany "Lasur" into the recessed areas (sorry, folks, to avoid misunderstandings I will use the german term, I don'T even know what it is in english, the type of wood paint that is transparent) for a finishing shade.

Just checked the translation of "Lasur" and comes up with Glaze, I thought it might be lacquer but obviously not.

Checked english wikipedia for glaze and lacquer, glaze seems to be more or less what I meant, thanks man! - It's really tricky with translations of such things, for definitions often are not the same in different languages. - Q.E.D.: Obviously you can use lacquer to glaze something, and using thick glaze is a kind of laquering... ah, well... I must rest my head now.

Not sure if back yet. Been under the weather the past few days and decided to do a few posts. No progress on my page and I'll probably lock it and maybe start a new one when/if I return.

Glad there's been no problem with your kids teachers and the clothes. Always a shame when someone stiffels another's creativity.

My youngest daughter wore a Tiger (from whiney the poo) outfit every day it was clean. One teacher thought it was a distraction and mentioned it to me. I told her "be more entertaining to your students instead of boring them and you might have their attention!" not one of my better moments and my wife (a teacher) let me have it later .

 Theophony wrote:
Not sure if back yet. Been under the weather the past few days and decided to do a few posts. No progress on my page and I'll probably lock it and maybe start a new one when/if I return.

Glad there's been no problem with your kids teachers and the clothes. Always a shame when someone stiffels another's creativity.

My youngest daughter wore a Tiger (from whiney the poo) outfit every day it was clean. One teacher thought it was a distraction and mentioned it to me. I told her "be more entertaining to your students instead of boring them and you might have their attention!" not one of my better moments and my wife (a teacher) let me have it later .

DOH!

 shasolenzabi wrote:

 Theophony wrote:
Not sure if back yet. Been under the weather the past few days and decided to do a few posts. No progress on my page and I'll probably lock it and maybe start a new one when/if I return.

Glad there's been no problem with your kids teachers and the clothes. Always a shame when someone stiffels another's creativity.

My youngest daughter wore a Tiger (from whiney the poo) outfit every day it was clean. One teacher thought it was a distraction and mentioned it to me. I told her "be more entertaining to your students instead of boring them and you might have their attention!" not one of my better moments and my wife (a teacher) let me have it later .

DOH!

Don't get me wrong, she was in total agreement with me. But teachers union and all required it

Skip the middleman Vik. Just get some orange tape and wrap it around a tube. Slip the tube on the barrel. Voila.

Great looking weaponry Vik!

Hey Mate!
Are you still alive?

Where's Vik?

Yeah it has been a while since Vik has posted hobby related images, I think the man is doing the heavy duty family role.?

We miss him terribly, but I believe he is up to his eyes in school stuff, final papers etc. With family as well something has to give, unfortunately it is us, but we know he will return and we wait with baited breath upon the joyous day.

oh my... i think it is really time too give you all a "behind the scenes " now...

well... i think i´ve menetioned it sometime ago.. i am trying to become a nursery nurse... well... that starting point was nearly three years ago... and as all good things come to an end... this one does too... which means... final paper... exams and lots of stuff i could do without...but can´t... (only the papers were meant... not you guys!)

well... i am working on my final paper atm and this is quite an ordeal i am having my difficulties with... long consistent and structured texts from my own quill...well, thats not really me...i am more of a personal guy... speaking my mind freely and only talking about stuff that really takes my fancy... but now i have to wade through books that don´t interest me... having to quote peeps stupid thoughts they got printed in boring books...well...and summing all that up too... i recently said to my teacher...i would rather gnaw off my own leg than write that paper....&)&%&%))%(....well...the end justifies the means and all that, eh?....... well in the spirit of torment so far i have withdrawn from the recent LoER competition... my entry didn´t get finished due to the above mentoned stuff...

also...we have the easter holiday... that is of course as shaso pointed out a family heavy time...on top of everything...

but i hope soon i can show you again some pics... and get to be the regular resident at dakka again that we all love to see...(inlcuding me)

for so long... hold the line!

Good luck with the exams, Vik. Feel your pain.

Viel Erfolg!
Good Luck Vik - and enjoy the Easter break

You can do it Vik!!!

We know you'll be... nursing...

You know what, never mind. You can do it, Vik!!!

Yes wish you success mate with the exam and remember the outcome out ways the graft plus think of all the shiny toys you can buy