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theo... well... i actually had thought about adding lights.... but a sudden building frenzy saw to it that i think this wont be possible... besides...adding tech to the piece would have used up a lot of space on the inside...

and klaus...really... the spacers for the extra armor was a cool idea...

info...: added a middle floor...and i am now working on the second part of the boxy tankiness^^

more to that tomorrow...

cheers, vik

Looking forward to seeing more mate!

On a slightly diferent note... I have always wanted to see one of these done as a kind of mobile repair bay / workshop ... the internal space taken up with cranes and racks of spare parts etc.... might be a nice idea..... BUT..... not as nice as arming it to the teeth and filling it with troops and tanks!

 MagosBiff90 wrote:
Looking forward to seeing more mate!

On a slightly diferent note... I have always wanted to see one of these done as a kind of mobile repair bay / workshop ... the internal space taken up with cranes and racks of spare parts etc.... might be a nice idea..... BUT..... not as nice as arming it to the teeth and filling it with troops and tanks!

that actually is a nice idea....hmmm... the space in the big "chamber" actually is not that big to hold more than one tank...was first thinking about a walker squad to be transported by this...but your idea makes perfect sense...

well...speaking of...progress... or should i say breakthrough...many^^







explanation:
built the front now...it is still a separate section...
added front "holes" that will be ramps to let the troops out in a hurry...
and also i made holes to have a walk through from each section...

cheers, vik

That is living up to the name Leviathan!

I just love the wood construction of the body. Awesome choice.

Awesome !! And the shape is really strong!

it looks as large as some compact cars .

Excellent work Herr Domm. Better get the kids involved with punching out rivets now cause your going to need just shy of a bajillion of them.

shasolenzabi wrote:That is living up to the name Leviathan!

thanks, means i am doing the right kind of work^^

Gitsplitta wrote:I just love the wood construction of the body. Awesome choice.

well...i had to use what i currently have, as due to a postal service strike i´ve totally run out of plasticcard... i ordered already...but the sorters and deliverers are on strike since the last at least two weeks... i know they need the money...and i understand their cause... but i need my plastic...argh^^ so the wood is the basic structure...when my ship comes in, then i will add PC over everything... but working with wood is always a joy...while plastic is smooth and slick...i like the grainy surface of wood better...i always will come back to wood^^

MagosBiff90 wrote:Awesome !! And the shape is really strong!

thanks mate, tho i sometimes think it llooks a bit like barbies holiday camper....

Theophony wrote: it looks as large as some compact cars .

Excellent work Herr Domm. Better get the kids involved with punching out rivets now cause your going to need just shy of a bajillion of them.

as said above, later on i will skin it all with plasticcard... then i can add the rhinestone rivets i currently use...i have today got a letter containing 4000 rivetes...
and indeed it is fething huge and mmy wife eyeballed me already several times...sighing and telling me that last time i said i wanted to build smaller stuff....ach....^^

Love it, Viktor. Always loved this idea. Giant land ship of a tank. Always thought if I ever built one it would be modeled after the jawas sandcrawler.

Hey Vik, I think you can at least squeeze in another floor on the top - leave the lower one as high for the vehicles and repair bay, but pull in another personell floor - otherwiese this baby would be a huge waste of space

Actually, doesn't it get a set of battlements along the top? Also, once you've done this, i demand a colossus and a land train!

I go AWOL (again) for about half a year, and return to see THIS! you never sieze to amaze me vik.. this is going to be epic to say the least! *runs of to get some popcorn*

Well then. That's quite...large.

Big box is big. Can't wait to see how it works. Part land train, part leviathan, all badass!

No new updates, Vik must be working hard on ideas for the next details of the Leviathan

Klaus, not Santa wrote:Hey Vik, I think you can at least squeeze in another floor on the top - leave the lower one as high for the vehicles and repair bay, but pull in another personell floor - otherwiese this baby would be a huge waste of space

well, you do have a point, but the thing is...it´s already fixed as is... only one floor inbetween, more wasn´t possible...and i didn´t want everything too cramped...and well....my builds always develop a sort of living of their own^^

inmygravenimage wrote:Actually, doesn't it get a set of battlements along the top? Also, once you've done this, i demand a colossus and a land train!

a land train....yeah... i should go for something smaller in my next project......mwahahahahahahhhhhh...*coughscoughscoughs.....*

mxwllmdr wrote:Love it, Viktor. Always loved this idea. Giant land ship of a tank. Always thought if I ever built one it would be modeled after the jawas sandcrawler.

if i would switch the lower with the upper part then i would be halfway there already

so.... long time no progress?....nawww.... but currently heat and other stuff that is too icky for working on the leviathan made me post stuff not in a hurry.... but then i can show you stuff in a kind of landslide post^^

so.... my recent works consisted mainly on establishing the flooring of each sections and the front ramps...
them pics ^^

this was my first try at the car par deck...

but it was too low tech looking so i forsake this idea....

instead i opted for classic material...conflakes packaging cardboard...and a special cut out cardboard sheat i salvaged from a board game we go some years ago... so basically just yur average junk




the upper floor was made with holepunch and thick cardboard from an old calendar back...

for the front upper room i have planned to do an old fashioned war room...with a tiled floor that shows a strategical map....a friend from dakka provided me recently with some epic minis and these will be used on said map...:





the floor tiles were made from thin cork...

also... the lower floor will be the room for assembling the ground troops before disambarkment...made from granny grating...


and the front room also features two ramp/hatches...




also.... my shipments of plasticcard finally arrived and also....
riches in rivets...:

these bags equal in total the amount of 4000 rivets for aplication soonish^^


well... cheers, and thanks for watching...

vik

Vik here I thought 4000 rhinestone rivets was the bomb, you outdo it by it being 4000 black rhinestone rivets

I like the dual front doors for deployment of the troops. Hopefully they have one of those airplane slide chutes to go down instead of hopping down the height they are at. Plus the chutes should get them safely to the side of the tracks instead of right in front of the treads . Never a good day to be a guardsman.

This:

is an excellent idea. And I too have some of those board game sheets saved.

Keep up the the good work.

I love the use of tile punch sheets. Amazing!

4000 Rivets... Do you think you'll have enough? .

There are never enough rivets!!!!!

Excellent work Vik, flooring panels look spot on.

BTW since I can now comment, LoER entry, was fabulous, great use of materials, those missiles looked superb, stealing that idea.

That Leviathan will be a rivety masterpiece!

MMOOAARRR RIVETS!!!!! Honestly.... I fully expect this beast to use all 4000!!!! Rivet panels around the whole of the outside please!!

That War rOom idea is awesome..... I do like the 40k idea of the mobile castle..... so the flagstone flooring and raised unit is awesome..... genius to use the epic models! Really looking sharp!

honestly... i ordered them not to have stock...i fully expect to rivet myself into oblivion too....


the really hard part will be the interior to paint... as i wasn´t that kind to myself... otherwise i would have made the walls all detachable so that i woould have been able t paint every wall after the other....but nooooo... i had to built everything first^^

Why not use thin card and decorate it first, then stick it inside on the interior. You wont loose much room. Or magnetize the hull and have sheets of real steel for the interior??! sorry got a bit silly. But seriously, decorate a wall section at a time first then stick them inside.

That sounds like a pretty good idea! As the good man says.... you wouldn't actually lose too much room.....

My mind has also wandered into the realm of the fantastical...... I think you should actually wallpaper the walls of the command room..... like a regal war room of an old European castle.... flag stone floors... wall paper... penants of previous campaigns hanging there..... could be glorious!!!

^ And a roaring open fire

 inmygravenimage wrote:
^ And a roaring open fire

.... not enough thumbs!

Nice work, Vik. Like the flooring.

At this early stage you could consider making (via a saw) the top removable for ease of access. You could then use pegs and holes to reattach, and leave removable, the roof/top. Just an option, before you add details.

Also, assuming you are going to add a cannon, make sure to leave enough room inside for the mechanism and the ammo.

Camkierhi wrote:Why not use thin card and decorate it first, then stick it inside on the interior. You wont loose much room. Or magnetize the hull and have sheets of real steel for the interior??! sorry got a bit silly. But seriously, decorate a wall section at a time first then stick them inside.

indeed, the wallsection after wallsection is the way too go... i am currently thinking about a fitting style tho... ideas would be welcome! something probably posh looking... hmm...
as for the magnetizing... i am currently surfing through the webways for a suitable supply of magnets... still no idea where to buy and what exactly in size... my best find is via ebay atm...

MagosBiff90 wrote:That sounds like a pretty good idea! As the good man says.... you wouldn't actually lose too much room.....

My mind has also wandered into the realm of the fantastical...... I think you should actually wallpaper the walls of the command room..... like a regal war room of an old European castle.... flag stone floors... wall paper... penants of previous campaigns hanging there..... could be glorious!!!

the actual wallpaper could be a good idea... to scale is the main issue here... a cool fleur de lis would be cool...but these would be too big on that scale...
and muriels or wall mounted carpets...hmmm^^

inmygravenimage wrote:^ And a roaring open fire

argh....call me my friend , are you.... you just want me to be as insane as yourself.... ...damn.... i doubt if i ever get that idea out f my head now...

MagosBiff90 wrote:

 inmygravenimage wrote:
^ And a roaring open fire

.... not enough thumbs!

yeah... thanks...a heap...

Dr H wrote:Nice work, Vik. Like the flooring.

At this early stage you could consider making (via a saw) the top removable for ease of access. You could then use pegs and holes to reattach, and leave removable, the roof/top. Just an option, before you add details.

Also, assuming you are going to add a cannon, make sure to leave enough room inside for the mechanism and the ammo.

i dunno why i haven´t thought about cutting the roof open??? i think this will be the deed of the day... i have finished the floors and i think this will literally open up new spaces to progress the work! thanks mate!
all currently cut outs on the walls have been saved and will later on be built to have a lid like function... as i said earlier on, the whole structure will be clad in plastic card and i will simply make bigger overlapping surfaces attached to the cut outs so that i have a rim outside of the wall sections...in my mind it will work... if i add magnets...success will be guaranteed^^

as for the main weapon... i think this will be completely on the roof...as i also thought just glueing something at the prow would be silly...not even orks would be so lame^^...