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FOUND it! I have found my little piece of the 40k web where i can build and muse and share.
I am neil101 father of three boys 10 10 12 , I like creating things designing things drawing things, i hope some of myself and my boys work shall find a home here amongst peers.
This is a good place . If you can see beyond my spelling and gramatical errors you might enjoy my comic Praxus Teaser page 2 Introduction page 4.
I have 3 projects on the go a the moment. Purity Seal Manufactorum , Praxus Comic and Antal Adalais's Praxian Guard. Oh plus The Comedic Grimdark cookie kronikles, and i probably just started a new diorama project . And i know theres not much paint yet but its comming i promise!

Update , Mostly working on creating the Agridustrial world of Praxus at the moment, in story, pictures, and models

whoa cool shots, like your conversions a lot.

the pic "scouts and catachans clash " looks very dynamic, almost real, the camera angle and the sunlight make it a truly cool pic.

your catachan guy does he have a hormagaunt on his back? is it a trophy? nice idea...

your dead cadian i truly love, great, wanted to do that myself for so long, same with the memorial, looks cool, but i´m not really into your paintjob there...

and the true winner is the slain sm and his fallen off dented helemt... prieceless. looks really cool. did you have to cut many limbs for that? did you have to cut on the knees as well? though work, never did that ...

by the way only flew over your inquisitorial tower thread for now, but it was thias and the scratchbuilt landraider thread
that inspired me for my scratchbuilding contest...

really like your work, hope to see mor of it soon^^

Hey Viktor hows things mate? thanks for stopping by.. my boys have being asking if anyone has commented on the boltgun yet? but this is close enough i think. ctachan does have alien head trophies tau as well ( cant see in the pic , and the necron head fell off! though the chances of a guardsman killing a necron was a bit far fetched i think. i was so proud of the cadian , i too have being waiting years to do one , after seeing the cities of death boobytraps on forgeworld. The memorial was just a quick and nasty rush job, actually my very first build in about 4 years, just to get the taste for it again,
the space marine is inspired by a very old white dwarf issue 101/ or 101 i think that had space marine and imperial gaurd medics as they were called then healing some prone models , as well as a dented shouder pad tutorial on gw website a few years ago. the model is an old space crusade model i cut off his arms and added new ones and yes the cuts are on the knee joints, getting his legs to go straight with such big boots was tricky.
got a bit more stuff to show some custom orks base coated comming soon , to this blog . and maybe my next big project.... btw do you know if i can add more posts to my blog with more pictures , or do i have to edit the original ones out and replace them with new ones? anyone?

These are some greats conversions!! I love the dead cadian. The bolter is pretty sick too.

Keep up the great work!!

Mike

first, i just forgotten to post about your nasty bolter piece... looks really cool.

as a father of three hooligan boys this would be just the project to do in serial production...^^

so if you got any templates for that bolter i would be much thankfull...

just imagine a bunch of boys storming raging and making shooting sound over a playground^^ that would be the day^^


and as for a guardsman killing a necron...everyman is entiteld to a lucky day... and with all these chainswords flying around a head is just another thing to cut^^

Conversions are very nice! I especially liked dead guardsman and marine.

But great work overall!

ok quick update and some pics of my NEW build , based on an idea of recycled junk , i plan on making a adeptus mechanicus purity seal manufactorum, with animated working parts , designed to be playable and a diaroma that tells a story of the sacrifice involved in creating purity seals for the front line fighting men. My idea came from several fantastic converted models of the adaptus mechanicus, floating around especialy those of our very own inquisitor earl( respect) and of course the inspirational talent of john blanche and new kid on the block karl kopinski.

so the story is on a certain planets , out of respect and fear of the imperium,chidren of imperial citizens are chosen by the adaptus mechanicus outpost stations at birth to ritually grow there hair for 20 years. to keep it well looked after , unlike most imperial citizens and when the time is right, to sacrificially give up there body hair to be woven into the rarest of purity seals , so the front line soldiers when awarded one never forget what they are fighting for... humanity!

thats it really in a nutshell, this will be my biggest project to date , i got a little confidence boost after my inquisitorial tower;-) so gonna try to do a bit better this time , add some animated parts from broken dvd drives and printers and what not's
there is a video of my junk collection that will going into the project the moving parts stuff is near the end of it

most of this stuff is just concept art and designs for now , but more will follow as i create it.. cheers neil

If this turns out as good as those sketches, I will be very impressed!

be sure that when you pull that of, you are a seriuos contestant to win both categories!!!

you got so much junk stored, and the iedeas you have for them... whoa, i have to pull my hat eaven now.

your sketches are wonderfull, the ones for the full shot looks almost out of a codex book. this is meant as high praise!

i´m not fully firm on the fluff behind your concept, but i guess that the impire would just do that. its their kind of working stretegy.

as i watched your vid, imagine me sitting a my monitor, getting nearer and nearer, and my jaw droping lower and lower. well to have a yard and a house of his own certainly has its advantages^^
again i salute to your dedication!

Ha ha hope i havent bitten off more than i can chew...,never worked with electricals before , need to do a bit more research on that side.

and yes as my partner keeps telling me too much crap in the house!! i know this is my last project honest!!!

my wife also tells me often off for storing crap^^. i got a middle floor in our flat of my own with pc and a table for painting and so on... all stuffed to the ceiling^^.
lately i sloughterd some old disks 3 1/4 those floppy thingys, the got some nice small parts^^. there are so many things to find when your getting your hands on crap^^.

i think you got some serious talent, when looking at your ex toaster i see potential for almost anything.

one suggestion: will you make a central switching unit? in your vid i saw you testing printer and cddrive parts... maybe you could use HO train components as well, so you have energy and circuits due to railings...

besides, maybe i´ve mentioned it already, but i like your art. eaven if i wouldnt be a fan on 40k...

cheers vik, as you know, when your a family man you don't get much time, for hobbies, its hard because you have to be selfish sometimes to be creative, with a family, its about striking a balance . I dont work at moment so i have some spare time between making meals and picking up kids, but i feel tremendous guilt when iam being creative, as i think everyone eles around me suffers. Its strange i go into a zone of creativity and nothing eles matters , its pure obbsessiveness that creates great art but , wrecks family life.
iam lucky i ahve an understanding partner, but being creative is not a choice for me its almost a punishment, it drives me crazy , with bouts of depression and moments of euphouria. i can go months about 6 normally with no inspiration at all, then bam! i have to get it all out in one go.. then crash back to reality , as you can guess iam in a high athe moment, so not much sleep not much food , but plenty of inspiration. lots of ideas , i see potential everywhere. but it doesnt pay the bills or by the food or clothes . :-( so lets see how long this phase lasts.

phew think i needed to say something... cheers for the words of encouragement mate. and hope your family is well!
@ commander cain , heres to hoping.

i think i can understand you. that said i think also it isn´t that good a help iun these matters. first i´m also unemployed. which means more spare time than my wife wants me to have...she also wants to pay the bills...but me, i´m not up to it at the moment, cant do that, its a state of mind i´m in at the moment. i think myself not suitable for the economy to work a 9-5 shift... comes with beeing creative i think. i guess its like my old literature teacher told us, creativity, genius and madness are often in one tight package. your feeling i fully understand. to have these creativity flashes can be sometimes hurtfull. to yourself and to your loved ones. to surpress these flashes will surely rob you of your sleep. it does this to me sometimes. than the nagging feeling to sit at my desk and create is so overhelming, but i have to get sleep, cause come what may at 6:30 my wife must get up and the children must go to kindergarden and school. and my duties lie there...but after that i often forget about houshold chores and so on. i know you sometimes feel quilty for your gift. but one thought so: beeing creative is a seldom talent, not bestowed upon many people. who knows waht your talents might lead you to. it sounds comic but mabye one day your talent for creativity gets you lucky and you can pay rents with that. and also i think your kids understand you and love you and you show them everytime you love them as well when you do thinks like bolters and stuff for them. and your wife surely understands you, cause as long as you show love to your family bills arent that important. well mighgty words from me but i want to think that money isn´t by far equal to love...

Wise words mate well spoken, and true. i think we are alike , and i think nearly everyone in these forums suffer for their art, and there is a lot of it about in these pages, i wonder how much has been sacrificed for everyone in here to bring out there own worlds, for other people share in their imagination and creativity. i think we are all peter pan who refuses to grow up , because to grop up is to forget something.. my children are so easily in touch with there creativity, and imagination. in fact its just playing , and its fun!
whats better than to imagine something that does not exsist, and then create it like frankenstein , with you as god . how can people not want to be creative? if you dont like your world just write another , paint another or build another. oh and btw that badly painted rhino had me fall of my chair lol . and its not that i want to be mean , but that was funny , but in a cool way whata fantastic and original paintjob, probably the most original i have ever seen actually lol

yeah, first thought was that it was a happy marine rhino^^.
the bolters weren´t eaven seeable^^ under all that paint. the upper parts was in an ocre that i thought it looked almost like fur^^

your thought about peter pan really got me thinking...i guess thats the main problem for me that i am not enough grown up. i mean im married and i have kids but i want to be a boy still. and some things boys cant/wont do...playing is important for me. in my head or with my kids or just for myself at my pc.... or eaven when i´m reading a book.
its all about balance, but i think i´m not good in balacing between personal interest and social interest, i make my childhood and parents partly responsible for that, they got some serious problems during that time and i think i try desperatly to claim that lost time as a boy back...the main problem is that it feels good to play, its too hard to stop. who can switch off these thoughts...

cut....

other question i have to ask in behalv of my kids. your bolter, mind if you post templates for it? that would be great.

thanks in advance, yours vic (besides i´m called Mathias, stupidly i created this account because i like Viktor von Doom of the Fantstic Four of Marvel Comics, but i´m just to stupid to spell right^^)

lol i got victor von doom just thought you were called domm!
, i have no templates for the bolter as it was hand drawn but i could measure it up for your boys, you will a pringle tube some
mdf http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=mdf&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GBfficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wf

and some( hard as nails) or( no more nails ) type glue
http://www.homediyonline.co.uk/painting_&_decorating.htm
http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=no%20more%20nails&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GBfficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wf
and some foam board http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=foam%20board&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GBfficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wf
i carved the handle out of wood but you could build it around another toy machine gun

bolt gun metal , and black spray paint.
shall measure up for you mate tommorow.

though i did notice a much better bolter in the sister of battle armour thread ,and the guy says he is going to write a tut as well check it out
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/284267.page

yep read thet partly also. also a very dedicated person.the thing is yours looks sturdier^^ and my hooligans need sturdiness rather than posh things sometimes. i plan to do these bolters for the next summer to be completed so the can play on playgrounds with it and can have the time of their life ^^

yeah mdf is probably the way to go, low texture and sturdines combined with slimness.

the handle will be the main problem, cause carving is rather difficult. but that is more of a challange^^. maybe my nine year old can help me during the process...

Update of some old fantasy stuff. including stone monster made from real stones , princess minonoke ashitaka's red elk yakul with out horns, and huge scenic gaming map!!!!!

can any body please say erol flynn? that elf with the rapier has got to be him^^

all i can say hugh... when did you do that?and from what?
and although i know the princess from her movie, i can say only one thing when i read the word elk....

that majestetic elk bit my ankle...one day an elk eaven ate my grandmother....well as much as i remember from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvIKL_pTZFE&p=B1826C553E2AC5E2&playnext=1&index=4

watch 1:45^^ moose or elk^^


as for the terrain, i like the lony house the most...

I spy with my little eye...

Heroscape figures!

Nice diorama and I look forward to seeing the purity seal manufactotum thing. Nice attention to detail and interesting fluff. I'm hooked!

well neil you had it coming^^, changed my avatar with a gift of this talented artist... behold the true master of all planes Viktor von Doom, Ruler of Latveria and scourge of the Fantastic Four. Now with extra Spacemarines added^^

thanks mate, i realy enjoy it^^

cheers Gavin, your right about the heroscape , must have more mi..n..i..s. Most of this is old old stuff , there really is fluff on it lol i too am looking forward to getting stuck in on the manufactorummmmm... hope my work improves a lot more , i have plenty of ideas but not enough patience normally to see them through to fruition , but i believe i turned a corner, i think its called having someone other than yourself to apprecaite your work lol .

nice sig vik that could get annoying quickly lol , hope your kid forgives me ...

i got a green cape, and maybe i make a new pic with him and his mask as a minny me DOOM^^, but for now i use this as a tribute^^

trying to get everything in place , got bits flying around the forums, this is in the board game section but will put up a teaser

really cool idea of a facehugger, you could do lots of that, heck I could do lots of that for my nids army, i have to keep that in mind...

did you by chance ever read something from terry pratchett? and if so do you know leonard da quirm? he was locked up for his wild inspirational talent by the ruler of the main city...^^

That is EPIC! I for one can't wait to see the rule set and the game board. I do have to admit though, Alien(s) 2 is my all time favorite movie! Any chance of the Colonial Marines showing up? Keep up the great work.

Mike

Where's Jonesy?

arh crap , jonesy , knew i forgot something , and a had a great wriggling chest burster alien , that gone walkabout, shame..
but you want marines! , you got...well a marine ,..kinda , sort of , more like imperial guard really..

lol that looks like starman from the mtv movie awards^^

nice shinbonepads on the imperial marine^^

Update on the Manufactorum, got a chance to put some pieces together today just to get an idea of the scale of the thing. It's gonna be bloody huge, holy crap if i do get this finished i havent a clue where i will put it . will have to by a shed!

Edit oh crap i just uploaded 30 files with lovely descriptive cmments, took me ages , and dakka cancelled it and said comment too long , arh bummer! not writing all that again though just pics sorry.