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I come here solely for the eye-candy and it is delicious.

That crane-thing is brilliant!

@Gitsplitta: Flattered, thanks!

@Moltar: You are welcome any time, and thank you.

@dsteingass: Thank you. It's great to see you back!

Primed, and once again it becomes something more than just the sum of its parts:







Thanks for stopping by.

Looks great so far.

Thanks, W_W!

Paint is next, will be trying some industrial gear yellow as base, and oil and grime to finish it up, yet undefined as to what to do in between...

C&C are welcome.

Cheers.

Hehehe rail servitor, good stuff.

Sorry for the delay, been on holiday but. Oooo that Dodo does look cool.

@Meph: Thanks. Yes, well, sort of

@M0rdain: Sorry those are over, but glad to have you back!

I could tell the sad and long story of the little ugly mechanical duckling that didn't want to turn yellow, but I wont. It did - though not without resistance - got some paint on. Not much. mostly only blocked yet, but progress nonetheless.







C&C is always welcome, and thanks for checking in.

El patito feo mecánico se ha transformado en un cisne steampunk. (o estímpunque?)

Those plastics do no take paint well at all. The only primer I have found which works is from Krylon (with Fusion for Plastic® technology. Lol) and is specific for hard to paint plastic. Looks like whatever you did worked well.

A construction equipment yellow? I would not have thought of that -- or to make such a thing in the first place. Which is why these P&M blogs are so cool. All sorts of original and creative stuff

Good job with getting the yellow on, coming together nicely now

@Red H: Never thought of translating that, I'd guess steampunk is OK (Otherwise, it'd be something like punk a vapor, and that doesn't do it at all )

Primer - Rust-Oleum 2x - grey this time, I've used the other two colours available (red - almost burgundy, not bad base for a very rusted finish - and white) without issue, even with low-adherence plastics such as these (I'm guessing heavy duty nylon for the printer gears).

It was the yellow that played hard to catch and took a crazy number of coats to even start looking decent...

It was either that or orange, and I figured this one was going to go along better with the terrain colours (orange would either blend in too much or crash with the sienna and umbers on the mountain side). Since CAT is black and yellow too, I might brand this one DBU .

@MT:Thanks, glad you appreciate it!

Will see what the weekend brings...

Cheers.

Edited 5 times to show some people should not type - and less if not even using one's native language - on a Friday night after a too long week.

Its looking amazing my friend, amazing. Think I will have to try out Rustoleum for primer, I use that many different materials. Ithink the yellow will be perfect by the time shes weathers slightly, oh and will there be strips?

Thanks, Cam! I'm looking for a spot to put some hazard stripes as I type! Dozer could be a good place, but I kind of like the all-bare metal look, too...

Might mock something up and come back for checks later.

Managed to put some more time on the Drone-Alikes in between yellow coats:



(Brightness went over the roof in those, but they are just WIP pics)

Mustering courage to tackle the weathering on the Dodo next!

C&C are welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

The crane looks really neat.

@pfibp: Thanks!

Painting stage two:








Thoughts, comments and criticism are always appreciated.

Cheers.

Beautiful... now weather it.

Will do, as soon as I figure out some decent way to do it...

Ah, wait, found it: Gitsplitta's Chipping Tutorial and Gitsplitta's Sponge Rust & Soot Tutorial

Will give those a try next, belated thanks!

Didn't go on painting the draisine, but got some little woodworking and gardening done instead:



Side-views:




And above:



Ground view:



And close-ups:






Not done, but getting near(er).

C&C are welcome, as always.

Thanks for stopping by.

Wow. that is just really cool. The crane looks really nice!

Beautiful work Lt.

Stumped for criticism at the moment....

Thanks, Rogue Wolves and monkeytroll!

Forecast for the week is hectic, so not much will probable get done in the following days...

But the weathering and final detailing will be there.

PS: "Door scrapes around the entrance"? Brilliant First thing on the to do list now!

The terrain really looks good. Comes together quite nicely. I'm looking forward to seeing the weathering.

You can do some fantastic things with yellow industrial stuff

@Dave: Those are great, thanks.

Such a heavy treatment would have required some forethought, though - some actual chipping scheme, at least -, and more texturing; I was thinking a slightly less mistreated state for this one...

Refs saved for a next, properly planned, massive rust effect, that will happen anytime!

In the meantime, and just because, a couple somethings totally unrelated:

A very first stage WIP of a smallish tracked tank(ette); I was looking for a Centaur's pattern, found a Scorpion instead (closed instead of open topped, at least, do't know about dimensions):



(Tracks units are just tape-tacked in place for the pic)

And on the other hand, an attempt at six-legged servitor proxy I started to put together and I'm actually totally stuck at:



Chopped up figs and multi-legged things, I'm obviously under not too good influences lately...

Though I initially liked the concept for the legs, I see it too big now, the body gets "lost" on top of it, and I don't just see how to move it forward now.

I'll either save it for latter or just toss the bionic idea and topple it with gears and such...

That's all for now. What did you expect to see, a yellow Dodo?

Input, comments and suggestions are welcome.

Thanks for dropping by.

Tanky thing looks great, good size. Great deal of promise.

Legs look brilliant, lots of potential. Though you say they are a bit big, I would suggest make it a servator for your big tanks, heavy arms etc. Or what about a gun platform, a mobile Tarantula with twin linked heavy on top! Or maybe a mule, carrying packs and materials for your servator yet to be made?!

Sounds to me like you're having just the right sort of influences.......

Like the outline of the tankette - what sort of weapon load-out are you thinking of for it? Judging by the mini next to it I'd say it's a bit bigger than a centaur, they really are tiny things.

Servitor legs look good, but yeah, a little big for a human sized torso. Still, lots of options open for them...

Ogre torso, or possibly an ork nob should fit nicely on there for either a heavy weapon toting or heavy lifting type servitor

As Cam suggested it'll probably make a great base for a walking sentry gun

Room for a whole host of mechanical arms and tentacles coming from the platform for an insectile medical or engineering 'bot

Bottom stage of a rocket - or a micro drop-pod

The landing gear of an ornithopter

Mobile preacher's pulpit

Walking sentry post - a small tower with crow's nest on top of the leg unit

Mobile generator

Terminator torso could make the basis of a mechanicus magos

Drilling rig - screw protuding from underneath, with the housing and power atop it

Walking crane unit - similar body build to the dodo, but legged instead of rail-bound

Tubular body topped with a cupola/hatch from an imperial vehicle could be the start of a sentinel type, or an orky kan/dread

Clear tube for a mobile specimen jar

Possibly a sentinel hull and some forks for a walking fork-lift

Dreadnought torso may fit on there for a variant...

And now I think I'm re-stating ideas I had for Dr H's legs...... But most of those ideas would transfer to these legs too

Ahh, you're having a robo-leg dilemma.

Not a lot new I can suggest, but some expansions...
I'm liking the mobile turret idea,

and the mobile generator, but how about a mobile KFF-alike.

Walking specimen jar could become a psyker that can only survive in a kind of life-support tank, but can function like any other psyker... actually, that's a good idea, I might add that to my list...

Also, how about landing gear for a flying saucer a la Mars attacks. (that's already on my list)

Once you start adding arms and weapons and power units you'll soon find that the space up top gets filled.

Threefold thanks gents, amazing fuel for though in you insights. I will for sure keep coming back to those for future reference...

Tank has been put aside for a while, and attention was given to put something onto those legs then. Mix 'n matching two of the aforementioned ideas - hope some measure of justice has been made to them, too - a drilling six-legged Dodo cousin was hatched:



Hoses and cables coming next.

Further thoughts?

Cheers.

Excellent stuff, really like that. Those 'girder arms' are perfect, great find!

Hoses and cables will really bring it to life

Maybe bulk up the rear power plant a little bit just to balance it out?

Yeah, that works.

and, as MT said, needs something to counterweight the drill.