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Ok, eager to move on now, This is it, a very tiny piece of 26 GA floral wire, bent as tightly around my needlenose pliers as I could get them.


This set of gauges is good enough I think. we can explore other methods for gagues on different areas or projects later. I need to move along!

yeah, think the handles look good...and the paintjob...see above...will complete the look!!!

That looks amazing!

Anything more intricate would have been hard to see.

Thanks Jake and Vik!

Well....I'd say you definately have the rivetting process down to a science!

What is your secret? I'm not even on about the quality of your buildings, which is mind blowing by the way, or even your motivation. How the hell do you work so quickly? Who has started selling hobby slaves? I need them more than you!

At first I thought he had Terrain Elves that came in the dead of night and build stuff for him, but he has progress pics during the day, so that put the brakes on that theory...

Maybe it has something to do with Sparkly Vampires...I mean, they have to be good for SOMETHING, right?

@Model Collector - I dunno, After awhile, the measuring, and marking with a pencil and laying out the cut, and snapping, and scoring becomes habit. I have to work faster to keep up with my always-on brain. I sketch ideas during rare quiet moments and read Dakka @ work. It helps that my GF not only tolerates it, but is always amazed at the crap I come up with. Oh, and I always have music or tv on in the background, I can't work in complete silence.

@ Jake- HAHA there will no damn elves in my workshop ever! This is a Proper Dwarfen Haus! Occasionaly I will glue something on during my lunch hour and post them, but no, terrain is only worked on by me I assure you. And I also prefer my Vampires wearing Tuxedos and Victorian Suits and being PLayas, the new sparkly vampires are not for me.

you know me for a rivet nerd that i am...on the side upper right plate...there is a rivet that casts a longer shadow... i think this rivet needs a trimming...^^

otherwise this tower looks really cool...one day you have to truly embrace the aesthetics of steampunk this style could really benefit from your terrainmaking^^

Yeah Vik....I know...I JUST glued the rivets on, mere seconds before I posted the pic. The glue is wet..When do we trim the rivets Vik?? lol

I bought a book called the Steampunk Bible at GenCon this summer, it's full of fantastic stuff!
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&sugexp=kjrmc&cp=10&gs_id=s&xhr=t&q=the+steampunk+bible&tok=-N-BOL496oprDlUfDjNGrA&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1117&bih=718&wrapid=tljp1319842338280016&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=15742478456471109344&sa=X&ei=HjKrTsfaBsrL0QGQ16mmDw&sqi=2&ved=0CEwQ8wIwAQ#

yep after the glue is set...and now all:

WE TRIM THE RIVETS AFTER THE GLUE IS SET!

right. lesson learned...on my part hopefully...gosh... i am gr(E)ateful that you answer on my %$%& comments ^^

but my steampunk musings and suggestions are still valid, ain´t them?


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that book sounds sweet....hmmm...corsetry^^ hope we will see some pics of that^^

HAHA Your Steampunk Wisdom is always welcome! You are my Official Steampunk Advisor for all things rivety for sure

dang no saluting praetorian...and for that matter ork...

*salutes*..."at the ready...."

i think you did very well with those diles they look sweet

HOLY ****!!! Somebody up there rolled a doble 10 for ya! Congratulations man!

Hey dst.. love the work on the tower .. The attention to details so far reminds me of another marvelous blog ..
the infamous Baiyuan's attention detail blog..

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/345040.page

couldn't help wondering what a joy it would be to see a marriage with his models and your terrain

The cad work is cool and very helpful for all of us out here with no funds for oop bulkheads , so thanks for that fella
and congrats on your immense supply drop , that really is a bargain , and i really cant wait to see what you set your mind to next.
I really cant keep up with your work .. your making me feel rather ponderous tbh watching and learning

Thanks guys! C&C always make it worth it to me!


@ Neil, thanks for that link man! Good Stuff I'll be reading up and catching up on. And hearing comments like that from an artist like you is amazing, thank you!

So, to address an earlier poster, we don't really obsessively plan these things. If you look at the terrain plogs and converter plogs such as my own and other plasticard wielders, you'll see that we have this utterly insane "sense", born of habit and practice. We go into a project, and a few hours later, we come out of the fugue state, and try to remember that we have to sleep at some point.

So, the advice I can give is to just GLUE it. Hack cardboard apart, buy some plasticard, feel how it cuts, practice scoring and snapping. Don't be afraid to use up your supply, and buy some more. Look at things for their use in terrain or modeling. That orange juice bottle lid, or that grate you found at your Home Depot/DIY store.

Most of all, you have to do it. Take pictures, start a painting log, share with the world. People like myself, Vik, Dstein, and others will not mock, we will help.

--B.

Right on Brian!!

What he said!

'Tis a thing of beauty!

Very good advice Brian.

The rivets and the platforms are looking good dstiengass. This thread, as well as one or two others, make it very difficult for me to wait to start my Naval Depot project. Not having the space to start it makes things easier... but not too easy

@Green, you can always start detail bitz, or whatever you have supplies for now. You never know, sometimes, when I do big projects, I find myself wanting to get done, and hurrying through some of the details at the end. If you start the detail bitz now, you can just add them in at the end.

Inverted Rivets

I hate these, I can't work as fast as I want to because the repeated act of pressing the point into the plasticard cramps my hand, so I have to take frequent breaks in order to rest and continue. However, looking at the one side of the tower riveted, these recessed rivets really need to be present, since raising these rivets would make miniature play absolutely impossible. That is a line I will not cross. A terrain piece you cannot play a game on is pointless and illogical and heartbreaking.



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You can't even really see them, but they are all done. They show up well once painted. see the second piece in the set.


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The fitting and mounting of the bottom platform



DOH! I was a little too enthusiastic with the rivets, I had to cut this bottom course of rivets from the crossmember to fit the floor. Good thing I waited to rivet the other sides, if I had the square slot on the floor wouldn't have fit over the tower! ..and I would've had to cut off MOAR RIVETS!

wow that looks amazing all rivited up

Thanks Rogue!

The artwork on the platform shows the pipes are terminated in the platform. So I used my handy dandy 1/16" pipe bender. Unfortunately, it always makes a flat bit, haven't figured out how to avoid that. This pipe fits perfectly in the blue tube that I used for the gagues.

Super cool! But how will you get the tower out now?

On another note- Man! your progress is nonstop! I love it!

I will not get the tower out now, it is permanent.

You might be able to heat the copper tubing with a blowtorch, before bending, to maintain the circumference/avoid the crimping?

Meh, this will have to be good enough for now. This project is taking too long IMO.

Still more amazingly good work! 3-D texture where once was all flat.