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Looking brilliant LT, hope your not getting too distracted from your LoER piece! Got to say this little tank does look brilliant though, giving me the bug for another tank.


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Thanks Gits. Thanks, and yes, taking it easy! He's quite into it, has even get some friends to play as well, so all is well in that front. I reckon it's quite natural that he prefers gaming over building/painting for now, and. besides, being a game and a hobby, there's not an actual right/wrong answer, is it?

Got into full riveting mode, and added the track-guards, and some detail: engine door on the rear, side vents (à la Red Harvest, though not up to his), and the beginnings of a front light:








Fenders are not definitively affixed yet, I'll probably move them backwards and lower them some before final mounting.

C&C are always welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

Looking brilliant LT, hope your not getting too distracted from your LoER piece! Got to say this little tank does look brilliant though, giving me the bug for another tank.

Thanks, Cam, glad you find it so!

Terrain piece is almost done, jut a couple (zillion) details to finish, plus picture taking, nothing to worry about!

, now I am worried!

(Problem is, most of those are paint-related, and haven't' got around to that lately)

As for the tanquecito, thinking about giving it a name. Had thought about a Centaur, probably too big and close-topped for that; initial template was a Scorpion, but I'll be departing from it more and more with the details (Liked the name, though).

Maybe Urisk?

Facing a turret dilemma now, will report back once sorted, or for help sorting it out.

Cheers.

That tankette is really coming along! I like the picture inside the doors of your train diorama, too. Looking awesome, Littletower.

Very well armored tankette

as for

@shasolenzabi: Originally 1/35 kits? Those would make some quite bath-tub sized transports!

The Char B-1 Bis is the same size as a FW Malcador(Length/height wise) I had to widen with external sponsons

The MK tanks will be between the treads as wide as a Leman or Chimera, but they are much longer, so I figure a 30man platoon carry, maybe 35(include the command team) as I built a well armed 25man carrier already from scratch and another 35man one from a 1/35 Alligator kit, figure the 4 of them can move my great coats across the no-man's lands and trenches of some enemies out there.

@Warboss_Waaazag: Thanks twofold!

@shasolenzabi: Seems then like I have a lot of building-catching up to do !

Having a hard time solving the turret issue.

The WWI - inter wars theme brought to mind the possibility of a cylindrical, pot-like turret. Classic looks usually favours more of a faceted look. Ah, choices...

Two alternatives:



Tall, cylinder shaped, mounting a heavy cannon (weapon can be changed/modified too, if required). Turret turns, barrel is mounted on a ball joint for independent swivel.

Gun is oversized, obviously, but for me, that's part of the 40K charm.

Or,



Pentagonal (and already riveted and partially painted, but that's because it was temporally commandeered from another piece!)

(Pics are zoomable in the Gallery)

Thought on the matter (or any matter, actually ) are, as always, very welcome.

Thanks for dropping by.

Oh grats on 25 pages BTW.

And angular turret looks better, though I would be tempted to go larger on the turret, but thats personal. Over all it looks fabulous.

Both appear too small for the overall size of the hull, detracts from the overall aesthetic.

A larger turret, or ditch the turret for a cupola, and hull mount the gun. There looks to be too much of a gap between the turret and the hull too. To offer options.

@Camkierhi: Point taken. One for faceted and bigger.

@Nowlan: Long time no see, thanks for dropping by! And agreed, sometimes size does matter. Two down for bigger.

@Red H: Three for bigger; I'd call that a consensus. Not sure about a main hull mounted gun, but will try a new mock up before the final call.

Made the mistake of leaving the workbench a mess last weekend, and that - added to some long working hours, and a couple RL extras - discouraged any advancement during the week...

So, for lack of better things to show, some boring pre-shadowing and first basecoat pics of the drilll jig/servitor:




Thinking about finishing my LoER Entry this weekend, I've learnt better than to leave things up to the last minute...

Thanks for your thoughts and input!

Cheers.

Wow, you keep pumping out amazing work, man. Excelent models.

I do like the pentagonal turret for the tankette

@Meph: Thanks, hope this one doesn't disappoint

@shasolenzabi: As is, or larger yet? As soon as I get back to it I'll work on that, using this one as a base, but slightly bigger. And better fitting, of course.

On the Comp's track, finished Dodo-servitor crane draisine:







C&C are welcome.

Thanks for dropping by!

@shasolenzabi: As is, or larger yet? As soon as I get back to it I'll work on that, using this one as a base, but slightly bigger. And better fitting, of course.

Actually slightly bigger, and then is it a manned or unmanned servo turret?

Late to the conversation, but the turret could do with being larger. At least to fill up the majority of the space between the tracks.

Also, as noted from my tank project, spaced armour can make a small turret appear larger than it really is and can rectify the balance in this case.

Nice work on the things that I'm allowed to comment on.

Nice work on the Dodo! And as far as turrets go, I much prefer the cylindrical one.

The crane turned out wonderfully! Beautiful work my friend.

Crane is spot on matey. Good work on the yellow. Going to be a good competition. You have knocked out a great piece yet again.

Thanks gents!

Tankette is in the back-burner for the time being, LoER Comp's deadline coming in next weekend, so efforts'll go there for now...

@shasolenzabi & Dr H: Will work on a bigger version - extra spaced armour, specially on the sides, does not sound bad at all, BTW -. As for the crewing issue, I'd guess commander manned turret/main gun, driver (maybe manning a secondary front-facing hull gun as well); if needed, an auxiliary loader if the heavy gun requires it.

@Warboss_Waaazag: So did I (on the drawing board at least, not so sure after dry-fitting it), but it seems the rounded one got out-voted! Saved for later use, of course, might get a come-back elsewhere...

@Gitsplitta & Camkierhi: Yellow is TOUGH! (Hats off to those brave ones that paint armies in it!), glad you approve!

As far as finishing touches go, scratched some scatter drum-barrels and crates to spread here and there:



Almost there now...

Thanks for stopping by.

Hmm. I definitely commented, but it seems to have been eaten by the warp. Anyway, great job, love the round turret!

Fantastic crates and barrels, brilliant.

Those crates are great, i think i might have to steal the idea though, ive been working with balsa wood/lolly-sticks a lot recently and these can eat up a bit more of my supply.

I also might have to steal the idea for the railway machine, i know my dad's got a load of broken/spare model rail knocking about.

Kudos on all the work, the attention to detail is fantastic and the finish is staggeringly good!

@inmygravenimage: Worry not, and thank you. That reopens the question, though, since the cylinder shaped turret is gaining adepts, too. Ah, decisions...

@Cam: Once again, thanks!

@scrunty: Hi, welcome, and thank you. Praise the coffee stirrer! Ideas are there for the taking, so please, go ahead. Same goes for the rail-based contraption, and best of lucks, too!

Last piece done and coloured:



Now, where did I put that backdrop...?

Cheers.

The metal edge on that is perfect

Te diré lo mero mero. I have that exact piece that you have so convincingly converted ( well, by just painting) into a hand truck. Never occurred to me to do that. Golpe de Maestro. Very cool.

It is some sort of bit from an old VHS cassette, for those of you who don't recognize it.

Thanks, Graven!

Red H: Just painting? Just painting? Painting is the though part, mind you!

Now, seriously: Thanks , flattered that you think it so!

Well, it's done; this is what I'm up to as now:



(Not proving an easy subject, by the way)

We'll see how those come out.

Cheers.

Scratch-building>???>???> Painting>Kit-bashing. The order of things. And no, nothing comes before Scratch-building, except the Almighty, who, if you don't mind a bit of blasphemy, proved to be one hell of a scratch-builder himself, eh?

Tittle says it: LoER Terrain Comp Round 11: On the Road. All roads do lead somewhere





Mass picture blanket:
Wide shots:
Up-close and personal:
And a gate. A (rail)road must take somewhere:

Closing scene: leaving through an open gate:



Afterthought
Great theme. Lots of possibilities. Some interesting guidelines, too, and a couple new and/or different things I wanted to try.

Going over the rules:
Got the road there (three, actually, if given some leeway), and using some of those tracks sections I'd recently dug out from some long gone past was great. Scratchbuilt too (sans said tracks) most of it, in one or another way.
As for size, I kept to my self-imposed 30x30cm square base, mostly because I've already done others like that, and I think (hope) uniformity might make them easier to store. (And I might be slightly OCD, but please keep it quiet about that)
Dioramas and/or playable terrain were permitted. This one I flopped: Not enough of a story for a diorama, hard to sell as a stand-alone terrain piece (not only it is a corner-only piece, the inside-facing sides are too tall, not to mention the abruptly ending rail-road.
Two new and novel criteria appeared: not-paint-requiring materials, and digital art, and printed surfaces. Those really sparked some interest, and I think it came out quite well.

As for the painting, I actually thought about the colour scheme beforehand, and how to come about to it: the basic landscape - red mountain, tan-grey riverbed, with hard-contrast green shrubbery - inspired by some timely real pics from one of the Cubs' school trip, plus the yellow, mechanical centerpiece (Not saying it worked out, though I like it, just that planned it in advance). The ground was the weakest part of my previous piece as well, so I tried to make it an important part of this one, to force proper care for it. I certainly spent quite some time on it, maybe it worked.

And fade.

Thanks everybody.

Cheers.

Great work LT . Ingenious crane design, but I must say when I saw your barrel and the dolly to move them I just burst out laughing thinking about the scene from breaking bad where they steal the 55 gallon drum of chemicals . No idea why, but it just tickled me the right way.

Amazing work, my friend. Just beautiful.

Outstanding LT, good luck.