This maybe?

 n0t_u wrote:
This maybe?

Is that an x-men training room

That is what wikipedia says the danger room is.

I thought that for a moment but was sure it was the training facility, but wikipedia does say it is so it must be.

I always got the feel it was more like the holodeck as in start trek

Yeah, I guess it just looks like a plain room when off though.

n0t_u wrote:

Doesn't look very dangerous. I had envisioned spinning blades, and spiked things, and wrecking balls swinging from the ceiling. Now that would be dangerous!

Great start with the diorama, Vik! Are you going to add spectators?

Danger Room: When your Dad called you into the bathroom to yell at you about something while he was filling the air of the room with methane gas

 dsteingass wrote:
Danger Room: When your Dad called you into the bathroom to yell at you about something while he was filling the air of the room with methane gas

I hate that room.

 Rawson wrote:

n0t_u wrote:

Doesn't look very dangerous. I had envisioned spinning blades, and spiked things, and wrecking balls swinging from the ceiling. Now that would be dangerous!

Have you not read the comics? that rooms more deadly than a room full of super villains with pms

thanks not_u indeed i meant something along the lines of the x-men´s training room...

and boys... it has everything inside... spinning wheel, armies attacking and rockets and laser beams ... you ask for it ... it has it yesterday...


and dave... that dangerroom of your father... yuck !!! i hope i will never need to fall for that kind of tactic with my kids

at mr.merlin...
i had thought of spectators... but i dunno how and which minis would fit... beside... you need many more to make it look right... so if i have 10 combatants inside... then i need many more for audience... i think that would blow up the amount of work no end...

at rawson...

atm i am going for dios rather than actual terrain as i am building more for the heck of it... no one will play with me anyways for the time being... so i can at least create some kind of small world to let my minis people it...if that makes sense...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
no one will play with me anyways for the time being...

Everyone get tired of loosing, or what?

nope... got tired of waiting for gamers.... i atm wait for my oldest son to be old enough to play something like ´munda with me...

looking for a group wouldn´t work atm due to RL issues...work and family...etc...

Damn that work and family thing getting in the way of our fun! it always does that! even when you lock yourself away in a Nerd cave, they just bang the bloody door in to interrupt you!

lol... yep... tho my kids just scream^^... daddy... wanna toilet...and such things... or you have to get out of the mancave bubble and try to pry them from each others throats^^ they are aged 6 and 4 and quite talented brawlers^^


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thanks for joining the fun nerdfest^^

Anytime Vik, you betta get used to me! :-)

well this party certainly has it´s best moents in the kitchen... so you better get used to the heat here


besides... the door is not working properly... you wont get out of here anyways

So many pages to have backtracked over!

Worth it mind

lol... welcome back my freind^^

OH boy!!! awfully wuiet around this place, eh?

well then i can hopefully spark some life in this thread with a new update?? hope so!

well... for the third terrain building competition of the ongoing LoER scratchbuilding incentive i today present to you my recent endeavors into scratch building and oh yeah even painting...

becuase i not only have to build a fighting pit... no... i will people it with combatants that have to battle it out to the death... and for that i have to do customized bases... again also for a compitition started by unearthly child and comrade panda... and then for nerdfest i have to paint up a leader for his tube winning competition... sounds like a bloddy hard job...? and rightly so!!! am sweating like a bear... no kidding only, but it sure is a challenging amount of work...


as you see here...i have build the major look of the ten bases that will enter the base designing comp...
well they are atm unpainted... so bear with me the lack of contrast.... maybe i get around and give them a wash tomorrow for a better look...




then i have started painting the combatants... two teams... six against four...i used mainly washes for the build up of paint coats... hopefully that was a wise decision...

the first team consist completly of female fighters... dressed in tight suits... and with a dashing green and purple combo...WIP :






and secondly... the blue team... consisting of battle robots... also still highly WIP...:






an then i had to redo from scratch the whole arena set up... the former thing was way too puny looking for me... and i don´t do puny... i do enormous...

so i started on a fresh wooden plate and built up from there... leading to this:





and to see the scale:






still lots to do but i have lots of fun and still a bit of sick at home leftover time at my disposal so i hope in the comming two days i can achieve quite a lot of the groundworks...


thanks for watching... vik

Looking good Vik, btw do you have the link for the golden tub thingamajig?

Looking like you are off to a great start.

Is this for any particular game, or just a diorama ?

AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:Looking good Vik, btw do you have the link for the golden tub thingamajig?

linky: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/477119.page#4780554

a nice fun competition!!!

adamsouza wrote:Looking like you are off to a great start.

Is this for any particular game, or just a diorama ?

i think it could serve as a paygound for some very quick skirmish games... but it is only a mere diorama... i am still not a player... so i just do it for the fun... and i need so much training painting minis^^

Dankeschön mein freund

gern geschehen and i thik it is quite cool that you join there... will your mawloc be staring there?

Not exactly a leader Vik... you'll see what I'm doing

saw it...^^ your flyrant then^^

yup

very nice Vik, I like the color choices on your squads! and childe.. if your going to enter the golden bathtub, at least update your thread too!

my my, Vik a nice ambitious terrian feat! i wish it luck.

Arena has changed shaped I kind of liked the curved section, however with the type of miniatures you are using this ties in better with the style.

Is it me or has the X-MEN conversation influenced your colour choice on said females Im like the comic outfit feel there Vik

at LDD... i wanted to do some mostly wash painted minis for a long time... thus i experimented with leviatan purple and my old citadel green wash... i like the mix... do you think if i add a bit of orange to the females that would be too much?

and well the curved try is not ruined... its just way too feeble for this idea... if i put the ten minis inside it looks as if they are waiting cramped together for the next bus thus it got redone... beside... the curved section would have been a hell of a troublemaker for getting the upper audience section done... now with the more blocky version i look more comfy into the future...

at comrade... have you looked at the bases? i am very unsure as to the rather dull look... i have to maybe add some effects there... tho i am unsure as to what to add...if i add rivets to the tiles then i have to do that on the complete floor...

thanks RW! and nice new avatar there

[+H3 G4M3 H4S CH4NG3D>4LL PR0GR4MES>PR3P4R3 F0R D1SK W4RS.]

Hold of on the orange I think, but if you have time for a trial on one might work just to get an idea.

Yes, I see your point on the curve section bitch to work with, but it was cool the new section looks good, I see a lot of clean steel sections now though more a futuristic theme.

Waiting for a bus I fell of the chair reading that LOL, this vision of this lot standing in the rain moaning where is the bus

 AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:
[+H3 G4M3 H4S CH4NG3D>4LL PR0GR4MES>PR3P4R3 F0R D1SK W4RS.]

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n0t_u wrote:

 AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:
[+H3 G4M3 H4S CH4NG3D>4LL PR0GR4MES>PR3P4R3 F0R D1SK W4RS.]

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whats with that technic gibberish??? cant even read the half of it... guess that means i am old or dense...don´t you dare say so!!!

and LDD... ok will not inlcude orange... tho at least one of the femmes will have an ornage haircolor^^

and well i will take the rounded section later on and see what can be done on future projects...

Is this going to be as enormous as your entry to the first contest?

Looking forward to more wips!!

almost mr merlin^^ i seem to be unable to do tiny^^

by the way... your price is shaping up quite nicley... due to suspense reasons i am not able to show progress^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

n0t_u wrote:

 AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:
[The game has changed > All programes > prepare for disk wars.]

All units fight
Kill all organics!

whats with that technic gibberish??? cant even read the half of it... guess that means i am old or dense...don´t you dare say so!!!

d´oh... and what should i be making out of that now... referrence is lost upon me...

but thanks nevertheless for translation^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:[+H3 G4M3 H4S CH4NG3D>4LL PR0GR4MES>PR3P4R3 F0R D1SK W4RS.]

whats with that technic gibberish??? cant even read the half of it... guess that means i am old or dense...don´t you dare say so!!!

It's L33+ speak... otherwise known as Leet or Elite speak. It's hacker/geek text.

it translates to: "The game has changed: all programs, prepare for disk wars."

There's just different levels of it, which is quite annoying.

and why pray did i bring you to use that sort of language to my thread??? i am soooo confused...

 n0t_u wrote:
There's just different levels of it, which is quite annoying.

yeah the Leet you were using I didn't even grasp... I feel old...

HA!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
and why pray did i bring you to use that sort of language to my thread??? i am soooo confused...

because...

You built an arena > Arena's are used in Tron > Tron Arena's host Disk Wars > The game has changed: All programs, prepare for Disk Wars. > in the Grid (tron world) they are programs > Leet speak is used by hackers which makes them users > users govern Programs > and the circle is complete.

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
almost mr merlin^^ i seem to be unable to do tiny^^

by the way... your price is shaping up quite nicley... due to suspense reasons i am not able to show progress^^

Can't wait to get it! When can I expect it?

I also can't wait to get started on the prize for the winner of the arena comp.... however, I need to wait until we have a winner lol!

Nothing stopping you from making their prize now in secret.

 AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:

 n0t_u wrote:
There's just different levels of it, which is quite annoying.

yeah the Leet you were using I didn't even grasp... I feel old...

It was almost a requirement to use some parts of GameFAQs back in the early 2000s. I actually dislike to use it myself.

see mr merlin...took me some time to figure what to do and what would suit the needs^^ ... so a few days and then i am hopefully done... you want it painted by the way or not? you are of course the better painter by far^^

and childe... now it makes sense... but to be frank... i still have yet to see the new take on the tron story... the old one was ok-ish^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
see mr merlin...took me some time to figure what to do and what would suit the needs^^ ... so a few days and then i am hopefully done... you want it painted by the way or not? you are of course the better painter by far^^

and childe... now it makes sense... but to be frank... i still have yet to see the new take on the tron story... the old one was ok-ish^^

it isnt a new take... it is a sequel




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 n0t_u wrote:
Nothing stopping you from making their prize now in secret.

 AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:

 n0t_u wrote:
There's just different levels of it, which is quite annoying.

yeah the Leet you were using I didn't even grasp... I feel old...

It was almost a requirement to use some parts of GameFAQs back in the early 2000s. I actually dislike to use it myself.

I can understand that... I only use leet for fun every now and again

see... not having viewed it that makes sense now that i am that uninformed^^

and well leet is like any other special group language when enough peeps in the know are around ...

Like English or Deutsch, only much more obnoxious.

lol... but only slightly^^

 n0t_u wrote:
Like English or Deutsch, only much more obnoxious.

^ QFT (even though I use it occasionally )

Vik orange hair is fine, are you not going to do a test run then

hmmm... where would you think i should add a bit of orange then? garters? or where else? got four more minis that have only the purple done to them... so always room for improvement and trials...

Do you mean doing some green and purple and some orange and purple or one mini all three colours

Plus a close up pic would help, that way we can see where the detail is

ok... i thought you meant a tri color mini... the ornage purple mix could work too... do you think for a squad of female warriors a sort of broken up unifrom look would work? as i will do six of them i could do three versions... atm i have two with purple and green... next i could do a purple orange mix... then a orange green? and i will do a more detailed shot now... so that your ideas may flow better^^

No, that was what I was asking LOL, I thought you meant all 3 colours on one mini which might look a bit OT, but I like the green and purple has the comic book uniform feel.

If you mix it up they might start to look like teams rather than a group, but its what works best in your mind mate

I never got around to painting my VOID minis, I look forward to seeing the paintjobs Vik!

well... no painting today... i went through the price bitz again today dave and found the minis of void from you they will get their airtime later on for sure...^^

and today i went wild on the arena building itself... made some major additions to the bulk... i think the pictures will speak for themselves...:




and here are again some better pics of the female fighters...



cheers, vik


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NOTE: please zoom in on the mini pics... much better resolution... the thread pics are very compressed looking...

The Von Domm arena of Death!!

that´s what it is! riveting is the next step on the line... along filling gaps...

Bloody hell how big is that thing It is huge I thought it was going to smaller than that better have a rethink on mine now.

The females are looking pretty cool so far but more paint is needed.

The females are looking pretty cool so far but more paint is needed.

what you don´t say... i made the pics so that you could tell me where and what should be painted ...

and it is huge... it created a lovibly smile on my wifes face even... and in my backbrain i now need more pink foam and a new board so that i can create a true gaming table...like bloodbowl only deadlier^^

1 this is your comp piece not mine, think of your own bloody ideas LOL

2 How big you going on this, you trying to win with size aint you

Nice going vik, that is a big beast you have there

I think the varied look could work, purple/green, purple/red, purple/orange ? Or maybe two groups of three girls, rather than three pairs?
The purple spandex pulls them together as opponents of the blue droids, having two different armour colours makes the viewer wonder about how closely they're affiliated with each other, adds a bit of mystique

Sorry about this Vik but you get more visitors than me, I want to know if any one knows where the gun on this mini is from I have no clue

at LDD... well size does matter they say

and monkey... thanks, as i said... can´t do tiny it seems^^

and i like the three minis each scheme idea... i will do a test mini in pruple orange... or more purple red? that scheme reminds me a bit of :

Not sold on the red purple but the orange green should look pretty cool

hey LDD... i think that gun looks like the sniper dragunov from maxmini:

http://www.maxmini.eu/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=12&products_id=127

amo drum must be from someone else... and no prob mate... it gives me some more airtime too^^


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by the way... where did you get that pic? your mini?

No not mine found it buy mistake, some Polish game store had it on there Facebook page, no info on the gun

No it's not that gun either but I can see why you thought it might be, it is bugging me something.

I was trying to remember that super hero that wears green and orange but cant remember how about yellow and green

yelllow and green, that would be phoenix?

and iron fist...




and orange green that would be aquaman and a trutle?





and yeah the gun is not completly right...

Depends on which Pheonix your on about Vik... but go with the Yellow and green... as Aquaman is just pain gay as gay can be... look at the all the jokes he receives in TBBT

well... since aquaman got kidded by spngebob he is sure a ruined man^^

AQUALAD!!! Sorry just can't miss the chance =)

oh boy that one was good!!!

LOL! I'm playing Saint's Row: The Third and also painting all my cars and gangers purple!

well i had to look up that game... i never heard of that one yet... for pimps and gang members puple has something meaningful...

I have those females as well Vik, painted their hair in certain colors, and named them "Tenchi's Angels" I wonder who will get the theme???
"

well obviously chalries angels

but who is that tenchi???

I have the girls with Yellow hair(Mihoshi)
Green-Kiyone
Red-Washuu
purple-Ayeka
blue-white for Ryoko(That one is the 2 weapon gal with the ungodly strength)

Well given the green and purple, I guess maybe have them with sort of normal hair colours and vary between them to make them more distinct.

normal hair... as in oposite to orange? i want a light redhead...darn...

at shaso... er... yeah... still way too confused about this tenchi stuff

Vik, you're a bit of a terrain wizard, you know that? The arena looks ace - can't wait to see how you paint up the combatants! I'm a big fan of weathered orange or blue armour for an arena team, something like this:

Not sure where that image is from, but it seems to fit pretty well!

that pic is a cool inspiration... hmmm...

and thanks for the high praise scarper!!! i am blushing atm^^

so i take it you think i should do the teams in weathered armor? ... for the girls that will be quite hard as they only wear...what we might call boobarmor^^ the robots... yeah i think i can add a bit of scratches and so on...

I'm sure you've worn down many a boobarmor in your day

^ +10 points!

And you deserve it, Vik, I've been really impressed with your stuff lately!

 Scarper wrote:
Vik, you're a bit of a terrain wizard, you know that? The arena looks ace - can't wait to see how you paint up the combatants! I'm a big fan of weathered orange or blue armour for an arena team, something like this:

Spoiler:

Not sure where that image is from, but it seems to fit pretty well!

The Orange and Blue teams get my vote too

Hey Vik, you're going for size now, huh?
Can I use this later as garage for the ZEUS?

Cheers
Klaus

 Scarper wrote:
Vik, you're a bit of a terrain wizard, you know that? The arena looks ace - can't wait to see how you paint up the combatants! I'm a big fan of weathered orange or blue armour for an arena team, something like this:

Spoiler:

Not sure where that image is from, but it seems to fit pretty well!

The pic is from a free to play MMOFPS called Monday Night Combat. You can get it for free through Steam. Its fun, and a nice distraction from all the fall-out, skyrim and borderlands madness...

The arena looks great. I had to fight the urge to run off an try building one for myself

Hey Vik,
looking good! Loving the foutain of youth idea!!!!

thanks hazzer! and this piece will soon get finished too!

at adam... give in... you know you want too... beside... i want you to want to!!!

at maus... hmmmm.... well cheap is my middle name^^... *investigating*

at klaus... LOL... well... you have to give me the measurements of the zeus... could be a bit narrow^^ ... the driver has to be able to get out of the garrage then in reverse... if he is that competent

at scarper... thanks again mate!

The driver can easily make a new garage door if he has to

LOL... true... with a zeus at your command... that tank is a titan on tracks^^

You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!!

LOOL... cool deed dude!!!be sure to post that on klaus thread too!!!

I think you should lay down a grid pattern on it (floor and walls), that way it can be used as a BB pitch...

actually i was thinking the same... how i still marvel... hexagon shapes? or would regular rectangular spaces suffice?

Regular should be fine, makes "translation" easier too.

hmmm.... i need to find me some referrence pics then...

yes vik more pictures!

tomorrow... then i will show you some scratched up robot fighters...

That arena is looking really good so far, Vik. I like the big screen a lot!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
tomorrow... then i will show you some scratched up robot fighters...

Still waiting, btw, Vik

Yeah^ still waiting dude!

well... he who waits will be given something worth waiting for^^

so i will then reward you with a nice scratchy update...

scratchy i say? yes as i did my first feeble attempts at weathering on the fighting robots for my arena... also i dabled with decals... but see for yourself... C&C on these would be highly welcome... there still WIP but the basic things are already done... visors are atm something that needs further works and for some a further wash is in need too...

and then i want to show you an idea i had for the floor of the fighting area... currently i am thinking of adding cardboard tiles in a hexagon shape... what do you think?



well here are the pics:


leader:





gunner:




number 2:






number 4:




and then the floor tiles...:




the slotta bases are for scale purposes...


cheers, vik...

hopefully the waiting was worth it

That is pretty awesome

thanks alpha... any ideas as to improve or how to move on?

The weathering is subtle and effective because of that. The overall paint job is very neat and I would say above the high end of table top. When it comes to weathering less is always best. It would be interesting to see a photo showing both factions together.

I think for the arena, guessing you plan to tile the entire floor? How are you planning to paint them? Sort of glass/holo field tiles? Might be worth thinking on the light blue/dark purple end of the spectrum. Watching the competition thread with interest

Vik really nice work on the paint job the scratches and paint loss very affective even better in close up viewing.

Did you use sponge application but not sure how you did the paint scratches maybe a little hint would be cool

The arena is looking pretty dam swift indeed, the hex tiles will be decided on once painted the only thing I am not sure of yet.

So far great work great use of materials and great paint work those robots are worth buying now ( I was never really sold on them before )

at LDD... well the robots have been inside a big ebay lot i got for my sons army... then the comp came my way and i had an idea all of a sudden...

indeed i used a small sponge...


somethin akin to the one labeld "B77" in that pic...

and also a Q-tip and a very thin bruch... and on some places even a toothpick...tho that one didn´t produce the wanted results^^

as for the tiles... what is it that doesn´t work for you? care to explain a bit?


at alpha...

thanks mate... i am still really unsure of the weathering... my first attempt really... i think i went rather carelssly on those models... but for the rather random aplication it worked quite well... the leader was the only one that i weathered at first before adding the decals... what do you think of these then?
and then the rest got decals as well in one go... then i added their scratches... after that aplication of badab black and devlan mud... to dull the decals and then make everything as grimy as possible...

as for your idea of the tiles... sounds totally wicked... but if you have some referrence pics to that it would be greatly apreciated...as of now i have no idea how to achieve that... but i bet that would be good looking to say the least!

the other faction is the total opposite to the robots... the robots being rather simple and brutal looking while the females have big guns and skimpy clothes that i atm think need a total redo from scratch as i ruined mostly all of my options with these... way too spluttery aplication of the first go of washes... that needs to be fixed asap!


thanks mates... you really make me keep my motivation!!!

I will have to remember where I saw it. Some cartoon I think

The decals being done before weathering, does look a lot more affective as they would in theory be put on when the robots are new

They are very well done miniatures. It is the case that you can go over your thread and see the evolution of your painting (and modelling) skills. And is very impressive to see

Yes I have agree your painting skills have gone up a few levels on these, just proves the more you do the better you get

As for the tiles I am just a bit thrown as to their purpose which is why I am waiting for the final look to see how they work within the surroundings.

It might just be a case of paint to draw them in, but what are they for ?Are they fighting platforms ? just a bit loss as to what they are for

the tiles are mainly a way to get rid of way too much blank space on the floor... something to add depth to the arena... also they are the theme for the bases... just painting somehing on these i dont want to do...

Are they fighting platforms

some raised hexes would be a truly cool idea mister... i will carve some with different heights tomorrow to see how this might affect the look of the thing!!!


and thanks LDD and alpha... i still see me as a mediocre painter with way too less patience in painting details... but comments like this helps me to do my best!


and the girl fighters will need all my skills i can muster to malke them pop

Dam giving you ideas again if it had been me I would have arranged them in a large hexagonal shape as if it was the fighting ring itself, maybe with 2 or 3 raised platforms.

You could have the girl (who looks like she is jumping ) flying of it, could be part of the arena act platforms randomly rising there no more ideas your on your own.


As for you're painting skills they really have come on mate give credit where credit is due, plus that sponge idea is so stolen ……. well once I go through the misses make up bag …… again last time I used her eye shadow as a weather pigment and it worked




Did not work with my dress mind ….. wrong tone

 monkeytroll wrote:


You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!!

Lovely!
I just spilled my sode over the keyboard - again!


Vik - I love the hex idea, I think you can really get this done with good effects and the varying heights.
So you didn't use the sponge stuff from a blister? That's what I usually use.
From what i see, you weathered with Boltgun, right?
What I usually do is use a rusty, dark color - scorched brwon mixed with black to do the sponge weatehring, and then I apply Boltgun for some areas, that show the blank metal - the fresher damage stuff.
Mainly around the corners and edges, where scratches and damages are to happen most often.

Don't get me wrong, your weathering is already looking good on those dudes
Cheers
Klaus

Can I just add to that maybe a little oil leak here and there would be a nice touch to

Now night night have been out tonight and had a few drinks, maybe one to many

hey klaus, when done i thought about a basecoat for the scratches as well... damn could have had that thought before... then i didn´t want to redo it^^ but you are right...next time for definite that way!

and i couldn´t find my blister sponge i keep using for such deeds... was somehow totally burried under tools and other crap methinks^^

and the raised hexes will definatly happen... that is now decided

and LDD...

eye shadow for westhering pigment? hmmm... my wife doesn´t really often use make up at all... maybe i should borrow her stuff then^^ and the female leader will be on on of the raised tiles... that idea is sounding very cool!

could be part of the arena act platforms randomly rising there no more ideas your on your own

actually i wanted to do this this way when you mentioned it in the first place

Well, in that case forget the first remark and do the raised platforms as you thought I first suggested then, and thats why I got the eye shadow as she did not use it, if you get hold of an electric blue type colour works great on steel machinery and thrusters ect.
Now Night mate I am starting to loose the keyboard ……. either tired or slightly drunk not sure which

good night mate... and thanks for your valuable input my friend... sleep it out... as we need your input tomorrow too!

Robots are looking good vik, nice job on the weathering. I'm with Klaus on usually doing a dark or neutral 'primer' first, then showing metal where the primer has been worn down, but not always. Just means the droids weren't primed before they were painted, all good.

Definitely apply decals before any weathering, they need to get the same treatment as the rest.

Make-up sponges are excellent tools, always good to have a variety of sponges.

Love the idea of multi-height hexes, certainly goes with the danger-room feel you were after.

I like multi height idea, possibly painted up almost trim style (black with neon edging) indicating different legal moves, dangers etc.


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Also nice job on the make-up

Wow Vik, did you cut those hexes?

If he did he's found the right way of doing it.

thanks monkey... will remeber the golden rule of weathering for sure the next time i will weather something (now that i tasted the sweet rotting taste this will happen way quicker too )

i worked by the way for some raised hexes today... work progresses and hopefully i can show you my testings...

for bigger stuff to weather i will soon start using a big makeup sponge my wife gave me... nice textures i tell ye!

and graven... thanks mate... if you have a referrence pic i would love to see that... this will be my next move soon... to see how i can achieve that look...

and yes...

my makeup may be flaking but my smile still stays on

Well, there's a dance club in Tron Uprising:

That was vaguely affecting my brain, I think.

And then there's the battle floor in Tron: Evolution:


That help?

Graven... for your Tron reference, you get a gazillion bajillion cool points

the last pic was what i had in mind too... i guess when i get around to do those raised bitz it will look that way... having had some difficulties to get the pieces done in a suitable way... have to do some more try and error stages before i can show you...

and the first pic well despite the mass of peeps standing everywhere around^^ i guess the look is very fitting... i guess i have to do now some research for tron tabletop ideas^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
the last pic was what i had in mind too... i guess when i get around to do those raised bitz it will look that way... having had some difficulties to get the pieces done in a suitable way... have to do some more try and error stages before i can show you...

and the first pic well despite the mass of peeps standing everywhere around^^ i guess the look is very fitting... i guess i have to do now some research for tron tabletop ideas^^

for that, watch Tron: Uprising, its an animated story set between the two films done by disney and with a brilliant voice cast too!!

AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:Graven... for your Tron reference, you get a gazillion bajillion cool points

*Takes a bow*

Viktor von Domm wrote:the last pic was what i had in mind too... i guess when i get around to do those raised bitz it will look that way... having had some difficulties to get the pieces done in a suitable way... have to do some more try and error stages before i can show you...

and the first pic well despite the mass of peeps standing everywhere around^^ i guess the look is very fitting... i guess i have to do now some research for tron tabletop ideas^^

Well I live to give. It's more the light show and colour palette that got me thinking, really.

i am more and more thinking about watching all of that ^^

i am a bit feeling disapointed in myself that didn´t see the tron possibilities myself early on... would have been a cool way to paint those robots in a tron like vision...

well... no point in grumbling over spilled milk, eh?

You mean spilled derezzed pixels?

Could be insane and quickly strip them and redo it. But, I would suggest just making it a different project for the arena later.

Still might be able to get a few more ideas for the arena from this video as well.


I'd be both awesome and somewhat insane if you managed for make the platforms adjustable.

so here comes the big update!

i did some more research and try and error dry fitting with some more hex shaped tiles of games we have at home...




which made me think anew about the shape of the tiles for the floor... i didn´t want to do million hex shaped tiles to cut a long story short... so i then went for rectangle shaped tiles...

first try... way too boring...



then my wife suggested mixing larger tiles with only a querter of the size tiles... which was the winner for me...

also you see the raised platforms... did them from tiles in a sandwich manner... this will give the columns some nice texture i can play with...drybrushing for instance...







then the empty walls gave me some trouble... but i thought better and then the obvious solution bite me... why not do the walls in the same fashion as the floor? exactly!

as seen here :


















every detail is done with cardboard... the walls with thin cardboard... the floor with rather thick card...

the grainy pics i added as i wanted to show you the depth and feel of the whole scene... the ligt was only bulb light so please be patient with me^^

now i need to work on the upper section...

and i have made a most grave decision... there won´t be any rivets for this arena involved... as this high tech feel dio wont look suitable for rivtes... it is supposed to be sleek and glowy... hopefully i can pull that off...

thanks for watching... vik

That looks more awesome! Nicely done.

Tron style colour scheme maybe? Dark colours for the centre of the tiles with a bright colour on the edge might look like a holo-training centre.

exactly... that is the plan... how to achive that... well^^

for now i want to do the whole setup in a green going to yellow scheme...with some bright white higlights in the middle... the gaps in the tiles will be kind of bright light areas... dunno if you can follow me here...

for now i am a bit at a loss for ideas for the upper sections tho... should i repeat the floor tiles idea there too? or do you have another idea for me?

Looks groovy. If you repeat the floor pattern on the ceiling you clearly need someone walking on it, as if each side is gravity plates. Also, for that matter, someone on a wall too.

And I want a pony.

Looking good vik!

I'd add a couple more of the raised areas - lower than the tallest ones, and just maybe one or two coming out of the wall? Added danger/obstruction.

I think the spectator's area should be done slightly differently - leave the square sections for the actual arena, just to differentiate between the areas.

at monkey... yeah i think you are right... there needs to be a different style for the spectators area... i like the wall raised tiles idea...

i actually have already two sizes of columns shown in the pics...




you think i need even more and with more variation too?

as for the columns from the wall... surley not that big? more like the look of the thing?

will see about that... tho these might be difficult to handle as i dunno what the glue and material mix can take...

at garven... thanks mate! and see above... a mini walking on the walls... very matrix style^^ i like that... tho i dunno what i could do to make these stick to the wall long enough even to take a pic^^

Yeah, I think one, possibly two more raised sections on the floor would work.

For the wall I was thinking of some of the smaller tiles, it just had a bit more of a feel of the danger room if there were obstacles coming from a variety of directions. You could even have one protuding enough to have a figure perched on it.

hmmm... good ideas... i see what you mean...


by the way... the smaller tiles on the floor are ment to be given smaller lights... like so:



only that i use small holepunched disks around 5mm in diameter two disks thick... what do you think about that?

and i agree... the smaller tiles on the wall would look cool as obstacles coming from the walls


and if i do a bigger tiles as a raised hoizontal platform... that woould look cool to be used as a new vantage point for a shooter...

That is looking really good Vik. Could find a place on most any table.

thanks mate! atm that project is a lot of fun to do... if i play my card right i might be able to prime / basecoat it even tomorrow...

of course no spray primer

Spray primer = poor man's airbrush

Spray primer = poor man's airbrush

I know this isn't what you mean exactly but I just want to say that when making my scenery I must have spent a small fortune on spray primer but a cheap airbrush or spraygun with a compressor and a single £10 pot of vallejo black primer would have saved me £££s. Never buying spray primer again!

I cant believe I am going to say this but I prefer the hex flooring it had a more futuristic feel to it and the new floor is like paving plus the same pattern on the walls looks odd to me as well.

I kind of saw them more as large sections in a brick pattern but metal sheeting, that on the wall would have looked pretty dam cool and shiny …….. sorry Vik but on this occasion I think the direction you have taken is the wrong one.

i have to agree with him the hexing was much cooler.

don´t feel bad about it mates... i know that hex tiles would be cool... but i couldn´t have done that in the manner to get columns and all those tiles in the right shape... one must face his skills...getting out of the comfy zone is one thing... hopefully i can catch you still with the look i try to achieve...

tho LDD and comradepanda... i apreciate the honesty of yours...

at bruticus... i got a nice (really nice) AB pistol... but i still have no compressor... until then brushes are my tools... and i can´t use spray primer atm as too much bare foam is used on this model... would ruin everything...

Wild battle arena Vik!

You would have to watch Tenchi to understand it,,sort of.

But I have the same female minis that had the wing devices.

That is awesome Vik! The staggered square tiles really take the win! I like them on the walls too!
Reminds me a bit of the Cobra Sportatorium!

Maybe try to smooth the edges though for the sandwiched columns. Lights I suppose could be on the corners if you go with them.

I guess as an idea, you could have some of them sort of raised as a group as well. I also quite like the staggered look of the different square sizes.

Hey Vik,
usually I don't really criticize my peers work, especially when it's such an awesome idea, but ...

...the hexes are so much cooler, that you're really giving away so much of the potential result, that I must raise my concern.
Please re-think the issue!
Work with the hexes, but don't stack them for the elevated platforms, rather use (for example)
a plastic rod in the center (maybe painted like some Tron neon pipe) and then do the "walls" of the elevated platform in clear plastic - like form a blister pack, or anything else packed in clear plastic (recycling for the win!).
I think this would look very cool and unique.
If you don't want to go for the clear look, please still go for the hexes, don't stack, rather build sides - maybe with indentions, which you can paint ala Tron.
The square tiles are great for the walls, but for the floor and elevated platform, hexes rule.
This is really a cool project!
Cheers
Klaus

Sorry Vik, you'll not like me for this... but I much prefer the hexagonal tiles... it's much more TRON like, and lends itself to the futuristic idea of an arena tbh...

but thats my opinion...

BUT Klaus says the same, so are you going to ignore him as well?

+1 for hexes

Me too for the hexes! I like how you shifted the squares by using the small ones to break the pattern and it works great on walls, but hexed floor is something every wargamer treasures...

I was just looking for an excuse to share the Cobra video really, I'm not biased, except the hexes will require more precise placement than the squares will, any small gap will be noticeable.

sorry to disapoint all of you hex lovers...(hey that sounds weird???)

today i went on for the square tiles... and primed the floor and wall section of the "pit" with green cheap paint... the upper section i covered in PVA but it was a fail attempt... after everything is cured i need to get most of it off... i tried to add extra structure and detail by aplying thin strips of cardboard... but it all looks wrong... so it needed to came off... which left me with a mess... that will be fixed tomorrow... i then will probably go for the conrete look i usually do with diluted PVA and tissue... we´ll see what this will turn into...

i know hex would have been better... actually my wife now says too... but it is now irreversible... yeah... well...

dave raised here some very interesting facts... and based on this i also chose the square ones over the hex shaped ones...

hopefully this doesn´t cause too much loss of followers to this thread


and childe... no one gets ignored

and dave... just love the many robot chicken movies!!!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
hopefully this doesn´t cause too much loss of followers to this thread

Already unsubscribed

hmmm.... and if i promise to do something nice afterwards? (sorry...still not hexrelated )

On that note I unsubscribe as well

Well I'll wait and see what it looks like at the end... but I will always prefer the Hex's sorry dude

 AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:
Well I'll wait and see what it looks like at the end... but I will always prefer the Hex's sorry dude

Dont be sorry crack the dam whip he needs to learn

ok... two subscriptions lost due to square tiles...

hmmm... how to get rid of the others? ...i could start making ponies?


and thanks childe for the trust... at least the rain cheque on trust

I am subscription neutral, so no worries there.

Purge the Hexetics! The square tiles are much better imo. (and its my opinion that counts, I'm the judge!!)

 MrMerlin wrote:
Purge the Hexetics! The square tiles are much better imo. (and its my opinion that counts, I'm the judge!!)

wow ya give a guy a little power and he goes off left of center with it!............

Lol shas!

Good thing you haven't entered..... no way you'd win anything after that comment!

I will holdback on my comment then

hmmm... thanks mates... i knew there must´ve been some peeps that still like my stuff

Well I'm on the fence, tbh. I really liked the hex for all the trony goodness, but really like where you've gone with the square tiles. Yay, equivocator!

thanks .... i´ll do my best to not betray your trust mates^^

Vik, I don't care if you make them all heart-shaped, I'll never unsub ya!

I like hexes and squares.

I guess I am shape nonchalant (reminds me of an Eddie Izard sketch...)

my my vik, you have been busy! As usual, nice work! ^^

sorry for my lack of posts, haven't been on dakka in weeks

at shrike... yup... i took notes... for weeks...!

what has become of your life...*shakes head* no seriously thanks and welcome back!

at alpha... vid ? i saw some of his sketches...all great!

ar dave... stop the presses...heart shaped... now there is a thought ... only for my next project^^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag9uaEVhXe4 one of the best!

Hey vik, hexes are for squares anyway!

lol...

Viktor von Domm wrote:hmmm... i knew there must´ve been some peeps that still like my stuff

As long as you're not confusing CC for dislike ...

dsteingass wrote:Vik, I don't care if you make them all heart-shaped, I'll never unsub ya!

What if it all goes pear-shaped?

mmm....Pears!

well... pear shaped...hmmm... pears are in essence green, yes?

then allow me to inruduce you to a serious dose of greeness....:

note, this time i used the automatic correction options of the dakka gallery as it looked more lifelike and way more wicked this way...








the plan is to add a thin line of yellow to white inside the creases/gaps between the square tiles... to have a nice energetic feel about the surfaces...

the upper section for the audience is just primed with the first color at hand at that moment then... so ignore the setup there completly... likewise if you have some ideas for this section...let them be heard


cheers, vik

Crap, where's me sunglasses? O_O

thats bright dude!!!

i will get some daylight pics tomrrow to better show the true effect i went for...but yes... it is a bit on the bright side^^