Thanks

How many bots would a bot handler handle?

Master Bot Handlers, fresh off the bench...


















And a rocket drone, just because:




Article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/756422.page#9964695

And a little more playing with the Master Handler kit - Konstantin Moor, Veteran Bot Handler, with his companion drones, Iago and Cassio.









Tutorial here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/756839.page

Now with some paint on!

Tutorial - https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/756839.page#9986765

New building, from a Knights of Dice MDF blank and components from the Maelstrom's Edge terrain sprue:









Build article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/757725.page

Nice!

Agreed- nice! Very good designs and love the paint on the drones. The building started as a simple square piece, but dressed up nicely! I may have to get me some of those Maelstrom's edge sprues...

Great stuff!

Broken force is growing...

Gnolti #2 in progress

Very spiff!

Painting done:












Assembly article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/758113.page

Ruin, made from cardboard gift boxes:









Build article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/758561.page

Please stop being so creative and talented... you're making the rest of us slackers look bad.

Sorry, sir, won't happen again...

I think you've finally pushed me over the line on the Maelstrom's Edge building kit... that stuff looks great.

Remind me what glue do you use for those plastic storage boxes?

I use an all-plastic superglue, which is basically just a superglue with a separate 'primer' or 'activator' that you brush on first.

New WIP...

 insaniak wrote:
Ruin, made from cardboard gift boxes:

Cool! A fairly believable ruin, I'd say. Makes a good impression of being a burned in and out rubble, but there is a distinct lack of charred debris around it.

A fair point... a few blackened pieces scattered through the surrounding rubble would have been a good idea

Ooh...that new building looks pretty already

Painting...

Nice! What did you use for the tiles?

Very sexy!

 monkeytroll wrote:
Nice! What did you use for the tiles?

The original building is a Plast Craft Games kit - the tile roof sections are corrugated cardboard with lines scored across the corrugations to create the tile effect. Surprisingly effective, and quite easy to replicate (some of the roof sections didn't fit properly, so I had to make new ones).

Finished:


Build article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/758986.page#10028247

VERY nice man, digging it :-)

I did wonder if it was cardboard, good job.

Whole building's very nice, the sci-fi trappings blended very well with the overall aesthetic.

Grim-dark pagoda... I like it!

Playing with Maelstrom's Edge Secdef

Modified Master Bot Handler, using Secdef legs and weapons...




Secdef modeling spotlight article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/760166.page#10057834

Nice figures- good for field or urban combat- but particularly urban. The bot handler is especially nice. I knew Maelstrom did the building gubbins, but may have to relook them for urban fighters and/or airborne troops- at least as a base figure. Well done!

Nice looking group. Excellent work on the MBH.

New WIP, playing with Secdef plastic and resin from Hexy.

Chuck is stylin'!

Looks like a fun kit

It would be if it was a better cast. I've been a little spoilt from working on Anvil and Maelstrom's Edge resin lately. This thing was a reminder that not everyone is as careful with their casting... It's coming together nice enough, though. A fraction larger than I was expecting, but still good enough for what I wanted it for.

You're making it look easy- but I know that each of those resin filings represents an ounce of blood, or at least 15 grams of tears to have achieved. I agree with Monkeytroll- looks like a very fun kit!

I really love seeing all the creative things you do with these Maelstrom’s Edge minis, Insaniak...and your scratch-built terrain is inspiring.

This current project reminds me a little of the 2nd edition metal Imperial guard sentinel walker. I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Coming along...

Interesting, a quite detailed kit with a decent effort at being realistic. Is it very top heavy? I'll definitely will be following the progress of that... Chuck! Good luck and less saw-dust!

SecDef force coming together:



Chuck, ready for painting:



Army build article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/760571.page#10067893

Nice comparison shot with the Sentinel. Agree with Wirecat- very nice looking kit; but what all filing was needed to make all that resin dust?

Looking forward to seeing this force painted up!

Wirecat wrote:
Is it very top heavy?

A little, but not as bad as it would be if it was a heavier resin or (shudder) metal... and it's fairly wide, which helps with balance.


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 Meer_Cat wrote:
\...but what all filing was needed to make all that resin dust?

Most of that is actually from sawing the roof off - it originally had a fully-enclosed cab.

Mould lines weren't too bad - worst on the legs, and some flash around the engine. The bigger problem was that the mould appears to be a little run-down, and there were random blobs of excess resin all over the place. The worst was on the left foot. The space between two of the toes was completely filled in with resin, so I wound up having to remove one of the toes, cut away the excess resin and reshape the interior surfaces of the toes and then reattach the toe.

Yes, yes- but was the operation successful? Will Little Chuck ever play futbol again?!!

Hmm... now there's an idea.

Coming soon to Kickstarter, folks: Sentinel Soccer!

First match: The Canberra Clanks versus the San Francisco Sentinels!

(The Montreal Mechs will take on the winner!)

Getting some paint on...

Somewhere between fine scale modelling and green army men - the shades of cool!

And that idea of sentinel football (Soccer? They are rather armless.) is very worth exalting!

Test model looks great insaniak. Squad is going to be really striking when complete.

Cheers... This was a second attempt, as I had started out with dark green armour plates, and it just wasn't working. A quick do-over resulted in the guy on the right, and I'm much happier with it. Not as stealthy, but they should certainly stand out on the table

Still working out the best way to differentiate the Lieutenant. As a field officer, I don't want him to stand out too much, which is why modeling-wise the only difference from the regular troops is that he has two pistols instead of a rifle... So I've been mulling over whether to give him a helmet stripe, or some sort of marking on his chest armour or shoulder pad.

Leaning towards a marking on the shoulder pad at the moment, so that it's visible but not screamingly obvious, and maybe using the helmet stripe as an alternative down the track for denoting medics or other specialists.

Just don't make it an "I'm the officer, shoot me here" type of marking Maybe the standard stripe on the back of the helmet? Medics could have a red cross armband.
I'm trying to find a really fast paint scheme for my secdef. My Epirian Contractor/Drone and Karist paint schemes just take way too long for me to keep up with the current rate of MEdge releases. Have some Broken to finish first though...

 Sgt. Oddball wrote:
Just don't make it an "I'm the officer, shoot me here" type of marking

That's the plan, yes

I wound up using the small rectangular piece in the middle of the chest - green for troopers, red for sergeants, yellow for the Lieutenant. Visible, but not massively obvious.


The force painted up to a basic tabletop standard:



Article with a step-by-step here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/760571.page#10078923

The pagoda looks fantastic! Oh wait.... it's the guys we're looking at. Right... The guys look fantastic!

At first I didn't realize how totally custom that pagoda is, really nice job. The Maelstrom's edge terrain doors/doodads/etc sprue looks like a solid deal.

 insaniak wrote:
Now with some paint on!

Tutorial - https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/756839.page#9986765

Hello and greetings from a fellow Commonwealth country, Canada!

I've never played Maelstrom's Edge or checked out their miniatures but having seen your work, they are excellent quality !

The exo-suit in particular looks spot-on for the Exo Battle Suits from "Edge Of Tommorow", i love your fantastic work and custom builds!!

Yeah, that kit is an awful lot of fun. Almost he's a shame that he's a HQ, so there are only so many of them I can justify building... I think I'm going to have to mod up an elite unit version of it

Storage tank made from a Pringles can...







Full article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/761321.page#10087411

Great piece of terrain- love the use of 'found' materials!

Really digging the recyc-terrain. Great use of old crap!

Checked out the terrain sprue you get all these bits off and it looks like it'll be infinitely useful, so i'll defo be picking a few up.

Love all your conversion work as well. Both the 40k and MEdge stuff.

Thanks

Meanwhile, getting in some early morning model building while the house is quiet...

Also, more terrain. There's a surprise

Some really cool builds and conversions on this thread, been following for a while and have to say offers up some nice ideas.

Can I ask where are the heads from in the above build that look like resin ? Just I really love the look.

Thanks!

The heads - the one on the left is from a Karist Heavy Weapon Trooper and the one on the right is from a Karist Angel Keeper.

Thanks for that I thought they were from the Maelsroms range but wasn’t sure due to the colour change in plastic.

Have you tried mixing any of the Star Wars legion miniatures in, they look like they might match in quite well with this.

Looking at the link I see they are resin witch explains the colour change then ha ha I should pay closer attention

Awesome stuff Insaniak, love the army pic and that pagoda(sp)is stunning

Ah computer fans. A wonderful bit of scenery fodder. I've got a few kicking around, myself, that i've been wanting to use.

Best parts in life are free - and well painted! Cool!

Thanks, all!


New conversions, from this week's Comm Guild article - playing with the new resin Chieftain models.









More pics and the full article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/761719.page#10097329

And here's another thing I'm tinkering with...

MEnergy Drink. So tasty you’ll explode.

Awesome looking vending machine. Nice work on the chieftain too. Just goes to show you don’t need a super special 14 option character if the monopole isn’t able to be easily hacked.

I love those vending machines

Cheers, guys


Working on a set of fronts for the vending machines...

Ha! I love the Recycled Food one- from Judge Dredd (the real one, with Stallone, although the remake wasn't bad) with Rob Schneider hiding in the recycled food droid saying 'Eat recycled food, it's good for the environment and not bad for you!'

Don't you have a Tau dude to paint up first?

Chieftans all look good.

Nice vending machines there, particularly the subtle curve on the one. Added fonts are pretty cool.

@Meer_Cat calling that travesty the real one is just.......ugh

I AM the Law!

 monkeytroll wrote:

@Meer_Cat calling that travesty the real one is just.......ugh

- I actually quite enjoy the Stallone Dredd, although it's easier if you think of it as a sequel to Demolition Man rather than a Dredd movie. Having said that, I really need to check out the Urban version...


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 whalemusic360 wrote:
Don't you have a Tau dude to paint up first?

I love deadlines. It's that feeling of adrenaline when you look at the calendar and realise what day it is...

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Do I get a fizzy drink, or a fragmentation grenade? It's always so hard to choose...

Still WIP, but getting closer. I think the text on the Diabetizade machine front needs to be bigger.

The Urban version of Dredd is also a terrific action movie- I just miss the 80's/early 90's is all

I think the vending machines are good as is- the script is perfect for that understated, medical look. I missed that the first one was a munitions selling machine the first time through- well played!

Ok, I HAVE to reply, I am an absolute Dredd nutcase, progs galore, even have the bubble-gum from the 2 80's editions, several 1208's, beach towel (McMahon) & love Kennedy doing the artwork....do not get me started:-) Now the 1st Dredd visually was impressive but that's where it ended. Stallone was crap,, story was worse...taking his helmet off? Oh please. OK, Mean machine & the ABC warrior were excellent.... there's that. Watched it opening night in Leister Square London & my friend stole the poster from the bus stop for me & we counted down the days to opening night. Honestly, Urban was excellent as Dredd in the 2nd one. OK, I gotta stop..

I actually really wanted to talk about the vending machines, they looked quite good in the build stage but they went to a whole new level once I saw them completed. You did an excellent job, well done! I look forward to seeing more.

Thanks!


Finished Vending Machines:








Tutorial with templates for building your own here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/762095.page#10107135

Crazy good. Love them.

I wish there was a Frag-o-matic in my neighborhood. I love little bits like this - keep it up!

They turned out really great, "recycled food, it's better than nothing" lol, now there's an advertising campaign:-)

Every battlefield needs vending machines. Wonder how long before the Departmento Munitorum weaponises the Xeno-be-Gone machines.

I love the Soylent Blue machine. One of my favorite Sci-fi movies of that period.

Thanks, guys. Had to limit myself to the three designs per machine variant, or I would have easily burnt up the entire week just creating different product fronts... It's just too much fun!

Guzzl has to be my favorite- all are great. When you go around for some more ideas, how about "Brain-o Zombie Remover- just one spritz and they're out of your hair!" ?


Terrific pieces!

The vending machines are great.

Thanks


Meanwhile, tinkering with some shipping containers from Laser Cut Card -

Those look awesome! What's the price point like? Do I have to donate blood to afford some?

US$14 for a pack of three, which makes them about the cheapest option I've found for shipping containers, and with better detail than most of the more expensive MDF options. I don't recall what shipping was for the two packs I bought, but it wasn't excessive as they're lightweight and ship in a padded envelope.

http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/shop/scenery/containers

And yes, they're awesome. Easy to assemble, and surprisingly solid.

So I got three of these assembled before the urge to convert stuff kicked in, and so I wound up with one with an open door... shipping containers courtest of Laser Cut Card. Still have two more, and have fun plans for at least one of them...

Thanks for the website Insaniak- these guys are great! I've already put in an order (and for a lot more than just the shipping containers- the No-to tractors have phenomenal possibilities!

Love how yours are coming along (I _must_ have one with an open door now too....) and can't wait to see your next conversion. Vorwarts!

Good, very good! These small bits from MEdge really liven up anything if painted just right!

Picture is a bit rubbish, and this was an awfully rushed paintjob, but here's my entry for nerdfest09's 'Nerdcademy Awards' painting comp, which had a 'More than meets the eye' theme. The objective was to take a model and paint it up for a different faction.So I did this:




"We dunno where 'e came from, or what 'e iz. Found 'im inna desert wiv a crack onnis noggin. 'E tried t'brain Lugnutz wiv a rock, and only stopped when a couple o'the ladz sat on 'im. Dey keeps him around fa' luck, like a mascot, sorta fing. 'E's zoggin useless inna scrap, but by Mork 'e's a savage little blighter."

Waaagh?

Excellent little piece, Insaniak. A lot of little details that lead to the larger picture with this one. Too bad it didn't land you a prize.
I think the base as well is oddly subtle. Didn't notice at first what you'd done with it.

Good work. I like what you did with the base, nice symbolism.

Cheers. Had a lot of fun putting him together, although I apparently need to go and get my glasses checked, as I find I'm struggling to focus on fine details right now... Which made painting the markings on his shoulder and chest a bit challenging


Meanwhile, sneak peek at one of my current projects:

Is that a shipping crate fast food joint? Love it.

That works out quite nicely. What sort of food will it be selling?

Oh that container made into some sort of food or retail store is a grand idea

The container store will be a generic (probably abandoned) trading post this time around, although like with my vending machines there are so many possible ideas that it's hard to choose...


Meanwhile, some model conversions - just playing around with the Karist Shadow Walker kit for MEdge.
















Full article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/762481.page#10117504

When you said you had a project in mind for that third shipping container, I was hoping it was something like this! Really nicely done- the cuts are so well done that it looks like you bought a laser-cut kit, not making a conversion- terrific!

That is a great little trading post, nicely done

Liking the new Karists too.....and that's not just because there's tentacles and they could be chaos...nope, no, it's not

Well, hello, you beautiful thing... Where have you been all my life?

Well now that's just cheating!


Really digging that bat winged Karist too.
Any chance of a comparison shot of those wings against say... A chaos marine and/or a darl eldar warrior? They look like they'd work great on both.

Well, now I'm cheating too- been trying to find something like this for awhile!

Thanks Insaniak!

 Snrub wrote:

Any chance of a comparison shot of those wings against say... A chaos marine and/or a darl eldar warrior? They look like they'd work great on both.

I don't have any of the current DE models, but I can snap something with a chaos marine and an old-school dark eldar... will do next time I have the camera out.

New WIP - Take to the skies!

Just some stuff... Playing with terrain for some article photos.

Lots of catching up.

Vending machines are ace, and the shipping containers look great, the converted to trading post specially, good calle.

Nice conversiones, too!

PS: The hazard-stripped tape is a great find, lots of possibilities there! (And no, it's not cheating, )

PS2: Edit for stubborn Spanish auto-correct.

Cooling towers, made from PVC pipe, Maelstrom's Edge terrain sprue components and old PC fans...







Build article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/762911.page#10128302

Ooh those are nice. Simple and effective and look great.

Very nice work insaniak. Making excellent use out of simple and affordable materials... nothing wrong with that!

Finished Skyboarders:




Build article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/763291.page#10138633

I've been lurking on this blog for a long time now but this is some incredible looking terrain you are building!

Also loving the skateboarders of course, the purple boards and green clothes go together really well.

I think I may have to get some Karist kits as well because they look like great conversion fodder, would make for some great 40k assassins or stormtroopers...

Very nice. I had forgotten about the firefly drones, those have perfect little turbines......

 insaniak wrote:
Finished Skyboarders:

Amazing! Everything just falls into its places to create a very impressive still.

Nice job on the hoverboards Insaniak. They add some character and color to the army. Nice touch.

First the model railroad hazard tape, now the hoverboards- so many things to try out! Really nicely done- love the landing pad.

Cheers!

Meanwhile - new WIP. Rawr!

I vote a nice pair of pirate hooks on both hands!

Also I have super slow internet at the moment so I could only read the caption for the image for a bit and was going to be hugely disappointed if the guy actually had hands. 10 points for a good pun

 Commander Cain wrote:
I vote a nice pair of pirate hooks on both hands!

Close... he actually has big, bladed gauntlets.

Also I have super slow internet at the moment so I could only read the caption for the image for a bit and was going to be hugely disappointed if the guy actually had hands. 10 points for a good pun

Finished trading post:













More pics and assembly article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/763650.page#10147957

The tiny details are perfection.

Always important to know where your nearest quality purveyor of knitted foot coverings is located.

Agreed, Monkey. Good sock suppliers are important!

Love the little cardboard box. Little details go a long way on a piece like this.

The vignette looks terrific, Insaniak! My envelope from South Africa just arrived here today, I'll get started playing with the pieces as soon as I'm done with the current space ponies project (I got a set of square shipping containers, angled- like you've used here, and the roof ventilators).

Well done!

Really well done insaniak. I feel like I could just walk right up to it and place an order... for socks or something.

I love that 'socks' are called out on the list of items for sale. This is perfect! Can I ask where you got the tiny bottles from?

Thanks, all

 Fango wrote:
Can I ask where you got the tiny bottles from?

They're the molotov bombs from the Broken weapon sprue, with the rag wick cut off.

New conversion article finished... Epirian SecDef Heavy Weapon Team!





Full article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/763999.page#10155848

Good stuff, I'm not all that familiar with the Epiran range but those guys look awesome. The terrain is great as well, love the little details you added in.

New building in progress. Playing with foamed PVC and the Maelstrom's Edge terrain sprue.

As soon as I saw that pic in the gallery (I check and vote every day) I knew it was you! Nice use of foam board- I never would have thought it would bend _that_ much. Nice looking building. I am truly trying to talk myself into buying some Maelstrom's Edge sprues, but it's a question of where to apply the (sadly) finite amount of coins I possess....


Your various projects using them though- really tempting!

Great stuff as always. Laser Card has been tempting me for a while, this may push me over.

And Meerkat, Space Ponies? I'm intrigued.

I like the SecDef heavies. Big chunky backpacks like that always strike a chord with me.

Building looks good too. Whats the foamed PVC like to work with?

Meer_Cat wrote:(I check and vote every day

Nice use of foam board- I never would have thought it would bend _that_ much.

To clarify, this is foamed PVC, rather than foamboard. It's a solid sheet of plastic, rather than foam and paper, so more durable than foamboard.

Snrub wrote:Whats the foamed PVC like to work with?

Really good. It cuts really easily, probably more easily and cleanly than heavy card does... it's like what you would get if heavy cardstock and foamcore had a baby. Sands well, and it grabs onto superglue like nobody's business. End result is really solid - much more durable than foam or card, and won't have to be sealed before spraying.

It's the ability to bend it that was particularly appealing, for getting some buildings with more interesting shapes. All it takes to bend is a little heat - for this first one I hit it with a hairdryer and bent it over an old formula tin, but I think that was a little too hot as it swelled up on some of the cut edges. Next time I'll try hot water.

@Insaniak- gotta get me some of this foamed PVC to try- love what you're doing with it.

@Kid_Kyoto- welcome back Kid! The Space Ponies really started as a bit of a joke. I got a set of 12 from Tehnolog to do a set of 4 for my wife, who is very forgiving of my addiction/hobby (saves bottle caps, tolerates the smell of spray varnish, etc). But then, I figured, we have four real rescue Shetland sot model, so I could a set of 'normal' chibi ponies and maybe a set of 4 'superhero' ponies. Wirecat said something that suggested maybe using the last 4 as a weird type of Kill Team set. Too much fun!

Getting some paint on...

Finished building... Now that I have a proof of concept, I'll be turning out some more to go along with this one, and having some fun with curves...














Full build article is here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/764321.page#10164133

Digging out an oldie, to test out my new photography setup. Definitely getting better results than I was in my previous, home-made lightbox...

That does look good! Do you have an image of the setup itself?

Yeah, what's your setup look like? I've been seeking ideas for my own lightbox.

New modeling tutorial - Salt Weathering!

Tutorial is here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/764662.page#10173441

...and lets you create things that looks something like this:

The photo setup - I did away with the light box, and picked up some proper studio lights. Here's the rig set up...

Wow your lighting set-up is a damn sight different to my almost non-existent one!
I've always liked the salt weathering that's done on scale models, never thought about doing it for buildings, it looks great!

Well that's certainly more professional then I was expecting.

Does it make a difference if I mention that it's set up in my laundry?

Well your name pretty well says it all .

Yes that'll do very nicely!

Dagnabit I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get some medge sprues and make the kids some box scenery for KT. :facepalm; curse you insaniak!

What we need is a deal on buying a bunch of em at once!

 insaniak wrote:
Does it make a difference if I mention that it's set up in my laundry?

It bloody does ya jammy git!

It's quite an effective looking set up though.

Here's a thing:

Mantic Raptor, converted into a 4-wheel attack buggy for my Maelstrom's Edge Broken force:








Build article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/764806.page

Good thing Mantic just made those available again, your redesign of the raptor might get them some sales.

Also like the little flat runner board on the back, gives the big guys a place to stand on to get carried into the heat of the fight quicker.

I like that little warbuggy- quite the tidy little jumper!

That sure produces a great looking picture.

I've wanted to take a stab at salt weathering for a while now, I'll be sure to remember that tutorial for when I eventually get a chance to try it out!

Slightly better photo of my Tau from the latest Nerdcademy comp...

Imperial Assassin, painted a few years back just because I loved the model... One of my all-time favourite GW sculpts.

Nothing like a decent lighting set-up to properly show a black paint job

Love the old assassin but I contend the tabi socks MUST be painted white

Something about an all-black assassin with white socks... I like it!

Playing with the Maelstrom's Edge Kaddar Nova kit this week...












Full conversion article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/765679.page#10199366

The assassin is great Insaniak

Thanks


Meanwhile, this happened...

That little scene really works for me insaniak. Beautifully done.

I suspect there are ninjas there.

Ha ha ha Graven , now I’m thinking of the Monty Python sketch “How not to be seen”

“There are 40 people in this field”.

Those ME guys look like they could make some awesome alternate universe Khorne cultists.

Meanhwile, why are Dwarf Pirates cool?

They just Aaaarrrrr!

Nice change of pace!

Another old Ork conversion revisited...Big Mek with KFF, from back in the days before there was a model for it.

Seriously nice balls there

The drill bit gun barrel.... if it is a drill bit... how did you get the hole in the end of the barrel??

 Gitsplitta wrote:
The drill bit gun barrel.... if it is a drill bit... how did you get the hole in the end of the barrel??

I think your seeing the underslung bolt pistol barrel there. It fooled me at first as the drill tip above is out of focus.

Love the big sappy stick though .

Yep... you're right Theo.

The original weapon has two barrels. I sliced off the top one, drilled a hole into the gun, and then glued a broken drill bit in there. The surround at the base of the drill bit is a small piece of plastic tube.

Love the big mek

New terrain article piece: Abandoned outpost, made from a Knights of Dice MDF blank, the Maelstrom's Edge terrain sprue and some plastic plants.














Full build article is here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/766013.page

Love the colour and character on this one!

Those Kaddar Nova's are snazzy. They give off a real ancient Egyptian feel to me, not quite sure why though.

Love the ruined outpost too. An abandoned, overgrown town/outpost/settlement has long been on my to do list.

Cheers, guys.



Meanwhile, another blast from the past - Space Marine Quad Bikes were one of my most requested conversions back when I was doing commission work, but it was only after I stopped doing commissions (about 10 or 12 years ago now) that I finally got around to building one for myself! Painted with my usual 'not amazing but good enough for the table' gaming standard, for my Imperial Dragons Space Marine army.

That's very cool

New modeling article is up... so don't commence that landing just yet...












Full article showing how it was built is here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/766339.page

Would that foamed pvc stuff be durable enough to serve as a base on its own?

It would be better than foamcore, but it's not particularly rigid as a flat sheet, which is why I still use Masonite underneath.

Still on my 'take better photos of everything' kick... Some Iron Wolves scouts, from my 2014 Adepticon tournament army.

Great stuff Insaniak

Love the Quad Bike

Well whaddya know... Hubba bubba has a use beyond clogging up your internals. Colour me shocked.

The a proper looking generator you've cobbled together there.

I think I showed a WIP shot of this guy a while back... Gnolti Berserker for Maelstrom's Edge:













Article showing how it was built here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/766731.page

In other news... I finally found some time to get my cabinet moved from the storage room into my new office.




Still needs a little rearranging and tidying up, and there are some very old projects in there in dire need of finishing...

That's impressive.

Nice collection

Is that a wee golden daemon award tucked away to one side? Congrats.

 Flinty wrote:
Nice collection

Is that a wee golden daemon award tucked away to one side? Congrats.

Yeah, Bronze for 40K vehicle way back in 2004. Also known, in this case, as the 'Being in the right place at the right time' award...

Seriously nice display case and an impressive portfolio of work.

Very jealous of your display cabinet.

Love the dynamic gnolti (sp)

Shipping crates made from old flight bases, 25mm bases and some cardboard:







You can find a tutorial here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/767062.page#10235701

Nice use of bases

Very creative!

Very nicely done! Where did the control units on the end come from- your own castings or some bits from somewhere?

They're from the Maelstrom's Edge terrain sprue.

The crates are great!

Something is afoot...

Aww, now that just looks cute from this angle

He likes overwhelming firepower, and belly rubs.

Crates are indeed very believable - and useful! Good work on them, Mr. Insaniak!

Still on my 'getting better photos' kick...

...and Brother fought Brother amidst the ruins of a dying world.

A little diorama put together for the Duel category in the Oz Golden Demon way, way back in (I think) 2002. It didn't make the cut, and looking back at it now, I can see why (That base! I would do that so very differently now...) but it was a lot of fun to put together.

Playing with Pa'ku, for this week's modeling article:








Full article here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/767352.page#10244622

Awesome conversions as usual, the one with the jetpack is great!

Impressive display cabinet btw, I try to keep my projects as far away from each other as possible else I realise how much stuff I have...

They all look like fun, jet-pack one in particular. What did you use for the jet-pack effect?

Man, great work this week so far.

Also just gotta say, LOVE the WALL-E's

 monkeytroll wrote:
What did you use for the jet-pack effect?

Shredded cardboard mixed with PVA glue, over a support strut cut from a piece of sprue. Not 100% sure how it's going to come up with paint on it, but we'll soon find out

New modeling article is up: an observatory made from a yoghurt tub and half of a plastic bauble:










Build article is here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/767674.page#10252975

I really like that one.

You say “Observatory”
I call your communist lies out and say it’s a “Space Laser”

Great looking observatory, probably not a good time of year to show this off as there are quite a few baubles hanging around my house right now.

That's it- I'm in- you've been doing too many incredible things with the sprues- I'm getting some!

That's a smashing space laser observatory!

I'm wondering though, how robust is it? Those clear plastic containers tend to have a fair bit of give in them and crack when squeezed to much. I mean not that you're gonna be doing pressure tests on it or anything, but I can just see it getting damaged easily. Have you strengthened it in any way?


That MEdge terrain sprue really is a versatile frame of bitz, that's for sure.

Thanks, guys

 Snrub wrote:

I'm wondering though, how robust is it? Those clear plastic containers tend to have a fair bit of give in them and crack when squeezed to much. I mean not that you're gonna be doing pressure tests on it or anything, but I can just see it getting damaged easily. Have you strengthened it in any way?.

It's a fairly sturdy tub, and gluing it down to the masonite gives it a nice rigid base. There's a little bit of flex if you squeeze it, and squeezing too hard would likely pop some of the bits off, but for normal table use it's more than solid enough.

Lovely work on the terrain there insaniak, as always. I get to see them pop up regualrly on my FB feed, but it's nice to dive in here and chime in with words of encouragement from time to time. Keep at it!

Droning on again... playing around with Contractor Drones for this week's modeling article.


















Full article is here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/768070.page#10264486

Those are _very_ cool!

Nice work Insaniak. All those variation look quite natural.

I really like the color choices and weathering on that yogurt observatory.

And now, for something completely different... Getting some long overdue paint on this little lady from Guild of Harmony. Picked up a whole bunch of GoH minis years ago, but had been putting off painting them until I felt I could do them justice. Still very WIP...

Planning... Because you can never have too many projects on the go at once, amiright?

Rackham Goblin Pirates that have been sitting in my to-paint box for about a decade, and a 1:50 Revell Viking Ship that my wife bought me for my birthday a few years back after I kept insisting that we should replace our car with a long boat... (It seemed like a good idea at the time)

Well, you can't have pirates without a boat Although the way you've laid the sails down does conjure images of air-ships

Was guild of harmony a game? Just looked up the models and the website seems to be broken and all but a few models out of stock at CMoN.

It still is - sort of - and it is an awesome Skirmish Scale game - now called "Twisted" by Demented Games and can be seen here:

https://www.dementedgames.com/

That is, if that's what Insaniak was talking about...

...but maybe not, as I love the range, and don't recognize that model:

https://www.dementedgames.com/collections/guild-of-harmony

So, even if it isn't, check out this game - it's really, really good!

Some digging seems to indicate that GoH was the 'before' to the Demented Games that is the 'after'...

Sort of... Sebastian Archer is the sculptor behind Twisted/Demented Games. Guild of Harmony was the brand name he originally released his own sculpts under, some years before Twisted came along. Most of the GoH models sadly appear to be OOP, and the Guild of Harmony name has been recycled as a faction in Twisted.

 monkeytroll wrote:
Well, you can't have pirates without a boat Although the way you've laid the sails down does conjure images of air-ships

'Air-ship' you say...?

So, I realised last night that this thread has somehow been going for ten years now.


A lot has happened in that time. 10 years ago, I was doing commission conversion work and selling bits on eBay. When I needed a change from that, I moved to an office job that lasted considerably longer than I had expected, and towards the end was literally sucking the life out of me... and now I'm working for Spiral Arm Studios, doing all sorts of interesting things for Maelstrom's Edge. Along the way in there was a wedding, two kids, a couple of house moves, and all the other stuff both awesome and not-so-great that life puts in people's paths to see what happens. And somehow, after all that time, Wazdakka is still sitting in my work in progress box...

With all of that, this thread has turned into a bit of a sprawling monstrosity, and I apologise to anyone who has wandered in later in the piece and is wondering what the hell they've gotten themselves into. So this seems like a good place to retire this thread and start over with something fresh. There will certainly be plenty of new projects coming up to keep things ticking over, and to get the new thread started I have my Guild of Harmony lady, the long boat, and my Terra Firma pattern Repulsor, a raft of planned Maelstrom's Edge projects, and if time allows, Wazdakka to finally finish off.

Many thanks to all of those who have followed this thread over the years! See you (hopefully) in Chapter 2!

Thank you so much for these 10 years. You have been such an inspiration! I'm looking forward to chapter 2!

As long as Chapter the Second continues a meandering path across a bunch of stuff all will be well.

Quite a milestone!

We'll be here!

Happy milestone you insane swine! Moar pls thx

Looking forward to Chapter Two!

--Brian

So Long and Thanks for all the Pix!

Very excited to see what's next. Be sure to post a link here so we all can find our way over.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/769413.page

Well played!