dsteingass wrote:

I plan on ordering a big vice with a quick release. They arent cheap though. How do you mean mill it? cut it square with a big band saw?

Ripsaw. I didn't have a large bandsaw at the time, and it would be too dangerous to try and use irregularly shaped pieces in what I had. However, tulip poplar is soft wood, and straight grained for the most part. A ripsaw can make short work of that sort of wood. Then run the pieces through a planer and voila, lumber. We are talking pieces that were 5"-6" diameter and 4' long or so.

I used to watch a show called "The Woodwright's Shop" on PBS. he would go through all sorts of techniques like the above, using just hand tools. Real Old School stuff.

A nice front vice will run north of $60. An end vice will probably be ~3 times that amount or more. (and a quick check. Yep. ~$200 or so) I rarely use my end vice ( I homebrewed it), but the front vice is indispensible.

Smashing job, Dave. Very tidy (unlike any woodwork I've ever done).

Thanks Fellas. I got my bigass, 9" Sheffield, England Cast-Iron Quick Release Vice mounted up

NOT a cheap piece of kit!
It alone sort of blew my hobby budget

I guess vices are expensive after all!

Workbench is looking ACE!

i have no idea what a vice could cost...mine (two) are both salvaged/ inherited....so...i was never forced to by me one...

This 9" model cost around $150, they get more expensive too. The big 2 screw and chain models are crazy, but if you're doing a lot of long edge work, it can be worth it.

Absolutely. The thing is that you only need to buy a good quality one once, and then take care of it. It should outlast you. Not to be morbid or anything.

that is understood...just take your basic tool...like a hammer...honestly...when you let it do its intended job...it can last millennia...what on earth could wore out a good tool?

 dsteingass wrote:
,,,It alone sort of blew my hobby budget

But I'm sure you have plenty in stock to be getting on with...

How many things have you clamped in your new vice "just to check it works" so far?

Unfortunately, not enough things have been clamped yet. I've been at work. I'm beyond done with this job in it's current state. I need a progression. A step. An upward movement and I'm not settling for less this time. I've had enough working on the weekends too. It's the worst thing in the world when the weather is nice and your wife is at home.

Well they say you can judge a man by his vices!....

Beautiful Dave. So envious. Truly a sweet set up.

I am with Red, old school, enjoy watching craftsman. Though for a bit of a laugh, have a look at Izzy Swan on YouTube. Interesting ideas.

Well, its been a momentous couple of weeks for me. I quit my corporate gig!!! I am free! Also, I had a surgery to fix the deviated septum from when I broke my nose 35 years ago. Now my nose is finally straight. I had to live with stents in my nostrils for the past week recovering from surgery. It was hell, but this morning I finally got the stents and stitches out! I can BREATHE! WOOT!

Now I find myself with lots and lots of free time on my hands, and a humongous collection of wargaming crap....
I still dont like Space Marines and by extension, stormcast muhreens. I'm still waiting on my Modiphius Fallout kickstarter. Fallout 76 may be out before then. Who wants to play?

Here's to the road to recovery.

*ouch* i expect no dry eye during all that procedure...does your wife still like you, now with your straight nose also...why 35 years of waiting then?...but all eds well that ends well...

so how is your future planned, beside gaming and modelling?

The road to recovery looks like Gaslands.com . Less than $20 for the rulebook. ($19 from their website, $15 for the PDF download, around $11 on Amazon) buy a $5 five pack of hot wheels cars, print out the templates from the download section of the website. Order dice from Etsy for $5 or just use regular D6s and consult the chart till you memorize it. Hours of fun even before you start customizing the cars or building terrain. 3’x3’ table is okay, but 4’x4’ is suggested.

Oh and watch Mad Max movies for inspiration .

Vik. it was not pleasant, swollen face, tubes the size of necromunda bulkheads in my nose, bloody snot accumulating, but dont dare blow your nose, self-waterboarding with saline solution, and yes, tears. My eyes would just run with tears from the swelling near my eyes. I couldn't afford it until now, remember, world's only for-profit healthcare system and all... and I've been getting frequent sinus infections, so my wife's real insurance(from Switzerland) (not the snake oil policies most people get from American Corporations) got me into an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor. its essentially a nose job (rhinoplasty) and a straightening (septoplasty). I don't really know what's next in life.

Damn dave, that sounds really horrible eesh. Well I do wish you the best on the road to recovery my friend.

Oh wanted to ask you some thing munda related I'm a member of yaktribe and I was looking at alternative minatures and they listed litko and they have a tower set that seemed pretty ok they have three of em a super huge one a med one and a small one. and as I'm not the best scratch builder and munda bulk heads being 12 for $60 do you think this would be a reasonable alternative?

Link is to the small kit
https://litko.net/collections/industrial-tower-system/products/industrial-tower-system-super-bundle

@Bama - I've seen those. they look pretty plain for the price, but if you need terrain, they look like they'd work great! Multi levels are essential, but so is cover. You might want to glue on bits of corrugated card and plastic on the railings to serve as cover. Without cover, no one will use a platform.

There re a LOT of other companies now, this one makes them more updated to the new box set, like the forge world offering

https://spikeybits.com/2018/01/new-necromunda-terrain-set-from-art-of-war-studios.html

Promethium Forge are my current favorite, mix of old-school and new
https://promethiumforge.com/

New School Munda works well with large raised platforms, or risers. That's why I like the Promethium Forge, but for me, I'd like to have a source of bulkhead sides to make my own risers. Like a ton of the barricades. With a flat riser, you can put regular terrain on top for added dimensions of height.

Wow I really like the promethium set! that's awesome! :thumbs up:

Tbh I prefer 3d maps cause I been playing the NCE edition of munda a whole bunch for ever and a day.

I'm going to have to invest into that set. thanks for the tip dave *bows to the master of the underhive*

 alabamaheretic wrote:
Damn dave, that sounds really horrible eesh. Well I do wish you the best on the road to recovery my friend.

Oh wanted to ask you some thing munda related I'm a member of yaktribe and I was looking at alternative minatures and they listed litko and they have a tower set that seemed pretty ok they have three of em a super huge one a med one and a small one. and as I'm not the best scratch builder and munda bulk heads being 12 for $60 do you think this would be a reasonable alternative?

Link is to the small kit
https://litko.net/collections/industrial-tower-system/products/industrial-tower-system-super-bundle

But do they have Space Corridors?!

@Bama - dont, even for a second, think everything has to match, or be the same brand. A table looks best with variety. Some of my favorite are Sarissa Precision, but they are expensive to ship to the US, so I only have a few.

@slave - Have you played the Inquisitor: Martyr video game? - the maps are random generated, but look like they were made with GW products. Corridors and doors. It plays like a diablo-ish RPG

oh I know that game its pretty fun the controls are a little weird but the concept is great I play an assassin on there.

In regards to the terrain i really like two of the sets im torn between the tower can set and the mini bulk head set to start...and i agree hodgepodge does make for an awesome board. but nothing a caot of paint can't fix to make it look differnet.

So, while on the mend from that surgery, you may make some awesome scenery out of that game? Excellent!

Good to hear you have a new nose and that it, in turn, will lead to more modelling...

Star Wars: Legion anyone?

Good job

They look brilliant.

Great work Dave .Glad those fireworks woke you up and scared you down into the basement to hide behind your brushes

Thanks guys! It's weird, these are 32mm, so significantly larger/taller than a standard GW human, but look at the headswaps for my second squad of rebels:


Sgt. with a RT era Guard helmet (what could look more Star Wars?)

Rotary Blaster dude with IG Tanker head

Regular Mook with Closed Tanker head

I think MOST GW heads are already 32mm. I've tried proper 28mm Heroic heads, and they look way too small.

They are looking great Dave.

It doesn’t hurt that Star Wars has a bunch of people (aliens) with huge heads. I understand it because it’s human actors inside the masks, but it does add to the genre.

and now to something completely different...

i´ve seen this stuff quite often on ebay...and i need to suppress any urges...^^

headswaps look good... try some empire fantasy ones too...white wolves (?) bearded ones...and the odd zombie head could work good too...

Hey Vik, the Legion stuff is all 32mm, the Imperial Assault stuff is 28mm. Some of it looks ok. I'm using a Trandoshan (Bossk's race) type Imperial Assault figure as an alien. They are all a somewhat flexible resin. Standard super glue holds it, but the vehicles are standard plastic.

This is a good write up
http://www.adpublishing.de/html/legion.html

Nice scale comparison...thats almost scientific. I like also that the bearded endor rebel seems to be now conon captain rex...that way, while he and his new fellas are bigger than earlier minis of the other game format it is a bit easier to include them because clones could have tampered dna and so on...

haha. I swapped the bearded head and made it blonde as an homage to one of my Favorite GI Joes...

Codename: Rock n Roll


Mass-Prime and Zenithal highlights



Oh, and some more "weathering" reference if you want to paint a Tri-Tip Sirloin

The weathering is fantastic, gods that looks good.

Mass production is looking good, most impressive. Scale is one of those things that does and does not bother me, for instance, I am fine with your troops varying in height, no issue. average humanity has a range from about 5' to 6'6" with out the extremes taken in to account so no worries for me. However that shot with Vader is an issue Vader should be massive. scary tall, looming. And there he looks well average.

Unweathered

Blue Squad


Orange Squad

You could literally work light grey and white and never, ever be done. I'll add some weathering and gloss later. I just wanted to be done for now.

And Rebel one too

The Rebels look great
The Stormies look actually pretty good - how is customizing and posing with these - any options at all?
Cheers

@Klaus. Not very customizable out of the box. It can be done with surgery. Headswaps are simple enough, but only with Heroic scale heads. They also aren't super great casts. Not bad, but mold lines are real. I missed several. For $25 a box of 7, you can play around. They are the height of Primaris Marines.

I just watched Rogue One again (a fantastic movie) and really noticed the different Rebel Uniforms, weapon weathering, and the shiny black elite storm troopers (they can hit what they shoot at)

Troops look great dude but that steak is is the winner of this page

Those troopers are great dave . I always thought they couldn’t shoot anything because they were too busy polishing their armor for inspection.

Although true believers in the force know that if you are one with the force the force is with you and you can’t be shot .

I watched Empire again too....I think the Death Star troopers have to spend a lot of time shining their armor, but anytime they are away from a polished floor and a bottomless shaft, there is lots of dirt. The Scene on Tatooine where the Troopers are checking out C3PO and R2D2's escape pod...those troopers dirt on armor doesnt actually make sense. Did they get in a sandball fight?

Vader Ordered General Whatsisname to send down a detachment and see to it personally, so these arent the normal Tatooine Garrison.

I never thought about these things until I thought about weathering

as a"kid" () i´ve always wanted to be a stormtrooper

very cool stuff man I really like the rebles,,, im curious about the transdoshan (bosk was one of my favorite bounty hunters lol)

Bossk was pretty cool for a guy who only had 6 seconds of screentime. Stand there and make the Imperial Officer below him poop his uniform

Excellent work on that table, Dave! I wish I had room in my garage for something like that...Mad Jelly!

Great work on the Legion stuff as well...I'm putting up a herculean effort to resist buying into that game....I invested heavily in Imperial Assault and when they made the scale of the figures different, I swore I wouldn't start Legion. Still, I have to admit the draw to build some epic Star Wars themed terrain is nagging at me now...

Keep up the awesome work!

Lots more coming out soon-ish
Empire:
Snowtroopers
Snowtroopers with heavy weapon
Scout Troopers
Palpatine
Imperial Guards
Boba Fett
General Veers

Rebels:
Commandos
Han
Leia
Rebels in warm hats and heavy weapon
Fleet Troopers (got a box already)

A terrain set with moisture evaporators, crates, and misc. scatter

Great work on those Star Wars minis! I always find white a difficult colour to paint. What brand of paint did you use for those Stormtroopers?

I used a lot of different brands actually. Grey and white Stylylrez primers. Citadel Ulthuan Grey (That's the secret to white armor - very light grey), Golden Fluid white, Vallejo German Grey, Schmincke Black (the best black paint) A little GW Hoeth Blue for the little side helmet vents, and a mix of Vallejo Metallics and black. Brand doesn't matter, the colors do.

What?

Yeah . Dave + Necromunda= Good Times

ooo munda stuff.

in regards to bosk I think there was a short story about him that was cool, I know there's one abouty dengar

I think there were several novels, or even a series about him....Bounty Hunter Wars Trilogy I think.

Ahh..Saturday mornings.....

Saturday morning of painting, modeling and watching/listening to Bob Ross while you paint .

Heavy Metal was my 3rd GIJoe, right after snake eyes and scarlet .

a happy little wall that needs a friend, cause everybody needs a friend?

are you trying to make a modular wall system with these square rod cut offs?...like angles as in doors?...?

as for the bounty hunter novels...i have that still...all non canon i am afraid now since the mouse corporates have taken over...*shakes fists*
but also...they werent sooooo good...iirc...

Good work on your various little people and on the 'munda terrain bits.

Love the Storm Troopers.

Not really modular....But I have been thinking about how to do this corner for YEARS.


I finally did it

Look s good dave . Also looks like it is strong enough to take a beating and hold up the rest of the hive.

oh....that looks really nice...of course it still lacks the one secret ingritient that would make it awesome...can you guess it?

What would that be Vik?


Putty?


Sanding??

or?


Bolts? (that they threaded outward for some reason)
Nuts?
Rivets?

well....i guess you...wait for it...nailed it...

i could have said you screwed it...but it doesn´t look like that...

Heh Vik

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I think I like the bigger bolts better

So....now I dont know what to do with it...

I'm thinking of a generic battlefield riser with street, pavement on top to add other things and provide more elevation changes


Do I just complete the small footprint?


Or do I go big?


Big enough to support other terrain?

Should there be ruined sections, forming a rubble pile ramp up?

Should there be a paved ramp up?

tough decisions...hmm... the low one definitly is not finished...a raiser section is certainly entertaining...but then it needs something more as only a flat surface... maybe some railings etc...

also of course is a means of getting up then needed...ramp, ladder or better even some wider stair system...

what i wanted to ask was, how did you get the sloped sections in these "column" parts youve build done?

@vik - I used little 45 degree triange stock pieces as backing filler material. Then the outside veneer piece was just a strip cut at 45 with the handheld angle cutter. THis automagically made the corresponding 45 degree angle needed to make 90 degrees. It was like a little puzzle

You can put all the railings or ruins you want on a flat surface

the triangle rod is a stroke of genius...

You can put all the railings or ruins you want on a flat surface

well...then this calls for some self supportive arrangements then? own base etc if you want to gave railings/ walls...

I think the base being a solid fortified part could be the entrance to your gangs hideout. The upper floors could be less bulkheadish and more brick or steel slabs(plasticard), with firing ports and lookouts.

Amazing build, Dave. I love seeing those old bulkhead pieces getting used.

You should definitely have a base that has a corner or side section caved in with loads of rubble and debris...maybe even a fallen water tank or crane that is crumpled in the heap as the obvious cause of the damage/cave-in.

A ramp could be cool, but at a slope that minis dont slide down, it would have to be pretty long...maybe a set of wide steps that can accommodate 25mm bases? Obviously, each of the bulkheads has it's own integral ladder, so not a necessity.

Looking forward to more updates!

I still cant decide......in the meantime. Some of you old-timers may remember a little project I started where I convertd a dollar store jeep into a GI JOE/COBRA V.A.M.P.

Well, someone finally made COBRA heads!

Incoming COBRA troops........

Just to throw it out there....how about a plain flat 'roof' piece as shown - no details, but a few strategic magnets, and then a magnetised actual roof section for a single storey build, and a couple of different magnetised builds for raising the level. Would mean you always have the option to come back and add different builds as and when they occur to you...... bridge sections, raised roadways, extra storeys, storage towers, landing pads..........

Good job on the corner pieces.

Oo, can't top MT suggestion there...

Cool heads.

COBRA lalalalalalalalala glad it’s still inthe WIP section and not binned.

Honestly, if it weren't for the movies I'd had no knowledge of the GIJoes whatsoever...which would be a shame...but it never had its time of grandeur here in Germany otherwise...
Looks like shapewayes to me? Or puppetswar? Id suggest mad robot for some fitting bodies...

The movies DO NOT represent my childhood love

Heads are from a little one man shop called Reptillian Overlords. I also got from them a RAMBO and their version of MARBO

just visited their store...zorbo and duke....nice....they have lots of potential...i like their desert torsos...

Thanks for the heads up on the new bits site not heard of them before

One of my favorite G.I.Joe toys growing up, cant wait to see how it turns out!

Hopefully we'll see these hit your workbench next!

Finally got my hands on these sprues!

These may be their best terrain kits yet

I won’t believe it until they’ve been Dave’d

It won't need much. Plenty of rivets! More rivets than skulls even!These are definitely singing Welcome to the Jungle

Size Comparison


It took me a whole day to clean them up, but I watched several games of Kill Team on Warhammer TV while I scraped.

big stuff

Oh wow, the new terrain really is quite large !

Are you airbrush or hairy brush painting them ?

Oh airbrush for sure...lots of overspray...I need to prepare for that

There you go:



All set, now start spraying!

Warning: Whenever my Modiphius Fallout Kickstarter stuff arrives, we're dropping EVERYTHING else


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it drank a full 3 ounces of Stynylrez primer

some heavy airbrushing done today. Most of the rough base colors laid in. very WIP

that's going to be one big piece of terrain. It is looking good. Can't wait to see it finished.

this looks rich....

Heh Vik. I thought I'd make it all Age Of Sigmarish before I weather that copper down.

Modiphius Fallout Kickstarter is shipping SOON! like this or next week! I got the resin set, so my shipment is after the plastics ship out first. Terrain may be shortly after.


They sell a Cardboard Red Rocket Truck Stop, but I think I'll be building one from scratch, to scale.

Their canopy isnt even on he right side

yes!!! make your own!!! to go with your billboard and the rest of your own scratch builds!!!

They're in the Mirror Universe...........

 monkeytroll wrote:
They're in the Mirror Universe...........

Is that the home of Ned Flanders Leftorium (the shop with everything for left handed people)?

Cardboard version would make for one hell of a template if it isn't super expensive.

 Theophony wrote:

 monkeytroll wrote:
They're in the Mirror Universe...........

Is that the home of Ned Flanders Leftorium (the shop with everything for left handed people)?

yer such an oldie....

@monkeytroll How can you tell without goatees?

@Theo - Inst that the only Job Ned is ever shown to have?

@vik - heh pot kettle black?

Hey Dave, I could knock you up one of those in about 1/2 hour, you want it in resin?

Joking aside the building work on previous page is beautiful.

Thanks Cam.
I've taken the shine right out of that penny

I spotted this in the back of the workshop.....they have goatees.......
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Great work on the terrain, that looks lovely.

Hahaha @monkey


after drying all night..this is what we have

Beautiful.

Great colour choices, and awesome execution.

Hope that Fallout Kickstarter does not arrive too soon, need to see this one finished first!

Nice work, Dave. Terrain is looking good with the paint on.

Nice fallout goodies.
Reminds me that I haven't produced anything recently.

this is almost there. I need to pick out cables and conduits with some different rusty colors, paint the floors, rust the bolts on the floors, add a few highlights.

For old times' sake...Junk Fences

That would have been perfect for the last leagues contest...
Dint forget the chain on the back

What Vik, you mean this?

Nicely done, and I love all the little details!

exactly...!

Thanks Fellas!

Well done. And the graffiti?

Classic . Junk fences never get old. (I mean, obviously they do get old and weathered and rusty and battered and damaged and.....you know what I mean )

Very good looking..."let it all end..."

Maybe graffiti another day. I'm quite happy with the way they turned out...
It was a lot of fun building from a screenshot again

Never played fallout, but it looks like the picture you posted so . To me it reminds me of Woodbury

Thanks Theo!
This kit gives me two front options to choose from. I choose to use BOTH fronts!
It's not designed to have a full interior, but rather be lit within on a railroad layout, so I have a LOT of manipulang the interior surfaces to do.

Line the interior with foam core and peel away to look like plaster. Or baton it out and nice card /sheet rock interior. Excellent work so far.

Scratch that you got magnets everywhere for something I guess.

 dsteingass wrote:
This kit gives me two front options to choose from. I choose to use BOTH fronts!

A Double WIde! Will you put a wall of some sort to divide the interior to represent separate store fronts? I ike the idea of a large single building but with different facades to represent various stores... Sort of like what one sees on a main street.

Yeah, I'm thinking it's two stores and 1 apartment upstairs, but damaged and open on the back for that post-apocalyptic
playset feeling

Perhaps one of the businesses is an Authorized RobCo repair center...>A local branch serving all the Mr. Handy's sold in an area? The other, a book shop, or something with shelving.

Great job on the junk fences/gate. I've had quite a bit of time to look closely at the original (although I now use many modded fences these days). Looks the part.

Good start to the building.

a whole lane with these kind of buildings would look awesome...

in fact would love to see the main place of the back to the future movies as a tabletop setting...

I know Vik! But it seems that O gauge Railroading is dying off with a generation. It's hard to find these kits anymore...

That is looking bloody fantastic bud.

er....475 pages...? didn´t notice that at first... congratz mate!

also...nice substructure there! oh and well...if it´s not sold anymore...make your own then...read casting^^

Eh, it's a bit long in the tooth, but I've loved every single page you guys have commented on!

My Modiphius Stuff has SHIPPED!

Good job on the internals.

Good Lawd! It's been over a year! My sincerest apologies to anyone who still reads this

a sign of life is always welcome! and a proof of work even more so...

welcome back in the land of the crafting^^

Hey Vik! I'm happy to see you old friend!

GLad to see both of you are still breathing .

Looks like the time away from the thread hasn’t dulled any of your skills.

Glad to see the old gang up and about!

I'm so very happy you guys are here! Cheers!

What-ho.
Some good looking fallout there.

Welcome back dsteingass, and very nice weathering on those nuka cola machines and cars.

Thanks Guys! It's good to see all of you!
I'm almost done painting a Horde of Super Mutants! I have been trying to reproduce my skin recipe from 5 or 6 years ago, thankfully, my neurotic WIP picture-taking at the time provided me with a picture of the colors I used them back then, It just took me a bit to figure out the order I used them in.

...They've recently stepped up patrols in the downtown D.C. ruins in response to increasing sightings of everybody's favorite freaks, the Super Mutants.

Gotts keep those Muties in check!

Some pretty cool fallout models there! And no worries, I tend to drop off the grid at times, always good to come back on dakka and get a warm welcome - so: welcome back!

Thanks @shas and @khaine

The Ugly Underbelly

Always great to see you working a project. Gives me so much motivation to see the skill level that can be achieved.

Thanks Theo! It feels good to be doing things again, like Trimming out windows



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I know it doesn't seem like much now, but I spent the better part of 8 hours trimming these window frames and them chipping and nicking them up. This will be my most detailed terrain piece yet.

dsteingass,

I have been reading through this thread for about a week now. I must say I am most impressed with all the Necromunda terrain you converted from cardboard to plastic styrene.

Exalted.

Sincerely,

CB

Wow @captain - I'm always impressed when someone says they are reading through this tome of lengthiness Thanks!

 dsteingass wrote:
Wow @captain - I'm always impressed when someone says they are reading through this tome of lengthiness Thanks!

It is not work for an old man or one with a weak heart. Pace yourself.

This picture answers @redHarvest's question from one page ago, but OVER A YEAR AGO lol

 Red Harvest wrote:
Will you put a wall of some sort to divide the interior to represent separate store fronts? I ike the idea of a large single building but with different facades to represent various stores... Sort of like what one sees on a main street.

Rather one wall, and the goal is to sculpt it to make it LOOK like it was two walls built next to each other


@Theo That's for sure Drink Your Orange Juice


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I Love it When A Plan (begins to) comes together


I am REALLY excited to get it to this point! Damnit I missed carving up plastic.

 dsteingass wrote:
...They've recently stepped up patrols in the downtown D.C. ruins in response to increasing sightings of everybody's favorite freaks, the Super Mutants.

Spoiler:

Hmm, looks more like downtown Baltimore* rather than D.C. D.C. has more rats. The two legged kind. They tend to congregate around the Capitol building and K street.

Also, thanks for the answer. Honestly, it does not seem like it's been a year. And this current year cannot end soon enough.

And of course, it's great to see you're getting up to 'hobbying' again.

*To reference recent current events.

I feel you! @RedHarvest! It just never ends does it?

You and TheBlackadder should have children. They would build monuments to the gods.

Seriously great job on the steps.

Thanks Theo!
I would mate with BlackAdder. We would make rivety children

Some of that plasticard must be truly mind-numbing. Kudos to you, good sir!

I dunno @commissarK, It's a lot like Riveting, you get into a flow, achieve a zen-state so to speak. Besides, I have to show SOME skill improvement since the last buildings 7 years ago


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I decided that for composition purposes, there needed to be a door here. Is it a closet? Is it stairs down to the basement? Is it Debris?, Is it Rubble? Is the game telling you "You Can't go That Way Dummy" ?We don't know?......It's closed

this door probably leads to something dreadful underneath...according to the U.S. TV shows we get to see here...

great plastic card work!!!

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trim triminy

Silly Dave, don’t you know that’s where you keep your nephews till they go off to school .

I’m glad you put a door there. I was going to say something, but was too mesmerized by the rest of the plastic card.

@Theo, for the last time, that was a Dutch guy, not me
I left some peek-a-boo areas, so a curious eye will hopefully wonder

A little Wainscotting?


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i understood that referrence!!! hope the next season is not too long away too!

even unpainted a nice eyeopener!

Thanks Vik! That's a good sign!

Great work. Lovely detailing.

Thanks Doc! Your toilet, tub, and sink will be making an appearance on the second floor

Sounds good. I approve of this development.

Wow, loving all the deatils. Great work, as always dsteingass!

Thanks! @commissar!

Thats a great idea! Keep it up!

Thanks @Sajmo! I appreciate it!

You guys think YOU'RE sick of seeing these walls??





Dr. H's Finest Spruetastic Plumbing Fixtures and a medicine cabinet/mirror I hacked together!

But before I get to these, there's.....another wall to build! yay!

Looking great dave , is it going up another level? Or is that creepy attic space?

Thanks Theo, nope, just part of a flat roof. It'll take me awhile to get up there though

Incredible work, so far. Looking forward to seeing paint on this project.

Actually, I don't mind all the walls, not at all. All the little details are great to look at. I can't speak for you, of course .

@Wazaag, thanks Me Too! but I've got many more steps just in construction
@commissar well, you're in Luck!
How do I keep them all consistent throughout the process? no one asked?


I made this simple jig from PVC foam, nylon would've been better as it's glue resistant, but this is what I had handy

I'm actually quite embarrassed that my square has that rust on it, Steel Tools need to stay dry and oiled kids!


Bathroom Wall





I didnt quite leave enough wall here, oops..I will fix this and hopefully it'll look like this walled-off stairway area was sturdy enough to hold up some of the roof when the rest collapsed. If my Illusions work

we recently moved...and i am still not able to work for the hobby...instead i the stuff you´re showing in RL scale^^
soon....soon...hopefully...

as for the rust... with enough arm grease you can get rid of that

also...question: anyone ever used a drill jig for pocket holes...it´s something i want to buy to use for the next big project... my own work bench...

Hey Vik! Did you and the family move out of the historic flats and into a home? If so, that's fantastic news!
And YES, I have used a Pocket Hole Jig! I have the medium-sized 3-hole jig and from Kreg.
I used it on this failed attempt at a mid-century record storage cabinet.


I mean it works, but I didnt mask it right, and you can see the black stain got all over the edge of the top board.
I wouldn't use a pocket hole without glue, as I'd trust the wood glue more, especially if you're going to put any kind of weight or pressure. If I had this jig when I built my workbenches here in the basement, I could've saved a lot of extra lumber, but I dunno if it would be as bomb-shelter-like strong. Do I need that much strength? probably not.
In success stories though, I used it in some places building this bench out in the barn


THIS is attached to the walls, as a result it seems almost anvil-like, as I can hammer on it all day with a mallet and chisel and nothing rattles, especially not the big glass window.

Anyways, I'm excited for you! There is a supreme satisfaction from building your own workbench!

So much great stuff again from Dave! missed this!

well glue is always there... so it will see it´s use.. and yes...i want a workbench as sturdy and atom bomb proof as it gets...

so long we made to beds for my kids... one to be a lofty one and one to be just raised to a slightly higher than hip level... all worked on by my wife and me... we even used a circular saw. i mention this as it was my first time using one of them big guns^^
with every project the confidence rises... thus i am thinking of getting me one of these jigs... hmm...

also...i think about getting me a miter saw soon...thus enabling me to upgrade my projects even more^^ 45° angles for me^^

and no...we didn´t move into our own home... it was time to give each kid his own door, so to speak and we wanted to leave the big city... now we are kind of in the middle of nowhere in germany... our own house would have costed way too much... even tho you would have something for yourself...(it´s the old age argument... but you can only get rich when you´re rich already...

dsteingass,

The ruined building looks great and the little details outstanding.

Cheers,

CB

Sweet mother of god, I just found this thread. I am blown away.

Thanks @shas and @CapBrown!
@vik Good to hear! The country is better for growing boys I suppose.


Had to peel these off


to make room for these

Between you and theBlackAdder, evergreen plastics is financially sound .

Great looking bathroom so far, needs a visit from some TLC celebrities though.

Haha @Theo - All they do is hit perfectly reusable stuff with sledgehammers

 dsteingass wrote:
Haha @Theo - All they do is hit perfectly reusable stuff with sledgehammers

They make the families do that, they just add throw pillows.

Astounding work. The multi-layered textures of the walls look really good. There are so many great details in this one building. I’m very impressed.

the tiles work is amazing!

as for living outside of big cities... yup, that was the whole point... after six o´clock it is so quiet here that you get sleepy even tho it is still so early... (ok...might also be due to the home renovation and unpacking of boxes )

That model is better built than my house. Very nice stuff.

Nice work, Dave.
I spot minor modifications to the bathroom furniture.

Nice to see you back at it Dave, looking good as always!

It's like Dave has discovered a whole new level to work on/in.

Crazy amount of detailing. Loving it

Thanks Everybody! It's mucho appreciated!

This just keeps getting more and more impressive.

Post apocalyptic housing provided by Dave! His wastelanders, super-mutants and powered armor types will be fighting Raiders and muties over it all.

Thanks Everybody! Not much work done as of late. I just got offered a job managing a local record store I used to work at par time. The Previous Owner sold it, and the new owner was told I was the guy for the job. Its the first time I didn't have to apply for a job, and my reputation did something positive for me. I'll work more on this once I see how my schedule settles down. soon.

sounds cool...but be careful working with love... it has some cruel hooks that might be hurtful... but if you can manage it then it might be heaven! literally!

Congrats on the job offer!

Thanks! I took the job! It seems I will have quite humane hours as well! Hopefully I'll be able to have consistent evening hobby hours once again!
Like The Who said "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" but I think this one may actually be different. Time will tell.

@Vik - Oh I know too well. This store actually means a lot to me and a lot of the community as well. It's become a cultural icon in town as well as a record store. I quit originally because I couldn't bear to see the old owner flush it down the toilet. (He made some poor management decisions and got into too much debt) and debt leads to more and more poor decisions..etc.

It just occurred to me that I never let anyone here know that over 1 year ago, I retired from my previous IT work I did for the past 20 years ...around about the time I stopped posting on this thread....(I had a rough surgery and a bit of a rough time recovering)..again, only a few pages ago, but over a year ago...sorry if this confused anyone.
This thread is the closest thing to a diary I have

This thread is the closest thing to a diary I have

absolutely but that kind of happens in many threads i follow

also...your recent job story sounds a bit like "that seventies show..."

and i just remembered a quote of mark twain i think... find a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life again... sounds lie this might be the next best thing to true love indeed...!

So, job you can like, has decent hours, lets you have time for projects, and you have shared your life with us all. (I think that sums it up )

Is good to see you back Dave, and others,.I was also away for a while. But that's a story for another day.

Congratulations Dave! I hope the job ends up as a great experience for you. Also sorry to hear about the rough recovery from sugery. I hope all is well now and that you are fully recovered.

@vik I've heard that all my life too, I hope it is true I remember those 70s show episodes! Hyde did a lot of sitting around tho, IRL, there's a lot more moving, carrying, and alphabetizing going on ,and talking to people in general.

@Shas - yeah, we shall see. I've been kind of nervous all day long.

@syro - Thanks! Everything is very well now! I had broken my nose as a child, and as a result of not seeing a doctor then, it caused me chronic sinus infections as an adult. I had to have reconstructive surgery on my nose and sinuses, the recovery was a miserable 8 weeks of hell. It's all been worth it though, as I haven't had any further sinus infections since.

 dsteingass wrote:
This thread is the closest thing to a diary I have

... Now, now, diaries are for teen-age girls. Men keep journals.

I'm amazed to hear a record store still exists somewhere. I'm certain you'll do a fine job in managing it.

And good news about the sinuses.

Great attention to detail in your recent works too.

better stick to call it diary than diarrhea...

also...i know quite some record stores... but i am nowadays only youtube music or CD user...so a record is too old tech...and i also don´t own one at all anymore...

When I worked there part-time before, I pushed the broom every day, the old owner just didn't concern himself with such things as cleanliness, or alphabetization. Today, The new owner took great pride in pushing the broom himself in his new store...All the new releases were on the new release rack before I ever got there this morning.....I think we'll be alright.

@Red Where have you been? Vinyl is the thing nowadays! It's the expense and inconvenience that really draws people in Technically, it does have higher fidelity too.
Our City has 4 different record stores

We have a couple record stores here in St. Louis too. Some are pure vinyl too, no CDs .

Anyone buying CDs nowadays could probably be called vintage. Lol

Well, this is a pleasant surprise.

Beautiful work on the modelling front. Stunning work.

Really great news on the job as well. Congratulations and best of luck for the future.

Really great to see the old masters gathering here about.

The World needs the -=]_,=- now more than ever!

Some young Whippersnapper (Max Moray) in a Facebook Hobby Group PROUDLY posted his entry into the latest League Terrain contest, he had no idea I was an Old Founding Fart
His work with that Plastic soup container was so amazingly creative. It brings a tear to my eye to see it's up to 30 already!! Look what we started!!

 dsteingass wrote:
The World needs the -=]_,=- now more than ever!

Some young Whippersnapper (Max Moray) in a Facebook Hobby Group PROUDLY posted his entry into the latest League Terrain contest, he had no idea I was an Old Founding Fart
His work with that Plastic soup container was so amazingly creative. It brings a tear to my eye to see it's up to 30 already!! Look what we started!!

I’ll go light up the league beacon.

The League of Extraordinary Riveters terrain contests really are amazing. They have great energy and really bring our out people's creativity and enthusiasm. The pieces I've made for the league contests are the most detailed and the terrain I'm most proud of. Thank you Dave and the other founding members.

Good progress on the house.

Congrats on the job.

I collect CDs as my physical music format of choice. I passed 370 CD albums at last count.
Although I tend to listen to my music as mp3s, it's nice to have a physical copy that can't disappear in an instant.
On that note I once had Microsoft's Groove music delete all my mp3s instead of clearing the playlist. I don't use that program any more.

Good to see the terrain contest keep going as I find myself with less time to stay involved. I still keep my eye on them though.

I think that's covered all the talking points I've missed.
Carry on.

Welp...I'm afraid I was sold a bill of goods on that job. It wasn't all that it was promised to be. Life is just too short to deal with dishonest people.

Well that blows

I remember working at the comic book shop I and all my friends hung out at. The owner flipped out and turned out to be something different than we had believed. It hurt when we all stopped working and hanging out there.

I hope it was an amicable split.

Wow, this is quite the impressive build. Really inspiring stuff.

wow Theo! That's EXACTLY what happened here. The new owner's kid is turning it into an unrecognizable place. The shop was a place that sold Culture as much as records, now he's raising prices, and wanting to sell Funko Pops. Not a place I want to shop.

 dsteingass wrote:
wow Theo! That's EXACTLY what happened here. The new owner's kid is turning it into an unrecognizable place. The shop was a place that sold Culture as much as records, now he's raising prices, and wanting to sell Funko Pops. Not a place I want to shop.

well...i guess thats the new generation problem...friggin´ goldminers all around...everything has a price tag on it but no worth to it... (i begin to sound like a really old fart by now...)

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

 dsteingass wrote:
wow Theo! That's EXACTLY what happened here. The new owner's kid is turning it into an unrecognizable place. The shop was a place that sold Culture as much as records, now he's raising prices, and wanting to sell Funko Pops. Not a place I want to shop.

well...i guess thats the new generation problem...friggin´ goldminers all around...everything has a price tag on it but no worth to it... (i begin to sound like a really old fart by now...)

FUNKO POPS the end all of good businesses.

Seriously that’s like corporate officers thinking that we can improve the overall health of the company by laying off 10% of the workforce, which also means that the corporate officers get a big bonus .

I’ve had my shot to open a game and comic book store, but I don’t want the headache. Looking at what used to be my FLGS, which is now just a LGS, I see the quality of employees out there and their willingness to develope friendships with new customers. (Sarcasm there just in case it wasn’t expressed well enough ). Was having a good discussion with one such employee a few weeks ago and he almost had me convinced that they were turning things around by being approachable when a friend came in, he immediately broke from our conversation without excusing himself or even finishing his train of thought . He went over and started talking with his buddy about a Kickstarter and didn’t even notice me put back a $50 purchase I was going to make and had at the counter. I left, he’s seen me twice since then, the first time he asked how I liked the game (the one I didn’t purchase). The second time he avoided me and had someone else (not an employee as he was embarrassed by the previous conversation ) ring me out as he literally hid in the bathroom . I guess I shouldn’t have told him I thought his service was lousy .

Hope the owner figures the out. It’s hard to see a place you love go south.

retail idiots like that need such feedback... it provides the only chance they have for learning and adaption... and this fella refused it..because of pride and "stuff"...

and yep...management is having nine women birth a child in one month...

Sorry to hear about the job issues Dave. It seemed like a good deal at first.

Hopefully something will come along that stays decent.

Thanks guys, I'm not upset about it. It is what it is. It's just a hobby, no sense in it being this stressful, dealing with things normally associated with fun. I may be getting old, but I'm still employable I'm just too old to be pushed around and lied to. I went out into the country to my Brother's place and shot a bunch of ammo through some guns today. I feel 1000% better Dakka is good.

 dsteingass wrote:
When I worked there part-time before, I pushed the broom every day, the old owner just didn't concern himself with such things as cleanliness, or alphabetization. Today, The new owner took great pride in pushing the broom himself in his new store...All the new releases were on the new release rack before I ever got there this morning.....I think we'll be alright.

@Red Where have you been? Vinyl is the thing nowadays! It's the expense and inconvenience that really draws people in Technically, it does have higher fidelity too.
Our City has 4 different record stores

Slow enough to lean, slow enough to clean. The mantra of a well run retail store. According to friends. I have plenty of LPs, Dave. Signs of a well spent youth But, absent a dedicated area for 'the system' I rarely pull out the turntable and listen to them. My loss, I know.

Googled "Funko Pops". Regretted it.

Ah, what guns? Something fun I hope, although plinking with a .22 is perfectly acceptable, and rather therapeutic.

Oh yes, many .22 tacks were driven, some 9mm, and 45ACP (my favorite) in rifles, a mean 22 Hornet, which was something new to me, and 5.56mm, and a few expensive bigger rounds I don't remember off-hand. It was therapeutic for sure

I go away for 5 minutes and you are through another job already! I've been a bum on welfare for 2 years and you have had 6 jobs in that time! Hopefully this brief silence is due to a wonderful new career, and you have started the new decade with a bang.

Heya @cam - no, I got lost in Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC....the best story in any video game ever.

but I added floor, needs more....warped wood exposed to weather something, not sure yet.

Not sure what it looks like in the video game, but I think the ends need to be curled down showing the weathering. That or a rug/ couch hanging over the edge.

Oh, this one isnt from a screenshot, just an idea I had

Still, looking good so far, and yeah, maybe some board warping, some tattered rugs, etc.

Nice to see some progress on your build, Dave. I need to be careful in here, your work always inspires me to leap headfirst back into Fallout: Wasteland Warfare....speaking of which, I got an MSLA printer a few months back and most of what I've printed on it so far has been specifically for that game....I'll have to dig some photos off of my phone and post them up soon.

Anyhow, I'm really looking forward to seeing this building come to life.

This is an awesome collection of ideas, thank you! I've included a link to this thread in our article about Necromunda bulkheads: https://alkony.enerla.net/english/the-nexus/miniatures-nexus/miniature/miniature-scenery/futuristic-scenery-system-in-1-56-scale-industrial-battlezone-system-for-necromunda-and-warhammer-40-000-from-games-workshop-1995-miniature-scenery-system-review