It could be anywhere in a hive, but this takes place in the ancient domes of the underhive. If I were any good at Photoshop, I'd replace the white bg with barely visible walls and struts, and girders, etc. all going up.
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Nice group shot that stuff is looking well good now …….. Really not sure of the comparison with the gay disco mind was surprised when I clicked the link but pissed my self with laughter after seeing the reply's ……..
Not sure but I think that gangers wearing hot pants ……….
Hi - Hi! We're your Weather Girls - Ah-huh -
And have we got news for you - You better listen!
Get ready, all you bounty hunters
and leave those mancatchers at home. - Alright! -
Humidity is rising - Barometer's getting low
According to all sources, the hive's the place to go
Cause tonight for the first time
Just around Crazy Jeffry's
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining muties.
It's Raining Muties! Praise the throne! - It's Raining Muties! Emprah!
I'm gonna go out to run and let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet!
It's Raining Muties! Praise the throne!
It's Raining Muties! Every Specimen!
Tall, scaly, with five limbs
Rough and tough with stalks and wings
Emprah bless the ganger, they're out there too
They took off to upper spire, Took what they could find
Messed around with strange technology
So that each and every hunter could find their perfect thing
It's Raining Muties! Praise the throne! - It's Raining Muties! Emprah!
It's Raining Muties! Praise the throne!
It's Raining Muties! Em....prah!
so....i am the guy that should check out the suply of ritalin...right...!
diso hive reminds me of that episode of the simpsons...where jomer takes bart to see real men...and ends up in that steelworks...with all the gay steelworkers...and they play "everybody dance now"...
you ruined my satisfied grin after seeing the first pic of the new hive scene...man i am so taklen aback...
and i talk too much...*mumbles incoherently...*
and for the record... you only get to see the sober vik on dakka... i tend to be waaaay more talkative when i am a bit drunk...
made a quick and lazy (just over half assed) casting run with the first pull molds using dental stone. I'll get pics up after I get out of work tomorrow. Results are really quite good. I'll get a set of molds in the mail to you dave as soon as I can (probably Tuesday or so.
dsteingass wrote:thx Vik, ....true, many of these are in fact, products of some insomnia. I built this last winter, I am a chronic photo-documenter when I work, always snapping wip shots..otherwise I forget how I did things myself.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Hopefully some better pics (and a mysteriously pimp-dressed WIP Gang Leader)
VERY WIP
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The terrain is looking amazing, that airbrush is likely the biggest score since you grabbed that insane supply drop of plastic. The "group photo" is staggering. You do amazing work. Without doubt this is some of the absolute best in Necromunda terrain I've seen (anywhere, not just Dakka) and I know you can top even what you have done, especially now w/ that airbrush (such as the caution stripes- MAJOR improvement!)
Your construction skills and inspiration are impressive to say the least. The next level you are going to reach with terrain painting skill is going to put you way over the top.
just noticed your small hazard striped link button... cool idea!!!
and you make me grin so wide with you lil flame war... i tend to have some of these in RL very now and then... and when i have started something like that it is like having a hole in the teeth... you simply can´t stop with it...^^
HAHA Thanks Guys! The sliced rivets like to stick to the oil sheen on the blades, the makeup brush brings them to me I have just prepared a large skillet of potatoes and sausage and onions.
me likey... now all i have to do is get my terrain junk together and make something rivety to get that!... btw im still learning gimp too, as on my old computer back in PA had photoshop (I MISS YOU PS!!!) i gave that to my sister and i dont want to drop 700$ on it right now..
im quite suprised with how detailed they are, that they would only require minimum hole filliage.. cough cough galorn, im just waiting on my pay check.. cough cough
Rogue Wolves wrote:im quite suprised with how detailed they are, that they would only require minimum hole filliage.. cough cough galorn, im just waiting on my pay check.. cough cough
neil101 wrote:That bridge is brilliant mate , top class scratch building. really like your bolts too.
*hurhurhur*
that aside...galorn...very good work mate! the only thing that i cant see being used as is is the vents...the others you could always use as a form of weathered down terrain...
Those look great Galorn!, and Dave of course for the masters. The drain really came out great! It looks like it been stepped on and abused for several decades! Did you have to do anything for the drain? Like coat it in glue to keep the mold from going through the grill?
Yes, double that. This is the quality work that the LoER will be known for. Fantastic, and agreed, mission accomplished above and beyond the call of duty, Dave....
Thanks! ...but...I'm not even done with what I've started yet, nd I need more pieces, at least enough for a 4x4' table and enough variation. I am lacking energy tonight, work wiped me out today, and it was all in vain because of our colleagues in Switzerland. I haven't seen much of the world, I admit.. but the Swiss have got to be the most arrogant and inept people in the entire world.
Btb How goes progress on the building bitz I sent along? also did you notice the sheets of paper with "posters" on em? they weren't in the supply drop pic.
i pride myself of not knowing any swiss at all...nooo...that is a lie...not pride...
but then again... as i recall...your profession often brings you in contact with DAU´s... the dumbest available users...? so is it any wonder you seem to bump into these so frequently?...
maybe we sould send a good karma wave to dave... it is not a good thing for a mate to be all down because of such things... besides... take some warmth in your heart from the fact that these hillbillies (after all switzerland is next to all mountains...^^) are freezing their lil bums ...middle europe is frosty as can be atm... it is having -13° atm in the night... and my wife likes to sleep with an open window...no matter what...^^
No, the Swiss are our masters. I work for a certain Swiss insurance company. I work in IT, and when you work in IT, you MUST share information. You are just one person in a long line of persons who MUST do your job in order to fix problems. When one person in that line does not do their job, they feth up the whole thing. If the Swiss culture is to NOT share information, and that causes me to not be able to do my job then yeah, their culture sucks I don't really give a damn about their chocolate and watches, they don't know gak about IT.
Galorn, yeah I have the Brawndo logos here, Sorry I didn't post them, it's just that whenever there is any kind of paper on the workbench, it has a tendency to get subconsciously used for glue or otherwise gets ruined. So I had to immediatley put them on the computer desk, where they were promptly buried by more papers or books. I just checked, they are a-ok! - Along with the Nuka-cola templates Max sent me..nice and safe
BTW- being in IT gives me access to some choice stuff, that would otherwise get recycled so I have my own color laser printer You can always send me files. toner is expensive.
dsteingass wrote:No, the Swiss are our masters. I work for a certain Swiss insurance company. I work in IT, and when you work in IT, you MUST share information. You are just one person in a long line of persons who MUST do your job in order to fix problems. When one person in that line does not do their job, they feth up the whole thing. If the Swiss culture is to NOT share information, and that causes me to not be able to do my job then yeah, their culture sucks I don't really give a damn about their chocolate and watches, they don't know gak about IT.
Galorn, yeah I have the Brawndo logos here, Sorry I didn't post them, it's just that whenever there is any kind of paper on the workbench, it has a tendency to get subconsciously used for glue or otherwise gets ruined. So I had to immediatley put them on the computer desk, where they were promptly buried by more papers or books. I just checked, they are a-ok! - Along with the Nuka-cola templates Max sent me..nice and safe
BTW- being in IT gives me access to some choice stuff, that would otherwise get recycled so I have my own color laser printer You can always send me files. toner is expensive.
AH but you see I did not have that information before... (I'll bounce you all of the posters I've got)
May have to start putting together a gang myself.....
Do it... Seriously It's ALOT of fun. you could do a "cultist" themed gang... (as long as they're individual looking/ or named you should be good to go)
Here's the gang I converted up using mostly IG bits (they have all been "named" since the Pic was taken)
Viktor von Domm wrote:cool gang galorn...specially i would love to see that heavy on some better pics... seems i could nick some ideas there...
Its a VERY simple conversion. CSM legs and torso and Hvy Bolter arms (the ones with minimal "chaos" iconography, shaved off. Cadian head, Sentinel powerplant, and a set fo blank SM shoulderpads, with standard SM "termie" blank pads on top of those.)
dsteingass wrote:Yeah, I especially like the hats and coats man.
Thanks. The Sgt "patrol" cap, "boonie" hats and all goggles are GS.
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mxwllmdr wrote:Yes, the heavy, post some pics of that guy....
I'll have to dig em out (Ie find the case where they are... Easy enough. I'll get some more pics of em up later today.
Once you do, they will constantly send you catalogs in the mail, and the secret e-mail-only sales will help motivate you too
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Some good stuff here. I have been eyeing those metal forming pliers myself for quite some time in their catalog ..And that scriber tool! My scribed panel lines in plasticard tend to pile up around the scribe, when you drybrush it later, it shows up and irritates you- this tool claims to eliminate that problem....
dsteingass wrote:Once you do, they will constantly send you catalogs in the mail, and the secret e-mail-only sales will help motivate you too
Automatically Appended Next Post: Like THIS! just came today
Some good stuff here. I have been eyeing those metal forming pliers myself for quite some time in their catalog ..And that scriber tool! My scribed panel lines in plasticard tend to pile up around the scribe, when you drybrush it later, it shows up and irritates you- this tool claims to eliminate that problem....
yeah... skalk...that was a nice one... gotta problem with that....belgium? LOL....
and i got that email too dave... that powerpuch is one sick piece...and then i discovered the uppermost überteil at all...the mitermaster... that is on my tobiy list now... tho ebay is not as pricey as micromark on that item...
also the wood striper cutter is on my to buy list too...all in due time^^
lol... i read my book in our throne room... but for a good read i have to be alone in the house...with kids you always get disturbances...like when the two kiddies get it in their minds to start a racing with their neew built lego cars just in fron of the thronerooms door...that is so anoying... and on these moments they are totally deaf...^^
Had this email and several before (they are persistent ) I like the look of the hobby saw but I would not like the price of sending it to the UK
That catalogue has a few circled items left opened on the coffee table "hint hint" incase my love one wants to get me something I want for my birthday (doubt that though )
Nope, Rogue, no Death Star. I'm not really into everything they make for Star Wars, but once I get the Gold Leader Y-Wing I'll have a Death Star trench run shelf display- good enough for me
@ Vik- Yes, you're right- I don't really care for that EB forum at all, it seems impossible to even navigate. Nice pork rind bag lol
On the TIE fighter thread I posted there, some little dweeb kept hounding me right away to join his reviewer corps. It felt like he was some religious enthusiast hounding me to convert to "his way" of doing reviews...sometimes there is no nice way to just say "feth off you little fethstick" lol
I have always wanted to build them, but I would first need to order a supply of scale pipe fittings (elbows, Ts, etc.) from Plastruct to make them look right.
http://www.plastruct.com/picat/TUBING_FITTINGS_9.pdf
I don't already have them, because no place local stocks them, and for some reason, I want to be able to touch them, and push-fit them to styrene tubes before I order any. Strange, I know..
Woot!
Galorn's molds arrived today!
I am about to mix up some permastone and give them a try
Vik, you were right buddy!, I should have made another triangle master. Because I didn't listen, there is now that sore, wasted mold space to remind me of my mistake
It says 20-30 mins, but I wait an hour or more to pop them out, then they are still not bone-dry enough to paint or glue until they sit overnight, But I can cast every hour or so safely, I could probably demold after 40 mins, but I am afraid
Nice link there did not know they did all that in Plastruct range great pieces and loads of potential, Those moulds have cleaned up well and the detail is sharp nice job.
Have to say Dave you could have got 3 more triangles in that mould what a waste
De mould 1 part after 40 mins and see how it turns out
Holy crap airbrushes speed up terrain painting.... I'm about 70 percent done with around 10 tables worth of Hills, and other assorted terrain... Damn I should have picked up one sooner.
I've had one for around three months just touched it today (thanks for helping me get over my own internal anxiety about it Dave)
dsteingass wrote:Nope, Rogue, no Death Star. I'm not really into everything they make for Star Wars, but once I get the Gold Leader Y-Wing I'll have a Death Star trench run shelf display- good enough for me
thats what we call in the business an answer to an earlier post...;P
the molds look really good...the minor issues with the miscasts i think could be solevd with aplying detals later on? so a more simpler mold would solve this i guess...or am i in the wrong here? casting is a riddle still for me? would another casting substance...resin for instance work out differently?
by the way... the plain pieces would be the ones that for me i would probably be the most interesting to me anyway... you can only have so many hatches and gutters on a certain area...
I was wondering if maybe resin would be a better option to cast the more intricate detail ?
Other wise they have come out well, is the missing detail all air bubbles or is some of it down to parts getting stuck in the mould , if thats the case maybe some kind of realising agent might help
Any chance slapping some paint on a couple to see how they paint up
lone dirty dog wrote:Galorn@ Yes your scenery kicks ass and now you have combined forces with Dave it can only get better after all 2 minds are just dangerous ……….
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
dsteingass wrote:
LoD, Roadwarriors were my Favorite wrestlers growing up...
lone dirty dog wrote:I was wondering if maybe resin would be a better option to cast the more intricate detail ?
Other wise they have come out well, is the missing detail all air bubbles or is some of it down to parts getting stuck in the mould , if thats the case maybe some kind of realising agent might help
Any chance slapping some paint on a couple to see how they paint up
It's possible, Resin and Dentalstone/gypsum products behave differently. also using a surfactant (such as "wet water" from hirst arts) as a flow aid might help as well.
Viktor von Domm wrote:thats what we call in the business an answer to an earlier post...;P
the molds look really good...the minor issues with the miscasts i think could be solved with applying details later on? so a more simple mold would solve this i guess...or am i in the wrong here? casting is a riddle still for me? would another casting substance...resin for instance work out differently?
by the way... the plain pieces would be the ones that for me i would probably be the most interesting to me anyway... you can only have so many hatches and gutters on a certain area...
Edited for typos. answered Question above... Now no more rest for me BWArrrrg Back to work...
Galorn@ Yes, nice work and 100% commitment though you may need to restock on the red bull with that much to do, I ma happy if I sculpt an arm or leg in the day but to build that much terrain hats of to you sir
I thought that a realising agent might help with the de moulding but was not sure as it being plaster (only worked with resin) but great job on those moulds they are tops
lone dirty dog wrote:Galorn@ Yes, nice work and 100% commitment though you may need to restock on the red bull with that much to do, I ma happy if I sculpt an arm or leg in the day but to build that much terrain hats of to you sir
I thought that a realising agent might help with the de moulding but was not sure as it being plaster (only worked with resin) but great job on those moulds they are tops
"wet water" is just water + "jet dry". (to break surface tension and allow the gypsum particles to flow better.)
Dave, the panels look great. How many more square inches do you need to do, though? I think you have a large need for dental stone, hehe.......
Making a mold from a resin pieces would require a serious release agent. I wouldn't trust anything that wasn't made specifically for the purpose because if it goes wrong not only would the mold be bad but the piece in it would be ruined when you had to chisel it out......
This should be fine, just dab some PVC glue around it, and paint the glue green and yellow when it dries, and it will look like toxic sludge has eaten away at the metal!
Thanks guys! -The issue with the vent not casting properly is only my fault, it is in the fault of the design. It is a lesson that I will learn when I make the next set of masters. It's all about gravity and viscosity when pouring the permastone. My vent design actually encourages air bubbles in those recesses, and prevents the liquid plaster from filling the void. I may try some off-the-shelf casting resin soon, I'm sure it will be much stronger in those thin areas, but I'm afraid the way I designed the vent will still prevent the resin from filling those voids properly. Unless I have some sort of centrifuge to force casting material into all the nether-regions, the vent will unfortunately act the same.
The tiles are looking good not to bad at all miner faults but it is all a learning curve, I don't know if it would help but when I did some resin casting i used to use a small hammer just to tap the side of the mould a few times after pouring in the resin.
This is not perfect by all means but released a lot of the air bubbles reducing the amount of holes in the cast, some people make small vibrating tables to agitate the bubbles to the surface might work with plaster but not sure.
Any chance of some paint on them to give us more of an idea of finished look
Hmelrose wrote:
Have you any experience making moulds from resin model pieces? Is it the same?
largely, although IP issues might arise depending on how the resultant mold is intended to be used.
These would only be for personal use.
Before the extreme right and extreme left folks start sounding off, understand the following.
Making copies of someone else's models is counterfeiting and under US law it is illegal even if you only intend to use them for personal use. Some feel this is morally wrong and some don't.
Also in the US we have just had a scare with the SOPA and PIPA bills which fortunately did not pass "yet" with those bills hanging out in the house/senate consider how they interact with this scenario. Dakka is a website that GW or the IP owner of other resin models could force a shut down of without the standard kind of due process we are used to having here in the US. So many people running websites and forums have been extra jumpy when IP violations get mentioned.
That having been said check out my blog, there are a couple of mold making and casting tutorials. Feel free to contact me if you need advice.
Hey, Dave, for resin casting where bubbles is a problem what you could do is get an old toy that has a rumble motor and build it into a small Plasti-card box with a battery pack and switch. When you are filling the mold you place this box under your mold and turn it on for the vibration effect..... I intend to build on when I finally get funding approval for serious resin casting from the household commander.....
dsteingass wrote:Hopefully paint tomorrow. I tap them with a screwdriver handle after pouring.
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Tell you what, you start a thread, and I'll paint them
Blackmail another fine art you are excelling in what happened to Dakka Karma
Well I almost started one last night (almost caved under the pressure) but had a couple more beers and thought a 5th and 6th would be a better idea instead
Then fell asleep in the chair woke up around 3 in the morning to some really bad TV
I would but I am waiting for my new suit to be delivered for the 3rd time as the first was water damaged the second they only brought half of the corner unit and the other half was another suit completely different and not even a corner unit and now they will be turning up any time today (with what I have no idea).
On the plus side I will be given compo so maybe some new mini's coming my way
But I promise it will appear very soon what use it will be I have no idea
Automatically Appended Next Post: Now stop busting my balls and paint them tiles I have nothing to do but check here till they turn up …. and before you say it if I start it now they will arrive
Yes I could but I would have to go get the camera take pics load them up write some witty banter and so on …. when I can just sit here watch what you lot are doing and take a ball busting instead no competition
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As for those cast they do still work just paint them yes paint them with a real rusty effect and they will look good after all this is the under world so I am sure it is infested with toxic corrosive material and waste …...
NOW PAINT THE DAM THINGS !!!!!! I AM CHARGING THE CAMERA ASWE SPEAK AND DIGGING OUT SOME OLD STUFF JUST TO SHOW !!!!!!!!!!!! YOU AND OK
Aw wow awesome blog! I saw your ruined vending machine in the Gallery a week or so back...the rest of this is truely epic stuff...building the Underhive, I wouldn't even know where to begin!
My new suit arrived and snow is pouring form the heavens above, but all is well so now I will eat and take some pictures and start a bloody blog ……..
Now back to the task in hand will these pieces get a splash of paint just so everyone else can see ( just thinking of the others ) and looking forward to the test run of resin and see how it turns out
Hey, Dave, I bought the same type of resin. If you mix it wrong you can get flexible pieces. I found out by accident so don't ask what the ratio is. And as for the MIA Rivets, well, we have faith that you can put them back on.......
nearly two pages worth of text to wade through.... you know what dave...? your thread is one of the few i never dared to scroll through... you know what that means... too much that could fly by my attention... so i keep focused...
that two frames...yummy how much precision work you can put into your constructions...
by the way, still no word from the posting system regarding the chop-it... thought i keep you infromed...
now you are facing even resin... you must have balls the size of an elephant...nothing can keep you from learning and achieving... *shudders in respect*
LOL... whats that? you and LDD having a lil threadbirth war going on?...lol...but it is high time that LDD gets to drink some of his own medicine...^^
i cross fingers for your new resin involved tryouts!
cheers, vik
Automatically Appended Next Post: oh...auto appended post.... you even put the floors inplce already...looking good!
well resin for one thing is something that i don´t want to attempt...i have no extra place to cast that...resin being still talked about as being something that might induce cancer...that is for now a definite no go for me... want to see my kids getting parents at least... so i have to be up and about...^^
Viktor von Domm wrote:ROFL... yep i expect that would hurt^^...
well resin for one thing is something that i don´t want to attempt...i have no extra place to cast that...resin being still talked about as being something that might induce cancer...that is for now a definite no go for me... want to see my kids getting parents at least... so i have to be up and about...^^
be sure to protect you well too!
WHAT!!! cancer mind you everything gives you cancer these days does it not
That frame is looking pretty sharp there Dave nice use of both set squares for a moment I thought you were building football posts necromunda football now there would be a game …………….drifted for a moment it's looking good but is it strong enough to hold the weight or you going to add extra support and will you be adding any detail to the undersides ?
Automatically Appended Next Post: No war it is coming it is just taking its time
That frame is as good as welded, but yes, I will add more details. Yeah, everything gives you cancer nowadays, so I guess drinking tap water and pouring resin can both kill you if you do it enough
so I guess drinking tap water and pouring resin can both kill you if you do it enough
that is, what we in the trade call "drowning"...lol
well for underside detail i only would suggest some low hanging cables... nothing too fancy...that amount of work would be better invested in new buildings!
Dave glad to hear that don't want it collapsing during gaming and crushing some innocent by stander now, we know what you Yanks are like for a claim "wheres theres blame theres a claim" …… Your tap water is that bad
Viktor von Domm wrote:
so I guess drinking tap water and pouring resin can both kill you if you do it enough
that is, what we in the trade call "drowning"...lol
well for underside detail i only would suggest some low hanging cables... nothing too fancy...that amount of work would be better invested in new buildings!
I was not meaning to make it a work of art now Vik lol just a little detail thats all
..I am just making this up as I go, btw. I have a general idea of how I want it to look, but really no plan how to get there yet.
I really didn't think the support part through when I glued together the floor panels, but I think it'll pass for something industrial when it is done.
dsteingass wrote:Yep, but you can't paint it until it's done now can you?
Just realized if you off with that triangle piece on each level, you can add a neat lift that would stand away from the building partially if its a full square. Might look nice on a future building, I wouldn't touch the one there though, why when you can make moaaar!
Automatically Appended Next Post: you could magnetize the lift deck do it can jump up levels..... yea yea hahaha!
Automatically Appended Next Post: Maybe the larger rectangle would be even better?
That's fantastic, I love that the floors are all separated by hatches...
The only gripe I have is that the underside has no detail, but that's very minor, and no-one would really care much in-game....
Are you going to do any kind of frame or safety-cage around the outside of the ladders? - I know 'elf 'n' safety isn't very high on an underhiver's list of priorities, but I don't think I've ever seen it done to this scale... Might look pretty cool....
HA underside needs detail see told you so …… how about some pie work and hinges easy to bug that together and stick on those ladders are great good way to bulk them out as well have to ask the balance feet on them did you them on your chopper to get them all the same size and neat if yes I am getting one of those as the one I have is crap and the blade bends as you cut and the shape is uneven and doing it by hand is worst
I like the idea of putting hatches on the under side that would be cool if not a bit pointless but cool.
I'm really liking this tower man! The loose wires is exxerlant, love the ladders too! This has got to be one of your best works so far! Keep it up mate! Loving your work man!
I was only gone for the weekend, Dave! I come back and have 4 pages of comments and a completed (minus paint), super detailed sweet piece of terrain. Someone's been busy
That my friend is a beautiful set of terrain. I envy your work.
Now about that lift idea...
I think it would be easier to do than you think. Locate a childs hot wheels or similar play structure with an automotive repair shop theme and reverse engineer or even use the car lift with crank for your terrain piece.
wow...yesterday went the boring path and stayed glued to the telly...and this is what i have missed out on...wonderful new set is coming along oh so nice!
the cables alone were a nice touch... but then you toped it all by creating that wonderfull ladder... truly ace!!! and all that fiddly detailwork there! and i just love the gargoyles! nice! now we need pressmoulds of these to replace every damn skull of 40k into nice and smiley gargoyels...^^
by the way... forgive a mere behind the moon german his ignorance...but why the giants hate? i always thought everyone liked NY...doesn´t that aply to football?
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checked it too...^^
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Capitansolstice wrote:Yes Dave... The dark side beckons, we have welding torches
and cookies
Every piece you do seems to get better, if that's possible at this point. The ladder is amazing and perfect, and all the other fiddly bitz that add scale and character really complete the "whole". I love how you're using the cast plates, I've thought about doing that before and now that I've seen it done I'm much more inclined to get back into casting and give this a go (question though- how heavy is it? Are you using plaster or Hydrocal? If you answered this already sorry, I have to catch up 3-4 pages every time I'm going for a day or 2.)
Simply stunning every time you do a project. I stand by every compliment I've offered so far, this thread is some of the best Necromunda work I've ever seen.
I am using Permastone, available at Michael's for about $8 a can - which is identical to the dental plaster that Galorn uses, except it is a shade of white brighter in dye.
I also sourced some of his dental plaster, I can get it for $50 for a 50 pound box, a lot cheaper, but heavy, so not sure about shipping cost. My dentist says he can get it for me if I want to save on shipping.
i too have considered to ask my dentist a long time ago to ask him for where i might be able to get that dentist plaster...but i then felt too embarresed to do so...
dsteingass wrote:Naa, once you get through the awkward explanation of "why" you want some, it's not so bad. It also helps if you take care of his PCs and servers too
lol... unfortunatly i am a d.a.u. so not an option for me^^
hmmm....well you still have all your limbs and your pinky toes and fingers attached... so i think you are a lucky one... also you have your keep(h)er ^^ so who is to say you are not the lucky one?
BAM... you always drop something on our posts.... one minute we are happily rambling around about fortune and cookies and then BAAAAAMMMM you drop a building on us... what friend does that? well a good one that is^^
HAHA! Wow, fast reads!! Yep, preparing for airbrushing- still haven't decided on a color yet. I picked up some RAL German WW2 airbrush colors.
BTW, my GF gets all the credit for the ladder design- she rightly pointed out that I had glued the hatch pieces in backwards for the ladder to be on the outside, and she suggested it being inside like it is
masked stuff
After much internal anguish, I have decided that the tread plate must match that of the rest of the set, rusty metal color.
And thus this will be green otherwise- pleanty of blue buildings atm.
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dsteingass wrote:I just don't think i'd ever use 50 lbs of plaster before it got moisture in it and got ruined.
As long as you aren't storing it it a swamp you should be fine. If your area is a bit... moist... purchase a 5gal sealable bucket and store the dental stone in that. It should fit in quite snugly. (The 5gal bucket storage system is what ive done and ive had no issuez with degradation of the quality of the dental stone.
