Rogue Wolves wrote:sorry there vik, no picks of it, but i can make a basic diagram of what i did in paint if you wish?

i bet that would be a good start for me! thanks in advance so to say

dsteingass wrote:That's really cool Vik! You're a minifig customizer now!

well i was quilty of that for years in my mind^^

by the way... we recently went to the fleamarket and i found a lego tiger tank... i never even bithered to ask for the price...heck that seller wanted around 5 €s for a chewie mini...

this was basicaly what i did for him, although unfortinatly he owned the little ironman handblastes, so those i didnt make (but this didnt take me long to make, and it cost me nothing)

Nice start Vik and considering the size of the shaper it's coming on well, as I mentioned earlier with the sizes of shapers I would have used a smaller one for this (should have sent a smaller one as well )

The larger one was for larger areas of GS really (hence chest of knight ) but for this size of model and using that one you have done well, when building chest sections I start with the basic shape of the torso pecks area ect.

Then later after the first section is dried I build up the six peck and define the muscle definition, this is why I do it in sections as you can alter or ruin detail thats finished when trying to create all the structure in one sitting.

Nice job and cant wait to see how this turns out later

261 is cooler, Iron Man is up here.

n0t_u wrote:261 is cooler, Iron Man is up here.

lol indeed^^ we´ll see about if this will be made in reality soon...

Rogue Wolves wrote:this was basicaly what i did for him, although unfortinatly he owned the little ironman handblastes, so those i didnt make (but this didnt take me long to make, and it cost me nothing)

thanks RW... that was quick and helpful... the helmet would give me a little bit of problem atm tho as i have no visor atm i could use ...any idea how to start that helmet problem?

lone dirty dog wrote:Nice start Vik and considering the size of the shaper it's coming on well, as I mentioned earlier with the sizes of shapers I would have used a smaller one for this (should have sent a smaller one as well ) no need my friend!!! i really like the size of that shaper... i dunno if for my current skill a smaller one would be OTT... also i am always in fear of tearing or ripping the silicon tip apart due to too much pressure...anyone has some expierience of how much pressure is too much?

The larger one was for larger areas of GS really (hence chest of knight ) but for this size of model and using that one you have done well, when building chest sections I start with the basic shape of the torso pecks area ect.

Then later after the first section is dried I build up the six peck and define the muscle definition, this is why I do it in sections as you can alter or ruin detail thats finished when trying to create all the structure in one sitting.

yep...i am totally agreeing here with you but sometimes i can´t restrain myself and keep going further... tho that always cramps my hands as you then have to hold the mini in quite akward poses and this makes your hand to be like vicelike grips and you can maintain that grip only for so long...

the main skill i have to develop is how to actually use the shaper... how to move him...stabbing /swivveling/ pushing/ pulling and whatnot...

Nice job and cant wait to see how this turns out later

I made Brotherhood of Steel armor for my son once for Halloween. I will find a photo for you. I am also gonna make either Halo or Deadspace armor for him this year. Although he is thinking maybe he wants Space Marine Armor.

suffer not the unclean to live! purge the witch!
son no don't shoot people with your bolt pistol and chainsword no

Make them out of nerf guns, it's over used but they can shoot traitors. Bonus points if you paint the darts.

a bolter version for both of my kids is in the plans for quite some time now... i need to get this one started soon... i dream of raiding a playground together with my sons and see all those shocked faces of more "honorable" parents...

max...that would be cool...looking forward to that...!

son no don't shoot people with your bolt pistol and chainsword no

at fatty...i am more the father that looks sternly at my kid if he points with the naked finger... pointing with the boltpistol would be no tpoblem for me i guess^^

hahaha. a friend of mine has a costume with a larp chain sword, and a nerf bolt pistol with colored darts. and a FO leather armour

hmm vik any kind of old hat, helmet, or maybie even headband... you could also try a bandana, might work and be less tight then trying the headband
@max damn you gotta lucky kid, i would have loved to get some nice armor, as i would have never got out of it

hmmm... tomorrow is set for a fleamarket tour...so i will keep an eye out (sorry for that pun RW) for a suitable headgear^^

and yep... such a piece of armor would have made my day as a kid too... heck i would love to have that even now^^

speaking of... i own a self made strider like costume with selfmade leather boots made by my wife^^

^dont worry vik this pun is in good taste trying to make a costume!
strider costume... nice! i have a barbarien costume, as more of a joke... but uh... yea its odd

all loincloth ans bearfur? lol...together with a giant club^^ or what?

well to my costume i made a larp useable shiled... a round one and i wield sting...the LotR sword/dagger of frodo...

i have to see if i have a pic somewere in full gear...

The idea of RW in a loincloth is making my dinner want to reappear...

LOL...

loin cloth.. yes... battle harness... yes... dear antler's/animal furs... yes... club no, GIANT sword yes!

... I leave you alone for 1 day...

Rogue Wolves wrote:loin cloth.. yes... battle harness... yes... dear antler's/animal furs... yes... club no, GIANT sword yes!

But the club, it completes it.

lol no no,more of a primaitve norse then a caveman

Rogue Wolves wrote:lol no no,more of a primaitve norse then a caveman

I was convinced you lived in a cave though

they are alergic to soap nevertheless^^

ehh probibly..
@ldd, i wouldnt be smart enough to hook up internet in a cave, otherwise i would


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lol i just saw someone who's avatar was that ^ caveman picture

That's Captain Caveman, way before my time by at least a decade.

at RW... i git coincidally a friendship request from a chap here after that pic was posted...???^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:also i am always in fear of tearing or ripping the silicon tip apart due to too much pressure...anyone has some expierience of how much pressure is too much?

I've never had any problems with mine. Mine aren't so old, but I've pushed the limit on the window of opportunity for workable GS, and haven't had any issues. I think it depends a bit on your technique as well, though. I'd be more worried about it detaching from the handle than the silicone tearing...

ok...but that too would make the tool useless...


by the way... have you ever thought about trying too use a silicon tipped kitchen tool like:



for sculpting uses?

that is an idea that is spooking in my mind for quite some time...

Viktor von Domm wrote:ok...but that too would make the tool useless...

Yeah, but you'd have to be putting an aweful lot of pressure on it to accomplish that I think...

Viktor von Domm wrote:by the way... have you ever thought about trying too use a silicon tipped kitchen tool like:

for sculpting uses?
that is an idea that is spooking in my mind for quite some time...

How big of a sculpting project you planning, Vik?
I've never tried trimming down silicone and how it handles said process, but it has certainly crossed my mind. I've debated trimming some of the never used shapes into smaller versions of the shapes that I do use a lot, but never had the guts

well...actually i thought about going to use it for ground work on the knights body for starters... cutting it up...well the tips at least would then be later still usable on small scale...

also there are these silicon "bristled" brushes for baking and stuff... the bristles also could be used for this sculpting effort...




i know i sound like a miser here... but honestly it isn´t for me the amount of money atm but rather the challange to find other means to an end...

Vik you are taking you're scavenging abilities to the extreme

So your green stuffing lego now mate.. it will be bionicles next

ah neil ...you are way behind... already scavanged bioncles for the knight^^

and yes LDD...why ever stop...for a sincere conquerer there is no last frontier...er i meant to say modeler...i really ment to say that...^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:well...actually i thought about going to use it for ground work on the knights body for starters... cutting it up...well the tips at least would then be later still usable on small scale...

also there are these silicon "bristled" brushes for baking and stuff... the bristles also could be used for this sculpting effort...




i know i sound like a miser here... but honestly it isn´t for me the amount of money atm but rather the challange to find other means to an end...

Those bristles could also probably be turned into rivets easily when you're done with it.

Yup, like Rogue's (I think) rod-cutting rivet thing

just noticed that the "beat this unit" thread is a popular chain thread made in may 2010, and is still only 9 pages ahead of this thread made in 2011, basically a dozen or so guys talking about rivets

at shrike... lol


at not_u... yup nothing gets wasted for the hobby^^

Also, found this:



I think Klaus, not Santa has belittled your airship somewhat, better finish it, quick, eh? *hint hint*

go to Klaus, not Santa's website, he is a scratch building GOD!

Link please, didn't know he has his own site!

i have the body of a god.... to bad the god is Buddha......

(i know Buddha isn't a god)

Hahhaha fatty

Are you calling him that for his username or for his comment?

A little bit of both

No really he is a god ……. and his stuff is amazing he encouraged me to scratch build after seeing his work

lone dirty dog wrote:No really he is a god ……. and his stuff is amazing he encouraged me to scratch build after seeing his work

Hahahha




Shamless self promotion
Please go check out my blog, I just got the first update
(link in my sig )

shrike wrote:Also, found this:



I think Klaus, not Santa has belittled your airship somewhat, better finish it, quick, eh? *hint hint*

That is epic...

Yes, but that's not an Airship. That's a Flying Ship. There's a difference.

Yes and Viks is better....

mxwllmdr wrote:Yes and Viks is better....

Well to be fair you cant say that until its finished " cough " hint hint " cough "

ohoh...i wouldn´t wnat to be messing with ole Klaus... (he is german after all and might be living near me^^ so better not make him angry...you never know who migt end up on your doorstep^^)

and well klaus stuff ranges on the superhuman stuff i have to say... i have seen numerous projects of his and always mindblowing to say the least...

and well... my own airship...argh...yeah... hopefully one day it sees more work...

thanks max for the laurels^^

and fatty... that was cool yet funny too^^


as for the knight...well... sculpted a bit further on the torso ribcage... but i seem to have some serious issues to get that part anywhere symetric... i definatly stick for such big projects next time more to PC and cardboard than sculpting materials...

tho i worked on it some more i still deem it not picworthy... maybe in the evening night after some more shaping up work i get some pics for you...

You are welcome...



Cause it's true.......

The knight's looking good vik, considerable progress since I last saw it, head and legs looking great. That was about 30 pages back by the way

Nice start to the lego hulk too - nice to see you expanding into gs after your sucess with plasticard. That was about 5 pages back by the way


Thanks for keeping things slow while I was off, but feel free to pick the pace up again now

thanks monkey^^ i try to be of service to you^^

as for max...

sorry guys ...promised some updates but i was a couchpotato that evening... we wathced one of my favorite shows atm...terra nova... dinosaurs and automatic guns... well what is not to be liked with a mix like that?^^

but i have high hopes for more work to be done tomorrow on oth fresh projects...

by the way... jake...whenever your steampunk guns may arrive in the future... i have already made up a plan to use them with some wargames factory greatcoat bodies i have... now i just need to find suitable looking arms and heads to go as well... or your nice skullheads

Vik, not sure when those might go out. Sorry, there have been...delays....Soon I hope!

And yes, I already have some heads I will be sending to you.

no rush mate... i just typed this to share my thoughts regarding the steampunk guns of yours... they are spooking in my head for quite some time now^^

I just had to Bump this...a WHOLE day with no one posting here? I thought it might be one of the signs of the rapture!

The first sign was the death of the Gate Keeper...Dick Clark....We're screwed this year.

....oh no.. well get your ZDF gear ready, its staaaarting!

It's ready. I got my Zombie Preparedness Bag in the closet. I'd take it to work with me, but I can't have guns at work.

cant.... or shouldnt

Can't legally....It's a government building....They don't do searches though...I could at least sneak a pistol in in my lunchbag! Shhhhhhh

lol, maybie you can tape it to your face and pass it off as facial hair..

Hmmmmm. No too big for that.

oh ok, well im all out of ideas... except for one, but im sure that if your weapon is too big for facial hair, its too big to fit ... in there... so we'll just stick with leaving it where it is



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now all the tools in the secret compartment of the Derango are just for cars i swear!... the medikit and hatchet are there just for show.....

Well, I only live a mile away from work, so I should be able to get home quick enough.

good... good... *darth sidius voice of course*

I think we should start a thread... all about zombie prep and survival! I would gladly show you all my BOB

now while i dont have the guns i would like, i do have alot more that that in my arsenal!! hehehehe... but i have alot of airsoft guns to threaten any human unwilling enough to cooperate..

More than what?

I think he was refering to your BOB.

im not quite sure... if i think before i talk, its much less entertaining

Oh, well I have guns too, well A gun more specifically, but I would bet my life on it and more, She's my baby.


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@ Jake... Its kind of scary that dick clark died...

thats a scary sight, a 14year old with a gun, i'd trust you more with a semitruck


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Capitansolstice wrote:
@ Jake... Its kind of scary that dick clark died...

buut buut....

I wouldn't... I stink at driving stick, and plus all of those gears... I probably wouldn't make it past 5th

lol


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what kind of weapon do you have btw?

Semis aren't too bad. A lot to learn though. Yeah, I think the world just might end this year.

ehh we'll see there RSJake... we'll see

Rem. 870 20 gauge, vented 18 inch bird barrel, ghost ring sights, choates mag extension, Sometimes a mesa tactical stock, but not currently, sling, and an 18 inch fully rifled slug, with the factory picatanny rail for my nikon P-223

you hunt, or target shoot?

Either or, sometimes if there are ex-millitary at the range, I'll even do breaching courses with them. I like target shooting, but nothing beats the thrill of hitting a deer at 75 yards out!
How about you?

mostly targets, many of my freinds from back in PA are big hunters, always wanted to go with them but when i was younger my dad (who was in military) didnt really enjoy that stuff all too much, and by the time i could go with my freinds it was too late

Aww, that stinks. Hunting can be fulfilling, but lots of the time its waiting and being silent...

^beats fishing, at least i gotta gun

Marlin 30.06 (Hit a buck 2 years ago at 450 yards. I had a guy with a range finder with me or I would completely missed.)

And several 12 Ga. Shotguns. One is a triple barrel. Two 12 Ga. Barrels over a 30.06. I call her Bessy Mae.

Not a big fisher though....I try but I stink.

to be honest, i went fishing with a bunch of guys... i ended up playing with the knives the whole time, while 1 outta the 10 guys just kept getting fish after fish within minutes.... i dont think thats how its supposed to work


... lol i knew a chick named Mae...

RSJake wrote:Marlin 30.06 (Hit a buck 2 years ago at 450 yards. I had a guy with a range finder with me or I would completely missed.)

Overachiever... How about you rogue?

... ... sadly only assorted airsoft rifles and such, although once i move out of this rather cramped neigborhood into a nice rancher, i think i may be finaly getting my peice


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well if i want to keep up my natural italian overeating lifestyle, i need to go exersise a bit, i'll be back soon though chaps

Rogue Wolves wrote:... ... sadly only assorted airsoft rifles and such, although once i move out of this rather cramped neigborhood into a nice rancher, i think i may be finaly getting my peice

Airsoft is fun! You should just get a .22 for now. I've always wanted this one, and the price is appealing http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=mossberg+.22+ar&hl=en&rlz=1C1TSND_enUS413US421&prmd=imvns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&ion=1&biw=1366&bih=667&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=12183633263917664649&sa=X&ei=ELaYT6WkKqia6QGH5_HABg&ved=0CEQQ8wIwAA

oh dont worry i have a fully modified M4 that shoots.. well really fast, i used that one when we played in this old abandoned factory/buisness complex

Well, I will say I'm a decent shot, but I'm not the best hunter. I can't stand sitting and waiting for the deer, and I am too clumsy to sneak up on one. I like shooting while resting the rifle on the hood of the truck.

thats how its done! i dont wear trucker hats for no reasons!


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its a shame that i never went hunting, my father won some awards for being the best shot in his platoon, and im not a bad shot myslef (despite being half blind ) ... hmmmm

You should try it Rogue!


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new page!

^ i set you up for that one, your welcome.....
btw seeing as your all american, and im excited... any of you follow NHL????

Well, that's it for me, see you all tomorrow!

see ya!

Yes I do

good good.. which team??

Hawks
Thou?

You guys are crazy.....



Hockey sucks.....



















Just kidding......











Or am I?

Or are you?

Hey nOt_u, funny video about the duel. Is it me or did the french men's helm resemble a frog just a little bit?

oh mxw... dont you dare! btw i saw this thing on the street in the shape of your avatar... i think its odd that when i see a pyramid of 3 circles i think of a person i never met...

Yeh it does look like a frog, I think it was intentional.

Rogue Wolves wrote: im not quite sure... if i think before i talk, its much less entertaining

that got you a sig quote^^

well mates...hopefully the end is not nigh...i still have plans for after new years eve^^

as for how this thread has been abondoned by me...well i was trying myself out in sculpting recently...later today i will present my first three new thingies...so better stay tuned^^

don´t get me wrong...but here in germany only i know of some nutcases that go hunting... that might be completly different in the states tho...

and tho i am a total carnivore by heart i could never kill an animal for any reason than selfprotection...


see ya

Looking forward to it Vik!

As for hunting, it's a lot easier to kill animals than you might think. Well, at least when you are trying to put food on the table for your family. And let me tell you...rabbit, is Deeee-licious!

On the end of the world. The world may not actually end. But it might be the end of an era. Like the end of the "computer age" and the start of the "Zombie age". We might still be around, if we are fast enough, and don't mind killing some brain dead Z monsters! Just watch your back, keep weapons nearby if not on your person, and try to get your hands on a shark-proof suit.

Cause the sharks can go on land in this apocalyptic scenario?

Cause sharkbite suits protect from zombie bites as well.....

Of course I'd over complicate it.

Thanks Max! I just assumed everyone had read every thread on Dakka.

It was discussed some time ago that those suits would be good Zombie protection. Of course, living in the mountains, I'm not sure where I could get one....

I think Motorcycle riding gear would work too, right? At least until I can get to a scuba shop.

I'm not a big fond of animal hunting too, though humans are not animals... Err, I mean, zombies, yes, zombies...

Well being in the mountains you wouldn't really need to worry about them as much. It'll probably be easier just to not get bitten there. Suit's probably heavy as well.

Yeah, but you have to go into town for re-supply from time to time. Just trying to think ahead. I do have a motorcycle jacket, and thick work pants. I should be alright for small skirmishes...

And when I get my tank up and running in a few weeks (hopefully), I'll have a good Mobile Zombie Defence Command Post.



Well, I might be OK for a while when Z-day hits.

n0t_u wrote:Cause the sharks can go on land in this apocalyptic scenario?

Apparently they can, at least in the 41stmillenium.

Cyber land-sharks! of course!

Stuffl just got serious!

hover-sharks, looks like.

ishkatar wrote:

they see me rollin' they hattin'
for sure they all think i am too white and cybi
i am to white and cybi

fatty wrote:

ishkatar wrote:

they see me rollin' they hattin'
for sure they all think i am too white and cybi
i am to white and cybi

A Great White

Yall are wierd....

to prevent further derailing with more sharks...by the way... does yon sharksuit for zombie protection cover the face too? and if you have wilder z´s to fend off...what about tearing of your own limbs???


here is an update of my current works...

courtesy to not_U as he made me try out my own lil bit of demon sculting... i see them as a little flock of goey demons...

they are made from clay...the leged one is also made with a wireskeleton...the rest tho is not...

then i added after the clay was dry some PVA for the small goey snottey look...














think this is worth some more work for even more smallish demons?

vik

Me likey......

thanks max^^

...they're so cute!

awww.... cute lil' daemons!

thanks shrike, that was the main goal here...

my son recently went to a brthday party and got a small sheat of rub on tattoos...which looked like these... and where the inspiration for these three clay-mons^^








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thanks cap^^

Evil and cute!

that´s what they are...

Reminds me of these little guys:

reminds me of these

Nice start, El Vic! Cuties they are, in some creepy way

shrike and dave... i will take your flashback ideas to heart and they will flow into my next minis i think!!!


and dave...those plush looking monsters i still remember from my own sesamstreet times!!!

Yup, yup, yupyupyupyup -Me too!

Henson and Oz were the dynamic duo!
.>With their voices, they could turn socks into all kinds of crazy gak!

i must have seen many of those sketches...always something very special and i bet they tried to make the show also entertaining for parents watching as well... few childrenshows try to do that!

lol vik i love those globby daemons, i used to make stuff like that when i was younger ... btw im never disapointed when not U posts... lol sharks on land

btw vik, being that i never hunted, even though i want to.... i think i'd be ok with killing a deer, seeing as back in the home town in PA we had deer hunting seasons just because their population was waay to big, so not entirely useless, but i still cant go to pet stores or watching those animal commericials without wanting them, so i am a bit soft for animals for a guy who likes guns and hockey but thats alright

Man, I loved the new Muppets movie. I good friend of my wife and I used to work with the Henson Muppet Factory back in the early 90s........

Perfect little nurglings.

mxwllmdr wrote:Man, I loved the new Muppets movie.

Yeah, it was pretty good... very nostalgic, though I probably didn't get all of the jokes, being in this generation sucks
Though I admit, I did facepalm when they "performed" smells like teen spirit ^^

hey mates...!

currently i have three more cuty-mons or rather nurglish globbies on the desk curing/drying... when they don´t shine so much i take some pics for ye!

as for the love for gun/animals/hockey... i am totally with you... tho the mix of those i couldn´t do with the best part in icehockey is that after a really hard tackle the blood remains on the ice for everyone as a warning to be seen...that is the best part of the game!!!

But animal hockey has to at least be more exciting than animal football.

lol... i suppose so^^

there is not many a things that a hockey racket wouldn´t make better^^

I used to be quite good at hockey... until the ice and physical side of it started...

shrike wrote:I used to be quite good at hockey... until the ice and physical side of it started...

er...??? i thought that was the whole point of the game? violence and so on?


anyways...

picupdate.. three new fresh and cute nurgle demons...

all six together drwoned by the flash...




and without...


lurch


huggy


slob





and furthermore i want to present a little of my own lego design i recently did...a steampunk stilt-walker...





cheers, vik

Viktor von Domm wrote:

shrike wrote:I used to be quite good at hockey... until the ice and physical side of it started...

er...??? i thought that was the whole point of the game? violence and so on?

I'm a good shot when it comes to passing and shooting in hockey, and am agile enough to move around, but I can't ice skate to save my life and I'm the weakest guy ever. So when we did (non-physical) hockey with a ball and on concrete/wood, I was amazing, but when we did it with contact, I was screwed

Viktor von Domm wrote:and furthermore i want to present a little of my own lego design i recently did...a steampunk stilt-walker...
cheers, vik

Love the walker, vik!
"I say, that man tried to RPG me! Bad show."

the last bit esacped me...didn´t get the referrence...

well you stated earlier that you are not one to be seen as all beefed up... well when i said i like icehockey...i can´t skate... not on bare ground or ice...at all...so^^ but i like the look of the game...that was my point i was trying to make^^

and thanks for the walker^^

The nurglings are cute!

And that is a proper gentleman's stilt walker there it is!

Badass Vik! Badass!

thanks jake... i wanted to concentrate the vehicle to the maximum...

You can never have enough of those 1x1 clip-peices can you?

these?



yeah they are perfect for a slim look for lego constructions...and since they are in two looks you can make so many hinges and stuff...

Yes, a very useful element indeed!

also these are cool as well:




together with those thin rods i used you can do cool things...

Yep! All the SNOT bricks are super-useful...You just never have enough!

right you are^^

Now let's be honest, who among us here wouldn't go back to playing with lego if given the chance/excuse?

Those clip and hole pieces were always the ones I couldn't find when I needed them, along with heads, they always disappeared for some reason...

oh...we have a clever sorting system... even my young kids can do it...it works and all the good parts are in one box...all the minifigs stuff are in another...then there are plain bricks, car/plane, houserelated and plates...and of course tech lego..but that seldom gets used...only those big knight...the kids love these...

go back???

I never stopped

Lego kicks ass I cant believe the stuff you find made with it That walker is pretty cool what do you think to mine though

lone dirty dog wrote:Lego kicks ass I cant believe the stuff you find made with it That walker is pretty cool what do you think to mine though

Thats cheating!!! thats not just lego, thats Teknick too!!!

Irrelevant- Technic are LEGO too.

Now if you mixed Mega Blocks...you'd be not only a cheater, but a loser as well

AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:

lone dirty dog wrote:Lego kicks ass I cant believe the stuff you find made with it That walker is pretty cool what do you think to mine though

Thats cheating!!! thats not just lego, thats Teknick too!!!

Its even worse than that I got it of the net

Sorry

Lol LDD


and Dave, Technic rules... lego drools... I've still got all my Technic kits laying about upstairs. Thems be awesome!

i like it LDD...specially the scenic base!!! that´ll teach him for flower picking...!

i often wanted to use tech bits too...but sometimes you have to be quick about it and using tech bitz somehow makes it even more complicated...but it is a true fact for a slim look tech bitz are perfect!

at dave... weonly ever baught one set of magabricks... a small orc...and now the bricks inculded always stick out of the box we are currently using... and it is a lie that megabricks and lego brick go well together... they don´t even have the same height... look no futher as to the plates of lego and mega...the latter is far thicker...

I found these and thought they were pretty cool

lone dirty dog wrote:Sorry

that makes me think of:

Viktor von Domm wrote:

lone dirty dog wrote:Sorry

that makes me think of:

the last one has even historical value nowadays^^

and yep...for some reason i always use monochrome bricks for my creations...i should mix the colors...looks way better then...

and somehow...well not really somehow but more obvisiously lego and steampunk are so drawn together...

The man in the moon was on the cover of the Steampunk issue of The Brick Journal
http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=78&products_id=964

LDD, Thats the Abomination from Marvel comics.

Dood, you cannot divide LEGO and Technic, They are not different products.

at childe...

and at LDD...that was to show you what i think of putting vanilla ice on my thread°°

and dave...there is a lego magazin for enthusiasts out there??? hmmm... i have to decide yet if i think this is cool or wierd...hmmm were to draw the line...???


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dsteingass wrote:Dood, you cannot divide LEGO and Technic, They are not different products.

aye!

They are marketed as separate products, plus the age range for both systems is completely different

i beg to differ...nowadays the new kits are pretty much all mixed up...we have a big lego city crane and if it wereb´t for all those lego city parts you would have to consider it as a tech kit...

tbh it's been ages since I've looked at any lego/technic kits lols.


also Vik, hows the Knight coming?

Sorry Vik it will not happen again …… OPPS it got worse

ah.... a diversion attempt....^^


seriously...IF i can get around tomroow to work a bit hobby wise then i wnat to work on the knight again...

i have ordered me some paints from GW recently and i have the slight suspicion that they might be delivered tomorrow...i have planned for now that WHEN the come i want to paint my rivettos... and also i would like to complete the kight to start something new...


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you are a bad, smelly and old man LDD...

Now thats just mean

I want to see these paints are they the new range then? What did you order and what kinds ?

Plus where is the Knight and the updates it was getting interesting painting the bots what kind of scheme are you thinking of is it still the red whit and blue ?

lone dirty dog wrote:Now thats just mean


as intended...we have to discourage you from posting naked bald uglies and onehit wonder loosers...^^


I want to see these paints are they the new range then? What did you order and what kinds ?


yep they are from the new range... i will be getting LGS, the black brush on primer, a new white and a white "foundation" and also i think two metal colors if i am not mistaken...all for one the mucho needed equivalent to tin bitz

Plus where is the Knight and the updates it was getting interesting painting the bots what kind of scheme are you thinking of is it still the red whit and blue ?
maybe tomorrow...but only just as i cant say IF at all i am able to get things done... we have promised good weather and thus we will be having some outdoor fun...horray /sarkasm off...

i need to quit school to keep up with this tread

nice little deamons there Vik

thank you fatty...and yep...quitting school...nawww...we don´t encourge illiteracy in this thread

do wat ever ya wandt ere we don't mind scool is 4 loozers anyway

Vik sounds like a plan have fun outside but don't forget the plastic family, I really miss tin bitz

i never had tin bitz to begin with... and i missed it even then^^

well if it isn´t in the day time i think i will work a bit on the knight in the evening...

and funnily...your "slang" version souds a bit as if a german would punish your language^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:i never had tin bitz to begin with... and i missed it even then^^

well if it isn´t in the day time i think i will work a bit on the knight in the evening...

and funnily...your "slang" version souds a bit as if a german would punish your language^^

ROFL ………. what slang thats how I talk

You miss tin bitz even though you never had it ….. yes it was that good

Vallejo Tinny Tin=same stuff

dsteingass wrote:Vallejo Tinny Tin=same stuff

Really, if I get it and it aint heads will roll ……...

LOL...

sometimes ave and LDD sound together like:

ROFL

Sometimes Dave and Vik sound like

If he is to dish it, he should be able to take it

Who is that aimed at then ……. I wonder

nono...more like:

Night all …… again

The holy grail classic …. and so true so true LOL

Well they should have voted for the King of course

HELP!..I'm being repressed!

*sniggers*...


voting??? is that possible?

Your odds in voting are a little better than winning the lottery....but people do both anyways

i always used to say...we live in a three second s worth of democracy... it takes you three seconds to draw your cross for anyone looking like a donkey with serious constipation (i have to thank you dave for that word by the way ) and then you are peasant only usefull for consuming and working your bum off...

There it is! Definitive proof of violence inherit in the system! He was being repressed!

Nobody is ever repressed

They just complain, like a good Englishman should do.

And I have to blame the League of Extraordinary Riveters for helping to generate an idea that I don't think I will ever be able to achieve :(

Oooh...do tell us!!
How have we corrup...errr..inspired you?

Something that's pretty cool is that Duplo is actually fully cross- compatible with regular LEGO.

D´oh

Yeah, they are a good way to add filler in buildings or landscaping!

Some of the things I have seen have given me the idea to create a stich/steampunk monstrosity.

Mainly the concept of a dragon. And yet I am still trying to figure out how I can build it. Hmm

I bought a couple of small bags of watch gears from ebay pretty cheap and just started gluing them where they sorta look like they would work on my walker. A dragon would be no different than that really- Just start cutting and gluing shapes in a mechanical fashion, and glue in gears where it might move.

Be prepared for a looong project, of course, but well worth it..I really like the idea!

Anvildude wrote:Something that's pretty cool is that Duplo is actually fully cross- compatible with regular LEGO.

yup... at home we do that every time!

alphaomega wrote:Nobody is ever repressed

They just complain, like a good Englishman should do.

And I have to blame the League of Extraordinary Riveters for helping to generate an idea that I don't think I will ever be able to achieve :(

no teasing mate! we are in the need to know...!^^

alphaomega wrote:Some of the things I have seen have given me the idea to create a stich/steampunk monstrosity.

Mainly the concept of a dragon. And yet I am still trying to figure out how I can build it. Hmm

well now that sounds interesting...!


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sonds basically like a bionicle dragon...

That is pretty amazing really. And close to what I have in mind, dstiengass' idea of using gears sounds very fun, Now I shall just have to talk to my artist mate. See if she can help me get my concept on paper

Well looks like my plog might start having a big project in future.

Sometimes a large collection of people can just inspire someone to make something crazy

aye dakka think tank at work again^^

The best think tank there is (more so as this plog started out as one based on a Steamtank )

Oh and I have started on those hounds too...

also, nothing to do with monty python, but here's a semi-steampunk game out, kind of like a crossover between assassin's creed and steampunk, with some magic thrown in for good measure
http://www.youtube.com/user/BethesdaSoftworksUK?v=IyDvT7XpaBc
(youtube didn't work)

Shrike! That looks badass! Thanks dood!

LDD, Could be worse... you could have posted these guys, who caught Chlamydia from a Koala...


C'est La Vie

hmm nice little clayguys vik and i love the walker, if i had as many pennies as i had made lego walkers then i'd have enough to buy a house.... after i robbed a bank of course.. because $0.10 isnt enough for a house... btw about the hockey

i used to be good at hockey... then i took an arrow to the kne... no waite... untill i took a stick to the eye

Vanilla ice, Dishonored and steam tanks/walkers in one days ramble....


Man, I gotta stat being around more often......

Vanilla Ice??? Looks like i actually have to read the posts i missed for once

Doh... I understand I've been away for a long time but... how does it happen that Vik gave up to Chaos? =)

He must have gotten his new paints in the mail!

dsteingass wrote:Shrike! That looks badass! Thanks dood!

Aye, bethesda announced it nearly a year ago, been following it since then because it looks so amazing

hey shrike...that was an amazing vid...that game needs to investigated further upon! fer sure^^

hey storag... welcome back... and not completley given in to chaos yet^^ as the following pics hopefully testify for^^

and thouse aussies we won´t speak furthermore about...i haven´t got the foggiest idea about what they are...


anyways...:

here are my latest works on the knight...if someone has some clver ideas as to how and in what pattern to add rivets to the chestpiece i am all ears...er...eyes^^










on a realted note...the much apreciated of all rivets on the faceplate rubbed off...so they need to be replaced later on... i think i will use then the drill and rod methode for them...

also as here not seen yet... i have worked on the toes some more...pics will follow tomorrow after i have finished the second foot...


cheers,vik...btw...have been absent because of a cold i catched...yucky^^

get some paint on him vik ;-)

yeah i know...it is about time... sadly i must say the paints of GW hasn´t reached me yet... seems they need more than a week to get to me... which seems a bit much in my view for such a postage...

Fingers crossed or is it Thumbs pressed for you mate.

either way^^ tho we germans prefer the thumbs... tho i bet no good comes out for akward fingerposings^^

That looks fantastic Vik!! You always have to do some rivet replacement therapy just before you prime it. Consider those rivets that fell as "impure"- To be replaced with righteous rivets

As for the rivet pattern on the chest...straight to match the awesome looking arms, except give him a big round riveted chest circle


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..And some sort of grille texture on his mouth area too.

except give him a big round riveted chest circle

well actually i have wondered where the crew might enter this beast... and i have thought about maybe adding a hatch there... just in the middle of the chest? would that look good? of course rivets galore there then...

but i´ve meant how the pattern of rivets should look like...look here...made a mockup pic... which side do you prefer?




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And some sort of grille texture on his mouth area too.

i´ll see about that... i think that would look very good...and would give it a much more menacing look...

Bottom edge...definately don't want to have it different than the arms. A hatch could look pretty cool too! ..Rivets notwithstanding of course

so the right side of the mockup...okay sir...will do it acordingly...

as for the hatch... i have to see if that is a job for PC or GS...(don´t you just love to use so many abbreviations?)

Riveting, as usual, Vik....

Sorry to not have been around....


Feeling better though and will be back to work tonight.....


Can't wait to see it painted.....

Don't go painting just for the sake of painting. Wait until you've completely finished to your own satisfaction before proceeding to the next stage.

Viktor von Domm wrote:here are my latest works on the knight...if someone has some clver ideas as to how and in what pattern to add rivets to the chestpiece i am all ears...er...eyes^^

Sweet work here, Vik! I can't remember exactly, but is the boiler in his chest? You could have an Ironman-esque hatch in his chest with some OSL (<--- Challenge Issued )
Or a big =]_,= in rivets on his chest

Anvildude wrote:Don't go painting just for the sake of painting. Wait until you've completely finished to your own satisfaction before proceeding to the next stage.

Second that!

Sorry to hear you were feeling under the weather mate but glad you are back to it, bit of a dramatic change from the last time we saw him but the chest now ties in well with the rest and looks great.

As for the hatch in the chest good idea but how you will fit it in to the style is a mystery to me the face grill will look cool as well needs investigating Rivets style right I think but you will work that out as you go.


I would not paint until complete it's a nightmare to stick stuff when you do that

of course the knight will see completion before anything as close as a primer will hit it!!! and yes, i will try to make it look as good as i can...for my own needs mostly...one has to feel close to the project and thus needs to have a finished project that is acording to ones own standards^^

as for the hatch... the iron man idea sounds cool, yet it is not needed as the boiler is in the back...the two for now red thingies are the smokestacks there and there is a round thingy that will one day (hopefully not to far away) be the boiler...

the hatch i will probably do in GS... today i finished the second toe... i will show you all in the evening/ night CET what is what... for now i am rather satisfied with the sculpting work i did on them... but you´ll see that soon^^

as for the sculpting of the hatch... after the help of LDD with a paintshaper he got me, i am now feeling way more certain in sculpting work and thus i will sculpt the hatch myself^^ GS work it will be...the toes by the way are done by miliput and that was quite a feat!

as for the cold...yeah it will take it´s time...nasty as a summer cold is... but since the kids and my wife are at home, there is nae much of time wasted to be ill so i get better soon by order

i see you soon with an update... maybe even the afore mentioned hatch! so cross your fingers mates!

at max... get better soon mate...we need your quality input!!!

Hatches where the ears go.

By the looks of it, rivets, hinge and a handle and they could work already in a way.

if i did a hatch were the ears would be...then only a grot wold be able to climb in... you misjudge the scale i think... i will later on show the head in comparrision with a mini...

Ah right it's a knight not a titan.

Way too small then.

Viktor von Domm wrote:i am now feeling way more certain in sculpting work and thus i will sculpt the hatch myself^^ GS work it will be...

Go for it, Vik!

Knight is looking good Vik. I like the banded chest armor!

^^^^ he looks great vik!

ok...peeps...update will come this evening... did a lot of work i wnat to share...keep the faith!^^

Vik! Your'e on the front page now! You have responsibilities to the entire Internet now!!!!

??? looked and saw nothin`??? well honor has to wait...^^ but i´ll be back^^

Aye, the second side looks better, reminds me of the fella on the left's lower torso:

ok fellow followers...


here is the promised update...


in the first pics i show you some of the details i finshed the last coupla days...like:

face grill and chest hatch...







boiler grill




segmented toes









and lastly some much needed scaleshots to better see how big or rather how tine some parts are in comparrision to maybe other walkers out there...:








thanks for looking mates!

vik

HUZZAH!!! I bloody love it my good Sir!!!


EPIC!

Very cool Vik!- I really like the face grill and the hatch is badass! - The hinges on it are outstanding!

Excellent! I agree, the hatch looks great!

Also, love the head!

thanks good sirs!

the hatch took me endless trys... as i was sculpting on the living room table...while my wife watched the mentalist...and she had to endure the endless sighings as my current sculpt went wrong...again...^^ then i finally lubbed the tube i cut the round hatch from the rolled out GS and added some details and let it cure over night... it was still very flexible so that i could then today aply it with more GS to the chest... then i added the hinges...

thanks for the high praise^^


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well as for the head... now it is pretty obvious that i lost many a rivet to the sculpting efforts in the most recent time......all will be replaced in due time tho^^

grilled head looks amazing, as does the hatch!

any chance of a =][_= logo on it?

hmmm... thanks for one... the =][_= logo...hmmm... you think it is doable on that small hatch still? i think it is better suited on the shoulderpad...what do you say?

that chest plate is so awsome! and i love what you did with the face

thanks RW! next move will be the needed rivets on the chest and then some pipes and so on details on the legs...

Viktor von Domm wrote:you think it is doable on that small hatch still? i think it is better suited on the shoulderpad...what do you say?

hmm, I was thinking cutting it out and sticking it on, but I suppose if you could bend it to the shape of the pad, it'd look better there ^^

also, any chance of a scale picture (the whole knight stood next to your regular guardsmen? (possibly your giant tank, too? )

now...mister!!! first... i showed three...thou shall count to three!!! pics in my last pic update to a standard (ok...a conversion IG) guardsman...

and also earlier (about a month agao... i provided these...:









that enough?

as for the "L"...i will give it a sulpting try soon! promise!

Viktor von Domm wrote:and also earlier (about a month agao... i provided these

ah, must've missed those somehow...
but yes, keep it up! ^^

LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

That is an awesome model!

Nothing more I can say really

thanks alpha^^

hehe...shrike

and RW... i guess that means something about er...ok...no clue...^^

anyways... i call it a night for now... see you all tomorrow...keep well and don´t do any naughty stuff that i wouldn´t do

night vik!

Night Vik!

look what i saw on the conversion thread

AirborneGinger wrote:I just started with the whole warhammer thing (HERESY! BLAM!) and i really enjoy the modeling and painting but i have yet to actually play... anyways here's some of my steampunk sentinel conversions..










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and here are some dudes



the guy with the blue head is one my squidmen, but i cut the tentacles off in order to make it look like a respirator. ill post some of whole squidmen in the future

Love the sentinels, not many big changes other than the guns and chimneys, but lots of small details

Yes, those are bad @$$....


Not as Bad @$$ as how that titan fellow is turning out, Vik.....


I miss hanging out with all you guys....

Well, back to work....

Viktor von Domm wrote:face grill and chest hatch...

You weren't joking when you said you were improving your GS-fu! Excellent work, Vik!

Rogue Wolves wrote:look what i saw on the conversion thread

I didn't know such a thing existed! Where can this mythical thread be found?

shrike wrote:Love the sentinels, not many big changes other than the guns and chimneys, but lots of small details

Yeah, the addition of a giant boiler on the back isn't that big of a change

Nice work cant believe you GS the hatch and grills turned out well (would have drove me batter doing that ) you kind of get the scale more now with the guy next to it

The feet look better but needs some rivets LOL

Damn it stop trying to make me start IG.

wasn't the discussion over the symbol and where to place it done like 30 odd pages back? the best place for the symbol are the schoulderpads

true fatty!!!

well not_u... your own scratchbuilds started a chaosy flaw inside me as well...only fair you starting to go IG^^

at max...i hope you are feeling soon better... having some time off from work and getting then ill...that is always a drag!...

at RW... wow...amazing stuff these models... the seninels are cool...but i am totally drawn to the stovepipe hat wearing minis... i need to know how and with what he did that...! hope that guy starts his own thread soon!


thanks rawson... thanks a heap...coming from such talented sculpters as you all here that menas a lot to me!

as for that thread...:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/233422.page

but that might take ages to even scroll through...


at LDD... you have my word on that, there will be rivets on the feet... no arguing there^^

You want heads try this I think they are the ones he used on GW miniatures

http://www.lead-adventure.com/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=76

i knew of these heads... but the actual context made me forget them...

but in all honesty...i hoped he made them himself...^^

i soon have to get me more GS and then i probably will try myself in some more headconversion work...

thanks LDD!

Viktor von Domm wrote: i knew of these heads... but the actual context made me forget them...

but in all honesty...i hoped he made them himself...^^

i soon have to get me more GS and then i probably will try myself in some more headconversion work...

thanks LDD!

No problem mate

back to you

thought you'd like those steampunky sentinals and the lot, and rawson im suprised you havent seen this thread before, its got some duds.. but alot of great conversions!

Yeah, I love how this thread is one of the largest on dakka, one of the most off-topic, and still gets no MOD attention

i have taken a look at this behemoth of a thread from time to time... but since i never come close to actually even scroll through this mass of freaking cool images i always loose interest because of frustration of never being able to see it all^^

try gitspiltta's blog. 296 pages of on topic mantis warrior stuff.......... but your off topic rambling blog is much more fun to read!

well i used to stick with gitspittas thread too... but i had to let loose as it contained way to many followers where i thought my ideas were not needed...but one day i bet our ramblings here can overcome his on-topicness ^^

Hey Vik great to see the whole gang again, gotta love them tanks , I didn't realise he was s big, you seem to be missing something though.. big flying thing with rivets ?

oh I forgot I destroyed it last year that explains it ;-)

hurhurhur...

well one day the thing gets some serious repairs and will visit yon praxean system for some serious holiday trashing^^

and well... big is my middle name^^ for now everything turned out big^^ i have to get in touch with my smaller things^^

Your rivettos are small..but you needed paint - Did that ever show up?

oh...i completley forgott to tell you all about that suply drop^^ yes it showed up on monday... but for now i only ever looked into the bottle of LGS and boy...yucky^^

i know i should atm be riveting the chest of the knight...but somehow i am not in the mood...maybe i should re-gear the table for some rivetto painting...hmmm...

all glory to rambling. speaking of rambling and Monday was a great day. Queens day in Holland = drink all the beer you can find.

but i kind of miss the riverttos.......

Rambling helps ideas I suppose. Flush out all the crap and what's left should be good.

yeah rambling is the byproduct of the thinktank engine^^

well then belated happy queens days fatty! i even saw a report about that in the TV... tho they siad the queen is still vers sad because of her son...

yeah he is in England with very serious brain damage after a ski accident. he came in a avalanche and he is almost completely brain dead.

Viktor von Domm wrote:well i used to stick with gitspittas thread too... but i had to let loose as it contained way to many followers where i thought my ideas were not needed...but one day i bet our ramblings here can overcome his on-topicness ^^

aye, same, I think I stopped following around page 100 because of that...

Viktor von Domm wrote:and well... big is my middle name^^

"Viktor Big von Domm"

that sounds... interesting

I enjoy this thread (and have read about 90% of it too! So much inspiring work and ideas!) But it is the off topicness that makes it kool.

Mind between be and Vik my thread is on a much smaller case, mostly off topic. I think it is the Vik-Effect (it would be scientifically shown as a cone of pure Off Topicness...)

fatty wrote:yeah he is in England with very serious brain damage after a ski accident. he came in a avalanche and he is almost completely brain dead.

how do you feel about that? is this of importance to you? well we germans got rid of our nobles...so me...i kind of have a blind eye for this class... how is that with you?

and gitspittas stuff is very good... very good indeed...and he is a grande showmaster! i just didn´t know so many guys there and because that made me loose interest...

Vik-Effect

lol...sounds almost if i should do a deodorant^^

Well you certainly don't stink thats for sure.

ha! you have no first hand information in that matter^^... in the moring i have this quite dead rabbit odoeur coming from my bowels... and after a not too long run i smell of dead fish from certain areas... my feet however reek only of pure virginity! for proving i could send you some of my used socks... would mean no fuzz to me

I was reffering to the model building. I am sure that with the time you spend building hygiene would suffer. Having not been building a lot lately I must say that mine has actually improved of late.....

LOL.... yeah right^^ there is a principle to that... it is called

Production–possibility frontier...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production%E2%80%93possibility_frontier


you can either take a pound of flour and make a cake or a bread... but not both...


so you can basically stay clean and smell of roses or you can be yucky and productive^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:my feet however reek only of pure virginity!

Aren't you a father?

yes... but well... my orifices never got penetrated? i think this is a major aspect of virginity...

Viktor von Domm wrote:yes... but well... my orifices never got penetrated? i think this is a major aspect of virginity...

Whatever floats your boat, I guess...

now let's terminate this discussion before it goes any further, and never speak of it again...

lol...LDD our local weirdo is not around atm^^ so no possible hamr here

... i dont want to comment

ok...i see you are upset because i called LDD our local weirdo...






































you are weird too...feel better now?

oh no, i didnt read that comment, but now i do feel better, what i wasnt commenting on was the above conversation

well...i did know that^^

^but i will agree i havent gotten to ldd's weirdness in the fact that i hadnt posted fat people and the lot (that was him wasnt it?)

yep that was him...but YOU created a mental image of a artificial sean connery out of wax...that quite got stuck in my hindbrain...there are nights i wake up all sweaty from a nightmare of this stuff...

^well thats what we are here for! As a wise man once said
"Don't worry, Vik! You have all of your internet friends to keep you company! And, as everyone knows, internet friends are at least one step above imaginary friends "-Rawson