that is sexy looking and you know it... damn you...i imagie this as the texture for the sewers now...argh... i get a creativity boner from that...to tell you the truth... only one thing that can get close to the coolness of rivets... and thats brickwork...
so if you could get that big rolls of cardboard carpets are transported rolled around then i think you have the means to get this thing...rolling!^^
The idea of multi-layer terrain is corroding my brain for eternity, it seems, and now I see I'm not the only one... Good The brick wall is perfect! Could you please explain what is a "1/4" foamcore" for I'm not well aquainted with constraction matts even in my native language =\
Well, this is just an excersise at this point. I am not quite convinced yet. need more research.
storag wrote:The brick wall is perfect! Could you please explain what is a "1/4" foamcore" for I'm not well aquainted with constraction matts even in my native language =\
hm... maybe 2 then. I'm just thinking of figures passing each other as well as extra room for details and barrels and whatever. Having the passage way only deep enough for one figure just doesn't seem like enough to me. Will there bee a layer of water... I mean sewage "in-front" of this piece?
oo nice use of underground sewers, only problem is since it is necromunda i feel like there would be little settlements and buildings down there, which could give you some more possibilities
That's what I'm talking about, Rogue Wolves. Although, there could be thinner and wider sections of this sewer. It could bottleneck in sections like this first piece, where one tough model could hold up an entire unit of storm troopers, because they are forced to engage him 1 by 1. That whole Spartan thing.
I suppose, what I'm trying to say is that there is a dangerous amount of possibilities for this sewer of yours. I love it!
The Good Green wrote: Will there bee a layer of water... I mean sewage "in-front" of this piece?
Yes, please!
bebopdrums2424 wrote: please tell me you are gonna pit some graffiti on that thing?
Yes, please!
Rogue Wolves wrote: there would be little settlements and buildings down there
Yes, please!
The Good Green wrote:there could be thinner and wider sections of this sewer. It could bottleneck in sections like this first piece, where one tough model could hold up an entire unit of storm troopers, because they are forced to engage him 1 by 1.
Yes, please!
Adding all of those things shouldn't be too hard. Right, DST?
mate that again is so wicked looking! the style is off the scale! but i too have to add that a wider ground is needed here... at least two minis have to be able to stand next to each other ...other than that you are always trying to out do yoursellf...man what power does drive you??? a posessed builder it seems...
Thanks guys! All the enthusiasm is surprising! I'll have to agree, this looks more like a subway or underground train access walkway. But the narrowness of the path can't be all that bad right? Think of it in game terms.
Of course, we all know that one shot from that guy's melta would of course cause a complete cave-in, melting the flesh off of anyone not killed by the cave-in, but ignore that.
Even our old Valhallan pal Jurgen, Commissar Cain's adjunct, woul opt to leave his faithful melta behind before venturing down here.
Automatically Appended Next Post: As far as widening the walkway goes. Well, this is a cross-section of 1/2 of a full tunnel. The full tunnel would be twice as wide, but then if it were twice as wide it would no longer be a cross-section, but a full tunnel.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh Feth!
Why did I have to go and find these?
It is NYC's abandoned City Hall Subway Terminal. Built in 1904 and abandoned in 1945.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Perhaps this perspective will help us think about this.
I am relying on my readers to help me out here.
This is an exciting thought process IMO.
Coincidence here, I have been dreaming of an industrial/urban table with a upper and lower level for a while. I'm really liking the concepts so far, and I can't wait to see how this is going to work out. I would love to see a "full arch" tunnel to complete the look of a subway. I'd love to see a train that could go around below the table (another thing I am thinking of building into my table). That would just be awesome! For inspiration, go to YouTube and search "imperial armored train".
Just some food for distraction. Hehehehehe
Looking epic as always , what I think you should do, is make hand rails and lamps, as well as motivational posters would look cool. You could also do little extras like rats underneath themain tunnel. Keep up the good work!
at dstein... your research did nothing to ease your situation i am afraid... lol talk about cutting your own flesh...this will sting for a long time in your mind now^^ those nice tunnels...all in tiles...how could one refuse to this beauty^^
as for your thoughts... allow me to put this crude sketch (pun intended) into your thread...
see the red rectangle... this section i would not build... the rest is in my view needed for the sake of understanding what is this section to be... hope i could help ye...
I agree though, the depth of the walkway needs to be increased, both to add to the sense of the "tunnel, and to increase the potential for game play. It probably needs to be about 2 inches deep so 2 25mm bases can pass each other, or one 40mm one can traverse it.
I'd also love to see a "sump" type of terrain piece, like ground zero almost, just a giant hole in the ground that the pipes feed into that could be shot down into from the higher building and towers you've done. I would make for a great ambush scenario too.
dsteingass wrote:
Question, WHY do models need to pass each other in a cramped sewer?
They don't Necromunda has a complex enough set of rules to allow & compensate for terrain like this.
I would recommend extending the bottom by about a 1/4 inch, but I would do it by adding a piece to the bottom of the existing mock up. Basically building up an area for critters to crawl out of and for liquid to be flowing during normal times.
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theunicorn wrote:Important question, where do you get cobblestone foamcore from?
HAHA Don't I wish! It's just regular foamcore, one side peeled. I used a straightedge and a sharp ball point pen to carve right into the exposed foam. Then I went over it again with the scratch awl to deepen the grooves for bending. I showed the pic earlier in the thread, testerday, saturday.
OK, we need to remember SCALE here. What I have done, is more like a narrow, 1-man tunnel like this
But this is the Underhive of just one hive of an entire hive world!
so dream big, but remember, it all has to be playable in a 3" space from top to bottom, ok.
Now, take this real-world concept
and add rivets!
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A couple more packages of these plywood chunks, some of Skalk Bloodaxe-recommended Drywall Tape, Necromunda (Copenhagen) Blue paint, and check out the wire, my GF eyeballed these for me, 18GA coated wire and 20GA galvanized wire! She's a keeper That's a lifetime supply right there.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Here is a sketch for a large sluice or overflow tunnel area to open it up a bit.
Ok, this section doesn't NEED to be wider, but I think it is called for in another section perhaps. Also, I don't think it HAS to be playable to be rock hard awesome sauce. Like those huge pipes. I don't think those would be playable but they would add so much to the scene, to have the backdrop go a further inch or two under the tab;e and just be dark, dank and disused electric and water works. But again, that doesn't have to be the whole hing. It could be fun to do in one or two sections but maybe too over the top to do more than that.
It is just one hive, among many. It is sure to have many tunnels in it's depths, of which this is but one.
Question, WHY do models need to pass each other in a cramped sewer?
sounds like the beginning of a joke...like why did the chicken cross the street...
which i actally can´t come up with...
and they deleted my pic... for crying out loud... i alerted a mod... what the hell....!
as for suckling on rivets...well i am tough as nails...!^^
oh and dstein... that one man tunnel referrence... ok i grant you that for something like that you are set! other wise i still see my argument valid... i think it would make more fun if you could bypass a mini...just my taste maybe...
but seeing your last pic it somehow looks goofy having a wider tunnel...also i think then it would even more look not right when added the brickwork there... the arch would be not right...so i guess i have to withdrawl my ideas^^
the sketch looks lovely! if that playful arangement of playwood chunks is a way of how it could look to have a sewer interjection... then i hope for something done by you!
While we do this, I thought I might as well snap extra shots and post a tutorial on the curved Brick, since foamcore is hard to explain sometimes.
Regular 1/4" foamcore.
Take the tip of your knife and loosen the top layer of card
Peel it off carefully
mark off 1/4" grid
draw/carve the vertical mortar lines
draw/carve the horizontal mortar lines
A knife, all the way to the card layer, followed by the scratch awl for widening of the groove.
And that's about it!
Automatically Appended Next Post: And here is the much-requested 2" platform
And the comparison with the skinny tunnel
Dude every time I go a day or so w/o reading this thread I come back to 3 unread pages and 2 new projects! Got tired up building "up" so you're digging "down" now? I have to say that foamcore board trick is likely one of the most sick tricks I've seen on this thread so far, so very simple and easy and so "why didn't I think of that" but the simplicity is deceiving, it's absolute genius!!!
I'd say that I'd love to try it but in all honestly I know I won't get around to it, I'm so completely buried w/ everything else that I'm intentionally not trying another new thing for a while, just going to focus on what I have going on already and hope to find some inspiration again when I'm ready.
somehow the right section now looks more friendly than the other... also i think your model choice was quite funny...animal is looking quite bemused upwards...^^
Both. Mix it up. I used to work for a large public facility that had an extensive underground network of tunnels for various things, and because they were built over different periods of time they all looked different.
If you need a direct "on or the other" answer, the narrow platform seems more familiar to me. But for game playability, a wider platform will accept larger bases (like Terminators)...
calgar 2.5 wrote:You should add a metro system, with a broken, rundown train labeled as "123". Just saying'. lol
I have often thought about a destroyed Elevated rail on my Imperial City Table, that project will eventually happen, it's just a matter of materials and time.
Ok, now that I have a 2" platform, everyone prefers the narrow 1"? I will most likely use both types of construction, but one size has to be dominant.
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:You do realise that you must make a fully working subway train set now?
Oh how I wish! Let's not get too excited just yet Chibi! Must you deface our banner? I guess i admit, the riveting is a sickness.
There is soo much to think about on this project, many many variables to plan for. I just packed up Vik's envelope for shipment tomorrow, boy is he going to be surprised!
I think a combo of the two widths would be better. Think about where the entrances to the tunnels will be (if you are going t make those fixed points) and if you want there to be places in the tunnels that are harder to get too. The tunnels don't need to go all the way round the table, too. here could be cave-ins, blocking certain passages.
look at the size of that thing...ihad to use that phrase seeing that envelope!!! holy posting system! that´s sure something worth waiting for...
go to 1:10 ^^
as for the sections.... a mixup would be a good decision but i think the look of the 1" section looks somewhat better as the curve looks more natural where the 2" has some look of a collapsed tunnel on it...
and chibi... how could you.... the wrath of the leaque will be upon ye....repent! i command evrey able member of the leaque to go to chibi´s thread and give him a good trashing!
Okay so, this is how my weekend went, hit the hobby store and picked up some rod, tube, H, strip and a couple of sheets of plasti all in .40
then i proceeded to suck massively at working with plasticard.
granted, picking a slanted bunker/underground entrance bit probably wasn't my best choice, then i come to the thread and see this lovely underhive tunnel system you're making and now i simultaneously hate you and admire the hell out of you
Got any tips for cutting things square? i'm using damned sharp blades and a metal ruler but i think at this point a set square may help.
you make this all look WAY to easy heh
Another bash tonight and i'll post results wish me luck pete
I love so much of everything you have going on here. Especially the random use of bits is amazing to watch, and the tunnels here at the end. I would love to see some damage though. That bridge I think a page back is beautiful but there is also something sweet about wear and tear of a battlefield nature on such nice terrain.
Melonfish wrote:
Got any tips for cutting things square? i'm using damned sharp blades and a metal ruler but i think at this point a set square may help.
you make this all look WAY to easy heh
For H-column and such, I use a little cheap aluminum Mitre box with 90 and 45 guides. and a jeweler's saw, of course you can use a hacksaw, razor saw, hell even a power saw if you don't mind cleaning up the little bits of melted plastic schmutz it makes. Sharp x-acto blades are only the right tool for 1mm thick stuff or less. For plastic sheet:
Score and Snap, Score and Snap, Score and Snap,
Score and Snap, Score and Snap, Score and Snap,
Ok, now to address the popular desire to have caved in sections. I appreciate the enthusiasm for this idea, but you need to remember that the whole concept is based on the idea that the plywood construction will support the weight of the wood "streets" on top. It has to be strong enough to support terrain on top. So how do you propose that gets done and allows the caved-in sections? I agree this would look awesome, but i need some suggestions on how to do it. Some practical, engineering suggestions.
Aye, i get the score and snap for sheets, using an x-acto to score the section i want then snapping it off, not a prob, gives a pretty clean edge.
its getting squared pieces cut from the sheet i find fun. like i say i may cheat and use a set square.
what i didn't expect was adjusting for the way the cardboard connects. i.e. the cardboard peices are a set length, then they connect via a thin layer on the underside, this allows them to flat pack and still fit into things, i didn't realise at first that in order to build these from plasticard you have to account for that gap!
so mk II up tonight lol see how i go
Melonfish wrote:
Got any tips for cutting things square? i'm using damned sharp blades and a metal ruler but i think at this point a set square may help.
you make this all look WAY to easy heh
Another bash tonight and i'll post results wish me luck pete
I use a lot of plastic card in mold box building when casting, means they gotta be square and go together with no gaps. I use heavy duty clamps to clamps down my card and ruler/T-square/Ste Square and then score & snap.
I don't use the channels in the Necromunda bulkheads on any of my projects. I cut and sand off ALL of the tabs on the bulkheads and glue the plasticard directly to the top of the flat part of the plastic bulkhead. Otherwise it's too flimsy in the channel for my tastes, too easy to disconnect. I do not intend on ever taking these apart, these are permanent terrain pieces intended to hold up for gaming.
I've just had two games of Necromunda tonight and thought I'd check you (read terrain) out before bed. I really envy you not having to flat pack your terrain.
The curved tunnels look really good and would be ace to play over. The only question I have is how you're planning on actually integrating them into your games/table? What is the incentive of moving into a tunnel with a lack of cover?
So. My day started very nciely, and then went rapidly down hill. So, I'm going to make myself feel better by showing off some terrain bitz that I have been hoarding.
Neener.
Neener.
--B.
Also, WRT to the curved tunnel pieces, I think the floor should be 2" wide, and the ceiling should only curve over to form a 'lip' of about 1" wide. In that way, if you were to run this along the edge of a table, fingers would fit into the 'tunnel'. I also agree with some commenters that there should be a purpose, such as by-passing something nasty. However, the fact that your opponent will be aware of your tunnel movement means that the tunnels will quickly become a deathtrap. So, I'd suggest having two 'tunnels' from either end of the board leading into a larger room or complex, presuming you go with the idea of having the tunnels run along the edge of a board, sub-surface.
OMG that stuff looks awesome, whatever it is!! I want it! lol
Man i totally see what you mean. This is bugging me too. THis kind of indecision on my part is just stalling the whole works. I really want to make this work, but the construction of the plywood support is crucial if this is gonna work. That is the one thing I can't seem to make anyone understand. I can't have different width tunnels and have the structure support stay intact. I cannot have 1 inch top of tunnels and 2 inch lower platforms, it will just look like a stupid box when it's done, not a tunnel. The entire illusion of a tunnel is all dependant on it actually looking like a tunnel, meaning a hemispherical brickwork inside a square box.
I may not be able to pull this one off I'm afraid.
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This looks stupid. I'm not going to do this if it is going to look stupid.
I agree with you that your mockup shows us that design is truly sub-optimal. I think I'm going to have to build my own mock-up or sketch to show what I'm seeing in my mind's eye.
Build it like that, but put the top piece so that the wall is in it's middle. More like how the top was done originally, while keeping the bottom like this. That will give you half the ceiling and more playable surface. Does that help at all or is that an old idea at this point?
I think the concept is really good Dstein but for me the problem is the barrel vault section is too small, and the curve needs to project over the top more.
Is this tunnel going to be viewed from the side or from the end if its from open side i would make it same as the other side and have break away maybe pile some rubble on inside path
Really liking the new subway tunnels, its cool to see how precise you are when creating your architecture, thanks for the tut i know it will come in handy at some point.
i can just imagine this beast rolling into an underground mechanicus station , probably late though and no space left
Thanks guys, but it is a simple matter of physics that we have here.
At first I made the I-shaped box, giving a 1.5" tunnel.
Then everyone insisted that I need 2" of walkway, so I constructed the 3" box with the 2" platform.
Then everyone likes the 1" tunnel better. Now it is suggested that I give it 2" of platform and only 1.5" of tunnel radius:
THE PLYWOOD BOX is either 3 inches deep or 1.5 inches deep depending on how you construct it. I-Shaped or U-Shaped
Modeling a full tunnel might look cool but it is completely impractical for gaming since you can't move a mini! SO we MUST model a cross-section of a tunnel.
With a 3" box this will only look right with a 3" radius tunnel. (as seen by the mock-ups) YOU CAN NEVER EVER EVER fit a 2" walkway into a 1.5" box! It just cannot happen, 2" CANNOT fit into 1.5" of space! Does ANYONE get this?
And trains are wonderful ideas, but these are NOT train tunnels, they are just simple sewer tunnels. This whole thing is turning out to be a complete failure of an idea precisely because it needs explaining! And train tunnels are are never going to happen unless some standard way of constructing the tunnels THAT WORKS is arrived at.
So please, forget about trains, subways, stations, damaged sections, caved-in sections etc.for the time being, none of this is going to happen on any scale if the idea of the playable tunnel from the board edges doesn't work in the first place.
Mate, you are doing a great job. If the wider tunnel works, it would get my vote purely as it provides you with more space.
However you are the one making this and the best placed to decide on the practicalities of build. Whatever the result the rest of 'us' are going to drool over it.
i think the 3" section would also mean you loose too much structural integrety... meaning you might get RL cave ins and that is the least we want to happen to such a cool concept!
tell you what... do the 1.5" section as you started from the beginning... deathtrap or no... we have to remeber it can work ingame both ways so this would only exploited in the first game... in later games the learning curve would show the players that you have to adopt to counterstrategies... so narrow tunnels are a go! some times i just have to have a good nights sleep about such a problem. did i make myself clear here?
cheers vik...
and mate we don´t question your abilities no way here we just like to dream with you an unbelievable dream and you make it happen! so make it happen the way you see fit!
Briancj wrote:So. My day started very nciely, and then went rapidly down hill. So, I'm going to make myself feel better by showing off some terrain bitz that I have been hoarding.
Viktor von Domm wrote:some times i just have to have a good nights sleep about such a problem. did i make myself clear here?
Hahaha! I guess so. Being up at 4:00 am this morning bitching about my frustration about it it to the interent was probably NOT the best way to solve the problem then eh?
only takked about me mate...
what we all have to remind ourselves here is that you are the man at the desk doing all these wonders... of course we would love to see all the things we mentioned here but you have to be able to build them with what you ahve atm... so it is ultimatly your choice and decision...i think the thing with the train was just overenthusiasm... it tends to happen on the net... and then the written word thing... oh so many ways to misinterpret... i think you are doing a really good job here and keep us amazed... sometimes it takes us beyond good measures and this is when we crack^^
sleep was good for me to realize that some things are to be taken as they are... and realizing what really looks good... the things we are able to do and not hunt after undoable deeds... that gets us just frustrated and if we keep on trucking in that direction we begin to dislike the hobby... heavens forbid this so...to make a long rant not much shorter... i wuld love to see your 1.5" tunnels and be there when you fill it with life!
Thanks Vik and Ash! I'm just wanting to get this to look "right".
I am off to deal with family and a funeral, so I won't have much to show over the next few days. Feel free to debate or derail in my absence if you wish. Just make sure to remember to brush your teeth, floss, and make rivets.
I leave for a week, and there are 10 MORE PAGES to go through! I will have to go throught the last 9 pages later, I have an office to move. But as always, what I have seen just blows me away. If there is something even more amazing in the last 9 pages, I'll comment on it later. It will be like a bad movie that is flashing back to a scene that no longer makes sence, but that's the best I can do. Keep up the amazing work, always looking forward to more.
well i heard an old saying... a man is not gone so long his name gets to be heard... so let us utter dsteins name in his absence... he is the welder and the riveter!^^
Haha, I forgot it was 2011 and I can read dakka from my phone wherever I am. Especially in a funeral home
Both figures are from Reaper's Chronoscope line. It's just a bunch of characters from different time periods, I am not aware of any specific rule set or fluff they belong to, just always the coolest minis from Reaper. I of course removed their puny life-sized weapons and gave them properly pinned oversized 40k pistols.
Yep, My thread and I are both trainwrecks!
Hey, look what I picked up today while popping into a hobby shop?
It looks like my Catachans just got a new Artillery Regiment!
A quick look at the endless possibilities of the sprues. Everything is of course HUGE at 1:32 but 40k scale is big anyways.
Funny how those grunts are lacking any radioactive gear.
This was actually built by the US Army in the 1950s.
The strategy seems so bizzare now, but they ACTUALLY thought they could launch small tactical nukes and then march troops right in afterwards to mop up!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M65_Atomic_Cannon
by the way this raiding strategy the russians did too... the let their soldiers charge right after the blast the site of the ground zero.... what a waste of human ressources...
I guess it could always "count as" a Deathstrike Launcher eh? Not like anyone is ever going to actually move a Deathstrike Launcher in a game either, so I can model it as terrain, all dug in and sandbagged and riveted up!
The two tractors are begging to be converted into something underhive/mad max-ish anyways.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Speaking of rivets....
The bottom piece is the headlights for the tractors.
Am I wrong?
dont wory vik i know he scratch built his, your guy's blogs arnt the only ones i follow!
Automatically Appended Next Post: btw i own that ruin building its from heroscape, the first mini game i ever played, and i still own all that i ( my dad ) bought for me all those years ago
and who wouldn´t be... a kit as this would make me anxious too^^
some times it's like your a german speaking english!
i take that as a compliment... although i fear posting here on dakka has broadened my vocabulary but realley ruined my typwriting skills...^^ i have so many typos in my posts... it is most shameful^^
do take it as a complement, im not surprised of your english though as all german people i know who are from germany speak/write english nicely, and if it makes you feel good i suck i german, i know words but they wont make sense in a sentence, but i am 25% german so as long as a i know a little, plus ive been saying danke and bitte since i was a little one
well for me those are really important words... because they are essential in relationships... in my opinion... so you are probably set... but not in germany anymore as this folk here gets more and more rude... sadly... 25% from where and how long agao was your family here situated?
ha yea its a small number im 50% italian from my mom shes 100& im 25% german from my dad and there also irish and lithuanian in there, the german and irish coming from my grandfather, and the lithuanian being why im soo white! i dont know much about my dads side of the family in germany how ever, the farthest back i know is my dad was stationed there when he was in the airforce post 'nam
wow you americans are surley melted... an amalgam of everything... did you toss a bit of asian in your mix for the kids just to be on the safe side? (sorry if i cross the line here...only joking around...) but i have nevere seen such a mixed up nation....but to tell a truth in my family we even have indian ancestors and many from the now polish countrysite... also you now shed a bit of light as to how old you must be... am i guessing right that you must be between 30 and 40?
Wheel sprue (two identical ones)
These poorly-sculpted guys are about 125% taller than GW,I will not be using the guys. but I think It'll look pretty close with some sweaty, deaf Catachans milling about. Big and rivety and OH SO full of Dakka!
Can you tell I am excited too?
@vik i dont take offence to anything, and mwa ha ha haaa you shall never know my age!!!
@ the REAL thread im sure you more exited than me! and im real curious more than anything on how you are going to go about this kit
... I was looking at this very page earlier in the day, and some how I totally missed everything save for Neils artillery piece and your post just before. That cannon is crazy! The tractor trukk thing is cool too. What a great looking kit.
THis is my favorite Government propaganda film of all time though, Camp Century, the city under ice.
It is in 4 parts, but it is every boy's dream of building a snow fort
Especially in Part 3 when the big sled comes in loaded with the portable nuclear power plant. Like everything in the US Army in the 1950s, it was labeled in large capital letters, but was of Civilian manufacture, so was not painted OD Green lol. I think ALCO, the locomotive manufacturer thought every home in America would soon be replacing their furnace in their basement with one of these babies!
..Then there is the jaw-dropping scene in Part 4 where the guys are handling Uranium rods in hairnets and short sleeves!!
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You don't want hair getting on your Uranium rods! Eeewwww!
I can't wait to see the gun in the emplacement, and what you come up with for the "rovers"!
On a side note, my Dad's parents had/have a ranch about 50 miles down-wind from the nuclear testing facility in Nevada. Not good, Grandpa died of leukemia, and Grandma is very sick...of course there is no connection...according to the Govt.
Anyway! LOVE the sewer idea, I hope you are thinking of doing it. And as with all of your projects so far, get ideas and adivce from us, but ultimately go with what you want, and don't let us stress you out!
On a side note, my Dad's parents had/have a ranch about 50 miles down-wind from the nuclear testing facility in Nevada. Not good, Grandpa died of leukemia, and Grandma is very sick...of course there is no connection...according to the Govt.
god... that is practically side by side...i really hate it when governments are just an embodiment of lies...
Yeah, there is a ridge of mountains in between. I've never been there, only hear about it from my dad. No Glowing chickes with two heads or anything...just a high death-rate in the livestock...but I shouldn't say anything more on the subject. You never know when the Feds are going to come and gra
for the artillery piece you could always update the threads name... i think just stick with this thread or go to your catachans...whatever you feel comfy with...
It doesn't matter which thread you post it in, just add a link to it here when you get going so other people who don't already have all of your blogs subscribed will know what is up!
No, this is the necromunda thread, according to the title, I should be working on the sewers, but I don't want to. The OT rule only applies if the author WANTS to stay on topic.
On the gun subject, no..Just got home about an hour ago. I would need to stop trying to catch up to all my unread threads and do something on the gun.
my mojo is quite good... all in due time and always to the fore when needed! i asure you and i don´t want to draw here a picture...after all there are kids present!
OK EVERYONE
ANNOUNCEMENT: I am temporarily mothballing this thread as far as real-time construction projects, moving back to the Catachan Thread for the Catachan 280mm Hellstrike Cannon.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/395528.page
dsteingass wrote:OK EVERYONE
ANNOUNCEMENT: I am temporarily mothballing this thread as far as real-time construction projects, moving back to the Catachan Thread for the Catachan 280mm Hellstrike Cannon.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/395528.page
I told you guys we should have stayed more on topic!
... wait, you mean that's not part of a necromundian defense gun? Aw :( It's hard to say I blame ya, that kit looks mighty full of tasty bitz. I hope it goes smoothly and fast! so you can get back to the spire.
and i only used the meme..."do you want to know more about.." me making sausages..an rogue said who is he... so i began to explain... little did i know that rogue here is up to no good...man...
Viktor von Domm wrote:i say babble about something else than cricket and i am game... how about origami or what about making of sausages...soudns intersting...:
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made. - Otto von Bismarck
We should follow that sage advice, and not talk about making sausages. Now sausages in general, and what are your favorite ones, that's a different story! (I prefer dry Italian salami.)
My favorite would have to be Jagger Shnitzel (sorry if spelled wrong). My absolute favorite thing about my time in Germany...aside from the beer of course.
It doesn't have to be a sausage in wiener form does it?
Anyway, carry on with "Sausage Chat", I'll be waiting for updates from Dstein.
Yeah, sad, me and a buddie are doing a sewer system table as a direct result of this thread. Get with it D. hahahaha. Catachans are weak anyway. So few join the chaos legions.
Viktor von Domm wrote:that be a "jäger schnitzel" RS Jake^^ which is in fact as i recall no schnitzel at all but a piece of "Jagdwurst" covered with breadcrumbs...
Thanks Vik! Whatever it is, it is delicious, and fills me with happy! I miss it so.
well for you americans... a schnitzel would be easiest to be compared to a steak... but it is from a different part of the cow/pig... but in essence you get a flat piece of meat... the austrians even roll it thin...well...yes...
then it gets covered in yolk and breadcrumbs... then the meaty hops into the pan and gets fried...and then eaten^^ so it is not in any way to be mistaken for a bratwurst, which is in essence a sausage...a thicker one at that but still...
hope that helped...
and i think there is little chance that orwell ever said or wrote something that wasn´t worthy to quote...
hey vik why dont you "cook" up a way to get us some german food via the internet!
Automatically Appended Next Post: I have some german in my backround and you've gotta love their meats! and no vik i mean the ones that dont come from humans, and are cooked..
well i am not the guy for recipes... i am more of the impulsve cook... trying to combine what is there in the storage chamber^^ and trying do get a decent or better meal from it...cooking is also a way to make an artful table^^
thats the best way to cook, im the same way, ecept with my grandmothers recipe for meatballs and sauce, if your italian like me, you gotta do it like your grandmom!
well... my grandmother used to cook her red cabbage till it got all pink instead of that nice deep purple...so i guess i stick more to my cooking methods^^
No, lol, I was thinking you meant you had a buddy who was chrome-plating a warhound of yours! sorry d00d!
I have these pics of Warhounds from GD, are they yours?
dsteingass wrote:No, lol, I was thinking you meant you had a buddy who was chrome-plating a warhound of yours! sorry d00d!
I have these pics of Warhounds from GD, are they yours?
No, Those aren't mine (I wish). I am, however, scratching two of each of those. I wish I had the Resins.
man dave you have gotten a large collection of legos! but some of the best ive seen where customs, LoTR and Assaisns Creed ones, now go get those too!
Automatically Appended Next Post: man dave you have gotten a large collection of legos! but some of the best ive seen where customs, LoTR and Assaisns Creed ones, now go get those too!
I have random tastes in Lego. These Star Trek minifigs were customs built by a girl who had a booth at a show we went to, the Gorn are just dinosaur suits from the random bags sold everywhere.
And you have no idea how much lego we posess.
haha If i could have a building of legos, i would, but it would be in the shape of a giant lego darth vader, or hans awsome ship, no need to spell it because i am sure i will spell it wrong
Lego had an intergral influence on the foundation of my adult life's mindset and way of being creative. I already had my rainman approach to creativity back then. I never build something in 30min and then played with it. I spent weeks turning my imagination into models, that I kept around until they had to be recycled for the next project. I never used parts that didn't have the right colorscheme I had settled on for the project. When the parts didn't play along with my imagination, they had to be converted and so on. And the most important cosmic rule I learned from my lego box is the daoistic understanding, that if you look for something too hard, you will not find it, but if you relax your mind and for a moment forget about what you were desperately looking for, you'll generally find it in no time.
at skalk:
ah.... another heretic.... please wait for the purge in that line over there... but i think i totaly second your comment about drinking^^
converting legos ...ohoh...i see an ambulance coming your way baiyuan... they will make you forget about converting your legos by doctor dave...
my wife lays puzzles in that manner by the way how you described lego constructions...for me it was always careful sorting and storing that was the foundation of my built... i even had lists as a wee kid^^... insane mindtwist with a new twist^^
I buy some parts by the 10s or 100s at a time on bricklink, keeping them sorted is kind of a must. I have an idea for a modular city in my head, but I know I ned to slowly build up parts inventory to do so. I do it because it keeps me young at heart and mind.
I do it because it keeps me young at heart and mind
yep!!!! toatally that...lego is meant to do that to you!^^
a modular lego city??? mate... how cool can you get...^^ and buying lego in the 100s...ouch... but i envy you even more now^^... even when i was fully diving into my lego stuff...or better now make that my boys lego stuff^^, the we always had to cope with a sudden shortage of bricks one way or the other... argh.... it is a serious knot in everyones underwear when this happens...you see the completed model before your inner eye... and then you franticly search for half an hour for that one piece... as it happens... i am often quite untidy when it comes to certain things... but i have a great capacity for remembering where or how some things look and should be... i don´t need to much tidyness...but if under best conditions, then i have my bricks all sorted out....not having kids to mess up your order is a good start of course...^^ but i think my son felix is even more creative that his old man and keeps mixing all stuff together...so order is in his mindset something that happens to other peeps^^
You had lists? I never got those kids who wrote down how many parts they had... Why would one do that? I simply knew what I had...
But sorting was important for me too, that was why the other kids wanted to play anything but lego with me. Like I said I didn't "play" anyway, but I also made multiple piles of possible components, depending on color and to what element of the project they belonged, before I started building anything. That was my concept stage, when I tested how much of my idea would be possible to transfer into lego, taking into account the parts at my disposal. It could take days and for anybody who joined in it meant that all bricks that had the colors I meant to use, where reserved for me.
yup...back in my deay we only had the simple colored bricks...so i tried to build the things in a matching scheme too... but i think this is an easy mindset to be following... kind of a logic way to go to a solution builtwise...much more creative and problemsolving energy is needed whe doing it without boundaries of colors...it is how my sons are building... i think they don´t "see" the different colors... shape is more important to them...but after all the oldest is 5^^
well actually i ad lists of my playmobil parts... i tended to play in the sandbox with my cowboys...and always i kept on loosing stuff in the sand... never to be found again... so i started the listmaking...to be on the better informed side... not that it helped me that much...because a list is not something that keeps you from loosing stuff^^
Buying exactly the parts you want in quantity is still waaay cheaper than buying sets most of the time. You can pick the lowest price in the quantity you want. It is a secondary marketplace. I bought 100 grey 1x1 round pieces for $5. People buy sets, then inventory them, sell the minifigs off to collectors (huge markups), then sell the other parts at pennies. Some people support their habit that way
hmm... you have a certain way to tempt me mate... i have to treat carefully^^
that brickmarkets you mentioned IS a huge improvement...
and i must have stumbled recently over that sire you showed for playmos... i had to search for some additional pieces to go for our big BIG playmobil castle...it is now verging on the HUGE^^ and for that i had to make sure the parts number id... and i got it through that site^^
Lego had an intergral influence on the foundation of my adult life's mindset and way of being creative.
When the parts didn't play along with my imagination, they had to be converted and so on.
Brother, do I know what you mean. I was the kind that cataloged and counted by type size and color. I had a very autistic approach to it. Very OCD. I still have the fetish and am currently collecting as many Harry Potter sets as possible for my son's train table. I had to convert the Hogwarts Express to electric and am building a plaster mountain and Plasti-card Trellis Bridge and everything. We are waiting for some other sets to arrive before we finish it. It is going to be epic. I will link photos when it is done.
I once built a transforming Optimus Prime out of lego's. I was cutting and gluing pieces for days to make all the right movements and connections. Man I wish I had kept all those sets I had. I was very bad about not taking care of my toys. I guess thats why as an adult I have a toy obsession. HEHE, I love having children!!!!!!!
yep...children are so wonderful an excuse to go overboard with purchasing toys... my wife always makes a face when she sees the crowded room of our kids...stuffed to the ceiling with toys...
was recently in the only artshop here in town i have yet found to sell foamcard... and coincidently they sold these range of legos too... didn´t knew why one would want them... but now i see... tastes might differ... for me that looks a bit like a 3D puzzle...so now i understand...
There is a Frank Lloyd Wright building in my hometown. It is beautiful. I have a Seattle Space Needle architecture set. It isn't as cool as the waterfall one above.
I think that is a problem with flat roofing in this wet hemisphere in general, takes a lot of maintenance.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Thankfully, when properly constructed, the LEGO version of the house will not be damaged by any weather or moisture. Futuristic post-apocalyptic archaeologists will dig up LEGO and be able to build with them.
Automatically Appended Next Post: We are getting hit with a snowstorm right now believe it or not, for three days straight it has been raining nonstop. So there is flooding that is about to become freezing flooding covered with wet snow. That is why our roofing is mostly sloped here in Indiana.
dsteingass wrote:We are getting hit with a snowstorm right now
So, do we HAVE to quote Dave now before we say anyhting else? I'm cool with that, he usually says some pretty good stuff!
"Don't forget the rubber sheets and gerbils!" Our winter is coming slower than we expected it to this year. Our "freak" snow storms keep passing us by. Not that I'm complaining!
Flooding before snowing does NOT sound like fun though! Good Luck!
Not to hijack your thread or anything... but I left you a msg on my Death Guard thread. yeah, could have PM'ed it or waited for you to see it, but figured this would be better because (1) it increases my post count (2) it increases my threads number visits (3) I thought it would be funny to list the previous 2 reasons.
HAHA Skalk, I got as far as "I F'ing hate my job" on your acronym and gave up lol. I feel for ya brother. Nowadays though "having a job is thanks enough" seems to be the consensus atitude towards us.
at skalk... wanted to join that thread too, but the size of that thread has kept me from doing so for now... any big and important things one should have read there to be on the knowing side?
and good to see you are still alive and kicking dave... thought you were snown in and couldn´t handle the keyboard anymore^^
Naa, they were calling for a lot more than we actually got due to the temps hovering just above freezing until midnight or so. I didn't even get to stay home from work a day, oh well, more winter is on it's way
And Skalk, derailing of my threads is not only allowed, but encouraged!
my apocalypes will only happen if i lose my right eye, because if i can only see SOO blurry that i cannot enjoy the things i love (arts(includes minis) and movies), i might die!
dsteingass wrote:Call it a "strategic reserve"
Some prepare for Zombie Apocalypses or Religious Apocalypses, styrene is my thing.
O Brothers! Repent for all your sins, the Styrene apocalypse is upon us!
The rivers will carry away rods and sheets, and rivets will turn to GS!
Repent sinful brothers! Repent for using playmobil models with lego!
as for rogue... yep i bet that would be pretty hard then... i think i rely on my eyesight pretty much... tho i can hear pretty well...but i have to compesate for the loss of smelling...but i think we discussed that already... but for me too loosing eyesight would be my gravest moment ...
Hyenajoe wrote:
O Brothers! Repent for all your sins, the Styrene apocalypse is upon us!
The rivers will carry away rods and sheets, and rivets will turn to GS!
Repent sinful brothers! Repent for using playmobil models with lego!
Hyenajoe wrote:
O Brothers! Repent for all your sins, the Styrene apocalypse is upon us!
The rivers will carry away rods and sheets, and rivets will turn to GS!
Repent sinful brothers! Repent for using playmobil models with lego!
And Skalk, derailing of my threads is not only allowed, but encouraged!
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@Hyenajoe
O Brothers! Repent for all your sins, the Styrene apocalypse is upon us!
The rivers will carry away rods and sheets, and rivets will turn to GS!
Repent sinful brothers! Repent for using playmobil models with lego!
and i really doubt a plastic shortage could hamper your creativity mate, glue maybe
"why didn't I think of that" but the simplicity is deceiving, it's absolute genius!!!
i command evrey able member of the leaque to go to chibi´s thread and give him a good trashing!
I miss it so. 
^^
