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Hail to all and everyone that come to read this, and welcome. I have been a tourist around these threads for a long time, but just came around to my first post a couple weeks ago, drawn in by Briancj’s contest Discarded Treasure. After that, I jumped in the LoeR on-running competition too, and now I figured I might give a shot at my own P&M Blog, so here it goes.

A couple pics of my entry to Brian’s comp:







Link to the contest related pages of his thread: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2070/310187.page , hope it works; final entries up to page 80, really worth taking a look)

I was lured next by the LoeR terrain competition, themed on Big Guns, so I put aside another ongoing projects (Meaning unfinished, more than on the way) and, picking up a couple things I had put aside for a deeming idea, I sketched down mine:



Moving from the drawing board to the workbench:





Scale shot:



Link to the contest thread: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/540894.page

Today’s work:



The use of clothespins as part of the build are a shameless rip from Chelnov’s entry in the previous comp, for which I am grateful.



Scale shot:



Primer is drying up as I type, I will update on this later on.

And meanwhile, an attempt at a conversion I started recently, mostly as a reminder as to go back to it once the other projects are completed.





More to come…



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Update on the gun emplacement:







And scale reference:



Next step: Paint?

@Camkierhi: Thank you, and welcome!
@Fango: Thanks, but I'll pass for now, one at a time is more than enough.

Not much of an update on the comp project, but, not being the only ongoing build around, and not totally unrelated either, a shot at a - although more modest - artillery piece:

(I had come across a tutorial by Le Medico for a heavy weapon firing base some time ago and saved it for trying it out. After a couple "standard" builds, I scaled it up a bit)







And after priming, besides its smaller predecessors:



Cheers

I hadn’t thought of it before, but now that you bring it up, I see your point. The hind leg is most likely too short – after a quick web search, the rear base seems to be as long as the barrel in most artillery pieces – so if fired, it would probably rollover backwards!

So this will probably be its only pics before it blows itself over:





(Base and armour are supposed to be dark green and lightly weathered, somewhat lost in the pics)

And the smaller lascannons:



While I was building those, I picked up some spare pieces and brought this one together too:



(No sure what it may actually be, but I sort of like how it turned out nevertheless)


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Aiming (pun intended) at broadening the heavy weapons base after the lasscannons, I tried to put together a to-be-when-crewed autocannon squad.





Cheers.

On a more serious note, an attempt at scratch-built mobility and firepower:

Chimeras:



(95% cardboard, plus a few bits)

And Leman Russ Battle tank with either punisher or standard battle cannons:



(Cardboard chassis and plasticard turret)

More to come, C&C mostly welcomed!

@Sageheart: Thanks, and welcome any time.
@Viktor: Accident or predestination, you are welcomed any way, and thank you for your comments (I am at the time in the process of slowly catching up with your massive thread, hope to get to date soon!)

Those are now waiting for detailing and paint, along with this:



(Another bashing of parts and random pieces and in the process of being turned into terrain)

@Ruglud: Thanks, really appreciated. As I mentioned in the comp’s thread, I took me more than a couple attempts (Saved, of course, for an indefinite future use) to get to this shape, so having it found fitting is highly rewarding.
I’ve wanted to give the camo netting a shot for a long time, and found your entry in Briancj’s comp inspiring – liked the pallets too, been saving coffee stirrers since! – I’ll try it out as soon as I can.

@Viktor, Of course, but I’m afraid you might be disappointed, there’s not special secret ingredient involved…



Cheers.

@Victor: You are welcome; I'll be waiting then to see it in use in some of your upcoming proyects!

@Paradigm: Thanks, and, yes, there should be more on the way, you are welcomed to drop by again anytime. As to templates, you can also check Armoman's thread in Zealot.com (http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170912) there is a lifetime worth of work there.

@Ilove40k: The gun cover is a spare for a minidome security camera, I closed part of the lens opening with plasticard and added the riveted reinforcement around it.

This is the one I originally planned to use, the actual one came from a different, slightly larger, model, as that one ended up being too small.

@Ilove40k: You are welcome, and please, try it out and comment!
@dsteingass: Thanks a lot. No, no expert, but giving it a try... I'm quite fond of the little one myself, maybe even enough as to get back to it and paint it sometime!
@Victor: Indeed!

Side-tracked from my comp project yesterday to put together a different terrain piece:



(Admittedly, the idea for the build was blatantly ripped from Theophony's thread)

I'll will be painting this first, as a test/try-out before tackling the gun emplacement.

Thanks for reading.

@LeCare: Glad you do, and more to come, thanks.

When I downloaded the last pics, I found one of another of the bases I'd been working on:



(60mm bases for a couple Sentinels)

@Camkierhi: Thanks for the advice, I couldn't agree more. It's happened before: it looks as if there was plenty of time before a deadline, until the due date just pops up in the calendar and half the work has to get done overnight! Not this time... (Have I heard that before?)
@Viktor: Thanks, glad you liked it.

Basecoated, and some extra work on the tanks:

@dsteingass: Thanks.
@Viktor: Thanks.

Working on this piece somewhat faster than usual, as to get to advance on the comp entry as well...



Thanks for dropping by.

@Viktor: Just welded wire mesh:



Top left, 1 and 1,5 cm square mesh; .75 and 1 mm Ø.
Top right: Cut and cropped for Ladder (Above) and Railings (Below)
Below: Railings and ladder.

Drilled pilot holes where the railing or the ladder's supports attach to the building and fixed with a drop of superglue.

Finished touching up the tanks:

@Camkierhi: You might be right, maybe some stronger effects woul be in order, rust or leaks. Might give it a try and see how t goes.

Meanwhile, I started painting the gun emplacement (aiming, by the way, at a harder weathered look in this one)





Ideas and suggestions are always welcomed.

Cheers.

@Camkierhi: Noted, hazard stripes will be there then, will give a good contrast. Thanks for the input.

Not much of an advance lately; gave the sentinels their bases:





And managed to take better picts of the heavy weapons teams:





On another note, I got third place with my power generator in Briancj's Discarded treasure comp!

Thanks for reading.

Making up for the lack of current updates, I digged up some WIP and took the finished pics of a more classic cardboard ruin.







Cheers.

Moving (slowly) forward:



Cheers

A few more pics of progress so far:



And close-up:



C&C are always welcome.

Thanks for reading.

@Camkierhi: Appreciated, thanks (And properly understood too, it does still have a long way to go before called done!)

I’m now in the process of toning down the cannon itself; the metallic paint looks too shiny as of now:



Then, coming up with the colours for the door, pippings and power cables, and more weathering and detailing (And figuring out where the hazard stripes should go, of course!)

Cheers

White (Rusted and dirty, of course, following along the ongoing line), and red sound good. Will give the door some more thought, while checking Dave's thread for suggestions (Meaning, of course, a probable rip off!)

Again, thanks for the input.

Cheers

Thanks. Indeed, it would most certainly look good - and it'd be a great way to make use of the shapes and recesses on the cannon. On the other hand, I´m not sure of the way to go, if either a worn out, decommissioned look, or to try out something like OSL for a still operational appearance...

(And on a more realistic basis, I'm not actually sure I could pull off a decent lighting effect, either)

Thanks.

Details coming next, probably white, red and green (just because Dave does his doors green!)

 Camkierhi wrote:
Pipping = white, power cables = red, door = imperial green. (see Dave's thread)

I am probably way off, but that's the colours I would choose. The white nice and rusty looking, would blend in a bit, the red would pop, and the door, just because Dave does his doors green. LOL.

If one is going to copy, he'd better copy from the experts!

While slowly dabbling paint some more on the gun emplacement and browsing tutorials on OSD (It's too early yet to decide if thanks or something else are due to Viktor for that suggestion!), I gave in to hobbyist's ADD.

New supplies:



(For reference, the grey speckles in the middle are a Leman Russ tank and a cadian officer)

I received some designs from Hyenajoe a couple weeks back, hope I can do them justice.

Updates to follow.

@shasolenzabi: Thanks, and welcome. I enjoy the building or making of things, and using - as you put it - throw away materials gives it an extra twist. Problem is, you start seeing interesting or potentially useful shapes and pieces in everything, and stuff piles up much faster than it can be converted!

@Victor: Let's just say I was more in the mood (need almost!) for some cutting and chopping, so I took the afternoon off and got to this so far:



Will keep on it some more yet...

@shasolenzabi: Indeed!

Went into a sort of cutting frenzy:



And something had to be glued before calling the day:



Thanks for stoping by.

@sennacherib: Thanks. I must say, I just gave a quick look at your thread (Bookmarked by the way to go through at leisure later, with more time) and there's nothing you should be jealous off!

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to tease on what the build is supposed to be - I guess I just figured that, as I knew what it is, it'd be obvious from the first blurry pic onwards for anybody else -. Obviously, it isn't (And it's happened before to me too, and apparently I still don't get it!).

But, as it came out like that, I might as well let it be then.

Updates to follow later on, hope those would clarify the issue...

Cheers.

@Viktor: Perhaps not forced, but accidental, or unintended, maybe? I have to admit, though, that it has been effective and drew your curiosity

Will post pictures as soon as possible and make amends, but meanwhile, it has to do with an attempt to recreate an old cardboard scenery set...

Cheers