The (Mini) Details of Dr H: Now: Dragon sculpture.

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**CommissarKhaine**

Very creative, and I love all the little details. Nicely done!

**CommissarKhaine**

Suitably crazy mechanicus

**CommissarKhaine**

Suitably disturbing...

**CommissarKhaine**

Still liking it, it's coming a bit more together now

**CommissarKhaine**

One way to get true-scale marines...

**CommissarKhaine**

Nice work, and good luck with the room-tetris!

**CommissarKhaine**

Exceptional work as per usual..; Every time I come in here, I think to myself: "I should really work on some terrain". Then I get distracted by minis of course, but still...

**CommissarKhaine**

Thanks CK. I keep thinking "I want to go back to a miniature for a change" and keep finding excuses for building terrain.
There will be miniatures soon, unless I build the "forklift / loader" to go with this workshop...

You realize the forklift counts as both, right? WOuld love to see you have a go at it, btw!

I love all the little details that make this build come to life...The open boxes are a touch of genius!

**CommissarKhaine**

Lol so muich for a simple forkligt :p. Amazing work, and the paintjob's coming along nicely as well

**CommissarKhaine**

That's looking great! Loving the leg design.

**CommissarKhaine**

I love to see these things come to life.. Kudos to you, good sir!

**CommissarKhaine**

That plasticard work on the forklift is amazing... Will the parts remain moveable after painting?

**CommissarKhaine**

Thanks CK. It's mostly just a series of telescoping tubes. The difficulty is in the planning; where should this piston start, and how long should the larger part of that piston be. The building is fairly easy in comparison, hence the speed this has come together.

That said, no, none of the joints move. If I was building for myself (or I had a customer that wanted it) I probably would have made it move. But that would have used twice the plastic (the overlaps are minimal instead of full length piston rods, for example), and taken much more time (joints would all need to be drilled and pinned straight and properly), and the final product would have been less durable than this fully glued example. All of that would just drive up the price for little advantage: as cool as it would be.

The top does rotate about the "waist" where it is magnetised on to the legs.

Ok thanks for the explanation. I've made the odd moving piston myself, and was just curious if you had done it as well. They look so lifelike, you could easily believe they all work. Great eye for movement! And the pic with the mini could come right out of some 'mercs and guns' magazine. Love it

**CommissarKhaine**

I don't check dakka for a few days, and this thing is nearly finished. Amazing work!

**CommissarKhaine**

Those cables are brilliant, I was already wondering why you'd left those bits open... Amazing work as always!

Nearly finished? Well the inside may be. I'm now on the outside; much more left to paint.

Still quite some work done in the few days I didn't check dakka

**CommissarKhaine**

Roof's looking good. As does this whiole endeavour. Nice that you can keep up this high a standard!

**CommissarKhaine**

This thing gets more awesome very time I drop by.

**CommissarKhaine**

Wow, lovely attention to details as always, Dr H. The little garden really adds a spark of life to that worskhop, nice touch.

**CommissarKhaine**

Nice yellow! will you be adding danger stripes as well? Oh, and is there a reason the interior couldn' thave a different colour than the exterior?

**CommissarKhaine**

You mean, in reference to why I'm painting the top half white? That's not to do with the interior colour of the cab (that is dark grey), it's to do with the bit of arm that is visible through the windows of the cab; you can (just barely) see plain white plastic and I couldn't live with myself it the colour of the arm didn't match that bit.

Oh, ok, missed that bit. Wouldn't it be possible to slide a piece of paper or thin cartd next to the window so as not to mess it up and then basecoat the crane arm?

**CommissarKhaine**

Blood angels almost got kille dof by a Tyranid fleet, so they do have some history

If the forklift arm is flat against the window, no can do.

**CommissarKhaine**

Lovely bases and forklift, keep at it!

**CommissarKhaine**

Looking good

**CommissarKhaine**

Rainbow warriors unite indeed! I especially like the battle damage on the blood angel, spilling your plastic glue was a case of serendipity I'd say.

**CommissarKhaine**

Forklift and marines are looking awesome!

**CommissarKhaine**

I like it. Very subtle OSL (which I prefer), all the lights ar elooking good. Can't wait to see this thing al dirtied up, it's really going to look like it 'belongs'.

**CommissarKhaine**

That thing is looking more amazing every time I see it... And loving the pallets as well, amazing attention to detail!

**CommissarKhaine**

+1 on the exalt. Excellent work, hope it finds a loving owner!

**CommissarKhaine**

monkeytroll wrote:
Looking good, but still can't help but think they're really just parts for the cyber-grots

+1

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Loving the scythe mechs, really fits the theme. Their artwork is pretty spectacular as well.

**CommissarKhaine**

Loving the bear

. Is bear-girl's gun barrel bent, or is that just perspective playing tricks?