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i have yet to figure out how to use all those spotlights you gave me.

Bat-signals?

^ lol yes!

You can add them to your steam tanks

of corse i could and probably will do so shaso^^

but i was looking for a cool idea to maybe use them all in one go
bat signals... lol... you lot...but those would be better if done in a scratchbuilt... now there is a thought for someone without an idea for a small lid related competition entry...!

Viktor von Domm wrote:of corse i could and probably will do so shaso^^

but i was looking for a cool idea to maybe use them all in one go
bat signals... lol... you lot...but those would be better if done in a scratchbuilt... now there is a thought for someone without an idea for a small lid related competition entry...!

I have seen them used on Stompas as eyes for the massive bots

yup that could work too...

You could sand of the detail on the back part of the lights, stick a handle on it and hey presto some cool turrets for Steam Punk vehicles at least thats what I would do with them

More Rivetto heads?
Boiler-making bitz?

LDD and dave... splendid ideas there... the boiler idea i really like... and the eye thing... might be big... but heads might be possible...


did a lot of riveting today... i currently tackle the bunker door... needs more detail and of course rivets^^... but i need to get faster with that build or i am not able to finish it in time... the last days i had definatly slacked hobby work... needs to be redeemed asap!!!


pics later this day!


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oh yeah and turret.... maybe for a nice quick moving tank...now there is an idea^^

Go Fasta Vik!

Love it.

shasolenzabi wrote:I have seen them used on Stompas as eyes for the massive bots

*ahem*

not the best lighting, but it's there.

/shameless self-promotion

Shrike that lighting is awful I can only just make out that it is a potato head and as for the eyes

However I am sure it looks great
Vik fast moving tank ……. any more of a clue

shasolenzabi wrote:

HAZZER wrote:Nice supply drop man!

I figure will be of some major help to Vik for finishing projects and making some new steamy punk goodness.

Of corse! Allways!

hello dear followers of this thread... the last coupla days i have been not really that productive...

that was then this is now...^^

took a big leap and nearly completed the peaks of the cupolas... both... as the thread name declares still all in a certain steampunkish air...

here are...
the current look... all glued together save for the cupolas to the towers... behind the doorsection you can see how i built up the mountain that the bunkerbase is built in... more to come on that matter later on...




the current look of the doorsection... more details and technical gizmos tomorrow... lots of^^



satelite dish... still not finished yet but definatly on the way...maybe needs some more wires and cables...



and the tesla peak... my favorite part of the whole terrain piece...




sadly lots of rivets are falling down atm due to the glue not really sticking on the lego lids... that needs to be fixed soon... for good...


so...comments?

cheers, vik

Vik the amount of detail you are achieving is great, plus not only 1 0r 2 lids but how many 5 or 6 me thinks maybe more.

I like the SP feel and the zing bits really work well with the look, cant wait to see this progress great job mate

thank you LDD... i am currently working on some communication detail and extra texture for he door section... i finally tried to use a bit if flymesh to create a meshlike structure on the door... remains to be seen how much detail that provides...

and well zinge stuff waited in my bitzbox what felt like ages... once it is finished i will post it on kits thread too...those tesla coils never did get the right attention they deserved^^

It's looking amazing Vik! The Zinge Tesla coils are a nice touch!

Yeah and if painted the right way those support wires could be electricity as well.

Vik thats has to be one of the best uses for the coils i have seen to date, the ball at the top makes it really work though, as n0t_u mentioned I thought that was the intention of electricity.

This is going to be a master piece me thinks, I think you have my vote

at not_u that is the plan... the big ball will be a giant ball of electricity... the wires and the ball will get a suitable coat of LGS soon to that the texture later on helps to create that bubbling effect of energy... the whole thing should later look as if a giant discharge of energy will soon happen...

and dave... i have two smaller sets still waiting to get used of these coils... one day^^

Cool, guess it's working already then.

As for the smaller coils, some new lightning Rivetto?

lone dirty dog wrote:Shrike that lighting is awful I can only just make out that it is a potato head and as for the eyes

However I am sure it looks great

I don't think it looks great, but passable

but yeah, the picture was taken with my window open on a cloudless sunny day, with a desk lamp shining on it, but my room tends to get pretty terrible lighting no matter what I do. I tried it with flash, but then it's way too bright to really see anything apart from the shape.

on topic, great work, Vik!
maybe have a couple of the spotlights pointing outwards on it?

good thinking shrike... i think that is much needed... after all this bunker should also be able to defend a great tidal wave of z`s and that´s easiest done with enough light

at not_u

i was rather thinking of a small tesla tank... but then again as i have even a real small set... this could be a good option too to make more rivettos...!!!

on a related note...

i tried to fill in all those awful gaps that have been building up with spray foam... well...yucky stuff that it is... i tried to install the muzzle of said can and ...it broke of... a totally new can of spray foam no unusable to me... and i had such clever plans... i tried to push a screw inside... and get a bit of foam out of the can... yucky times i had... well now i scratched most of the gak away and it needs to cure to finally work some more on the piece... i am so angry!!! well i have already a backup plan but this needs to be done with all that sticky stuff taken away...and thats only possible when it is fully cured... so no work today and since i did that in the cellar... the whole piece now sits cooling down in the cellar... and no pics made of all the other wok so far too... darn...

well... i am now in serious need of being cheered up...

Aww That sucks Vik.. Maybe the store will replace the can if it had a broken/defective nozzle.

hmm... i could try... but i bought it ages ago...and really do you keep the receipt of such small thingies? ... well it is certainly worth a try... and i have the slight suspicion i will need it in the fullness of time anyway... when my son gets to school this stuff will come in handy for some schoolproject for sure... vulcan anyone?^^

Go to the store buy a new one, then take the broken one back in its place either get a new can or money back

i had that thought already too... it is a strategy we have adopted to quite often recently... really it is an us against them world when it comes to bsuiness...^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:i had that thought already too... it is a strategy we have adopted to quite often recently... really it is an us against them world when it comes to bsuiness...^^

We just have Homebase and they are pretty cool about bringing stuff back even without the receipt but why should you end up out of pocket because of poor design or craftmanship