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Thanks! I want to keep up too, but it's been a rough week at work, not feeling well, perhaps this weekend, just not tonight.

man i will be honest im DIEING to get some munda bulkheads and those board peices ive wanted to do this for soooo long but never got around to it

eBay is your best best, maybe Craigslist but it's sketchier w/o the same protection eBay offeres. In any case, they are not going to be cheap. I've been really lucky twice and gotten a good deal on some because they were included with other stuff I was getting and were not part of the auction description. Bulkheads usually got for quite a bit on eBay.

awsome work on that piece...when i saw the first primed pic of the thing i thought...how did he prime that one without hitting the mini....lol...^^

i feel a bit bad about thinking badly for the brighter paintjob dicussion earlier on.... seems i was so much in bad opinion state that moment^^ but you showed me the way! lovley faded blueish shade.... personally i see the seethrough yellow stripes as just that... faded yellow! which is a perfect thing to be seen when thinking about hiveterrain...

the new project is something i look forward too as i think this will be but a small piece in a very grande set of a big scheme^^

also i envy your amount of fresh plasticcard^^ but i think we wil see this all in the nearer future... all chopped up in small beatuful bits aranged to greatness!


vik

how come most great things gw makes (specialist games) they think hey people like these too much we need to force them into 40k or fantasy ): i play all of em and i want me my specialist games too!

Ya really, Even at Games Day Chicago, they had every specialist game EXCEPT Necromunda represented...twas sad

are you serious thats rediculus WE MUST REVOLT!

So..here we are so far. I have a long way to go I know, and I've decided to weather the substation platform when I weather the rest of the pieces to keep them similar. What does everyone think?




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While listening to Purdue rape Minnesota I have built one of the tower levels

lookin good so far and weathering at the same time is definently the way to go! looking foward to seeing this bad boy

Thanks Rogue!

The ubiquitous power cable

if i may be to play the devils advocate.... could this raised detail like the cable and the handles of the hatches cause any difficulties in game?

other than that...a very promising start on the new piece... am i right in assuming that this piece will go into massproduction for some towers? you definatly need more for each level at least one...holy workload^^

as for the weathering... i guess i join in as weathering together all pieces sounds like the way to go...only on minor thought here... seeing the big tower now i think a blenind wash would help in making the weathering not look too outstanding...dont get me wrong the style and look of the weathering is super cool....it just looks now in comparrision to the new piece a tad strong and draws a lot of attention away from all the other details...anyone feeling the same way? or is that just me?

i don´t want to pull you down...i think waht you are doing is a wonderful thing and i only want to be helpful here...darn every time i have to say something like that i feel like a heel...

vik

Nope, I notice it too Vik...It can always be fixed when it is paint, once I add the weathering powders though I'll be giving it texture, which I don't want to pait over if you get my drift.


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I tried to minimize the bits that stick out..It might hinder play some, but I don't care really. It'll look cool.

That is absouletely incredible. Been searching for a project like this for a while for inspiration. Also the fact that you showed each seperate stage actually makes me think i might be able to make something like that. Keep up the amazing work :-)

It'll look cool.

that is absolutly true^^ to the letter!!!

the bulkheads you primed before and now glued to the platform.... what glue are you using? does it bond well to primed stuff too?

also how flexible will be the builts later on.... will they allow different settings of the pieces?

Testors in the blue tube. I sanded the primer off the painted surface partly, enough to make it hold. You can arrange the towers anyway you want, I just need to make a variety of walkways and gantries.

Awesome! Liking the direction that new piece is taking, and yeah, it should have spots raised, too bad they don't seem to have trip-and-fall rules.

with walkways you can pretty much make each game a whole new setting...well you know you are making a good job...^^

ah... sanded gluespots so it is... that makes sense! ^^

Another floor

speedbuilding^^

..and another floor



Yep Vik, you can say the production line is in full operation today!

I love this necromunda terrain, as well as your gang. Being in the midst of a budding inquisimunda campaign myself. i'm always looking for good looking and well lets be honest cheap urban terrain, yours looks top notch and very 40k.

However i had a friend in my group ask, if you don't mind divulging your secrets, what model you used for your *ahem* leader.

Thanks! Both the pimp and the disco Stu guy are from Reaper's Chronoscope line. I just replaced the weapons with 40k weapons and converted others.


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Supports cut and roughly fitted

I am with the rest- weather everything. I also agree that the weathering effect on the first tower, while completely awesome, is grabbing too much attention. The sum is not greater than the whole, so to speak.

Another bizarre question (2 actually) but could you (if you have the time and inclination) take a picture of and detail what you use for your cutter and clamps? I need clamps like that,I usually take plates from my weight bench and hope they don't crush what I am gluing. What you are doing makes MUCH more sense but I have no idea what they are or where one would look for it.

Sure, i love talking tools.
I use several types of clamps.

The spring clamps are the multicolored plastic ones that have VINYL grips (plastic glue won't stick to them easily)
I got these in several sizes in a plastic tube at Menards (DIY store) for a few bucks for the whole tube
The bar clamps with the orange squeeze triggers are also Menards finds. Bar clamps are essential IMO for building terrain.
The brass bar clamps I got from Micro-mark (www.micromark.com) during a recent buy one get one free sale, they are only 3 1/2" though and have adjustable brass turners for precision tightening

As far as cutting goes, I stay well stocked with #11 x-acto blades. For cutting the sheet styrene I use a heavy duty sliding utility knife (snap-off blade system) but a traditional razor-blade knife would work fine. Plasticard gets the score and snap treatment

I actually love the weathering on the main tower - think it fits perfectly! Amazing work as always dstein, I'm running out of superlatives to describe it with

Apologies if you've already been asked this, but what thickness plasticard are you using? And any chance we could get a close up of the catachans in the denim who were so kindly posing on your terrain? I'm guessing they're an orlock gang

Keep it up, amazing work!

You guessed right! they were in fact my first Orlocks, will snap one of them a bit later, am heading out for breakfast and grocery shopping.. The plasticard I am using is .040" High Impact Styrene from www.iplasticsupply.com.

Thanks for the tools overview, it was helpful and I'll be checking a couple local stores.

My main issue w/ "freehand" cutting (even when using a T-square) I tend to cut at an angle so even though the "dotted line" cut is straight, the cut itself is "angled". Apologies if that is clear as mud, I'm all hopped up on cold meds and my brain not good think right now. What I'm trying to ask is how to you keep your blade from making an angled cut?

I know this is a "WIP' thread, not a tut, so believe me when I say that I appreciate your time.

It always makes a beveled cut due to the "grain" of the styrene, no matter how straight you cut. I just use a stainless steel rule and use the bigger utility knife so that I can give it my best 90 degree cut. I keep several sanding pads handy for smoothing it up afterwards.

The BEST too for cutting regular lines, angles, whatever are the Northwest Shore Line (NWSL) Choppers:

http://www.nwsl.com/tools/cutting-tools-the-choppers-i-ii-iii

Not designed for large pieces of plastic, but aces for strips, rods, I-Beams, etc.

--B.

Really nice terrain, can't wait to see more!