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He will find a way to make magnetic rivets and make it float via repulsion. I'm betting on it.

Seriously though, the bad moon symbol is looking very classic (in a good way!)

Nah, he'll just fill it with Hydrogen to keep it light.

It's Ork they can make anything fly it's a well known fact, even things that shouldn't fly

Thank you one and all, your all nuts, but that's ok so am I!

So trying still.

First up, well has to be a reason for da Blimp right?

Sorry limited WIP shots.....



I added one of my kids pea shooter toy thingy....








And worked out how to "float" it, and strung it together to get an idea of how I am doing, bear in mind this is still WIP.






I know the flames are not there yet, but the material is not taking paint yet, going to sort that out. Also, I don't think it is in final position yet, probably move the front end up a bit yet, and have a bigger explosion. Got to add lots of "crew" as well.

Well thank you for looking, sorry the updates are slow, As ever though your thoughts are very much appreciated.

The paint work is outstanding Cam - you never fail to deliver quality even on WIPs...

What Ruglud said! Pretty awesome.

Yes great stuff and your versatility of using what happens to be lying around is hilarious (but don't tell the kids )

Oh da shock! da Horrah!, da Orkiness! (meanwhile a group of boyz is laughing maniacally at the accident just because they find it funny!)

You should put electronic candles inside the dirigible halves, behind the smoke.

It's the perfect scenery for this !


Should look cool, here's a personnal example :

Looks fantastic Cam.

And I second Minus' idea

Looks cracking, Cam. Great solution to armament.

Good luck getting it done. Even at this stage, it's a worthy entry.

I have faith that it will look awesome. and the difference between 90% done and 100% isn't that much when your piece is so detailed, so i wouldn't sweat it.

keep it up, man!

Great piece. Instead of electric candles, if you can find those submersible LED lights at a local craft store, or even a florist, try those. They may fit better. I use them quite a bit.

Hi mate! Sorry not been on for a while and just got caught up on the progress of the blimp..... looks INCREDIBLE!! The paint job is knockout! Really cool work and a great story telling piece!

Thank you all, very much appreciated.

Sorry been absent, been a bit busy, but managed to do a bit.

Now this is finished for the competition, but I would not say complete. Many bits of the painting I am not 100% happy about, and I want to add loads more details. All will get done eventually, but for now........



















Sorry for big dump. Hope you like.

I am afraid this will be me going dark for a while, as I am trying to do a couple little jobs for friends, but moving house is very close and quite hard going, working 15 hour days, but I will be around, I promise.

As always I would love to know your thoughts on the piece.

that covored hose is so amazingly detailed...

the whole piece is awesomeness condensed...
and...who has ever seen orks so cute...?...

you´re a brilliant converter mister!

i wish you best of luck for the comp...and godspeed in your move mate...i know this will be hard³...if not even more...i cross my fingers for better times... and that you don´t leave us all in the dark for too long...hopefully...

you´ll be missed....

bows, vik

Cam this is brilliant work!

and that ork at the station looks like he is screaming "My Dirigible!"

by the way....i totally approve of the massive use of grots...!!!!!!

Oh, the huma... um... orkanity?

Great work, in spite of the busy life.

Like the "Noooooooooooooooo" Ork. I like what you've done with his skin, that's a good idea.

Good luck with life and comp', and return soon as possible.

Looks great mate although if I can find it I have a technique saved for explosions which would look great for this

I love the action you have replicated and the sheer pain of the ork all those crazy grots swinging around with no care in the world well till they die from burning, explosions, falling or beaten to death by the ork if they survive the other out comes.

Hope the move goes ok I hate moving one of the worst and most stressful things in life

Great job Cam! Glad to see you got something in - I'm at the same place, put an entry in but it's nowhere near complete

Good luck with the move, and life in general, see you soon

told you, it was going to be awesome. and it is.

i am so getting my ass kicked in this contest...

good luck with the real life stuff, and get back on dakka soonest.

Amazing work. Love it.

That's pretty darn amazing Cam. My only suggestion *might* be to make the exploding flames a little more flamier. Now I know that a gas explosion looks very much like you've modeled (round edged explosion) but the color of the flames and the color of the baloon are close enough to each other that the flames don't have quite the impact (or clarity) that they deserve. Perhaps making them "flame out" a bit, even though it's not technically correct... might give the fire a bit more visual impact.

That turned out great cam. Good luck with the move, they can be rough.

glorious! really really cool!

Good luck with the move mate! Hope it all goes as you want it!

Death by cotton candy. AAaaaaarrrggghhhhhh....

Seriously though, this is excellent - so many great features and every picture shows something new. Good work dude

Epic insane and completely orky!! Fantastic job cam, I haven't seen the other entries but I bet they are being pushed to the max by your entry! Good luck man

BB

Crakalakin good. love the Ork figure with his hands up and face looking on on disbelief!