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You choose to build your own, because thats what makes dakkas saints of inspiration dakkas saints of inspiration.

You were smart and listened to your wife.

Here is a clue: -



Sadly next time I have some time to model I will be addressing the following problem: -



I haven't been tidying up after myself, and now my workspace has dissappeared, so I will be tidying up next time, so I have a clean working area to begin painting!

Now that's crowded. But i do like the little box with legos underneath the desk. Also, good plan with reducing the scope of the earthshaker to make it fit, assuming that's what that part of top of the cannon is that.

Very cool stuff. The last couple of pics look like my desk....almost.

As misfortune would have it, I am at home today with my daughter Amelia who has flu like symptoms. She has been sleeping on and off all day today and as such I have had the occasional chance to tidy my desk.



On the upside my Forgeworld order was delivered today, with my Mars Alpha pattern Leman russ: -



with Vanquisher, Battle Cannon & Demolisher Ryza pattern turrets: -



Death Korps Leman Russ filters & Trench Runners: -



and the Hydra flak turret: -



As you can see the Hydra has some big warping issues, but I have my trusty Hairdryer now!!

I have done some preliminary work on the Earthshaker cannon, rather than spend another £50 with forgeworld, I expect some pictures later on tonight.

I'm very excited to see your new stuff

I dreamt that my FW order would arrive today, woke up and damned this day for it was a dream... realized the mail had already arrived, when to the mailbox and oh there was my FW order

Guess we both got em on the same day

You sir are brilliant.

sA

Hey, we make use of the very same types of glue!

Paul Atreides wrote:Hey, we make use of the very same types of glue!

Loctite Super Attack?
Yeah me too

Same here with the glue those brushes are handy. Brilliant stuff with the moulding and some useful advice about dealing with problems in Resin casts. Can't wait to see more keep up the good work.

BrotherArgos wrote:
On the upside my Forgeworld order was delivered today, with my Mars Alpha pattern Leman russ: -

A quick off topic, but did FW change the Mars Alpha pattern? I just bought one at Gamesday and it doesn't have the separate heavy bolter and lascannon. It has just the fixed bolter and none of that engine exhaust thing on the far right.

Well after some fiddly detail work I have almost finished the changes to the Earthshaker Cannon

Recoil compensators have been added above and below the gun barrel: -



Numerous small twiddly details have been added to either side: -



Many bolts were added to raise the level of detail to match that of the Forgeworld castings: -



To help with the Rivet / hex nut work I used a Greif rivet maker, a fascinating tool which acts as a mould, you heat a section of sprue using a lighter and then plunge it while still warm into the mould of choice, using a sharp scalpel the rivets are then cut off the sprue and glued onto the item. In the following picture you can see the moulds and in the background the initial stages of the Earthshaker Cannon.



Next is a view from the rear shows the inside of the Earthshaker Cannon, it has the first stage of filling with Grey Stuff, and a central barrel. The next stage of the grey stuff will create a smooth flat surface flush with the end of the barrel. This should enable me to have the rear hatch of the gun open or closed (therefore I will be hinging it and adding a magnet too)



Finally there will be a small brass eagle added to the forward blank white plate, when they arrive (hopefully wednesday) this should finish it off.

@ aka_mythos : this is the DeathKorps Alpha tank, I too noticed it was different and had a las-cannon. Therefore it appears there are two variants.

wow Where did you get the rivet makin things ?

Cannon = wow! I have cannon envy.

Great work on the Earthshaker!

Thanks too for the info on the Greif tools.

Wow, I've got to get one of those Greif rivet makers.

BrotherArgos wrote:

While almost everybody nowadays knows how to fix this warpage, Im still surprised that FW has the nerve to deliver utter crap like this. Absolutely stunning ....

btt: Good stuff. The shaker looks the part

I got mine about 10 years ago at a small model shop in New York, however a few online can be found at: -

http://www.spruebrothers.com/Nexternal/miscelleneous-cat-186.htm

I put those makers in in a google search and cant come up with any thing. Where prey tell did you get them?

Thanks for that but ofcorse they dont have the Hex one...it soooo figures!

I am working down on the south coast of England today in Angmering, at one of my smallest clients, lovely people, always very welcoming. Hopefully when I get home tonight I will be able to get some more done on the Medusa/Basilisk/Griffon, I am currently awaiting the special magnets I ordered for the project and the delivery of the krieg heavy mortar (griffon mortar on a chassis) from Ebay.

Currently I have three streams of activity: -

1. Sculpting more arms / legs etc.
2. Test paint scheme on cadians / test steel legion model.
3. Working on the Medusa/Basilisk/Griffon mortar.

I am going to try and balance them a bit better and rotate them to make sure they all advance equally. For some reason I am nervous about painting the test models, I worry that I won't do justice to the hard work so far, I should just get on with it really.

Just get stuck in, if I had your skills I wouldn't be nervous at all!!

Wow, that is really cool. I live really close to Angmering.

Your models are pretty awesome too.

That gun is awesome.

I've always had a thing for beautiful artillery, but that is very, very nice. Looks genuine as well, something that many people miss in making custom barrels for heavy weapons, e.g. Tank conversions.

I have ordered some of those rivet makers, they look immense.

sA

Captain Vyper wrote:Thanks for that but ofcorse they dont have the Hex one...it soooo figures!

Agreed, if anybody has access to these, share the love!

jabbakahut wrote:

Captain Vyper wrote:Thanks for that but ofcorse they dont have the Hex one...it soooo figures!

Agreed, if anybody has access to these, share the love!

Why not just order them from the source that BrotherArgos recommended?

I saw the Hex maker on their site. I'll try to order all three and let you know what happened. They're based in Liberty, MO about an hour from where I live.

FW are taking the piss.
i dont even bother to order from them anymore, made 2 orders from them.

1st: squiggoth.
mould was so bad that its back leg was a 2cm long stump of resin.

2nd: dread from FW, the section where the head was ment to go was just filled with resin.
5 hours work with a drem cleaning it out enough to put the head in place and i was ready



all your work is looking great so far
cant wait to see more

JD21290 wrote:FW are taking the piss.
i dont even bother to order from them anymore, made 2 orders from them.

1st: squiggoth.
mould was so bad that its back leg was a 2cm long stump of resin.

2nd: dread from FW, the section where the head was ment to go was just filled with resin.
5 hours work with a drem cleaning it out enough to put the head in place and i was ready

all your work is looking great so far
cant wait to see more

I understand when warping happens. FW can't really pack their models in dry ice to keep the heat off (or can they), but all out mis-molding is pretty bad.

I think I've been exceedingly lucky, the worst I've had was an over sized Repressor top. I just boiled it till it shrank to the right size.

it seems the more people complain the worse they get lol, you would think for a company that makes as much as it does they would atleast put some effort into making sure the parts are complete, rather than somewhat damaged.


alot of friends have also stopped buying frmo them aswell due to constant mistakes made by FW (one of my friends waited 4 months for his delivery, that was after calling them every few days) turns out FW had got the label mixed up and sent it to the US instead.
took him another 5 months to get his money back, and that was from a reaver :(