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what about filling the straws with something like PVA or plaster? would that work? it would be like casting but after that you simply let it inside...would bring you a hell lot of sturdiness then. besides if you go for robust because of storing the pieces then i think you gain another point for realism...because you not only think about what looks cool but also what works and conserves best. anybody from constructionsites can asure you no one goes for cool on a site^^

looking good by the way your undersides of your walkways.the netting looks really good even now and will look a whole lot better when primed and so forth...

vik

Was thinking of something along those lines Vik, but not sure how to pour the filler.
Could always suck it up the straw and risk getting a mouth full
Might end up getting plastered!

lol, or you could use these real big syringes that you use for insulating the bathtube with silicone...in fact using silicone would make it less brittle and heavy and also would add sturdyness with fexibility...
and if taht isn´t at home by you, then use a sprue long enough and filed and then simply push the stuff in to the straw...won´t do a pic to illustrate as it would not be familyfreindly then^^

vik

Good call Vik
should have thought of that!

Was thinking of the expandable foam stuff for strengthening the punnets if I use them. They use those syringes to iirc.

Will see how many pennies these things are!
Hoping that I saw them in the pound stores.

that foam i also have in my cubboard...tho i have to warn you its rather sticky and i think you should wear old clothes while working with that stuff...i ruined some parts of my clothes and soiled the balcony of our apartment while using it.... was a messy job to get all cleared up... i am not that good first try with handywork...more a try and error kind of aproach...

but once the stuff is cured and at its designated place you have one hell of a sturdy thing... i once secured a poster of a bed to the ceiling... the hole in the ceiling was a very uneasy one and gave way to easy so i filled it with that junk and put a nail in it held for over a year without so much as a rattler...^^

vik

Last year was slow for me but not entirely unproductive.
Managed to get some projects finished for the Warhammer Afterschool Club at the local library.
Thought it might be worth posting here for a change of pace.

The DE raider is mine aquired from a friend so no claims for that but hopefully gives a sense of scale.

Some desert rock terrain and Eldaresque objective markers


The Dark Eldar raider is not by me* and for scale purposes.

Crashed Eldar ship






Ork Tank trap



Necromunda Chemical Plant





hope there is something for you to enjoy from my labours
comments welcome and thank you for looking.

gosh....

the eldar terrain is surley alien...the objectmarkes tho of unknown use look really good and are a nice eyeopener for a game^^
i often saw those desert pillar towers and thought one of these days i have to do that myself...well one day i have to do that myself as you´ve shown us how good that looks!
the crashed eldar ship looks stunning, i am still figuring out or better trying to what you did use for building it... and the surface with thise lines looks classy. straight out of an old sifi book i would say!
i really like your ork tanktraps again a rather simple yet something i haven´t done thing. did you use 1:76 tankwheels for landmines there? geniusidea and sojmething absulutly stealworthy^^

and then that chemical plant....did i have seen that here already? i think so...long ago...hmmm looks awsome by the way...

but no fancy diversion of necromundaen terrain any more master! we need no crave walkaways and ladders and underhive grit of the darkest sort...

if i copy any ideas of your terrain be sure that i copy a master^^

cheers mate, vik

That chemical plant has really has wetted my appetite for your finished product...you've really raised your own bar!

Peter

You really are a master at terrain and it certainly shows, especially on the chemical plant.

Yeah great stuff Chibi , i especially like your eldar terrain looks very oldschool to me , something pure rogue trader about it!

Thanks for the kind word chaps
sorry I thought I had already responded

Please follow the linky on this thread:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/342430.page
some amazing 1/6 scale dios and hopefully will be of inspiration.
The V2 launch has some interesting tackle and buildings etc.

I really love the chemical plant. Fancy telling us how you did it?

Thanks Fifty
Will try and sort out he pics in the old WIP thread and pop up a linky.
I must have moved them tidying up the Photobucket folders.



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Hi Fifty
have restored the pics and will show some earlier ones pre-primer

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/301599.page

Have been making some slow progress and will try and get some pics up soon.

A friend kindly donated some 10mm foamboard which is perfect for extending the upper flooring.
To cover the foam I made a bit of detailing from scrap plastic card and made moulds with that friendly plastic stuff.
Tried Das air drying clay but the results are not as good as the resin from the car repair shop.
The latter will need some cleaning up and have a fair few pinholes (oops) but otherwise is going to be better.
Not as good as I would have liked but not bad for a first attempt. Still have loads to make.

Am making a stairwell inspired by Weety's thread, as it reminded me some verticals would be good.
Have chopped up some foamboard that was also donated and will put strips of that plastic strapping they use in tying up packaging.
(Obtained from a bin at the back of a clothes shop ) It has a good texture to replicate non-slip metal steps)

Since trying the flooring on one of the wall sets, have decided that the rotation idea will be dropped.
There will be enough flexibilty in the system for a variety of layouts and it means I can concentrate on building the thing and will therefore add some extra detailing.
Want to crack on in time for half term when my daughter and I can test the terrain in a game or two of Anima Tactics.

Back to the Necro terrain.

Have been playing with a reusable plastic which I intend to use for moulding some detailing.
As a trial I scratched a simple frieze to cover the foam of the foamboard sides.


After a bit of an experiment, it seems to be working okay. There are some pin holes in the resin but they were caused by bullets and fragmentation and nothing to do with me,
honest Guv!



Mock up for the intended use:


They need some cleaning up but I am happy for there intended use to be a little rough around the edges.
Just got to cast and clean up a billion more now!

The flooring and stair well as mentioned in a previous post:






As ever your comments are welcomed and thanks for taking the time to look.


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ps the frieze castings are 3" long
that's about 75mm in your money Vik

You do a lot of casting, , i have never tried it ,well except plaster casts back in my youth! i picked up soem rubber you melt in a pan for attempting stuff like this but never got around to using it. You know skirting board balsa wood is great for using as edging. The new setup looks intersetring , the cardboard steel effect at the base of the tower is nice, as is the expensive looking foamboard!

gosh i have to think about unsubscribing now as i get some funny ideas watching your stuff... if i dont compose myself i will loose all time reserved for mundane things like sleep, eating and use of the loo...seeing all this inspirational stuff new thechniques and ideas i get all edgy and could abondon all my current projects...argh...its a devil of a conundrum, either do that and then your not able to do all those nice things seen here and there...semms if i see one more idea in the nxt five minites my head will ****BBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAMMMMMM****


thats waht really happens when people talk aout mindblowing...

that casting looks by the way mighty spectacular and if i may say so the occaisonal irregularity works good on your behalf as it adds that rotten feel of the undehive...

so dont fear me unsubscribing it is rather a new kind of low slow suicideal behavior...

vik

Was really lucky with the foamboard Neil, thanks to a friend who bought it yonks ago then never got around to finishing his terrain projects. Perhaps more importantly, he never really started! It was kindly donated.
As were the squares of perspex.

lol
Agree about the irregularity Vik.
I will say it was intentional for the effect *ahem* Whistles nonchanantly with an air of innocence.

Very nice work with the plastic molding for the edging for foam core. I just stumbled on the plastic thread, and I think you have one of the great uses here, making simple edging that is detailed enough to look good, but easy to make. What sort of resin did you use for the parts? I saw you said it was automotive, but I don't recognize it (Bondo?)

Thanks Wehrkind
Ii's David's Fastglas, but I guess any similar fibreglass car repair resin would do the job.


bought 500ml yonks ago but apart from an abortive dabble never used it till now. I paid £6.99 but a quick google shows it a quid cheaper or the same price! not bad after several years!
You also need a hardener. Paid £2.50 the other day for some. Not sure how that compares with the modelling resins but think it works substantially cheaper, which is fine for this sort of work.

Sorry to disappoint Vik but the quality is a bit more even now
Some of my early attempts were taken from moulds for which I made clay moulds to make second generation resin masters in case the hot plastic melted the styrene, but it doesn't so have made new plastic moulds from the original styrene master. Not as convoluted as I made it sound.

Actually in hindsight it probably was!

hmmmm... i have now reopened the thought process on how to use FIMO in my current affairs in miniworks and now you offer new opetunities here...see above post of mine^^

this sound like a good thing to try...will search out for something along those lines here in germany...

think i will go now to sleep...have to fight creative urges now as tomorrow is a early up day as usual and the kids need a father tahts able to serve breakfast and not sleepy due to latenight endeavors in creativity^^

have a good one,vik

Well, this terrain blog is coming right along. The Styrofoam bits are pulling together. I like he painted pieces too. I think the cast bit is awesome, by the way. The perfect finishing touch!

Huh, so does that stuff get hot when it cures? I think my old man has spare fiberglass resin around I could get my hands on and experiment with.
Thank you sir!

Not had any indication that it gets hot, Wehrkind.
Did see some fumes off a big lump that started setting before I had finished pouring, and did wonder if it was about to burst into flames!

But no it was giving out no heat.
Word of caution re old hardener. The resin has behaved fine. Worked perfectly well. The old hardener on the other hand would not mix properly and had lumps in it.

It may be because it had been opened years ago, or maybe the cold at some point affected it. The new hardener mixed very smoothly and meant I got less air in the resin while stirring.

hth

Thanks Good Green
Long way to go yet, and lots more detailing and painting in store.
Was supposed to be quick and done by now
Prolly will still be WIP this time next year!

Just had a brain wave

Thinking about the straws for pipes and making them stronger. A simple no mess nothing added no nonsense solution.

Take a legnth of plastic drinking straw.
Slice down the length of one side with sharp scapel.
push gently so the diameter reduces and insert into a second straw.

Job done.
Whoot I like easy jobs

Couldn't you just fill a straw with that resin goop? Makes it super hard then!

I thought of that but
1. it would be messy
2. Wasteful of resin imho (ie tight fisted swinging pennypinching manner )
3. More time consuming.

Just don't fancy trying to pour resin down a small tube.
The method I described will be strong enough to work with without the hassle Ghosty.


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Eilif posted this linky on another thread.
Thought it well worth popping in here in case anyone missed it.

Warning:
Viewing this website may make you tear everything up and start again...
or just give up!
http://www.ironhands.com/necro.htms

like your idea with the two straws, thats really the cheapest and easiest way to get it tougher!

and your link...that was a very bad deed man, now i tear my airship apart and call it a shipwreck...

vik

I did give fair warning Vik.
If it is any consolation it crashed into the Underhive and blew it all up! :weep:

well then theres just two projects solved in debris so to speak^^