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People: Thanks a lot for your input and feedback, truly appreciated.

I think the pics are not doing the paintjob a favour, the contrast is exaggerated and specially the red in the rust pops out quite more on the screen than it truly does. Nevertheless, it is contrasting, maybe too much.

Couldn't get back in time for a daylight picture, to properly show the real colours, I will tomorrow.

@Theophony: Glad the texture shows, I thought it might get lost in the pics.

@Viktor: Haven't done much work on the concrete walls yet, indeed they look mint new yet, and that will not do. I'll weather the walls as the next step. And for the walkways, I was thinking railings, but hazard stripes along the edges sound quite good, will try them out .

@dsteingass: I still think it might be too much, too bright (Makes me think of a severe case of skin rash), but I'll wait until the walls catch up before making a call. I will work on them next, just not sure if AB them, I can not see me masking it all over again! Would some washes do?

Again, thanks for stopping by.

Cheers,

well... the light is currently surely not in favor for this paintjob... one of your daylight photoshots could fix that in a minute

cheers, vik

Tomorrow is too far away.

Gave it a shot (talk about lame puns!) with after 7 pm and overcast sky light, long exposure and no flash





Still arguable quality pics, but closer to the real thing at least.

C&C are always welcome.

Well, that looks way better!
Still a bit more red than I would do myself, but if you now get the concrete to look lighter, than I think this will work .

By the way, congrats for hitting the front page!!!

No masking, just a dusting from a distance. Remember, it would all weather the same, even if the walls didn't necessarily rust like the frame does. Washes ALWAYS work, and you never have to decide either or, you can always have both.

Short break to go back and move on with the League's comp entry.

Almost done:



And the gun close up:



C& C welcome.

Looking sweet dude, love the bastian. And competition entry looks awesome. Gun will look great with some OSL.

@Camkierhi: Thanks x 2! I'm also struggling with it, but can't really figure it out yet



The glow from the tip doesn't get where to reflect, and the weaker attempt down along the barrel doesn't show.

Since we are it, 360 view of the whole piece:



Please keep been critical, all the advice is welcome.

Thanks for reading.

[Edit] PS: But I did get to paint the tubing white and put some hazard stripes on it!

Looking great LT, nothing critical to add

@Ruglud: Glad to see you around, thanks for stopping by.

Having the brush out, I paid some care to the Bastion as well...



(Worked some more on the rust, dirtyed the walkways, and gave a first wash to the walls to weather and bring the contrast down a bit).

Cheers.

Nice work on the turret and bastion. Liking the rust work.

@Dr H: Duly appreciated, thank you.

Finished my official entry for the League's Comp: The Ultima ratio Imperator

Initial concept:



And:





(Click to zoom enabled)

I might go back to it some time in the future for touch ups and another swing at the attempted OSL, but I'm moving on for now.

Cheers.

Looks brilliant, good luck dude. Excellent effects used.

And the Bastion:

Original 1990's cardboard Imperial Bastion remake.





(Image zoom enabled, double click to zoom in)

...it would never fall while men defended it...



As said before, might go back for a second round later on - gates come to mind, and maybe railings -, other ideas need to be tended to first...

C&C are always welcome.

Thanks for reading.

New project (Actually, going back to an old project put aside when I jumped into the competition builds, now on the workbench again).

Chimera count-as conversion:



And got some more done on it lately:



In between then and now, I changed my mind - I had thought of it as a Chimera before - and decided to try to go after an Hydra look instead.

Possible start for the gun mount:



And very, very WIP guns:



Thanks for reading, and comment and criticize freely, input is welcome.

Cheers.

Awesome work LT, the gun emplacement is class, the Bastion is amazing and that tank is going be great - love the quad gun - what are the ends of the barrels? Look like bits you find inside spring loaded pens?

Gun emplacement is excellent, and Bastion wonderful. You have a brilliant way of painting up you scenery.

As to current project, looking very promising. Like the quad gun look.

@Ruglud: Thanks, though sadly the gun emplacement got so badly dwarfed by monstrous Berfa!

As for the end of the gun barrels, they are the caps of dried out felt tip markers, with the closed end cut off, and angled filed.

@Camkierhi: Glad you are liking them so far, some more work coming up next.

Quad gun update:



Mounted:



And scale reference:



Former sentinel pilot body that happened to fit the driver's seat:



All input is welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

Awesome. looking cracking dude. Lucky on the driver too.

Tried to prime the gun - found the rainbow colour scheme too distracting - and the can died out on me midjob

I have that same kit but then I went for the easy stuff and made a Basilisk out of it. Honestly for a Chimera it's too wide and shortening made it weird much better as a Hydra..

M.

 Littletower wrote:
@Ruglud: Thanks, though sadly the gun emplacement got so badly dwarfed by monstrous Berfa!

As for the end of the gun barrels, they are the caps of dried out felt tip markers, with the closed end cut off, and angled filed.

Ahh, what a great use of household stuff - now I look at them again I can see that they are in fact the felt tip pen lids - my kids have drawers full of these and I bet most have run or dried out... Time to go raiding for supplies

Your gun emplacement beats Berfa hands down as you've actually managed to finish it - the deadline is fast approaching and still a looooong way from applying paint - I may need another month to get her ready- takes a while to apply the foundatiuon before the make-up on this big old lady

 Littletower wrote:
@Ruglud: Glad to see you around, thanks for stopping by.

Having the brush out, I paid some care to the Bastion as well...



(Worked some more on the rust, dirtyed the walkways, and gave a first wash to the walls to weather and bring the contrast down a bit).

Cheers.

And so you saw 'Imperial bastion' as knockdown steel blockhouse rather than concrete bunker. so.. a lil bit historical referrence on the use of steel blockhouse please

@Miguelsan: Thanks for stopping by. I’ll tour around your thread for more conversion and count-as inspiration and ideas to steal.

I found Kilkrazy’s article on Scale Model Kits for 40K (Saw you commented there as well) as reference for vehicle sizes.

To bring the hull to length, I cut out the mid section and removed one of the track boogies, but it still is too slender - 7 cm wide, against the 9 quoted - And a bit too tall as well, but that is concealed by the oversized quad gun over it.

The shortened tracks might have ended up looking somewhat weird – with a too short footprint – but I think the overall result will do.

@Ruglud: I keep a bin full of reusables – toy pieces mostly, and any other potentially useful shaped thing I see around – Problem is, I save (hoard?) much faster than I use, and the pile grows, which will probably get me in trouble anytime now…

@Lone Cat: I’m sorry the paint does not do it for you, the building is supposed to be concrete, not steel made; the metallic parts being only the side supports and columns, firing points and edge reinforcements.

After yesterday’s primer fiasco, and while waiting until I can finish spraying – primer has a 24 hour waiting period between coats – I rescued another project to move along:

Added sand and gravel:



And vines:



Lone explorer (scale shot):



Touch ups and highlights next.

Cheers.

After replacing the offending spray can, I finally got to properly prime the Hydra:



(Please excuse the loose joints between planks, some parts were left unglued for painting, will be properly put together after that, whenever that might be)

Cheers.

Bloody fantastic.

Joined in Skalk Bloodaxe's terrain contest.

While planning (Read: trying to figure out) what to do, and following the picked-up-junk special rule, I collected these:



Dried out spray polyurethane foam bits, to (maybe) become some toxic spills from a scrapped tank among the forthcoming junk pile…

Actually, after I found those, I went after the guy sealing the boxes and got an almost empty can of the stuff for further experimenting as well.

(Didn't get a picture of that, it was awkward enough to ask for it, having him pose for a pic while he was giving me the used can as well would have probably been just too weird).

PS: @Camkierhi: Thanks, glad you like it so far. Paint is on hold pending a pressure regulator for the compressor (Too high pressure output for an airbrush), an airbrush specific compressor (Doubtful for the time being, though it be nice indeed), or the right mood for doing it the old fashioned way!

hey LT... i am feeling really bad for missing out on so many wonderful looking updates of yours...!!!the big gun looks so cool...the balldesign you really pulled of to the finest!

then the bastion looks amazing too...subtile amount of details... the whole thing works as a complete unit and no details fight for attention against each other... i like that very much!

then you started with a tank...and what a tank... nice choice for the chassis... and the flak gun is amazingly looking!the caps of the feltpens you used in a very unique way... the muzzles have actually the right cooling holes!...primed it looks like a comeplete bought kit!...what a talent!

as i am getting older by the day...i can´t realy remember these trees... how did you make them? but what i can say is...they remind me of trench war sight i´ve seen... very convincing looking plantlife!


and i am eager to see what you come up with for skalks comp... the foam stuff is amazing... i have worked with that stuff for modeling puroses before too... just remember that foam doesn´t like spray and superglue!!! it melts it... i am having difficulties what to use for junk... i am thinking in totally different way atm, way more into structures than throw away junk... randomness of any kind really tests my creativity it seems^^

Delayed and distracted by RL, it took over two weeks just to get my junk together…

Step I, sorting through it all. This actually went quite well, put some order on the workbench and sorroundings, and several possibles started to come out as well:



Plan A revolved around rusted and weathered drum/drums, with a toxic spillage. That had two advantages: First, I could aim for the extra credit points for the spontaneously found and picked up junk by using the polyurethane foam for the spillage, and second, I could even give a shot at OSL radiating from the waste.

Nothing suitable for drums though, I made a test run embossing an alumium foil strip and rolling it over to make the barrell:



Not discarded yet, but not sold on it either.

Meanwhile, an alternate plan sprung along, something else I’d wanted to try.



Not sure if it isn't more of a build than a junk pile, though it is indeed made of mostly junk.

As in doubt, more junk added.



Used and use so far:

 Wood skewers poles
 Mosquito mesh wire fence
 Copper wire (formerly UTP cabling) barbed wire
 Styrene clippings shot planks
 Cofee stirrer wood boards
 Sponge tumbleweeds
 Sprue plant.

Primmed and basecoated - red for rust effect for the mesh, poles and planks, green for the plant - and tinted the woodboards. Figuring out yet how to deal with the tumbleweeds.

If more junk is needed for it to actually be a [b]pile[/b], I could pack in the drum and the toxic waste in as well.

Thanks for stoping by.


PS @Viktor: Sorry for the delayed response! Nothing to feel bad about, and glad you liked those.

As for the trees, basic shape is made from twisted wire (1.5 mm aluminum wire) 6 strands making the trunk, branched in twos or threes at the botom for the roots and tops for the – surprise! – branches, and covered in pva-soaked tissue strips. I didn’t’ take any earlier WIP pics, might try a brief step by step later on if found of interest.

Cheers.

Cool barricades... I particularly like the selfmade barrel...o