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can´t trust those flimsey lil elfs...

Sneaksy seer council on jetbikes and their lascannon powered attacks, in a way, I was hoping he would make Apocalyptic Explosion, just to see how much of his stuff would go up in smoke(He'd pretty much wiped out all I had there by then)

well, i´ve never been that interrested and known in dark eldars...but as the saying goes know thy friends well and thy enemy even more so...

These were the "good eldar" that trashed my army!

good or evil...how can we say that... they´re filthy heretical xenos... we purge them with holy prometheum ... that is all the mercy they can excpect from us...

Oh, as far as the Inquisitor (who is in hospital) is concerned, there will be a reckoning one day! Fortunately the Perun will be salvaged.

vengance...!

Official Policy shoot the xenos on sight!

Thanks!

@Vik: First off thank you for the kind words! Now to address the aft smoke Launchers. I plan on removing them. I think they look awful facing downwards. Though im waiting on some more plasticard to cover up the plastic underneath as it was plastic glued on, and is not so nice looking after removal.
The Sponsons: I agree that the door is too visable. though i am Not sure exactly how i am going to remedy this. Possibly taking the sponsons off and doing some plasticard work to bulk the model up and cover the doors. Though as i said that is going to have to wait. I made the sponsons out of my scrap bits of plastic.
Turret mount: The turret mount is still in need of a putty job because of the large gap between the turret ring and the main tank body. I may try to use up some more of my smaller scraps of plasticard to create a slope upwards to the turret ring. though i am not sure if i can with my scraps. Again, Waiting patiently for my order of plasticard.

I also feel that the sponson is mounted too far down on the body, like its almost scraping the ground. The aquila is the main culprit in that.

@Shaso: Durned Eldar Fairies!!! Need to go back to dancing and frolicking not destroying the beautiful Perun...
And again thank you very much for the kind words of compliment!!!

i am glad that my words didn´t insult you in any way...*phew* the model is such a cool idea that i tend to bluntly point out criticism as i want you to full reach what you can achieve with such a fine model! i thinki you have the right kind of plans for the doors and the turret and the sponsons could do with a good see to...i think there are some missmatching angles and i cant for now see it as a working weapon...there is something yellow inside? using scrap plastic is always good for me, so i can only encourage you to do so too.... have you considered using plastic from household items? these have sometimes great potential...sometimes it comes even with a structure to it... like waffeld or other...for steelwork i think great use...crossing fingers for your soon to be arrival of materials,

cheers, vik

No Offense taken at all!

Yes, there is something yellow. Its half of a little tank, from a train scalel farm equipment model. I just cut it to size for the circular look that the inner working of the GW sponsons. it has yet to be painted in these photos.

As for household plastic, i have been using DVD cases for some plastic work. Though i find it difficult to get proper. Its very thick, and stubborn stuff. Otherwise i haven't tried too many other items.

have you looked into tupper ware? or for that matter i tend to find odd shaped bitz from foodpackaging...there is sometimes great stuff to be found there...

ah so ths is a good idea to use as a sponson mount! even if i cant see it now i can picture it quite good in my mind and think this might be a good way to use non gw stuff that has texture to it!

as for DVD cases or as i came to name them jewel cases... i think these would be exellent for terrain, specially orky ones...

@Firecancer: No problems, it is always good to go to a place to show off stuff and also get helpful hints.

@Vik, Hey, I thought you were on Holiday! I was not expecting to find you on today.

only some poor minutes left... probably confused with date due to timeshift around the world...come tomorrow morning...well after i wake up we will be on our way...

Ah, true, true, Germany is in a time zone so far ahead of the Pacific North-West.

Firecancer, CD cases are definitely hard and brittle, as Vik suggested, tupper-ware may be more workable.

Soon, soon, I can get back to work and show my lovelies off to all the followers of the oddballs!

Odd balls! sounds painfull Shazo

neil101 wrote:Odd balls! sounds painfull Shazo

Not Odd Balls, but Oddballs the tank designs you would not see all of the time in the game. The odd tanks that few people have dared to make themselves, or the kits out there like from Old Crow, or now closing down DLD that made all kinds of tanks and vehicles of the abnormal kind!I might even take time today at some point to add decals to the Perun and start to splash oily black and devlan mud washes all over it as well!

Okay, finally added decals to the Perun, I will scratch these up some and likely have to paint exposed metal for age and battle damage, but here we go.
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Engine painted in a gray military style.
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Decal and engine hatch back on.
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Left turret
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Left hull.
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Next phase scratches in the decals!

whot???? i am back again and what do i get here at one of me favorite threads? do i get me a backlog 30 something pages to oggle at??? no sir...i am back and i am not amused...well i am back and amusment can happen now without further delay....commence at one^^

vik

Hey guys.

Theis is not so much an oddball tank photo, though i think here would be the best place to post this up!!

Here is the Current armored might of the Prassium Army Group!!!
ShadowSword, StormLord, Leman Russ Vanquisher(custom turret), Counts as Leman Russ Battle Tank, Custom Atlus Recovery Tank, Custom IMC Truck, and my scratch Built Chimera!





Cheers!
FireCancer

all these ddball tanks make me regret not taking pics of my old tanks:
a rhino with meltagun damage, bioacid damage, 40+ bullet holes, shrapnel embedded, guy leaning out of side hatch carrying a sniper screaming, and a dud demolisher cannon shell wedged in the front.
vindicator with ork clambering up the dozer blade shoving a melon into the demolisher cannon and an undetonated ork landmine stuck to the back,

a leman russ with an ork poking it's head up out of a slightly ajar ventilation hatch.

is my fortress of arrogance considered oddball?

Okay, the decals scratched, now to paint in the bare metal exposed due to these scratches.
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the problem with the decals as i see it is that they leave a spot of shiny surface everytime the are aplied...is this effect noticably in RL too? the flash really brings that up quite bothering...have you dullcoat or something on that line? if not i would suggest getting a bit of the color of what is underneath and just smear it over the decal and then quickly sponge it off...thus dulling the decall in the right color and still beeing in line of the model...

the perun has had to see so much action...it is battered beyond anything i´ve seen now^^ only the most senior crews could handle and take care of that beast in the right way!

if possible i would love to see the perun in bright daylight...out in the open nature...that would be a nice pic! and it would show me the natural state of your paintjob so much better...

cheers, and i hope your maths measured up too!

vik

I have yet to do the dirty-grimy wash on the entire tank as you can see, (making it even more seasoned!)

Oh yes, elite crews only!

I could arrange that, there will be sunlight today, so a bright day section with the real light over the Perun as it sits on my railing.

I passed,,,,,,just!

I passed,,,,,,just!

well, congratz anyway^^ a win is a win, is a win^^

and yay for sunlight^^

Nice work, though I fear the mud on the tracks stop to evenly on top- caked on the track but nearly none on the hull it's next to.

Viktor von Domm wrote:

I passed,,,,,,just!

well, congratz anyway^^ a win is a win, is a win^^

and yay for sunlight^^

True! it is finally over!

Yep, new pics in a few hours, gotta let the sun get to the right spot.

shrike wrote:Nice work, though I fear the mud on the tracks stop to evenly on top- caked on the track but nearly none on the hull it's next to.

I was running low the salt actually is nice, but starts to dry the paint in the pallette faster! I had to go and get more, so maybe more mud before i affix the grime washes.

oki^^ bumpn`al righty^^

Well, here we go! I painted the rusting metal on the scratched areas. Added sunlight.
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Basking in the sun
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Head on, and see the unit badge boot scraped
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In the engine, clouds were moving in.
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