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shasolenzabi wrote:But Vik, you are trained for other stuff.

Plus wicked mean maker of toys!

hehe^^

Theophony wrote:Keep practicing the house/leviathan build and you'll gain experience , I want running water in it Vik.

Like the sitting guys you need some servo skulls floating around the table as well to fetch coffee, take notes and relay important messages (3 cubes of sugar).
There should be a plethora of computer screens on eBay the internal rhino door has a large screen and keyboard I believe. Or the space marine drop pod center piece looks like a fine holographic display board and the support parts(5) look like keyboards with built in coffee cup holders.

Let me know if you need some, it would be later this week before I could mail them... Plus send me your address, it's been a while (but we league guys take care of our own whether with bits or the garden hose ).

running water? the brits have mastered the art of tea making and not relying on running water for ages....i doubt they would build a giant tracked castle and have a giant tank of water inside....
funny thing.... for all stuff regarding warhammer, be it 40k or WHFB (i refuse to use the other term...*shakes fist* ) germany is far from the land of milk and honey...the availbale bitz of rhinos is very slim...believe me, i checked that list...
and funnily drop pod stuff...i found the keyboard stuff and just grabbed them^^... but well... i wouldn´t say no to some nice gray plastic crack^^
(also...still figuring out if the grden hose is from hannibal or a remark about the running water for the leviathan...)

Camkierhi wrote:Firstly great to see some action around here.

As to the pots...EEEwww!!

I also have a spare drop ship should you require from Theo's excellent suggestion.

As to the table, a piece of clear perspex painted on the underside, or better still, if you have a laminator you could try painting the laminating pouch and then running it through. You'd get a clear sheet relativly stiff, that you would hardly see from the side, now just need to make a cone from the laminate and a place it to look like the projection from the projector unit you scratch built in the middle of the floor! Doddle for man of your tallents.

Now as to the LoER, well, what are you after here? Do you want to put a floor below or above? Have I taught you nothing!! Just look at my blog. Some stirrers acquired from the local coffee shop, make a timber frame. And if you want to add shuttering, use lollipop sticks or more stirrers, or probably best make "Planks" from card, scratching grain on.

I'll shut up now.

first.... gotta ask...is the drop ship the space marine drop pod?...stupid question...but since recently the marines got so many new flyers i have a hard time keeping track of these names
second....love your idea about a touchscreen workplace....for silly reasons a star trek computer place was in my mind...but science fiction is always built around the technological know how of the current time...so flatscreen or 3D holographic touchscreens would be more appropriate for today... the cone part i still don´t get... but i am prbably a bit dense at this time of the day...after all we had 34°c ...quite a roomy temperature...

Have I taught you nothing!!

...LOL...as you keep referring to....i don´t want to teach no one sucking eggs here......indeed... i should look at your constructions...

Red Harvest wrote:

 shasolenzabi wrote:
But Vik, you are trained for other stuff.

Plus wicked mean maker of toys!

Plus wicked mean maker of toys models!

Apologies for the correction, Shas.

bewerbungsgespräch = Application talk? Ah, but then you guys say panzerkampfwagen (armored fighting wagon/car) , instead of tank. So many syllables...

There are a lot of papercraft computer screens too. Worst case scenario, print 'em and cut em out. Lay a piece of clamshell plastic cut to fit on top. Instant screen

here is a piece for a true connoisseur..."Kreuzschlitzschraubenzieher..." this word teaches you A LOT about how much the german language loves to use multiple syllables...
also...tank is also used for tank...the part of the car where yyou put the fuel in...so we probably had to use the term panzer...which curiously derives from the armour used by knights...

Camkierhi wrote:...or probably best make "Planks" from card, scratching grain on....

Or from sprue. There's a handy tutorial about this place for that kind of thing.

Also, I just found a quick way to do an expanse of planking, using plasticard:
Use a ruler to score on the lines between planks,
Then use the above technique to add the texture,
Then divide the lengths of the planks into shorter planks,
Cut out random planks and swap them with another of a similar length,
This gives you slight gaps and mis-fits to break up the surface.
See the flooring I've just done on Graven's tower.

Good luck with the interview.

Good job on the sitting legs too.
As for the body to use, find all the torsos you have and try them all... that's what I'd do.

Garden hose= someone's getting a whoopin'

Just pm you address Vik, I'm sure there's plastic crack in my basement

Doc....that is a splendid idea....i will follow down that road soon enough!

and sprue goes without saying...but i am a wee bit of a girl when it comes down to carving ...i still need my fingers^^

and theo... pm incoming...


but ladies and gentleman... in the mean time i have been working on a small mini diorama that will have it´s centre stage for the war room of the leviathan...

here it is...the captain´s seat...








some minor tweaks are still in need, but basically this is the first step in working on the war room...

more to this later on...

cheers, vik

Love the way he is on the edge of his seat. Very dynamic.

Seat looks great too, plush!

Looking very cool. Really excited to see you back in action.

thanks mates! i am still debating to leave or sand off the wings and skull of his chest...

also....i have a question at the whole dakka trek fans...:

WHY did Kirk wore yellow and piccard then wears red??? that's something i never understood...

Nice work on the chair and Capitan,

His chest does look a little too bulky compared to his legs in some of the photos (this may be down to the angle), but removing the wings etc. from the torso would help this, if you are so inclined.

Also, for reference purposes for the chair (not that you should include all the details, just if you are interested ):


More importantly, how did Picard survive so long wearing a red top...?
Had not thought about that before.

Nice work on the chair, I like the way the Captain is leaning forwards, as if he's issuing an order.

As for the Kirk - Picard, Yellow - Red thing, I think the color change actually happen back when they made the first Star Trek Movie (or Star Trek the Motion picture as it was called).
Back then they went for white, cream and light blue uniforms, and it wasn't until Star Trek II the wrath of khan when they made the change to Red uniforms.

I'm guessing when they made the next generation, they decided to carry over the red officer uniform color as way of tying the old and new series together.
Giving the older star trek fans something to relate to.

Kreuzschlitzschraubenzieher = Cross Slot Screw Overcoat ?... Oh, Philips Screwdriver. Good one. We have this, well the British do. Antidisestablishmentarianism.

Do remove the skull from his chest. Too Space Mariney. The command chair works well. The dynamic pose is well done.

OOooo yes yes yes.... I like the look of this already! The edge of the seat pose gives a real feeling that he is watching a holo screen at the battle unfolding and is just waiting for the opportune moment to issue the decisive order!!

I also like the idea that the Leviathon is a serious of mini dioramas all being played out within the shell of one giant beast!

More please!

I love the scout getting out of the seat. To me it looks like he was trying out the captains chair and then the big man came into the room and he is trying to get out of the seat without drawing suspicion.

Pm received, digging will commence soon

at magos... it was always planned to be a giant interlocking diorama...we´ll see if i can pull it off^^
at red... here is another one...Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän...
also... not shown on the following pics... worked on kirk... i think this will look better, i´ll show you tomorrow...

but first...progress...twofold...

the leagues terrain competition...http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/654377.page
is still running and it needs progress as anyone's thread... so i have been working on my entry...






i need too figure out how to tear it up and weather it suitably...

and on the other hand... some more work for the leviathan...i give you...the controllers...






these hands...they are a tad smaller than the average IG grunt hand... but i hope they still work...i got them from a bitz dealer here and there from bolt action and perry miniatures WWII lines...


well...i hope you´ll like what you saw...^^

cheers, vik

In the grim dark future there are carny workers, just leviathan controllers. They still have small hands and smell like cabbage.

I like the look of the wood plank floors. Maybe take some small gravel (larger than sand, but not pebble sized) and scatter it on the boards then lightly press down with a book or something to give it that handscraped and dented look.

So makes it look like they will order the Leviathan to crush all in it's path

That is some pretty sweet work.

GW paint pot lids for the trapdoor and the control table?? That is the most simple yet utterly genius repurposing I seen in a while. Well done that man!

Love the work station. All too familiar site, even in the 40th millennium...

Excellent progress.

Controllers look perfect. Love the screens and table idea. Chairs look perfect. Did not really notice the hands other than they look great. No silly bunched fists etc.

Wood work for the league looks fabulous. You see!

To age it:

Go outside with a candle or even a box of matches. Touch it with fire. DO NOT SET IT ALIGHT.! This will round edges. Form gaps.

What is the floor made of. Looks to be pine. But maybe balsa! Be careful with fire and balsa wood.

Get a bunch of various sized nails. Tape them together. Then hit the surface. IRL you can fill a sock with nails and hit timber to distress it. To make it look old.

Or just plain old very watery washes is how I do it most of the time. While it's wet blow some dust, I use bicarbonate os soda, into the corners.

Good luck.

Looking great and genius use of bits. As always

Awesome stuff love the wood stud wall very creative and the planking looks very posh indeed, I know people that would pay good money for floors that look that good

The control panel is extremely cool especially the screens they have an almost holographic appearance to them, as for the hands did not even notice they were smaller so no issue there.

lone dirty dog wrote:Awesome stuff love the wood stud wall very creative and the planking looks very posh indeed, I know people that would pay good money for floors that look that good

The control panel is extremely cool especially the screens they have an almost holographic appearance to them, as for the hands did not even notice they were smaller so no issue there.

they WILL look like holographic screens...i used granny grating and filled the holes with a bit of PVA to get a "skin" inside the cells... later on this will be painted as a holographic net/grid... and thanks mate^^

inmygravenimage wrote:Looking great and genius use of bits. As always

Camkierhi wrote:Excellent progress.

Controllers look perfect. Love the screens and table idea. Chairs look perfect. Did not really notice the hands other than they look great. No silly bunched fists etc.

Wood work for the league looks fabulous. You see!

To age it:

Go outside with a candle or even a box of matches. Touch it with fire. DO NOT SET IT ALIGHT.! This will round edges. Form gaps.

What is the floor made of. Looks to be pine. But maybe balsa! Be careful with fire and balsa wood.

Get a bunch of various sized nails. Tape them together. Then hit the surface. IRL you can fill a sock with nails and hit timber to distress it. To make it look old.

Or just plain old very watery washes is how I do it most of the time. While it's wet blow some dust, I use bicarbonate os soda, into the corners.

Good luck.

i am way too much of a sissy for using fire to a model...besides i don´t own a blowtorch... even not the small ones one uses for cooking...well...maybe one future day...
the nail weathering sounds brilliant... unfortunatly i went ahead and weathered/destroyed the upper floor walls by hand/pliers/dremel...well...it is now a wreck...but good looking one if i dare say so myelf^^
(why would someone want to do that to a floor in RL? i think i have heard that peeps weather wooden tables, real sturdy ones with big chains tho...to make them look vintage...hmmm....probably that´s the idea behind it?)
oh and it is all pine wood...except that the walls are made from beech wood...the coffee stirrer quality... i´ve spray primed it and then basecoated it with cheap brown acrylic paint...aftwerwards it will be built up again to look like wood...charred wood in many places...here is hoping i can pull that ooff...

Gitsplitta wrote:Love the work station. All too familiar site, even in the 40th millennium...

LOL...i once did a while as a telephone interviewer... in small cubicles......you know what i mean^^

Januine wrote:GW paint pot lids for the trapdoor and the control table?? That is the most simple yet utterly genius repurposing I seen in a while. Well done that man!

hey mate, welcome! in fact, this is a rhino tank trapdoor...and the work station is made from a DIY icecream maker set...a pop up icecream thingy... the curved part you see here is the lid...beneath is ...prbably not that good seen, a deo roll on part, the thing that holds the ball...glued together with a mix of PVA and super glue... for all tht odd glueing jobs a wonderfull and strong mixture that can take quite some punishment! and thanks ^^

Stormwall wrote:That is some pretty sweet work.

*bows* thank you very much^^

shasolenzabi wrote:So makes it look like they will order the Leviathan to crush all in it's path

indeed.... these are the gunners/drivers of the beast...

Theophony wrote:In the grim dark future there are carny workers, just leviathan controllers. They still have small hands and smell like cabbage.

I like the look of the wood plank floors. Maybe take some small gravel (larger than sand, but not pebble sized) and scatter it on the boards then lightly press down with a book or something to give it that handscraped and dented look.

LOL... small hands.... just as austin powers told us
the gravel woould have worked too...i am sure...it is rather soft wood...alas...see bellow^^...

inmygravenimage wrote:Looking great and genius use of bits. As always

thanks mate!... hopefully i cherish the sudden work on my entry^^
speaking of...
update time...


made the second floor...the idea behind the build is it is a wrecked and scorched place... s not much left to be seen here upwards the ground floor...






well... as stated above...next step is getting the wood grain worked out again by drybrushing the heck out f everything and then painting the destruction...^^

cheers, vik

Nice work on the wood joins for the next floor supports.

I am also trying to find a few more bits before sending a package your way. I did find another sentinel pilot for you, he can be sequestered off to a side if you want.

Really nice. Good mix of materials, I like the tile especially.

Great work again Vic you have really captured the RL of the flooring especially with the damaged section, that looks spot on and the broken planks on the floor below is a nice touch.

Nice bit of ruined building to play on I see!

Ladies and gentlemen!

i have to announce the 16th instalment of the ongoing Leagues of extraordinary Riveteers Terrain building competition...this time it is about the humorous question: "got wood?"

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/665211.page


the goal is to either build from wood or make iit look like wood...

hacking, sawing and carving a cool diorama or a terrain piece playable for a nice tabletop game...enlist today^^

cheers, vik

Ack I had just it down a tree two weeks ago and it was just picked up by the recycling truck on Friday. Oh well I got plenty o wood to use .

Considering I have a garage full of woodworking tools-- I used to build furniture for fun and occasional profit-- I may have a bit of an advantage. But maybe not the time. We'll see.

Also, quick translation question. Hawkmoon, would that translate to Habichtmond, Sperbermond or something else? I am referring to a bird like this

In Britain, that would be a Goshawk, I think.