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Super simple instructions for building a basic skyshield landing pad with the attached PDF.

1.) Print the attached PDF 4 times, preferabley on cardstock
2.) Glue cardstock to foamcore
3.) Cut out parts
4.) Assemble parts !!

EDIT: 2 of the pages need to printed Mirrored/Reversed. I missed that detail when I posted this. I will post an updated version of this soon

No..I'd pin and glue them solid..it needs to be able to take gaming abuse...

Umm yeah, they need to be glued. I didn't mean to give the impression it was snap together or anything.

good work mate... would love to use it asap... but atm the competition takes up my hobby time... but i think this would be a nice piece for a complete table... to go with my current built...

downloaded for sure^^

Some progress on the Skyshield Landing Pad





This is an Idol of Gork/Mork I carved out of a single block of that green plant pot foam, back when GORKAMORKA came out.



Tau Logo



That is from a Tau City Terrain I was experimenting with



Damaged Fuil Caniisters vintage Gorkamorka as well. They are all plaster castings.



Dumpsters



Gorkamorka Fort



Trench Warfare Battle Board

I put a ton of work into this board, but never quite got it where I wanted it. Over thought the design. Got obssessed with lines of fire, having a trench to kick grenades into, having room for vehicles, etc...

You should check out HyenaJoe's thread, he has rebuilt several of the old card Gorkamorka buildings in plasticard!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/403465.page

Some interesting stuff there, especially the idea about using dry wall tape. I'll have to look into that

that ork idol sure has a lot of possibilities in it... carving the green foam is a good idea... never tried it myself... but i had ideas about that stuff as well...

the trench is looking good... if completed it would make a great bottleneck scenic table...

and the tau buildings... simple start and a very effective finish... too bad you never came around to paint them...i bet they would look stunning... in fact i will remember this idea for later use... there are so many yoghurt caps in my family each week...^^


and last but not least... the work on the skyshield is making superb progress!!!... the details on those feet... very good! and the added rivets... i had to check that you are actually already a league member^^... extraordinary riveting repeated^^... ornamental riveting is a highclass from of the riveting process!!!

Sorry, no pic at the moment, but I did get to add a ton of rivets to a pair of the Necromunda Towers I was working on at the beggining of this thread.

Looking back at my old terrain collection I realized I was really prolific in building terrain and gak at painting it beyond a black base coat. I do not want my Necromunda terrain I worked on to suffer that fate so I am determined to paint and finish them.

They definitely look more industrial and less sleak with a plethora of rivets attached.

Side note: octagon glitter makes piss poor rivets.

well... how could you second guess the impact rivets have on any structure???

care to show a pic of said glitter stuff? would like to see what to avoid...

Oh no? The glitter didn't work? DAMN.

I like those dumpsters! how did you make them?

YES!- Tell us about the dumpsters..I really like those too.

I think the dumpsters in the picture are ancient Armorcast Models. Some of them, not all were pictured, were plaster castings made in a latex rubber mold. I hadn't moved on to silicone molds at that point. The latex molds would only survive a handful of castings.

Oddly enough I was scratch building another one. The basic shape is pretty easy to make in card or foamcoare. Add some supports cut from sprue leftovers on the side. A square of card of the flat on the side. Some glue, sand, and junk, for the garbage and you'd be done.

Since there seems to be an interest in the dumpster I'll finish and document that project, in the near future.

As for the glitter, the size and shape are great, but they are soooooooo thin I'm afraind they will be lost once I base coat the model. I'll post some before and after pics, after I get around to base coating the model.

Just use thin coats of spray..don't overdo it...Perhaps dybrushing will bring it out?..I hope.

i thought they were armorcast models...

and i dunno where but i think i saw tuts out there too to make your own dumpsters...

if the glitter is too thin i wouldn´t bother using it as rivets... youo will probably waste lots of time applying them to be later lost after the painting... but you can maybe use them for uther uses... as terturized gound for terrian? or for that matter as contens for your new dumpster?

Viktor von Domm wrote:. or for that matter as contens for your new dumpster?

That thought thought did occur to me...

see?!

Went down into the cellar to get the dumpsters and came up with Open topped chemical tanks, think joker falling into them.

I had two of them made, probably a decade ago, and never got around to painting them. Really basic, functional, but not up to my standards as they are now.

Taking pictures of the rehab process as I go along. Rebasing, adding a grated floor and some gizmos and stuff to make it more interesting look. Will post pictures of my progress. Hoping to have paint on the first one later tonight.

Tutorial on how to make dumpsters coming soon. If I find the inspriation I will install my scanner and printer and make some printable templates for the dumpsters as well.

oh... the tanks i am also intersted in seeing...

and i never turn my eye away to free templates

Too many projects going at the same time to keep them all straight.

Can't find the punch I use to make rivets. This is incredibly distressing since Rivets are about all my skyshield landing pad needs before I start painting it.

I've entered into a 40K league and I need to whip up 500pts of Orks. I wanted to go ALL dreads and Kans with Lootas, but the League rules won't let me play vehicles that aren't dedcated transports at 500 points, and they rules dreads and kans as vehicles. Conventional wisdom would involve about 60 boyz with shootas. I have about 90 boyz with slugga choppa. So my newest project, that I need to finish first is to make new boyz !!

I don't want to spend time and energy modelling and painting 60 boyz, that I won't use much a month later when the league bumps the points above 500, so I've decided on making 30 'Ard Boyz with shootas. Heck, I might not use them much later, but it's only half as many models to paint.

I figured out how to armor them up nicely. Big shoulder pads, arms guards, chest amor, and a big metal jaw, all with rivets !!

I would just use the sluggas and choppas and Waaagh to run into their line, they can't do much but die if you get to them.


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..You can always changeup your strategy after the bump in points...

It's also me wanting to be a bit silly. After 30 'Ard boyz and a Warboss, about all I have points left for is a squad of gretchin. I didn't have 'Ard boyz, so it's another option for my overall army once they are completed.

The league is going to have a bunch of 40K virgins, so I'm shooting for WBA (Win By Accident) more than WAAC





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My future Dakkajet resting on the Skypad

cool looking wings! is that tinfoil there?

Aluminum Tape actually. It's basically Aluminum Foil with adhesive on one side. Used for Duct work here in the states. Thicker than the cooking variety.

funny isn´t it... i have one too in my collection of varuious tape... tho i can´t really recommed ducktape for hobby uses... it isn´t keeping atached for too long... i used some for connecting the peaks of my steampunk airship... after half a year of storage the almost all came off...

Tonight I'll get some pics up of me 'Ard Boyz and Warboss WIP.

I think the boyz are coming out great. Just time consuming to convert. Getting them done at an average 3 a day.

Part of it is that the Warboss is taking on a life of his own. Started off as a AOBR Warboss that I thought I would just tweak a bit. He got upgraded to 'Eavy Armor is and working his way towards full blown Mega Armor. To get Armor on him, Iarge amounts of his bling were surgically removed. Once the loin cloth, shoulder spikes, wife beater, power supply, cables, and back pack are removed he looks like a completely different model.

Here is a pic of me Ard Boyz and Mega Armored Warboss

Looks good, can we get more pics of the Mega Armored Warboss those, it's hard to pic out the details.

Looking great though.

D

wow nice work there... care to share how you did them? looks like tubes cut down to size? added teef and then ready to go? i am very anxious to see those with a lick of paint on them...