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Great googly moogly, that is unbelievably, ridiculously realistic - are you sure you didn't just happen to find a real rusting crawler in an ash waste and take photos of it !!!
There is truly only one word to describe this
A.W.E.S.O.M.E
Here, take this now...
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Sorry Meade, you're a couple of hours late so I'm going to have to disqualify you.
Just joking. It's really cool, what is it based on? Is it built directly into your board or what? It looks like it should sit at the bottom of the world's coolest goldfish tank.
Ruglud wrote: Great googly moogly, that is unbelievably, ridiculously realistic - are you sure you didn't just happen to find a real rusting crawler in an ash waste and take photos of it !!!
There is truly only one word to describe this
A.W.E.S.O.M.E
Here, take this now...
No no take it back! The comps not over yet... all entries have their merits...
Thanks for the compliment though... I try hard to keep up to -=L=- standards
@Bruticus: Yeah, it's built into a 2x4 section of board. The final board will have 3 sections, a river (of rust, basically) running through the middle section, and a junked up half buried chemical plant. It's all built into thick pieces of pink foam. It just allows for a better looking board, I think. I might also cut it in half and make 2 2x2's that I can switch around.
2013/03/12 00:26:19
Subject: The -=]_=- Terrain Competition Thread -=]_=- Contest #5 Vehicles!
Automatically Appended Next Post: Well here's the vehickle contest done... Some of the graffiti used (like skalk's name,) ties it all in to my shanty-town and necropocalypse city, hence the 74th street tag, some crap bout the emperor etc... The entire thing is deliberately only based on a cd, and kept clean, because it needs to tie in with my scenery. I didn't want to do any basing at all at first, but then the judge might consider it a still moveable vehicle despite the four flat tires... Anyways, enjoy... And I wonder if anyone gets the 3:16 reference
Many thanx to Skalk for allowing me to use his name for graffiti without him knowing it. Somewhere this week i'll show the other league members where their names ended up. Told ya i'd steal that idea Dave!!
Hope ya'all like it guys...
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Eh...
Inmygravenimage: That's sweet dude. I bet her ass is bad...
Camkierhi - What a load of rubbish... Amazing!
Rogue Wolves - Its rediculous how much character you pack into those guys
Skalk Bloodaxe: I know those will be awesome when finished, but right now they look like crackers.
Necro-pocalypse weirdness:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/424470.page
2013/03/12 01:31:11
Subject: The -=]_=- Terrain Competition Thread -=]_=- Contest #5 Vehicles!
And Meade should be disqualified!- He can't just go out to some Cold War graveyard, take pics of real stuff, and pass it off as his own, outstanding work!
"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog : It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
2013/03/12 01:37:36
Subject: The -=]_=- Terrain Competition Thread -=]_=- Contest #5 Vehicles!
Brilliant MauS - love how Axion man (or is it Neon Leon...) took out the tires with his force axe...
Weathering is great, and the Zombie driver is a wicked little touch. as for the graffitti, I like... especially 3:16. Give me a HELL YEAH ! WHAT?!? This has 'Stone Cold Stunner' written all over
Bonus points for Ruglud for getting Steve Austin right... But I must correct you on the 'driver'. I knew it was a risk, but thats an actual dead man... not a walker... Immobile vehicles have no drivers
Eh...
Inmygravenimage: That's sweet dude. I bet her ass is bad...
Camkierhi - What a load of rubbish... Amazing!
Rogue Wolves - Its rediculous how much character you pack into those guys
Skalk Bloodaxe: I know those will be awesome when finished, but right now they look like crackers.
Necro-pocalypse weirdness:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/424470.page
2013/03/12 01:52:27
Subject: The -=]_=- Terrain Competition Thread -=]_=- Contest #5 Vehicles!
Unless he's sitting there pretending to drive and making all the motor noises? well, that'smy theory anyway
As for Stone Cold - my all time favourite wrestler, shame Owen Hart (RIP) broke his neck in a botched piledriver back in '97, otherwise he'd no doubt still be wrestling today and at the top of his game...
"You walk around here thumping your bible, talking about your John 3:16. Well Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your A$$"
dsteingass wrote:OMG Maus! That is EPIC! Amazing work!
And Meade should be disqualified!- He can't just go out to some Cold War graveyard, take pics of real stuff, and pass it off as his own, outstanding work!
^that!!! on both accounts!
and i just love that kickass grafitti!!!
and maede...man...what can one mere mortal just say to this?....
Thanks for setting up this competition Bruticus and inspiring us all, it's been a blast seeing all the entrants progress, some great quality on show as well
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2013/03/13 12:58:00
Subject: The -=]_=- Terrain Competition Thread -=]_=- Contest #5 Vehicles!
Erm... Bruticus... When are you going to declare me winner?
Eh...
Inmygravenimage: That's sweet dude. I bet her ass is bad...
Camkierhi - What a load of rubbish... Amazing!
Rogue Wolves - Its rediculous how much character you pack into those guys
Skalk Bloodaxe: I know those will be awesome when finished, but right now they look like crackers.
Necro-pocalypse weirdness:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/424470.page
2013/03/13 22:31:52
Subject: The -=]_=- Terrain Competition Thread -=]_=- Contest #5 Vehicles!
Well after a lot of debate it really came down to being between two entries for me. There were some fantastic other entries - I really liked the buried Phantom Titan and I think with a bit more detail and thought into how it came to be there - a bit of story and realism to it - that would have been my favourite, fantastic idea.
I also really love the Corvega diorama - I can appreciate the care and effort that went into replicating something accurately rather than making it up as you go along. I think the billboard is one of the best bits of scenery I have ever seen as well and if this was a billboard competition it would have walked away with it.
Maus I think you deserve a small prize for using a technique I find both hilarious and appealing, melting the wheels on the truck, regardless of (I assume) toxic fumes seems a very suitably haphazard way to make scrap scenery. I'll send you the model you wanted - I think she'd have a good home with your menagerie.
At the risk of banging on for too long, it came down to between Ruglud and Meade. Ruglud's truck I thought was a sure fire winner when I first saw it, I love how detailed it is and how it is completely the opposite of anything I would make - refined and delicate. But then Meade's ash waste crawler is exactly the sort of thing I would wish I had made or could make (or could steal). I love the weathering that has been hacked out of the plastic with clippers. I love all the pigment and all the crap piled around it. It tells a story, it's ambitious and it's imaginative, I've never seen anything else like it. Even putting aside my bias towards the ash waste theme I think it is still the best entry. One of the best bits of scenery I have ever seen to be honest.
So Meade is the winner, Ruglud a close second. Well done!
I'll hand back over to you Meade for the next competition and unless you particularly want any of the painted models I made previously I can make a custom one for you.
"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog : It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
Congratulations indeed to Meade!!!! A well deserved win! Now tell us how you did the rust... teach us!!! Teach us!!!!
All Hail the Meade!!
Thanx to Bruticus for my special mention, but honestly... If you have two bull terriers that are farting all day long, you will eventually welcome some toxic fumes of your own creation.
Eh...
Inmygravenimage: That's sweet dude. I bet her ass is bad...
Camkierhi - What a load of rubbish... Amazing!
Rogue Wolves - Its rediculous how much character you pack into those guys
Skalk Bloodaxe: I know those will be awesome when finished, but right now they look like crackers.
Necro-pocalypse weirdness:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/424470.page
MauS wrote: Congratulations indeed to Meade!!!! A well deserved win! Now tell us how you did the rust... teach us!!! Teach us!!!!
All Hail the Meade!!
Thanx to Bruticus for my special mention, but honestly... If you have two bull terriers that are farting all day long, you will eventually welcome some toxic fumes of your own creation.
Yes! This^^ LMAO @ If you have two bull terriers that are farting all day long, you will eventually welcome some toxic fumes of your own creation
"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog : It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
Thanks everyone! Bruticus put it very well... the other entries really put me on my toes! That's why I love competitions it just adds a tad more incentive to make something cool you might otherwise not make... and brings people together as a community... I'm kind of sorry I'm going to be hosting the next comp. Bruticus, I was definitely inspired by looking at your Necro terrain when making that thing.
As for the rustiness and degradation... I'll write down a short version... for anyone else looking at the thread.
1. clipping/mangling the plastic and literally melting it with a gluegun tip to make the holes... and I probably inhaled some fumes at this point.
2. basecoat of tin bitz/black brown and burnt umber, varying from place to place
3. pigments, applied liberally everywhere, three different shades, from vallejo burnt umber to iron oxide (reddish) and then also secret weapon mini's rust orange
4. masking fluid applied with a sponge, then painted white over (stippled so it's sort of random). when dry I removed masking to make the chips, with a crappy bristle brush, added benefit that the pigment underneath colored the white paint on top.
5. sepia wash, and using darker colors over lighter to show where holes in the rusty metal washed down over the lighter colors and stained it.
6. drybrushing, in a bone white mixed with color of the pigment.
7. sponging, with a dark blackish brown, on the edges, to make chips that are darker. the last two steps break up the monotone of the pigment and bring out details which is very important for working the pigments! and done.
It'll be a few days before I make the next comp, due to me being away tomorrow and still have to decide what comp to make.
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Future..you need to know the joy of Future!
Johnson's Floor Wax..trust me
"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog : It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
Bruticus wrote: Doesn't the masking fluid take off the pigments under it? Or did you seal the pigments? I find sealing them dramatically reduces their vividness.
It's not sealed, no point wasting sealant on that thing, what am I afraid of chipping the paint , yes you're right I've found the same thing.
Keep in mind when I put the pigment on everywhere it's dissolved in water and forms a layer on the model. The masking fluid takes some of the pigment off, but if there's a healthy layer of pigment it will just adhere to the surface and a layer will come off with the dried fluid, also it interacts with the remaining paint quite nicely. If you think about it, what you want is for there to be a bit of dark visible (basecoat), with a ring of rust and spots of rust of a lighter color around it.
The pigment that I brushed on wet over the white paint, came out the brightest and most orangey. I think it's just something to do with the way the light hits the molecules or something. I haven't tried, but it might just look very similar if sealed. I suspect real rust behaves the same way, you often only see it be really orange when it's dissolved in water or freshly deposited...
Tep! The brighter the orange, the fresher the rust
"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog : It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
hmm I see, I would have thought the mask would take it all off cleanly for some reason. I haven't tried Future but I've even used the special Mig pigment fixer and it still reduces the pigment too much for my tastes, particularly the bright orange ones. I doubt there is any way to seal it without reducing the brightness. Nowadays I mostly seal and then put a new dusting on top again.
My P&M Blog :
The driver is the best part. It's an awesome addition for your board!
