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welcome back hyenajoe!

looking forward to that grot pool!!

Thank you guys!

Having enough room to store all my stuff and to keep it accessible is an incredible progress. Soon, I should get a painting desk where I will install my airbrush and my magnifying lamp.

Next things I'll be working on are the grot pool, painting the ork fort and the tower, then building the crashed hulk from the Digganob supplement, and the Ork Stronghold (a generous hobbyist grabbed an unpunched one on ebay and scanned it for me ) after that (or between two ork buildings) I might turn to the imperial firebase and the imperial bastion.

Here are today's progress on the grot pool.
First the pool itself:



Then the lifeguard's chair (mailnly made out of sprue, not the most esthetic material, but perfect to buil metallic structures):




I'll try to work on the first grots and on the lifeguard this evening.

By the way, I'm not used to work with artificial water, anyone has an advice on how to make liquid surfaces?

Hey guys!

Just a small update to show you my progress on the first grot to be ready to enjoy his time in the grot pool:



Yep it's a squig-buoy!
Another lucky one is on his way.

This proves that sometimes, it's fun to be a grot in th grim darkness of a far future

Cheers!

actually i think sprues are a totally undervalued/ overlooked material... that chair is looking very good! and the pool is coming along very great! those barrels... quite a challange for yon grots to swim in^^

the squig-buoy... will the head get placed on the neck soon or am i too dense to understand this mini? oh... just realized it is one of these inflateable rings , like a life belt... cool sculpting mister!

That squig-buoy is awesome, Joe! Although, I too, see where Vik got confused

I'll get it better once it has paint.

Hey guys!

I''m ashamed for not being more regular on the updates! There are so many things I want to do, so many things I have to do, and so many things I couldn't do before...

It starts with my (still WIP) gaming room:


Then there is the imperial sector I've had for almost three years and I had not opened because I had no room to store it, and the demonstration gaming table I got from a GW store:



I promise I'll get back to orkish terrain and Chaos marines soon...

Cheers!

Joe

ohoh...to share the hobby room with the central heating system... i can see that this might cause some problems

You sir... You made te water slide... I am late to the celebration but waghhhhhh !!!!! Epic work and the pool is great! You have made me a happy ork, I wanna play with that terrain.

Your absense is ok w/ me since I just got back myself. I didn't miss anything here! Yay!

Nice digs w/ the 'soon to be game room'. Central heat = no problem Vik, unless he wicked cranks it and I think he'll be ok, France doesn't get that cold.

Looking forward to seeing what happens next.

France doesn't get that cold.

HA!... watched the tv weather news of europe latley? we are in the middle of a "snowdrift"

Nice room! Lots of potential there, just needs more shelving

The 10+ inches of snow we got last week has finally melted here.

Don't worry Vik, it's only the hot water tank, however I must admit that the two bottles of gas hidden on this pic are making this room a strictly non smoking area

@ Cormadepanda: thank you! I'm glad you like the water slide and the pool. I still have a grot roundabout in mind, but I won't add another ork terrain to my to-do list (which is long enough, believe me )

@ Skalk: I was waiting for you to come back before updating anything
The room is already great because I just have to get down the stairs to start painting and converting while for years I was forced to set up everything before painting, and to store away everything after...It's a revolution for me

@Dave: It seems that your 10 inches of snow have found a new home (and I have three more shelves waiting to be assembled)

I have had more free time lately. I've had enough time for painting nearly a hundred WHFB night goblins, to build some new Dark Angels termies, to assemble some GW buildings for my city fight table, to strip and reassemble 5 eldar vypers, 20 guardians, 1 fire prism, 1 falcon and 1 wave serpent.
I thought it was time to get back to my ork terrains.

Here's the Watchtower, painted with an airbrush and on which I've tried salt weathering for the first time. I know some more details need to be done, but I'd like to have a feedback on it.



Next thing is a lucky ebay find: A GW hardfoam ork terrain!

I think I will work on it a bit (adding a shooting platform for example).

I've also sprayed an orange paint on the whole fort as a rust base for salt weathering, and I did the same on some resin Ork barricades.
I'll try to finish it soon enough to start working on the crashed hulk and the Ork stronghold.

Any advice, especially on salt weathering (which is new to me) is more than welcome.

ha!...i hate repetition...but that currently needed^^.... my wife said... it (the snow) has partly melted...but only to be frosted over again... wich is a real bugger as you surley know...and new snow is on the horizon too... how i hate that white gak...


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ups... ninjaed by an actual update with some content that is hobby related^^

good looking watchtower!... i like how you used trukk parts for the building!

and that orky trench looks very cool!

The weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

I love snow, and I'm prepared to face it (water boiler in the car with ramen noodles, blankets, sugar, etc...), but my wife hates it too.

you got full moarks for quoting one of my all time favorite christmas related songs of a die harder movie!!!

but loving that white heathen weather... that almost costs you something

Cool terrain so far!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
you got full moarks for quoting one of my all time favorite christmas related songs of a die harder movie!!!

So I'm not the only one who think of Bruce Willis when I listen to this song!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
but loving that white heathen weather... that almost costs you something

Jokes aside, I'm blocked home today, roads are covered with ice and snow, highways have been closed, and my boss told me to stay home and my colleagues are blocked too.
So today is a day home with my wife and daughter, we'll be building a snow man, and I'll paint moar ork terrain! (I love snow!)

Hobby Day! WooHoo! Some excellent stuff, can't wait to see more!

Hyenajoe wrote: So I'm not the only one who think of Bruce Willis when I listen to this song!

Jokes aside, I'm blocked home today, roads are covered with ice and snow, highways have been closed, and my boss told me to stay home and my colleagues are blocked too.
So today is a day home with my wife and daughter, we'll be building a snow man, and I'll paint moar ork terrain! (I love snow!)

congratz to one work free day!

as i type this...the sun is breaking through... there is light at the ned of the tunnel?

also...yeah... john mcclane is übercool^^

Guys it's a real mess in the northern half of the country! We're still under the 3rd level of snow alert.
I still don't know if I'll be able to go to work tomorrow too (which might be problematic since it would mean less working time this week to do all the work I have to do)

Anyway, I've been trying salt weathering on the barricades and on the fort, and then tried to airbrush it.

Some times you have to call a fail a fail


I think I'll re-prime the barricades black and start all over again.

The fort is not such a failure as the barricades, but I'm not really happy with the way it's turning and I don't know how to save it:




My main problem on the fort is the choice of colours. I really don't know what colours to use on it and I desperately need help on this point.
So please guys, tell me your opinion: how should I paint the fort?

I think it would come out fine if you keep going the way you have been. the odd ness of the oversprays and other "pale bits just need a good grime wash to bring detail back out.


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And then when you weather it (rust and other gunge) it will just need a touch of detailing (checks, glyphs, and posters come to mind) then more gunge to make the posters and such look "worn in" it'll be great.

well...brown and orange hues would have been but you´ll know what´s what when the salt comes off...

Thank you for your comments guys, I'll think of ideas of posters for the fort.

What do you think of painting the various rhino parts in different chapters colours?

that is a good idea! tho probably choosing only one chapter would be as sound a cancept either way too

I agree w/ Vik about the Chapter colors, it would indicate recent acquisitions. . I can't imagine Orks keeping a Looted Wagon around for very long. To me they seem like they are the 'good ol' boy' mud-stompin' monster truck rednecks of the 40K universe and abuse their vehicles every chance they get.

That's so very awesome about your new permanent work station! Keep it clean and well organized. Vik and Dave will try to tell you I'm wrong, but I know from experience that a clean / organized space is a more functional space.

Your weathering is looking really decent!

And no, I haven't forgotten about what we talked about. I just haven't done it.

Vik and Dave will try to tell you I'm wrong

LOL...


actually i will soon get my own selfmade workstation...blame yourself for inspiring the likes of me