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Viktor von Domm wrote:lol...peeps stay calm and stay with me...and then praise my wife!!! she has urged me on to finish the riveting that was still needed to the steamtank...and i did it... proof of work will happen tomorrow and i do mean it! pics for an actual update!!! who would expect that at this time^^

so check that place and this thread will be yet again on course^^

yours truly vik!

Ah, see what happens when you show your wife the progress of the rest of us on this site Vik, seems we inspired her competetive nature!

Where are these mythical pics that we have heard of?

dantay_xv wrote:Where are these mythical pics that we have heard of?

Vik's swallowed them.

Mrs Vik has locked him in the workroom till he has finished stuff to take pics of......

I told you she got her competition streak on!

As long as she is not on a competitive streak!

Hello boys and girls...

i know i have been lazy and over chatty about lots of non hobby related stuff latley but finally i got my act together again and have something for you to show you...:

namly a mostly primed tank...behold:

just to recapture how the piece looked before here an old footage two months ago


then the work got done and i painted the whole damn thing with cheap wallpaint... the one you pour into the offwhite paint to color it the way you want it to be...
which led to this :








as said above not done cmpletly yet...prove is here... have to reglue the sponson bolters on again...and thus left this part unpainted...:


and then some nice detailshots to get a better view of the steamtank...

turret








steamengine and stacks...


closeup of the tracks...


and finally a view to show the inside between the tracksystems i have recently talked about...



hope you have something encouraging to say^^

cheers, vik

more will come shortly...

Well it's about bloody time!

nah, it really looks awesome. What colours will you do it in when it's fully primered?

Nice one Vik
Looks grand. You missed a bit in the turret btw

NIce work matey , looks pretty cool like that , what colour are you thinking next?

Wonderful tank! It fits wonderfully with the anachronistic Praetorians.

Looks really nice with the first lick of paint down, good job vik

Mrs vik - get him back in the workroom now.

oh monkey she did and she even wondered^^ ´morrow i can present you with the next step in "lickin`paint" ^^ as i had done the metal parts all in cheap silver...these later on will then be done in the apropriate metal colors to fit their individual jobs...so copper and brass.
as for what else colors will follow... the whole tank will get a verrrry harsh job of washing ...have to do some research if i still have some woodstain to use for shading and so on....if that one fails i will use devlan mud in great expenses^^
also i still ponder where to add the streak of reddness this tank needs... some bit so that it is not too sandy looking... and of course there is the matter of the union jack...the victorian version of said flag of course...

and then when all is done i still have to add a commander/ gunner for the turret...parts are gathered but he has to be assembled and of course painted^^

so thanks for all the nice comments shrike, monkey, neil, chibi and DarkTraveler777. i hope i can justify your complients with new updates very soonish^^

cheers and thanks again, vik

It's looking good.

thanks mate^^

More rivets, paint primed and ready in a nice ochre color, and more to come! I am pleased mightily to see the tanks getting close to fruition! I wonder if the Praetorians will affectionately call her "Ole Belchy" or "Ole Smokey"???

as always is the fact once a ball is rollin`then it is rollin and gaining speed^^...
so here are some new pics of freshly done work on the big ol`chimney^^ so to speak... like the names you came up with shaso...but there is still something missing...can´t put my finger on it...

pics...then question to you...










all is still fresh and shiny...but i think this wont stay that way... tho i be damned if i know in which state this tank will be once finished...i am a bit worried to muddy that beast all up...seems the victorians would rather get shot whilst in battle than let their vehicle stay too dirty... so they are pretty keen on maintanance and will have the tank proper clean...(this is my current train of thought...feel free to derail it at your leisure^^)

also question... tho next step will be the additional colors to the side banners on the sponson but i still contemplate as to where i could add some "redd" to other parts...your thoughts fellas?

stay with me in good humor...

cheers, vik

Really comes together once it's the same colour nice work mate looks excellent.

Tend to agree Vik
Some weathering and the exhausts would get discoloured because of the heat and smoke

British WW1 tanks had ID colours on the front
Maybe you could do something like that?

thanks santobell... said that to my wife exactly yesterday...the whole thing looks much improved once it was evenly primed...every detail added in another color just then adds to the effect^^

chibi... this was what i had in mind... tho i think i ruined that option as i did that fretwork on the trackssystems...the stacks will definatly get sooted... wouldn´t have it any other way... i probably add some scratches as i like the torn and scratched effect pretty much...

You know, at first I thought that picture was of Vik's tank...

Good job capturing the feel of old tanks, Vik!

Yeah, I think weathered but not too dirty should be what you're aiming for vik.

You could use the 'planks' on the rear section for the ID colours, or possibly just a couple of the panels inside the fretwork, maybe on the turret?

on the sides of the turret is by far the best idea... i had wondered how to add a bit of color to the turret and to thus better tie it in with the rest of the tank... this is a perfect idea... thanks monkey... also i think your spot on with the weathered thoughts^^ but not too dirty looking look...that would be fitting...

at anvildude...thanks mate... but remeber my tank is much more glamour like than the old mark V^^ lol

So much yet to go! for the flamer muzzles and chimneys, tin bits and then some chaos black to show heated and then sooted metal, allow just enough Tin bits to show at the edge of the black, the rest can stay silver to show how the edges got heated and coked!

Mature Steamtank...well, sort of...

tried myself out with some stuff i had lying around...didn´t work out to well to add shades to the tank hide...tested it at the underside of the tank...and left it at that...

without flash


with flash


well wasn´t what i had envisaged for the tank...

so i pulled out me old and trusty pot of flesh wash from way back of golden times and after a bit of consulting with my wife (she sure has some sense of style^^ lucky me^^)
i aplied generoulsy the wash to every bare part of the tank...and these are the pics to tell the story...

by the way... at monkey...took your hint to heart and did the regimental colors at the space in between the fretworks at the turret... and i like it^^













i am contemplating wether i should add a "V" into the regimental colors...could add charcter but could ruin the colors for themselves...
and shaso... your spot on to the next steps of my work on the tank...sounds like a good strategy what you say to get a good looking stack...^^

cheers folks, vik

I use that technique for flamer and melta muzzles, and the engine exhausts on my landspeeders.

Was wondering wether or not you were going to add in the brass metallic colours.... looks good...so how long before my tank is done?

lol.... did some details on the tank...i hope i can show you some pics later on this day... changed on many pars the metalcolor... the silver was too shiny for my taste...great by the way to have you around again!

at shaso... the pics will also show my feeble attempts to soot the stacks...i guess i wasn´t that good....but the main thing thats unbeatable when working with cardboard is that every detail is so thick that another layer of paint wont obsucure any details^^

Quite looking forward to seeing some updates on this