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Thanks everyone.

@ Shas, Thanks and yup sounds about right.
@ CommissarKhaine, Thank you, things do come together once you have primer on them, never sure myself until I get the brushes out.
@ Graven, Thanks bud.
@ Gits, Thanks.
@ Yorkright, Thanks.
@ Ruglud, Thanks, and believe it is 1.0, and was a little cheaper, might get 2.0 soon as well, just for laughs, still not managed to do anything with it yet, but soon.
@ DrH, Thanks bud, much appreciated.

OK well LoER comp is on and I have done an Orky piece, nice and quick and dirty, still a WIP, but seriously getting there. But I had several ideas for the comp, and one other I cannot get out of my head, as usual I will try and keep you all guessing, but this is quite ambitious in the time scale so may just go with the Orky one for the comp, but will still do this.

Right so, complete tangent....thinking along the lines of AVP and Space Hulk I would like to do a board, modular using the 1foot square idea I have been kicking about with and atmospheric, maybe tie in with the smaller tiles aI made some time ago, well here is the start of this one...

First up a floor panel 6" square..

Made of blue foam and "scored" with the hot wire cutter.
Add a couple more bits....

Yes tubes, already, well straws but they are tubular. In my head there is a scene playing out here, but I want to leave it open for game play so they will all be dead!

Thanks for looking in, really appreciate the feedback.

I love the chaos chopper. This terrain tile is looking quite nice, even at this very early stage.

Cam, are you sure you're not making a holodeck

Excellent work on the Khorne Biker Lord.

EDC

Damn, it's taken me the best of the day to stick on a few bits of plastic to my Taurox - you just knock out the models like a machine !!!!

That foam scenery is looking like another potential masterpiece

Looking good Will you be covering all of the foam, or is it solid enough as it is?

Are you going to have a "connection" between the raised tier and he lower ones or leave the large step between them?

Looks interesting.

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Much appreciated.

Sorry for delay in replying RL being difficult. Many factors. Hope to be properly back at it soon.

I will be coating the foam in PVA, and the end results will get a coat of varnish.

Many more details to add yet. Still very early.

Thanks for bearing with me.

Nice work Cam, loving the bike build and car paint work is very nicely finished, the bonnet skulls really work

Thanks bud.

So started on some of the control panels....

Bits...


And getting there....


Think I might cast these up and knock out a few.

Thanks for looking in, comments as always welcome.

These control panels were what I was going for in my current conversion- but couldn't make it come out right. These already look great- I'll be interested to see the next steps!

Nice panels, Cam'.

Those screens really scream Star Trek to me for some reason. Is this the bridge of the Orciprise?

Orks interpret "hacking into the console" differently than we do, gotta have some Choppa gouges

Thanks everyone.

I intend for it to be a generic human space hulk/ship tile/room, but will have to see where it goes.

Not a lot done, but did some experimenting I want to share.

So I watched this video on Youtube about a guy mixing iron into clear resin and treating it with some rust stuff, and it looked amazing



However I had a thought. What if a cast with iron in my resin, magnets will stick to the resin! OOOOOOOooooooooo!!

So, got some of this...(£6 for 500g)


Did a mix of 1 part iron, 1 part Part A, 1 part Part B, nothing blew up burned through the table or generally happened...so poured a quick cast....


And it works....


This alone has so much potential, got to do some maths on the cost, but casting up guns in iron resin and only setting magnets in the body of things would be pretty cool all by itself.
You may have noticed the bit of card with some stuff on it. Well that is a blob of superglue with the iron powder sprinkled over, once set, filed it down, which is cool, and here we are a thin metalic coating which magnets stick to...


Again such potential, going to play with this a bit more, bases with it mixed through the PVA , thin coats on models to enable magnets for hard points on vehicles, could have a go at a fully pose-able 28mm figure.

Oh and also picked up this in the supermarket on sale, could not resist the pumpkin heads, going to have to come up with something for Gits Halloween army with them. But the figure has potential as a Daemon Prince as well, so win win for £5.


Thank you for looking and your comments are most welcome.

In my trade (pattern making) we use a LOT of different resin and filler materials depending on what we are attempting to achieve (increased strength, formability, heat conducting properties etc.) but I have to admit you may have stumbled upon a very ingenious use for iron filler in casting for the tabletop.

You need to see if you can get the various sizes of iron shot and see if that makes a difference compared to granules or powder.

That is one of the smartest things I've seen in a while

Great idea! However, if you use iron in the resin, ho do you get the weapon to stay where you want it to? The magnet would attract the iron in every part of the weapon.

That is way too clever my friend.

Interesting, always cool stuff on your blog Cam.

 dsteingass wrote:
Great idea! However, if you use iron in the resin, ho do you get the weapon to stay where you want it to? The magnet would attract the iron in every part of the weapon.

Probably set up some lips or retaining rings to keep it in check.

iv seen that video and never put 2 and 2 together

great job.

Interesting. So 3-d print an idea, then make mould and cast in sturdier stuff

Great idea with the metal powder . So much potential, especially with vehicles as you could make some smoke plumes and attach them to a small magnet to put on the weapons or tracks in game to show what is damaged.

First off those panels look wicked. Second adding iron filings to the resin mix is pure genius. Possibly the coolest thing i've seen all week!

EDC

Fantastic idea. I knew about cold casting, didn't even consider the use for magnets.

You are a demented genius.

Great idea! I doubt I'll ever do any casting but still, even just sprinling the powder on seems easy enough! Lots of potential there.

Thank you for all the interesting comments.

@ Archer, Thanks bud, I have some 1mm steel ballbearings kicking about, I think I might try them.
@DaemonJellybaby, Thank you sir.
@ Dave, I hear you, but as has already been said by Desubot, recesses to accommodate the magnets help though you do not get much slippage to be honest.
@ Gits, Thanks Bud.
@ Yorkright, Thank you, and glad to hear it.
@ Desubot, Thank you and yep, spot on.
@ shas, exactly, well if you have a handy 3d printer that is, myself I still scratch a master together and use that.
@ Theo, Thanks and I agree, so much potential.
@ EDC Thanks bud.
@ DrH, Thanks bud.
@ Graven, And you only just noticed?
@ ckig, Thanks sir, and yep even just sprinkling has lots of potential.

So something different again I am afraid, will be back to the iron works tomorrow, but for today...

Bit done on this...

Few details added, still an aweful lot to do.

Also saw this on youtube, and did my usual of messing it about...Sat for 5 minutes and cut up the string at variable lengths, really most likely a waste of time as static grass is just not that expensive, but in a pinch one to remember...

I am happy with the late summer/Autumn feel it gives....


And another silly little side project.... Popsicle sticks......




This is the prototype, or at least my first go at it, it is all over youtube., Going to start again and be a bit more precise.

Thanks for looking in, thank you so much for the comments, really wonderful.

Good wiring.

Nice grass.

Curious wooden flick-knife. Nicely built, but does it flick properly?