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6 foot underwater

Yep, nice collection!

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Surrey, BC - Canada

Thank you youwashock and monkeytroll.

I will have to build some more tiles for the floor as it seems GW is completely sold out for all items in Canada (or more likely they have just abandoned the market here as we are a small nation order volume wise). I think I will make some pieces for deserted sections of the hive.

Cheers,

CB

   
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Affton, MO. USA

Pools and shipping containers are looking great, especially in your table layout .

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

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Alluring Mounted Daemonette




Australia

Beautiful work mate, lovely to see them all together. Would be a blast to play on!

t z you are k 
   
Made in ca
Fixture of Dakka





Surrey, BC - Canada

Thank you Theophony and tzurk.

So here are the six 12'' by 12'' tiles I made to supplement the four that I got from GW.



The long painting and converting war continues...

CB

   
Made in ca
Fixture of Dakka





Surrey, BC - Canada

Started on a drilling tower using the original cardboard platforms as templates.





Now should I also cut out the indentations on each face (to match the original) or leave them as a slightly larger platform?

The long painting and converting war continues...

CB

   
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Matching the original would be my gut reaction, but why not get creative?
   
Made in gb
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6 foot underwater

Whilst I like the idea of a larger platform, the indents add a deal of character to the piece.

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Ragin' Ork Dreadnought






Albany, Australia

Best of both worlds? Cut out the indents, cover with grating?

   
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Resentful Grot With a Plan






The drilling tower looks promising, I'm also in favour of indentations!

   
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Crushing Black Templar Crusader Pilot






London

I vote indentations also - adds to the interest to the eye



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HATE Club, East London

Are you gong to put a Tectonic Fragdrill in the middle?

Though guards may sleep and ships may lay at anchor, our foes know full well that big guns never tire.

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Made in ca
Fixture of Dakka





Surrey, BC - Canada

Thank you youwashock, monkeytroll, Arakasi, Pomander Cask, and IGtR=

The indents definitely had it (although the mesh suggestion was a good one, but did not pan out in my trial).

Fifty wrote:Are you gong to put a Tectonic Fragdrill in the middle?

Fifty, I would love to, but do not have one.

So anyone with an alternative suggestion for a Fragdrill would be welcomed.

Indents cut out. When you look at them from above they look a little like Marine Drop Pod sides.

Here I added some cut up drink lids to make the raised portion around the main drill hole.

To the undersides I added old sprue for strength and some detail...you will never see all of it, just enough to simulate pipes and conduit hanging from the ceiling.

Then some pipes and detail on the top (hatches and pipes). I decided against doing more thin polystyrene and scoring rivets in it.

The undersides with some paint.


The long painting and converting war continues...

CB

   
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Not just replicated, but improved! Looks great so far.
   
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Looking good Cap, are they drinking straws coming from the cup lids? The rusty sprues on the underside look really effective, and great use of material that could otherwise go to waste!

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6 foot underwater

Liking it. Sprue is great for that rough detailing in areas you can't really see.

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Briancj: You have the Mek Taint, MT, and the only thing we can do is watch in horror/amazement.

 
   
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Ragin' Ork Dreadnought






Albany, Australia

Looking good! Glad to see you trialled the mesh, even if it didn't pan out. I'm highly in favour of trialling things.

   
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Wow, that terrain is coming along nicely! If I hadn't seen the WIP shot, I wouldn't have immediately guessed that those details are old sprues.
   
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Surrey, BC - Canada

Thank you youwashock, gobert, monkeytroll, Arakasi, and Viterbi

Took a break from my drilling tower while I picked up another old piece of City Fight terrain and refurbished it for Necromunda. Removed parts, repainted it to fit the underhive better.








Now while there is sprue rubble mixed with some small pieces of gravel, I tried to make them set so that a model can stand on the tops and I only have about a half inch where you get wobbly model syndrome. The base is 12 inches by 12 inches and it matches the height of the other tiles so I can expand the board a little more.

Now back to the drilling tower.

The long painting and converting war continues...

CB

   
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Colorado, USA

I love the use of sprues. Always a good idea.

And I think your consideration of the wobbly models is a good one.

   
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6 foot underwater

Always good to have terrain useful in a number of places. Good work on tackling wobbly model syndrome with the rubble.

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heretical ramblings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/302773.page
imperial preachings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/303365.page
Da Waaagh-ky Races : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/325045.page
Briancj: You have the Mek Taint, MT, and the only thing we can do is watch in horror/amazement.

 
   
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Denver, CO, USA

Lovely work on the Necromunda tower... great choices on the add-ons, I think you'll get good return on investment there. Also thanks for the table-mockup a page back... I'd been hoping for one of those.

   
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Australia

My word I love this thread. Great attention to detail on the underside of those platforms, and the colourscheme screams industrial sci fi. I did think scrolling through that you were building a drop pod and got a little excited! Glad to see they still went to good use. Keep it up CB 8-)

t z you are k 
   
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Regular Dakkanaut





Loving your take on the classic Necromunda terrain, brings back some early gaming memories. Are you planning to replicate the whole set?
   
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Affton, MO. USA

Nice work on the Necromunda stuff. Good use of the sprue for extra texture on the parts.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Surrey, BC - Canada

Thank you DJJazzyJeff, monkeytroll, MacPhail, tzurk, and Theophony

Maharg wrote:Loving your take on the classic Necromunda terrain, brings back some early gaming memories. Are you planning to replicate the whole set?

Thank you, not certain yet...I will see what the other gamers in my group think and how many players want to meet at once when the quarantine is over.

Progress







Next up is the start of the weathering of the top surfaces and the bulkheads. The parts have not been glued together yet so I can take then apart for painting.

Anyone have an idea to build a fracking drill out of bits in the home? I need something for the center holes.

The long painting and converting war continues...

CB

   
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Affton, MO. USA

Great paint job to match the details.

As for the drill. Not sure of the hole opening size, but some grocery store salt and pepper mill grinders might fit in there. If you remove some of the top you can see gears for grinding the salt and pepper. Otherwise drywall anchor with the swirly fins look like a drill tip. Absolute easiest would be use a wood auger bit large enough for the whole. Depending on what sort of hole you want you could also use the type of bit used for cutting door knob holes and make a sheath around it to look like your drilling and laying a shaft at the same time. If you have Netflix I’d say watch the last episode or two of Curse of Oak Island and see the drilling and shaft drilling machines they have on there.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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6 foot underwater

That's looking lovely CB! Straight out of old necromunda with added 3D!

How close to the official drill do you want to be? A big drill could be fashioned from various tubes and a corkscrew, but would just be a big drill. You want some sort of cone, either ridged, or that you could apply a winding strip to. Maybe a superglue lid, like you get on the loctite precision applicators? Or for a slightly different take a nozzle from a paint dropper.bottle. I'm guessing most pen lids would be too small. I seem to recall some candy that comes in mini plastic ice cream cones, if you don't mind buying some candy on your essential trip out.

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heretical ramblings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/302773.page
imperial preachings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/303365.page
Da Waaagh-ky Races : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/325045.page
Briancj: You have the Mek Taint, MT, and the only thing we can do is watch in horror/amazement.

 
   
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Columbus, OH

That looks awesome, wonderful job so far!

Thanks,

MegaDave  
   
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That looks so good. Amazing re-creation.
   
 
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