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Looking good amigo. What's the plan for the bits of circuit board on the wall?

Did you make a freaking bobble head on top of the display wall??? Brilliant

That's coming along beautifully Cam... though it seems to me it would be greatly improved by some indication of lighting...

Yeah, looks fantastic! I agree with Gits, some wall-lights with cages around them would fit right in.

He's doing osl for sure after construction...keep the faith and carry on...

Getting a real 007 super villain lair feel with this piece. Love it

Man fantastic work.

those grates look great. though scratch building them would start grating on my patience.

Gonna third the light suggestion. Lovely work as always cam, you're really pouring your heart into these creations

Thank you all.

Lighting etc. will come. Promise.

Update on the movable control console...






Oh did this as well...


So it does this...



It is still WIP but getting close.

Also just for a look see...



And picked up this today at Home Bargains for £5, conversion possibilities...






As always comments and critique welcome, thanks for looking.

Sweet looking containment pod and portable console.

Not sure what you'll do with the toys, but looking forward to it.

Loving that console, and a great idea to change the layout of the board a bit. Lighting is looking very nice, I really need to experiment with that

Absolutely brilliant work so far. The adding of lights to that console just isn't fair. Your work is astonishing in its detail.

That guardsman/nasty hybrid thing is truly grotesque and I will be far happier when it's inside one of those tubes.

Great Light work matey! And yeah, Home Bargains is always worth a shufty

Lovely work Cam, your console and containment pods are top notch!

Those consoles are ace, love the aged feel to them and the lighting really works well to the effect

Great work as always, Cam! I love that center console/island you've built- I've been saving those printer cartridge packaging things for years now (I must have ten or so taking up space). You've put them to very good use and given me some ideas.

I'm already ripping off- I mean, creatively adapting- how you put together the computer screens- I need one in the Athena for the weapons console and your are good looking and I can suss out (some) of how you did them.

The whole vignette is looking boss!

Yeah, great additions, Cam'. The lighting works well.

Still, it seems the Magos Biologis has lost control of his specimens

Thanks everyone, really appreciate the feedback, keeps me going.

Little update...


Brain in a jar!

Actually filled with coconut oil and a few drops of red calligraphy ink, pleased with the effect, waiting to see if it will melt through my desk given time.

Very WIP broken containment...


Needed multiple tops...


And needed a fan or two for the walls...


Spare resin made some more control panels...


And needed something to control the door locks etc...


More to come soon, thank you for looking, and your C&C are most welcome, thank you so much for your support.

Lothar, but no Hand People? Shame, shame. (And wondering who'll get the reference...)

Use mineral oil instead of coconut oil in the future. It won't go rancid.

Progressing well. Keep at it.




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Oh, nail polish... look into water based enamel paints to get a similar effect.... also, simply applying a few coats of glazing compound to regular paints can work too. Save the nail polish, and its terrible odor, for nails. (For the record, not a fan of black nail polish. Red, OTOH... )

Thanks Red.

Not sure of the reference. I used this oil as an experiment, will see how it lasts. As to the nail polish I get what you are saying, however this is cheap compared to the water based alternatives, and also due to being solvent based is giving me some very interesting effects. Thank you so much for the comments, think I will look into the water based stuff.

OK small update...








Still a lot to do on them, but getting there.

Thoughts welcome as ever, thanks for looking.

The half mutated dude still freaks me out,

Container 1 seems to be having a problem .

All the specimens are looking great, but still my favorite is the guardsman.

As you built this I was thinking "Wow how awesome is this project", but then you had to go and make it better. Fans, containment units, broken containment units with blood and broken glass. You should be designing and building movie sets for a living Cam, really wonderful stuff.

gosh....you´re so damn productive!
and you make it look like as if casting is soooo easy....

by the way.... got a heat gun recently for fathers day... with all bits that come with it... (you know why i mention this here...because you showed it first how this tool could be useful for hobby...^^)

the molten containment unit looks very convincing!...

small idea drop....i think when you experiment with casting...you should find a shape/ built where later on you could put a tealight inside...that´d be a killer of a cool thing...

Are those tops old Armorcast? Or did you cast your own?

Thanks all.

@ WP, Good to hear.
@Theo, Thanks bud much appreciated.
@ Yorkright, Thank you, I wish, but quite happy to pootle along as an amateur.
@ Vik, Thanks sir, really appreciate the comment, good idea with the tealight idea, might just do that.
@ Dave, Thanks, cast my own, several items now. The fans were a quick negative sculpt in some plastacine, and pour some resin on it, then slightly refined, still a bit rough, but good enough for my bodge work.

Thank you all so much.

First, I am very proud to ask you to have a look at a new blog, not mine, but my daughters, she will probably be slow in updating, and she will do a variety of stuff, but I think well worth a look, and she can do with all the encouragement she can get.
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/727867.page

Now done a little more tonight,

Airlock ...


Victim..



Bit of paint on the fans..


And bit of work on the lab walls..



And as is...


Thanks for looking, please leave c&c, back soon.

gotta ask...will you add grid plates for the two open spaces later on as a decoration?
everything looks really cool... tho now a tiny bit crowded...i think it´s inevitable to build the next corner of the room

also...was wondering when you´d advertise for your daughter^^
to all the others...really worth a look

 Desubot wrote:
Man fantastic work.

those grates look great. though scratch building them would start grating on my patience.

I saw what you did there Desubot !,,

Lovely work mate, even better for its "scratch" nature, makes me think I should Re start work on my space hulk boards.
I'm a fan of the Tamiya clear acrylics, but you seem happy enough with the nail polish.
Keep going mate, it's only any good if it's finished !

That's really impressive Cam. I like the fact that that in that big expanse of space, there are elements that draw your attention in the fore-, mid- and back-ground. My eyes keep moving around from one area to another... even that little bit in the front is interesting because it's different from the rest. Nicely done.