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 Theophony wrote:

I thought you were going for a weird take on the TARDIS when I saw this pic

Righty, so I need to get Briancj's competition out of the way but inital thoughts are to create something using an Ork Gargant belly gun with a big crane for loading the huge shells. Glad we have plenty of time for this one...

@ Ruglud, That sounds awesome and very ambitious.
Cant wait to see it .

I'm toying with some ideas, but I can't seem to imagine them properly.

 xXWeaponPrimeXx wrote:
I'm toying with some ideas, but I can't seem to imagine them properly.

Try doing what I did over the weekend then.

Just jump in and Start Building something,
then after two days decide you don't like it,
come up with a better idea,
and then start all over again

Always works for me .

ha! i did that three times already.... now i have three more future projects down the line

but i have now my fourth take that i will actually share tomorrow with you

 hk1x1 wrote:

 xXWeaponPrimeXx wrote:
I'm toying with some ideas, but I can't seem to imagine them properly.

Try doing what I did over the weekend then.

Just jump in and Start Building something,
then after two days decide you don't like it,
come up with a better idea,
and then start all over again

Always works for me .

I don't have the mats for that :(
I'm thinking something Tyranid-y (since xeno is encouraged and you don't get more xeno than 'nids) but all my idea's are coming off much more Zerg than Tyranid.

I'd like to join in with this!!

Won't be able to get started for a couple weeks, starting a Blood Angels (Lamenters) army, and also trying to complete Braincj's terrain competition, deadline a couple weeks away (I think). But got loads of ideas for this. Wanted a create a slightly larger piece of terrain just for fun. So yeah, looking forward to this, and seeing what people come up with.

zerg is 99% ´nid already...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
zerg is 99% ´nid already...

True, but they are also difference....


Hmmm... I'll think of something I guess. But I need two things.

The first, I need to be paid...

And the second... I need plasticard!

I'm thinking of going with Nids too. It's the least developed of my ideas but it's the one that I can tie into a project I was planning anyway. Decisions, decisions...

 rodgers37 wrote:
I'd like to join in with this!!

Won't be able to get started for a couple weeks, starting a Blood Angels (Lamenters) army, and also trying to complete Braincj's terrain competition, deadline a couple weeks away (I think). But got loads of ideas for this. Wanted a create a slightly larger piece of terrain just for fun. So yeah, looking forward to this, and seeing what people come up with.

No worry's, we've got a good 3 months for this competition, hopefully that'll be plenty of time for you to bring some of those ideas to life.

@ Casey'sLaw. I've been hoping at least one person would do a Tyranid entry, but two would be fantastic, really looking forward to seeing where this goes.

And @ xXWeaponPrimeXx, as far as the Nid - Zerg thing goes, your right there are differences, so I would focus on exaclty what those differences in design are, and use them in your entry.
I too need to stock up on plastic card, don't know what I used it all on , but I'm almost out.

Hmmmmm would an Ork Pulsa Rokkit be suitable as an emplacement?

Damn it there goes another one of my ideas. LOL.

This is really shaping up here.

I've been following these threads for awhile now, but I think its time to step up. I like this idea, count me in!

 Ramos Asura wrote:
Hmmmmm would an Ork Pulsa Rokkit be suitable as an emplacement?

yeah that's a great idea, and as long as you have some kind of launch platform, and a way of showing that the site is reusable, Then that should be fine, cant wait to see it .

And @ racta: Welcome aboard .

I'm in

Not sure what I'm going to do yet, but I'm in all the same!

Exxxcellent! Gives me a reason to resurrect a project of ages gone by!

Expect some progress later this week!

some interesting things starting to appear, defiantly looking forward to the 'nid terrrain

A saying of mine; "If inspiration and motivation are the waters of life, I am a desert." sums up my mind atm so might be sitting this one out...
... so if anyone wants some tips, ideas or opinions I might be able to help.

@theophoney: I was thinking of doing something similar to what you are, so you've got to be on the right track

@hk: If you want a hand with the judging let me know.

 OneManNoodles wrote:
some interesting things starting to appear, defiantly looking forward to the 'nid terrrain

A saying of mine; "If inspiration and motivation are the waters of life, I am a desert." sums up my mind atm so might be sitting this one out...
... so if anyone wants some tips, ideas or opinions I might be able to help.

@theophoney: I was thinking of doing something similar to what you are, so you've got to be on the right track

@hk: If you want a hand with the judging let me know.

Sorry to hear that you might not be entering this one, but thanks for the Judging offer, I might take you up on that .

I considered to do this a lot, not sure if I can make It 'cause an other contest is on and is a lot more useful for me and my ork army, if I get the time after Panda and Ruglud 6th round I'll give You the rokkit factory of Da Krazy Pak...

Count me in. This will be my first modeling comp. Looking forward to seeing what people do.

Question - Would a fixed emplacement, designed to melee attack count or does it have to be a ranged weapon?

Cheers Vim

 vim_the_good wrote:
Count me in. This will be my first modeling comp. Looking forward to seeing what people do.

Question - Would a fixed emplacement, designed to melee attack count or does it have to be a ranged weapon?

Cheers Vim

That's a interesting idea, I like it, but i would suggest trying to incorporate a gun somewhere into your melee weapon, it doesn't have to be big or long range,
but some kind of gun built-in would qualify it more as a Gun Emplacement.

Hopefully this works with your ideas, as I'm keen to see what you come up with .

 hk1x1 wrote:

 vim_the_good wrote:
Count me in. This will be my first modeling comp. Looking forward to seeing what people do.

Question - Would a fixed emplacement, designed to melee attack count or does it have to be a ranged weapon?

Cheers Vim

That's a interesting idea, I like it, but i would suggest trying to incorporate a gun somewhere into your melee weapon, it doesn't have to be big or long range,
but some kind of gun built-in would qualify it more as a Gun Emplacement.

Hopefully this works with your ideas, as I'm keen to see what you come up with .

Ha ha ha ha. In fact you have just improved my idea
Cheers Vim

With two contests running I couldn't resist building one piece to combine the two. Brian's 'built-on-a-cd' contest, and the League Gun emplacement contest can easily be combined, if you are me
Here's some prelimenary pics now i finally found my charger, camera, and all the supplies for my modelbuilding again. The idea is to build a gun emplacement, on a cd, hidden in a heap of garbage. The beginning is here, now its on to adding more and more garbage, junk, bags, sacks and discarded stuff. Garbage bags will be built created after everything else, as they cannot and should not be primed... Here's the pics, please leave comments...


The obligatory cd, in this case a copy of the Best of Bon Jovi. An ideal cd to screw up...


Surplus model stuff, the other requirement in Brian's contest. The garbage bags will also be filled with excess junk.


What is a gun emplacement without a gun? Twin linked heavy bolter with either laser targeting, or maybe just a flashlight...


The beginnings of a hidden emplacement. Not yet hidden, but it will eventually be covered in a mountain of garbage.


Leave comments please

@ MauS: I like what I'm seeing so far, plus the idea of building it on a CD and combining your two competition entry's into one is clever.
I look forward to seeing the end result.

Thanx HK... I considered combining the third contest as well, papanid and panda's contest, but as that requires speed i decided against it. I just don't see a gun emplacement going anywheres, let alone FAST...

Unless I frisbee the cd maybe... hrm...

 MauS wrote:
Thanx HK... I considered combining the third contest as well, papanid and panda's contest, but as that requires speed i decided against it. I just don't see a gun emplacement going anywheres, let alone FAST...

Unless I frisbee the cd maybe... hrm...

You could have something fast attacking the terrain your building

A cd with a rail car emplacement?

for the leagues big gun fire at will competition i now present the current update on the steampunky tower...:



air dry clay sculpted entrance door...


and the raygun...:


cheers, vik

@ Vik: Thanks for the update, looking good so far. I do like the use of that water pistol as the tower, very inventive .

I've just got back from an expedition (trip to the shops) where I have successfully restocked my plastic card supplies.
All that's left to do now is to start building .