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Nice can tanks!

that looks like a good start...

@dsteingass: Thanks.
@Viktor: Thanks.

Working on this piece somewhat faster than usual, as to get to advance on the comp entry as well...



Thanks for dropping by.

I am about to make a tank for a flyer base myself atm... how did you do the railings and the ladders? and specially...did you glue or solder?

@Viktor: Just welded wire mesh:



Top left, 1 and 1,5 cm square mesh; .75 and 1 mm Ø.
Top right: Cut and cropped for Ladder (Above) and Railings (Below)
Below: Railings and ladder.

Drilled pilot holes where the railing or the ladder's supports attach to the building and fixed with a drop of superglue.

Finished touching up the tanks:

Nice work, I would have gone with a little more weathering, i.e. some rusty streaks, here and there. But having said that, who is to say how long they have been stood around without a lick of paint. They look great as is, and I for one would be very happy with them. Nice work.

@Camkierhi: You might be right, maybe some stronger effects woul be in order, rust or leaks. Might give it a try and see how t goes.

Meanwhile, I started painting the gun emplacement (aiming, by the way, at a harder weathered look in this one)





Ideas and suggestions are always welcomed.

Cheers.

Brilliant work.

Love the colour choices. They look awesome. You will have to put some hazard strips on that as they will stand out amazingly. Great start.

The finished tank terrain looks lovely! Specially the freehanded letters. Then ... Of course the wire mesh ladders I should have known.
As for the big gun I think paintscheme wise you'll have to obscure the cloth pegs better... Maybe hazard strips there? The rust and the blue main color look very good already.

@Camkierhi: Noted, hazard stripes will be there then, will give a good contrast. Thanks for the input.

Not much of an advance lately; gave the sentinels their bases:





And managed to take better picts of the heavy weapons teams:





On another note, I got third place with my power generator in Briancj's Discarded treasure comp!

Thanks for reading.

Making up for the lack of current updates, I digged up some WIP and took the finished pics of a more classic cardboard ruin.







Cheers.

Moving (slowly) forward:



Cheers

Nice work all round.

A few more pics of progress so far:



And close-up:



C&C are always welcome.

Thanks for reading.

You have a very good finish on it, I don't mean it's finished, I mean it looks real.

@Camkierhi: Appreciated, thanks (And properly understood too, it does still have a long way to go before called done!)

I’m now in the process of toning down the cannon itself; the metallic paint looks too shiny as of now:



Then, coming up with the colours for the door, pippings and power cables, and more weathering and detailing (And figuring out where the hazard stripes should go, of course!)

Cheers

Pipping = white, power cables = red, door = imperial green. (see Dave's thread)

I am probably way off, but that's the colours I would choose. The white nice and rusty looking, would blend in a bit, the red would pop, and the door, just because Dave does his doors green. LOL.

White (Rusted and dirty, of course, following along the ongoing line), and red sound good. Will give the door some more thought, while checking Dave's thread for suggestions (Meaning, of course, a probable rip off!)

Again, thanks for the input.

Cheers

the gun would look so cool with a nice OSL effect to it...
the rust and all those sweet details like the kill count are brilliant!

Thanks. Indeed, it would most certainly look good - and it'd be a great way to make use of the shapes and recesses on the cannon. On the other hand, I´m not sure of the way to go, if either a worn out, decommissioned look, or to try out something like OSL for a still operational appearance...

(And on a more realistic basis, I'm not actually sure I could pull off a decent lighting effect, either)

I think you could get away with both even... tho I too have t say I always shy away for anything glowy...I am not that good...

Looks fantastic! I LOVE the weathering. The orange rust looks great on the blue!

Thanks.

Details coming next, probably white, red and green (just because Dave does his doors green!)

 Camkierhi wrote:
Pipping = white, power cables = red, door = imperial green. (see Dave's thread)

I am probably way off, but that's the colours I would choose. The white nice and rusty looking, would blend in a bit, the red would pop, and the door, just because Dave does his doors green. LOL.

If one is going to copy, he'd better copy from the experts!

Don't put yourself down, that painting you have demonstrated so far is brilliant.

While slowly dabbling paint some more on the gun emplacement and browsing tutorials on OSD (It's too early yet to decide if thanks or something else are due to Viktor for that suggestion!), I gave in to hobbyist's ADD.

New supplies:



(For reference, the grey speckles in the middle are a Leman Russ tank and a cadian officer)

I received some designs from Hyenajoe a couple weeks back, hope I can do them justice.

Updates to follow.

ah.... that looks like a healthy suply drop of plasticcard!!!
the first time i got me that much fresh PC i was like a kid in a candy shop... i couldn´t decide what to do with it and instead i did nothing...then i build a giant tank...and didn´t finish it ever since

hobby ADD... scourge of creativity^^

Littletower, I am liking all of this! is like Vik in some ways, but different. you two scrap recyclers are like two peas in a pod for the amazing use of stuff that would otherwise be seen as throw away materials by others.

@shasolenzabi: Thanks, and welcome. I enjoy the building or making of things, and using - as you put it - throw away materials gives it an extra twist. Problem is, you start seeing interesting or potentially useful shapes and pieces in everything, and stuff piles up much faster than it can be converted!

@Victor: Let's just say I was more in the mood (need almost!) for some cutting and chopping, so I took the afternoon off and got to this so far:



Will keep on it some more yet...