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Subscribed. Fascinating.

Thanks for the subs guys!
More progress today. I got the front of the apartment block modelled and almost ready for paint. I've gotta mortaring job to do on it before, but otherwise it's pretty much done (will be adding a lot more details later, like cables etc...). Now for the rest of the alley!

Loving the work thus far good luck keep it up !

 ghostmaker wrote:
Loving the work thus far good luck keep it up !

Thanks! Hoping to get more of the apartment done this week. I have fire escape stairs just itching to be built!

HAWT DAYUM! Dat roller-shutter and window doe...

Lovely work Rusty

 Elnibbus wrote:
HAWT DAYUM! Dat roller-shutter and window doe...

Lovely work Rusty

Did you get round to testing your brickwork? Would love to see the results!

New update, the apartment building has progressed! (still need to make more venetian blinds...)



I stressed some bricks to make it seem like the building has stood for some time. I will be adding filler to simulate mortar soon - this will tie the whole piece together more.



More details to add, including this partially built fire escape:



I also need to add another smaller service shutter below the fire escape. Once all this is done, it'll be ready for painting!

i think that once you've added the mortar it will look awesome!

 STG wrote:
i think that once you've added the mortar it will look awesome!

It's all very naked at the moment, like a figure with just primer, so I'm hoping so! Thanks

Excellent updates, really enjoying this coming together. Great use of the wooden detailing strips for window lintels and 'whatever the strip round the middle of the building is called' (don't know the technical terminology for this!) That fire escape is a gorgeous model - is it an etched brass kit?

I call it the mid-lintel

This is a photo etched model! It's from Wildhare Models in the US - it's Ken Hamilton's company. It's O-scale so it's a little out of scale for the diorama, but with it being high up and away from the figures, I'm hoping to get away with it. Still a lot more to build on it (including scratch styrene to get it away from that inherent flatness of etched models) which I will show soon!

AHHH i want more definitly subbing to this dudes great work

Thanks for the the sub!

I just uploaded a how-to on the windows here: http://rusty-robot.co.uk/?p=832

Also, I have primed some of the figures:

Such incredible attention to detail!

Looking forward to seeing how the minis turn out.

EDC

OOOOffftttt!!

Detailing turned up to level 11!! So much to see and keep your attention... eyes glued to this one!

 Rusty Robot wrote:

 Elnibbus wrote:
HAWT DAYUM! Dat roller-shutter and window doe...

Lovely work Rusty

Did you get round to testing your brickwork? Would love to see the results!

Hamana-hamana-hamana-HOBBYBONER.

On a serious note, this work is superb. Absolutely brilliant. Unfortunately I haven't got around to playing around with the foamboard MagosBiff90 sent me yet (I've got 3 tanks and 30-odd Guardsmen to paint first :( )

Quick update as life got in the way recently:





Also finished modelling the fire escape:

Oooooh myyyyyy.... How long did it take you to get the mortar into the brickwork?

 Elnibbus wrote:
Oooooh myyyyyy.... How long did it take you to get the mortar into the brickwork?

I did a lot of testing beforehand, figured out that if you water down some wall filler then you can spread it over in large amounts and very quickly, wiping it away leaves a convincing mortar effect. The important thing was to dig some of it out before it hardened completely (have to do this quickly) else it left a smooth finish - spoiling the brickwork! Weathering was the key to the secret.

wow. That is a crazy level of detail. Can't wait to see the finished diorama.

 brushcommando wrote:
wow. That is a crazy level of detail. Can't wait to see the finished diorama.

Thanks! It takes a lot of time, but it's all about the journey!

Love it, great updates. That fire escape really is gorgeous...

The paint job on those brick walls is amazing. The fire escape is phenomenal, too!

Ruglud wrote:Love it, great updates. That fire escape really is gorgeous...

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:The paint job on those brick walls is amazing. The fire escape is phenomenal, too!

Thanks guys. Still have some more painting to do on it - like the lintels and windows, but I'm happy with it. The fire escape is actually the wrong scale, but given it's up in the air and away from the telling scale of the figures, it shouldn't look out of place. Updates will be few in the next two weeks as I've not got a day off between now and then!

That's pretty amazing level of detail involved.

I mirror all the comments above... really awesome details!!

That's a lovely technique for the pointing of the brickwork...

jhe90 wrote:That's pretty amazing level of detail involved.

MagosBiff90 wrote:I mirror all the comments above... really awesome details!!

That's a lovely technique for the pointing of the brickwork...

Thanks guys. When pointing this way, just have lots of cocktail sticks on standby - and don't do too much in any one go, it dries quicker than you can get to it

Stunning work!!!!! Watching this closely