LoER Terrain Contest: Round 14: Making the extraordinary from the ordinary! Winners announced.

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**Dr H**

Keep it up chaps. Still plenty of time left.

EyeamRai, Yeah, if it's getting frustrating then it's time to take a step back, work on something else. Maybe you will get a second wind in a week or so, something may still inspire you. The shows not over until the fat Ork cheerleader sings...(you know the one)

May inspiration creep up on you when you least expect it.

Spoiler:

**inmygravenimage**

Very cool!

So as you may have gathered I've really struggled to find the right fit for the flight stand for the asteroid; until I find the right one, can't progress... There have been some further attempts that I won't bore you with pics of (cocktail stick holder, ice cream sprinkle tub, etc etc). However... Success!

It's too high at present, but plastic wine glass is perfect. Distribution of weight is perfect, but even better...

So it's modular! Well ish. You can take it off, add a fire arc token - just like a real mini.

Really chuffed!

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

Sorry to cross link, but I've got to dash out and wanted to see what people thought

TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
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WIP from last night.
So we have sprue and lollipop sticks added on one side of the ramp and I am very chuffed. I need to green stuff in around the edges and have bought new which will hopefully work much better.

This is the current state of play:

The black makes it look brilliant in person and with the pad being able to sit raised and lowered, that element has succeeded. The rule that can be seen in the photos was found in the bottom of a drawer and I'm thinking sand off the markings, pint with Tamiya's clearish red paints and then a blue wash, with maybe a white highlight to create a beam of forcefield walkway across to the sensor tower island (I'll make a start and end of beam transmitter array of some description, I'm thinking Plasticard and sprue).

**GawdamSumbish**

did manage to get a little painting done, and a bit of detail work, but i didn't get nearly as far as i had hoped i would with the project this weekend--had a few things on the honey-do list that needed attention. hopefully will be photobombing the gallery with a bunch of WIP pics later tonight.

**inmygravenimage**

So I can't stop it seems

Escape pods! They are on flexy rubber so I can wrap to the surface more easily.

I was reading this excellent article of close ups of the original wars models

http://slightlywarped.com/?p=52
And I realised what was wrong: there's not enough detail on my towers. Squares, patterns, etc. And to amuse myself, and in homage to the original models, I'm going to use parts from models kits - though in our case, gw

So cyclone front, backwards

and some fw brass sprue. I need to do not too much, obviously, to preserve the inherent cartridge shape. However, much happier

**Stormwall**

MagosBiff90 wrote:
5 weeks?!?!! 5 WEEKS!!!!!?!?!?!

Where does the time go??!?!

Still get the feeling this is going to be an awesome turn out!

Yeah... I just looked at this and went WTF.

**GawdamSumbish**

@Graven - looks really good so far...almost makes me want to play xwing...

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

Hey guys. Everyone's pieces are coming along nicely.

Quick WIP:

Painted and drybrushed the rocks. Sadly the photo doesn't do it justice

. I admit that sounds quite pretentious, but up close I am absolutely blown away by the fact that I managed to make this - I thought I'd mess the whole thing up! Must keep up the pace. I hadn't planned on doing any more for the rocks because it's meant to be a lava planet ie no moss/trees/streams/puddles/hedges etc, if anyway has conflicting thoughts, I'd be grateful to hear them. Next up will be lining the beans tin (the ridges just don't look Tau enough) then pour in some lava.

**GawdamSumbish**

@TP - any detail/closeup pics of the rocks?

some WIP:

Spoiler:

more pics on my thread (in signature)....

LET'S GO, EVERYONE!

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

@gawdam - here you go

By the way, love the progress on your's

**GawdamSumbish**

TP - gnarly drybrushing...you should be proud.

and re: using the ruler as a walkway - great idea, but sanding the numbers off will turn the edges opaque...although maybe that's a good thing.

i'm looking for some feedback on my project from anyone/everyone.

been thinking about adding some plating/panelling/braces to the generator (see pic spoilered below):

Spoiler:

any ideas for/against?

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

I can see why you were thinking of adding panels, because it will frame the generator well, but you do risk making it look cramped. Would you use cocktail sticks (or transparent equivalent) as poles, or more like coffee stirrers as planks?

Without seeing test shots, I'm leaning towards leaving it as it is

Oh, and thank you very much! I'd had a

day yesterday and really needed an "achievement" and this seemed to fall in to place perfectly.

**GawdamSumbish**

i was thinking more of a sheet metal look (with rivets!); covering the bottom part of the stands that hold the coil up, and then maybe a beam at the corners of the supports holding the coil. Using plastic strip/angle/ibeams...this line drawing might make it clearer:

Spoiler:

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

Yeah, ok. I can see what you were talking about now. May help to focus people on the cool, rather than it just sitting there

**Camkierhi**

@ GS Add the framing, it looks great as is, but the extra will make it look like the thing is more powerful, needs restraints. Type of thing.

@ Deputy Manager, google Galapagos Lava fields

Dependent on the rest of your board, but you could have a real splash of colour !

All looking fantastic guys and dolls, brilliant work all round.

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

@Camkierhi - I am not one to dive in to something without prior research and planning, but in this I did the planning without the research!

I will probably finish off the structure and lava field and then if there's time add in some appropriate colour splashes based on Google results. Thanks so much for the tip

**ChrisWhite**

I'm out guys - university commitments + family visiting from overseas + huge terrain piece. Ugh. I'll still get it done, just not before the deadline crunches closed. Good luck, chaps!

**GawdamSumbish**

@ Cam - thanks, man. my primary concern was that you can look straight into the support, which has no details and is painted flat black...thought i could kill two birds (block that view, add some detail) ith one stone.

@TP - foliage (weeds) are pretty common around walkways and bases of buildings...may want to concentrate on those areas if you decide to add some color. by the by, what are you going to use for lava? if you have access to a store that sells cheap goods cheaply (a dollar store here in the states), you might get some red and yellow LEDs and use some clear acrylic...

@Chris White - sorry to see you drop out...any way to scaled down your project to get *something* done?

**Camkierhi**

Education is overrated, family can donate body parts so no excuses!

**Dr H**

Stormwall wrote:
MagosBiff90 wrote:
5 weeks?!?!! 5 WEEKS!!!!!?!?!?!

Where does the time go??!?!

Still get the feeling this is going to be an awesome turn out!

Yeah... I just looked at this and went WTF.

Not to stress you out any further, but you now have just over 4 weeks left.

Good progress people. Nice to see things coming together.

Sorry to see life has got in your way, Chris. Get it done when you can.

Everyone:
Even though we are a month away, from the deadline. Don't look at it as a fixed date. If a number of people are struggling to make it, and everyone else is fine with it, we can sort out an extension so that we get a good selection of completed pieces. We will worry about it when we're nearer the time though.
A few hours over, if you're just finishing off and taking NICE pictures, is not a problem either.

I agree with what Cam' said, again.

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

@chriswhite - gutted to hear you can't continue. What if you just did the cylinder with the steps around it. That in itself would be cool to finish.

@Gawdam - I was torn about weeds etc until seeing Cam's photo because I had thought no vegetation would survive on a lava planet. Learnt me a lesson tonight

I'm going simple for my first lava outing - want to get practice for my Farsight army resin bases. I'm going to pour plaster in to the bed area between rocks and then hairdry/drag some texture to the surface. There may well be LEDs in my landing pad though as landing lights. That's my penultimate job, so I can abandon if time gets away from me.

**Dr H**

Camkierhi wrote:
Education is overrated, family can donate body parts so no excuses!

Well, to the other post that Cam said, anyway.

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

Quick WIP (Spoilered due to pictures - don't want to overload this thread)

Spoiler:

There's more detailed explanation on my terrain blog if anyone's interested.

As always, comments gratefully received. Also, let me know if I should be posting less on here.

**Viktor von Domm**

at TP^DC

Bit disappointed to have some cracking of plaster this morning because of the thin layer, but that was always something I would have to deal with

i bet it will look spectacular if you paint said cracks bright yellow...i see possibilities in natural cracks...(at all the others...mind out of the gutter please...

)

i have been rather unproductive all the past weeks... but i plan to redeem myself..^^

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

@Viktor - exactly what I thought

(The yellow paint, not the gutter thoughts

)

Hope you get your productivity level to where you want it to be

**Viktor von Domm**

thanks mate...and i m loking forward to more updates from you... and mind you... there is no need to spoiler anything here... cluttering this thread with your pics saves it from getting cluttered with unneded comments...

besides... of coure every comment here keeps us in the "recent" threads page!^^

**GawdamSumbish**

@Vik - really hoping to see you scrape something together for this contest (thought you had exams or something?)

@TP - cracks in the lava could be painted to look like chunks of rock are floating in 'liquid hot mag-ma' with a little bit of work...although it seems a little elaborate for a pen/knick-knacks holder.

although a guy who seems to buy a pair of scissors every other week because he keeps losing them probably shouldn't poke fun at someone who made a magnificent display case/holder for *their* scissors...

**TP^DC Deputy Manager**

@Gawdam - har-dee-har-har! To be fair, I did neglect to say that they were in there to weigh down the little box in the plaster that is a space for a battery to go if I add LEDs, time-permitting. Anyway, isn't your pen holder that big?

**Viktor von Domm**

exams are still waiting to happen... and they will...so... time in between can be used any way^^

and a scissor was heavy enough?...hmmm...i usually use a hammer for this^^... must be a different school of thought, eh?^^

**inmygravenimage**

Wow, as always intimidated by the quality of the competition!
So some detailing - much happier :