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Hello Dakka,

today marks a new beginning.
As I´m pretty bored for now with my SM armies...i ant you all to show you the very first pics concerning my newest project...

an imperial steampunk army.

the whole army will have a more british feel to it and is timeline located somewhat during the napoleonic wars and the first world war.

here some verrrry early wip pics...

a future airship as of yet unnamed origin guarded by not converted but soon to be catechans...








well the peaks of the airship will be made out of some cleaning device i cant name yet... also a big can of babymeal and some sokets for the compartment...

as i said a very wip...the parts are jsut dryfitted for presentation... also some heavy cutting and sanding will be involved to the peaks...

vik

omg for that army all scenery thoughts are open i guess. so if someone (i´m pointing to certain known members here) will tell us there ideas on how an steampunk army should be based and the likes i would be willing to give it a try. by the way did some cobblestone bases some days back but the family didn´t recognized it....this was when i done the lava bases for the iron templars then...

vik

thanks shatered soul, hope i can pull it off. to be honest much of my ideas have gone down the drain...
but this is something that marks a new perspective for me...

steampunk is more an artproject than a playable army to paint ...
about art, have been strolling through your gallery, nice stuff there. might you be a bit influenced bei wow? some of your sketches look a bit like art i´ve seen from that game. also i lkie your troopersketches, specially heidi^^

cheers, vik

thanks for the support mates.

special thanks for the cool and helpful links, i like especialy the tutorial links. the last is the topmost one. will try that out as it saves a million minutes in the making.

later today i will post my first construction pics. i´ve made a good start.

as i use the above described pieces i could use a bit of advice from you...
to sheet the peaks /domes of the zeppelin, what material would you suggest? and also how would you glue it to the domes? from within asthe grating/steely structure to be seen or from the outside in a kind of papermache´ ?

thanks again for your interest, i hoipe i wont disapoint you and me^^

vik


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so here are some progress shots, i had a little fun hacking and sawing at the pieces this morning...




still need some help in texturing the domes...

cheers, vik

sorry cant do that, the gas thing was always the total bummer for me in the great war. hate this methode its a cowards way...
although it gave us the grat look with gasmasks...
seems you cant have it all i guess...

^^

there is lots of things to come for this monster.
i will do something at least to stearing armatures at the right, which will be the tail. so expect tails and fins there. also i have thought about having some side thingies on the hull. probably the engiens there...
the cabin now only in black will be the strearing and comanding place also there will be some heavy weapons there...

@Chibi Bodge-Battle
could you please reform your post? i have an urgent feeling you want to tell me something very useful. but since my englishknowledge derives from comics and fantasy literature i´m not that good (or even less so) in engeniering english.

if you could you can help by making a mockup of the fotos perhaps?
this beast will mark a whole new perspective on wargaming and modeling so i don´t want to mess that up...

thanks all for your support, vik

as always you hit the nail on the head neil (omg what did i wrote here?)
no seriously. the current pics only show a taped mockup to hold the pieces in place...

i thought the same. to increase the size of the blimp is the way to go... if i could just know how to do that. i always look for help in materials when designing...
for now i haven´t found something fitting that is bigger than that can...damn...

i´ve begun groundwork with the cabin. and i am now building weapon sponsons for the lower part. for now i have one gatlinggun... i will at least build one more...
what other sizewise comparable weponon system should i add?
i will post pics of the gatling wip later that day or better tomorrow...

should i build the blimb body inbetween the domes completly out of plasticard? that world probably look good but i´m not really worth a damn when it comes to cutting straight lines...

probably why i stick to garbage for use of scratchbuilding...

cheers dakka, vik

never would i demand such a thing from you, man!

all i can ask for is:

would you be my guide to the far (not so far by now) borders of madness?

some of them where very helpfull. the question i´m asking myself is do i think to complicated for this project? or is a complicated model the better one?
to make matters worse i have a model in my research bin thats even more striking....behold the madness:




this i guess covers what the others here had in mind for the sides of the blimb...


also i have a small side kick in mind as well:



and this is what i´ve been dreaming of making truly:


now thats a blast don´t you think...

should i downszize my dreams or go full spin and going insane on that?????

vik

well orks will only play as victims a role^^. as there will be more people with your kind of mustache be helping the airship to be moving around^^

though i´m not that far in the project it is still possible to make the plans be flexible...

i´m pretty sure that i have to seriously rethink the size of that monster...
which gives a whloe new set of problems in itself: how to sore or transport the thing?...

the bottleoption is quite intriguing....have to search for that bottle design. here in german the funny part is, i´ve seen such bottles but there are not commonly found. we go to 1,5 litres and then it mostly stops. the 2 or the 5 litres are mostly found in cheep shops that sell other stuff that is mostly out of date....

but now that the idea is instaled i will search out for that!

vik

oh man you only made it worse^^

the fact is, in the beginning i thought one can is all i need to use...

love your four can version with two cabins. looks so much more right to me...

the thing is i want to stay true to the domes. these parts define for me the character of the airship. after that the whole idea is open.
another problem might be the palasiccard i have. its made rather next to a A$ paper sheat. so basically i can do crossbars about 30cm in length...

if i do crossbars from up to down every now and then then i can probably extend the hull endlessly...

should i bild the hull from scratch? and if i shuld then do something to prevent the hull from collapsing invards...

good to have someone to think this through^^.

thanks man for your good advice, vik

hello dakka,

in tribute to neils helpfull suggestions i hearby present you all a new set of conzeptual pics for the ungoing work.
i have deeply thought about englenthen the airship and think it is truly needed.
though neil suggested the use of either multiple cans (wich i regret i don´t have) or the use of larger bottles (see above) i came up of a solution.
after scurring our household i found large banisters(?) for youghurt!. and plenty of them at that.
also for finns and wings i added some flask for showergel...

so without further addo i present:

the big one



the detail view of the finns and wings


front view


detailview from backside with the first cabin and a glimpse of a sponson and a gatling, my favorit weapon...


as mentioned before i attempted to sculpt with air dry clay some cobblestone bases. my family didn´t recognize them as such so now i want to test the community for them...




so please open up the discussion...

vik

thanks man. well the bases where indeed a very fast job. my wife said the cobblestones should look rounder... i understand here... but she didn´t understood the process involved when doing bases so i will give it another try someday when i´m not fixing arships but instead will be doing the guardsmen...

be sure to check in later. more brassy things to come^^

vik

hmmm will keep that in mind for the next trys... good idea...
also have some legos for making some drains...

thanks lucid

vik

well i hpe it goes a long way^^.
the thing i am now planning is talking my wife now instead of buying me a landraider then rather buying me some nifty looking pithheads brithish riflemen...

that will hurt...

vik

sounds cool. and also somewhat familiar...

also what i´ve noticed, the female steampunk look is very intriguing to say the least...^^

vik

talked today with my wife and she said i should make it way thicker in the middle part. then i will add as described by you longitudinal stringers. also i will add some Latitudinal ones to create that striking net look.
after that i´ve planned to cover the blimb with cloth and then paint it at first with glue to make it sturdier...

also i thought about letting the "stringer net" or better the skelleton above the cloth so to still have that skelleton look...

what do you think ?

vik

thank whovever watches upon us for joining this forum!
sometimes i think that for all that i know and for all that i learn that i merly sit at avast beach on an endless opcean and the things i fathom are just teacups full of wisom and knowledge...
thanks for the video. again my horizons have broadend. i will definatly look into that cool series. i liked the look instantly.

i´ve found during my research similiar art:




well agroszkiewicz , i want to look it right so probably end up nut i will, if i am not even now^^.

well the design is a bit too futuristic and technological advanced but the titel for the ship and the colorscheme could very well be red zepplin (or should i do led zepplin?^^).

again to Chibi Bodge-Battle :

areodynamics is something i think you cant be bothered with when it comes to something like steampunk. i think here aplys more the rule of cool than anything else. Aesthetics is more important here. so i will bulk it out and also i will let the skeleton be shown. also as suggested by neil i will add hopefully massive panels of polished wood and brass and bronze. there will not be much steel to be seen. also the colorscheme is pretty set in my head. i will aim for a very classy gentleman look. very british and colonial. i like the red coats. with white straps and polished looking weapons. my soldiers have to polish their belts and shoes!
there not in some downtrodden gang you know^^ there in the royal navy or else!!

thanks for all that nice support and inerest in this project.

if soemone has any further suggestions don´t hesitat to take part here.

vik

no way man, you didn´t name a respectable officer of the the likes of me? though luck will be upon ye!
seriously great honor for me^^. and yeah i´m pretty exited as well. it is a great thing to make. today i had a little fun in hotglueing tau gatlings into my halfspherical sponsons...
seems i have to search for more round spheares tho...
needs more dakka one could say...

well i imagined the comandeering officer as a person with a very well kept beard. the naval concept IS the thing to do. chibi and neil your both right in the blue scheme. this makes me torn inbewtween.... would red coats and black/blue trousers work? with a red stripe like han solos pants? also this will be easier if i stick to navalforces cause they have these rather easy to sculpling hats/caps.

and for that methaphor of mine...
seems that i was just sitting blindly on that shore and the waves came crushing in. now drowned with knowledge i will emerge with newfound wisdom and will rise like a watery reborn version of a phoenix...

damocles....sounds cool. got something more british up your sleeves tho? if i start ancient greek to use, then i might drift away from a consistent theme? or not?
some pics of yours neil literaly blew my mind. why didn´t i found that final fantasy pic???

i now think i need an upper deck as well. the cabins are good and fine, but for that suggested detail i need lots of space...


good that will take ages, what did i stumble into...
also if i do much of that submarine thing, which i like, but then i would go crossboarder to dieselpunk as well. which would result in to the shiny and brass world of queen victoria but rather the late 20s and 30. of the cast century...

with every decission you make you birth a new world but also kill millions. its a good thing tho that you can make many more on your way through life...

vik

lol, needed that, have another bad discussion of some third reich army on another thread...

yep the pic i saw and thats really something i will try to do with the airborne crew...

interesting thought...drilling devices and then i have both terrains covered...gives the term falnking a whole new meaning....

hmmm more pics is what you want... i will try to add some in the evening but cant promise to hard...

got geusts today...

thanks chibi for your help in army design. i know its my army but who wants to be dumblooking just to make a point, so i treasure your opinion well!

vik

thanks weety, was really unsure about the bottles as fins...

and i aplaud to your object regognition^^ the cone shaped ones are indeed from mop-buckets^^

steam punk is a great deal for me now. this project will be a true breaker. either i break it into a true beuty or get broken in the process...

a small update as demanded^^

i have today done some more work on future weapons. after i did a search through my 40k bitsbox i came up with some insights about steampunk look... the thing i found out, you have to take into account that we are mostly talking about my taste here... is that xenos tech looks far more suitable than actual IG stuff...

so i hearby present some artful weaponry from the futuristic victorian age...

group shot of todays achievments...


tau railguns?? to be gatling stand ins on halfspherical sponsons...


sideview of some eldarpieces cobbled into an anti aircraft device. if you build a super heavy airship you have done a hard job no point in small aircraft messing up your work, he?


you´re looking at me pal? yeah? so what smile^^ and pi....off^^


and a very old and first scratchbuilt of mine, done om some pipe-isolation foam and some cardboard tubes...


so now you can come up with some constructive critizism...^^

cheers mates , your vik

being an inspiration is somewhat like being a preacher^^ i like to do that to people^^ so thanks for the compliments.

and weety and monkytroll, you bet that they will be brassmade!!! wouldn´t be caught in hell and when dragged before the devil to make amends for my sins, i at least know that i hadn´t commited one sin^^. be sure, i´ve waited so long for a chance to pop open my dwarfen bronze and some brass pots to use on^^.

at agroszkiewicz :
i have to say that i didn´t do the half balls out of GS. they were made from cherry bombs. my family and me where off to some serious bits hunting the on newyears eve... there we found lots of bits from rockets and so forth... lots of pieces you will see here on this thread. i highly recommend treasure hunting after your woken up stark drunk... the clear air will sobber you up a treat and you can find lots of usefull stuff then!!!!
well i will do a shot for you to see what i could obtain...wait a sec, will take some pics for you...


vik

so here it is my treasures from last years new years eve...

the big blue cone on the right i used for pressmoulds, which i will be doing later. only got one of them and it is my dearest of them.
in the middle you see a construction with atoiletpapperroll and two black cones... this will be a small vessel...

and lots of other uses i havent come up with yet...



vik again^^


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hey schnitzel, love your name^^, there is a tv ad thats always tells us: "don´t call it schnitzel" lol and the avatar is very fitting^^

yeah i know this design just scream to be used for orks... i wonder why there aren´t many more zeppelins out there...

vik

its an eldar piece, to be more precise its two gund with the peaks cut off then drilled out barrels. then i used some weaponplatform things... i am no eldarplayer so i´m just using bent plastic here^^ much morew of a help i cant give you...sorry

but if someone has the knowing of the eldars so speak up^^
also i need some help in basing that weapon. currently i have no ideas exept that i want it to be manned...

vik

as alwyas i use air dry clay, its like the switzerland army knife for me. still have to find a thing its no use for^^. i just took an old mug and put the cla inside and then did a beserker rage press with the cone and presto pressmould^^
when i will use it i add fimo and will cook it in the stove...hope it will work, otherwise i will look mighty stooopid^^

at schnitzel? does that mean i´m that bad in english or what?^^ i think i cant seem to work out what you´ve ment by your added post... well then this might be the essence of "radda" then^^ lol

vik

thanks freecloud for your links. the airships look really cool. in a way its what i want to achieve.
and i wish i had the money for some praetorians...

thanks schnitzel for your help in eldar weaponry, would have taken me hours to come up with that piece of info. could you by chance spare some time and make a quick drwing or even post a pic of what you had in mind? english technical descrpitions are a bit tough for me to understand. to tell you the truth i´m no craftsman whatsoever, done my buisiness administartion degree and been left for years without a job so tech is pretty foreign country for me...

vik


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see couldn´t wait and you gave an answer already^^ now i understand. thanks a lot. hmmmm i have some things in my box that would do the trick... but i might get a bigger gunn then for this idea...omg there are doors opening every second.... and all need to be looked inside... the horror of a creative mind...

vik

that pic of John blanche reminds me somehow of princess mononoke... the attacking woods and the fling ships as well...

with all your help here fellow posters of this thread there is so much awsomesauce involved.... sometime in the future i have to post some pics of my socks to get the awsomemeter back in line...

vik

lol already used ones^^ man there s so many jokers here on the web... i seriously produce some hard abs when you comit such kokes against me man^^ i will put an add in the web like:

get serously ribbed in less than a week, read dakka and grow more muscles in your free time...

cheers mate, vik


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hello dakka,

its that time of the day again where i want to show you my progress:

sometimes creativ energies hit me with a sledgehammer...
so by doing some household chores i stumbled over an old cd rack from ikea...
and here i thought with this i could built quite a good body for my blimp and also add a platform later nicley...

this built offers lots of new posibilities...





now i have two middlesections on upper decklevel and bottom level. i think adding the cabbins and other gimmicks will be easier that way. also i now declare i will add an upperdeck. so i´m in the need for some cunstructiuve suggetsions as to how to do that, and yeah i look therefore in certain directions...the persons will rise to the ocasion? not?

thanks dakka for your interesst, 1700 views... man how could that get that far...

yours, vik

in fact i will do both of your mentioned thoughts. there will be gondolas as cabins for steering and steamengine is suppose and also for weaponsponsons...
and then there will be the upperdeck that will in short look like a Aircraft carrier... that will be a hard part, as i have to do some building up there... something thats not to big but still looking the part...

by the way mates, does anyone know a way to do something like that?



i think it would look good on some part of the underside of the upperdeck or the front of the blimp...

and on a safty note: whenever i post something new... stay calm, check for open fire and get all personel to a safe place...^^

vik

at agro,
wouldn´t it be a bit on the small size to use a sister? aren´t true prows (thats the right word?) bigger than real life humans?...
but in essence your right, that would work...if i wasn´t that frightend about using my GS amount i have...
as for what to use this piece...honestly i haven´t the foggiest knowledge of warhammer rules... i´m mainly in for the modeling part. my oldest son is very good when it comes to do the maths so i guess he will help me understand the rules then...^^ but i think it´s more of a display piece...but whoi knows could serve as a piece of terrain and than a cc battle might be fought upon the decks...that would be so rad^^


at model collector, thanks for the praise man^^ can´t promise you anything than that i constantly surprise myself^^ so it will always be like a box of choclate when you step in this thread...you never know what your gonna get^^

cheers mates, vik

absolutly monkeytroll. as we read and write the cloth awaits some serious gluing and cutting... i think i will make first work on the cloth about 10:00 GMET...
and be sure to check that update, might need some serious critizism then...hope this will work out, its a rather fine cloth so it should be in scale...

at agro:
I'm with yah, modeling is the fun part followed by painting, with playing as a distant third.

absolutley, truer words were never spoken!
also i think taht if you buy your minis already painted you field and lead them not so cautious as if you invseted plenty of working hours into them. i don´t want to be that kind of careless general...every soldier is special. also every soldier will get a nametag even when its just on its base^^...


vik