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Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:I was thinking about getting rid of the couch and TV and kitchen table and beds and wife and kids and pets and windows and doors and friends. Then I'll have all the space I need and time I want.

hmm, might need to get rid of the carpet too...

I need to live in a cave on the side of a mountain and just model until I die.

Ok, no more of that from me. Back on topic... what was the paint you used for the floor? I know the card you used, quite familiar with it actually . But the design you achieved really looks like individually laid tiles like IRL masonry. Wouldn't mind borrowing that technique if you are willing to share.

It's ONLY Vallejo Game color "terracotta" paint- then I just made a wash of white Gouache and slathered it all over. Gouache doesn't have a binder- so it's a lot like making a wash from weathering powders. Once the water evaporates, you need to seal it with clear otherwise any new water applied will just liquify it again. I cheated a bit and gave the floor a coat of future, then when that was dry, I dampened a cheap 1" brush with water and basically drybrush/scrubbed the floor like you would with a mop, which cut through the thin future coat and helped to remove any white gouache from the surface of the tiles, leaving it to run back into the mortar joints. Modelers are always afraid of using clear gloss for some reason, but gloss coat is your friend, it's a tool, it helps decal film dissapear, and it helps washes flow into cracks and crevasses. Like ANY wash, it's best to do it in several light coats than one thick coat. You can keep working it with nothing more than water and a paper towel until you get it the way you want. Then a final coat of future will seal it so water won't liquify it any more. If you scrub off too much, it's super-easy to just add a little more. Or, you can just run it under the tap and remove it all (if you haven't sealed it with future or other gloss)

So the process isn't too unlike doing REAL grout or patio blocks where you sweep fine sand into the space between bricks..except you're using white gouache instead of sand or grout.


I only paid something like $10 for this whole set- I bet the other colors would be useful eh?

And I learned this technique from a model railroad article..so ALWAYS keep your mind open to non-wargaming sources of Hobby Lore!

Once done, the fun part will be silvering/chroming that Centurion up. Unlike the classic buzzy voiced Centurions, the newer version are silent.

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Once done, the fun part will be silvering/chroming that Centurion up. Unlike the classic buzzy voiced Centurions, the newer version are silent.

Eh? wrong thread?

No..the new-age toasters still have the same "by your command" voice..haven't you seen the excellent, but short-lived prequel series "Caprica"? How about the mini-series Blood & Chrome? (the Adventures of the young Husker as a Viper pilot)
The skin-jobs just got all the good lines in the rebooted BSG.

@Galorn 1:6 Cylon Centurion will be my next IPMS-USA review kit..you really expected this new thread to stay on-topic?

those were redos of the original 1970's centurions, caprica was the prototype, razor had the full models. the ones who could replace thier fingers with guns did not speak aloud, the idea being projection, or radio comm.


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Btw, bagend looks good

The Model is of a Season 4 Centurion..I could swear they spoke!

edit..nevermind.you are right Shas...maybe I was projecting that memory???
Maybe...I'm a Cylon
??

Gods! Dave is a frakkin cylon!
LOL! I just got done going through all of it on Netflix, and catching in jokes, like in Razor, they had a wise cracking Colonial Marine named.....Hudson.

They activated and met in weapon locker 1701D

Maybe...I'm a Cylon

i wonder what lady geeks has to say on this...?

at dave... dunno why... cant really put my finger on it...but the floor... it´s not really working for me atm... somehow the harsh contrast of the red and the white is in the recent works not that good looking to me as in the tiled floors before...*ducks*

Sorry Vik, but the floor is painted and finished exactly like the other room, same paint, gouache, sealant..everything, it's just not as glossy..yet

Got my weta workshop hobbit book in the post today, it's so epic!

Cool Shrike! I told ya so!

According to my rough estimate sketch here

Bag end should end up less than 4 feet long, and less than 2 feet deep
..and at this rate, it should be done in 37.5 years

Yay! only 37.5 years to go! :-)



Boooo! it'll be done in 37.5 years!! :-(


what will you do then?

Buy a warehouse and build the rest of Hobbiton

O.k i'm gonna hold you to that Dave! lol, you need us all to chip in for the warhouse?


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.....warEhouse!

DAMN YOU VIK!!!


I bet I inked the other floor before I gouached it!

dsteingass wrote:Cool Shrike! I told ya so!

According to my rough estimate sketch here

Bag end should end up less than 4 feet long, and less than 2 feet deep
..and at this rate, it should be done in 37.5 years

Hey, you're working pretty damn fast for that quality of modelling

37.5 cant you make it 37 I don't think I will be around then

Warehouse I know a few empty ones around us going for a song, do you want me to pick one up

Yeah, get me about 3 tons of static grass and 55 gallons of glue while you're at it LDD!

 dsteingass wrote:
DAMN YOU VIK!!!


I bet I inked the other floor before I gouached it!

actually this is exactly what i´ve meant to say but failed to name it...i hope i am not causing too much pain now...

will inking it now fix it? still possible or will you have to do it all over?

your sketch looks very nice... it would be an awesome pice of fan hommage to make it happen!

Maybe it can be a Dakka warehouse full of inspiration and supplies - plasticard by the ton and vats of glue - now I'm imagining Willy Wonka and his Hobby Factory ! The League members can be the Oompah Loompahs with Vik as Wonka...

hmmm.... i can only imagine myself with a top hat way too easy^^ ...the only thing that would keep me from going to look like a regular copy of a johnny walker look alike would be those way too slim looking itchy trousers...no real man should wear those tights

I don't know what to do now....you've caused me too much trauma Vik

Maybe if you wore the tights, it would cut off the circulation to your eyes

 dsteingass wrote:
According to my rough estimate sketch here

Bag end should end up less than 4 feet long, and less than 2 feet deep ..and at this rate, it should be done in 37.5 -years- days

Fixed that for you.

 dsteingass wrote:
Yeah, get me about 3 tons of static grass and 55 gallons of glue while you're at it LDD!

You might have to wait on the glue mind, they been using all the horses for burger meat over here

LDD, I can't believe you don't have government inspectors like we do, the USDA makes sure that doesn't happen


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..When I worked at a food factory, there was this man with a white coat and hard hat who was ruthless, any slight PH imbalance...he would trash a whole night's production.

Apparently it was from Poland then imported to Ireland and processed there, they have found horse DNA and Pork DNA in burgers, I remember the days when we had more stringent regulations as well.

Let this be known as the Viktor Von Domm Memorial re-inking



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Good idea Vik

That looks muuuuch better now!