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at BAN thats sounding truly british i have to say, well as much as my understandng of british culture could makle me understand anyway...
at chibi...and the rest of the drawing world...
would someone be so kind as to make a short comic strip of this mentioned short scene? i wuld love to have it on my wall...that is the essence of "priceless..."
gentleman like way of not fighting a war...
this vid just proves a fact that rap actually CAN contain contens...and not be utter rubbish...
tho i´m more a earl grey type of drinker and not assam i am fully bought on this song...might be also of the fact of that rather disturbingly redhead inthe vid...quite a disatraction...
and also lots of steampinkish reference shots there....
and thanks draglide, quite the cinastic pose of the captain stand in....this will come in handy later...
so now i´m off as the clothes need hanging....argh i´m a slave to the household...poor soul that i am...
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
will post pics tomorrow, have undergone some serious riveting on the boiler, looks cool, but is far from completed...
and i am working on bulking out the hull of the upperdeck...then i still want to saw out the base for the airship and try to mount it...on the base i mean...^^
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
Been watching your thread for a while even before joining Dakka, and I have to say, you're taking an enormous undertaking, und du tunst unglaublich on it. Even gave me the idea to do miniature zeppelin Deffkoptas for my orks.
Something you'll want to think about for the engine, though, is how the power tranfers, and how it will look. A lot of pipes may sound like it would be cool, but unless you do it just right, and have really good looking pipes, it could easily end up a mess. What I'd suggest, is connect the boiler directly to a very large piston, which is connected to a large wheel, which has belts and pulleys coming off it, going into the airship and out to the propellers. Belts are a great way to make things look Steampunk, and are really easy to do.
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i have long thought about the powertransfer anvil, and i have thought too that a big wheel is the way to go...iam still planing as to how to do it...the only dornpart will be its getting a bit crowded on the deck...i am torn between putting up a big gun on the maindeck or having defence weapons in the cabins that still should be placed beneath the blimp...also the discussion left me thinking of the means of onloading soldiers to the field...skiffs vs futurama pipes...thus the place will be defined of how much there is to make authenic looking powertrasnfer thingies...
all these thoughts hamper a bit my progress you people see i cant show now^^...
but rst assured this thing has costed me so much already in hours and money that it will get completed...
i think that you have to sho us your defcoptas when done anvil, the concept of small vessels is also on the schedule for this project...
hello Draglide12 ,
your right a vessel like that should be bustling with crew...unfrtunatly i dont own suitable models atm...anyone know any good gw or maybe easy to get of other company models?
and i will go for two styles just like in the old days when warships ruled the waves... i will ahve a naval/sailor looking type of mini that will be created from catachan and fantasy imperial models and also a soldierlike marine looking type that will be built and modeled mostly from cadian models...and whatever i can get hold of,...some praetorians are in discussion to be brought by santa, but nothing sure here...
so these discussions aside for a few moments i want you all show you some updatepics on my work of riveting on the boiler....note that these rivets are the smalles size of my wholepunch and are a lot smaller in size than the ones i made for the floar riveting...
this is a work i have done with quite some care yet i think i used a little to much pva glue on the cardboard. but i fugered that after it is cured and coated and then painted it will actually look a bit like solderingmarks...what do you think? and also look close to the pics and tell me where i still need to put lots of rivets. i know for sure some areas i will be up-riveting but i think there is also a good possibility i might have not noticed something...
so here is without much further ado the riveting:....
notice the bird perspective shot...i added since last update some soon to be looking metalstrips on the mainbody...
also note that the here still wet looking pvaglue will set almost unseeable and way thinner than now...
well please leave some comments and critics as i truly look forward in reading that from you as it makes this job a bit easier for me...
The boiler looks pro - is that a hot chocolate drink tin?
The whole thing is well researched and steam funky. Love the organ pipe arrangement - looks like the engineer could play a tune on it.
What world are these splendid fellows from?
Boiler looks awesome. keep it up.
DS:90-S++G+++M++B++I+Plotr06#+D+++A++++/eWD251R+++T(Ot)DM+ JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles. corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day. greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid.
thanks mates, the mainbody of the boiler is made from a capucino tin...choclate at that so the point is for you weety^^.
thanks for the praise...
does one of you have some hints on what to add on the boiler though? i strongly think it isn´t done jet, also i think it could look in parts a bit busy as it is, but then again my view of steampunk is looking rather busy...^^
in a few moments i will post a gathering of unpainted troops...zthe minis i have for now, notcounting the myriads of things still on the mailways to come to the folds...
vik for now...
Automatically Appended Next Post: and back again for the steampunky ting...(gathering of troops...could be called victorian ting as well^^)
here in the following pics you see what the major parts of the army will consits of. not to be seen here but there is three heavy weaponsteams on sprue, a imperial fantasy heavy canon...
so here it is and i will post some leaks about what they will be used as...
by the way does one of the readers of this thread now a pinter for IGs like the SM painter from bolter and chainsword?
so here comes the pics...:
command HQ on the airshipbridge^^ and some guardsmen from cadia...
some Warzone minis i´m not sure wether i should include them and then as what as my karskin/stormtrooper will be original scout SM...
lots and lots of catachan fighters...some in very poor condition...here will be a major part of work to convert them...some will be certainly be converted as sailors...well the short sleeved look says sailor to me...
some catachan snipers...
some minis i think looks good in the mids of the catachans....probably sergants material here...anyone knows the minis? company?
40 heads with gasmasks and the famous soupbwolhelmet of the WWII...lots of headchops to do...they will get painted white...a bit of a modern take on the praetorian look i want to create by that....
again a troop of cadians with a commsiar and a partisan women^^... the cadian helmet will also be looking white when painted...
close up of the partisan female and the first comissar...i think i have to seriously out do myself for him as i want to have him look real sharp...
well thats for now, forgott two halfling snipers...and i am toying with an idea that involves some eldar minis...two eldar wraith lords are in the mail and also some last chancers will be joining the force i persume in time to the new years eve...
thanks again for stepping by and please comment like hell...also i think as i´m not that used to naming british forces i would herby open the discussion of naming my force...i do know that the up until now spilled fluff isn´t very supportive but well...i had little room to think up more...but will do so in the next weeks...
vik
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2010/12/08 21:30:34
I'd suggest sticking as many of the weapons as possible 'belowdecks', on the bottom. The only thing you'd want on top would be anti-aircraft batteries, and you don't need many of them.
When it comes to being 'crowded', I'd say think about where you put the helm. You've done a lot with it for the top, but it might be better to instead have it on the underside of the bow. If you're going to have it on top, well, go ahead. Just something to think about.
For the engine and boiler, well... That's just it. You don't have the 'Engine' yet, just the boiler. That's like the petrol-tank for a car. It's where the steam comes from, and then the steam goes to an engine. Then the engine uses the steam for power.
If you can, I'd move the 'exhaust' pipes down a little, and put another, wide, pipe at or near the top of the boiler, that goes to a piston that turns a crank, with a wheel attached; or, a pipe that goes to a turbine. You need some method of transfering the energy, and the extra pipe to take the steam away at the top, along with a pipe to bring water in at the bottom, would help make it look 'busy', without taking too much more room.
I'll see if I can do a couple sketches to show.
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2010/12/08 22:04:38
Subject: Imperial Steam Punk (update detailed boiler and victorian ting...on last page...)
try to understand you and i hope i can show some of your suggestions the next few days...you´re right as this is only the tank for the engine so to speak...there will be lots of pipes coming from the boiler and going to its various uses...all forward the engines of propulsion and also to the uplifting omes...you have teamed up with me to use the canbins below first for shooty purpose and also for its helm...also i guess if i do this taht way no one would see it actually as i dont plan on building interiors...hmmm that would be a true loss...would it look greatly stupid to still have the helm on the bridge above the second storey of the building on the deck?...
mean green fightin machine 
