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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

It's nice seeing your steady progress, and wow what a beautiful copper color you've gotten those tanks! It's almost a shame that make it appropriate for 40k you'll ahve to dirty them up and age them quite a bit.

   
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Regular Dakkanaut





Hey Mate,
I'm afraid I don't really know anything about Imperial Guards etc but I have a mix of some light hearted & serious minefield warning signs I made that might look good in front of your dug in position. If you want I could upload the picture & you could download at your end if you wanted to use them? I like that position very much & the utterly brilliant idea with the photo frame too. Anyway, if you're interested let me know, if not, it's all good. Cheers.
   
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Eastern edge

Very nice copper on the storage tanks!

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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

Thanks Syro- I've finally got myself over the intial 'writer's block' stage and it's fun to work on. And yep- burying that decent copper color under a ton of grime and oxidation, kind of a shame. But, if I want clean copper, I should model a sailing ship, or something!

Hey shaz- thank you for dropping in! Can't make promethium, apparently, without good brewer's vats!

Hi Sveamore- thank you for the kind words! Yes, please upload your minefield signs, I look forward to seeing and using them. I'm trying to imagine what a 'humorous' minefield warning would look like and am coming up blank- so it'll be fun to see what you've come up with.

More follows soonest!

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Here you go, it's my humour, so maybe it's only humorous to me:-) Anyway I hope you can use some of them. Cheers
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

Oh I'm using these- these are terrific! Thanks for posting them. I may even be able to work one into my current project. Too funny!

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Cymru

Keep up the good work Meer_cat, love the bronze on your vats

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Making Stuff






Under the couch

 Meer_Cat wrote:
Thanks Theo- there are a lot of other things to try with greenstuff; right now I'm at the 'Becky Home-ecky' with her rolling pin stage, kinda.

Here's a shot of how those little extra bits of greenstuff came out:


These look really good! Nice work.

 
   
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Druid Warder





Depending on the actual scale that may make a good chemical addition to Mantic industrial terrain. Too practical for grimdark. And - yes, please throw as much warning labels and useless numbers like sectors and platforms on this stuff too!

Painting progress tracker:
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?





Affton, MO. USA

Thanks for the pics of where the molecular kit came from. I’ll keep an eye on eBay for some used ones, or see if my wife can order them from her school.

Minefield signs are awesome . Makes me want to build minefields just to use them all.

The storage tanks look great.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

Hi Wirecat- I've included a scale shot below, so you can get an idea of size for this thing- those are Eisenkern Panzerjaegeren in the foreground from an earlier build.


Hi Theo- happy to help! Truth to tell, I got seriously distracted with these things just building atomic structures when I was sitting amongst my junk supposedly brainstorming the defensive position project- too much fun playing with them.


Sveamore's minefield signs are terrific- and same as you, now I want to build a vignette to use them- maybe something like the scene in the movie Kelly's Heroes where the Corporal and Private Grace are caught by the German patrol in a minefield and have to defend right where they are, whilst the rest of the platoon lays down covering fire. The possibilities are endless!


So here's what we've gotten done tonight- lots of little things that don't look like much, but I can feel the waterfall building and- if I stay on task- will burst in a flurry and before I know it, the project is done.

Here's the scale shot first. The tanks got another wash of copper- now it's time to start messing that nice finish up! I wish the base had a bit more room for figures, but the clipboard I used kind of dictated the footprint:



I figured a promethium processing plant (or any kind of chemical plant, for that matter) needed a computerized control station to run it from, and I didn't have one. But I had some bits:



And now I have one. The heavy stubber with anti-aircraft shoulder grips is actually a Tehnolog (love that company!) simple kit with some extra gubbins glued on:



I also wanted a gun tower- something that looked like it had been welded together by somebody who knew what they were doing, but using improvised parts. The bits I used included parts from a Robogear set, a toothpaste cap, a mineral supplement syringe we use for our Shetland ponies and the inevitable and ubiquitous greenstuff:



And now I have a gun tower:



Tomorrow I hope to get some paint on some of these, start laying down the improvised barricades at the ground level and maybe finish the cracking tower part (with its attached sniper's eyrie). We'll see what tomorrow brings!

Thanks for looking in, and all suggestions, constructive criticism and advice is welcome. More follows soonest.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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Good work.
Nice gun tower.

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Thanks Doc! I'm glad I've had a chance to use up some of the weird plastic bits I've been accumulating for so long- and more to come!

Here's what's gotten done tonight:

I was looking at the clipboard fiberboard base, and I really like how the grey shading (accidently) came out, but it was looking too clean cut, too fresh poured concrete to be a proper industrial site, so I went to work jacking it up. I drew some cracks with fine point Sharpie pen and started scraping them with a mold line remover I got from Micro Mark (as a scribing tool, it works very well):



Here's the finished shot of the whole platform. The big blank areas you see will actually be covered by other items, so no need to scribe them:



Next, I'm kind of anxious to get the tanks part of the chemical plant installed on the board- so many other things can't be measured out properly until that happens. So I drybrushed the concrete 'plinth' that the tanks are on to help distinguish them from the also grey platform, painted the tank tops pavement grey and dry brushed them gun metal grey, added some bronze to what will be a spigot on the front and then started dripping Puzzle Saver stuff (it's really just a type of PVC glue, thinned- I got this from the dollar store); this'll get painted and shaded suitably bilious shades of glowing green to represent nuclear waste leakage:



Also got the base painting done on the heavy stubbers and drybrushed some gun metal grey and added bronze bits (still need to add heat burn to the muzzle and drill them out, and have to whip up some drum magazines to add to the sides:



And built another gun tower. The first one was just slightly too small to fit a heavy weapons team on a 60mm base onto- so to game it, it will accommodate a special weapon. This one will hold a 60mm base. I'll probably wind up using both on this project:



And, mostly to be able to say I did, I officially glued the first bit down to the platform for the improvised barricades. This huge crate is actually one of the Star Wars toys games that unfold into a little playmat game thing; closed up it is this crate. I spray painted it grey, hit it with ersatz nuln oil, found it was 'way too close in color to every other grey thing around it, so added a lot of white dry brushing. I may have to hit it with some rust to make it even a bit more different yet:



I'm enjoying the momentum now on this project and am looking forward to what I can get done tomorrow (if all goes to plan). Your input always welcome.

More follows soonest!

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Wisconsin

So many interesting projects going on Meer, looking great as usual.
   
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

The shoulder harness you’ve added to that gun looks the business, Meer_Cat!

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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?





Affton, MO. USA

The clipboard base is looking excellent . Nice work on the cracking too. I might suggest that when the cracks get to the indents that they follow the indentions though as that is how it normally happens as that is where the concrete in sidewalks and streets is thinner and therefore weaker. They are man made fracture lines so that it’s easier to replace a section than a large area.

Love the gun tower and turret.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

Thank you Yorkright- I've not been in one of the LoER contests before, and working to a deadline (which implicitly means trying to stay somewhat in scope) is an interesting experience for me. Usually, as with the Athena, I get started and things suggest themselves as we go along! So far, this one is very fun.

And thank you, JohnnyHell! I was going for the look of the WWII anti-aircraft mounts, and some heavy weapons have shoulder grips like this too (I'm thinking of the 25mm Bushmaster adapted for a naval mount). This is the look I wanted for the tower gun that I built for the firebase, 'way back at the beginning of time ("As I does the tell, I'm looking behind us now...." - quick, name the movie!) of two years ago.


And thank you also, Theo! I take your point about how the cracks should follow the path of less/least resistance- I'll add some scraping tonight and see what I can do!


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Combat Jumping Rasyat





Palitine Il

I admire your dedication to awesome terrain. I wish I had the patience to do even half as good a job on mine.
   
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

Hey CM- thank you for the kind words. I wouldn't call it dedication so much as 'oooh- let's try this new thing!" Which makes it a good thing I'm here on DakkaDakka, with all you folks to show me new things to try!

This is the first 'industrial, reasonably intact' structure I've ever tried (except for model railroading buildings, which don't count). I'm hoping to try my hand at graffiti on this one, if time permits. I've been on the side of law and order all my life, so that's going to be a neat experience too- vandalizing my own work!


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Aaaaand here's tonight's lot. A _lot_ of freehand painting that I was hoping to avoid, but the other method didn't work, so not a lot of other things to report. Repainted the muzzles on the heavy stubber silver- to better show the muzzle burn, rather than the bronze/brass that I used originally.

Found these stencils at Michael's hobby/art shop for US$3, they're one inch tall and I'll use them to add some industrial looking markings to the chem plant:



Added some more drips to the tanks and glued the whole assembly down onto the base (from here on, everything gets detailed on the base piece itself- or as much as I can manage; I'm hoping to get my desk top back):



I got these car barriers (what we call 'jersey walls' after the great state of New Jersey which seems to have them all over the place) off eBay some time ago and want to use them as part of the improvised barricades. As you can see, the molding is screaming to have hazard stripes added. I figured to use the art/trim masking tape as a quick easy way to do the black stripes in the lower relief stripes, and then I'd freehand the yellow. Unfortunately, I seem to have purchased trim tape that was surplus to a NASA space launch and is tougher than the hubs of Hades- I couldn't cut it neatly even with a brand new blade in my hobby knife:



So I freehanded both the black and the yellow stripes:



I'll add one more layer of yellow paint to smooth those stripes out and then grime 'em up with weathering powders. I hate working with yellow, because I have to lay a base coat of white, then thin the yellow and then do multiple layers to get an even coat (first world problems, I know- somebody call the waaaah-mbulance! ).

I hope to have some time tomorrow to work, and I'll start layering the chemical leak colors, finish the jersey walls and get them glued down, add stenciled numerals to the upper platform and maybe even get started on the control console.

More follows soonest!

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"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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Pretty neat freehand there MC and is that Hydrostone/Cal etc for the run off from the tanks? It may be a little brittle if it is? Anyway it's all looking good at this stage.

Um.... can I quote you here "to add some industrial looking markings to the chem plant:" (unquote) I sorta, maybe, kinda did a chem plant years ago & sorta, maybe, kinda did up some markings for it. So if you're interested, um..... let me know. Cheers.
   
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United States

Hey Sveamore! I could definitely use the help if you've got markings for a chem plant- and thank you!


The run off from the tanks is a product called 'Mod Podge'- I got it cheap from a dollar store here. It's for pouring onto a jigsaw puzzle once you have it together and you spread it out thin. It dries clear and keeps the puzzle together so you can display it as a picture. Really, it's a form of white glue with a thinner added to make it flow better. I've built up some layers here by adding drips over the past two days to give it some texture.



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Ah yes Modge Podge, we have it here in OZ, well in some stores anyway, (have seen it in Spotlight if any Aussies are reading this thinking pigs arse mate) because it's from the US it shoots up the price 25 times that which is why I probably haven't ever bought some:-) Anyway, here's the industrial sheet I did, it was for my chemical weapons facility, hope I get to see some on yours if you can use any. Cheers.

Found a second one, not sure how it's going to scale as I downloaded it from an old thread of mine, no idea where the original is any more.
[Thumb - 003 Industrial Chemical Wall Signs.jpg]
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Or Maybe This One?

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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

This are terrific- thank you for passing them along, Sveamore! You've got a real talent for designing signage.

I'll definitely be using some of these on the current project (and retro-fitting some of the minefield ones onto the arty position).

I tried the Modge-podge because I found it cheap at a dollar store (everything for a dollar). I think regular old white glue would have worked equally well for the drips. I hope to have some color added tonight!


Thanks again!


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And here's tonight's work done:

First up, the chemical leaks from the tanks- this is three layers of Modge-Podge white glue stuff and then three different shades of greens and red/oranges:



I also managed to get some other bits fastened down, like the big drain pipe in the center (with its greenstuff collar that needs rivets) and the tarp on the right with the gears leaning against it:



And now here's a shot with the jersey walls in place (they need weathering- I ran out of time to do that, and maybe some light ersatz-nuln wash, but otherwise good to go, I think):



I really think, with this lot done, that I can glue the upper deck in place and start really wroking on getting the cracking tower sorted out. There's still the rest of the barricades, but I've got a ton of junk lined up for that. And thanks to sveamore, I've got some terrific signage to put up- I scaled them out on photo paper and printed out two sheets worth- that's going to be fun! The problem will be getting enough flat surfaces to hang everything up!

More follows soonest!

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These leaks are all nice and toxic... but after looking at the photos several times now these tanks look to me like a tops of bell-shaped nozzles. Especially with the upper deck - as lower tank bulkhead. Ideas, ideas...

Stay on target!

Painting progress tracker:
2017: 50 of 50 planned; 2018: 80 of 60 planned; 2019: 75 of 75 planned

Pledge 2020:
6 to sculpt, 75 to paint (2/57 done) 
   
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

Hello all- I'm back, after several busy days helping at my mother's house in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. I'm still worn out, but got myself back on task tonight to get some more work done, and as ever, once I sat down and actually touched a paintbrush- the time just flew.

I started weathering the jersey walls- this is a thinned black wash on the back panels (I'm fixing to add some graffitti and maybe some poster on this side) and I'll use some weathering powders on the other, hazard stripe, side:



On the base itself (nearly ready to glue down the second deck platform) I dulled the toxic waste leaks with some washes of green and red- I think the resulting look is a little more like what I was going for. I also painted the greenstuff tarp on the right hand corner blue (a thin wash of acrylic hobby paint) and added another gear to the pile. You can also see the start of some 'oil' stains on the cracked pavement- I've a couple of more layers to add to finish those:



I also started weathering/rusting the control console, and thanks to sveamore I have a cool poster to mount in that big blank spot on the left. You can also see the start of the rubble filled astro-barrels that will form part of the barricades:



And lastly, I primed and started painting up this extra storage tank. It came as a Matchbox pack with an armored vehicle and scaled out perfectly; it will also (probably) wind up as part of the barricade- not sure if on the ground level or on the upper deck:



So, that's it for now. I enjoyed being home, but I'm glad to be back at this project, too. More follows soonest!



"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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Affton, MO. USA

I have similar Astro barrels in my collection . Watching Star Trek the next generation again while painting and winding down for the night has given me some ideas after seeing a bunch of episodes in cargo bays. Their cargo bays are even more hazardous than Necromunda terrain. Barrels filled with highly explosive elements and stored in the upper decks without being strapped to the pallet . I guess OSHA didn’t make it to that time period.

Grimes jersey block wall looks great by the way.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Palitine Il

Grah! So many neat ideas and I don’t have the money to “borrow”.

Not sure about the lose gears but the slime is looking great!
   
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United States

Thanks Theo! I think I got the idea for the bottle cap astro barrels from your blog in the first place. And you're right- for an advanced starship, the Enterprise had a _lot_ of safety hazards!

Thankyou also, CM- and steal away. Most of what I know I saw somewhere here on DakkaDakka, so I'm happy to see them get used by somebody else in a unique and imaginative way! You're right about the gears, too- at the moment there is no good reason for them to be there. So I have to _build_ a good reason for them to be there- some machine that they fell off of, or are replacement parts for, something like that

Only a small update tonight- not a lot of time to work:

Hazard stripe side of the jersey walls- before and after dirt dusting:



Jersey walls glued down to the base (they'll get spritzed later with one more light coat of dollar store hairspray and about three drops of black ink):



That crate in the corner is going to get an armored surround, by the way.

And the big thing was gluing, priming and prepping to paint multiple barrels for the next stage of the lower barricade (plus the two gun tower support posts):



More follows soonest- and I'm glad briancj mentioned this contest- I'm having a blast and I ight even make the deadline!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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Affton, MO. USA

Well I stole the idea from Grimdork, who has been absent too long . Always shared great ideas.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Queen Creek, AZ

Wood glue and food coloring make a transparent color that looks awesome. I have mixed paint in with mod podge before and it looks good too, but with the food coloring its slightly see through.

Love gun towers! Is it bad that your desk is probably 90% cleaner than mine lol
   
 
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