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That rust over Necromunda blue is delicious-looking!

Very nice munda-like helipad! the rust on it was perticularly well done, might I ask how you achived this effect?

Darn skalk... there go my chances....

Vik, My Space Marines ate up all the seals they could.
My IG got less seals than the Space Marines

My WIP for the day, pics are of each side

gross LDK gross in a very cool and disturbing kind of way... and big... so big^^

at skalk... oh fu.. now i am doomed... get it? lol... no seriously... that is a fine piece of terrain... the chain rail looks partiular cool... holy stuff... i really like it... and that makes me a bit angry

Some real nice pieces on here, the imagination is epic cool creations all over the place

I dont think mine will make it in time but will post some progress pics soon even so

better now than never, eh?

Holy gak I love the necro looking landing pad...

Kinda makes me glad that I didn't attempt mine...

totally wrong frame of mind... we don´t copy, we don´t let us get frustrated by someone doing better then us... otherwise we wouldn´t get anything done at all... as somewhere someone is always doing a better job of what we do...fact of life...even farting someone is bound to do better in than me^^

O.o? Farting? Vik? Is something on your mind?




And do I really want to know...?

hehe... thems fighting words!

A little bit of a distance to fight between us bud! ^^

ha... i use my mental powers on you... i smite you to smithereens

I use the frustration that I feel when I am out shined (like I feel now after seeing skalks endeavor) to make myself do better.....


I wish dave hadn't decided to go with first, second and third place. Wish it was one winner and only one winner....

Viktor von Domm wrote:gross LDK gross in a very cool and disturbing kind of way... and big... so big^^

at skalk... oh fu.. now i am doomed... get it? lol... no seriously... that is a fine piece of terrain... the chain rail looks partiular cool... holy stuff... i really like it... and that makes me a bit angry

Thanks man And yeah its still not done yet so its going to prob wind up getting bigger

Skalk- My first post has to go to this project.
The detail you put into this is awesome! The chain railing on the stairs was a great idea, and you did some extraordinary riveting This is my favorite piece so far, I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll do next. You've set the bar pretty high with this one.

I wish I didn't have to decide, there are soo many good builds!

Yea Dave I don't envy you one bit!

Good luck judging it!

@ everyone- thank you.

I want to state that this piece is genuinely scratch built. The only 'pre-fab' I used was plastic I-beams and a jewelry necklace. Everything else was cut from plasticard, wood, and cardboard. That's a huge change for me. I've been relying heavily on pre-cast items to achieve the look I've been going for. I'm glad to have stepped out of that comfort zone and I'm quite pleased w/ the results.

I had the idea to make platforms w/ paint can lids a long time ago and this project was the perfect opportunity to try it out. This project is my "intermediate terrain mid-term exam" so to speak. I employed almost every new technique I've learned in the last few months. This is the new direction for all of my terrain- to look distinctly Imperial, heavily used, and showing signs of neglect / disrepair. I'm going for an overall "abandoned Imperial outpost" look, or possibly still occupied but severely undermanned / contested. The need for maintenance is overridden by the fight to stay alive.

I'm planning on building two more of these and place them on the board w/ same stats as an Aegis Defense Line. It will make a great objective (or place to put an objective) and will be some of the more contested piece of real estate on the board becasue it will be difficult to remove whoever is already in there as it has only 2 entry points and I'm counting the rest as Difficult Terrain (meaning up and over the side). The main platform holds up to 21 models (w/ 20mm round bases) w/ 5 more on the ramp. That's a huge blob, and all w/ 4+ cover save (2+ gone to ground).

Regardless of what happens w/ the contest, I've already 'won'. I feel great about this piece, know what mistakes I can avoid for next time, and it's really got me kick-started to finish up some other projects using similar techniques (as well as go back to others and tie them in w/ the overall look I'm going for).

I haven't had the chance to post my WIP stuff on my terrain thread yet, will hopefully have it up this week.

Great job mate!
And so glad to hear that it's inspiring you to new heights!
Just keep pushing yourself and you'll never know the awesome that you'll reach!


~Silver

mxwllmdr wrote:I use the frustration that I feel when I am out shined (like I feel now after seeing skalks endeavor) to make myself do better.....


I wish dave hadn't decided to go with first, second and third place. Wish it was one winner and only one winner....

i am fully with you on that issue...!!! but well i also can understand dave on this matter too... tho i wouldn´t have changed it myself...i am well too much a tyrant^^

That's Vik! Our residant dictator!

Keeping us all in line.

Think of it as more opportunities to get stuff from my personal stash

Darn...

Dave I already had..
AND was kicking myself for not being able to enter...


darn...

I didn't enter either, but built lid terrain anyway.

Still fun to watch from the sidelines so to speak.

Just a heads up for anyone interested- I posted my entire WIP w/ narrative on my Terrain Project thread.

just looked it up... awesome stuff of the strongest kind skalk... i am so done in ...

I like how your first attempt was to rebuild the paintcan... I thought that. Then saw that you thought the same!! LOL. It was great!

Yep, Vik, you and I are done....



Looks good Skalk. Damn fine job there. THe aquila could have worked though. I know it....