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My good sir.... i would be in your debt!

even some parts would be great...... i have a rather dark thought of having perhaps an odd arm or leg sticking our from a shell crater or mud pile.... kind of thing you see from the Somme or something..... but not 100% sure i want to go down that route....... meh........ i will wait and see!

PM sent,

Cheers mate,


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Oh.... I meant to add......

Just thought i would share a little tip for ariels and communication masts etc...... those really annoying plactis hoops you get attatched to clothes and tshirts etc......... thats what i used on the "Claymore" Assault Carrier....... Simple but pretty Effective IMHO.

i will be using these on the trench dio also.... just thought i would share!

Pretty sure I've got a load of broken weapon arms that would fit the bill there.

Ahoy me hearty's,

Hope all is well! Finally managed to get some time on the trench dio...... added more sandbags and razor wire..... a bit of extra padding to the back of the emplacement..... floor panels added and a little comms unit with some wiring..... Thats all the details and construction done.... i just need to pick up some extra polyfilla and then get to work on the mud and terrain..

Also had a care package arrived from Cam so i now have an officer in the dugout keeping watch!

Any C&C guys let me know cheers & Thanks!

Looking forward to taking this on for paint now!

Looking good.

Glad it's arrived OK. Hope it helps.

Morning!

After a particularly disturbed sleep... i was up early doors and cracked on with a start on the terrain for the trench dio..... I ran out of filler pretty early so had a go at adding a crater and the remainder of an old barbed wire fence...... The picture doesnt really capture it... but once primed and painted / rusterd it should really stand out....

Actualy... looking at the pic again i am going to try and wind it round the poles and wire a bit more......

Right..... time for a lot of coffee.... and then the daily grind!

Cheers guys!

Thi slooks already great - and if you wrap the wire some more around the poles, as you sugested, I'm sure it will look even better.
A nice piece coming together!

Good progress Magos.

Excellent stuff, I'm looking forward to seeing the whole board like that

Yo Ho Ho!!

Hope all is well guys!

Managed to get a fair bit done tonight.... managed to finish the trench dio....... added the rest of the earthworks and details..... so IMHO its done...

Would love some C&C!......... anything i need to add.....

Next is the paint job.....

ps...... last thing... i am going to add a couple more sandbags to the front of the emplacement and some speant shells on the floor beside the heavy bolter!

And a massive thanks to Cam & Graven for the supply drops! Helped add some real detail and finish this off!

.... anything i need to add.....

Some colour...

Looks great Magos. Good job on the mud.

 Dr H wrote:

.... anything i need to add.....

Some colour...

Looks great Magos. Good job on the mud.

Haha.... thanks mate! Yeh i do intend on adding colour in the paint job....... mostly greys and browns to really emphasise the down and dreary feel... but picking out some brighter colours and details to add a bit of intrest too!

The mud itself is just regular B&Q wall filler.... with some dried out sand balast.....

Thanks again for lookin in mate!

Ahoy... also meant to add that i will be trying out a wet mud and puddle effect using some PVA glue tonight..... so i will put up some pics and let you see how i get on! lol....

And.... thats just a single coat of halfords primer on the base so far...

cheers All.

It's really atmospheric, and I actually think it looks pretty good all in grey - certainly a muted paintjob would look great!

Kind of reminds me of pictures you see of WWI Just add some sepia wash and your done.

The model looks brilliant. Keep it coming dude.

Hey yall!

Hope alls good,

So i sidetracked "again" ....... I thought i would give a try at painting something smaller than the trench dio because i didnt want to ruin it and wanted to try out a couple of mud effects...... anyway.....

Set on the same battlefield as the trench dio...... a detatchment of Krieg's finest are taking cover while advancing towards their objective .... LT 14-102993 and trooper 14-996024456 take a minute to survey the field and assess their next move.....

I have tried to add a wet mud effect in the track marks and then used some of my own dark rust pigments on the mud..... but i think it is still a little thin...... once it has dried properly i will add some dust pigments to see if it adds more texture......

Oh... i should mention.. obviously the troopers are not painted yet.... just the black undercoat ....

Any C&C would be great guys as always!

Your mud is looking great, nice contrasts. Is that another IKEA wall?

Good work Magos.
Keep at it.

inmygravenimage wrote:Your mud is looking great, nice contrasts. Is that another IKEA wall?

Thanks mate! I think i will add another light coat of watered down PVA to the tracks to give a bit more of a wet look.... but apart from that yeh i am really happy with it!

The wall is actually just some regular wall filler..... i made a simple box formwork and filled it then left it to dry..... broke off some chunks and what was left was really usable..... and really easy to add the bullet holes and weather.....

Dr H wrote:Good work Magos.
Keep at it.

Thanks mate! Appreciate it...... next up is going to finish and then paint the actual trench dio!

Hey all,

I hope all is well!

First update in a wee while but literally being run ragged by work and other bits and bobs going on!
Funds right now are exactly 0 so the trench dio is being set aside until i can get some more paints and colours etc......

WIP of the competition entry will be up soon.... its coming along nicely IMHO......

But for now.... i have a couple of pics of what really got me into this whole thing in the first place! The Macharius Tank! This model was the real starter for me and to be honest i have just been waiting until i felt like it could face it again to give it another go! lol!
I decided it was time to get back and make another after what happened to my previous attempt!

Only got the turret done so far..... going to get it painted and add the guns tonight along with some stowage and decals etc! You cant pick up on it in the pics (bad lighting) but there is a grey / dark grey stripe camo scheme going on......

Really pushing the rivits on this one and so far... am happy with where ti is going!

Cheers guys!

Looking good there. Nice riveting.

good start, what armament are you going for this time? nice rounded rivets!

Straight out of WWI. Very nice stuff.

Hey guys,

Thanks again for the comments! Yeh really going for a WW1 heavy rivet job on this one... swiped an idea i saw for turrect casting numbers too.. on the front right panel...... i know the turret hers is riveted together.... so it is more of a production number.. rather than a cast number.

OneManNoodles i still have the double Widow Maker Canons i got from @BLood and Skulls@ Machinator .... so they will be added back to where they belong...... but going to make the Vulkan option also......

Cheers Guys,

PS.... the rivets are the 2mm Nail Art rivets i got previously and mentioned in another thread here..... very consistant size and shape and IMHO for 99p /1000rivets... theres nothing better or cheaper!

Fantastic work, good to see you back on this beast.

Rosie the Riveter got ahold of that one, eh?

I am active duty US Army infantry platoon sergeant. I have used Strykers my whole career. It's an 8 wheeled vehicle that comes in several variants. I have personally been in all 8 variants but mostly Ive used the Infantry Fighting Vehicle and Mortar Carrier Vehicle. I would LOVE to see someone scratch build one of these. I've also rolled in a Bradley, a MAT-V, an RG-33, and a bunch more, but I love the Stryker.

Well BloodFather, given your intimate knowledge of the details of the vehicle, it sounds to me that you yourself are very well qualified to scratchbuild a stryker. Let me be the first to encourage you to do so.

Since you mentioned her, the Rosie the Riveter image would look pretty cool in place of the skull in the LoER banner, IMHO.

About the turret. I do like the detail of the cargo cage on the back. Good stuff.

Ahoy all!

Hope alls good!

Thanks for all the comments folks! Really appreciate them.

Moving forward slowly.... got the lower hull completed and then started the upper hull..... rivets galore! Decided to throw out a WW1 style Macharius!

RL taking its toll again just now.... looking for a new job and plenty else going on.... but.... getting through....

Cheers all!

Best of luck with RL.

Build is looking great.

2014 a good year for such a creation

Ahoy All!

I hope all is well and can safely say it is nice to be back here again!

Although i am quickly realising this ia now becoming a blog of complete inablity to finish anything!!

And this time is no exception..... (although i am serious about seeing this one through to the end!!)

I have actually thought up a little back story for this piece.... actually it was the back story i randomly thought up that inspired me for the build......

........"Ol' Toothless" as she has come to be known is ancient even by the standards of the Imperial Guard. Retro-fitted and re-built countless times over countless centuries, the only thing still intact from the day she rolled off the production line on a long forgotten forgeworld is her machine spirit!

Rumour has it amongst the regiment, that infact her superstructure and engines designations can be traced back to the times of the Great Crusade itself and one of its many Expaditionary fleets..... however this is up for speculation. It does however still invoke a sense of pride in the regiment that such a relic of the Imperium is within their ranks.

Time has not however been kind to Ol Toothless.... retired from front line service 2 centuries ago, it is her lot now to serve the Emperor by acting as a pack horse for the regiment.... gun ports welded up and ammunition racking replaced with storage. Her once imperious outline blurred with racking and carrier spaces, she now feeds the mighty war machine she once upon a time speadheaded.

To think such a mighty weapon layed low is a travesty however would be a mistake. Numerous platoons of troopers and stranded armour units owe their lives to the venerable machine. On more occasions that can be easily counted, these trapped or cut off units have offered up prayers to the Emperor himself as they have heard the din and racket of ancient engines as Ol Toothless emerges through the heavies of gunfire and weather to re-supply them. Never becoming stuck in trecherous terrain and having an uncanny knack of absorbing shell hits that would destroy equivalent vehicles, she has endured and continues to serve, even after all trace of her beginnings have beeb lost in time.......

So yes.. a Malcador Transport / Supply Tractor...... atleast thats the plan....

Still very much a WIP but i have the track units completed and the upper hull.. with its welded up gun ports.....the main hull still needs a lot of work and then i am going to think of how to cram as much stowage onto it as i can......

I hope you guys like it and would love to hear some C&C!

Thanks again guys!