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yeah, skulls in the floor? meh

I'd fill them up

Well I asked Gitsplitta the same question. Took me like 2 months to take the dive.

When I was thinking about getting a RoBB I thought about cutting out the skull pits and replacing them with something like a crater or a pond/pool.

If you are doing a city board, you could always cut through the top layer to remove the skulls, and add in a kind of "undercity" area that you can then just see through the hole?

A room/corridors with pipes, wires, etc?

There is enough room under the board to fit something cool like that in I would think.

Just pipes and wiring would be cool

SilverMK2 wrote:When I was thinking about getting a RoBB I thought about cutting out the skull pits and replacing them with something like a crater or a pond/pool.

If you are doing a city board, you could always cut through the top layer to remove the skulls, and add in a kind of "undercity" area that you can then just see through the hole?

A room/corridors with pipes, wires, etc?

There is enough room under the board to fit something cool like that in I would think.

netfrost wrote:Just pipes and wiring would be cool

I think I could pull off a sewer with pipes and the like but have you ever seen a RoB Board? The bottom is a honey comb of hard plastic! I would take a lot to cut though it. Also I would be really pissed if I messed it up I will be covering the skulls up however , they just look silly



Oh and on a side note I have become a DCM. I figure I use this site so much why not donate to help it continue. Thanks again Whalemusic for your info


Thanks for the comments and suggestions. As always keep um coming!

Mike

If you check out terraformers kohrn board he cut it up quite a bit, you may be able to divine some information from there. It would be cool to do a sewer thing, maybe some LED lighting too.

It is not too hard. Drill through the skulls at a number of points around the "split in the earth" (making sure you are far enough away from the edge of the "surface layer" that you do not mess up the edge.

Then pass a saw blade through the drill holes and cut (or if you drilled lots of holes close together, you might be able to use a hoby knife).

The struts on the rear of the board can be done in the same way, or just using a normal saw/blade.

Terraformer does something similar on his board, though I think he uses a dremel, which makes it a lot easier to cut apart.

SilverMK2 wrote:It is not too hard. Drill through the skulls at a number of points around the "split in the earth" (making sure you are far enough away from the edge of the "surface layer" that you do not mess up the edge.

Then pass a saw blade through the drill holes and cut (or if you drilled lots of holes close together, you might be able to use a hoby knife).

The struts on the rear of the board can be done in the same way, or just using a normal saw/blade.

Terraformer does something similar on his board, though I think he uses a dremel, which makes it a lot easier to cut apart.

Silver I am going to need you to fly over to Baltimore and help me out on this one

I have the perfect idea and plan If I am brave enough to do this here is the plan: I will spackle over the skulls with the exception of the one to be cut out. I will make a small box that will be mounted under the cut out area. The box will contain sewer lines , cable and wires , with a red led light to give it a deeper feel. I will also add water effects to the very bottom , combined with an led light to give the feeling sense of flowing water.


Hope I grow a pair and do this I guess at the very least if i it up I can add plastic card to the bottom and spackle over it


Mike

Haha, if you want to pay for the plane tickets, sure

And yes, if you mess it all up, at least it should be relatively easy toput right.

I have faith you can pull it off. If it goes horribly wrong, which it wont, you could get the "Table extension" pieces to replace it. But you wont need to. Promise.

Thanks for the support fellas! Now all I have to do is wait til it gets here to tear it up.

Mike

*speeds up the postman*

Dude that is a really nice project you have there. I'm still a long way off beeing able to even come close to this. Well done. Plus im really liking the space marine. Congrats

Here us a quick update for the plaza terrain piece I have been working on.This is a very early mock up / WIP so let me know what you think


As always guys thanks for the comments and keep um coming


Mike

Is the mosaic in the water? cant really see it atm. Anything going on the other 4 pillars? Stone effect looks very convincing.

whalemusic360 wrote:Is the mosaic in the water? cant really see it atm. Anything going on the other 4 pillars? Stone effect looks very convincing.

No mosaic yet because I still don't have any ink As for the pillars they are moss covered and two have lights on them. The Emperor mosaic will be the in front of the fountain and the aquila mosaic will still be insdie the fountain on both sides. The fountain will have water effects inside and the plaza will be receiving benches that will fill in the emptiness that your feeling/seeing now.http://armorcast.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=121_23&products_id=165

I will take better pics with the next update in better light!


Thanks as always,

Mike

Also does anyone want these? Free to a good home The bottoms of two of them are broken as you can see but a little ruble will hide that

nice pillars

Dibs!


Also (got excited) that makes sense. Im very interested to see the results of the mosaic project (cookie for the show I'm referencing)

Not a fan of the pillars. The fountain should (IMO) be a feature unto itself.

Though if the base it was sitting on were round and you put a kind of domed roof over the whole thing, that might be quite cool

Kind of like this but larger and squatter with the fountain in the middle:


Edit: there were a lot of replies in the time I wrote this post

I think it gives the illusion of the dome there, while still being usable for play. I was imagining it as basically what you described, but didn't need the dome there to tell me to.

Well here you go Silver, I used my pallet for the dome but you get the idea. Remember it is a Plaza/Park for the center of the city and a huge amount of detail will be lost with a dome. I can always not glue it down though, so here is my question for you Silver if you like the mock up...What should the dome be made out of?


Thanks guys and Whalemusic it is going to be a few days but I will have it in the mail for you soon.

Mike

Also who is on Facebook?

Looks pretty cool. Rather than a dome, perhaps you could just have a ring/square around the top?



It would create a definate boundary and draw the eye, but not conceal anything that is inside, or make it too hard to place models there.

And I am on bookface.

I like it. Though maybe the lights on the outside of the pillar instead? Can you add magnets to the pillar tops and then to the dome? I have no useful ideas on what to make it out of though.

No rush on the pillars, though I am already formulating what to use them for. You think one would be strong enough to hold up a Mailinthrope?

And I am on FB, I'll pm you the link.

Thanks guys ! Once again, my simple project just got a lot more fun thanks to your feedback!
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So yes if you would like to be my facebook friend PM me


Mike

What do you think of this? Obviously the top will be decorated with imperial what-nots

Mike

Thats not bad, and even makes a bit of sense. Rain would fall into the fountain while people could be protected.

quote=whalemusic360]I like it. Though maybe the lights on the outside of the pillar instead? Can you add magnets to the pillar tops and then to the dome? I have no useful ideas on what to make it out of though.

No rush on the pillars, though I am already formulating what to use them for. You think one would be strong enough to hold up a Mailinthrope?

And I am on FB, I'll pm you the link.

Well that is just clever.

Excellent work, bro! Your terrain looks fantastic and is full of detail. Very well done.