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as ever oh so true...mainly i try to get my stuff via ebay and cut a good bargain... only from time to time i am bold enough to order new stuff...tho i recently talked to my wife how disapointing it is to use second hand stuff.. but then i am hunting currently for bitzboxes... this is really fun to do^^

it is a monster on a jekyll and hyde level...

ah this was the afore mentioned company who´s name i forgot! thanks chibi, there are some fine minis with that company...
but it doesn´t stop with steampunky minis with them... they also have a nice and big range of post apocaliptic minis...and those sowjets look tasty too...

be sure to show `em when they arrive^^

yep shrike stay save and be back soon mate!

at j3r03n hmmm 25 with tophat included is really small indeed...

have just seen this on weety´s thread:
great site with lots of cool minis:
http://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/index.asp
don´t get shocked by the bunny girls but there is a whole lot of cool minis... everything you could dream of and then some...look for some of the weird vehicles there... tanks looking like helmets^^ hilarious and rather tempting me for a buy^^

there are some oddball tanks for your collection too

have a good nights worth^^

here are the mentioned direct links to the weird tanks:

http://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/paxr42-hardlove-light-steam-charger-3859-p.asp

http://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/paxee01-hardloves-armoured-pennyfarthing-754-p.asp

http://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/paxee05-pickelhaube-helmet-tank-753-p.asp

http://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/paxgr16-otto-von-tannanbaum-and-penny-farthing-889-p.asp

and also bicycle cavalary and winged stormtroopers and lots of other funny and cool looking things...

in a book i read the farthing is presented as a sort of coin??? old currency at that tho...

tomorrow i will show you some new update pics... i have been working on the hull currently ...i created a viewpoint to the front of the tank...cant find a suitable internet pic atm... geuss you hust have to wait^^

see you all tomorrow!

cheers, vik

no highjacking folks...this was meeded^^ a very RRRRRRRR model i have to say...or to put it in another words:
like Hank MC Coy used to say: Oh my stars and garters...

looks really good... i think this mini would make it in itself useful on the table... as of now i can´t figure any use in my army other than hiving it to drool over^^

beside highjacking, whoever doesn´t come up with fresh updates by oneself is bound to get his thread highjacked^^

so again pics happen later...viewpoint steampunk/gothik style^^


vik

hmmm inquisitor is a fine idea...god if i am a teaser here then what are you guys? tempters ?

at j3r well you have to ask that to someone who actually plays the game...so not me...^^

and a good hunter doens´t run after its prey... he catches on later... when least expected...

nahhh i am not in for trap...me i am sometimes like an unsprung trap...^^ but thats another story^^

what a lot of followers i have collected...baits teases and trappers...holy crap...

ahem... more like to watch my back instead^^

nah been never the guy to use caps... i am going to bald in a hurry and won´t cover the heat with caps^^

in all seriousness, the typing isn´t my favorite thing to do, so i avoid pressure of keys whenever possibile...besides of course this key here: "^^" which i use all the time^^

at shaso... the way you put it i should visit a shaso thread addicted selfhelping group...

"hello my name is Viktor von Domm (see caps...god am i weird) , i am an addicted follower of shasolenzabi´s multiple threads..." and the crowd goes: BOOOOOOOMMMMMM^^

hello my fellow followers... or should i say loonies for short?...

seems all the kids had a fun time while papa was out and bring coale back home...er... making pics of his beautiful tank...er...

well you better start to praise ceasar as you don´t want him to bury you...(so this is for the shakespear referrence...)

and in these threads of mine going off topic is a virtue i want to tech you faithful followers of mine...it is not as stated above by a trembling acolyte shrike a malady as colorful as such a name might point out but a blessing! (no nurgle quotes here please...)

if one might ask now where all this is going and where the feth the whole point is...i think this is still a painting and modeling thread and thus i show progress:

the viepoint done in steampunkish/gothic fashion (hopefully):


closeup



as for the unicycle cav...hmmm i would rather like to have these instead:

and


as seen on j3r03n `s blog (look in his sig)and shaso´s odd ball thread (but bliey where it was...his blog is sooooo long^^)


as always comments and criticism you can directly mail to the pope...just give the letter to your local clerical servant...^^



vik



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those weapons are very cool looking... and the fact keeps me kicking in the rear that i will one day need to buy me a techpriest... and these could be a good weaponry...if i ever choose to make one on my own...which i probably will...

oh and at shrike:

cool return via AC/DC...one extra point for coolness...tho i have to take that one imidiatly away as i couldn´t watch and show this stunt to my wife...germans aren´t allowed to watch... darn...

at shrike:
now that was a cheap shot mr...

at neil:
was pretty unsure of the eyeslots...thought they were a weak spot designwise...so thanks for reassuring me^^

at j3r03n:

I got three of those wheels and no use for them at this time... I guess ill be forced to start a Steampunk Army too, Vik!

yeah do so... cause misery loves company^^...how far i could have been already with that army (if i wasn´t so lazy too^^) when i had done a vanilla IG army...

But still....Steampunk is cool....

...siged^^

well go ahead... i would love to see some steampunkish visions of yours... as i see it you are fullyitch your dwarven army into steampunk style... as i see you still havent painted them ...or am i seeing things wrong... dwarves and steampunk is a perfect match for me...and you got tree of the monowheeler tanks... cool, they could look cooltogether in a formation...

think of fawlty towers.

...just generally or something in particular?
like this for instance?





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Nice to see the work is being done on the front of the tank Vik!

could have a doublemeaning too^^

yeah it was high time due...i think on the right side i will install a bolter too, or maybe a frontsided flamer? any ideas?

at anvildude: we definatly have to see your orks...and real soon please^^ as i think i could learn to make scratchbuilt motors that way^^

at sebastiansyn... well this is a nice range of projects... alert me if you ever get your cam^^ looted droppod? does it still act as a droppod or now for something even more sinister?^^

at shrike:

flamer...ok...i had originally thought of using a flamerset i got from an IG tankset...making it more steampunkish...how should i do that ...any ideas?


as for the work on the frontside... i have expanded my area of work so to speak and did some decoration on the side as well:

just a workspace quick pic^^ without flash...to show some raised details...


and then with the flash to show the whole scene better:


vik

thanks guys^^ more to come tomorrow... i did a TW heavy flamer...this i hope you will like^^ stay tuned^^

oh and this is a scratchbuilt TW Flamer...looks a tad like a lascanon but should count as flamer^^

soon^^

nahhh... bow ties where never cool...

anyway...

here are the pics to prove i haven´t been lazy all the time i promised the flamers:

first flamer attached and with deco arches around it... notice i have taken off the viewpoint for now as was needed for underground deco arches...


detailed shot of the flamer barrel...notice thi is my idea of a flamer...ignition is inside^^ (lame idea but didn´t want to add that ignition flame )


and the second flamer attached...as both are a tad spaced out i thought that these too where operated by a standing soldier in the tank...and point to the aimed place linked...


and the matching detailshot...


all mounts are deliberatly covered in glue as when dried this will give a nice texture to the gunmounts and thus something i can use to drybrush the metalics on...i think i can thus create a nice weathered effect right there...some dents and such things as would fit for a brassy look...

well folks i have to admit concerning Dr. Who i never had the time and the urge to dive into this story...if you all insist i could invest some time to try to understand the phenomenom of this series...promise!


at chibi:

looking really spiffing Vik

thanks

at shaso:
your right the flamers barrels are a bit on the long side and might get stuck... but your reasoning that this is indeed a superheavy and thus wont have to hunt after enemies instead the prey gets lead to the hunter^^...so i think all will stay that way...

Nice thing about twin-linked Heavy flamers, you only roll for wounding, and these will let you re-roll that wound roll nice eh?

well too much of a good thing cant be wrong, eh?^^

ar shrike:

very steampunky

well we do aim to please^^ thanks mate^^

at santobell:

Next he'll say Blue Police boxes are so yesterday as well.

well i guess i reallydon´t know what you are talking about^^ seems i have to investigate real soon...

at j3r03n:

You, Sir. Fail at Doctor Who.

well i didn´t know i had to live after his image...hold the line...still investigating...

at neil:
thanks for the big compliment^^, there is still a big ammount of work to be done...and i haven´t even begun to get the riveting started....^^ but i am more and more enjoying the thought of getting closer to getting that beast painted...guess you have to stay tuned^^

as for some motivational pics....done a setup to show the whole stuff as is currently...and i feel a bit proud to say so by meself^^ note that the following pics only show a state of the tank not up to date... some stuff i did that is not inlcuded: i sculpted an escape hatch beside the lower flamerbarrel in that empty space there... also i added some steelplating to the tracks sides...this will take enourmus amounts of rivets...^^OMG what have i gotten myself into^^ maybe i will try that glue riveting idea from shaso...to get things faster done...

so here are the pics:

left cheek


right cheek


cleavage



so what do you think?^^

vik

oki i am really flattered now^^ thanks a heap for the nice comments^^
at arakasi and chibi:

the sides are currrently in the works...this will take a bit of thought there...on my part at least... because, lets face it peeps i have little real world knowledge of tanks and their needed parts...
recently i got a shipment of bitz from zinge (blog here on this board too!) , some grills/vents i want to add to the tracks...
and also i have some ladders i want to attach...where i have to figure out first... then there was this idea with the railings to go on top of the sponson parts...
and rivets glare of course...
also some of the things i have to come up with:
-the boiler engine part
-lots of tiny details like spotlights and smokelaunchers...
-equipment and maybe if i have some space to use some spare shoes as well...
-if i can figure out how to i wnated to add some figs on the turret in the arhces... some ornamental statues to go for a more cathedral looking flare^^
... and probably much more...oh and of course the big exhausts^^ cant forget them^^

Vicious, me? just because I like the smell of Promethium burning in the morning? It smells of....Victory!

lol... thats one of my favorite movie quotes of all time movie history... only bested by han solos:



at shaso:

hole-punch has worked well for you in that regard!

for my work it was a godsent so to speak^^

vik

at shaso... will do so, thanks for the reminder^^

at shrike... a steamcan^^ or steam inna can^^ i like that^^

As in Tarkus closer, I want to use my sword!

that one i know^^ the tarkus refference i had to look up, but boy did i stumble into something when i began making that tank...actually i planned something like mammoth as a tank name, but thats days gone by now.... tarkus it is! and itho the music is a bit too experi-mental (hur, hur, hur) for my taste the cover of their LP and then my tank do have lots in common...^^