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Haha, sorry, that's actually not mine, it's a forge world best of show award, I just love the picture
I have it in my gallery that it was created by someone else, I'm not quite at that level of skill yet

It's certainly something to aspire to making!!!

your baals look great so far. (giggle) baals. look. great..... no? ok.

Where did you get our plastic card/stuff from?

Those are amazing!

I'd also like to know if you have specific brands for the materials that you've used. And could you go a little bit more in depth on how you made the tracks so well? I have 4 second hand rhinos in absolutely terrible condition that I need to re do the tracks on, and some advice on making those would be much appreciated.

The plastic card is 0.5mm plastic table mats, you need to use super glue with it.

The plastic sheet is 2.5mm thick, its used for advertising boards etc.

I currently live in the former USSR republic of Georgia thanks to my wife being from there..... its a bit hard to get branded items here.

Spud, send me a private message, the tracks are not to hard. I can send you plans showing how I made them. Basically they are 2 layers of 0.5mm plastic sheet with light cuts to make the detail, then I cut out the tread details from one sheet and glue, then I glue the guide teeth on the back.

OK, here is the first one base coated.

I used them yesterday in a game, they sure lay down hurt on enemy infantry.

Amazing work, mate. I've just come across this thread now, and I'm incredibly impressed by your work!

Thanks Azazelx

Hi all,

Been a while since I had much time to work on them.

Here is a pic of all 3 base-coated with an assault squad for scale, plus pics of the first one with the first coat of red.
The red used is a brick red which will be over brushed with a blood red to provide subtle shading.

Oops, forgot to attach this one

Any comments guys and girls??

hey deathcoy, good to see your still working on these things, even with just a basecoat they already starting to look brilliant!

Wow, looking good!
Can't wait to see one fully painted!

Thanks guys, doing 2 jobs at the moment plus evening teaching English to the locals so time has not been on my side :-D
I'll hopefully do some more painting this week

Here is a pic of the DC Baal Pred with the first of the red stripes.

OK, here are some more pics.

All comments and (constructive) criticism are welcome

Stunning work. I am very impressed by this, particularly the treads. Treads are one of the most difficult parts of scratch building vehicles, could you share how you did them?

I've got one suggestion for you. I don't know if it's too late for this, but try putting rivets on them-it'll give them that extra level of detail and rivets look nice on tanks

Coments:
awesome work.
The black (highlights and whatnot) is amazing!
I WANTS!

suggestions: The only thing I can think of is to keep at it!
Why? You ask? Because MOAR

Thanks Far Seer and Shrouded lord.
I was thinking of adding rivets, around the drivers view slits and on the turret in particular, the problem is I can't get thin plastic rod here.

With the tracks I cut relative section lengths from from plastic card, and cut the track detail into one side. Then added tread details, and the track guide teeth to the other side.

Where the tracks bend around the wheels the track links are individual pieces. When I do the next 3 which will be vinidcators I will post pics of how I make them.

Do you have Brita water jugs in Georgia? They look like this: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/green-reader-tip-recycle-brita-123302

If you've used one up, you can open up the filter in which there will be millions of these white balls and small chunks of charcoal. Drill some small holes into your models where you want the rivets to go, and use a needle and glue to stick the white balls into the holes.

Cool idea! Thanks Far Seer, I'll see if I can find any of those. It can be hard to find stuff like that in former soviet republics, but there will be something similar I'm sure.

Awesome work!
I love the death company scheme, looks great! Nice stripes!

Wow! Those are amazing!

Thanks guys,

Here are all three together.

The blood red has been added, but need to do highlights on the red ones.

For Far seer,

Here are pics I took from when I was doing the tracks.

Hope this helps show what I was doing.

Very crafty, I really like what you've been able to do there.

Thanks Zak!

Very nicely done on the whole build. I've still got to even out, fill, and detail my whirlwind.

JWM, Id be keen to see your whirlwind. Do you have pics on here?