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 Littletower wrote:
@shasolenzabi: Thanks, and welcome. I enjoy the building or making of things, and using - as you put it - throw away materials gives it an extra twist. Problem is, you start seeing interesting or potentially useful shapes and pieces in everything, and stuff piles up much faster than it can be converted!

Well, as long as it is all cleaned and made good for converting while sitting in the pens for the work it inspires.

@shasolenzabi: Indeed!

Went into a sort of cutting frenzy:



And something had to be glued before calling the day:



Thanks for stoping by.

I wonder what that will become? Hmmmmmm.

I too have no clue...
And also, I am more often in a cutting and glueing mood than in a painting one...

Love the conversion work especially the cannon. Gotta admit i am mighty jealous of all the plasticard work and the level of detail. Really nice.

@sennacherib: Thanks. I must say, I just gave a quick look at your thread (Bookmarked by the way to go through at leisure later, with more time) and there's nothing you should be jealous off!

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to tease on what the build is supposed to be - I guess I just figured that, as I knew what it is, it'd be obvious from the first blurry pic onwards for anybody else -. Obviously, it isn't (And it's happened before to me too, and apparently I still don't get it!).

But, as it came out like that, I might as well let it be then.

Updates to follow later on, hope those would clarify the issue...

Cheers.

So this is a case of forced teasing...you see something new each day

@Viktor: Perhaps not forced, but accidental, or unintended, maybe? I have to admit, though, that it has been effective and drew your curiosity

Will post pictures as soon as possible and make amends, but meanwhile, it has to do with an attempt to recreate an old cardboard scenery set...

Cheers

Yup, quite effective, I am hooked, line hook and sinker

Update (Less than expected, but advanced a bit nonetheless):



Starting to take some shape:



Thanks for reading.

Looking interesting

Erm...is that developing into a fortress?

A gatehouse?

@Victor: As close as it can get!

It is supposed to be an Imperial Bastion, based on the cardboard & bulkheads kit.

Sweet...... are you working off templates?

@Viktor: When you brought up the fortress idea, I paid some more attention to the projected dimensions, and it appears it will actually be sized more like a stronghold than like the current bastion kit.

As it is coming along – and so far I’m trying to keep as true to the original as I can, without actually having one at hand for direct comparison – just the main center build is as wide as the plastic bastion, so it will probably end up being rather big when I add the side structures and sidewalks.

@dsteingass: Sorry I skipped your post, it appears yours came in while I was typing mine! It does look like the gatehouse section of a city wall, doesn’t it? It will have to be more self-standing than that (No room for a full sized wall!), but attention will be paid to the door/gate of the build as it is.

@Camkierhi: I am, handsomely provided by Hyenajoe (Along with a great set of WIP pics of his).

On the workbench right now, update to follow soon.

oh yeah... the old carboard bastion...only slightly bigger... i once saw it on ebay...
brilliant idea...will there be defensive weaponry?

@Viktor: I'm sorry, I guess it sounded a bit confusing, let me rephrase:

I'm (trying to) recreate the old cardboard & bulkhead Imperial Bastion, in it's actual dimensions, using the original cardboard parts as model for the plastic build.

What I meant is that the current plastic bastion kit is smaller than the old cardboard one (And thus, mine will be, of course, bigger then than the one sold today).

(As I said, just the central piece - the main tower, the highest reaching part - of the old model is almost as big as the complete new bastion, and the old one has, moreover, an outcropping coming out from each side, extending it further sideways).

As for the weaponry question - which is actually the important point of all of this, isn't it? - I'll give the stats of the fortification rules (oe access point at floor level, one/two firepoints per facing in each level, four emplaced heavy weapons, one on each facing, and battlements for the roof level, plus the possibility of adding a comms relay or a gun emplacement), for the - wierdest of cases - event of it actually being used in game.

for the - wierdest of cases - event of it actually being used in game.

LOL...i know that all too well^^...sadly

Remaking card terrain in 3D...after me own heart!

Progress update.









Scale Shot:



And weaponized:



Will start next with the simi-bulkhead sides ans supports.

C&C are always welcome.

Thanks for stoping by.

Looking brilliant. Hope that's not your gun from comp piece!

It is...
The only point I see is that floors and walls are too thin still... Maybe with additiononal plating it will look more convincing...

@Camkierhi: It is, but just because it was laying around on the workbench, it will go back to its own emplacement for the comp!

@Viktor: Come on, cut me some slack here, it's WH40K after all! Don't they look like one meter thick reinforced concrete to you?

Of course, you are right.

Bear in mind though that, when the rest of the walls and supports get added, only a few wall and platform's edges will remain visible - mainly the roof battlement and the side walkways -, and those will be strengthened/thickened to a more appropriated width.

Cheers

I had to play the devils advocate...someone has too

but I understand and look forward to your next update^^

That's a cool reimagining so far on the original (and best) bastion, looking forward to your progress here...

@Viktor: I know, and I thank it. I go through other people's threads for learning, ideas and inspiration, and I post in mine for input and feedback, so ich danke Ihnen sehr für das, was Sie gesagt haben.

Even more, in this case I fully concur with your point of view and had planned to work into it as the build advanced.

@Ruglud: I couldn't agree more, the classic version layout is far more entertaining than the actual squared tower.

Glue is press-drying as I type, building up the edges as discussed above and adding more pieces.

Thanks for reading

Nicht doch so förmlich mein Freund^^.
How come you write such a flawless German?
The whole construction is steel based, right? So bound to have rivets,eh?

Steroided up walls, battlements and walkways WIP:












@Viktor: I appreciate the compliment, but I seriously doubt its flawless, and certainly not fluent! Just basics and bits I picked up from here and there; probably the lack of proper schooling might explain the excessive formality (Which might, if I'd tried to keep on, be followed by an equally inadvertent piece of street slang!)

I guess it's supposed to be reinforced concrete and steel, yes, so at least the bulkheads, doors, battlements and walkways supports are going to need - a lot of - rivets.

That is looking very nice! this is a good piece of work!