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edstuff wrote:
I can get modge podge at my dollar store and I have a bunch of old brushes so I'm going to test that out on the deffstomper head.

Any diluted pva should do you ok from what I have read. Been adding rivets and gluing rivets to everything including me and the dog. Now need to make more rivets but progressing along. Will add photos as I get further on.

Andykp wrote:

edstuff wrote:
I can get modge podge at my dollar store and I have a bunch of old brushes so I'm going to test that out on the deffstomper head.

Any diluted pva should do you ok from what I have read. Been adding rivets and gluing rivets to everything including me and the dog. Now need to make more rivets but progressing along. Will add photos as I get further on.

...we need to see the dog with the attached rivets. FOR SCIENCE!

Bit more work detailing, the gauges and valves have arrived too.


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 Dysartes wrote:

Andykp wrote:

edstuff wrote:
I can get modge podge at my dollar store and I have a bunch of old brushes so I'm going to test that out on the deffstomper head.

Any diluted pva should do you ok from what I have read. Been adding rivets and gluing rivets to everything including me and the dog. Now need to make more rivets but progressing along. Will add photos as I get further on.

...we need to see the dog with the attached rivets. FOR SCIENCE!

I will see what I can do, even if I have to re-attach revolts to him. For science.

man that is looking so cool

edstuff wrote:
man that is looking so cool

Thank you, it’s coming together. Need another few batches of bolts making, someone on a fb group I am in suggested meng models rivets and bolts so might try those.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiznKTSwJD0AhVBolwKHf19BN0QFnoECBwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FMENG-Model-Bolts-Large-Multi-Colour%2Fdp%2FB00DUQ7PVS&usg=AOvVaw22KI9_rxXqDwYVG4cpaRmW

I like the green stuff ones but it’s labour intensive for a project this size.

I am being weary too that Will have to paint all the detail I add so don’t want to shoot myself in the foot. I think adding detail to the inside areas like the pipes etc is a good way to stop it looking wooden. Simple but effective.

Yea I might steal that idea when I eventually get to building mine

My only worry about using them is cutting them off the strip to apply them. Will update when I get them.

Looking great so far.

Have you tried using milliput in the river moulds, rather than green stuff? I have them as well, and found milliput much easier and faster to use with them.

I will have to get some. Curing time is the main problem with green stuff in them. And how sticky it is.

I have tried the meng ones linked above and they are great but the big ones are so hard to cut off the sprue. I have a couple of nasty cuts from using them so miliput will be tried while I heal!!

Milliput is sticker, but a bit of talcum powder on your hands and it handles fine. I find it much easier to get into the moulds, and to cut off the excess without pulling the putty out of the mould than I did with green stuff, and then rubbed it with a damp finger to smooth out the pull marks.

 JamesY wrote:
Milliput is sticker, but a bit of talcum powder on your hands and it handles fine. I find it much easier to get into the moulds, and to cut off the excess without pulling the putty out of the mould than I did with green stuff, and then rubbed it with a damp finger to smooth out the pull marks.

Thanks mate, ordered some to come for element games so should be here tomorrow. Talc is a good tip too. I know what you mean about pulling the pieces out of the mould when cutting excess off. I will update you the progress with it.

 JamesY wrote:
Milliput is sticker, but a bit of talcum powder on your hands and it handles fine. I find it much easier to get into the moulds, and to cut off the excess without pulling the putty out of the mould than I did with green stuff, and then rubbed it with a damp finger to smooth out the pull marks.

Ok, got some milliput. Great stuff. Weird but exactly like you said works much better in the moulds. And the talc was a top tip. So with this should hopefully be ready to put some paint on by the weekend. Things have been a bit slowed by my daughter getting covid (she’s fine but we she is trapped in the house). But will be gluing bolts on like mad from Wednesday. Then priming on the weekend.

So rivets and details done. Paint ready to go on.

Primed. Black will be the base, them I’m am going to preshade with grey up to near white in paces and also use a red/brown and them silver in places for priming the metallic areas.

I am thinking of this as a basic idea for the colour scheme. Any thoughts. Alternative is all red like my stompa. It has to be evil SUNZ, but as it is tribes ultimate idol to the gods clan colours might need to take a back seat a little.

Only just found this, but that's one mighty impressive kit and build. I'm kind of thankful I missed the kit though as I would have been very tempted

 endtransmission wrote:
Only just found this, but that's one mighty impressive kit and build. I'm kind of thankful I missed the kit though as I would have been very tempted

Thanks for having a look. It’s an amazing kit. And sooooo big! I would recommend any of there mdf/Hdf kits. It’s like wizardry the detail they get into a thing made of flat pieces. But I now officially hate rivets.

Oh man now you're on the fun stage

Primed and pre shaded.

Used a car primer for the grey, and mournfang brown for the rust colours, all the arms and feet and all brown too for now.

Next stage will be to lay down the dark green on the hull and and some metallics.

Awesome

Now that's a gargant. Lovely detailing work, very nice indeed

Oh, I can't wait to see this beast painted!







(edited because manual italicizing is a and I can't press i to save the life of me apparently)

Thanks for the comments folks, sorry progress is slow. Bear with me, I work for the ambulance service and as you can imagine it’s a busy time so it keeps getting in the way of hobby, very annoying!

No worries man. I work in manufacturing 6 days a week and I'm in class 4 nights a week so my progress on anything is slow. Including cleaning my house

edstuff wrote:
No worries man. I work in manufacturing 6 days a week and I'm in class 4 nights a week so my progress on anything is slow. Including cleaning my house

Sucks when life gets in the way of a good hobby project!

Finally started with the head. Covid has made my job pretty busy since Christmas so not got much done. Started with persuading the under side areas with mournfang brown and snakebite leather. Then added Mephistopheles red over the top, highlight with evil SUNZ scarlet. Don’t want that “airbrush” look with highlights up to white and that just it’s so big I am using the airbrush to add texture and definition.

Then I marked out the metal parts, next up will be some markings, weathering and than a gloss varnish. Oil washes and streaking. not too much weathering mind.

OMG this is EPIC!

 Mothsniper wrote:
OMG this is EPIC!

Nah, this is 40k - if it were EPIC, it'd be much smaller...

Nice to see the paint starting to go on, though, Andy.

Thanks guys. Sorry it took so long. Will do more tonight. While I have the airbrush out I’m going to work on the body next.

And don’t worry, I plan on some funky energy effects on the gaze or mork/gork.

Will there be lots of grots all over the thing when it's ready? Please say yes.