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prototype_X wrote:Hey guys! Not sure where to post this, but they are all essentially the same conversation.. over 6-7 different blogs

I am looking at giving scratch building a go. And who better to ask than the leauge. Do you guys have any ideas on a small progect that could get me started? Im far too good at thinking up LARGE scale things.

Cheers.. proto

A little more info would help what kind of thing you into (keep it clean now) what materials are you looking or thinking of using, what do you have to work with.

Give us a little background knowledge and I am sure we can point you in the right direction

Oh yea, silly me.

Ok I am a marine player. I really like the steampunk/cyberpunk stuff around here. I want to get into =I= munda. Inspired by all of the awesome stuff done around here. Materials wise I have plasticard, and can get anything else I may need. Im on the look out for some rods ATM so I can make rivets etc.

Steampunk dreadnought.

Yes, try something simple not a large project, this way you can get used to working with different materials and if it goes wrong (which something will ) it will not cost you to much.

Plus you will get better with practice and don't be afraid to ask any one for help or advice, and check out the net for hints and tutorials there are loads out there.

But most of all just have fun with it

I like the dreadnought idea or steam punk up a rhino, both are small enough and blocky to work with easily.

Marine Vehicles are almost all simply shaped, you coud make any of them scratch with plasticard really, I dunno though, I am not into Marines so much.

..In other news...my Death World of a yard is finally in compliance!

Actually. I have a rhino lying around... In a state of disrepair. I think i shal lgive that a go. Thanks guys!

Perfect! Adding some additional armor plating is one of the first things I built with plasticard. It'll give you confidence and skill!

Go for it steam punk it glad we could help

Back to the hobby now then Dave or are we enjoying playing with our tools to much

Now you're tempting me to do the same with a broken rhino I have laying around...

I even have some "boilers" sitting around in bits...

Shall we build ours in unison? Take ideas from eachother... I would like that.

Perhaps, sometimes inspiration hits then goes though.

thats why I have hundreds of unfinished projects

I want to build a steam punk rhino as well know no I wont

Show pics when you get it done

It's probably why I won't be in the league, I'd get halfway through making and attaching rivets then just move on.

I blame the Eldar.

hey doing projects only halfway is my main feature^^ and last thing i´ve heard i am with the league

I have a lot less 1/2 finished projects on deck right now, and very few of them need rivets. However, I may make another pledge attempt to join the LoER. I have a lot of new ideas and they all will need rivets to complete the look I am going for. Will re-read the whole "how do I make rivets" part of this thread becasue it's been covered more than once.

Hmm. Maybe a senior LoER officer should post a rivets tut?

@LDD- the yard is cleaned up finally- now I need to get this damn diorama done and a few other "have to's" out of the way- then I don't know..I need motivation or a fire under my ass

and an article about the loer

*Gathers sticks, kindling and matches and heads off in search of daves favourite chair......

It sounds liek we are more of a League of Extraordinary Procrastinators to me

LOL... *coughs* heretic *coughs*

max wanted to make such an article ... i think he said he was already halfway through the basic outline of such a thing... tho inbetween all his chicken construction i fully understand that he is a bit preoccupied


and dave...*lights fire*

LMAo Skalk!

i think that one will be seen now way more often^^

by the way... would someone be so nice and give my thread a bump so as to allow my new update to be not an auto added one?

RSJake beat me to it.

thanks everyone for the bumps^^

Thats what that means I thought it was a bad thing my boss was being kind after all

Dave next time just light the yard kill 2 birds with one eerrrrr match Motivation when the hell do you need motivation

I looked up motivation in the dictionary and there was a picture of you dam you ugly LOL

Thanks LDD

Basecoats of drybrushes

Your welcome

Nice job I gather you are going to add some kind of debris and rubble to this later then

no..I just want to get it done ASAP.

Uggh, not into the vacuform at all. Youre making it presentable.