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fans look nice, although its hard to see them when their not painted but ive learned to trust your eye on this, should look great

Have you thought about cutting through the floor, might be cool to see past the fans to the lower level...

haha, I hought about it, but decided to just go for surface detail. Perhaps on a different project, when I can work with something bigger than an inch.

sorry i havent had much critizism as of late, its just i like it alot looks awsome

i had some issues at fist with the blades of the fans but stuffed them away as scale is indeed a way to set certain things in another perspective... but how will you paint them...? in layers? the circut thingy you own is a miravle and on all of us for not thinking earlier about that methode...

and i second dsteins comment about the lack of sanity in this work...a good genius thats worth his grain of salt is beyond good and evil... and you show us that the way to madness is littered with beauty all the way along!!! so hold hands mates and join the caravan to a land of mindless beauty^^

It'll be painted all together, you should only slightly be able to make out the blades under the mesh anyways, no worries.

This will look good painted up!

Yes, but how will you paint the....

Oh, Vik beat me to it again. Curse you, von Domm! Curse you!

Don't throw anything at me for noting this... but one of the recurring themes on this project (other than rivets) has been playability, and I'm curious how well a dynamically-posed miniature is going to balance on that rather raised and crowded top platform?

a 25mm base will fit over each circle without even tipping. But even if it tips, none of the vents/fans are more than 2mm high. There is even half body cover around the lip of the roof (an improvement over the card version, which only covered a mini's ankles).

You could say that I've thought that bit through

I will pose an action shot if you don't believe me

besides... i doubt that anyone would step too lightheartly on a vent in this rotten neighborhood...^^

and at rawson, well whenever we search for a fistshaking orkmoticon...it is not there when needed the most^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:at rawson, well whenever we search for a fistshaking orkmoticon...it is not there when needed the most^^

Tell me about it! just doesn't cut it

lol... all too true!

I have used those painted-on vents to basically deep-strike onto the roof of that tower soo many times, just to get pwned by a flamer! Flamers are actually worth a Gak in Necromunda.

One of the original Great Model Railroaders said: "Good enough is better than best."

You have to recognize when you're starting to spend time trying to perfect something, when it is already good enough and you should move on.

The fans are good enough.

--B.

Oh, they are done! I'm not worried about it. I think I just should've posed the mini on the roof for scale. Scale is harder to judge without a mini in the shot, especially with some of the weird angles I shoot photos at.

Not necessary, totally believe you, was just wondering because it's come up so many other times and didn't see it addressed on this one and of all the things so far this looks the most "busy".

Flamers are AWESOME in Necromunda. My absolute favorite situations w/ Flamers is when the model saved against wounding but failed against catching fire and randomly runs off a platform or some other spectacular fail.

lol...i bet there is someone then mightyly angry for the costs gone in vain^^

Yeah, I think I'd rather just take the Out of Action or outright killed gang member than have them survive a fall and have to deal with maybe hopefully rolling up a lobo chip or other augmetic just to make him less effective than he was lol

The top of the tower is the part you are going to see the most wen standing over the table. If I had skimped on that detail and not made it just the way I wanted it, it would've bugged me every time I played.

that is the best of reasons ... and if you embrace the spirit that comes from that for modeling... there is no stoping you from being a true awsome modeler...i know it is said all to lightly here but really if you start to not give in for mdiocre and keep on pushing for to have something that makes you feel proud about it you are a winner! i like that thought pattern... i urge everyone on for that to understand... ask my wife... when she is knitting or sewing something new i always bug her as much as i bug you to go for good, beauty and coolness... there is no other way...and i too try to get better by not giving in to just good enough^^ well mostly i get nice results^^

Yeah, but what Skalk is saying about "good enough", don't take that as meaning less quality or less detail, or anything negative. He is just saying that sometimes one can overthink, and overengineer things. And sometimes that extra work can be wasted once it is painted.

It's like painting eyes on guardsmen. IMO It looks cool up close, but when you are playing Guardsmen, all you are going to be doing is scooping them off the table by the handful when they die, so there really is no point in wasting the time doing it, unless of course your goal is to win a painting competition or something like that.

Good words, Vik. I second that attitude.

The fans and vents on the roof look great. All of the detail on the floor under it is looking good too. Your set is going to be (if it isn't all ready) the new premier Necromunda terrain!

hmmm my take on IG is.. like you i name my soldiers... thus i want to prevent me from thinking of them as toysoldiers but rather like my real soldiers... so i don´t wnat them to die...meaning i have to make good decisions... thus if i was able to paint eyes it would be worthwhile!

and i think the most uneasy feel you get for looking at a thing you did and knowing all the time...: if i had just spent some more time on it it wouldn´t look so ugly on that spot there...
this is something that you don´t get rid of...only by retouching your work...^^

the Good Green

Thanks Green! That means a lot man!

So, when does that tower get a priming?

Soon, I still need to add some more rivets. Not tonight though, I don't want to do anything tonight. exhausted.

Ah, time for rest you glorious madman!

exhausted

what? now do tell...i would be nearing coma if i was gangpressed to do so much work on my stuff at one^^

Yeah, I just watched TV and finished my VW last night.

It isn't Necromunda related, but I don't really care, it's my blog

I'm going to show that to my son, he's a Lego enthusiast and will really like what you have done here.