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hey i think that looks great rawson, niec additon to the Vost army!

shes looking pretty mate, cant wait to see more. I never would of thought about using a plastic tube for a cannon. so lots of rivets yes?

Viktor von Domm wrote:it always amaze me how confusing at first clear plastic can be in a scratchbuild... i now on a cognitive level that after primed no one would recognize it, but somehow clear plastic always disturbs me^^

tho i think you are heading in a nice direction here... the mentioned GS additions...will they be in the same fashion ans the main barrels of your LR?

The longer I know you, Vik, the more I see that you are easily disturbed

The GS probably won't be quite as detailed as the LR battle cannons, but in the same style. I might even try some coat of arms type thing like the battle cannons have though. Ambitious...

Rogue Wolves wrote:hey i think that looks great rawson, niec additon to the Vost army!

Thanks, Rogue! Adds a little AP2 punch to the army list

alabamaheretic wrote:shes looking pretty mate, cant wait to see more. I never would of thought about using a plastic tube for a cannon.

Thanks, 'Bama! The cannon kind of came together on its own actually. "Hmmm, I need some sort of tubular plastic. Oh look! Now I need something to make it look more like a barrel. Oh look!" Love it when that happens

alabamaheretic wrote:so lots of rivets yes?

Is that a joke?

Calling all Dakkanaughts: Please leave CC if you have any to offer! It helps a lot!

Thanks for looking!
Rawson

Lovely stuff as always Rawson, maybe you should leave it clear on the finished product just to mess with vik, (Joking ofc, would look totally wrong....having said that, you could use a load of 'glass cannon' jokes.) Looking forwards to the Gs-ing.

my friend i would never joke with you but on another point i never get that lucky and stuff just happens together the only thing like that when it comes about is when im drinking a beer and i get a good idea for a paint scheme. lol

J-paint wrote:Lovely stuff as always Rawson, maybe you should leave it clear on the finished product just to mess with vik, (Joking ofc, would look totally wrong....having said that, you could use a load of 'glass cannon' jokes.) Looking forwards to the Gs-ing.

Haha! J-Paint:1 ViktorVonDomm:0

alabamaheretic wrote:my friend i would never joke with you

OF COURSE THERE WILL BE MOAR RIVETS!

The longer I know you, Vik, the more I see that you are easily disturbed

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me? disturbed...wish i could be... disatracted hell yes!^^ but er...or is that next to be the same thing?^^

i think some GS rings around the barrel and pinching some detail in the material to make it not too smoothlooking should look like the real thing... just some dents and some lines and you are set...probably...

Hey Rawson, thought i'd better make some effort and get myself over to some of my regular posters blogs to see how things are shaping up (and obviously keep an eye out for any ideas I can shamelessly steal! ).

The whole armies coming along great, If I ever go IG, Vosties are probably the way I'd go (although the colour you manage to get looks like it'd take me a age to get used to doing! ).

Looking forward to seeing the Medusa progress, I'll try and be more of a regular in your blog in the future! Keep it coming mate!

Viktor von Domm wrote:i think some GS rings around the barrel and pinching some detail in the material to make it not too smoothlooking should look like the real thing... just some dents and some lines and you are set...probably...

Good ideas there, Vik! Tomorrow is Warhammering day, so we'll see how far I get

Emperors_Champion wrote:Hey Rawson, thought i'd better make some effort and get myself over to some of my regular posters blogs to see how things are shaping up (and obviously keep an eye out for any ideas I can shamelessly steal! ).

The whole armies coming along great, If I ever go IG, Vosties are probably the way I'd go (although the colour you manage to get looks like it'd take me a age to get used to doing! ).

Looking forward to seeing the Medusa progress, I'll try and be more of a regular in your blog in the future! Keep it coming mate!

Thanks for the traffic and the encouragement! Keep an eye out for an update tomorrow

you seem pretty engaged into more divine mattters recently... one could even begin to call you a stranger in certain threads

i hope your wife and her little passenger all all well?

Viktor von Domm wrote:you seem pretty engaged into more divine mattters recently... one could even begin to call you a stranger in certain threads

I'm trying to not attract too much attention to myself. Otherwise the =]_,= would notice that I haven't been riveting anything lately

Viktor von Domm wrote:i hope your wife and her little passenger all all well?

30 weeks now, strong healthy girl, due April 29th (assuming babies listen to things like due dates ). The wife is doing fine, though it's starting to get harder to move around and she gets tired pretty easy. I've been pretty domestic lately to try and help out (also another reason for a reduced Dakka presence ) Thanks for asking!

well... some women are different...tho i know that reaction when being pregnant... tho my wife used to run after busses still one day prior to the birth...^^ if it had been me, that would have to give birth...i probably would have been at the hospital for that last two months LOL...

well that is really not much time left...your little girl will have to soon get out of that cosy and warm place^^...poor thing^^

best wishes to your damsle in distress^^

and...

once a riveteer, always a riveteer... craftmanship doens´t erode^^

HEY CONGRATS on the kiddo! i didnt know ill drink a beer for ya! well family first game second. most importantly. well i wish you the bnest of luck and now im a tad envious of you but my time will come eventually. any rate congrats again.

congrats Rawson! raise the child that will rule the world!

Thanks, guys!

So here's what I accomplished today (besides watching most of the Firefly series):

LOTS-O-RIVETS!





Do you think the cannon has enough rivets? I was contemplating adding another line of them around the cannon just by the gear/wheel assembly. Thoughts?


I did a bit of prep work for the Medusa accessories as well. This is what I'd like to put on the back platform


In other news: I received a supply drop yesterday.

Three sets of track guards. Here's one set I rivetted up for the chimera I already have. (still WIP)


As always, love me some CC!

Thanks for looking!
Rawson

ahhhhhh!!!! and rightly so... new fresh rivets...

i think you should go for more rivets on the gearwheel... not just because rivets are social metalworks and like company, but i think if i was you i would have added them there too... the lower side if that pice is a bit too sleek for my taste...

seems you were in a rather riveting frenzy ol mate!

nice riveting, and i do think the cannon has enough rivets to match the rest of the vehicle

Love your stuff keep it ! Why so many rivets ? lol

Leave the rivets off the Gun casing by the geared wheel. it looks like that is part of the recoil assembly.

Excellent work!

Viktor von Domm wrote:ahhhhhh!!!! and rightly so... new fresh rivets...

i think you should go for more rivets on the gearwheel... not just because rivets are social metalworks and like company, but i think if i was you i would have added them there too... the lower side if that pice is a bit too sleek for my taste...

Fair enough.

Viktor von Domm wrote:seems you were in a rather riveting frenzy ol mate!

When am I not?

Rogue Wolves wrote:nice riveting, and i do think the cannon has enough rivets to match the rest of the vehicle

Thanks, RW!

ghostmaker wrote:Love your stuff keep it !

Thanks for stopping by!

ghostmaker wrote:Why so many rivets ? lol

You'll understand someday, little ghostmaker

Galorn wrote:Leave the rivets off the Gun casing by the geared wheel. it looks like that is part of the recoil assembly.

I guess "cannon" is a broad term. I wouldn't put any on the recoil assembly, but I would on the cannon housing close to the gear/wheel assembly. Does that make sense?

raincity wrote:Excellent work!

Thanks, raincity!

Love the rivets but medusas aren't mortars. Afaik those fire directly.

Almarine wrote:Love the rivets but medusas aren't mortars. Afaik those fire directly.

Thanks!

I guess I was looking at the Colossus siege mortar. Thanks for the tip, fixed the Title line

Medusa's coming along nicely!

It's probably too late now but just in case, have you considered putting a spring inside the barrel so you can "fire" the shells? Just for fun!

Emperors_Champion wrote:Medusa's coming along nicely!

It's probably too late now but just in case, have you considered putting a spring inside the barrel so you can "fire" the shells? Just for fun!

Hadn't thought of that. I could write in special rules for if I can actually knock down your models with a spring fired medusa shell

A lot of rivetting done lately, but mostly just tidying up what you've already seen. (Read: nothing worth photographing )

I got some base paint on the melta vets today, but nothing so exciting (Read: nothing worth photographing )

I had a game at the FLGS this evening vs Grey Knights.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Vindicare wrecks a LRBT with a turbo-penetrator round. Dakka dread (with psybolt ammo) blows the turret off of my other LRBT. BOTH IN THE FIRST HALF OF TURN 1!!!
In retaliation, my HWT immobilizes a rhino which serves as a roadblock to his other rhino and severely cuts down the field of view of his two dakka dreads (he was a little too close together in his deployment, methinks). The roadblock gave me a lot of time to shoot at his vehicles, giving me the 2-0 win. Chalk another victory up for the 104th!

congratz mate! pave the way with holy warriors^^

yay win!

Riveting is always worth seeing.

its always a riveting sight to see indeed

Rawson wrote:Thanks, guys!

So here's what I accomplished today (besides watching most of the Firefly series):

LOTS-O-RIVETS!





Do you think the cannon has enough rivets? I was contemplating adding another line of them around the cannon just by the gear/wheel assembly. Thoughts?

too much rivets. siege guns are rarely rivetted due to the need of structural integrity so the gun will not break and its barrel will jerks back once fired. THIS quality is required by the artillery since WW1 so you will not need to push your cannons back to its firing position every shots. ... rivettings prevent such movements.