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Sorry to hear that, man. I'm sending some positive energy your way.

Thanks again for the kind words and thoughts. I am humbled by the amount of concern and support you guys have shown my wife and I. We are moving into our new place next week so I promise as soon as we get unpacked I will hit the bench will the passion of a mad man!

Thanks again for all of your support,

Mike

Well all moved in and ready to go! I owe whalemusic a debt of gratitude for his patience and understanding. He is supplying the icing on the cake for the capital building. As soon as he gets his money for the forgeworld order, I get my aquilas! Thanks again Paul you are the man!

Stay tuned for updates and sorry for the delay. The wait will be worth it!

Sincerely,
Mike

No probs, hope the move went smooth for ya.

Hope the new bunker command centre is treating you well

Here is the roof WIP. Let me know what you think!

I'd like to see some more Gothic additions too it, but I assume its WIP, so I have faith.

whalemusic360 wrote:I'd like to see some more Gothic additions too it, but I assume its WIP, so I have faith.

Any ideas would be awesome! How do you make a flat roof more gothic?

Thanks whalemusic

Oh, now you want solutions too!?!

Well the normal answer would be skulls, candles and the like, otherwise, not real sure tbh. I'd say put some of the really small brass Aquilas around the lip, but that would be pricy. Maybe some of the ones from drop pods and other SM vehicles? I could hook ya up with some if you need em.

Actually, I think he has something there. Candlesticks, the tall kind, and such. Like the sort you see in Cathedrals, each about 6-7 feet high and covered with 2 dozen candles. I have absolutely no idea where you'd get them, though.

Could maybe go all "Grimdark!" and just have a few pillars of human skulls with burning wicks or pyres on top.

I would be tempted to put the gun straight onto the roof, leaving off the base as it looks too unbalanced as it is.

I might also be tempted to add some metal/stone "detailing" to the roof around the gun...

Kind of like this (though probably simpler ) with the gun in the centre to make it look like the gun is supposed to be there?

Alternatively, power cables, ammo feeds, metal strut legs bolted into the roof etc to show it is a more recent addition hurriedly added to the building at the onset of war.

I agree with SilverMK2. The gun needs seems simply stuck on at the moment, and doesn't add anything to the piece. I'd remove it from the square base, maybe sandbag the area around it, and add lasgun/binoculars etc.

I think you need to either slope the roof or add a definite banister to the edge as well- it seems to industrial for a church atm, and fights with the sloped roof on the tower.

Having to echo the gun sentiments. It just...doesn't fit. WIP at the moment but I'm hoping you embelish it with rubble, sandbags or something to perhaps show it being thrown on?

Subscribed! Will read up to this page at my leisure later (and I finally caught up!).

Pegasus Scenery yes? Good Stuffs! Might drop a pic of my own Cathedral later. Only thing im not sure about is how to add in diffirent level and platforms to use for troops. My Cathedral is literally big enough to park a Land Raider inside....all though there are no places it can actually enter through.

What amused me was that you mentioned you do not have the skills to add magnets to your tanks to make the weapons replaceable. Not enough skill when you are doing all this? You jest sir!

And in accordance with the rest of the people here, I odder my condolences and best wishes to you and your Boss.

Thanks boys! You guys are right I am not feeling the gun. I am going to tinker with some ideas tonight and will have pictures forth coming. Thanks for all your feedback and input If I could just have a weekend off to paint oh wait progress I could make, oh well we can dream can't we

Whalemusic Can I buy some of the spare plastic Aquilas from you?


Thanks again and stay tuned,

Mike

WIP, roof
I like it a ton more now

Let me know your thoughts!

Mike

Ha ha what bad timing on my part. I missed the previous pics and just as I come on to comment you upload some more -with all problems solved.

I was going to suggest chimneys to make the flat roof more interesting. Seems like you did that plus an actual gun emplacement.

Looks good dude but I now think its needs a balustrade. Wouldn't want any PDF troopers falling off to their doom in high winds.

Peter

Thanks Peter I was fooling around with a banister/edging but alas it did not look good. The Fluff is that the gun was brought up by the defenders after the attack so in theory you were never supposed to go up there , save one for maintenance . I am adding some narrative via sandbags, tools and weapons I am loving my new setup and am inspired to finish this one by the end of the month

Here is a shoot of the WIP CAPITOL BUILDING

Keep the comments coming,

Mike

Loving the new emplacement look. Where did you get the gun from? One question I do have regarding the Pegasis models is how did you take care of the square pegs on top of the columns? You know the ones right? Where you slot in the wall above when you are building.

The gun is from the Aegis Defence Line kit. You can find it on GW's website.

DUDE!!! I am so loving this!! Subscribed!!

Looks solid, what is that gold rubble?

The roof detailing looks much better now. My only concern is that the roof appears to be overhanging unevenly on different sides, which is a bit jarring in the views seen so far.

Also, if that is a hatch in the back corner (I can't see too clearly), it is opening out into thin air and half way into a wall

SilverMK2 wrote:The roof detailing looks much better now. My only concern is that the roof appears to be overhanging unevenly on different sides, which is a bit jarring in the views seen so far.

Also, if that is a hatch in the back corner (I can't see too clearly), it is opening out into thin air and half way into a wall

Thanks for bringing out my modeling short comings, j/k ! The roof is floating in place right now and the over hang is a bit more on the side versus the back and front. I love the spacing personally and when I magnetize it I am sure you will agree. The reason for the over hang is a few light fixtures will be going underneath it! I am going to try source lighting on this build. And as far as the hatch goes... dope!

Thanks as always boys, and keep the comments coming,

Mike

Lighting and possibly a few bracing struts would make it look a lot better

As I say, it is just a bit off at the moment, perhaps not as quite as big an "off put" as my post may have made it seem though

Not much to show but I added some details to the over hang. I also added a statue to cover a gap that was driving me crazy.

Love it , hate it please send some feedback


Thanks as always,
Mike

Where did the autocannons go?

Love your roofing Matey , it looks perfect, although i did prefer the auto cannons on the building , looks like anti air batteries that way .

Have to agree that the AC's looked better

j3r03n wrote:Loving the new emplacement look. Where did you get the gun from? One question I do have regarding the Pegasis models is how did you take care of the square pegs on top of the columns? You know the ones right? Where you slot in the wall above when you are building.

Sorry I missed your question buddy. I own a razor saw http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat470006a&prodId=prod1095446. I use this saw for all my cutting and conversion work.

jabbakahut wrote:Looks solid, what is that gold rubble?

Blast from the past I wasn't sure you still posted om Dakka any more. The rubble that appears gold is actually flocking/sand Good to have you back!

samwellfrm wrote:Where did the autocannons go?

neil101 wrote:Love your roofing Matey , it looks perfect, although i did prefer the auto cannons on the building , looks like anti air batteries that way .

SilverMK2 wrote:Have to agree that the AC's looked better

Thanks guys and don't worry I am putting the autocannons back on now.




As soon as I get my package from Paul, this project will actually see some paint Very excited to start the mammoth paint job. I see sore wrists in my future

Keep the comments coming guys and thanks again,
Mike