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Mmm... Bacon and Eggs, yeah, I'm down with that. No Irn-bru bar? Bulkhead looks ace, and I think you'll definitely have a market here at least (raises hand expectantly)

Guys, after a busy and terrible week, I've finally managed to assemble the tower!

Of course there are still many things to fix (the walkways are too long and I have to hide it), plus many things to add to the main structure to make it less...empty. But I feel satisfied to see a project advancing at a (nearly) regular pace!

Here are the latest pics:




I have to build some ladders between the 1st and 2nd floor on each side, and more details almost everywhere on the main structure.
I also have to build at least three more bulkhead like doors (the front and rear entrances + the 2nd floor entrance), and I'm serioulsy thinking of giving a try at casting with the material I have gathered (I have some silicone for the mold, but I only have some cristal resin to pour into.).

Once all this will be done, I'll give it a base and airbrush it.

Tres bien monsieur Hyena, c'est magnifique

And there ends my French ability... This is looking amazeballs

that built looks very cool...and all these wallsections have lots of possible uses... i see it as a modular terrainset just like the professionals do... very well done mister!

@Ruglud: Merci monsieur Ruglud.

@Vik: Thank you. You are right, once the bastion will be done, I will re-build some more precise butresses and bulkheads for casting, with the intention of ending with a modular kit.
It will be helpful for the firebase to come and if the result is satisfying, I could try to send some across the world .

More to come soon

Still impressed with your job... So tedious & accurate !!

This is BADASS! Seriously!! Sign me up as a paying customer too!

I followed the building process in silence and awe waiting for the end result....

Just awesome, love the details all around and the precision of the built

You are leaping forward in skill and ability, quickly becoming one of the better scratch builders I've seen on Dakka. Your work has always been great, but this piece really shows your progress. Excellent work.

Well as you know I'm a huge fan. Also I may finally have found a shop that sells irn-Bru bars...

Thank you guys! Your comments are really motivating!

Sorry for the late reply, I was driven away from modelling by other hobbies: RPG and LARP. I have to build a scarab mask and a cybernetic arm for a Dark Earth LARP in september, and it takes time.

I've added some details on the bastion, but I need to make two more doors. About the casting project, I'm getting in contact with a man who could teach me all I need to now about casting.

I have also started to paint the shrine yesterday.

Tomorrow will be a very cool day. I'll have a 40k Game with Vim_the_good (Check his galeries, it's really worth it!) and I'll play my Thousand sons for the second time, along with a small detachment of Tzeentch Daemons. Wish me luck!

Cheers!

Joe

Bon Chance!

Hey guys!

It's been a busy month for me, with two 40K games (which I've lost) and many new things including some improvements for my CSM army for the next games.

Let's start with a transport for my TS termies:




I've also worked on my obliterators. These are second hand models which came whithout the weapons on the arms, so I have to add some myself (still a lot to do on this point). As the obliterators head are probably one of the worst mistake GW made, I've used some GS replicas of the hellbrute head which is far better (I posted a test conversion of the head last year).
Here's what they're looking like:





I've also worked on my Dark Vengeance models:



and a shameless theft of KrautScientist's awesome traitor commissar (http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/412445-Chaos%2C%20Chaos%20Cultists%2C%20Dark%20Vengeance%2C%20Lord%20Commissar%2C%20Renegades%2C%20Starter%20Box.html)



And finally, I've started a new Nurgle terminator:


Comments, critics and advices welcome!

The fix on the obliterators is very clever. Not that I would EVER advocate press moulding your da are really beautiful. Where are the exhausts on the raider from BTW?

Graven, I think they're from the forge/maulerfiend smoke stacks. It looks tits either way, though. Glad to see your new stuff, Joe!

Painting on the DA is good mate!

Like the oblits too

nice egde highlights on that DA!!!

Thank you guys!

@Graven: We both know press moulding is the first step to drug dealing

I'm trying to paint de DV models the best I can. As I already said it, I'm not a really good painter, but I'm trying to improve my skills. The DA are a test for the day I will start to repaint my old DA army (with which I started to play 40k in 96), and the cultist should be a good exercise for my necromunda models.

Any idea of what I should add to the land raider?

Big fanged jaws for doors?

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Big fanged jaws for doors?

Thanks for the idea! I can use some blades on the front doors in a metal jaw style!

I've finally worked on the same extra armor as on my rhinos. No rivets yet, but it's the next step!


I've also started some kind of gunner sorcerer with a spellbook from the WoC war altar:



I've nearly finished the obilterators' arms




And just for the fun of it, I bought myself a Nurgle blood bowl team
4 Nurgle rottens, 4 pestigors and 4 common gors.

Since it's now impossible to play commo gors in a nurgle team, Ibougt some Avatars of War not-Nurgle warriors:


More to come soon!

Like a lot the oblits arms, and the LR is looking good.

Hey guys, time for an update!

@Graven: I've made some tests with the blades to build some jaws, but I ended up with something terrible... However, I've used some skaven bits and here it is:


I've finished the gunner (count as combi melta)


and I've added the last final thing that makes me say the conversion job is finished: Rivets!




The land raider is now undercoated and waiting for a first layer of Regal Blue.

Cheers!

Lovely riveted housings there!

The LR is looking really nice but i'm going to be a pain and ask how does the front door open with those spikes?

@Dave: Thank you!

@GiraffeX: ...I hate you sir... ... Well, obviously, it's violently thrust into the ground and acts as a six blades plough!
More seriously, you're right on this point, but I didn't know how else I could represent the vehicule option that improves the tank ramming attack on footsoldiers.

Small hinge -even just a bit of rod either side- to show that it goes flat as the hatch opens would work if you're being obsessive about such things

So what's going over the "empty" doors then?

Thats not going to be an easy one to model on a LR. I like the first option, ram it into the ground / enemy. The transported troops could be told to use the side doors only

inmygravenimage wrote:Small hinge -even just a bit of rod either side- to show that it goes flat as the hatch opens would work if you're being obsessive about such things

Brilliant!

inmygravenimage wrote:So what's going over the "empty" doors then?

Twin linked lascannons with riveted housings. I've added some dragon headed gargoyles ont the canons.

GiraffeX wrote:Thats not going to be an easy one to model on a LR. I like the first option, ram it into the ground / enemy. The transported troops could be told to use the side doors only

Or they could be told to crawl through the half opened hatch and fall on the ground with the typical elegance of a termie armor bearer (I guess it's valid fom some kind of strategic point of view...or not)

Any progress on the soon-to-be-looking-awesome LR ,§?

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GiraffeX wrote:Thats not going to be an easy one to model on a LR. I like the first option, ram it into the ground / enemy. The transported troops could be told to use the side doors only

Or they could be told to crawl through the half opened hatch and fall on the ground with the typical elegance of a termie armor bearer (I guess it's valid fom some kind of strategic point of view...or not)