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Yeah, I've never really seen it used at this scale before, but hey, I'm all for experimenting




Not great pics, but that was a test using red interference mixed with non-metallic green....you can just make out the green hue in places, but because it was non-metallic it loses the sheen as the colour changes....

Pretty cool. Where do you find said paint?

First time I've seen the DreamForge sprues. Their stuff looks pretty damn good.

Gits - Should be a few types available at any decent art store.



Those are the ones I have, but there are a variety out there...


Squidbot - Yeah, it does...have to say it was the leviathan and apc that hooked me, but there's a ton of uses for this stuff too

Interference paint is fascinating. I like wargames factory sprues stackability; have they fixed the moulding issue where you get lines right down the middle of the faces?

I should be able to find the Liquitex paint without issue. Thanks again!

Bare heads look ok, either facing front or rear...helmeted heads are side-on on the sprue, so not great, although mould lines lok minimal on most of the pieces. Only de-sprued a couple of mule bits so far, I'll report more once I have more bits in my hands...


And just because...




Had some ideas about turning this small A-10 fuselage into a bike of sorts, but then happenened across off-cuts from the necron flyers....

Think it might be the beginnings of a deff-kopta now...possibly with rotary cannon under front or missile racks under wings or above and behind pilot...although that last takes away from the klingon vibe I was getting....

It looks like a Mek boy found a crashed X-Wing, hit it with a Cylon raider, then jumped on it.

In case I am unclear; that's a good thing.

I was looking at them the other day in the paint shop trying to work out what the hell they were for now what I read makes sense although I think the shop assistant thought I was going to nick them

Dragonforge drop Mine should be on route to me tomorrow they look great I have a load of stuff in mine or I hope there is mind you a £57 custom charge their better be

The medium seems to work well, although I imagine you loose some of the effect from the camera pic

monkeytroll wrote:I think most of my pip shots look terrible, right up to the end..

But they are so good for seeing the progression - especially compared to GW basecoat, wash, highlight, ?, golden daemon...

Seems your Meks are picking up their pace - I wholeheartedly approve

well... i am atm trying to read through my ever growing backlist...

so here i am... astonished... the boar is comming along so cool... i had my doubts in the beginning... but the recent works on this one...and specially the running stance you´ve created for the legs... and the use of the termy back...that made a really cool looking thingummy^^...

there is this red and yellow fella...he has that wrist mounted patchett looking gun... did you use a DA bit for the barrel/muzzle? that is a totally col idea... i need to imidiatly see through my bitz box for such items...!!!


on a side note... there are some features on the stormtroopers that look good... but in a warhammer related context their guns are way too weedy looking... just my two cents...

Squidbot - Well I was seeing more of a mini klingon bird of prey, but it's all good


ldd - I managed to avoid the customs charge again - did for the zombiecide kS too I have a mortis levathan in wave 2 and an apc in wave 3...just figured I'd get a few troops to see what could be done with them....

Yeah, the effect works best on curved surfaces in the hand, static pics of flat surfaces show very little...


Arakasi - True...but in my case there's normally progression through the early stages then..............a long time later.........almost done......done

They're starting to remeber how to use their tools


vik - Glad he's coming together for you vik - fret not, I am well aware of the confusion and scratched heads my initial ideas cause (an the finished article in many caes too).

Yep, part of a censer from a DA banner....

Well yes, not many manufacturers have weapons suitable for GW's over-sized cannons...however the grots may find a use for them, and of course they don't have to be used as weapons, they can be detail on various bits. Plus who knows...they could always be used as something other then GW....


So, what's been happening in the mekshops? Not a great deal...it's that wonderful time of year known as stock take...2:00am finish thursday, 5:00am finish Friday . Bleary eyed mek's have pushed a few bits of plastic together, but no huge strides forward....


So whilst graven was showing some options for his exorcist Gits made a comment about the track and roof arrangement making an interesting palanquin type vehicle. (If you've not been folowing inmygravenimage or Gitsplitta go and do so.....)
Well, that got the mek's interest.....



Still working on the track units at the moment, so no detail on top of the driver's position..probably a grot or two 'controlling' the vehicle...

Engines and gubbins are being applied to the inner surfaces of the tracks, and small walkways for the grot riggers will be installed on both sides...there's an opening door to allow the boyz to put their heads in and shout at the littl'uns...


Whilst starting work on that they also dug out an old body and started to see what kind of wartrall they might make from it...



The trukk driver mini fits into the cut-out cockpit quite well, and the gunner will stand on a rotationg platform where the turret should have been....designed so that rokkits/shootas/skorcha can all be interchaged once all get built...probably start with just rokits...

Squiggly bye for now.....

There's some interesting shapes going on there. I especially like the second one and I am looking forward to what might materialize on top of the first.

and quite interested in seeing how and what you build engines out of.

Very cool stuff there!

I forsee those Dreamforge Panzershrecks being bolted onto other shooty bitz for more Dakka This halftrack is exciting!

Oh those kind of storm troopers .. :-)

Great work on everything as usual mate . i particularly like the greenstuff vortex pulling in the nightgoblin.. ;-)

Dr H - Interesting shapes is always good The top will basically be decking for transporting the boyz...with maybe a touch of this and that

As for engines..look below....


Gits - Cheers buddy!


dstein - Could be.... Not yet..but I'm hoping it will be....


neil - Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper....said to a grot...

Cheers matey...good to see you dropping in...


ok...so the engines are almost there....



Got to get the meks back to work now.....

Ooo, nice engine bits. You've seen why I've developed an interest in engine modelling...

Now that's cool lookin'.

Thats a hell of engine you got their like the half track so far where is the wheel from see the tracks are Ramshackle.

Nice hinge mechanism loving the engine, very neat use of that landspeeder seat back. Also the russ-hulled half track is sweet as.

now that is some sweet looking high tech gearing up!!!

Dr H - Thanks. Indeed I have...looking forward to seeing what comes after the upholstery


Gits - Cheers bud


ldd - Thanks man. Those are from a model kit...possibly a revell buffalo I think...


graven - Thank you...although not the sturdiest..... Close...I believe that was actually from the stormtalon...but hey, who's counting


vik - Danke! There'll be wires and cables no doubt, to ensure it's not too hi-tek



Quick update...not a lot but hey..




Think that's the main 'internals' done, possibly a vent at the front of each, plus wiring to be placed once it's together - hanging from roof...




Yep...door fell off whilst doing other work...been found and saved for regluing later...realised I'd used tube that really needs plastiweld rather than cement, so will re-do. Engine on right side needs a few more gubbinz, and the rear smokestack on that side will get re-done too, ptting bits together for that now....


Not much, but it's progress....time to try and sleep off papa nurgle's blessings now....

 monkeytroll wrote:
Dr H - Thanks. Indeed I have...looking forward to seeing what comes after the upholstery

He He. At least my troops will have something nice to sit on.

Think that's the main 'internals' done, possibly a vent at the front of each, plus wiring to be placed once it's together - hanging from roof...

Definitely needs some air intakes of some kind and, of course, large "Orky" exhausts...
Maybe even a little greenskin caught up in said cabling hanging from the roof.
Looking good so far.

time to try and sleep off papa nurgle's blessings now....

I've recently got over a blessing from Nurgle by passing it on to someone else. Try that if sleep doesn't work.

Papa Nurgle has been busy I think he doubled up here, upholstery LOL what will you be using the skin of man or just some random 40k beasties? I cant imagine marine armour being that comfortable and Eldar are to pointy.

Hope Nurgle moves on soon mate

That is so cool that I'm actually inspired to stop what I'm doing and make one just becasue it's cool.

^ That's the spirit... AND you've brought Skalk back from the dead.

Necro-tankery.

Dr H - Yeah, my guys tend not to go in for the sitting so much

There's a reasonable possibility of grots in cabling - haven't decided how much grot action I'll have going on for this piece...tends to slow my already glacial progress once I start in on converting littl'uns


ldd - Upholstery reference was in regards to Dr H's freshly installed 'white leather' furnishings on his chaosified falcon The boyz aren't big on sitting - stay still for too long and you're likely to get grabbed by a dok.....


Skalk - Welcome back dude....and don't let me stop you


graven - Night of the un-living tread-head......



OK, small amounts of what could be termed progress in an alternate dimension....

First up, looted rhino enjinns...



Getting some rough colours down on the interior as I reckon it's going to be slightly tricky getting the crayons in there once it's together.


And the current state of the exterior...




The cockpit is undecided at the moment...although I am swaying toward the small one shown...albeit with a bit more body and plenty of cabling added. Main alternative at the moment is a senty cockpit...but to be perfectly honest I don't realy want to deal with the orkifying and painting of said item right now....
Thinking the side gubbinz on the left-hand side will be able to hold some variation of dakka for certain load-outs. Probably have a bit of tread-plate over hanging that part too....and just realised I forgot to add magnets to the top for adding a boom-gun if I should feel like it at a later date...think I can still remedy that...
Probably add a few random bits of railing, mainly to provide optional mounting points for dakka...
And maybe a small, lower platform at the rear....


And the half-trakk....




Still early days...front section hasn't been finalised yet, although I'm liking the piece I've got there right now. Need to get the driver sorted out so I can get the cockpit area in place in case I need to bring the front wheels back a bit...

Seen with two turntables in place, these will be for shhotas and rokkits, with plans afoot for a skorcha version, and possibly some kind of anti-airkraft dakka.....
Turns out the standard round bases fit slightly loosely into the Russ turret hole, providing a useful base for turret options...




Ok, that's all for now....heading back to the mekshops now.....

Ooh! I actually can't decide which one i like more. The half-track is totally perfect though amigo. Big digs.

I think the first needs a little panache, something bold to match the scope of the loot!

something akin to the crown you had back up here:

 monkeytroll wrote:
Squidbot - Well I was seeing more of a mini klingon bird of prey, but it's all good

Love the halftrack, it would be cool to see those wheels moved back and some menacing wheel wells built around them...more spikey bits!