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**Briancj**

IGtR= wrote:
Valks look great in yellow at the moment. How weathered are you going?

AT THE MOMENT.

I suspect these will be hard-working sky cranes, I'm basing them on a few "real world" crane photos, so there's going to be some black applied to handling gear, the magnetic clamp arms, etc. then, of course, hazard striping as appropriate. I'm going to airbrush darker panel lines, then lighten up the center of each panel.

--B.

**kestral**

Sky Cranes are awesome. I'm sure there is an awesome 40K diorama one could make with civilian talons lifting a statue out before it falls in the hands of chaos or something. It is weird how much I like hazard stripes. We should be sure to have a game on a table large enough to allow them to fly vehicles around on it and pick them up again. Maybe 20 feet. : )

**inmygravenimage**

These are very exciting. Will the hazard striping be red and white? I recall that from my research when doing my Gotham crane.

**Captain Brown**

Briancj,

Are the hazard lines going to only be on the bottom or all around?

CB

**Briancj**

I believe I am going to use hazard stripes to pick out important details, much like on actual cranes.

I will be using black as the primary accent colour.

--B.

Automatically Appended Next Post:

kestral wrote:
Sky Cranes are awesome. I'm sure there is an awesome 40K diorama one could make with civilian talons lifting a statue out before it falls in the hands of chaos or something. It is weird how much I like hazard stripes. We should be sure to have a game on a table large enough to allow them to fly vehicles around on it and pick them up again. Maybe 20 feet. : )

A good way to do this is two seperate tables.

--B.

**Theophony**

Important areas, so the cockpit will have hazard stripes on the windows

, bad for visibility, but good for safety of those coming close to the plane.

**Briancj**

Everything looks better in Mechanicus Red.

**Syro_**

Briancj said:
Everything looks better in Mechanicus Red.

The crane looked good before, but I have to agree that you made it look even better with that paint job. Very nice

**inmygravenimage**

That's a very cool crane indeed. I do love a big crane.

**Theophony**

Now someone will crash into it since it’s not safety yellow.

**Nevelon**

Theophony wrote:
Now someone will crash into it since it’s not safety yellow.

Needs a blinking safety light up top.

and hazard stripes.

Maybe some warning signs and placards.

cones, flagmen.

Little rack of hard hats.

The list goes on!

(Does look cool though!)

**The Riddle of Steel**

I’m loving the crane. It gives the whole table such a sense of height. I really think the vertical dimension is underused in this hobby. There is only so much flat space on a table. This crane will add a lot to the feel of the battlefield especially if you can add other towers and tall structures. Very cool so far. Looking forward to seeing it in a game.

-Rids

**kestral**

Wow, that is shaping up to be an amazing table! Can you control the crane and smash stuff with it? Or ride around on a platfrom hanging from it? I really need to figure out a way to combine this:

With this:

**Captain Brown**

Nice work on the crane Briancj.

Cheers,

CB

**Bschwi1**

Over the last couple of days I have caught up with your blog, I really love the winter guard! (especially the themed chimera's)

B

**Briancj**

Bschwi1 wrote:
Over the last couple of days I have caught up with your blog, I really love the winter guard! (especially the themed chimera's)

B

Thank you kindly!

--Also B.

**Briancj**

Progress! Now, for paint.

--B.

PS: Yes, the table took blood. Oops.

**Theophony**

Reminds me of the table made by GW from when Necrons were released.

**Briancj**

Thanks! If I'm generating GW-table-vibes, I'm doing well.

Now, for the ground cover. This is brown acrylic house paint, with Woodland Scenics 'Talus' mixed in for texture. Basically, railroad ballast.

And here is the now-drying-overnight board, with the airfield in place.

The grids for the airfield are from Home Depot, they have a selection of 2'x4' metal grids, I'm presuming for grate covers, fireplaces, whatever. These are the "Union Jack" pattern.

The exposed pink foam in the corner will be covered up by more hills, as the Ordinatus is still partially buried.

--B.

**Theophony**

Those grates are usually used on screen doors to protect them from pets/ idiots kicking the screens out.

Looking good as a nice display/game board.

**Meer_Cat**

We used similar grates to build decorative boxes around the hot water heating system radiators in our farm house- great use of an unusual material! Terrific looking table.

**The Riddle of Steel**

Good progress on the table. Hills and vertical features are always good. And the airfield looks intriguing. I’m looking forward to see how turns out. I will keep that idea in mind. It’s always nice to have some interesting texture from a ready-made source. And the crane will be an epic centerpiece! I want an infiltrating sniper on that thing.

-Rids

**MacPhail**

I'm really excited for this... I love this scale and I have a pile of pink foam that needs a sense of purpose. I've also often looked at that display at Home Depot and wondered what could be done with it, so good on you for grabbing a sheet and building it in.

**inmygravenimage**

This is exciting and ambitious - crush it!

**Littletower**

The making of a table is hobbying at its best!

Coming along great!

**Briancj**

Only a few buildings left to place...

**Insurgency Walker**

Looking awsome, can't wait to litter that table with the corpses of Heretics. Who am I trying to kid...Imperial guard corpses.

**Alpharius**

That’s a nice dedicated gaming space!

**Dr H**

Table's looking good.

**inmygravenimage**

Nice to see the big crawler again!