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So, didn't get as far as I would have liked with the painting...but then, I ended up leaving myself an hour this evening to paint it...

Then as I was uploading the image to post it in time...it uploaded upside down! Thats what I get for leaving it to the last minute! Still, I'm happy with where I got in the limited time I gave myself to complete it...




Edit: I made this piece to fit in with my Necromunda terrain collection, but it could easily be used in any 25mm to 32mm game with a post-apocalyptic setting (as there are no specific details that tie it into one 'world,' yet!), or with 40K proper. The roof is almost exactly the same height as a standard Necromunda bulkhead, and the two back edges of the roof are straight and at least 3 inches long...so it should work nicely as a bridge transition piece for level 1 platforms in the Necromunda card terrain collection. I'm a big fan of the Borderlands games so you may see some design influences from there as well.

I added a Gryphonne Sepia wash to most of the metal and red areas...amazing what a little wash will do. Pic over in my P&M blog...but it was done after the deadline, so disregard for judging.

List of materials...

concrete walls- Huggies diaper box cardboard
corrugated metal sheeting - cardboard box from Costco crackers assortment
rubble - Huggies cardboard and chopped up bits of sprue
generator thingy on roof - old orange 3-prong to 2-prong plug converter from junk drawer
wire - bits of wire from junk drawer
vent pipe - discarded pen casing
vent pipe cover - cut off the top of an old scented marker cap
roof hatch - lid of GW paint pot
shanty wall, door, raised details on door and wall - Trader Joes organic peanut butter crackers box card
round vent casing - cut from top of red Target pharmacy prescription Rx bottle
slats in vent - Trader Joes organic peanut butter crackers box card
glue- LocTite super glue from Home Depot, old bottle, nearly dried up...dispenser had to be cut away to get the remaining glue out!
old empty wire spool - sewing machine bobbin
cable pipe in ground - spacer from an 'under cabinet mounting kit' for an iHome radio (in the junk drawer)
base - old CD
base texture - beach sand from local beach mixed with coarser dirt/sand from yard
base texture adhesive - Elmers 'PVA' glue
spray primer - .99 cent flat black spray from Home Depot, nearly empty can
filler for thick cardboard edges - last of a nearly dried out bottle of liquid green stuff
paint - Adeptus Battle Grey, Khorne Red, Boltgun Metal, Steel Legion Drab

Fantastic entries guys some amazing work.


Thanks Brian for an excellent competition, good luck to everyone.



@ Casey. Anything I can do PM me.

Nice work SL. I like the concept, a whole table with another arm and a head (and shoulders?) would be very cool.

Good job Ramos. Nice paint-job.

Good work Fango for such a limited time frame.

We must now await judgement...
Good luck everyone, the Judges have a hard job ahead.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
That is quite spiffy SL, I dig the theme.

Thanks, my friend! I'll probably re- mount it on a more permanent base or part of a larger section of terrain to make it fit in with the rest of the table.

 Hive Fleet Lazarus wrote:
Damn, that is just......damn

I’ll take that as you like it! Thanks!

 Theophony wrote:
Dude solar lion I return the high I've that statue is giving I might steal that concept for a necromunda terrain piece in the future.

Thanks, Yeah, this would work well for any industrial theme. Orks ect. Easy to do . There are things to keep in mind when building with this method.

1. You will use a lot of superglue
2. You need to use superglue instant set ( you need to get some pieces to hold before you can do others)
3. You glue a lot of your fingers ( and more) together. Be safe.
4. Use Sprue that still has some pliability. The older the sprue the more brittle. Newer sprue can be bent without breaking. Breaking means more glueing, glueing means more superglue, thus more fingers glued together.
5. Cardboard can be shaped by wetting. Too wet cardboard separates, try to manipulate first without. More superglue…more stuck fingers.
6. Heavily coat the cardboard with a sealer. Painting with water based paints does not work well on very porous material. Spray paint works well but spray outside!
7. Always treat your bladed tools with utmost respect. Blood should never be a component of your work. ( thou it has happened to all of us)

Thanks Ramos, I think your entry should have a thought bubble coming from your devastator…..” sniper rifle, pufftttt. Who need a stinking sniper rifle”

Amazing entries you all, honoured to be a part (as humble as my own piece might have been!) of such a collection.

Thanks again Brian for putting forward and hosting an excellent competition, and good luck to everyone.

I will begin judging when I get home and sleep. I will announce the winners on Saturday.

Thanks to everyone, I have a great spread of entries, and can illustrate how even a novice can create amazing terrain from scrap!

You all embody the spirit and community of Dakka.

--Brian

PS: I still have not met dstein's wife. I don't think she exists...

Yes, great entries all around, I am particularly blown away by the precision paintwork on Ramos Asura's soda-can-bendy-arm-lamp-tank...might be an an airbrush involved. Nice work! But really, I'd be proud to field any of these entries as terrain on my game board. Good luck to everyone, and thanks Brian for running this...I look forward to getting in earlier on the next one

at solar lion.... i would love to see a WIP pic of that hand.... what a cool idea!

Yes you did, last year

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
at solar lion.... i would love to see a WIP pic of that hand.... what a cool idea!

I'll see if I have any. If not when I re-mount the piece, I'll take a picture of the internal structure.

Thanks for the comment.

I will likewise begin a-judging later today. Good work all, fantastic efforts all round.

 Solar_lion wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
at solar lion.... i would love to see a WIP pic of that hand.... what a cool idea!

I'll see if I have any. If not when I re-mount the piece, I'll take a picture of the internal structure.

Thanks for the comment.

that would be very helpful either way!

did you use a glove maybe? could have made the fingers glued to´gether a bit less often happening...just saying....

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
did you use a glove maybe? could have made the fingers glued to´gether a bit less often happening...just saying....

There are so many plates on the thing that glued fingers were inevitable. I needed a third hand! I didn’t use a form; I just did it free hand ( no pun intended ) My intent was to get the basic curves down, I didn't want a anatomically correct piece just closely proportioned representation.

SL: It's very good and I would also be interested in seeing a little of how it was done.

Thanks, It's really 1 piece of sprue at a time. Now if I could paint as realistic as you or Ramos. I'll brobably do some re-painting when remount it to match the Terrain boards.

 dsteingass wrote:
Is this is Brian?

That's the one, yes, Dave.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Judges:
dsteingass
Gitsplitta
inmygravenimage

So, it looks like we have the following entries:

Theopony - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2280/310187.page#5905936
Dr. H - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2280/310187.page#5924252
Chelnov - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2220/310187.page#5884225
Ruglud - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2340/310187.page#5956979
Solar_Lion - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2340/310187.page#5960819
Viktor Von Domm - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2340/310187.page#5959359
Littletower - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2280/310187.page#5914121
Camkierhi - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2310/310187.page#5928594
Ramos Asura - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2340/310187.page#5961170
Fango - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2370/310187.page#5961222
Hive Fleet Lazarus - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2340/310187.page#5956616

Lead Legion - DNF
Maus - Withdrew
SilverMk2 - DNF
Casey's Law - Withdrew
Miss Dee - Withdrew

The prizes are:
Best Overall
Best Recycler
Best Unique



The contest theme:

Discarded treasure. I am on a major recycling kick in my life. Recycling, freecyling, upcycling. Reduce and reuse. And it drives me insane when I throw away what should be perfectly good materials!

The rules:

You must create a piece of terrain the size of a CD/DVD. The terrain must utilize leftover modelling supplies. Examples of this are paint pots, plastic sprues, discarded packaging, and leftover plasticard. The debris of completed projects, normally placed into the dustbin. The terrain must be usable in a game of Warhammer 40K, but there are bonus points for making items usable in more than one game system. Multiple terrain pieces ARE allowed, as long as, collectively, they are the size of a CD/DVD. They should also maintain a similar theme (IE: You've taken four 40mm bases and built 4 jungle-themed objective markers). There is no required terrain type, the goal is to show people how to recycle things they would normally throw away into usable game terrain.

While there is no height restriction, consideration for newbie players and/or workability on the battlefield should be kept in mind.

Scoring:

A maximum score of 100 is possible. Ties will be broken by the judges. If the judges are deadlocked, I will call upon readers of this plog to vote. If THAT deadlocks, I'll declare a tie, and divide up the prizes appropriately.

Competition requirements:
These are not cumulative. A few bitz used to enhance the terrain does not count toward percentage, but loading up your entry with bitz (instead of recycled parts) will not score high. Imagine you're a new modeler, and you have a few leftovers from your initial purchases.
Entry is 25% recycled materials or less - 0 points
Entry is around 50% recycled materials - 10 points
Entry is around 75% recycled materials - 25 points
Entry is around 100% recycled materials - 40 points

Modeling:
These points ARE cumulative. A focus on techniques and designs that are easy to copy/emulate will score more points, here. You're helping the masses make terrain. A unique entry might be something that makes the judges go 'ah-ha, that's a GREAT idea'. This is where you can score points for originality of design and making a cool scene or mini-diorama.
Entry is easy for a newbie to duplicate - 10 points
Entry shows a unique idea - 10 points
Entry is visually interesting - 10 points
Entry is usable for more than just Warhammer 40K - 10 points

Painting:
Points are not cumulative. Minimum three colors. Washes and highlights to qualify as well painted, at a minimum. Amazingly well painted is something that wows the judges.
Entry is painted - 10 points
Entry is well painted - 15 points
Entry is amazingly well painted - 20 points

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Weight will be given to people who come up with UNIQUE, creative uses for things most people throw away. Things thrown away: bits of dried putty, paint pots, dried paint, sprues, packaging materials, chopped up plasticard.

You may not use existing terrain or other creations, as with all League competitions, show your work. Deadline for entries is August 8th, 2013. Judging will occur a few days later, over the weekend. There will be no extensions allowed, as this is not a complex 'theme'.

Good luck for the judges !

May the Emperor guide your choice

Yes. The Emperor and the very large bribe I am totally not sending you gentlemen

 Yggdrasil wrote:
Good luck for the judges !

May the Emperor guide your choice

As well as the 50 dollars he slipped into your paypal accounts

Edit: Ninja'd by Ramos, I guess Ohioan minds think alike.

CON-tinuing the series of 'Armies I'd like to field', I present another 1000 point Adepticon amusement.

1000 Pts - Necrons Roster

Total Roster Cost: 995

HQ: Nemesor Zahndrekh (2#, 265 pts)
1 Nemesor Zahndrekh, 185 pts
1 Catacomb Command Barge, 80 pts

Troops: Warriors (6#, 165 pts)
5 Warriors, 65 pts = 5 * 13
1 Night Scythe, 100 pts

Troops: Warriors (6#, 165 pts)
5 Warriors, 65 pts = 5 * 13
1 Night Scythe, 100 pts

Heavy Support: Monolith (1#, 200 pts)
1 Monolith, 200 pts

Heavy Support: Monolith (1#, 200 pts)
1 Monolith, 200 pts

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Anyone wanna play 'guess the tactics'? Hint: One unit starts on the board.

Not familiar with the Necrons enough...

Either the HQ or one of the Monoliths ?

This is a disruption army that requires another 1K points, so useable for Team tournaments. The Necron character has the ability to bring in deep striking units on the enemy player's turn. It is designed to drop a pair of monoliths when the other player gets their reserves in, on their turn two. You always choose to go second. If facing someone with no reserves, then you can start the 'liths on the table.

The two Night Scythes do what they do best, but you can pull the troops OUT of the night scythes, or out of reserves, and deploy them out of the 'liths. An amusing little Necron trick.

So, full objective hold/disruption, two AV14 bricks, which 6th edition meta has proven hard to deal with due to the switch to S6/7 weapons, and a pair of flyers, for giggles.

Oh, and a semi-bad-ass IC on a really-bad-assed chariot.

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Waiting on my last judge's scoring tableau, before moving to the final round of judging. Expect results soon!

--Brian

Hey again guys! Thanks for your concern, I'm back now and moving on. I've posted a bit of an explanation to my blog if you'd like more detail or want to know what will become of my withdrawn entry.

So many sweet entries to this competition! Have fun judging them Brian, certainly not an enviable task. Good luck everyone! And thanks again for running the competition, I've taken something from it so it's certainly a success in my opinion.

Glad you back Casey. Glad to see you moving forward!

Brian ... Liking your list. very disruptive. May not be the power list for Crons but damn sure would be fun to play!

Working on the judging folks. Got a new job, a little hectic.

Congrats on the new job Brian!

Grats on the new job. Remind me to seethe with jealousy

Yes.. Congrats and hopefully long employment in your new job!.. Good News!

Yeah Grats man! good news!

Congratulations!