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No, the cog teeth are great..you won't make it out of here alive without having the cogs. Your fans will skin you alive

lol... so... no getting rid of say a third of them then?... at least this would save me some more work then

and maus suggested a power pike instead of a bolt pistol... what do you think?


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oh... and this thread is now also at 400 pages...wow!

Happy 400 Vik!!!

The honor was all mine!

Hmm, if you did them like I said, it'd take complete repositioning- depends if you think it's worth all the extra bother really

dsteingass wrote:Happy 400 Vik!!!

The honor was all mine!

lol, many thankyou´s kind sir!

shrike wrote:Hmm, if you did them like I said, it'd take complete repositioning- depends if you think it's worth all the extra bother really

actually i would skip the extra bother this time if it is all the same to you...tho...if it still looks crappy to you when primed i am sure i can work something around this...

Yeah, they might look a little better with the outside edge being smooth and the cogs facing inward, but yeah... much more work.

First, like the shield and the emblem is tops all though I do see a little issue with the edging/cogs, however I will hold of till the painting is done.

The flyer is dam fantastic love it totally steam punk as well, to be honest I was looking at the GW bird men the other day and thinking along these lines, however yours is way better mate and looks friggin awesome.

The only down side is the crappy GW guard mini, it so deserves a character based miniature wearing a flight hat goggles and a crazy bid ass moustache

Vik, loving the flying dude, but I really think you need to model a Batman into the cockpit / cradle

As for the shield,the idea is sound, but... hows about something along these lines with the inner ring detail...




Or a double cog...



Alternatively, a simpler design (the Gears of War cog)



Wow, far too much cog related excitement - must go lie down with a cold flannel applied to my forehead...

As for these updates... just stop with these awesome updates . We were having such a good time before you showed up again

That flyer is looking cool... the DaVinci styling is sweet. Makes me think of this...



One thing though... you need to point his head forwards in the direction of flight... otherwise the body just looks a bit static. Like this guy:

Vik, you might try a torso from those VOID sprues I sent you? Meade is right about the head direction, otherwise he couldn't hit anything

Like ALL Cobra troopers.

Very cool flyer - not an ewok in sight! - and I really like shield rim and insignia. Happy 400 bro!

You've got quite a lot of fun projects going, Vik! I can't think of a better way to break the 400 mark!

Valhalla130 wrote:Yeah, they might look a little better with the outside edge being smooth and the cogs facing inward, but yeah... much more work.

I agree with Valhalla on this one, I'm not a huge fan of the outward cog teeth.

I am impressed by the symmetry of your wings. They look great! Have you seen the old WHFB birdmen?

Cheers,
Rawson

the old WHFB birdmen where indeed a great inspiration for me... same with ewok construction and of course batman...

at dave... i am still waiting for a good idea as to what tzo do with the void fighters... so many models from one range...that deserves a good idea for the lot of them in one go... and frankly...they´re a bit too modern looking for the steampunk army...so i think they will get soon used for something that my sons army of arbites might find a use for...


batman... well that could be good looking for sure...but a flyer like that should look steampunky in my book...

and LDD...of course you are right... a good looking mini...with a honorable enough ´stache would be the ideal choice... lets agree that the next model of a flyer will be converted to that standard then... prototype anyone

as for the cogs... i think with the current look i wont get away with as is... so there will be a revision on that part...stay confident

Again (in case you still haven't), you need to watch Steamboy. You seem to gravitate to parallel ideas to those shown in that movie. Your flyer, for example, looks quite a bit like this:


Your vehicle concepts also seem similar - maybe you have seen it. It's a very well designed look. The film has a ton of stuff to inspire.

I'd love to see your army shot. You must have a crazy (awesome) battalion by now.

More like this...




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And by that I mean they are examples of inspiration from the same original.

Vik, taking a step or ten back, have you checked out this thread - scratchbuilt tank heaven methinks...
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/433048.page#5180551
I urge you (and your blog followers) to give it a visit, it's not mine btw, but I was super impressed as I'm sure you'll be...

@ Ruglud:

Yeah, that's Develain. This is one of his other threads:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/447623.page

He's a superstar.

Well i like the shield as is But i am sure if you alter it will look just as, if not more, awesome.

As to the flyer, well that is just sooo coool Will he be pulling a banner along behind him? "Buy your Rivets at Joes Rivet Emporium"

Hi folks, I am a great fan of your guild's members's work and have been lurking quite a while now. Viks flyer now has made me crawl out of the shadows for the first time. I love it!!! The creativity you show with your steampunk army is incredible... there are so many highlights, like, man, those steam robot guard figures, you made an actual gaslamp!!! But this is the crumbs on the crust, the top of the topping, a batwing glider... Outstanding! ... momento, let me look up some more words of praise in my dictionary...
The reason I came out of my shady little cove is to recommend you to the flyers of Otto Lilienthal. He had another approach to the pilot's position that should be relatively easy to convert.

Fixed that for you, Vik.

hello boys and gals...

still no work done the past coupla days... whenever i am at work...afterwards my head is a bit empty ... but comes thursday i have way more energy left... so this will be oportunity time again^^

at mars... still not watched steamboy... can you believe it? seriously...that movie is way too long on my to see list! so i assure you... total coincidence for all lookalike stuff i did...^^

and valhalla is right... my main motivation is to make a nod /hommage towards the wonderful stuff da vinci did... you can´t possibly know how much i adore his stuff... if there ever was a true artisan...it wold have been him... we all look pale in comparrision with him...

also...

hello Hruotland !

i am honored to see you pulled out of the shadows of lirking land because of my works! *bows* thank you sir for that BIG compliment! and indeed my work looks also a bit inspired by Lilienthals work...tho his work was of course based on da vinci again

and well... the current wing"man" flyer... it is a sort of cross between a roughrider approach by air and a small flyer... i have secret plans to where i want to build something that could be based upon lilianthals works as well... something more heli like... for the pilot then i wanted to use a sentinel pilots body... which should be a good base for such a posing...

at mordain... argh.... you and your crazy ideas.... you do realize that you chuck out them on very fertile soil, huh? the nerve... pointing such ideas towards me... how cruel... now i have to see how i can see this through....there is no way around i think....may you rot in a special modelers hell^^


at ruglud.... thanks for that link... i kow Develain´s clone wars army... and his vostroyans... awesome... i didn´t knew he was that good at scratchbuilding yet... certainly something to learn lots of stuff from him for sure...already subbed^^

cheers, vik


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 Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:


Fixed that for you, Vik.

argh.... you fellow riveteers...always there to stick another thorn into my sides^^


dunno if i want to make so tiny rivets there... argh... to hell.... as if i could refuse this^^ tho they ahve to be really tiny^^

also... i had thought of making a really tiny =]_= icon on his shield too.... i will do this probably eventually on another mini tho...^^

LOL, you reap what ye sow my friend!

Is there some kind of rivet sickness going around here? I don't want to catch it.

Valhalla130 wrote:Is there some kind of rivet sickness going around here? I don't want to catch it.

that is some nerve you have there valhalla...comming away with such a comment on a =]_= thread...

dsteingass wrote:LOL, you reap what ye sow my friend!

yup... wouldn´t have it any other way ...

Nah. One day, I'll be building my own 40k version of Stalingrad for the IG to play in. Then I'll be joining the League of Extraordinary Riveters myself.

That all depends on me actually painting some armies first though.

That is looking awesome Vik

That all depends on me actually painting some armies first though.

at valhalla...actually ... only some of us... very few at that have complete armies ^^... it is a special feature on us riveters to to be gifted with hobby ADHD... recruitment is done after a nice and extraordinary amount of riveting for your army... wether it be on minis, tanks or terrain... that´s totally up to you

thanks KC!

I really like the direction your taking that flyer, should be cool to see the results. I also agree with some of the other guys that the cogs should be spaced out a little more. just enough so it looks like he would be able to link his shield up with another guy or something. Spartan like?

hey airborneGinger! you are of course right...as are all the other critics of the cogteeth... that´s why i made a complete new shield... couldn´t fix the old one after i got rid of the teeth... so i had to redo from start... and i am way more satisfied now myself... now it is only six teeth... the original rivets of that ex-tank hatch are again there... and now i only need a new go at a heraldic icon for the middle... which is atm my tricky part...

maybe i get around to make a pic to show you all the new version...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
maybe i get around to make a pic to show you all the new version...

Yeah, that might be a good idea.