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I LOVE the MauS-oleum Vik... but... where's the rivets?

well... a classic temple... i have to search something to add rivets then^^

Looking good vik!

thanks mate!

So what I really want to know is what's it a temple to? I'm hoping great Cthulhu (although for you maybe Cyriss is more likely?) but failing that I'll settle for something big and grimdarky.

well... temple is maybe the wrong term... i think maus had a lucky streak calling it a mausoleum... ...there is someone burried there and also soon i will show some that think this needs to be changed

Maybe a metal plate inscribed as a dedication, with rivets, for the Temple of Von Domm, just don't invite relic seeking archaeologist to the opening, he may take the treasures away!

actually i planned on making an inscription on the front side of the roof... making this in metal plating... that sounds quite reasonable and doable too!

as for the archeologists... nope... none of them... tho some necromancers might stick their uglly heads in

What if he replaces the idol with a similarly-weighted bag of rivets?

Worshipping at the altar of rivets? I approve.

dsteingass wrote:What if he replaces the idol with a similarly-weighted bag of rivets?

lol... but you know the meassuring out in the field is quite fiddly for the upcoming tombraider...er...acheologist^^

inmygravenimage wrote:Worshipping at the altar of rivets? I approve.

rivtes can be worshiped...but it is not really an alter you see here...


but i am moving to fast... i will show pics later on this evening

by the way... yesterday i primed a tank for my felix...today i prime a tank (rhino) for oskar...the felix tank is a cheap 1:35 model of unknown to me origin and will be a blue guard related army suply...... maybe later on you can help me with that^^ oskar gets the rhino in yellow... no...no angry marines for him... but i was thinking of making nice sun themed marines^^

Your children are named after the odd couple? Nice.

odd couple?...clarify please???


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oh... i googles it...ideed... tho not in relation to them^^ LOL

Odd Couple, 1970's sitcom based on a play, one man a neat freak and OBsessive-Compulsive(Felix), and a sports writer and slob(Oscar) they have to live together after their wives divorced them, and they are essentially close friends who are so like night and day.

Show a pic of the tank, I can Identify it

will do that later maty... if you can´t do doctorin´ to tanks... probably no one can^^

and yep... saw some episodes about a hundred years ago^^

soooo....

i am atm again heavily sidetracked... but i try at the same time to keep my eyes and hands to the current comp entries...

this is what will be a major piece for the terrain comps entry..., the pic speaks for itself...note... havent sculpted the mini on the sarchophagus ... a friend of mine did that... i am just recycling it




and this is the mysterious tank for my son felix... and his freedom fighter (working title^^)...

it was already painted... i reprimed it white and then i basecoated it with a (not GW) ultramarine blue... after that everything got heavily drybrushed with a lighter blue...

this is the current look:






sadly my son broke off the main guns barrel... i still have it...tho i will most likely repace it with something not so weedy looking^^... i think shaso, one of your OC gun barrels might come in now handy^^

got an idea about the type of that tank by the way shaso?...or for that matter...all of my followers? ...


cheers, vik

It looks like a Bradley variant AFV? Mice little hand creeping up there Vik - Nice touch.

thanks mate...

the little cold hand wont be alone long^^...but i aint telling...for now^^

and a bradley?...looked it up... seems most likley...an anti personel and AA tank then?

i think i have an abrahams then as well... it came with a rather splendid ebay steal^^ together with a hummer... and together with a fleamarket steal (so cheap you can´t call it a buy^^) it will provide a nice start for felix army...

Yep, that's an M2A2 Bradley. I've never seen one in blue before. I wish they'd let me paint mine in blue.

lol... well... blue as it goes makes you happy^^

the kids favorite colors are blue and yellow...yeah right... yellow is even a pain in the rear when you prime...

for now the tank is all in blue... soon i will try myself in a nice urban camo for this one... anyone with some good ideas for that?

The skin tone of that hand is really good.
I would ask what the shiny green is, but I suspect it's some shiny green wrapping paper or something similar.

As for urban camo', it usually involves lots of blocks, straight lines and sharp angles, maybe little (light coloured) triangles at the interface between colours to confuse the eye. Not many exciting colours, often monochrome.

I would call it a plain M2A0 Bradley because it still has the trim vane and no laminate armor.

Looks like a model kit made by a company called Trumpeter. What scale is it, Vik?

well... i started to do the sarcophagus with foam... then a little something got aweful... and i had to redo it with PC... before the hand was way better... that needs to be fixed! basically it is just dheneb stone and then puple wash...

the green something is indeed plastic wrapping for book... you will son see it in full action...

as for the camo... i think i am not good enough for straight blocks of camo... i know digital camo is all the hype now... but my talent is really looking for easy going solutions here...

would stippling work? i thought of doing grey and then black lines as a third camo color...??

anyone ever did use stippling as a means to an ernd for making camo???


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 JB wrote:
I would call it a plain M2A0 Bradley because it still has the trim vane and no laminate armor.

Looks like a model kit made by a company called Trumpeter. What scale is it, Vik?

it is a 1:35 scale model... i got it already glued... if it was glued at all... can´t really tell... and it was rather thinly painted... either by AB or prepainted...again can´t really say...

no markings of any manufacturer tho...


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oh and welcome JB^^

Thanks Vik! It has been a while since I have posted in your blog.

Your model might be a Tamiya 1/35 scale M2A0 or M3A0 Bradley. It looks as if the firing ports are covered over so that would make it an M3 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (CFV).

Does the back hatch open? If you modeled the seats inside the back then you can tell for sure whether it is an M2 or M3. The M2 has enough seats for four passengers (later five) and the M3 only has two passenger seats (while using the other space for ammo).

EDIT: Oops, I just read that you didn't build it yourself.

Definitely a Bradely

It doesn't have to be as complicated as digital camo'.
The thing with urban camouflage is that where you are trying to hide is filled with straight lines and so typical camo' patterns (wavy lines and blotches) would tend to stand out rather than hide.

However, you can do camouflage any way you like really, so long as it breaks up the shape of the tank.
and ultimately...rule of cool.

I threw this pdf at Nerdfest when he was wanting camo ideas, so I shall throw it at you as well.
There is a few urban schemes in there, tells you how to do them and I think at least one of them has stippling.

JB wrote:Thanks Vik! It has been a while since I have posted in your blog.

Your model might be a Tamiya 1/35 scale M2A0 or M3A0 Bradley. It looks as if the firing ports are covered over so that would make it an M3 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (CFV).

Does the back hatch open? If you modeled the seats inside the back then you can tell for sure whether it is an M2 or M3. The M2 has enough seats for four passengers (later five) and the M3 only has two passenger seats (while using the other space for ammo).

EDIT: Oops, I just read that you didn't build it yourself.

hehe^^...

shasolenzabi wrote:Definitely a Bradely

thanks mate!

Dr H wrote:It doesn't have to be as complicated as digital camo'.
The thing with urban camouflage is that where you are trying to hide is filled with straight lines and so typical camo' patterns (wavy lines and blotches) would tend to stand out rather than hide.

However, you can do camouflage any way you like really, so long as it breaks up the shape of the tank.
and ultimately...rule of cool.

I threw this pdf at Nerdfest when he was wanting camo ideas, so I shall throw it at you as well.
There is a few urban schemes in there, tells you how to do them and I think at least one of them has stippling.

thank you Dr H!!!

that PDF comes in really handy! and yep, urban camo needs to orientate towards buildings and such structures...me and my clever plans^^

hello boys and gals...

a quick update... with a question...

what do you think of my first ever tries of making my own camo scheme... following you see three different versions of one color scheme...

which do you deem fitting for the bradley?



and with flash



cheers, vik

The left one..no flash

that was the simplest one... only stipling the two following colors on as it pleased me that moment^^... a very forgiving methode methinks as i can redo and retouch everything and almost no one would notice^^

and yup... no flash please^^