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Nice sword!- no cogs on the ground though

while painting i constantly thought about them... argh...

i meant to sell that piece...but currently i feel a strong urge to fight that plan....

Nice work love the sword and the effect I would only skim it with brass as the blackness is kind of fitting and as for the base maybe some red brick debris would look cool on it.

I think you should extend the building range and make a tower

well...i don´t have any bricks for that purpose...nut i agree...that would look cool!

and where to put that tower then? or a new terrain piece alltogether?

Forget god save the queen, god help whoever she's after.

Love the sword, great effect on it. And a cutlass is definitely the right choice for anyone sporting the Union Jack.

I think the base could stand to go even a little more brown, but it's a good separation now.

Going with the Victorian theme broken red brick would fit the theme nicely

Yes, extend the building range and keep it for yourself make a large section similar to the piece you have all ready done but add a large tower section to one corner.

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
while painting i constantly thought about them... argh...

i meant to sell that piece...but currently i feel a strong urge to fight that plan....

Well if you do sell it take plenty of pics,that way when you build mk II you'll have plenty to go off of besides memory. I find it helpfull to build my initial model, then go back and build it better. While you build the first to get all that creative energy flowing, and you get hit with different inspirations, you can refine and make it better on the next. And I someone is willing to buy the first, then so much the better.

Yep! I take lots of WIP shots mostly so I can remember how I did something.

Looking good mate!

Vik, you could make the towers separate from the fort itself, but notche them out so they fit over the corners. That way you could have a modular fort and varying number of turrets depending upon the game being played. Just an early morning thought before I truly woke up.

at thephoney

well... i tell you something... this fortress will be far from the last... i will need to do some more carefull planning next time... and i like your idea very well...

for now it´s this i want to show you regarding the fortress...:



the towers are resting on a sort of plug...so for storing and transportation they could be taken off...



and also this is what i come up with for ladders...





and touched up the doors...


a regular doorframe...will receive rivets eventually...this time raised ones tho...

and also i have brassed up the knight...



still all prewash... but after the third drybrush on the base the base at least is something i am fine with...

here are some more pics...:







cheers, vik

The ladders are great, but if you trace the firing arc from the towers, doesn't it leave a blind/vulnerable spot at the corners?
The Knight is looking sporty! In fact, he's only three stripes away from having an Adidas sponsorship!

LOL... my knights as advertisment platforms?...hmmm...nawwww...never^^

well...as for the fort... you gotta leave the oponent something to play with^^

LOL, yeah like a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port

hmmm.... i think i´ve heard of that before... but that would be too easy for someone that is able to shoot womprats from his t-16...wouldn´t you say?

Those turrets look really sweet Vic, love the ladder

whoops...double post?

This aint like dusting crops boy!

er...nope then...

thanks nathaniel, seems i can go into massproduction then^^

I'm liking the colours you went with on that knight. At first with the white I wasn't sure where it was going, but now I'm glad it went there.

it surely went a long way^^

Yes it did!...And Don't call me Shirley!

Dave what you see as a blind spot under the towers is just. Cleverly concealed minefield .

Vik, great looking knight with the brass added to it. The base has also turned out great, even without the cogs.

No need for a minefield they don't get that close in the first place

nice work on the knight vik!

I really like the knight, but I'd like to see a really full-on paintjob on the red - either really pristine, high gloss, with intricate tracery/freehand, or heavily battle scarred (or indeed both). I think with such large surface areas one really has to go the extra mile.
Oh, and cool ladders, btw

 lone dirty dog wrote:
No need for a minefield they don't get that close in the first place

Need, who said need? This is the 41st millennium, we mine everything. That's like asking if GW is going to put skulls on a Piece of terrain. You put guns on guns and mines in the parade ground, keeps everyone on their toes to the bitter end.

 Theophony wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
No need for a minefield they don't get that close in the first place

Need, who said need? This is the 41st millennium, we mine everything. That's like asking if GW is going to put skulls on a Piece of terrain. You put guns on guns and mines in the parade ground, keeps everyone on their toes to the bitter end.

I see you were going the GW route just for sakes sake in that case stick some skulls on the mines while your at it.

dsteingass wrote:Yes it did!...And Don't call me Shirley!

wouldn´t dare

Theophony wrote:Dave what you see as a blind spot under the towers is just. Cleverly concealed minefield .

Vik, great looking knight with the brass added to it. The base has also turned out great, even without the cogs.

LOL...thanks for the hand out ... a minefield is a very clever way... and if the oponent figures out about said fireing archs then he is bound to walk straight into the minefield LOL

lone dirty dog wrote:No need for a minefield they don't get that close in the first place

hehe^^...

cormadepanda wrote:nice work on the knight vik!

thanks mate!

inmygravenimage wrote:I really like the knight, but I'd like to see a really full-on paintjob on the red - either really pristine, high gloss, with intricate tracery/freehand, or heavily battle scarred (or indeed both). I think with such large surface areas one really has to go the extra mile.
Oh, and cool ladders, btw

argh... you clever git... i thought i could get away without either... no really... i meant to ask you all what would look better anyway... and tho i think pristine would be more fluffy... i think i want to try some scratches and apropriate weathering on this one...


oh... and on a not related note... who said that titans and knights should always look like walking men?

next project of a scratchbuild is already decided...as my wife brought me an old toy horse of he-man...




cheers, vik

Haha He-Man..reminds me of Mo-Larr, Eternian Dentist