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Those are susceptible to puppy attacks though

the thing is i used octagonal gems for this only to discover later on that i have more tear shaped gems too...

but the smallest gems i think are still too big for a convincing rivet if you ask me...

and yep... someone needed to rivet those dainty eldars^^

thanks dave^^

at theo... frankly i thought about steampunky-ing the terrain piece... but then i rather would like to make it true eldar style... change of the usual stuff i do...

so it COULD have been an elder looking piece too

thanks mate...

by the way... for the gun emplacement comp... i am atm thinking of using those small lightbulbs you gave me... what do i need to get me to make them work actually? they are designed for 3 Volt... does this mean i just need to suply all three with just 3 Volt or will just one of them need already 3 Volt?... i am a totally noob when it comes to electricty... but i was thinking this could be cool for a nice gun barrel tesla lightshow...

thanks in advance!

vik

Honestly Vic, I have no idea. I bought them years ago when working at a Model train shop. I just touched the ends of them to a battery and they worked. I thought about lighting up my cannon as well since the planet is big enough to hold he battery and all, but in the end skipped it. Maybe the final terrain piece will get one love.

Looking good Vik. I like the details in/on the egg and the control panel looks the part.

i ahve started painting the gems... boy it has been long ago since i last painted smaller stuff.... that will be an extensive touchup nightmare^^

tomorrow i will present you some daylight pics of the current work...

the base will look later on like snowy ice...

and i try to hint a little camo of ice on the energy thingy...anyone has an idea what i have built by the way? i never thought for any purpose of that thing...

Looking good Vik. I must admit though, images of He-Man and She-Ra popped to mind when I looked at this just now. Although now I'm picturing Ming the Merciless

lol.... either way it would all be classy and old school^^
funny you should mention he- man... yesterday we were at a BBQ and there was this mother and she had no idea and everything about anything star wars related... so she said... "i have the power..." which sounded for me more like he-man ready to transfrom ... so i explained to her... well i got a row full of empty faces... stupid folk...

they are just uneducated int he ways of geekdom vik its not your fault that they have no life sides every one knows i have the power is a he man thing

"I have the power to pick up a flower but after an hour it hurts"

alabamaheretic wrote:they are just uneducated int he ways of geekdom vik its not your fault that they have no life sides every one knows i have the power is a he man thing

well... you often get these so RL attached peeps... mostly you meet them at work... or... they happen to be your father in law... that´s probably the worst case...

Ruglud wrote:"I have the power to pick up a flower but after an hour it hurts"

LOL...thats a nice one!

Vik you bounce from one race to the next don't you get dizzy the Eldar terrain is an interesting piece never sure about lighting in models but this does kind of work.

The egg reminds me of a glass ornament the misses has ……. come to think where has it gone Vik you aint ……………… LOL

As for people with a lack of geek knowledge lately I get surprised on a regular basis, the other day we were discussing old cartoons and mentioned "city of gold" and the amount of people who were aware of it and actually watched it was surprising.

This led on to further discussions of films and cartoons which received the same response, so there are many secret geeks out there than you think

The geek shall inherit the Earth...

The mdf blimp I showed you earlier is now up for sale vik, here's a link showing size and other pics.
http://www.miniaturescenery.com/ProductPage.asp?CODE=VH1BLIMP

That Australian company is really impressing me!

i am now succesfully subscribed to their thread too theo... tho i have to say for my own needs i would have to buy multiple sets of these... as it is just a small sized blimp and not a war airship i would preferr^^... nevertheless it looks awesome...

The geek shall inherit the Earth...

hmm.... i am raising my kids as geeks alright... hopefully this will in the end be the right investment for their lives

at LDD... nope... i don´t feel dizzy...a lot
in fact i am secretly (oops) thinking about making a tau gunemplacement...and well, if you are about to shed blood...preferrably of enemies...then why not shed some light as well ?


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ok mates... paint has happend...

lookey here:











my first try to highlight the edges of the gems failed so i then started to drybrush with white and then give all a wash of purple again... it did the job...

also the ice blue got heavy drybrushed with white too hinting towards an icelike substance...

cheers, vik

That is the most epic egg I have ever seen! AWesome!

Good job Vik.
I feel it needs a bit more detail somewhere, but I don't know where. Maybe just needs the basing and snow drifts etc... whatever you are planning, and then It'll look complete.

thanks comrade!

and doc... i too have the feeling it lacks a certain something...i don´t own any snow basing materials... do you have any odeas how to make them by my own?

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
.i don´t own any snow basing materials... do you have any odeas how to make them by my own?

The short answer is: No.
The long answer is: I know it's possible. I think a search of the tutorials will turn up many recipes, I have seen them in the past but can't remember where or what was used. (Maybe baking soda and PVA, but I could be wrong, so it's worth checking).

That ... thing is nice!

It could be a comm-link or a teleport ... thing ^^

SelvaggioSaky wrote:That ... thing is nice!

It could be a comm-link or a teleport ... thing ^^

the first line of your post reminded me of that imperial officer in star wars in the cellblock...."where do you want to go with that....thing...?"



teleporter homing device... that sounds good!

Dr H wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
.i don´t own any snow basing materials... do you have any odeas how to make them by my own?

The short answer is: No.
The long answer is: I know it's possible. I think a search of the tutorials will turn up many recipes, I have seen them in the past but can't remember where or what was used. (Maybe baking soda and PVA, but I could be wrong, so it's worth checking).

yep... i´ve read that somewhere too... will check it out again! thanks mate... was unsure^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
thanks comrade!

and doc... i too have the feeling it lacks a certain something...i don´t own any snow basing materials... do you have any odeas how to make them by my own?

I am a pro at snow! look at my gallery for proof.



Recipe is simply. Baking soda, white paint and water and Elmers glue. Use a glue and water 1 to 1. and white paint to a 1 as well, add baking soda till you get the consistency you like. You can make runny snow, or thick and dry snow. The paint is so it wont oxidize yellow on you.

oh... thanks mate!... and yes... your snow does lookl very good

is there some kind of chemical reaction going on? how will this react?... before this piece i never considered snow as an option for my models... but well... if this works... one never nows...

and do i aply all on the base where i want it or do i mix the ingredients somewere else...like the pallete?

Now you added the paint it looks very Eldar the colour scheme has pulled it all together nicely.

However there is something still missing maybe some kind of Eldar architecture around the edge, the snow idea sounds a winner to.

maybe some kind of Eldar architecture around the edge

hmmm... sounds good but i currently have a hard time to visualize that... any hints? pics for preferrence?

Something along these lines but smaller maybe 4 or 5 surrounding the base, plus if you add snow you can drift it up against them.
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ah i see.... but i have not much room left anymore... otherwise brian will have my hide^^...

but i will see what can be done...!

That's why I said small ones just coming up to the edge of the base section.

Vik, do you realise you have the worlds first Grimdark Faberge egg? In a few years it may well be worth a fortune...

BTW, it looks cracking...



(I'll get my coat...)

I agree with LDD. The spikes don't feel very Eldar to me. You definitely need some fin-type pieces to give it an unmistakable Eldar look.