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LOL! Vik was smart, no BIG RED button for someone to press that makes things go BOOOOM!

Maybe Eldar have evolved past not being able to press it. Humans though..we HAVE to press those.

The ice effect is very convincing. The whole thing somehow reminds me about Superman's cave...

 Ruglud wrote:
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...)

Now that was eggcellent sorry bad yoke I know I am going to stand out side in the rain

hurhurhur... at ruglud and LDD... you and your foreign superiority in language skills... I always crack up when you come up with those jokes but my own speah impediment leaves me with no funny repartee... dang...!

I agree to the fins mars... see? that´s what Eldar friends are for! (and yep... LDD you suggested them too )

at ishkatar... hmmm I like that comparison!

at shaso and dave... LOL... I never had thought about adding a red button to be frank......lol...and if I ever lead an army of henchmen to conquer the world and my oh so good nemesis is in my hands... then I kill him off immediately and not have a great speech about all my secret plans...just a clean shot in the head and be done with him....after that pina coldas for everybody and sunshine and love and peace under my iron rule

Well Vik, your ideas often scramble my mind... And that's no yolk.

For the snow effect you could use the left over egg white and whisk up a nice meringue base - looks good and tastes even better. Yum,yum

 lone dirty dog wrote:
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.

Wow, these are nice.

So is the egg of course.

 n0t_u wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
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.

Wow, these are nice.

So is the egg of course.

I "poached" them from the internet I just cant help myself ……...

well...you are all found guilty for making me ruin my current paintjob... the spikes fell off leaving with a patch of paint... now back to the drawing board... I have already added fins... I think they look quite decent...needs now more basecoats...but we are about to go swimming... the heat is nearly unbearable...all windows closed and the curtains down it is to be endured...

Hope it's not too bad. I'm sure you'll rescue it fine. Any rough patches/joins can be covered by snow though.

Viktor von Domm wrote: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?

Mix it in a container not on the piece! just have fun and mix it. Its like that. It is cheap stuff, and you will figure out a consistency that works for you.

Viktor von Domm wrote:well...you are all found guilty for making me ruin my current paintjob... the spikes fell off leaving with a patch of paint... now back to the drawing board... I have already added fins... I think they look quite decent...needs now more basecoats...but we are about to go swimming... the heat is nearly unbearable...all windows closed and the curtains down it is to be endured...

Man you guys make me laugh.. your heat wave is a normal summer here.. -_- i suppose it is all about the normality of it.

Dr H wrote:Hope it's not too bad. I'm sure you'll rescue it fine. Any rough patches/joins can be covered by snow though.

yup... that´s the worst case scenario and solution
and it is going to be needed too^^ but i am still rather fond of the thing... you guys bring the best of me out of me...! thanks!

cormadepanda wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote: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?

Mix it in a container not on the piece! just have fun and mix it. Its like that. It is cheap stuff, and you will figure out a consistency that works for you.

Viktor von Domm wrote:well...you are all found guilty for making me ruin my current paintjob... the spikes fell off leaving with a patch of paint... now back to the drawing board... I have already added fins... I think they look quite decent...needs now more basecoats...but we are about to go swimming... the heat is nearly unbearable...all windows closed and the curtains down it is to be endured...

Man you guys make me laugh.. your heat wave is a normal summer here.. -_- i suppose it is all about the normality of it.

well... the day wasn´t that hot... we went swimming...(well my wife and the kids...i stay at our camp HQ and watch the stuff always has been always will be my position... i am guard^^...
thanks for the above assurance! now i can go on happily mixing the stuff...!


now onto the new pics... with fins!

asi said i had to cut into the base of the object here to have a more secure connection... after i glued them into position by putty and a mix of PVA i then covered everything again with PVA (ok only the upper surface and the fins...) now it is almost one whole object thus...







should i add gems to the fins too?


and then i am also working on this steampunky tower here... i am thinking of keeping this out of the terrain competition but making this just for the fun of it and after that really doing something for the big gun comp...your thoughts? by the way... what you now see is a sawed off water pistol... together with lotsa PVA and air dry clay and a cork mat...there will be some more additional details of course...






ok... it has some horrible mold lines... i need to fix these... if they make too much hassle then i simply cover them up...

cheers, vik

looks cool vik how was the swimbad? (i know its spelt wrong i just cant member how to spell it right) :(

it was rather nice... windy and thus more fresh than i had expected... and not too crowded... i hate it when you have that lying on a bech like a sausage on a grill feeling...!
and your spelling is so close..."schwimmbad"... see... here almost everybody would have expected just a lisp from you

and thanks mate!

lol your too kind vik i had it spelled like that too but it didnt look right *sighs* well the weather here went from sunshine and miserable to hurricanin and humidly miserable at this rate i wont get any priming done.

yea i feel ya on the sausages on the grill thing. well least you had a good family outing.

i got good news too i found another job! i go to orientation tomorrow! so ill be employed again and able to buy plastic crack!

and to move my lady back home

Nice idea with the toy gun, and the punched holes in the edges of the eldar piece are very effective indeed. I would say yes to more gems cos, well, that's the point ears for you. Also, staying on shore very wise, keeps you safe from deep ones

wow... great news! congratz! in what field again i ahve to ask?... and your better half is coming back to you again... even better!... but first cover HER in goodies than gift yourself to your hearts desire^^

and hurricans and all the other crazy stuff like earthquakes make me rather glad i stay here... tho... you do have way more icecream flavors than us... do you think that evens out the scales?


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 inmygravenimage wrote:
Nice idea with the toy gun, and the punched holes in the edges of the eldar piece are very effective indeed. I would say yes to more gems cos, well, that's the point ears for you. Also, staying on shore very wise, keeps you safe from deep ones

lol... i have seen many uglies... few good looking but not that i have seen some true old ones

ok... i will see what can be done for the additional gems... i assume that i should stick to the round ones? one look? and thanks mate!

well its not in the auto industry any more and im in retail now...i sell vacuums now. well i slowly dug the palstic crack hooks into her also so my plan is coming together slowly muahaha. yea well its just been a really rainy summer here . but whne i was a kid in germany you guys had the best flavors in my opinion i member going to the deli getting brochen and some meat and cheese then to the sweet shop then to the pool all for about 15 marks and having a wonderful time to me that was living

so you now sell vacuum cleaners? hopefully you don´t have to go from door to door? like in the old days?

and yep... having your GF/wife getting addicted to the hobby is probably the best thing you could achive... i haven´t had that fortune...yet

and... the above was around twenty years ago... now thanks to the euro... you would pay twice as much and still get only the half ... really the new currency has ruined may things...
for gettng into the bath we had to pay over 5 €s for us four... i call that robbery... well my wife just looks impassive and pays... ok... i am a miser... so what ?

yea i know that was twenty years ago but i remember it quite fondly.

well she likes nids...the only problem is i kinda ccidently sold her nids >.> so need to get some for her when she arrives.

no i dont go door to door thankfully but they said i might have to if the shop gets slow so hears hoping it dont ya know?

wow five euros seems pricey just to rinse off well least you haed a good time..

well the means jutsify the ends buddy

well the means jutsify the ends buddy

that´s a fact....

ouch... sold her nids... hopefully not painted yet...or is she more into painting always new stuff?... then you might get away with it^^

and you belive my fingers are crossed for a long shop life! i once did telemarketing... which is almost like going door to door... and it was horrible...

yea i got a buddy taht did telemarketing for a while he hated it so he trained to learned to drive a truck.

well they were half painted and and i thought we broke up...well i was wrong >.> so now im on the hunt (more or less saving cash) to get her army back NIB cause i never have any luck on ebay and i dont have anything to trade any more

did a massive down scaling of projects about a year or so ago

ohoh... understandable after a near breaking up to get rid of such things... well i have my fingers crossed for you to get the stuff back then!

well the stuff i wont get back from the dude i traded it too but thats ok
im just gonna get her nid stuff and make it up to her or get her into warmachine speaking of that i got some warmachine and horde models on the painting block so keep an eye out on my spot for that in coming days

hmmm... well warmachine--- `nids--- warmachine ---nids.... i think for me the answer would be pretty easy^^

yup looking out for this!

well each game brings something unique so it is a toss up i do have a hordes and warmachine list i play circle of orboros and cryx...cool thing about cryx soul powered robots circle coolt hing werewolves, satyrs and griffons nuff said...

The waterpistol looks great as a tower.
and I second gems of some kind on the fins, maybe only small ones...

I would say just gems on the base of the fins near the structure. It is good progress. mix till your heart is content.

thanks mates... ok.. will add tomrrow some new gems to the fins...

do you recon i should just make it a tower or should it be my heavy gun terrain project for the comp?

Eldar gun emplacement for the win , if it still worked that would be even better. Kind of like the obligatory volcano science fair project that erupts when the judges are walking by the table.