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Yeah, needs something Postal at that fort

Well the enemy could just show up and "go postal"

Maybe it needs a big red postbox.

Wow, disappear for a few weeks and vik builds an entire fort!

Excellnt work mate, seriously impressed with that build.

And they're all right you know, you need a post box now.

dear ladies and gentlemen,

time again to shift the dust around this thread...

time, time for an update... but before I show you some new pics, I like to thank you all for the support you give to me even so I am not that often on as often as I would like to...you keep me going tho! and that I am thankful for

I am currently also working on some real life kids weaponry again... carnival is about to happen here and my kids have set their minds to be ninjas for this time... so I am making swords and shurikens... made from wood...and my beloved wife makes the clothes...so far it seems as if we will keep that deadline...

speaking of, the deadline of the leagues of extraordinare riveteers terrain competition is nearing , so far lots of stuff has been done for my entry, but still a lot is needed...

and since it is a riveteers entry for a riveting competition... it needs one ingredient without a shadow of doubt...rivets...:

made from a special paint , this paint has a lot of stability to it, I am relying this time on shaso´s method of making rivets...:



this is the paint



and this is how the rivets look like...







next...first time painting...in fact the first coat of a dark brown already has happened on the house and on the first half of the walls and the tower...more to this tomorrow...hopefully...


cheers, vik

Rivets look good vik, is that applied straight from the nozzle of the paint? (I seem to recall seeing that sort of paint with nozzles)

Well i am riveted!

Looks brilliant.

Exactly MT, consistency is rather thick, the applicator is almost the same size as a textmarker...a bit unsteady in size of the rivets, but all in all acceptable...


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Thanks cam!!

Rivet action once more

Vik showing us Americans how the west was riveted

Glad I never officially joined the challenge, I am so far behind and I would force a crappy job out and ruin what I started

Puff paint rivets FTW!

That's really sneaky, I might steal that. Also von domm ftw!

at theo... we nevertheless await eagerly some newsupdate on your build... it has too much win already to go to the shelf of shame...(there is hopeing my own entry doesn't enter on my own shelf )

at dave... gotta try new methods... it is between the lines I think in the riveteers charter^^

at graven... even poking through

Glad to see it back on the move!

Good mass-riveting there, lets see some of that panting now...

The fact you don't want it to go to the shelf will ensure it doesn't vik. Now take the puff paint to an old t-shirt and design the next" official" league wear

Now that's crazy amount of rivets - but the painting approach seems to save plenty of time

Like the PVA rivets, just plant and leave to dry! Brilliant!

Looks nice.
What still disturbs me a little bit: Climbing supports on the outside of the fortress walls? Isn't that a little bit dangerous?

Using puff paint for rivets is a really nice idea.

 pfibp wrote:
Looks nice.
What still disturbs me a little bit: Climbing supports on the outside of the fortress walls? Isn't that a little bit dangerous?

Using puff paint for rivets is a really nice idea.

well...you have a point there pfibp, but I assure you, the imperium will mow down any attacker who tries^^


well...it has been again a bit of a timespan since my last visit here...

since the time is getting in short supply now as the competition is nearing its end, I want you to spoil you all with one last update before the work is finally done...

so now, feast on this...note: pot bellied stove, bunks, and even a lil teapartee setup^^




get off´a my lawn!!!!!


inside...






everything gets tested of course for scale...sitting is tested with sentinel pilots...and old sarge oneeye tests the rest^^




and the stoves smokestack...



upper floor seen from the outside...sleeping room...



and watchtower



also...my wife got me recently some hex shaped cookie cutters, and this is something that is also note worthy for these pages...


well...hope you all like....

cheers, vik

I want to see hex shaped cookie cutter . There seems to be two watch tower photos, but as I like watch towers I'm not disappointed. Everything looks awesome Vik, now I must go get my Indian figures and come over.

I will bring the cavalry then great job feel like I am repeating myself here, o that's because i am

thanks mates, ups... need to change the last pic it seems....

and I will try to take a pic of that cookie cutter^^

As I am judging this contest I cannot possibly comment on the quality of your work

fully understood^^

Like wise. Just wait til next week, then you will get it!

...I think I can still wait till then^^

Really awesome Vik, well done on that

whats left to do, it looks pretty finished to me?

Totally carazyyy
I love it - it reminds me a bit of a "Puppenhaus", but thats the fun of being a model nerd

Nice work, Vik. Like the wood tones.

Good detailing too.

OneManNoodles wrote:Really awesome Vik, well done on that

whats left to do, it looks pretty finished to me?

well, it needs to be painted a bit more, as the corner "binders" still are bare, but thankfully currently riveted already...than base needs to be done...as currently it just sits on a board of MDF and that needs to be themed and made good looking too...so lts of stuff still^^

Klaus, not Santa wrote:Totally carazyyy
I love it - it reminds me a bit of a "Puppenhaus", but thats the fun of being a model nerd

actually i have that feeling quite a lot too...one of the biggest things i have to solve is that i want beds on the bunks...how ist still something i need to figure out...

Dr H wrote:Nice work, Vik. Like the wood tones.

Good detailing too.

luckily it looks good, but your wooden hut will never get tossed from its woodgrain throne...i cheated my way through this job^^...just basecoat, drybrush with only one color and then wash...