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@redharvest, the problem with using real tile is the thickness would show very quickly. Now maybe I you use the cheap(really thin) vinyl peel and press squares cut down to 1"x1" then it would look like thick tile.

Camkierhi wrote:Fantastic stuff, looking brilliant. Nice job on the different flooring.

Is this meant to be a poured concrete building? It looks perfect if it is. I would maybe add some reinforcing steel sticking out in the odd place here and there.

Looking really promising for the future.

I have been thinking about adding rebars, need to figure out a way to scratchbuild these then...

Dr H wrote:Good progress.
The textures work well.

thanks mister^^

Red Harvest wrote:How about some rebar sticking out of the concrete especially the floor slabs?

You guys do nice work on water damaged flooring.

well I didn´t want to be too repetitive so I tried to come up with different floorings schemes for each one...
and indeed rebar coming up soon...

dantay_xv wrote:You and Cam should open up an Ork housing project...

lol...interesting new idea^^

hk1x1 wrote:That ruin building's looking great, coming along nicely.

My apologies for not commenting for a while, I have been lurking and watching,
but that's not really the same is it .

Now that I'm actually getting projects finished (at last) I'll hopefully be in less of a rush,
and be able to comment more frequently, I hope .

I look forward to your presence more often^^... I am still trying to get through my backlog... it is indeed so as if I am not able to currently get ontop of it...

M0rdain wrote:The housing is looking great for your BBQ Vic, can't wait to see the grill appear.

In regards to beer, meh. I am more of a Cider drinker, and even more so that i have moved to the south west of England. Good old Somerset cider and scrumpy. I have even started brewing it myself

cider is great, one can drink more than just one pint and still be able to uphold a conversation and the grill will make an appearance soon ...fear not^^

n0t_u wrote:That's looking really nice now.

thanks mister^^

Jackal wrote:Vik, you need to get your arse over to the UK and teach me the ways of terrain building
Ill even throw in free accommodation and top notch ale

hmmm.... now that is a nice offer....

M0rdain wrote:

 Jackal wrote:
Ill even throw in free accommodation and top notch ale

Tempt him with some T.E.A or hobgoblin

whats hobgoblin...and don´t throw in a spidey pic fighting an old adversary^^

Jackal wrote:Goblin would have been my 1st choice

explain!^^

dsteingass wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
if you have something I should add, tell me...
vik

Is that drainpipe held up there by magic? or are you going to add some proper riveted brackets?

mate... that was something I wanted to do right from the start... mainly because the glue wasn´t holding the straw that good anyway... so brackets will appear... thanks for your sharp eye!!!

Theophony wrote:Add a dead houseplant, then we know its a Bachelors pad.

now that is a cool idea... tho I think the comic approach currently is far better achieved by cams ruin...

Camkierhi wrote:Think I have lived there?

if you think so...

Red Harvest wrote:Looking at the checkerboard floor, I got to thinking... has anyone ever used actual ceramic or plastic or even glass tiles (the 1"x1" kind) in a project?
well.... I used glass tiles you would use for mosaic work...and I have the plastic gem stuff you get in cheap 1 $ stores... both work for a given value of "work"...

 M0rdain wrote:
The housing is looking great for your BBQ Vic, can't wait to see the grill appear.

In regards to beer, meh. I am more of a Cider drinker, and even more so that i have moved to the south west of England. Good old Somerset cider and scrumpy. I have even started brewing it myself

Do not disrespect beer, good sir. How is English cider by the way? In the US, we get it sweet. The Spanish style is tangy (and not really to my taste) and the French-- well the Normans anyway-- have nice dry ciders. I like the Norman style best. But I know nothing of English style.

And to get back to topic, a few jugs lying around would look cool.

brewing your own? now that sounds interesting... I have tried some made here in berlin in small breweries...and always these have had nice unusual tastes...
and jugs...what jugs?...

Theophony wrote:@redharvest, the problem with using real tile is the thickness would show very quickly. Now maybe I you use the cheap(really thin) vinyl peel and press squares cut down to 1"x1" then it would look like thick tile.

as said above... everything can be used provided you keep a close watch on scale...if one would cheat with wall heights that could probably be fixed...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
I have been thinking about adding rebars, need to figure out a way to scratchbuild these then...

If you're looking for rebar, Zinge Industries has some. I can't comment on the quality of these quite yet, but I do have a package on the way, and I've been happy with everything I've gotten from him so far.

http://zinge.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=110_100&product_id=553

 Red Harvest wrote:
How is English cider by the way?

I quite like the local Scrumpy which is flat rather than sparkling, and can vary from dry to sweet. And the cider itself can vary as well. In general i prefer dry, but i don't like it too smoky.

Sorry for the thread hijack :s

thanks zogg, I have been following almost from the start zinge´s thread and I do own some bitz of his range... totally awesome stuff!... tho I am atm looking more on how to scratchbuild these by myself...

and welcome to my thread mister^^


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no prob mordain it has been quite a while since I had the chance to drink a decent pint^^

I am happy he took suggestions and is making tank hatches

aye, zinges range currently is exploding...in the best way one can think of^^

HobGoblin, Vik, is a proper ale.
Not like this cheap nasty supermarket stuff they sell

And the offer stands too, you teach me the ways of terrain, i supply you with drink and shelter

I think terrain is the only thing im missing from my blog currently, now that ive brought it back from the dead anyway lol.

True Scrumpy is only real if it has straw floating in it. And I have had Scrumpy strong enough to floor an elephant. (Come from down dar see.)

And Hobgoblin is a perfectly good ale.

Zinges stuff is awesome, got loads.

As to making your own, well may I humbly suggest (bows respectfully.)

1) 2.5mm Copper wire. Used here for socket circuits. Bendy and strong enough, but plain.

2) Plastic rod, with thin strands of wire corkscrewed around it.


3) Some of that garden mesh that's square.

(Bows twice more.)

Dave may well have a better suggestion, try shouting him. He is the building Master.

I need to see more work Vik!

Saw on Theo's thread you have had some worries, best wishes and hope all ok.

Not a good enough excuse mind, still waiting on some work here!

Great work on that building Vik

For rebar, just twist some thin wire together in a drill or something, although I think that at this scale, regular paperclip wire lengths cut and bent work fine.

Been a while since we seen Vik. Must be holiday family tripping

I'm sure he will return shortly with an Indian village to go with his fort , and take everyone to the woodshed with his skills in the process.

I must admit, I am waiting with great antiscipation of an update here, have a feeling it is going to blow us away.

hey mates, sorry for no updates for again quite some time...

remember all those moons ago discussions of me doing more paintwork and less talk here on dakka?...well...that´s exactly what has occurred...
if it was a false decision...you decide

speaking of...painting... there has been lots... and construction...and modelling...

first...construction work...

again I need to give a lot of credit to CAM´s stunning work on his LoER entry... he gave me the solution to the roofing problem I had... building a sturdy structure to later on be hatched with random junk...

tho here I used everything with a more random looking character, wood from trees (half a tree it should look...tho it is in reality just a mere twig^^) and a wood and cardboard made H- beam, then cardboard tubes and a wooden rod made to look like a giant pipe...all that hammered together with boards of wood and even bound together with ropes...




also..as dave suggested the pipes on the walls cant hang there just by means of magic...so they got bolted to the wall...



also I added rebar on various points on the floor and walls...

and... painting started...




and roof got its junk added...also painting commenced immediately so no WIP pics there...






and then to get to the cooky side of the dio...I started with a lil scratch building...
I already showed the build of the BBQ... but I planned to add a lil something to spice things up a bit... I added some light effect to the thing, the battery got hidden inside a self made fridge... I am rather proud of the build of the fridge and the weathering and painting seems to me currently my best work so far... I need to remember how I got there...
later on I will show a "IN FUNCTION" pic or better a vid... to show the effect...
but for now... BBQ with fridge...






hope you´ll like ^^


ALSO...

got a question for you lot...
I have a project planned... I want to create a small minions army... I have seen projects out in the WWW but I am no sculpter... so...I want to do this like a did other stiff...more glueing and hacking stuff than sculpting... so how would you start with creating 28mm minions?...






thanks and hopefully I will be able to update sooner next time...yours truly vik

Ok,
Well, love the restaurant, great colours, and did you use a straw for the drain pipe? Cool. More than that I feel I can't really comment!

As for minions, how about using Sm shoulder pads as a starting point?
eg


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Oh - tiled floor is great too

oh... the SM shoulder pads had totally slipped my mind...hmmm... that is a good idea...could also lead to a count as squads army...


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oh and thanks for the nice comments^^...I will probably be switching into the judges seat next comp too... I need to spend some time for my own armies... all these terrain pieces have stolen my armies lots of building and painting time

Looking amazing Vik, the master returns.

All looking great, brilliant piece with the fridge, truly stunning. Can't wait to see this finished. Your roof is excellent, where did that idea come from.



I would go with the shoulder pads, and just a small piece of styrene tube say 1mm long cut for the eye pieces, couple pieces of Sprue alla DrH and you have feet. Baddabing. Love the idea really looking forward to seeing you have a go, I just know it will be stunning. Off to see if I have any SM pads laying around I can send your way.

thanks mate... I really wouldn´t have come so far if not for your own inventiveness ... by the way... should I add rivets to the roof plates or would I get away with it as it currently is?

I have lots of additional stuff in the making currently to make this place more homely...I think I need to add some more spot colors here and there...

as for the suggestions... hmmm... sprue feet... that is a nice idea... I think if time allows I will try to make a prototype with pads and we´ll see if I can make a working convincing minion...

cheers,vik

Of course rivets...can't believe you have to ask?

Also maybe the odd nail sticking out.

But up to you, looks pretty good as is. really nice job on the weathering.

Hmmm.. You need an available supply of pill-shaped things, preferably plastic. you can then use any shape for the legs of the minions and cover them with coveralls (either painted or sculpted)

Maybe it's a bad idea, but I immediately thought that starting with casts of jelly beans might be good for dynamic poses and some comedy.

What a change, though: Your Viktorian army vs. a minion based one. Sounds like fun though. So many options and potential!

Can't wait to see it.

Vik is back, and wow ruins as a place for the BBQ grillin' shop for da Ladz!

For the minions maybe look at these guys for the base body?


Probably would be able to pick up a ton of the things for cheap somewhere. They seem around the right size from memory. One thing to remember is they all have a ball bearing inside them. I'll go see if I can find the few I have somewhere to get a shot of them next to some mini to show size better. Also another quick thought is there probably are minion toys that small, but that's sort of cheating huh.

Ball bearing inside? Would make magnetizing interesting. Vik beat me to the minion army build. There is a guy at the local flgs that has built a minion (skaven) army. He has dr. Nefario on a scooter (screaming bell), minions inside the doom wheel, and I think gru is the vermin lord . I had salvaged some plastic tube trays from work which I was going to use to mold the minions in. The trays are the shipping base that holds the tubes, they are the black plastic things in this picture.

I just never got around to trying to make some using plaster first as a test run. On second thought I might not even need to cast them as I could just cut them from the tray and slide two halves together like a pill . I'll try it this week vik, if it works decently I'll try and score you some and ship them to you .

Edit: went ahead and quickly ran downstairs to try it out. The plastic is really thin and flimsy, but I have enough right now for about 125 minions

Marine and dave minion for scale

dsteingass wrote:Hmmm.. You need an available supply of pill-shaped things, preferably plastic. you can then use any shape for the legs of the minions and cover them with coveralls (either painted or sculpted)

that was one of my first thoughts regarding the shape of the body too...tho...you have to remind yourself that these minions would then when based on pills be very slim AND tiny... I fear further detailing would be almost impossible...and ebay brought only endless snuffboxes up...

mars2024 wrote:Maybe it's a bad idea, but I immediately thought that starting with casts of jelly beans might be good for dynamic poses and some comedy.

What a change, though: Your Viktorian army vs. a minion based one. Sounds like fun though. So many options and potential!

Can't wait to see it.

I actually had thought about going for dried beans...the ones like elephant beans you cook meals with... they have a shelf live that is verging on the endless time scale...but they are often so odd shaped...

shasolenzabi wrote:Vik is back, and wow ruins as a place for the BBQ grillin' shop for da Ladz!

indeed mister^^ and I will soon show you some more pics that scream BBQ ...well...from a grotty perspective anyway^^

n0t_u wrote:For the minions maybe look at these guys for the base body?


Probably would be able to pick up a ton of the things for cheap somewhere. They seem around the right size from memory. One thing to remember is they all have a ball bearing inside them. I'll go see if I can find the few I have somewhere to get a shot of them next to some mini to show size better. Also another quick thought is there probably are minion toys that small, but that's sort of cheating huh.

I looked them up on ebay...lots of variants, seems also some supermarket chains did some collectible schemes here and these are for sale too...but all at collectible prices...which kinda kills the horde army idea I had... I even thought...why not go ogre size and use kinder eggs...hmmm but doesn´t feel right...
but a scale shot would be nice nevertheless!!!

Theophony wrote:Ball bearing inside? Would make magnetizing interesting. Vik beat me to the minion army build. There is a guy at the local flgs that has built a minion (skaven) army. He has dr. Nefario on a scooter (screaming bell), minions inside the doom wheel, and I think gru is the vermin lord . I had salvaged some plastic tube trays from work which I was going to use to mold the minions in. The trays are the shipping base that holds the tubes, they are the black plastic things in this picture.

I just never got around to trying to make some using plaster first as a test run. On second thought I might not even need to cast them as I could just cut them from the tray and slide two halves together like a pill . I'll try it this week vik, if it works decently I'll try and score you some and ship them to you .

Edit: went ahead and quickly ran downstairs to try it out. The plastic is really thin and flimsy, but I have enough right now for about 125 minions

Marine and dave minion for scale

I know of that guy... the pic I showed earlier was that guy???... he has done an awesome job!!! very inspiring...
today I bought olive shaped wooden beads...100! at the size of 17 to 11mm each... a bit heavy set minion then compared to the standard guardsman... but hey^^ they love to live the happy upper crust live then

those labatory storage trays look awesome!...and the test you did... looks promising...if done right it could even serve as a seam for the pants of ol standard template minion!... hmmm well with any luck I can get my hands on the wooden beads even this week, this might make some first try´s possible then... there is so damn many roads to rome ^^

love you guys!!

Minions on the march!

Look forwards to it vik


I also broke out the retinue of Romanov's

Nice work Vik. Looking splendid.
Nice roof work.
Liking the bbq idea too.