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Watching with anticipation of rivets

Err, ended up sleeping in so rivet production is delayed by at least 24hrs

You can sleep for 24 hours straight? Lucky dog.

I may have taken one sleeping pill too many

Ouch...at least you are no totally refreshed

HOORAY - got some hobby time this morning

RIVETS, RIVETS AND MORE RIVETS


Apologies for blurry pic though !

The rivets are LOVELY!

Great job ruglud. Nice spacing.

Nice riveting. Looks really good.

dsteingass wrote:The rivets are LOVELY!

Thanks Dave

Theophony wrote:Great job ruglud. Nice spacing.

The only problem is it's not looking very Orky at the moment, but give it time... The first draft fluff is that the Orks have looted this gun from an Imperial warship or battlecruiser which explains it's a nice neat edges and well spaced rivets... I will add some orky effects like glyph plates and stuff though to mess it up a little

Dr H wrote:Nice riveting. Looks really good.

Cheers Spruemeister

Gotta agree, nice riveting work...very neat, I think you try to fool us and it will be an imperial gun all of the time

Very nice, glad your back at it.

Your rivets are excellent. Evenly spaced, straight lines, and a lot of them.

Great scratchbuld all around. I really like your work and will definitely -steal- emulate your ideas at some point.

Looking very very good. This project is awesome, I just love the whole thing. Rivets are very neat though....

I have subscribed, I must have more!

Viktor von Domm wrote:Gotta agree, nice riveting work...very neat, I think you try to fool us and it will be an imperial gun all of the time

I pity the fool who tries to fool Vik and the League...

Casey's Law wrote:Very nice, glad your back at it.

Cheers mate RL stopping my hobby zen was a bummer

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Your rivets are excellent. Evenly spaced, straight lines, and a lot of them.

Great scratchbuld all around. I really like your work and will definitely -steal- emulate your ideas at some point.

Ha ha, thanks Skalk - emulate away

Camkierhi wrote:Looking very very good. This project is awesome, I just love the whole thing. Rivets are very neat though....

They are indeed, I gotta learn me da way of da Orks again it seems...

Bobaram wrote:I have subscribed, I must have more!

Welcome onboard and thanks for subscribing - rest assured there will be more, there is always more

Haha! Badass Mr. T costume!!
The van however, needs some body work

 dsteingass wrote:
Haha! Badass Mr. T costume!!
The van however, needs some body work

He should enter the bad ass competition

SUPPLY DROP



1x revolving hole punch
1x compass cutter
1x sheet 1:50 double treadplate embossed plasticard
1x sheet 1:50 single treadplate embossed plasticard
10x A4 sheet 1.0mm plasticard
10x A4 sheet 0.5mm plasticard
10x A4 sheet 0.25mm plasticard

Total cost: £34.39

I'm liking the embossed plastic card, got to get my hands on some of that soon for a future project.

Is it a lot more pricey than the normal stuff?

i have the compass cutter too... i hope you can work better with that than me... i always produced rubbish with that...(ok... mine is red... but there you go)

and... is that really you ruglud???...LOL... what a brilliant idea!the amount of bling is probably just right!

hk1x1 wrote:I'm liking the embossed plastic card, got to get my hands on some of that soon for a future project.

Is it a lot more pricey than the normal stuff?

It certainly is much more expensive per sheet and as such I'll be using it sparingly

Embossed Slaters Plastikard = £3.59 per sheet

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/2K-Technologies-Limited-Yorkshire/_i.html?_nkw=slaters&submit=Search&_sid=536007310

Plain white plasticard costs per sheet...

1mm - £1.00 per sheet
0.5mm - £0.65 per sheet
0.25mm - £0.50 per sheet

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Hurlbat-Games/_i.html?_nkw=plasticard&submit=Search&_sid=6060254

Viktor von Domm wrote:i have the compass cutter too... i hope you can work better with that than me... i always produced rubbish with that...(ok... mine is red... but there you go)

and... is that really you ruglud???...LOL... what a brilliant idea!the amount of bling is probably just right!

Here's hoping i have better luck Vik...

Nope, not guilty on the costume - i did once have a cool terminator costume, will see if i can find the photographic evidence of that...

Nice supply drop and thanks for the links, been searching for the tread plate.

I'm planning to stop by the local Hobbycraft in the morning as gotta pick the kids up after they stayed at Nans house for the night (was our 14th wedding anniversary so had a meal out tonight). I know they stock Evergreen which is pricey per sheet, but want to see if they have any embossed stuff and how much it is. May also get some 0.8mm plastic rod as I'm pretty much out of that and it's my current weapon of choice for rivets

Grats on the anniversary, doing well. (23 year vet here, would get less for murder, and would have had better food too....)

I just got a shed load of rod off ebay, took it's time getting here but cheap as chips.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281095933916?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Think he does other sizes too.

Nice haul - might consider that later down the line, but need some sooner rather than later

ooh, Risky Business just started on Sky Movies - Rebecca de Mornay - nice

Thanks for the links Ruglud, I don't think that price is too bad actually, considering I'll be molding and casting what I make.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Grats on the anniversary, doing well. (23 year vet here, would get less for murder, and would have had better food too....)

I just got a shed load of rod off ebay, took it's time getting here but cheap as chips.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281095933916?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Think he does other sizes too.

LOOooooolll I hope your wife never reads this, or knows you're only joking

I've just read it ! he's sleeping with the fishes x I am taking it to the mattresses.

Mrs Cam.

LOL...

poor y-orkick...i knew him well...

Moving on with the build (slowly)

Started to sheet the exterior with armoured panels - otherwise known as 0.5mm plasticard. I had previoulsy put some 0.25mm plasticard on this with the intent to build up the panel effect on top, but realised it would look wrong from the inside, so stripped that back and instead went with individual plates, strips, etc...

Half way through and I knocked my pot of plastic glue flying - wasting half of it in the process and ruining many useful pre-cut pieces of plastic. Also managed to take the guide lines off the top of the cutting mat where I wiped up the spill