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Thanks Alaricuk

Update for the latest round of the LoER competition...

Struggled to come up with an idea from the junk I had so went back to basics and found some cardboard tubes, cereal box card, waste paper and empty Tassimo coffee pods (other coffee machines are available...)



And so a scratchbuild starts to take shape...

Looks awesome, what the hell is it?

Nice work. good to see you at it still.

Didn't like the plastic part on the side so created a new part out of rolled paper and cardboard...


Then made a housing for the main piece...



And we have a mortar, loosely based on the WW2 siege mortar: Morser Karl-Gerat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Ger%C3%A4t

Just as an FYI, this is the aim for this scratchbuild - to replace Big Berfa. I think I'll name here Dumpy Dora

Such an excellent build. Bertha was magnificent.

Dora will be wonderful. Maybe a carriage for her as apposed to fixed position, like she could be wheeled away type of thing?

Nice blog... how do you cut such perfect circles?

Camkierhi wrote:Such an excellent build. Bertha was magnificent.

Dora will be wonderful. Maybe a carriage for her as apposed to fixed position, like she could be wheeled away type of thing?

Thanks mate, Bertha was just too big in the end, she may resurface for a future build... Dora is the future.

Yep, was actually considering having a way to move her, just haven't figured it out yet as to how I do it. Looted Chimera or similar maybe

nareik wrote:Nice blog... how do you cut such perfect circles?

Cheers nareik and welcome to the blog of no hope... (no hope of finishing anything that is )

As to the circles, just a super cheap compass cutter from ebay just like this : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COMPASS-CUTTER-CIRCLE-RADIUS-CUT-PAPER-RUBBER-VINYL-LEATHER-ARTS-ART-CRAFTS-NEW-/271744388265
There are better / more expensive versions, but this works for me - works on paper, card, corrugated cardboard and thin plasticard (up to 1mm). Best way to use it is making several light sweeps of the blade. I find on plasticard that it's best to actually score with the back of the blade rather than try to cut - again, several passes. Can also flip the material being cut over and have a go from the back

As with many of my build's, ideas come and go, same as inspiration... The Mortar is on hold for now as I wanted to have a go at the next LoER competition - and this time give my self plenty of time to actually complete !

So her we go. Started this over the Easter break last weekend and made some good progress as I'm now to the painting stage...

So, as seen on the comp thread, here's the images, plus two new pics of undercoated glory...

Well, here we go... pulled together some useful bits - likely wont use them all, but we'll see...


Main build so far uses a coffee cup lid, thick card tube (from a roll of aluminium foil) and some card of various thicknesses and a plastic lid from an empty tube of make-up (the wife's make-up of course...)











And undercoated...

That is looking brilliant bud, is that going to be a light, so we can expect some nice OSL. I would like to see some more rivets, plenty of flat surface for some.

Such a cool little terrain piece, excellently crafted. The attention to the little details is what really helps make it.

Camkierhi wrote:That is looking brilliant bud, is that going to be a light, so we can expect some nice OSL. I would like to see some more rivets, plenty of flat surface for some.

Indeed, it's a light - was toying with the idea of a working LED, but opted against at this time. OSL? Maybe, but given the hatch can open / close, I'm not sure if it will work? Agreed that it needs something more, once you get the uniform primer colour it became more obvious - so have added a broken railing and some cabling. Need to walk away now and have a look at it with a clear mind another day...

Veteran Sergeant wrote:Such a cool little terrain piece, excellently crafted. The attention to the little details is what really helps make it.

Thanks mate

So... here's the added detail...

Not often I get to say this, but 'PAINT IN PROGRESS' update...

Looking pretty brilliant bud. Details really great, I take it this is just base colours, your dirtying it up from here.

Looked nice in grey, looks better in colour. Just yellow, or are hazard stripes planned?

Incredible. Amazing seeing what you can do with a pile of stuff.

EDC

Progress!

Camkierhi wrote:Looking pretty brilliant bud. Details really great, I take it this is just base colours, your dirtying it up from here.

Yep, base colours only at present... Lots of weathering is in the future for this piece (you can expect to see rust and grime)

Littletower wrote:Looked nice in grey, looks better in colour. Just yellow, or are hazard stripes planned?

I toyed with the idea of hazard stripes, but think I'll just go with yellow railings - been looking at some real world industrial walkways and pipelines and yellow hand / grab rails are de rigueur...
Blue also appears to be a common companion.

evildrcheese wrote:Incredible. Amazing seeing what you can do with a pile of stuff.

EDC

Yep, that's the essence of this piece - 'pile'o'stuff'



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 Red Harvest wrote:
Progress!

You know it

Nice work Ruglud. Can't knock progress.

Posted this in my Salute show thread, but thought i'd also leave it here...

Quick show report:
What a day - drove up from N. Kent and parked in the Excel car park (£15) got there just after doors opened, didn't take long in the snaking queue to get in, but boy was it busy within minutes !! So much to see but so little time to see it all ! I didn't manage to get any pictures, but were some amazing games and tables on show.

Check this link though for reports:
The Big Wargame Convention Salute 2016 Picture Report!

So, here's the 'stash' shot from my visit to Salute '16.


Bargain buys from The Troll Trader's crazy clearance tables (could have spent a fortune here if I'd had some spare cash..., but I was strong a resisted):
Gale Force Nine 72"x36" Frozen Star System Space Mat - £10 (RRP £50)

GW Astra Militarium Tauros Prime - £20 (RRP £29)

Other purchases:
3 sets of Zinge Industries 27mm Military Wheels to be used for a Taurox 6x6 conversion and other projects...
...although, since getting home I've found these are actually 23mm wheels so have messaged Zinge to see about swapping them...

Copplestone Castings Terminator Robots - £8.50

The obligatory Hasslefree purchase - Lewis (because I love the 'Reign of Fire' movie - yeah, I know, guilty pleasure and all that )

Plus a free figure from Offensive Miniatures - 28mm WW2 US Paratrooper. Lovely mini and I'm now very much inclined to purchase some more at some stage...

...not to forget the official Salute dice & mini and a couple of free Maelstrom's Edge Epirian Handlers (was also great to meet Legoburner in the flesh on the MEdge stand - next time I'll likely be spending some cash with you guys )

Oh and got fleeced again by buying food from the overpriced food stalls in the main concourse... One year I'll learn my lesson and take my own grub

Managed to aslo fit in a few games last night of Star Wars on the new GF9 mat (what a bargain that was for £10 - should have bought them all as I could have sold them for profit on ebay...)

Sounds like you had a good time. Nice haul, good gear, look forward to seeing some of it painted soon!

Some randomness dropped onto my cutting board today...

Put together a squad of Anvil Industry Unity Council Marine Corps - very nice models, great casts and the resin is nice and easy to work with. Also chopped the bases off the Copplestone Castings Terminator Robots - what a pain, managed to dismember some of their toes so need to do some greenstuff work now... Also, for the heck of it, got the Hasslefree Lewis ready for a lick of paint...



The Marines and Terminators will hopefully become a near future police force, kind of Judge Dredd meets Chappie. Not sure when the paint will happen, as heading out for vacation on Monday (to Florida)

Nice looking unit really, could see them easily proxying in to many games systems, you say Police, what colours you thinking?

Been a while since I managed to update or even post... Popping back in though with some paint in progress...

Not much to show, but laid down a base coat on the Treminator Robots of Dark Prussian Blue mixed with Black Grey (Vallejo paints), then started to pick out details on them with Black Grey. Much more to be done yet...

Annoyingly the resin Unity miniatures must still have some release agent on them as the undercoat and first coat haven't laid down nicely in patches, so will need to strip them, rewash and start again...

Nice work so far. Good to see you back.

Now get over to the LoER comp.

One hot soapy bath later...

 Camkierhi wrote:
Nice work so far. Good to see you back.

Now get over to the LoER comp.

Cheers bud, I have seen the LoER comp that Tek's running, but I'll politely decline - need to work on stuff at my own pace at the moment and re-find the hobby mojo... I'll offer some moral support from the sidelines though...

Good to see you about the place, at any rate.

Agreed nice to see you, and no worries. Would rather have you around than put pressure on you and you be put off.

They have cleaned up well.

As expected, still not back to painting, but for a total change of pace (and scale) I've made a cardboard Stormtrooper helmet (1:1 ish scale) based on the original trilogy troopers... It's all cardboard with hot glue. The helmet is wearable, if a little tight, but I plan to rectify that after the next step which is to cover it all in car body filler and smooth it out so that it's no longer resembling a crudely made piece of cardboard...

Templates and build from Dali Lomo: http://dali-lomo.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/star-wars-stormtrooper-helmet-diy.html

YouTube 'how to' videos:

Nice. Can't wait to see it.

Very interested to see how this goes. Got to do one for my son.