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looks pretty awesome skalk

Can I come over and play?!?

Man that's a great board Skalk!

Still envious of your stuff skalk. Glad to have you back. Seeing your layouts really inspire me .

That is a thing of immense and enormous beauty. Well played sir.

Tis needs to be exalted

Amazing board

Your scenery all together looks awesome dude, some of those shots could be straight out of a movie or a video game. Couple there got me thinking of Crisis. Just awesome.

@ Gitsplitta X2- Thank you. It was an episode of inspiration, and a labor of love overall. I've always tried to offer the best table I can, and I'm finally starting to reach my expectations. Huge pieces are majestic and impressive, but it's the tiny bitz like a pile of crates and an overturned barrel spilling toxic goo that really sells the overall scene makes the big pieces look good.

@ Theophony X2- did not win, and glad of it. Was still a good deal per piece, but went for $305. The tower is from a Micro Machine set that was pre-broken, got it at a yard sale. The primer I am using is ruddy brown and another lighter color that I ran out of and forgot the name of but it's a common stock at Aubuchon's (local DYI hardware for those not familiar w/ it) and I'll pick some more up later. And thanks for the 'beware of' sign idea. I'm thinking of using it, though it'll be a 'ground level' piece later on. Also, not really 'back', just visiting and offering what I can.

@ dsteingass X2- Thank you. Trying to use what I have before I start hoarding again. Summer = yard sale free piles. And the 'death match' idea would be a great game to play. Too bad only 2 people I know are playing Necromunda right now. I need more gaming friends.

@ Camkierhi X2- I've long admired the work you do. Thank you for the compliment. Terrain Competition- I'm not doing them for a few reasons. First and foremost is I am tired of 'failing'. I get excited and have great ideas, then I stumble a bit, slow down, and eventually add another failed project to my Shelf of Shame for a while before I tear it apart and recycle the bits. Part of that is because I haven't been able to 'connect' with any of the contest projects I've paid attention to over the last (... year?) and overall it is a rare moment where I actually focus on one project from start to finish. So far I've offered one piece for judging. I'm not sure if that will ever change, but the possibility is always there. As for the photos, I enjoy taking dynamic POV shots that really 'take you there'. I'm glad you enjoyed them and I really appreciate the compliments.

@ Viktor- Painting will be a challenge for sure.

@ alabamaheritic- Thank you. I need to catch up on your thread soon.

@ hdbbstephen- Send me a PM.

@ inmygravenimage- Thank you. I intend to keep going. Someday I imagine I will not have any ‘table’ left to play on.

@ Styrofoam04- Thank you. You already know I'm a certified Styrofoam fanboy, your work has impressed and inspired since the first time I saw it. I especially like your faded paint to rust to paint effect, and it is on the list of many rust effects others have offered on Dakka that I want to replicate.



Short update, but at least it is a real update. Took some time last night to do some modeling and I'm blowing off a chunk of work today to write this up.

First order of business- supply drop:



.040 plain plasticard. It's not much, but it gives me more options for platforms. I have a couple ideas and when I have the chance to get to them I'll have the material already on hand.

More supply drop, though not here yet- I won this auction: http://www.ebay.com/itm/121120316532?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648

I am staggered. I posted it on my Necromunda thread the other day by accident, meant to post here. $54 w/ S&H. I still can't believe I won it, and I won't until it arrives. I've played on the ‘pipe’ set before and it is excellent. It is a great walkway and adds a distinct ‘industrial’ look to the board. Very cool stuff.


Next- 2013 Gameroom Re-org:



This is just the same display case I've been using that I moved to a different location. It has been repaired, cleaned up, and is dedicated to terrain (obvious exception is my MTG cards). It was never a properly utilized space as it was tucked into a corner and was not immediately accessible due to chairs / etc always in front of it. The empty spaces on it became a catch-all magnet for things I did not have a home for.

Other improvements so far- I've re-purposed another set of plastic bins from another part of the house that make sorting and using finding materials even easier than before which helps me keep an accurate mental inventory. I've also properly stored models that were taking up space as 'display by default' (which means they didn't have a real place to go so they wound up 'on display' collecting dust) and the shelf they were on is going to be replaced w/ the new plastic bins. The shelf will likely leave this room and be used as (gasp!) a bookcase. Last item on the list (but likely not the last) is I'm planning on building another set of shelves for more terrain storage. My goal is to have a game / hobby room that is as accessible and organized as possible.

And finally, genuine hobby stuff. I found no motivation to paint but I did want to do something hobby-related so I started building more stuff. Small pieces are easy and paint up fast and I'd like to have that 'I finished something' feeling again. I'm guessing that I'll be building for a while though. The idea of picking up a paint brush makes me want to just play a video game instead. Not sure where that is coming from, but as you can imagine it's frustrating. I really need to paint. I gained experience from many of my recent past projects and I know I can streamline some of the processes with an end result that is almost as detailed as spending the extra 5 hours for a similar effect, but even if I stopped building right now and did nothing but paint I feel I still would not be finished with my current projects by the end of the year. I’m also frustrated that I have a top of the line airbrush sitting under my desk because I don’t know how to use it and the few times I’ve tried to learn it has yielded discouraging results that are completely my fault. I need to take the time and make the mistakes and read the book and listen to the advice, I just can’t right now. Once I practice with it enough I know my entire painting experience will change and my terrain will reach new levels unattainable with a sable brush or spray can. But until then… yeah. Anyway, on to other stuff.

I'm still trying to use the really old bitz that I have been hauling around for years. These next pieces all have old stuff, even if it is just an old WFB base.

New tunnel / vent piece. pipe is new from recent haul. base is from a Polly Pocket set, wheel w/ numbers is from a cassette player I smashed into tiny bits in the late 90's, and black 'pipes' are sprue from a 1/25 Chevy Pickup model I built in the mid 80's:



Volvo door alarm from my 1996 Volvo (that I still drive daily). I was working on the car one day, door had to stay open and keys had to be in ignition. After about 5 minutes of 'ding...ding...ding' I suddenly found this interesting-looking item in my hand and the ding had stopped. Hmm. I kept it around for quite a few years w/ the intent of putting it back, but I know I'm not going to. Base is a 40mm WFB base that used to have a Rogue Trader Ork Dreadnought on it.



This should have pics of each side, but whatever. It's a collection of many different things. Main piece (which would show better from the back) is from 1980's GI Joe vehicle, green bit is from a Enhanceable ADSL panel, the black plastic on left side is more of that broken tape deck, and hatch is from the recent Rhino kit (I think).



This vent / tunnel is made from one of the parts I picked up recently, but the black bit on it is a shower faucet coupler with a 1/25 Mac Semi wheel well capping it. Base is another WFB cavalry base.



Pegasus Hobbies pipes on a WFB cav base. Simple and effective. I need to make more of these.





Group shot of an evening's work:



This didn't take a lot of time to do, and the majority was spend digging through bitz. It was a decent time and relatively easy. I'm hoping to do this again soon.

That's it for this one. I really appreciate the feedback.

I'll be back.

The apparently effortless way you throw this stuff together is just mind boggling.

I concur. You have an eye for how to make random gel into a coherent whole.

yea good lookign update you got there buddy. liking the new stuff. keep up the good work.

and do you really need an amp that big man

i know i know if its two loud your too old and all that jazz.

Any bigger would be considdered sonic weaponry!

On another subject: the wall paper: DAFUQ??

Having said that: What a lovely collection of terrain!! Loving it big-time!!

Those shelves look like a selection of random (partially ruined and very cool) city skylines.

Good to see Polly pocket has a worthwhile use then.

Good use of parts throughout like the cassette deck pieces and volvo alarm (maybe when it comes to painting that, you could sneak on a small volvo symbol somewhere).

Looking good buddy!

Glad to have you back, even if just for a visit. Congrats on that eBay win. Those new pieces are sweet.

Inspirational as always, off to raid my shed now.

Looking great, nice to see you around. Not as often as I would like but great to see you anytime.

Great stuff Skalk the only problem is I want to go rummaging through my bins now great use of bits like the simple stack of the Pegasus parts

Skalk DOES have a good eye!

Frankly speaking, I am disappointed at the lack of crates on the Necromunda table.

--Brian

PS: Skalk, we need to have a full gaming weekend. I am hip to whatever, up to and including 'crazy Necromunda time'.

Let me know.

Good stuff Skalk, really coming along nicely. By the way, do you have an absolute load of Magic cards or what?

 dsteingass wrote:
Skalk DOES have a good eye!

I've heard he has a few of them actually, he keeps them pickled in a jar for use in scenery.

@ Gitsplitta & inmygravenimage- Thank you both very much. I will take credit for the 'vision' and the skill this time (I'm usually humble to the point of self-effacing). I know am good at taking random junk and turning it into interesting and convincing tabletop terrain, though I'm always open to suggestion (like when you both helped me improve my Fuel Depot).

@ alabamaheritic- Yeah, and I don't need loud pipes on my Harley either, but I have them. When I play my guitar it registers with the USGS station in New Hampshire.

@ Dakka_Dok- The wallpaper is an excellent example of cheap 1970's redecorating that I had no part in. I have considered replacing it with somehting else but it has received so many comments since I started posting on Dakka that I can't change it now. It's like the backdrop for most of my photos. It's a defining factor now. And thank you for the compliment.

@ Dr H- Yeah, I've noticed that as well. It looks pretty cool in low-light pictures. Also, this is not the first time that Polly has donated to a terrain project. She's a real sport about the whole thing. The cassette player and Volvo were not so willing to donate.

@ madmartykmf- Thanks! And it's good to see you around.

@ Theophony- I'm going to be in and out for a while but my intent is to be here more regularity. The new pieces really are excellent. See below. Also, nice quote from dstein. The truth hurts.

@ Camkierhi- I hope you found a trove of treasures in that shed. I would prefer to be around Dakka more as well. I do not expect things to change for a while but promise to offer quality work when I am able.

@ LDD- You and I have spoke before about -hoarding collecting more stuff than we could use our natural lifetime. I have no doubt you'll find some amazing things in your bits bin. As for what I'm doing, there won't be many more Pegasus items in a while. Believe it or not I'm out of the pipes and connectors. Thankfully eBay is only a click away. HoB here I come (next month)!

@ dsteingass- Yes I do. It's the left one.

@ Briancj- I know, sorry. Luckily I have a few from the 90's plastic set. I'll paint those up sometime in 2013 I am hoping. Or 14. Hard tellin' these days. As for the game weekend, I totally agree. hdbbstephen is in NH and has also expressed interest in playing. I foresee a massive gathering of armies and an epic battle that will be recorded by the Adeptus Administratium for the ages.

@ Bruticus- Thank you. Your terrain and scenery remain a major influence for me, and it's good to know I'm on the right track. As for the MTG cars, I stated in The Dark and ended up during Ice Age. I've bought some random collections since then but with the realization that I do not need 158 Llanowar Elves I've been slowly working my way through the boxes and limiting each common to 8 cards since both of my kids play. I'm covering bases in case they find a combination that makes Durkwood Boars the coolest card ever released.

@ Jeffar- Actually I keep them in my Chaos Mutation bitz bin.





Ok. Lame update since I'm only showing off new toys and have no actual work to offer. Hobby time has been limited.

Here are the newest items I have added to my collection. The first photo is of a German armored car that I picked up at a flea market. Not bad for $1.




My plan is to turn it into a vehicle for my PDF (counts as Adeptus Arbites) Color scheme will match the uniforms.



which means I probably should have posted this on my Cultists of Random Projects threads, but this is the only truly 'active' thread I have currently and wanted to share it with more than 3 people. Not that it really matters though. I want to do this project, but I also want to do all the other projects I have going as well, so I would advise against holding your breath on this one. Don't be surprised if it winds up at another flea market 30 years from now as part of my estate sale.

Ugh.


On to the main attraction of this update. It is without doubt the most incredible score I've ever made on eBay, but it is tainted because I feel really bad for the seller. . I scored this for $55 ($44 for item, $10 for shipping) sinc ethe shipping cost him $41!!! After he pays the eBay and Paypal fees he'll make what, $10? Less? He knew the fickle ebb and flow of eBay, but man that really sucks for him.

That said, here's what I scored:



















It just occurred to me that I did n ot take any close up pics of the two fuel tanks. I'll pass on it for now and show them once I've made some changes. Nice construction but the paintjob is terrible. The clapboard buildings will be converted to fit in w/ my Fantasy collection. Everything else will hopefully be on the table tonight, I have Necromunda game scheduled (finally).

'm really excited to have this set. It's an old school blast from my past and I'm going to do my best to make it look as awesome as possible.

That's it for this one. Thanks for looking, and I'll be back as soon as I can.

Man, what an awesome deal. Use it well my friend.

Skalk if you feel really bad you could send the guy some more money nice lot though well worth the money

Yes, hoarding stuff is great fun just trying to figure out what to do with it is the pain in the arse Love the old IG I have some of those myself some where

I admit to, on one occasion, feeling so badly about winning an auction, i sent more money. There was a typo, the auction went for, like, $5. It should have gone for 100+. I sent $40, because that's what I was going to max my bid at.

Sometimes I'm glad your not posting every few minutes, I just bought another set of necromunda and outlanders off ebay for less Han $100 shipped

My bulkhead hoard is growing.

Whoa! That's a small fortune in old Skool armorcast.! Did I send you some walls prime red black? Should fit these perfectly

Wow, this is some really awesome stuff. I'm going to have to go through and catch up, this being a fairly lengthy affair. Just had to say wow though, I like to cobble bits together but--good lord-- you've got some killer stuff.

 Briancj wrote:
I admit to, on one occasion, feeling so badly about winning an auction, i sent more money. There was a typo, the auction went for, like, $5. It should have gone for 100+. I sent $40, because that's what I was going to max my bid at.

Well I have to say you are better than most then, I would have thought what a deal

@ Gitsplitta- I haven't touched it yet. Been working on some small projects. Just haven't had time or felt motivated enough to dive into one of those projects yet. The detail is intense. I'll get to them this year though. At least start them.

@ LDD- Yeah, I could. But I didn't, at least not yet. And if you ever get sick of those old IG, I know a PDF that is recruiting new members.

@ Briancj- Hi.

@ Theophony- You are going to wind up with enough bulkheads to rebuild the entire Hive Primus Underhive.

@ dsteingass- Oh man, I know it. I remeber this stuff being expensive (and hard to find) NIB back in the day. I can't imagine what they are worth to a collector. And yes, you send some Armorcast walls / etc. I'm already digging those back out. I finished one but may have to rebuild it a bit. On that though- thanks again for the stuff you sent. I've been putting it to good use on almost every project I've done since.

@ GrimDork- Thank you for the compliments. If you have any questions feel free to ask. I know this thread has grown to a lot of pages but hopefully it has quality work / useful ideas throughout. If nothing else it can server as an example of what not to do- I'm not one to hide my mistakes and failures. If someone can learn from one of my monumental mistakes then it was not a complete fail.



Too long once again. Here's what I have to offer today:

First up, this is a 'terrain challenge' for myself- random junk from work. Now before anyone asks about workplace ethics etc I assure you that every one of these items came from a recycle bin.



Have also been putting a bit more paint on my tunnels / vents. I've decided to make them all red:



Here's a bit of paint on the random junk bit I put together a while ago. The drybrush is NOT permanent, it was to help me figure out shape / shadow / depth. And I absolutely hate the blue so it's going to change.







A while back I posted a pic of this building that I started back in 90-something. Originally it was going to be a Trading Post for Necromunda, and after finding all the pieces I decided to keep that idea going.



After it was together I was looking for something to use as a roof, and then inspiration hit me:



Had to build it up a bit inside to make it fit all around:



And here's how it will fit when done:



Also got a lot of work done on this piece that I built last December:





it's a lot more finished than this now, but I don't have more pics to share yet and I'm sorry for the bad quality, next pics I take will be a lot better:





That's for this one. Thanks for looking and I already have more to share, just need to take pics and post.