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I had a little time to throw some paint on it.


I like the idea about the checkers/dags. The tail fin looks pretty blah as is, I think I may add some checkers to it..

Two days ago, the backside of my Stompa was a completely flat surface. I assembled the missile rack as well.



And yes ENOZONE, I'm planning on doing more terrain. I'm actually always building something. The Necromunda terrain just got pusehd back when I started playing 40K again.




My next big project is I'm going to build a 4ftx8ft gaming table with shelves underneath, so I have somewhere to stroe all this stuff


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Quick checkering of the tail fin with a marker.

Are those SupaRokkits behind your stompa? Markers, thats my kind of clever right there. And not to mention that stompa is lookin "roight 'n proppa!"

You are correct. Suparokkits made from the finest 4 for $1 permanent markers. I'm 3 dethkoptas away from an Eye in da sky stompa.

totally forgot about your stompa... much neglected project there^^

the CD terrain piece... that is very cool... never thought about actually chopping a CD in quarters... brilliant idea! what will it be?

and the rest of those small gems looks beutiful already!

and the paintjob on the OFO is now even better! checkers work great!


and monkey...thanks mate!!!

The Stompa sat on the backburner while I worked on the rest of the army. Now I just want to finish it so it won't sit there looking sad and incomplete.

I need about 60 shoota boys for my army and I think I am procrastinating doing everything else first

Yea I know how it is letting big builds slide for a bit while you work on more important stuff. I have a Skullhamma/battlefortress deally-o that is sitting in the same spot on the shelf since I finished building it Its mighty cool and pretty impressive, but I need my normal forces to be actually built then a cool giant tank that will only randomly see the light of day

Tried to take picture of assembled stompa and it toppled over.

Feet broke off and the head went flying, losing part of the crown on impact.

Going about reinforcing it's construction as we speak.

ouch.... bad luck.... so then i cross my fingers for you now

The culprit was the bottom sheet collapsing into the main hull. I've now shoved some additional reinforcements in there, as well as packed it full of shipping peanuts to prevent it from happeneing again. I'm also going to drill and attach the feet with screws this time, instead of just gluing them.

I did lose maybe 20% of the crown. Undecided as to wether to try and recreate them, or go with something different.

Been playing Zombicide, and working on custom Zombicide stuff as well. Just received another Zombicide set int he mail and I plan on painting the figures.

 adamsouza wrote:
The culprit was the bottom sheet collapsing into the main hull. I've now shoved some additional reinforcements in there, as well as packed it full of shipping peanuts to prevent it from happeneing again. I'm also going to drill and attach the feet with screws this time, instead of just gluing them.

I did lose maybe 20% of the crown. Undecided as to wether to try and recreate them, or go with something different.

Been playing Zombicide, and working on custom Zombicide stuff as well. Just received another Zombicide set int he mail and I plan on painting the figures.

no thats a proper orky thing...

Battle damaged, but standing

I'm all tapped out of Orky inspiration at the moment.

Between Walking Dead, Stripperland, and a few ZOmbie related books I've read in the past week, I'm in the mood to bash in some Zombie heads.

Since I'm fresh out of Zombies to smoosh, I've begun painitng a set of Zombicide. My Kickstarter set has exclusive figures, so I'm a bit reluctant to paint it, but I happened to have a second normal set of Zombicide.

I'll still be adding Orky bits to my stuff as I go, but for the next couple of weeks it looks like I will revisti my Zombicide and All Things Zombie collections

Are you gonna show us the Zombicide figs you've painted?

D

 evildrcheese wrote:
Are you gonna show us the Zombicide figs you've painted?

D

I'll post pics once I have some serious progress done.

After 15+ years of base coating everything black, I went with gray, and I'm playing with washes over the gray. There are a ton of zombies to paint, and I'm trying to find a method that looks, is fast, easy, and suits me. No finished figures yet, but I've gotten some desent progress on the survivors. I'll get a few pics of them up when I can.

Okay, these pictures are terrible, but there is some progress

Zombicide Survivors


Zombicide Abomination


Venture Family


Dexter Morgan

LOL... the camera on that Zombicide Abomination is totally hilarious!!!

will you add some washes to the survivors? i think there needs to be some more depth to them ...

Still have a long road ahead of me painting until they are done, but I just wanted to post an update so people didn't think this blog was dead.

So far so good. I recently shifted from black undercoat to white, I think I prefer it but I can't articulate why...how did you find the shift to grey? And have you got a good method down that suits you for bulk batches (which is what I assume you were referring to above?).

Cheers

D

I chose grey over white specifically for this project because you can get ;lazy and wash colors over it, in a way you can't get away with when using white or black base coats.

Give the zombie clothing a quick paint job and then just wash over the entire figure with a sepia wash.

Visited the Confessions of a 40K addict website and got some terrain inspiration.



The site is great and has templates so you can recreate some of his projects.

The piece I made is inspired by has Standard Manifold Coupling project. I liked the way it looked and decided to build one. The project was simple enough that I actually didn't use the templates.

Mine is scaled to use a CD as a base. I like to use CDs. They don't warp. I have a plentiful supply, and the added perk of using recycled materials.

*dusts off all the cobwebs and other gak from this old thread...*

ah... welcome back adam!!! and that hatch looks really good... i know of that site... meant to do some of their templates myself soon^^


more! don´t be a stranger

cheers, vik

Glad you found something to get you going again! It's a great idea too! Just needs rivets now!

or failing these... at least hazard stripes

Great minds think alike ?

I've already added some rivets, and caution stripes were on my to do list.

Also got around to base coating most of the Necromunda terrain I had whipped up and shown in this thread.

Playing Pathfinder and Zombicide at the moment, but Dead Zone has gotten me motivated to work on terrain again.



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Most of the Necromunda terrain I worked on earlier was based on 3" levels, so the Dead Zone terrain, all 3" based has me fantasizing about hybrid terrain already.

This is a preview pic of their tiles


I intend on building some new terrain with a similar style and appearance.

well templates look good... but how do you want to build these acordingly?

Every piece will be a 3" square. I'll add detail to foam core, make a mold, and cast them in dental plaster.

I have dental plaster left over from a Hirst Arts project that never got off the ground, and a recipe for home brew mold material I've been waiting to try. That and a few jars of latex mold rubber.

that sounds quite cool... casted dental plaster always gets my attention...

yesterday my son at school had a little workshop going on... they literally shreddered CD´s and then they melted these in an old desktop oven... and it worked... as the teach who oversaw everything explained to me... it smells a bit but the stuff only emits carbondioxid... nothing else... so the melting process is harmless... that could be a cool upgrade for anyones casting material problems... if the casts are sturdy and heat resistant enough you could save up on a fortune here....

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
that sounds quite cool... casted dental plaster always gets my attention...

yesterday my son at school had a little workshop going on... they literally shreddered CD´s and then they melted these in an old desktop oven... and it worked... as the teach who oversaw everything explained to me... it smells a bit but the stuff only emits carbondioxid... nothing else... so the melting process is harmless... that could be a cool upgrade for anyones casting material problems... if the casts are sturdy and heat resistant enough you could save up on a fortune here....

Do you remember the Temp and time ?

I just googled it and all I can find is people melting CDs and forming them into bowls and jewelry. No one shredding and melting them as you describe.

 adamsouza wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
that sounds quite cool... casted dental plaster always gets my attention...

yesterday my son at school had a little workshop going on... they literally shreddered CD´s and then they melted these in an old desktop oven... and it worked... as the teach who oversaw everything explained to me... it smells a bit but the stuff only emits carbondioxid... nothing else... so the melting process is harmless... that could be a cool upgrade for anyones casting material problems... if the casts are sturdy and heat resistant enough you could save up on a fortune here....

Do you remember the Temp and time ?

I just googled it and all I can find is people melting CDs and forming them into bowls and jewelry. No one shredding and melting them as you describe.

shredding would sped melt time due to increased surface area.

I've drawn out 4 tiles already. I'll scan a preview of them and upload it soon, but I had another idea....