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@Ruglud - Thanks man, I just cut a piece of a dish sponge and followed the tutorial in my link above.

@Mephistoles - Thanks, I do want it to look good. I'm hoping to eventually have a whole set of terrain built and painted to this standard.

@Valhalla - Yeah, I might have gone too far in the rust and decay! Still, I'm surprised at how easy it was to make it look decent just by following that 'tute.'

@dsteingass - Thanks Dave! Although I'm not sure what you mean by fill in around the rust... I read somewhere that windex can do bad things to the finish on some of the interior parts to an airbrush...maybe I'm just being paranoid. I have an old Iwata HP-B (not the 'Plus') and I think it needs a new needle/fluid nozzle...but I think they changed the thread on the fluid nozzle for the HP-B plus...and no longer carry parts for the older model. Anyone in the know have any info on this?

@Bruticus - thanks for the comments and crits. I'll try to tone down the exposed metal bits, or go back over them with some pigment powders...and we will definitely be seeing some hazard stripes soon. And thanks for the link to Yakromunda, no affiliation with Yakface at all?

Looking great! Any more detail work on the sides?

This is great stuff Reminding me of our great Necromunda campaign back in school. Necromunda is still one of my favorite settings, but I doubt I can find someone to play with atm.

Yeah, right now our campaign is just three people, but we are slowly growing interest and hope to have 2-3 more players in the net few weeks.

You're reading posts by lunatics afraid of their tool. It's designed to handle enamels and stinky petroleum-based solvents, there is no scientific chemical reason why ammonia would harm chrome-plated nickel. It's hokum. seals and O-rings wear out on all airbrushes. I use Badger because they always stand by their products, and are close to me in Chicago, ILL. I'm familiar with Badger, and one model of Paasche, the ancient VL. I'm afraid I've only ever touched an Iwata in the store. I'll find a picture of what I mean by filling in, stand by

Ozymandias wrote:Looking great! Any more detail work on the sides?

Yes, made some progress this morning actually, pic coming shortly...progress overall has been slow this week, just haven't had the 'me' time that I would have liked.

TaWaaagh wrote:This is great stuff Reminding me of our great Necromunda campaign back in school. Necromunda is still one of my favorite settings, but I doubt I can find someone to play with atm.

That's the tough part...though, because of the low model count, and the fast game times its easier to convince someone to try it out with you...vs starting another army-sized miniatures game. Sometimes all it takes is people watching other people playing a game to get them interested...

Ozymandias wrote:Yeah, right now our campaign is just three people, but we are slowly growing interest and hope to have 2-3 more players in the net few weeks.

Talked to Matt today, he said he's totally down, maybe next week Thursday?

dsteingass wrote:You're reading posts by lunatics afraid of their tool. It's designed to handle enamels and stinky petroleum-based solvents, there is no scientific chemical reason why ammonia would harm chrome-plated nickel. It's hokum. seals and O-rings wear out on all airbrushes. I use Badger because they always stand by their products, and are close to me in Chicago, ILL. I'm familiar with Badger, and one model of Paasche, the ancient VL. I'm afraid I've only ever touched an Iwata in the store. I'll find a picture of what I mean by filling in, stand by

I will definitely be running some Windex through it then...Standing by...



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Here's a quick update pic...added some more details to one of the sides...just need some more rivets, and I can get this thing finished and painted.

Looks good. I am not sure what yakface is but Yakromunda is probably the best forum for Necromunda, not least because it has all the rules collected and it has the utterly essential online gang management tool, can't live without it now. Here's my Van Saars by way of example

My leader is a bit of a beast.

@ Bruticus - Yakface is the owner of Dakka Dakka, he and a couple other guys run these forums.

I'll have to go and check out this Yakromunda...

@fango - what the hell man your terrain making skills are off the chart, i have never played necromunda before but i used to play dark heresy with models n it seem kinda the same might have to start playing it.

and make me some skaven terrain lol

kencotter wrote:
@fango - what the hell man your terrain making skills are off the chart, i have never played necromunda before but i used to play dark heresy with models n it seem kinda the same might have to start playing it.

and make me some skaven terrain lol

Thanks for the kudos Ken, definitely try it out if you get the chance!

I will likely get to some Skaven terrain eventually, that is my main Warhammer Fantasy army.





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Here are a couple more progress pics of my current piece...I am officially way past due on this one...fortunately, just paint left....Rivets are done! Oh, and I put the wire harness up top too. Wires are from a Cat 5 cable...

The rust effect really makes that pop. I love all the little details you have as well in the 3D design of the structures.

Sweetness in a box! That looks great! The wires, the plasticared in multi levels and the recessed pipes, this thing really has depth to it that so much terrain lacks.

That looks excellent. Really, really good.

I think with all that rust the wires would be weathered too. Looking good so far.

That looks awesome dude! Makes me want to try and start up a necro league now...

SilverMK2 wrote:The rust effect really makes that pop. I love all the little details you have as well in the 3D design of the structures.

Thanks Silver, now I just need to weather the rest of the base (and the wires)

Mephistoles1 wrote:Sweetness in a box! That looks great! The wires, the plasticared in multi levels and the recessed pipes, this thing really has depth to it that so much terrain lacks.

Thanks for the kudos Mephistoles!

Valhalla130 wrote:That looks excellent. Really, really good.

I'm glad you like it, I've got some more projects in the works...

MauS wrote:I think with all that rust the wires would be weathered too. Looking good so far.

Definitely. Haven't got as far as that yet. I hit the top with some testors dullcoat, so weathering washes, etc will stick to the wires etc.

Galorn wrote:That looks awesome dude! Makes me want to try and start up a necro league now...

You totally should. It's a blast and a half. Check out Yakromunda.com for a thriving Necromunda community and a great web-based gang management system.


I've even a way for a couple of weeks, but I haven't been completely idle. We saw the Hobbit, and my 8 yr old son got the Escape From Goblin Town box for Xmas. He and i have been prepping the goblins and terrain (pics below).


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The last pic shows 3 different test washes, left one is Gryphone Sepia, middle one is Devlin Mud and Baal Red, fought one is Baal Red on its own. What does everyone think? We also went and grabbed all the paints used to paint the goblins in the GW iPad painting guide for Escape from Goblin Town...we are going to try painting one up using the guide next to see if it's worth the time VS a wash and highlight.

The real question is...how will you paint the bucket of poo that GW so necessarily included for use under the Goblin King's throne?


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I just realized that the Goblin Scribe also sports a poo bucket. This set has TWO poo buckets!

I will make sure to post a progress pic when We get to the poo bucket(s)


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It's not much, but here's an update to my Necromunda terrain piece after a black primer coat and airbrushing the base gray.

Looking great, can't wait to see it in action on Thursday.

For the goblins, a mix of both the sepia and devlan mud washes (i.e. some washed with sepia, some mud) would provide a nice mix amongst the goblin units.

Here is another small update. I started working on a ramshackle barricade (linear obstical) like the ones that came with Outlanders...

You should check out AncientSociety's venerable blog that has just resurfaced from the depths of the forum, he has a tutorial on making these ramshackle barriers out of bits of sprue. Plus it is a cool blog.

That is just Genius!

I also got the ipad app, believe it or not, with all my paints, I am STILL 17 colors short of what I need! LOL
Did you notice the app speaks nothing of black primer vs. white primer, but it's obvious they used black for Thorin's company and white for the goblins.

@Bruticus - Thanks for the hint, I looked it up and commented in his thread....oh, and I'm entering the new Scenery Contest

@Dave - I did notice that...not overly impressed with it considering the $25 price tag! Also, thats an impressive array of colors you have, as I have a hunch they managed to sneak just about every color pot in their paint range into that painting guide...had to buy 7 colors for the goblins alone!


Do I rate a membership in the League yet? or do I need a few thousand more rivets logged in my p&m blog first

On another note, with the impending release of the Dark Angels this weekend...my nostalgic sensibilities got me to dig out my Dark Angels collection and rummage through it (and also pre-order the codex along with a few of the new plastic kits). Now, before you cry "Booo! stick to one project already you nincompoop!" please remember that I have 1. Severe gamer ADD (actually have taken medication for Adult Attention Deficit Disorder) and 2. Started my Warhammer 40k obsession way back in 1990 with the purchase of 'Deathwing' (The first expansion to the first edition of Space Hulk)...the fluff and artwork in those rulebooks got me hooked and I started collecting my first 40K army then and there. (Dark Angels for those who cant see where I am going with this).

Do I have to justify my scattered and non-committal behavior here in my project blog?....no. Do I feel the need to anyway?...sadly, yes :(

Aaaaand on to a progress pic of some scouts I started messing with. I'm going for the original 'Native American' theme for my army and have been giving these metal guys haircuts (and ponytails in some cases) and oh, look, a head swap too. I'm relieved to find out that Dark Angels Scouts are no longer contending with Deathwing Terminators and Dreadnoughts as elites choices in the new Force Org chart (where they annoyingly sat for the past 8 years or so...grumble..) and thus will make a regular appearance in any future army lists I build.

First hobbits and now space marines? Please stop messing around and get back to Necromunda.

I think my first army was 40k Dark Angels, or maybe Space Wolves. I definitely had a huge Dark Angel Epic army which I stupidly sold.

@Bruticus - LOL...dont tell anyone, I'm slowly building up a Dark Angels and Tau force for Epic....I never tried it when it was out originally, but I hear NetEpic is the best system out there now. Trouble is finding people to play it with around here...


Here's a couple progress pics of my first layer of rust/weathering. Still need to go brown and orange.

Wow, looking great! I'll get you that part you need so you can finish this bad boy up and get started on the next one! *cracks whip*

Fango, by the power invested in me by the League of Extraordinary Riveters, I hereby present you your banner.
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btw..on page 68 the colors are mis-labeled, I think it should be Loren Forest basecoat and nurgling green highlight instead of both beig Dryad bark (which is olive-grey), also for $25 you'd think they could spell their own colors right!! the thing is full of typos

if you take it fango i welcome you too in the league of extraordinary riveteers! i´ve been lurking your thread for quite some time...too much in awe of your work to actually add anything yet

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Fango, by the power invested in me by the League of Extraordinary Riveters, I hereby present you your banner.
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I humbly accept this membership badge as a right of passage and a testament of my past and present dedication to plastering as many rivets as humanly possible over as many of my projects as I can.

@Ozymandias - Thanks! I will get that hatch handle on this weekend and finish up the rust....then its on to the barrier I was working on...and some actual work on my Escher girls!

@Dave - I noticed that too...I'm actually pretty offended that I paid so much for this and they couldn't even be bothered to edit it.

@Vik - Thanks man, I'm a big fan of your work. That means allot!