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yeah, the weather is currently a downside to all of us...

and i see your point... well kinda... if it clears space and you soon regain more inspiration for new projects than this is a wise decision...

i dunno if i am game for just terrain use of these...

have you opened a thread for those parts in the swap shop?

Thanks Vik, I'm close to being burned out, so I need a bit of a break, been like it since I bought my vacuum equipment (very good but expensive as hell).

Only 3 sets (my first 3) so far are so badly miscast that they are only useful for terrain, I wouldn't force these on anyone.

At the moment have 6 sets now that are good enough that I would accept, not perfect but much better than my first few at least the sides are straight now.

I've managed to lower the amount of bubbles to probably the best I can get it at for the present time, most of the bubbles are sub-surface and given how hard the resin is it isn't much of a problem unless you start attacking them with a hammer.

I'll get a pic up this evening to show you and edit my swapshop thread later

I'll buy two sets! pm me

Some really amazing work here love the tank builds some very nice PC work see Tinners influence especially those trench rails.

On top of that the Putty work was rather cool, especially the tankers some great stuff count me subbed

I to would interested in these tank sets if you can throw me a price on pm. Your work is impressive.

Thank you dsteingass and thank you panda. I really appreciate it.

I've uploaded images of what the current casting quality is like to my swapshop, the worst of them I'm keeping for myself to repair and use.
After discovering that forgeworld uses vacuum casting like me I'll be switching resins once I find something that I can use for longer periods before it starts to set.

@ lonedog: Thanks, glad you like them.

I've got my plasticard mojo back so I'm trowing myself at getting some things finished.


Edit link to swapshop thread: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/508248.page

I could be in for some of these once you get the bugs ironed out also have you considered casting up the trench rails ? I would be interested in a few of those.

Especially as FW have stopped stocking theres so think you could have a bit of a market there for those.

I got Tinners to nock a couple of sets for me together but I could use more, thought of making my own but just aint got the time or patience.

It really sucks that FW stopped selling them individually along with the other tank upgrades ... just when I wanted some too.

The trench rails for the devildog were a pain to make and I swore at the time I'd never make them again unless I could cast them.

So it's been on my list of things to do for a while

I'd love to see the ones Tinners made.

 OneManNoodles wrote:
It really sucks that FW stopped selling them individually along with the other tank upgrades ... just when I wanted some too.

The trench rails for the devildog were a pain to make and I swore at the time I'd never make them again unless I could cast them.

So it's been on my list of things to do for a while

I'd love to see the ones Tinners made.

Yes it was a shame I did get 2 sets of evil bay at a rather high price but I need more hence the request

I will get some pics of the trench rails once me cam charges, will it be ok to post them here ? Or do you want them in PM ?

@ LDG: I don't have any problem with you posting about them here mate.

Managed to get a bit more detail on the arty hull and finally built the gun shield after the third attempt.
The vertical red lines mark out where the gun mount is going to sit, when I work out what it's going to look like. The discs above the driver and hull gunners positions are going to be hatches, I'm going to have all my hatches opening forwards with the hinge at the front, hopefully I've left enough room for them with the gun mount.


The back slots together, the thick piece sits at the back of the hull filling the gap.


hull and chassis together.


more coming soon...

Thanks
N.

now that deserves a big gun for sure!

Pretty sweet mate , how does it look with the tracks the "right way" around ?

Sorry forgot about the pics I did wonder why I had dug out the camera will take some pics of them for you tomorrow

That is looking pretty smart so far. Although I did wonder why the tracks were on backwards will this be casted up as well then

@ Big H: Terrible!

@ LDG: No worries, yea I'll be casting it up eventually once I figure out how to make a tarpaulin to go over the top.


I've made some mock ups of my ideas for the Ragnarök's main weapons

A: Battle cannon
B: Eradicator
C: Vanquisher (based on soviet 152mm ISU gun so will look like a long barreled version of that)
D: Demolisher

I'm thinking of adding banding across the barrels strapped to the bit underneath.

I'm having trouble with the muzzle break on the Vanquisher, any Ideas on how to make multiple horizontal groves all to the same depth?

And here is a rubbish image of a flying buttress I knocked up on the weekend


Enjoy,
N.

Fantastic work! Gun looks god! I can't wait to use my casts!

The Flying Buttress is great! Thinking about casting a bunch? - Great idea!

Damn I love this thread! Especially the chassis and turret. They all look great but I think A and D are my favorites.

As to the same depth grooves you could place the muzzle end in a vice but raise it slightly above the top section, then take a saw and cut roughly the lines where you want the grooves.

If you are following this so far (fingers crossed ) take a round file to widened the grooves evenly hope that makes sense and helps some.

Here are those pics of the trench rails, I have an idea to make my own as well using the similar principle.

Sorry for the quality but the best I can do mate.

@ dsteingass: I might just do that once I've finished the arch.

@ Depraved: Thanks, hmm ok B & C are mine, good thing I'm making all of them

@ LDG: I think I tried everything apart from using a vice I've been trying using a mitre box and a razor saw
Don't worry about the quality of the pictures I'm used to it with my own by now Thanks alot.

Nice work.
I like them without any banding to the part underneath , at the moment it looks like the recoil assembly for the barrel , if you fix it with banding it'll look wrong , IMO .

I'm not sure what to add to the flying buttress, It's a bit plain I haven't had time to take images of the physical version but here is what It looks like atm in profile

(ignore the bit on the right that is part of a building)

ideas?

@ Big H: Thats what I was thinking (the recoil) but I had the 50cm gun on the sturmpanzer 2 or bison spg, the recoil assembly is in a housing that had some banding linked over the barrel.


Thanks for reading.

well rivtes?... otherwise some companies think adding skulls is the thing to do... personally i think you could leave them as is... i think they are very good looking!!!

Maybe these might help for some inspiration :

Hey all ...


... I finally finished the tanks



I might have overdone it on the weathering powders.

I've also been working on a bunch of other things (some started, some finished) which (with luck) I'll be posting up pics in the coming days. If I can keep away from new vegas for long enough, I know I've been quiet recently but that has not been the reason.

@LDD: Thanks mate, Lincoln cathedral if I'm not mistaken, I think I might just save that for wherever I go next with terrain.

I decided to leave the buttress as-is, Just haven't got around to finishing the mold for it yet, I've got an old mold to chop up in to tiny pieces for recycling first.

Thanks for reading
N

I might have overdone it on the weathering powders.

I sincerely think not... those tanks look awesome... they have seen some action!!!

Tanks look great!

Man, you did a great job on those tanks. I never thought of using a Russ turret on a chimera. It looks very Genswick-y.

I think the weathering is spot on mate battle worn not I just drove my tank of the production line look

Like the conversion work gives them a real unique look, which I am envies of

Yes, spot on Lincoln Cathedral

Any news on the moulding mate Leave the game alone

Molds you say


top left: ragnarok gun parts + a forgotten torso.
top right: heads and ammo packs
centre: a selection of weapons ( see below)
and lastly at the bottom is a selection of torsos

Some weapons I made a while back which are difficult / impossible to get hold of...


...so on the left there is; a sniper rifle, shotgun and a hellgun, I've found a bi-pedal stand that fits the rifle which I think is from the scout heavy bolter so I molded that up with the weapons.
Also shown is 2 shotgun ammo pouches and a head and torso based on some artwork for Maccabean janissaries by FFG

Been trying a different resin, I managed to get my hands on a trial pack of smoothcast 305, since all the US blogs seem to be saying its great, and whilst It fixes the problem I've had with the workable time I have before the resin starts to set, it turns to foam in 50%+ humidity ... meaning Its almost useless in the sunny UK climate :(, I'll try boiling moisture out of the resin and molds by vacuuming them but I only have to wait 50 years before it won't be an issue

Anyway, thanks everyone glad you like the tanks I'm especially glad the basilisk turned out ok, It was a nice frosty white from bad varnishing at one stage

@ 40kFSU: I just thought the old russ turret looked a bit like the turret of a T34-85 and besides with its "stock" gun it just looks silly.

Thanks for reading.

Really liking those tanks! Subbed.

those guns look really good!... once these are casted I am eager to see how these moulds work... atm it all looks rather like chewing gum to me