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@LDD: Yes the tank is all my work, I've got a few of them lying around that'll find their way on ebay sooner or later. Thanks I'll be casting piles of the vents when I get a sizable mold up.

@ Thanks shas, I'm thinking up more things to do along these lines especially simple things like the vent. I've set up my own shapeways shop to sell some of these things but I'd expect it

@BigH: thanks mate. I'm really happy with how these have turned out.

I have quite a few more 3d pieces approaching completion I'll put them up as I complete them, I'm really enjoying making small-medium sized terrain pieces, I've remade the flying buttress and the column that was used in Skalk's junk pile contest.
I'll definitely be making some more smallish bits like those vents for terrain and vehicles in future.

Back to real plastic cutting . The Tanks are coming along; adding details, vents, hatches, etc.
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and a mock up of slats for the vents.

As I've been typing this I've added the slats to the vents, fiddly.

Lastly an update on the League competition entry. Started adding window frames. I'm waiting for some Plastic L-angle to arrive, since non of the local shops had any, to cover up the corner joints.



Till next time. Thanks all

N.

Looking sweet

Great clean work mate you really are an artist when it comes to the PC

The comp entry is looking great I never even started mine no surprise there to be honest LOL

The Land raider looks great mate if I was into SM I would have snapped one up, alas I am not a fan of the steroid induced bullies so no real need for it but maybe I could find a use for one

Any way great stuff you should add a link to your shapeways shop as well

I prefer the name "Pholos" to "land rhino" on my marine tank. The tracks are a pain but they always are to me and I think I'll cover up the side hatches with an additional armour plate to give it a more close quarters look.

I've added a pile of items into my shapeways store (link now in sig) all the weapons and bits so far are up there along with some new things I've been working on, including these:



I thought it might be a neat idea to make complex muzzle breaks to sit on the end of plastic tubes (of what seem to be standars sizes) for tank gun barrels, so far I have two diameters that they fit to; 1/4" and 5/16" these seem like standard sizes for plastistruct and evergreen tubes.
Next time I do a print order I'll add one of these.

update on the building coming soon

Thanks all
N.

That's a bloody good idea creating the muzzle breaks I bet you could sell those quite easily, I think I will have to check out your store mate seems like you have some good ideas to go with the talent

Great looking stuff.
Do you cast and sell copies of any of your vehicles?

@ LDD: Thanks mate, I've got a list of 40-50 items to work through, I'm trying to come up with things that would be really hard to make conventionally.

@ plastictrees: Thanks, yes I am it is just the Pholos/Land-rhino right now (some images of part of one below). It's not perfect and I'd never say it was but I'm pretty happy with it for what you could call a "garage kit". I do plan to finish some others in the future. I don't have a shop set up so I am just selling through dakka right now.

I've managed to give myself RSI in my right wrist ... [a pause for you all to get the sniggering out of the way] ... and so to avoid a serious case of carpel tunnel I'm downing tools for a while.

still I can post a few images!

The building is as far as its going to get. If/when I add an interior I'd be added separately after anyway, likewise for a door. At least I've got a base on it and all the external details that need to be done prior to painting are done.



the dog and snail are going to be stuck down after I've left them off for now. Insert in last image is a fire extinguisher made from the Cadian flamer backpack - my favorite part so far.

The Pholos is coming along, dispite it being a miscast (i broke part of it de-molding carelessly while the resin was in the brittle stage AND the tops of the sides are both uneven from the mold being too tightly bound and slipping a bit, its going ok, nothing I can't clean up or fix.
I did think for a time I'd really screwed up the door slots (they are not perfect anyway) then I realized I was using land raider doors ...

not enough resin and too little time in low pressure means bubbles.


Lastly who doesn't like Schürzen!


Interesting to see a possible image for a knight model in the news section, I've not been a fan of some of GW's latest designs, what about you peoples?
I'd quite like to make a clean slate on my traitor guard and try again at doing a small mechanicus attachment to the Genswick (techpriests, a squad of skitarii something like that, mostly for scenario and objective purposes). I don't really see a knight fitting in... well we'll see .


Thanks again
N.

Nice. Liking the details, especially the electrical box on the back.

Good tanks too.

Ah, Schurzen on a STuG, ha-ha! That does look good.

Some really sweet work there mate, cool as you like.

Muzzle brakes. YES , small , medium and large ?

Hey, Thanks everyone.

@ Dr H: I aim to please. I'm stuck as to what to paint the building.

@ shas: thanks, glad they appeal to your expert eye

@ Big H: right now there are just two sizes but really any size (within reason) is possible, they are aimed at fitting over specific plastic tubes that you might buy. You would have to check the entries for them in my shapeways store (see sig) to get more details on the sizes (as well as seeing them in spinning 3d) I'm way too tired to remember. The larger of the two is standard "battle-cannon" size.

Great work all arund, tanks and building look good!

An inspired touch on the muzzle brakes, those would certainly make a great addition to any build!

Yes, the muzzle brakes will also make for nice changes from typical GW cannons

Built a front for the vindicator, and decided to cover up the sides to give a more hardened look, needs gaps filling and more rivets.

and how is this for using the kit as a chimera, sponsons from the leman russ as like a mini-raider with the ramp at the back (and the original front not this piece of plasticard)


and lastly I've been toying around with starting afresh with traitor IG, what do you think of this as a new scheme?


Thanks
N.

Edit: replaced images.

Raider vindicator front looks good not sure about the russ sponsons though don't seem to match in style.

As for the traitor guard cant really see the colour to well I gather there is some kind of camo scheme, but the light seems to be dulling the over look so hard to tell

Vehicle is looking good! the traitor guard looking good so far, wonder who they will serve?

@ LDD: thanks, I know the sponsons kind of clash, but I've got a stack of them rather than .... and actually it's not too bad, looks a bit like Forgeworlds mark 1 raider, otherwise i'd be using the sponsons from the landraider upgrade sprue from GWS online.
I know what you mean, I'll try and replace the image, the camo is probably a bit too subtle in colour difference
anyway.
While I'm at it I'll replace the image of the tank with sponsons.

@ Shas: thank you, probably undivided maybe with a bit of a nurgle leaning.

Yesterday and Friday I spent most of the time destroying old molds, by hand its not so fun but it had to be done. Oh and riveting!

... and making a door....

... for this building which I knew I would not be able to finish in time, I've had a lot on my plate recently and I'm going to be busy all the next two weeks.


Thanks for stopping by
N.


Append: added new images to previous post.

See the camo much better now kind of reminds me of the German WW2 autumn pattern a bit which I like maybe an alternative colour for the shoulder pads though not fond of the grey sorry.

I think the issue I have with the raider and the sponsons is the tank has quite smooth lines, as for the sponsons they are more bulky and kind of rough looking so clash some in my mind.

But the overall look is great

Also love the barracks block coming on nicely and loving the new doors pulling in the gothic arches nicely, you should do a how to on this some great architect aspects that could be used and adapted for other models.

How did you do the window frames by the way

Here's my entry to the League terrain comp: round 8.






Its not perfect, and I've gone and sealed up the oil work before I noticed my screw-ups.

The building was going to be layed up from charidon granite to dehnib stone, but I got fed up of that very quickly and just painted it with a roughly 50:50 mix into the recesses and added 2-3 layers of dehnib stone over it then sealed with a gloss varnish and finally an oil wash 4:1 Burnt umber : lamp black.

The inside is completely blank right now and I will be fully working the interior. I've already added to the outside since those images were taken, I've added wildlife (well ... a snail and a dog) and some army painter stick-on tufts.

The windows started as 9 square holes carefully cut out of a sheet of 0.5mm plasticard with parallel strips left between them, then thiner strips stuck either side of the spars to add strength and the "stepped" detail. The sheet with the holes in was then sandwiched between two extra sheets with a hole made for the window. (if you zoom in on that last image you can see the joins how i made it and what i mean.

hope that answers your question LDD

I've been going through my old projects again and I'm shocked by the number of stalled and unfinished things lying around ... again (I'm pretty sure I did the same last year). Better get cracking I guess!

Thanks all
N.

Nice use of burnt umber , its a very useful colour !

Great work make, looking forward to see what stalled projects you bring out of hiding !

Ever thought of using the LandRhino chassis to make a Self Propelled heavy artillery gun a bit like a "not Basilisk " ?

 Big H wrote:
Nice use of burnt umber , its a very useful colour !
Great work make, looking forward to see what stalled projects you bring out of hiding !
Ever thought of using the LandRhino chassis to make a Self Propelled heavy artillery gun a bit like a "not Basilisk " ?

Thanks, I'm really enjoying using oils and not from the fumes !

Right now no, I am going to be using them to make razorbacks and chimeras using this "Space Marine Land Raider Terminus Ultra Conversion Kit" with the predator sponsons for the chimeras, the extra lascannons can be used for making a vendetta gunship.

I also have the bits and designs to turn an ebay wrecked basilisk and a chimera hull + basilisk gun into 2 enclosed basilisks that I've had for about 2 years! not to mention the glowing pile of un-painted terrain and 2 unfinished Genswick tanks lying about.

I have some tracks on the vindicator now:



I did have to use a long sausage of greenstuff to stick them on party due to my superglue and partly because there is a bit of a dip in the centre of the track mount.
But they fit all the way around quite nicely so I'm really happy about that! So its all finished and ready to paint Now ... how do I paint yellow again?

Terrain and Dark Vengeance first tho.

Thanks,
N.

I use artists odourless thinners from HobbyCraft , a little more expensive but house interior friendly !

The enclosed Basilisk sound interesting , get on it ! I have a plan in my head to make a Baneblade with a rear mounted turret and a big long gun and I'd like to see your ideas !!!

Vindicator looks good , gutted you beat me to it , really going to have to get to work on mine !

Nice work on the building. Nice and grubby and worn. Like the rust too.

Finished the junk and girder piles (finally)


nearly finished this piece of kit.

I'll sculpt a few lights a few lights. and add some copies of some new things I'm having printed when they arrive to finish it off.

@ Big H: Thanks on the vindi, It was easier to make than I was expecting, there were some gaps to fill in ... but so do FW kits. I've got 4 more of them to make when I can sum up the effort! I can really see I'm going to run out of spare tracks fast with these tho.

The basilisks were to make up then sell .. like so much else I've got lying around.

I picked up some odourless thinner, works a treat!

@ Dr H: Thank you, its amazing what a little oil can do.


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The hut is being wired up on the inside, windows done and I've added some posters/propaganda blown around.


This is something I threw together earlier, I had an Idea for a small light tank (counts-as salamander) using the tank sides that I have so many of, using a quick and simple hull, just need a turret for it. These are the 3 so far:


On the right Is a kromlech turret based on a Czech inter-war tank IIRC, alas there is nothing that uses a plasmacannon but it does look cool.
The middle is something that I was using to try curved surfaces when I first bought my circle cutter that I could make piles of easily.
Lastly the one on the left is one of the first things I made (it's orientated like that as I've not made any holes for the turret to slot into), should be castable too.
Decisions, decisions.

Thanks

Almost too much to comment upon on a singly reply

The look on the Comp's building is great, I love the worn look you achieved without going OTT. Once I learn how to paint with my water-based colours, I should probably give oil washes a try...

(And looking at - and loving - the interior pics, things would have been even tougher if you'd had more time! The interior surface-wiring is just ace )

The new building looks good too, I specially like the sloped, buttressed wall, that goes to my to-do list if you don't mind.

And as for the tank, probably too much 40k influence, by I like the 2 and 3 turrets more, the first one, IRL inspired, seems a bit too small now, Third one is maybe a bit too detailed for such a small tank (Or maybe the gun is too big or complex; have you tried an autogun, or anything else lighter than the one you have there now?), but that's just me.

Love the interior great to see someone going the stretch to include fixings cant wait to see that finished

Like the side tracks nice job and great detail on them, personally I think you need a more fitting turret something the size of the centre picture but more angled like the first pic or even opened top like a troop carrier would be cool.

Guess the middle turret has it, 3/3 people prefer it

I agree with both of you on the turrets, the kromlech one is just as it comes,

the hull is based on the soviet T-70 (wikipedia):



@ Littletower: thank you very much , Ive got plenty of time to fill the interior however I like now.

Water colours a good start as the principle is the same as the oils just with water instead of a solvent ... oh and they are easier to rub off which can be useful

@ LDD: Thanks, agreed on the turret, maybe looking more like a Cromwell? (wikipedia):


I would try an open topped one but neither (yep I'm making two) of the ones I've made are suitable, maybe number 3 will be open.

Thanks,

Remember I was building 3 tanks before and I put the third on hold? Well I've got started on the third.



I have had a few more Items 3d printed, and am prepping them to make resin copies right now. It's mostly terrain bits mixed with some tank bits and parts I've hand made. Including a set of tank treads I made a while back but failed at making the molds of twice, so I'm using the extra space for them.
The images are large so feel free to zoom in but I doubt you'll be able to make much out until I get my first casts. Many of the larger pieces are greyed in a bit, that's resin, because I made them large and hollow I filled them with resin to stop them exploding / imploding when I degas the molds. And yes there are 3d printed rivets.




I found I had rather a few of these:

and I don't really like the windows (they don't make sense to me) and I have enough of these bits to make a small factory. So ... (and I know this is really painful to try and make out, but take my word for it)

The insert in the above image shows what the horribly whitish-clear bits of plastic look like in detail.

There is actually more, but I'll not torture you all with it, as and when I am able to make some in resin, you'll be the first to know. I spent most of my free time this last week cleaning up the prints of the oil and supporting wax they cover them with, then carefully filling them with resin.

I've still not made a turret for the light tank, I'll make some shelving for the office building while I think about it.

Thank you,
N.

I just thought never mentioned I got my vent thanks mate they really do look great and will work nicely to finish of an old project.

Some cool looking terrain pieces you have there cant wait to see the casts and the detail, those inserts are a great idea

Nice looking bits sheet. Coolness 10. Really. I voted The utility boxes on the bottom really look just right for so many things.