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Mate , those rapiers look like a good reason to buy the Taurox filth, if you can come up with a descent use for the chassis i might buy one !

(Armoured train perhaps ? )

 Big H wrote:
Mate , those rapiers look like a good reason to buy the Taurox filth, if you can come up with a descent use for the chassis i might buy one !

(Armoured train perhaps ? )

You could send it to me that sounds like a good idea ............ well to me at least

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 Big H wrote:
Mate , those rapiers look like a good reason to buy the Taurox filth, if you can come up with a descent use for the chassis i might buy one !

(Armoured train perhaps ? )

You could send it to me that sounds like a good idea …......... well to me at least

How many Taurox to make this !

Noodles , fancy casting some parts to create this ???

10 sheets of PC and a box of Evergreen tubing and I could knock that up!! What say you Noodles? You could do that?

I really love the look of the foot soldiers! Great kitbashing mate!

 Camkierhi wrote:
10 sheets of PC and a box of Evergreen tubing and I could knock that up!! What say you Noodles? You could do that?

A box and one by my calculations and half a hex rod.

Crazy train ideas... I didn't know there were Pzkfw. 38's in Flames of war.

 Big H wrote:


How many Taurox to make this !

Noodles , fancy casting some parts to create this ???

Too many, HAHAHA no chance. what do you have in mind?

 Camkierhi wrote:
10 sheets of PC and a box of Evergreen tubing and I could knock that up!! What say you Noodles? You could do that?

Yea sure I "could" and maybe 12 sheets.

I may require a Bangladeshi sweatshop to help with the riveting of that

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I was thinking of grabbing one of these to "fix" the taurox: http://victoriaminiatures.highwire.com/product/apc-wheel-and-suspension-kit

It would still look more like an armoured military truck.


I've had another (crazy) idea for making a squad or two of engineers (krieg engineers, just more genswick-ish), I've found all the parts apart from backpacks and equipment, anyone encountered something that might fit? I would just grab a set of dkok packs ... if FW sold them separately.

If anyone reading this has any of the Death korps packs and entrenchment tools (especially those), or better yet the krieg engineers equipment, let me know we can sort out a trade.


Thanks all

Good luck and goodnight

Going to have a look today, not sure, I bought a bunch of stuff a while ago, including some DKoK stuff will look, I know I definatly have horsey dudes.

Really awesome work going on here..... the quality of the casts is looking really cool. Going tohave to go through the last few pages in more depth.

Shapeways is having a 20% off "own designs" sale thing as well as $10 credit when you buy from a shop on the marketplace. [so buy from my shop and get $10 to spend on your next order]

I'll be getting one of my light tank turrets (unfortunately the multi-laser for the model has gone AWOL), a set of bottles and one or two other things.

If there is any requests for bits that I have on the store that you'd like to make, I'll be putting my order in between 5 or 6pm GMT. So get a message to me before then, here or PM, the link to my store is in my sig.



@Magos: Thanks mate I wish there was more to see over the last few pages

@Cam: Cheers mate I appreciate it.


I found some of the DKoK entrenchment tools on bitzbox (they had a 75% off sale and I missed it ). I'll probably have to sculpt the rest adding in some pouches from other kits.

I'm working on a new squad of armed civilians / Escalarchy / remnants of shattered PDF units getting back in the fight, using bits and pieces I've been collecting.

Also I'm about to embark on adding a radio cable and maintenance hatches to the Cyclops wish me luck!


Cheers all

Noodles.

Construction of the Cyclops continues.



I'm thinking of trying to imitate the FW tracks which seem to be a strip wrapped around and then a second wider strip that has been cut wrapped around.

Thank you.

Adding tracks:



This is going to take a while, riveting is starting to sounds attractive. mI wonder what else I could add to these.

I'm only working on these atm as they seem less intimidating than some of my other projects, such is procrastination.

Though I've got a fair bit of paint on the second basilisk, a fun distraction.


Thank you dearest readers.

OMN.

Looking pretty brilliant, tracks look spot on.

Now sorry for delay here, had a dig around would these be any good.....Guardsman in for scale..

Thanks Cam, that's a cool selection I like the wire spools at the back, (if that's what they are) look interesting especially if that is not sprue that they are surrounded by. I could really use something like that with some thin wire wrapped around.

I have some 1:35 stowage that I find a bit large so any of the 1:32 would be a little large, however those grey loose bags in the centre left and across might be useful.

Here are the bits that I've assembled so far from my bitsbox



I'll probably try and use gs for the main bag and attach tools etc as I go.

So for the armour I'm thinking of attempting to copy a WW1 german body armour but with a neck guard like modern bomb disposal and Victoria Lamb's groin and maybe thigh armour.

only a short post, I've got more to update but Christmas etc. and I've had a present from shapeways which is currently having a bath.


Thanks
OMN

P.S. Special hello to all my lurkers
N

Hello *waves*

Good work on the tanks. Looking nice. Tracks seem to do the job.

*Lurkes to the corner*

I'm sure you'll have seen them but Victoria Lamb is making some nice pouch sets, a "bread bag " style was released lately. Also a body wrapped in a rolled blanket which might fit your Genswick pseudo russian tanks nicely.


Cyclops is pretty sweet, would make a nice heavy weapon platform !

That cyclops is really coming along nicely, lovely work

Thank you all very much.

@Big H: yea I've been thinking of enlarging the design to make a few rapiers, rather than using taurox parts, hell it's not too much of a stretch to make a centaur from them.

I had an idea to make a radio antennae that is bend and folded around the body of the Cyclops finishing somewhere around the front (fixing in front of the sensory block).


Most of the base colours are done on the basilisk:


and these are going to be a fun distraction to finish off:


I've removed the detailing on the priest's hat so I can get a SoB ~ escelarchy decal there.

Thanks

OMN

All looking brilliant.

Basilisk stealing the show a little. But others are brilliant too.

 OneManNoodles wrote:
Thank you all very much.

@Big H: yea I've been thinking of enlarging the design to make a few rapiers, rather than using taurox parts, hell it's not too much of a stretch to make a centaur from them.

I had an idea to make a radio antennae that is bend and folded around the body of the Cyclops finishing somewhere around the front (fixing in front of the sensory block).

I think Rapiers would be awesome and a couple of Centaurs would be a no brainer.

The design has lots of possibilities. Stretch the whole thing and turn it into an APC / Engineer / Tank Recovery Vehicle. or some Quad Anti Aircraft.

Sweet !

Looking good there!

The basilisk is looking amazing even with the paint scheme so far, the tarpaulin just rocks this is so much better than FW ones

The ensemble of troops are looking great in there own individual ways so many cool details and conversions scattered through this lot

Like the use of high elves legs I too have been using these as part of a small desert squad, glad to finely find a use for them to be honest

All looking great, and I have a soft spot for the smaller tank, but right now, the Basi - and that incredible Basi's tarpaulin - are on the lead!

Amazing work. Everything that LT said.

That Basilisk is superb OMN! As others have said, the tarp really sets it apart. Great work.

Cyclops is coming on nicely, good idea with the aerial.

Basilisk is looking great with some colour starting to appear, as has been said many times now, the tarp makes it, great execution.

Nice little squad there, some nice work on those guys.

Thanks very much everyone.

@ Big H: The AA gun is a cool Idea, one more thing to add to the list! I'll give it a shot when I make a trio of rapiers as it'll be that size.

@ LDD: Thanks mate, The high elf archer legs are not to bad actually, besides the silly thin hips and the pointed shoes, if you can fix those and combine them with a suitable torso they are not too bad. I bought a few of them years back to try a little ad-mech squad, it failed horribly but useful bits none the less.
Out of interest do you own any of Victoria Lamb's groin or thigh armour, if you do what do you think of it, size etc?

Kinda supprised with the reception on that tarp, its only my second attempt at making something like that, glad you all like it anyway

The basi is OK, despite using masking tape, I've painted the white line wonky ... nothing a bit of stowage can't fix! and time to see if I can get some paint on that tarp!

Scale comparison with the cyclops, started riveting and finished the tracks. I'll try and get these finished tonight, now I know what I'm doing with the aerials they should be quick and easy to finish. more or less the home stretch.



and lastly one of the many things that has emerged from a hot bath with one of the weapons, still a fair bit of cleaning to do on it but it is very cool:



Thanks all,

OMN.

Yes I widened the waist band a little to fit the torso better the other I used the Archer torso so it fitted any way, plus I left the pointy feet as they kind of worked with the look I was going for.

The Cyclops look spot on better than a certain companies own the new print looks great and fitting as well although that material is not the easiest to pick detail out on

As for Vic's minis armour plates I do have some of both although the thigh ones are from the beastmen set which I aint assembled but they look pretty cool and should work well with your Genswick guard, as for the groin guard they fit well and do what the tin said LOL

@ LDD: thanks a lot mate, looks like I'll pick up some for sure. I might give the thigh guards a miss then,
All this talk though of more greatcoat legs is making me want to postpone my order for a while as I'm unsure of what legs to use now, I either go for vic's conscript or combat legs (as initially intended), wait to see what the greatcoat legs are like or use empire archers (I have just bought a box and they will make great genswick!).

I forgot to mention the torso in the image showing the Cyclops in the previous post:

is a prototype of the torso I'm thinking of using for the gens engineers.

I might just spray the turret grey just so I can see the detailing! it is pretty awesome, all the parts slot together perfectly and cleanly, only things I might change is the cupola, more detail, and extending the pegs and socket on the weapons.

Oh mate, cyclops look even better with a figure for scale !

Engineer body looks pretty sweet too !

You're turning out some really cool stuff, but secretly we all know you made the Basilisk with a tarp so you didn't have to detail the open compartment !!!!!!