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What'd you expect? You're in the UK, therefore inherently sodden at all times. And your name is Rain.

It's almost like you were asking for that to happen.

Holy Ciabatta Bread.

I completely forgot about this competition. :-/

Curse you, calendar.

Next time.

OH MY GOD I AM SOOOOO FAR BEHIND!!!! GRRRRRR DAMN YOU FEBRUARY.... YOU ARE SO SHORT!!!!!

Some really quality entries so far.......

Anyway..... i got started this evening...... Here is the work so far.......

Still going to add a canvas covering and a lot of little details.... but hey.... i started! WOOO!!!

Nice work, and at the speed you work, you have loads of time.

I would love to see posts from people to say they are still working on it. Even if I don't get WIP shots.

I'm out. Haven't even begun and don't have all the materials needed.

Stupid work and the whole "Have to show up to get paid" and needing the moneys to buy the foods instead of toys.

No, not that. Your meant to say, I have nearly finished and I took the last month off work, just for this competition.!

Just dropped by to say I'll be there on time!

Last pics due over the weekend.

Any other WIPs coming?

Cheers

My entry wont be finished on time so I'm out I'm afraid .
Its part of a bigger project anyway, and I didn't wont to rush it for fear of making a mistake.

Cant wait to see everyone else's work though, It's all been amazing so far .

Well, this is it so far...


Still much to do :( But I'm going to keep plugging away at it. I think I nailed the 'shipping container' feel though. Still need the comm tower and power generator and interior furnishings...and doors... always the last thing. And time to paint it up decently.

There is so much really interesting and inventive and imaginative stuff in this thread & contest. It's been fun to be a part of it.

 Red Harvest wrote:
Well, this is it so far...


Still much to do :( But I'm going to keep plugging away at it.

WWOOOWW!!! Ok..... Really need to get the finger out! Thats a great looking HAB unit!

Well here we go into the last week. I really hope you have some wonderful stuff out there to share, the start of the competition was so promising, be great to go out on a bang.

Do you have to show pictures of before you start, also is it too late to join?

Never too late.

Wow, so many cool entries, a shame ihave just stumbled across this.

I especially like Viks little fortress, but I think he should make them an outside privy, or asmall latrine trench

And maybe 2 little sentry huts like the soldiers at Buckingham palace have... The ones with the beusby's who are not allowed to move at all

Seriously though some great work here

I vote that dantay be a further judge for the comp...

I will later on show a true sign of life, I am getting nearer to the ffinishing line...

And, utterly not going to finish. RL sucker punched me too hard, and I do not have the focus to do cool modelling things right now.

Best of luck to everyone! I'm loving the entries. So much creativity on display here!

--B.

well...it has been again a bit of a timespan since my last visit here...

since the time is getting in short supply now as the competition is nearing its end, I want you to spoil you all with one last update before the work is finally done...

so now, feast on this...note: pot bellied stove, bunks, and even a lil teapartee setup^^




get off´a my lawn!!!!!


inside...






everything gets tested of course for scale...sitting is tested with sentinel pilots...and old sarge oneeye tests the rest^^




and the stoves smokestack...



upper floor seen from the outside...sleeping room...



and watchtower



well...hope you all like....

cheers, vik

Thats good use of some bendy straws for the chimney set up and also the toothpaste lid for the top... +20 points for ingenuity

That looks the bomb Vik the paint has really pulled it all together, love the stove and bunks great job mate, but you need a maid as some mucky git spill this drink tut tut

oh...I nearly forgot the sweetest part of the paintjob fellas, as the paintjob needed one hell of an amount for a wash, I thought I could experiment a bit, so I used sugar colour to stain the wood...that is brown sugar colour we had in the kitchen, watered down a bit and then left to dry as usual...

really go and try it, it is a bit sticky in places, but that manageable...

Brilliant. Keep it coming peeps.

And then his fort is invaded by annts and wasps attracted by the sugary goodness within, and lo Viks lounge starts to look like a recreation of starship troopers, just set in a steampunky 40 K universe

That looks sweet vik! really awesome the interior is ace and I love that watchtower!
That sugar colouring looks as good as wood stain nice idea.

I'm not likely to finish this by next week so ... sorry guys I'm out, I'll still try, but things are a little chaotic right now IRL so I'm not likely to get this finished anytime soon.

oh...noodles, that is a drag... your model is one of my favorites...

and it is indeed sweet, and dantay i am safe as ants never get up the third stair thankfully...otherwise they would be in for a treat^^

Instead of sugar, you can spray the wood with Easy-Off oven cleaner-- the lye reacts w/ the wood and darkens it. Might make it a bit fuzzy too. Ammonia fumes work too, but I am not going to recommend that.

Sorry to hear you're out Noodles... but do finish things when you can. I'm curious about the interior decor.

I hope to have everything painted in time, but I'll go with what I do finish. RL is getting to be quite a bother, again.

VVD, you need some playing cards and poker chips on that tabletop Awesome looking stockade fort! Great work.

yours is one entry i am really looking forward to... all that exshaped stuff and new tech even made me from time to time curse my decision to make a steampunk army and not some high tech stuff... hexagons look so damn sexy in my opinion...

by the way... my wife got me hex shaped cookie cutters and i posted a pic of that outcome in my thread if you´re interested

oven cleaner you say?...hmm...that needs to be tested soon!

I am Interested. And a link? My dakka search fu is, well, uhm, pitiful :(

Steampunk can be much more than brass and gears. And no reason why you need to be pure steampunk.

It's an old woodworker trick. The lye in the Oven Cleaner artificially ages the wood. If you've ever heard of fumed oak you may know that it is a reference to ammonia fumes. Both ammonia and lye are bases (as opposed to acids).

Well done Vik, the fort looks fantastic now it's painted, and I love the interior work, very nicely done .

Well peoples after some deep thought I would like to offer a small extension. giving people the weekend to finish up. The competition would end on the 2nd March 2014 at midnight. (GMT)

The work done here is amazing and I do not want to upset anyone, so please voice your opinions on this. I feel it would be a shame for some to drop out for the sack of a weekend push to finish.

I do thank everyone for there efforts, and look forward to seeing the final line up. Speaking of which....final pics. Please could all competitors NOT post finals here, that may just put people off. Instead could you PM a link or your pics to myself or Ruglud (preferably Ruglud) as he has very kindly volunteered to compile the final listings.

As to new entries. By all means you can enter all the way upto the finishing time, however the rules do ask for a WIP shot within the competition time frame. I am afraid you can't enter that dolls house you have been working on for the last 15 years, I would add, please read the rules. They do say you can enter part built etc. but it must be completed within the comp.

Thank you all for making this a great competition, good luck to you all.

Well, you guys are fantastic. In light of that, I'm going to submit anyway, just to participate. Thanks again for doing this. The community is stronger when we can all show our work to each other and get feedback and reinforcement. So here goes:



While it's not totally in line with the competition, my rationale is that a squad of Eldar Rangers have been ordered to scout ahead for the advancing Craftworld forces. They've taken refuge in this wreck of an Imperial freighter where they're awaiting extraction/further orders.

Good luck everyone! Thanks for sharing your fantastic work.