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The main aim of this series of competitions is to encourage the participants to raise the level of their own gaming tables.

To stop using shoe-boxes, coke cans and piles of books to represent terrain features, and replace them with something that will help to tell the story that is being acted out with the roll of the dice.

Or, for those diorama makers, to strive for greater detail in the story being told on a shelf.

It's a personal thing. You know the level that you are at (whether you blow your own trumpet or play it modest ) and this competition is here to entice you to try that little bit harder than normal, to say to yourself "good enough isn't good enough"...

*insert dramatic, uplifting music here*

...To do the things that you may have said "I could have done that but...". Let your imagination run free and push your modelling that little bit further.

We don't expect perfection from you, we expect you to try your best.

Not for us...

...but for yourself.

er...is that motivational enough for you...

Everybody's a winner in the end.

 Dr H wrote:
The main aim of this series of competitions is to encourage the participants to raise the level of their own gaming tables.

To stop using shoe-boxes, coke cans and piles of books to represent terrain features, and replace them with something that will help to tell the story that is being acted out with the roll of the dice.

Or, for those diorama makers, to strive for greater detail in the story being told on a shelf.

It's a personal thing. You know the level that you are at (whether you blow your own trumpet or play it modest ) and this competition is here to entice you to try that little bit harder than normal, to say to yourself "good enough isn't good enough"...

*insert dramatic, uplifting music here*

...To do the things that you may have said "I could have done that but...". Let your imagination run free and push your modelling that little bit further.

We don't expect perfection from you, we expect you to try your best.

Not for us...

...but for yourself.

er...is that motivational enough for you...

Everybody's a winner in the end.

great explanation and motivational speech doc!

and to not have this post of mine be too much smell of buttering you up...

I totally painted my face half blue to type that.

method acting...er...writing^^

Dr H Motivational speaking got to me so i set to work at once! (I just cant say no to Mel..........) Anyway.......

Got my dunny finished...... Simple timber outhouse with plenty of rivets and a tarpaulin roof.... hard to see as it is not painted....... next for the landscaping and stocks....

Cheers All,

FREED... erm... RIVETS!

Good progress.

Throw me in provisionally. I think I may have to make a flag marker for my Corvis table.

i want to lol, i have a good idea for a Tau one, but theres no way i can finish it by Aug3 with my class schedule + work

Bummer, hopefully next one is a theme i can do and a time that works.

Really pleased to see someone doing the excremental

inmygravenimage - i hope it lives up to your expectations in fact i hope it lives up to mine lol.

MagosBiff90 - i love the tarpaulin roof on your dunny.

 M0rdain wrote:
inmygravenimage - i hope it lives up to your expectations in fact i hope it lives up to mine lol.


MagosBiff90 - i love the tarpaulin roof on your dunny.

What are you concidering using for the form of the S$*T Demon...?? I was only thinking.... maybe something like expanding foam.... like they use in the construction industry to seal around windows etc..... might give a nice organic look to him..... it.... thing...


Cheers mate! Just a couple of layers of tissue paper soaked in watered down PVA glue and then layed in place and folded to give a decent look!

 MagosBiff90 wrote:
What are you concidering using for the form of the S$*T Demon...??

I will probably create the main body out of random recycled stuff then go over it all in in hot glue for the authentic poop look.

so.....got my act together and already worked on my entry... will show some WIP pics soon...hopefully tomorrow...

Fantastic stuff guys and dolls,

Keep it coming.

@Vineheart01. Sorry to hear that, wish you luck in exams. The timing of this one was always going to be n issue, but don't want to make it too long. Wish you would have a go anyways, might give you some relief and get things off your mind...

so... I have quite a planned out idea... and I already worked on it the last two days...

which brings us to the first WIP pics of my endeavours...

dunno if the term "dixi" toilet is used in the English language area...but it is a producer of small portable toilets for the use at open air concerts or military or humanitarian uses where full sanitarian buildings are not possible...

so here it is:




the door is on plastic scratch build angles that allow movement and can still be detached for painting...

the inside for this one is fully "furniture" (there will be three of them in the end...)
and there will be again a little scene shown there... if everything works out as planned this will be not bigger than a cd as a base...scale shots will follow shortly..

roof is removable...and for now it is a flat roof...

lots of details still to follow...so stay tubed...

cheers, vik.

Nice start.

Are you going to paint in the hole, or will this one be rather "full"?

I'm so looking forward to all the toilet humour that this competition will generate...

this one will have a rather disturbed occupant inside sitting on his throne...you see...there will be some actors for this entry... and one will be outside... looking for a room...to use... too bad all the rooms will be occupied... in total three outhouses...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
this one will have a rather disturbed occupant inside sitting on his throne...

Oh yeah, that is also an option.

and that is why my models take so long. I make and paint things that are not to be seen... I enjoy the doing though.

and one will be outside... looking for a room...to use... too bad all the rooms will be occupied...

I nearly asked if that would be happening.

you need to have a story for every model...at least I have to^^

and while it has an inside...it wil be still seen as the doors will remain functioning after painting...this is a new feature for me and probably will bring me to a new level in scratchbuilding... models with playabilities...

Stories and functioning bits are both good things to add to a model. Both of which I do too.

Good to see you trying something new.

Hinges have been a pain in the "rear" for me. Nearly every one I've made so far has broken at one stage or another. Be careful with them.

the breaking danger is of course always there... this is my first try and it is all plastic... that is the main reason it will probably break ...but working metal...that needs more knowledge...which I don´t have^^

It's fine to do them in plastic. Just don't keep playing with it all the time you are building (like I did on the WS ). If you can, leave them off until you've finished building and painting.

oh... you talk about patience and common sense...d´oh... where would be the fun in that...... no seriously that´s why I built it to be separate whenever I want ...

@Vineheart01. Sorry to hear that, wish you luck in exams. The timing of this one was always going to be n issue, but don't want to make it too long. Wish you would have a go anyways, might give you some relief and get things off your mind...

I would just give it a shot but i usually only have about 6hrs a week to do any painting between classes, work, and my friday gamenights. My kitbashing skills are rather slow since i havent done much, most of my "talent" comes from adapting previous artistic skills into 40k universe.
My idea was to have a hovering portapotty duplex with a bunch of "cleaner drones" circling it lol. Have one of the doors open and a drone reluctantly spraying cleaner into it (outstretched arm with the rest of the body/other arm giving this OH GOD WHY type look..spray arm at full length lol). If i didnt have work, i could probably do it in time, but meh. Life, it sucks lol

That sounds a great idea. Like I said shame.

@Vik excellent work, and setting the bar high as usual.

A little teaser shot:

I'm going to do a waste plant, made entirely from waste. That seems fitting with the =L_= spirit

[Expecting to see an entirely different type of 'Golden Throne'...]

I'm still kicking around ideas for this Scat-Tur-d terrain competition. I already have my johnnie on the spot piece, not exactly sure what to do next.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
A little teaser shot:

I'm going to do a waste plant, made entirely from waste. That seems fitting with the =L_= spirit

I like this already...... I think grandfather Nurgle will be pleased with this competition as a whole!

 MagosBiff90 wrote:

 inmygravenimage wrote:
A little teaser shot:

I'm going to do a waste plant, made entirely from waste. That seems fitting with the =L_= spirit

I like this already...... I think grandfather Nurgle will be pleased with this competition as a hole!

corrected that for you

cool piece graven!!!