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Thanks Cap'n Facebeard, tzurk, muette, and gobert.

Here are the new pipe piles that were used to give a size scale for the tractor robot.




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They are nicely weathered. You need a tiny rat peeping out of one end

So, I'm guessing, at this point, you have enough terrain for several Necromunda Apocalypse sized tables.

"Family Shot, Family Shot!" Huge terrain pic when? :-)

Cap'n Facebeard, Tommygun1918, blockade23

Thank you gentlemen,

Another single floor tower.




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Excellent! Grim but colourful, looks great to play with too.

Very nice and also practical

Thank you muette and Cap'n Facebeard.

Another small piece, one of the single floor tower/platforms to extend bridges between the others, especially for shorter bridges.


I added a base to make it solid and stable.

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Great looking towers Captain! The Red Dwarf looking one is a great scheme

These Necromunda pieces look fantastic! The platforms especially. Very nice work.

Good job CB!

Than you gobert, Warboss_Waaazag, and Colonel Jacka for the comments.

I figured I needed some red as the others are light blue or green.

Now a two deck tower.





It is running in the completion Dakka Painting Challenge Bonus Summer Blockbuster - Centerpiece: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/814571.page

Go take a look at all the great entries.

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wow, that looks amazing Captain Brown!

Great stuff. Terrain is a part of the hobby i've regretted neglecting, but you've given me a little nudge towards doing something, seeing your work here. Keep up the good fight!

Very cool, nice use of some pipes

That red looks so good! How’d you get the ripple effect on some of the panels? Did they come textured? Love the bobbins for cable drums, they fit the scale really well

Haha, bobbins as cable drums! I have so many empty plastic ones I'm going have to start doing the same...
Great looking tower!

MORE! (he screams, enjoying all the building progress) Looks great, 10/10 would definitely play on this both necromunda and 40k

Thank you Flapjack, PaddyMick, Cap'n Facebeard, gobert], Guardling, and blockade23

gobert wrote:That red looks so good! How’d you get the ripple effect on some of the panels? Did they come textured? Love the bobbins for cable drums, they fit the scale really well

gobert, it was actually an accident, there was some sort of interaction between the matte sealant and the paint on a few of the pieces. It bubbled, so I just pushed it down and added one more coat. I figured to issues with some bubbled decking in Necromunda.

Next up:




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Now that is a happy accident! I guess Necromunda doesn’t have the best environs for painting anyway. Good to see you’re continuing to make good use of the old bulkheads

Thanks gobert,

Working on the first deck.


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I am really inspired by your deck detailing. It always looks so cool.

Thanks Warboss_Waaazag,

More progress.






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Hey, the lift! Classic stuff, Cap'n. Masterfully executed, as always.

Man, that looks gooood. Keep it up!

How do you create the painted plate lines? They look drybrushed, but I don't see any raised details where they are at. Do you use a pen and ruler to draw them in?

Thank you youwashock, muette, and Warboss_Waaazag.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:How do you create the painted plate lines? They look drybrushed, but I don't see any raised details where they are at. Do you use a pen and ruler to draw them in?

I start by carving a straight line with an exacto blade, making a shallow cut so as not to split the plastic card. That makes a seam between plates. Then I run a stitch wheel in parallel on both sides, creating a riveted effect. The light grey is a fine drybrush, and when you are close you see the rivets and seams. I will use a thine black wash later to bring out the depth if the cut and rivets later in the process. As you guessed, to keep my cuts and punches straight I use a steal ruler.

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Those are incredible structures, well done

 Cap'n Facebeard wrote:
Those are incredible structures, well done

Thank you Cap'n Facebeard

I have finished the pieces now, this one I have submitted for the 'Absolute Unit' For the Monthly Unofficial Painting Challage

A classic piece from the Outlanders set...with all the cardboard replaced by plastic card painted and details added. I added an extra level to make this one even taller and the elevator a little more useful.






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Race to get your heavy stubber to the top floor!

Looks great, definitely an absolute unit