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Nice repaints on those Dwarfs, and the latest works in progress are looking very industrious!

My only minor nitpick would be keep the base rims neat and consistently painted for that final touch- I know you have the bases on your radar though

Nice Dwarfs!

 Ragsta wrote:

Nice repaints on those Dwarfs, and the latest works in progress are looking very industrious!

My only minor nitpick would be keep the base rims neat and consistently painted for that final touch- I know you have the bases on your radar though

Absolutely!
That is the last step for me, It will be a army-wide 3-step last step: Terrain bases, then black edge, then matt-varnish.


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 Karak Norn Clansman wrote:
Nice Dwarfs!

Thank you!


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After multi-fail with resin casting
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/817282.page

It is faster to scratch build the cannons.



Used half BrownStuff half Milliput together.




Shouldn't of mixed in the Milliput, broke at the edges.

Those scratchbuilds are an awesome creation, I love that they are based on glue tubes! The cracked milliput can be repaired... with MORE milliput!

Pete the Wargamer mixes his milliput with green stuff, which gives the best properties of both.

Great idea, they look the part already. Looking forward to seeing them painted up!

Sweet scratch built cannons mothsniper! Cant wait to see them with some paint. I reckon they’ll look awesome even after the primer coat

Nice scratch build there.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you guys!
They turned out a bit too crude for Dwarf cannons. But good terrain pieces.






Progress
I want to be able to remove the crew pieces.





All failed castings for terrain.

Progress




When changing the water filters cut one open and decided to save used activated carbon filter media.




Patching trapped bubbles

Scratch built cannons look pretty decent with their paint on, but yeah, compared to the legit version they aren’t as fancy. Nice gate guardians for Karak Garaz-Ngol maybe?

Good start on the bases for the legit cannons, will you be magnetising the crew the main base? Patching seems to have gone well

That is going to be quite the gun line.

Cheers,

CB

 gobert wrote:
Scratch built cannons look pretty decent with their paint on, but yeah, compared to the legit version they aren’t as fancy. Nice gate guardians for Karak Garaz-Ngol maybe?

Good start on the bases for the legit cannons, will you be magnetising the crew the main base? Patching seems to have gone well

Thank you guys!
Magnetized yes, one side already done.



Dry pigments



Testing this sealer



Found old spice rack that is now new terrain rack for spicy terrain.






Something is missing, trying different schemes
Green flock on the right, Cinnamon and oregano on the left.




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 gobert wrote:
Scratch built cannons look pretty decent with their paint on, but yeah, compared to the legit version they aren’t as fancy. Nice gate guardians for Karak Garaz-Ngol maybe?

Good start on the bases for the legit cannons, will you be magnetising the crew the main base? Patching seems to have gone well

The cannons turned out too bulky and crude, more of an Ogre-kingdom vibe than the dwarfs.
Karak Garaz-Ngol's lore I imagined to be a surviving group of dwarfs with single thane that, after the end times, stumbled upon an underground abandoned dwarven outpost. Claimed it, and secretly gathering the straggling groups of surviving dwarfs from various clans, expanding underground mine, restoring living and production quarters ets. The entrance is either a: hidden trap trap door in ruins above or a wooden latter in the underground abandoned mine from bellow.

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Progress:
Doodads



Loot from local forest raid.

Bases are done

Great looking bases, so much interest they almost tell a story of their own! Also love that you cut small leaves from a real leaf!

 gobert wrote:
Great looking bases, so much interest they almost tell a story of their own! Also love that you cut small leaves from a real leaf!

Thank you.
Yes that is how itis done I am glad I got those cutters years ago.
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Progress.

I love the finished bases, they have so much life to them and as Gobert says it adds to the narrative behind them. Great work!

Oooh those robots look interesting. Where did you get them from? Will they be some form of iron golems?

 Ragsta wrote:
I love the finished bases, they have so much life to them and as Gobert says it adds to the narrative behind them. Great work!

Oooh those robots look interesting. Where did you get them from? Will they be some form of iron golems?

Thank you.
I am glad the bases turned out good, half way through I did not know what to do with them.
When I'll get to basing the rest of the army I can go back to this page and see the steps for consistency.

The robots I got at a local dollar-store, like 10 years ago.
I image searched and it is a (Bandai Sprukits - LBX Deqoo)
from the DANBALL SENKI LBX DEQOO.

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Progress - The Usual failure

Spray primed with bonding primer for better adhesion to the plastic.
Then spray painted silver base color
Then saw the paint layer melt and wrinkle...

I must of bought wrong spray paint for this...



Strait to the stripper

Progress





The red bright because it is Enamel paint, not acrylic.





Done.





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Testing

Very inspiring work! Congatulartions!

Thank you sir.

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New addition. I looked and looked and was unable to find where this mini came from or what its called.
It was online order, few years ago, from a resin printing studio.

Cool robots, seem like golems in their appearance. Nice OSL glow that their blades are giving off too. But it’s their peg crossbow that is my favourite part, with that spring I wonder if they’d actually work

 gobert wrote:
Cool robots, seem like golems in their appearance. Nice OSL glow that their blades are giving off too. But it’s their peg crossbow that is my favourite part, with that spring I wonder if they’d actually work

Not gonna lie, I like the way golems turned out. There is enough detail in the crossbows, because they where dangerously bulky.
The springs and cogs where to sell an idea of a fantasy auto-reload mechanism. That would be pretty wild if they actually worked.

Thanks for feedback.

Fantasy Gundams, nice!
I like the cool and warm color combination on the last dwarf too.
It's pleasing to the eyes.

Thanks Tommygun
It is my fail proof beard solution, instant contrast. Thin yellow wash over white base and then just wash the lower parts in oranges and reds.

Just washes, very easy but effective.

great project some amazing conversions and greenstuff work

Those robots are amazing, I can’t believe how transformative the changes were from a regular gundam. There I was thinking no way it could end up looking like anything except a gundam plus bits, but I was wrong.

bobbuilder wrote:
great project some amazing conversions and greenstuff work

 ph34r wrote:
Those robots are amazing, I can’t believe how transformative the changes were from a regular gundam. There I was thinking no way it could end up looking like anything except a gundam plus bits, but I was wrong.

Thanks guys!
To be fair, the robot-mech did already look like dwarf-tech.

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Progress
I have discovered that the kit has extra bodies. So I decided to scratch build 2 more using the extra bits.





Will try to hide the supports with Polyfil



Scratch building

Painted interior that no one will see.