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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





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Back home and got some painting done tonight- photos tomorrow.

* Smilodon was complete before I rolled out of town
* Crew are now complete
* Mantlets have been added to the autocannon sponson guns

All that remains is to add the pintle mounted weapons and I reckon this project is complete.

And then I think I'll treat myself to a visit to Home Depot or Lowe's to pick up materials for the next, fairly large, project.

More follows soonest.


"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak





Good looking work on the tank and the command squad.

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GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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United States

Thanks very much, Not Online!!!

The project is finished tonight, Smilodon and her crew:



The lenses look a lot better with a somewhat greater stand-off:



Top views:





Crew shots:









Sponson Mantlets (too clean- I'm going to fog them with cyanoacrylite glue fumes and then lightly wash with Nuln Oil):





Army Shot (Doom Pixies, Snow Pixies, Panzer Pixies):



Next up: From the new Idunni line of figures I'm going to start a 'General of the Army and Her Personal Body Guard' (pics hopefully tomorrow) for soemthing to work on whilst I prowl the DIY store for the pieces to build the next big vehicle project.

Thank you for looking in, and for your tips and constructive criticism.

More follows soonest.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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United States

Next project: General of the Armies Sylvia Slipperfoot and her personal armskat Master Sergeant Angelique Pettyjohn (you older Dakkanauts and some Star Trek and Get Smart fans will get the reference):











The figure is from the latest Kickstarter for the new Idunni line of combat mining engineers. Given their heavier armor, I'm hearkening back to the RT days of yore when Imperial Guard could have powered armor (if you cared to spend the points) or maybe their Scion-equivalents, I don't really care. Heavy infantry, maybe like cataphracti in dismounted mode- I've got jet-cycle, jet-trike and mini-walker pieces to build at some point, so you have mounted versions too.

Given that this is a taller, heavier, tippier piece, I've mounted it on its permanent base and will try using one of those newfangled clampy-handle things to see if I like that.

Meanwhile, I've got to hie me hence to the DIY to get stuff for the next vehicle project.

Thank you for looking in. More follows soonest.





"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

Awesome Meer_Cat! Quite an accomplishment getting the full Smilodon and crew done. I also appreciated the group shot. Looking forward to your progress on the general.

   
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Eastern edge

Just Wow! the tale that 2 figure sculpt depicts. Amazing

"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!



 
   
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Thanks very much Syro- this one is just for fun and maybe to try some new things and avoid the rut!

Hey shaz- yep, it's an interesting piece and one that I did not order during the Kickstarter! Thy went and offered 20% off at their store for folks who had supported the Kick, and I wound up spending as much more as I had on the original campaign! I'm hoping they carry on with adding more lines to the Nekomimi Winterguard and Idunni Mining Fighters- they're a lot of fun.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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Eastern edge

Cool deal then!

"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!



 
   
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United States

Have gotten some painting time in this week- results below. I think I'm going to go another shade darker for the blue on the power fist and the power tail. The tanks on the back (power cells? Liquid nitrogen? Nitrous oxide?) are a lighter yellow than I want, but I'm going to sand them a bit smoother, touch up the yellow where necessary and wash with Casandora Yellow and apply decals- I think they'll be alright.





Thank you for looking in. More follows soonest.


"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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USA

Nice to see her started.

   
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United States

No painting last week, but some tonight; this is more of a sign-of-life post than anything. Thunder Pixie bodyguard is complete for base colors, just washes and dry brushing left for Angelique Pettyjohn. I did go with the next shade darker blue on the power glove and tail and like it a lot better. Not sure I approve of the neon green hoses though- those may need to change. The General of Armies is started, with surprisingly little to actually basecoat. Will need to try to be better about skin tone washes though:



I'm actively fighting the urge to go to Lowe's/Home Depot/DIY for the couple of pieces I'll need for the next project; this one deserves to be finished and get my best effort doing so before I go haring off.

More follows soonest.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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That hello kitty grafiti 10/10

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GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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United States

Yep, lotta fun to add some whimsey oncet in awhile!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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United States

General of Armies Sylvia Slipperfoot and her personal armskat/bodyguard Sergeant Angelique Petty John are finished:











Contrary to appearances, Sylvia isn't wearing the typical space barbarian chainmail brassiere- her outfit consists mostly of beaded chains of what appear to be dogtags- and the power armored sergeant has some festooned on her gear as well. I may take a whack at trying to detail those a little better so that aspect shows. I see I need to add some grime to the plasma tanks on the back also.

Otherwise, done, and moving on to the next.

Thank you for looking in. More follows soonest.

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Fun minis!
   
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This is the workshop on my family's farm- the things on the bench are (most of) the hardware for the next project. There's a fair bit that I'll need to do here because of tools required and the noise, but I'm hoping to get some time in tomorrow, enough to give the thing some shape and then announce what it is to be. For now, I'll just say (like Burt Gummer in Tremors 2- Aftershocks) "it's gonna be big!!!":



More follows soonest.

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Either that means Silos/refinery or artillery.

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A Mostly Renegades and Heretics blog.
GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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Those are great choices, Not Online!!! and I'm now intrigued by how I might work silos into the 'space colony' terrain pieces I've got going- back to the hardware store!

But for now, these are going to form the main body of a 41st Millenium (There is only war....) zeppelin for the Imperial Nekomimi Winterguard:





Second picture for a better view of the scale of the figures.

I was at a materials re-use shop (proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity) looking to see what interesting bits they had and came a cross a weird lot of assorted stove pipe pieces. Not enough for anyone to set a stove or anything, but all brand new. My immediate thought was "I can make something out of this." and I started looking for what might make a zep. The largest diameter pieces they had were 6", I was hoping for bigger, but it'll do.

So the zep's dimensions will be roughly 40" long, with a cross section diameter of 6", with a control gondola, a weapons/drop troops gondola and possibly a low-atmospheric fighter slung underneath for close air support for the grunts.

And we'll need some names! We have a whole new fighting Corps in the Nekomimi Armed Forces: Zoom Pixies (to go along with the Doom, Boom, Panzer and Thunder Pixies). And the ship herself with be (what else?) INS Kitty Hawk.

Next step is to scribe or cut panel lines into the hull pieces with either a metal scribe or a cut-off wheel for my Dremel (if the latter, will have to do the work at the farm- I tried a sample scratch down here in the apartment and the noise was horrendous). A buddy at work is going to lend me an off-cut of 6" diameter PVC pipe to use as a last, or form, so the long pipe section doesn't get bent or wrinkled as I make panel lines.

Then I can drill holes here and there to run wiring through, as I want running lights everywhere plus interior illumination. The gondolas will be detachable (probably magnetized) so that the interiors can be gamed (in case anyone wants a steam punk zeppelin to play Call of Cthulhu or something similar).


And rivets- that's what makes it 40k, amirite? Lots of 'em. Everywhere.

I also have to get a fine point Sharpie marker- nothing I've got in the apartment will stick to the metal pipe to mark where the panel lines go.

More follows soonest.


"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

It took some doing, but I got the silly pipe section to hold still enough so I could mark out where I'm going to scribe my panel lines- and all without slicing open either of my hands!

Some index lines first:



Then a 3" square cardboard guide to start mixing up some overlapping panels:



And the final layout:



I've blocked in some squares and squiggled out lines in other areas to help keep track of which panels overlap on top of which; when complete if anything looks too squirrelly I'll cut some square 'patches' out of styrene to go overtop and that should fix things. Topmost panels get rivets along all visible edges too, not sure what the spacing is going to be, but I figure fairly close together. Although the panels themselves don't have to be gas-tight- whatever the lifting gas is it'll be in cells inside the skin of the zep.

Still need to mark out where the gondolas are going to attach, where I need to bore holes so that the dorsal ack-ack turrets are going to go and this piece is ready to scribe. I picked up some Dremel grinding wheels of different thicknesses today, I really don't think the prick awl is going to make a thick enough line even if I can bear down hard enough on it. And the nail I brought down didn't do very well either. As long as I don't get carried away, I think the grinding wheels will do the trick. And that work will have to be done t the farm, because the noise here would be too much to ask of my neighbors.

Thank you for looking in. More follows soonest.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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USA

Man that pipe is huge, I hope it won't be too inconvenient preparing for tabletop use. It's so cool that you are making the Nekomimi a zeplin. Does that mean I need to make my orks a cyborg T-Rex?

   
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I have to say, i will have to reenter terrain building and painting.

Good job and i will follow this avidly to get some inspiration for my own terrain pieces that i will need to populate my table.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/766717.page
A Mostly Renegades and Heretics blog.
GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

Thanks very much all, for looking in!

Syro: Yes, the Nekomimi getting a zep definitely means your Orkz need a cyborg T-rex! Without a doubt!

Not Online!!!: Hopefully there will be a few things worth looking at over the next couple of weeks- I look forward to any feedback/input you may have. I'll have to warn yuo though, that my fancy is most engaged when I'm working with non-standard parts (Hey- I can make something out of that!) for a non-standard purpose (Zeppelins? Really? In the 41st Millenium where the is only war? Yes- rivets!). It should be fun, even if a gaming situation never comes for it.

I'm at the farm this weekend and will hopefully be able to chisel enough time out to scribe the panel lines with my Dremel; I have an alternative course of action if this doesn't work.

More follows soonest!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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United States

So, got my scribing done today, and I'm overall fairly well pleased at how it came out. There really wasn't a good way to fix a straight edge onto the unrolled pipe- as you'll see- so everything was freehand and often without the ability to even get a good two-handed brace to hold the Dremel steady. But I think the final effect, with paint, rivets, washes and weathering, will be good.

I first had to build up a 'last' or form, to help keep the metal from crimping or wrinkling as I leaned into it to apply the cut-off wheel:



I wore ear, eye and breathing protection, as I managed to throw off some sparks scribing the metal:



The effect of interlocking and overlapping panels or plates is going to be pretty good, I think:



And I almost forgot to get a pic of the pipe with the 6" to 4" reducer attached (this will lead to the rudder and aileron assemblies at the back end) and the 6" cap at the fore end- where the nose assembly will be and I have two ideas to try to for that- I remembered as I was stowing everything in the trunk for the run back down to Virginia tomorrow evening. I hope to get to work on the next step Monday night:



That's my paramedic bag in the background.

Next steps are to apply a light coat of primer (I didn't want to scribe too deep and maybe punch through the thin metal and I don't want to fill my scribe lines with paint, so light coats all around- I may use my airbrush rather than a rattle can) and maybe a first wash, to see how the lines stand out. I've cut access holes in strategic places for running the wiring for the running and gondola lights- so making up the wiring harness for the Kitty Hawk can also be done now at any time. And I can attach the engines- debating between just two located in the rear third of the hull or four, with two located at the front one third mark and the other pair at the rear two thirds mark. Have to think on that.

Then there's building out the nose cone, the flight gear at the back and the gondolas. I'm thinking also about converting a 1/48 scale F4F Grumman Wildcat (I think I remember the nomenclature correctly) into a carrier version (foldable wings) that will be stowed underneath the hull also- with a ladder for the intrepid pilot to climb down into the cockpit to conduct anti-air or ground close support operations.

And we'll need several Zoom Pixie crew, of course.

Thank you for looking in. More follows soonest.






"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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Madrid, Spain

This is starting to take a good shape, keep it up!

Also known as KeiserS! muette is my old name.

I also have a 3d models shop, check it out here! https://cults3d.com/en/users/keiserspandp/creations 
   
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United States

Thanks very much, muette!

Very sorry for the delay in responding- I was hoping to have enough progress done on the hull to make it worth taking a picture and posting, but I'm not quite there yet. The stove pipe is taking a lot more light coats of spray primer to cover than I thought- the initial one literally slid off because I accidently put it on too heavily. It's been lots of light spot coats since Monday morning, but we're almost ready to try applying the wash.

I've got a bottle of Burnt Umber ink that I believe I can try thinning down 1:50 or even 1:100 (I'll experiment on a piece of primered styrene) that should do nicely.

For tonight, I've made a start on the 'payload' gondola and the propulsion pods- and have a brand new idea for the control cabin- I think it's going to look fab!

So, hopefully some pics of in progress things tomorrow, and thank you all for looking in.

More follows soonest.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

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Not where I should be

Ah, you have advanced to the zeppelin stage I see! Every body does it. At some point they just have to make a airship, and yours is looking amazing right off the bat.

Love the tank, general looks amazing, but zeppelin wins. Fantastic stuff.

To help the primer you might want to sand the while thing. Ăˆven a 600 grit once over will help the paint key to the surface.

Looking forward to more.




 
   
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Hey Cam! Yes, this is your fault- I've been thinking about how to go about it ever since you mentioned the zeppelin-phase in an earlier project.

I should have thought about creating a key for the primer, but the fault was really mine, as I knew to spray several light coats but got distracted by the fact that the initial coat wasn't hiding the Sharpie markings. It's pretty well covered now, but if any areas need touch up (paint flakes off to bare metal) I'll sand that before re-applying primer.

And a funny thing- I sprayed a scrap piece of styrene so I can see how my homemade Earthshade is going to look (to create that 'doped canvas' look, even though the hull is clearly metal) and it still isn't dry. The metal pipe dried in minutes, plastic not so much.

So I used the time to advance the work on the weapons gondola:



This is the 'bed' that will fit against the hull and have magnets hidden in it so that the gondolas can be detached (hey, I may come back later and build multiple gondolas, plus I want the wepps gondola to separate so the steampunkers can game in it)- I've got some putty filling to do and can then JB Weld it to the fuselage/hull.

And here is the bare bones of the wepps gondola itself:





Overall dimensions: 3.5 inches by 10.5 inches by 2.75 inches high- this thing will accommodate figures up to space marine size (up to real Space Hulk metal Terminators size). The side pieces are made from two of those things you buy with a bunch of plastic key fobs on that you can label- I needed the fobs for a different project and have had these things kicking around for a while. I think the slots for the fobs make for a decent gothic/steampunk look that I can enhance with minimal work, plus the hooks that the fobs hang from are going to come in very useful (yes, I will be converting some Doom Pixies into fast-roping/rappelling/abseiling Death from Above Practitioners). Plus other things I'm sure I haven't thought about yet.

Tomorrow I hope to have the results of the 'streak test' ready for your estimation: does the wash color suit the hull and does it pick out the panel lines properly? I think if the styrene looks good I'll wash the hull, then apply a billion rivets then spot wash the rivets.

I also hope to have more work done on the gondola and will have the dorsal anti-air turrets primered and ready to show.

Thank you for looking in. More follows soonest.





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Japan

Whoa, this is a massive project, in all senses of the word. I'll be watching your progress with interest!

Now showing Samurai Marines!

Painting total as of 3/18/2024: 14 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain

Painting total for 2023: 79 plus 28 Battlemechs and a Dragon-Balrog

 
   
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Thank you for looking in JoshInJapan!

Got some good work in tonight, but not what I expected!

First up- here are the turrets for the dorsal guns and I think one is going to be a ventral ball turret or possibly a chin turret, depending on how I do the nose:



They are from a great seller on Etsy, ran about US$7 each- DM me if you want the name.

I didn't get time to do the 'streak test' for how I'm going to wash/weather the hull; instead, I got interested in putting together the tail assembly with its associated ailerons and other control surfaces. I started with an electric light receptacle I had lying around for just such an occasion and some dollar store putty knives bought for the purpose:



Some cutting and shaping with my Dremel, a coping saw, an Xacto knife and a carpet knife and they were ready to epoxy in place:



I couldn't get enough JB Weld in the groove to keep them steady whilst it dried (and I was using JB Weld Quik, to boot) so I went with adding Green Stuff to smooth the edges and keep everything together:




I'm going to have to add the fourth vane on Monday when I get back- this assembly of the receptacle was right smack in the way, I'm going to have to cut it out:



As you can see, I tried to epoxy a spacer in and make it work, but it wasn't solid and I was feeling rushed- so drop back five yards and prepare to punt, I'll finish it on Monday when I have time to do it right- and that means cutting the bits out of the way that are causing the problem and then smoothing them over with Green Stuff.

I'm thinking about adding a stinger turret to the back of this- there is certainly room. Plus, there is space inside the receptacle for a batter box, so I'll wire a bunch of the running lights to feed from here- I'll magnetize the assembly so it can be accessed to change batteries or replace LEDs,

Thanks for looking in- more follows soonest.










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Hyderabad, India

Always a pleasure to check in on this blog. This will be a masterpiece of scratch building!

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