tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9490881681613681722024-03-28T14:51:24.527-07:00Wh 40k modelling blog by AgisFannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884979720360070270noreply@blogger.comBlogger491125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-28701155771834534322024-03-25T12:09:00.000-07:002024-03-25T12:09:45.983-07:00Opus flight deck extension<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnH8lNu2Y_9Zso5OkOlh4wIdRcWcjIOEgkQQLieKGM8SbP0AnxDZMzfxvqzODMP618DUnJsen9WK3Phlu1Jjzg4hnwjvB9qmHiOBZczO5BAPx62W3-HUaE4HE8Ndsy2XOq_WKK0INnmMDeN5ACCkgvuDfcxHmqPhSM-gRIHR-kGzOVNF15pRLNbEAnzSVL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnH8lNu2Y_9Zso5OkOlh4wIdRcWcjIOEgkQQLieKGM8SbP0AnxDZMzfxvqzODMP618DUnJsen9WK3Phlu1Jjzg4hnwjvB9qmHiOBZczO5BAPx62W3-HUaE4HE8Ndsy2XOq_WKK0INnmMDeN5ACCkgvuDfcxHmqPhSM-gRIHR-kGzOVNF15pRLNbEAnzSVL=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br />So, an update on the work on the Opus Magna. For many years now I have been thinking about the flight deck and what I should do with it. One thing that has been bouncing around the back of my head were what to do with the crenelated sides. These comes from the landing platform sides that are intended to be raised to form a barrier from where the soldiers defending the plattform can shoot. This looks good and ties the Opus into the ascetics of the 40K scenery.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhz9SylHGbXYU_Al2-5NOYzm2p85pGJTxtew9eJ4JEY5-SfPcZ4Bc35hbvoFWP0oVe0IKA6-nzj2lSfnLk9c16Q-Ge_hc_2X3p1VRC3CgmsBclB610wNj9IV2T6ufMKmMOBvCcc1KCbu56lVfqa4cX5nBk2GvAc4y1Uv2VQ7FXrIlznBs7gW5GwUlHOupx4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhz9SylHGbXYU_Al2-5NOYzm2p85pGJTxtew9eJ4JEY5-SfPcZ4Bc35hbvoFWP0oVe0IKA6-nzj2lSfnLk9c16Q-Ge_hc_2X3p1VRC3CgmsBclB610wNj9IV2T6ufMKmMOBvCcc1KCbu56lVfqa4cX5nBk2GvAc4y1Uv2VQ7FXrIlznBs7gW5GwUlHOupx4=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>However, once I started work on the flight wing I quickly realized that to fit everything onto the deck I needed to balance the aircraft with the tails sticking out as far as possible over the edge, which meant balancing on the crenelations with big holes in-between. The fact that that the aircraft does not have a modern landing gear set up does not help as there is no nose wheel but a tail wheel, preventing the tail to overhand the edge. So this meant that I would need to close up the gaps in the crenelations, adding some much needed extra space to the flight deck. I always imagined that this would be a quick thing. Just cut out the suitable shapes and glue them in. Well it did not turn out to be that easy. Not all pieces needed to fill the gaps were the same shape, and to give things some details I also needed to att some extra layers to each piece. All in all I ended up doing some 53 pieces, each consisting of four layers. So this to a lot more time than expected, but in the end I think it was worth it. Next thing will be to mount it to the hull and see what this did to the profile (there are still some things to do around the interference with the air defences).<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjE1TxiIE-VhyBXk6-528kdCN9YvC5J9_Krs0o05upMApD_YYo_KNJuSzbtiXdfThHDZbKeAOPv0-JobIwbWgDBaSNvEh-6TvWKjCUuuZcs778XBmhA4kUrgaLVOprUmj_h5w751TTi21FtxOks-uf26dfdUXQB8TWik5Ig-Mt-jVWewL4aGKt8qbz-TblO" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjE1TxiIE-VhyBXk6-528kdCN9YvC5J9_Krs0o05upMApD_YYo_KNJuSzbtiXdfThHDZbKeAOPv0-JobIwbWgDBaSNvEh-6TvWKjCUuuZcs778XBmhA4kUrgaLVOprUmj_h5w751TTi21FtxOks-uf26dfdUXQB8TWik5Ig-Mt-jVWewL4aGKt8qbz-TblO=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /><p></p><p>Another thing that has been troubling me with this build is the fact that the original aircrafts are WTOL's, which in principle makes a carrier somewhat obsolete (as there is no need for a take off and landing strip). But on the other hand I think that WTOL operation, from what I have seen on live footage is not a rapid thing and probably not something you would like to do in a hot zone as you become an easier target as you slow down for the landing or is a sitting target as you take off.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjioR3_slaxv-FftenKAnnXJlfjR6Y7kZAl9t6WDUEZL0kQU5EHt_pWjiyIkqpjkhCVH-SdxDElmQA3z_wlJZdpHnZRgxYfa-OkAQSZg2ZWtDZfa8NAzrvwP5jK94AdfQ-W0kVb_fHoAc3uQD9_AeisA9s8dKCJtEh_5K5_ncfnnzarGznfIwXi7tQuSj_L" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjioR3_slaxv-FftenKAnnXJlfjR6Y7kZAl9t6WDUEZL0kQU5EHt_pWjiyIkqpjkhCVH-SdxDElmQA3z_wlJZdpHnZRgxYfa-OkAQSZg2ZWtDZfa8NAzrvwP5jK94AdfQ-W0kVb_fHoAc3uQD9_AeisA9s8dKCJtEh_5K5_ncfnnzarGznfIwXi7tQuSj_L=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p>Then there is also the issue of moving things around the deck as the original air frames do not have wheels. This probably means I have to remedy this on my builds. And that sort of lead me to the second addition to the flight deck, catapults. As I will have wheels on the aircraft I can also use the catapults to launch them of the deck, and actually use the angled deck for normal landings (when in a combat zone).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6ctu62V93qtu4JwFcVqm8SROj2QG51XYjZ4eNCTirA337qVcXsqbBcUNVs1mrlOBmzwMtM5HwCvpv0YTWKZOUbTRC2SoV86G9JepUZO_cZyYv61a4ZhENCbiR1a2Hi7PYKf3RE8KbZeDWlAHJhdiDkwjzLDLcPV7cPJoBKomsPL45jGxsCubTN5f45A9x" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6ctu62V93qtu4JwFcVqm8SROj2QG51XYjZ4eNCTirA337qVcXsqbBcUNVs1mrlOBmzwMtM5HwCvpv0YTWKZOUbTRC2SoV86G9JepUZO_cZyYv61a4ZhENCbiR1a2Hi7PYKf3RE8KbZeDWlAHJhdiDkwjzLDLcPV7cPJoBKomsPL45jGxsCubTN5f45A9x=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>I added two catapults to the forward section of the deck where I had left some space open as decoration when I build this part. I also added a slightly longer catapult to the side of the angled deck to launch heavier crafts. Each catapult has a small runner that I can move along the track depending on what action I want to portray in the future. I also added two horns to the front. I am not sure they look good. They are a bit on the skinny side. The hone on the angled deck is lager, perhaps on the large side. I will have to think about what I do with these...<p></p><p>All this has taken a lot of time and it is not done yet. Now I need to go in with GS and seal any gaps, which I dread as I know it will take forever. But before doing that I will paint some normal models just to clear my head.</p><p><br /></p></div></div>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-28147146540996929022024-03-14T14:21:00.000-07:002024-03-14T14:21:18.162-07:00Crusader and Sergeants done<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAmhDJyOEGMLIcaR8ZOrmHkv6qLaMa4jUN88MPqPWnc7MvGAWzy5z7wib3PBnQC1mUXabAeYJzpYF_l-S7YCy9zHML7-7a-0QbNjp13PTYr2Mu2ApKg4Dpbo1tXzlePhLXqqPm_7hhKBcz2JztsaONzYI93ccTNAJ-SXQl6UPK2FuxjJQNqErw-16pJNcC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2761" data-original-width="3909" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAmhDJyOEGMLIcaR8ZOrmHkv6qLaMa4jUN88MPqPWnc7MvGAWzy5z7wib3PBnQC1mUXabAeYJzpYF_l-S7YCy9zHML7-7a-0QbNjp13PTYr2Mu2ApKg4Dpbo1tXzlePhLXqqPm_7hhKBcz2JztsaONzYI93ccTNAJ-SXQl6UPK2FuxjJQNqErw-16pJNcC=w400-h283" width="400" /></a></div><br />Well that to more time than I had expected. From the beginning I thought this would be a straight out of the box build. But it has taken years to plan and execute. In the end it did not turn out anything what I had imagined but I am still happy with the outcome. I love these chaos models. The detail and character is great but they are horrible to modify due to all the details. This is why I could not make it as first planed, it would have required so much cutting and re-sculpting that I do not think I could have done it justice. So instead I went with what could be done with the models. I am really happy with the scratch build cannons on the back, even though I think it would have looked better with a more traditional shoulder mount. Thar would however have meant that I could not use the spikes and horns on the back. The arm mounted rotary cannons also turned out nice, giving an older and more intricate design than the original which I think goes well with the knights over all estetiks.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi29lrgbvLCSKQ_Z7mkGt52HIofBeBvgHZuujpraIwCYyn1bSkb70-FmqamZjNeApZ8jFBT8YRsq5oNGOQHLJHl0j_2fkLKStOtQyIkIwbDdDWr3YhJRrTca8WJKIu_tnI-2crqM5F8BXssdGU-vtBlXcUgwJ_15AsMReFwWTUQbXjMbKcAJgMMSPTRnEQR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi29lrgbvLCSKQ_Z7mkGt52HIofBeBvgHZuujpraIwCYyn1bSkb70-FmqamZjNeApZ8jFBT8YRsq5oNGOQHLJHl0j_2fkLKStOtQyIkIwbDdDWr3YhJRrTca8WJKIu_tnI-2crqM5F8BXssdGU-vtBlXcUgwJ_15AsMReFwWTUQbXjMbKcAJgMMSPTRnEQR" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGdQXheGDaP1QTFB84sbdwyzpnevgJOQIvonf050eCR1HFX6nxgBU9JU8lje-u-byJAg_QN_Dr-s9cv2B6_vFRw7taZNP4pbgEhP6GT9tmY7NXKxcPWeFlT987q-5elBy0A6JBOEvLSl0XCQ5wUQO4wpZyUlwnQ9PeCa9R8opemxDGXjfvRkd2SoDeFKCB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGdQXheGDaP1QTFB84sbdwyzpnevgJOQIvonf050eCR1HFX6nxgBU9JU8lje-u-byJAg_QN_Dr-s9cv2B6_vFRw7taZNP4pbgEhP6GT9tmY7NXKxcPWeFlT987q-5elBy0A6JBOEvLSl0XCQ5wUQO4wpZyUlwnQ9PeCa9R8opemxDGXjfvRkd2SoDeFKCB" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHIumq__Qf2uuWAKL-3gCtF0CPoYy2NZrZSDoTrl3KGt4V4fQZaaqzto90MU_U3iGr158RfPdOHy5VZ852E5iDH9FyD3MU8otZhSkHVJpDl4Gt_FcRfIoDAbnEARPAplyzCFQ20m_d8fZaUm6gySurp0-By6vf_Qks6fkq6mmi7ygN_JFaN_IyxAACOj0y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHIumq__Qf2uuWAKL-3gCtF0CPoYy2NZrZSDoTrl3KGt4V4fQZaaqzto90MU_U3iGr158RfPdOHy5VZ852E5iDH9FyD3MU8otZhSkHVJpDl4Gt_FcRfIoDAbnEARPAplyzCFQ20m_d8fZaUm6gySurp0-By6vf_Qks6fkq6mmi7ygN_JFaN_IyxAACOj0y" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiClNEqrM6amUZ0Pfn56SpN5wPU-UbR6Ss5cstxYS10Zp_4wjsBr4jihU-G9pp8i2Zwr9gxHKOBn5jpo-wi9FE8_cnSTX5g6GomKl1l3aAn2M05qQYs_VznT7KNEIs0KyRXqpVRwDiEwIngiCIxks8f4l4W-Ep8WdsiOKtSFIFDB30m1N8qO_nlrAxFcmF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiClNEqrM6amUZ0Pfn56SpN5wPU-UbR6Ss5cstxYS10Zp_4wjsBr4jihU-G9pp8i2Zwr9gxHKOBn5jpo-wi9FE8_cnSTX5g6GomKl1l3aAn2M05qQYs_VznT7KNEIs0KyRXqpVRwDiEwIngiCIxks8f4l4W-Ep8WdsiOKtSFIFDB30m1N8qO_nlrAxFcmF" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs8qWr8hjjD8BHIYgfMnLxv7P-ZfaWUqrRC9rRGfPMrAypG_Tqi0DQ9ofqkk8iGTuvb2ZMx86u3vc7067PbJ9y7lcMYVHwFscFRS5Oh6YaERYCAJt0-OuHdvLrq7I8b2T58suf135zLRpqqSd9XHsnCeI6ZCiwNnTswF0Id1hysP9YDRyfik9nFMZbCrjf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs8qWr8hjjD8BHIYgfMnLxv7P-ZfaWUqrRC9rRGfPMrAypG_Tqi0DQ9ofqkk8iGTuvb2ZMx86u3vc7067PbJ9y7lcMYVHwFscFRS5Oh6YaERYCAJt0-OuHdvLrq7I8b2T58suf135zLRpqqSd9XHsnCeI6ZCiwNnTswF0Id1hysP9YDRyfik9nFMZbCrjf" width="180" /></a></div><p></p><p>I am also really happy with how the paint jobb turned out. It is the first time I painted a large model using stippling weathering combined with my usually rusted metal and sponge weathering. I think this works best with a lighter colour that contrasts well to the darker metal, which means that the Northern Knights will probably not get this treatment.</p><p>Next up will be some mechanicum models I got from my wife, so back to green it will be.</p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-58542132017240518382024-01-25T10:20:00.000-08:002024-01-25T10:20:25.178-08:00Gaunt's Ghosts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPVbv8biUR3JOoJKQvDObqeOzjFPBapfx5RnfIdVwtTY53K1CtxEQXizWJt5aqfBgS4ulfmZ_HZGZjzeAVyPZpYWv2UkgRCrsOM5UVNKnVkoavWBAkt7G99XhdwzSjVnTnZ8oRyBYU3VDlzGddid7WZqUP7L81qRNkAcqH9v3WsJ47YP6QVBereV9TLQ71" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="4000" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPVbv8biUR3JOoJKQvDObqeOzjFPBapfx5RnfIdVwtTY53K1CtxEQXizWJt5aqfBgS4ulfmZ_HZGZjzeAVyPZpYWv2UkgRCrsOM5UVNKnVkoavWBAkt7G99XhdwzSjVnTnZ8oRyBYU3VDlzGddid7WZqUP7L81qRNkAcqH9v3WsJ47YP6QVBereV9TLQ71=w400-h138" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>This year I got the box with the Gaunt's Ghosts for Christmas. I have been looking at this set for some time but not really felt connected with them more than that I knew they were famous. But, after finishing all the omnibusses during summer they are no longer strangers to me. So it was a real pleasure to get the box from the wifey, but also a feeling of dread. How to paint them to make them justice? Their fatigues are black and that in itself is problematic as it is a difficult colour to get right. And it tends to become just a big blob of all the same. Also, the famous camo cloaks were a bit of a problem. On the box are they are green with some light camo pattering but I was not sure that that would cut it, or that I could pull it off.<p></p><p>So, I decided to try to make a numer of different black shades on the bots, jackets, armour paunches etc. I am not sure if it made that much of a difference though. For the cloaks I went with something a bit more exotic. Instead of using traditional camo I went with a "shimmering" effect, were the cloak shifts colour over a gren-bron-yellow scale depending on how it falls. If one could make such fabric it would at least not be your standar type camo cloak.</p><p>For the skin I went for a pale pink type, but with enough red to give it some warmth compared to the black. I tried adding some blue tattoos but my brush and hand was not good enough for any fancy stuff.</p><p>The bases were blinged out a bit by adding some cork concrete and plaster craters. Over all I am happy with how they turned out.</p><p>My favourite of these models is Oan Mkoll. He just looks so cool sitting in his tree and being lite "You are inte the wrong forest my friend" - to quote someone on the internet.</p><p>Sadly there are no models for the rest of the core cast, Dorden, Milo, Golea, Soric, Brostin, Faegor, Mk Venner, Daur, Merrt, Caffran, Ayatani Zwail, Anna Curth any many more. Perhaps I will have to try do make some, but I doubt that I can get it to the same level as these with the detail.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqtmLC26Y6kvZKRohTlyOKTGE0dgGk4fRgxB5K2UBknxSDdFAjGAXFptksSH8eGivkIH9XQpDAB-tLnm7OWOBB0Ih2SIt_00FRXKVUkykahf6-L-9OcIFO0YdtOYlyR6Iad_Jf2NaRLoNkYckuYENERe-6Pg4mA6yGeyUi9pJFIc42ErINdngrbZwxtl-X" width="180" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqtmLC26Y6kvZKRohTlyOKTGE0dgGk4fRgxB5K2UBknxSDdFAjGAXFptksSH8eGivkIH9XQpDAB-tLnm7OWOBB0Ih2SIt_00FRXKVUkykahf6-L-9OcIFO0YdtOYlyR6Iad_Jf2NaRLoNkYckuYENERe-6Pg4mA6yGeyUi9pJFIc42ErINdngrbZwxtl-X" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGvbDxxEJ4HPZ1OF8aUIk9osRS2A8pjZuyRY01aMfx1phZ_d6tKwHHGI4KLnkApuMOHqXVFkMsU9iS2DX9F025fMo32mn_b2MP30_SPLZPYFQJ1LVcPIoPq0TJx_stBKJl6Mbw8IwK9mom4Z_hioJtzsMVxJvJbdAOn_IuiA1vYjEJTnlYZU7uPFVo2xq5" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqa-WTRTvQYSW4uixBomTgofig_YtyL4u8LWKTd8Wj6F2N6flcOICkmr8B9qIU8v_Eo6ge1aA-axL6l_r1VgIx9zx8QBsFkdCzoKgKSQUUvF-vamuOU69oALTN1Cwo3CO4s0PBgS0_3pOOLbB_J0jHudG8jUJxMJIZNtJ4b0iGOTz8SH4R2MT62ZQm0I3K=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br />Last couple of weeks has gone by in a rush and I have not had much time to do hobby stuff. So this will be a short update. After finishing the main blocks of the Opus I have gone back and started adding internal wall, door etc to give the model some more detail when presented without the flight deck. This is probably not strictly necessary as it will mostly have the flight deck mounted but it will look nice.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqQdJaiouF8sqmgoTB7_j-TDscUCluWMvIHbpctPEhAW0UKOQyUvX8W62uyIlGZIXyGoy1EYsxyTqgnq3ToX9E3qRXfa-orzbeHQzGVve9ev7qRBXcGPuGNePg1Sp6ZUxOg3DYZJQ54I4ntkj0vZUVq-RRDLHsUKALzYFOpVVewsPutCGEP6savb_H8gpn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqQdJaiouF8sqmgoTB7_j-TDscUCluWMvIHbpctPEhAW0UKOQyUvX8W62uyIlGZIXyGoy1EYsxyTqgnq3ToX9E3qRXfa-orzbeHQzGVve9ev7qRBXcGPuGNePg1Sp6ZUxOg3DYZJQ54I4ntkj0vZUVq-RRDLHsUKALzYFOpVVewsPutCGEP6savb_H8gpn" width="320" /></a></div><br />When I started this the idea was to also furnish each compartment, but I realized that I do not have that much time. Instead I added roofs to some of the sections to suggest some purpose to the space without having to actually come up with it and make all the details. I am also finding that the base structures are by no means straight, don't know what I was doing when I started this, but I obviously did not make sure the walls were at 90 deg to the floor or to eachother. So everything I do now has to be fitted to this wonky build. It is that or restart the entire top of the model and that will not happen. I am hoping that the scale of the model will make it less noticeable. Also, I have found that if you just burry things in details it becomes harder for the eye to see asymmetries etc.. there is just to much going. I will add some detail to the roofs in terms of pipes and some fans and general technical details.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikTctIMwMbC2Equ8yfgwsGPK0z2FRGd1HnFDwv--ifD77_3Y6iaLLMZVWB_rq1X6EjsCZOaMQhrw_g0T8OAs7jW-RkhzJ0tXPe7-jho73GJP5aAZsNKrI_UUJ199i8HjLCmo5bY-YpqAweFQyKaRSlXQYxk4Tmh-K8F64EwDh0nyopzdNRTwWrd7B4wXOm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikTctIMwMbC2Equ8yfgwsGPK0z2FRGd1HnFDwv--ifD77_3Y6iaLLMZVWB_rq1X6EjsCZOaMQhrw_g0T8OAs7jW-RkhzJ0tXPe7-jho73GJP5aAZsNKrI_UUJ199i8HjLCmo5bY-YpqAweFQyKaRSlXQYxk4Tmh-K8F64EwDh0nyopzdNRTwWrd7B4wXOm" width="320" /></a></div><br />In hind sight I should probably have used the side compartments to extend the hangar bay instead. It would have been easier and also provided more space for the air craft. As it is they will be stacked in the core only. There will be two levels where the second is mostly made up of the elevators being parked half way.<p></p><p>Once I am done with this I need to make sure the internal panelling in the hangar bay match to the sections so that I do not have holes etc in the coverage.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-20524333138495395082024-01-07T09:40:00.000-08:002024-01-07T09:40:54.240-08:00Opus Magna, blocks done.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZIv07gBTY9bkoHcshWuG4RPKR2zkkojf9K6ZWauPNa5JFVfZ3gn2oElOdfYqCtsKunmuAIUSZaAzpPPCzqtFdUWGcg4MV_lX3cWrFqGd0ugRDwfIXr6ufxi0UQ_WxqBNYACnwT6dZ428RkzDS5iCTPlyQrU2DuWxl7De_mhyo12zUccAXY_SpyQrJ3yKH" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1833" data-original-width="3432" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZIv07gBTY9bkoHcshWuG4RPKR2zkkojf9K6ZWauPNa5JFVfZ3gn2oElOdfYqCtsKunmuAIUSZaAzpPPCzqtFdUWGcg4MV_lX3cWrFqGd0ugRDwfIXr6ufxi0UQ_WxqBNYACnwT6dZ428RkzDS5iCTPlyQrU2DuWxl7De_mhyo12zUccAXY_SpyQrJ3yKH=w400-h214" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>First post of the new year. Over the holidays I finally got some time and inspiration to spend on the Opus Magna! It is now almost fully blocked out and I have added most of the weapons systems that I had sitting around. Normally I like to keep things in subassemblies for easier painting, but with this model I needed to get it more or less built so that I can fit each subassembly to each other in the build process. To keep the numbers to a minimum I decided that I needed to attach the small assemblies to the big ones instead of keeping them separately for painting. In cases where I need to be able to removed them anyway I built some sliding holders so that I can attach them (without blue tack) but still remove them later for painting.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjketQ7angCvMPAJnX-C0N2sdy_JmOq9JeSaKRvTLx2Wt5ZDz-bvcvnB14dA5kR4XsfFoP-onXK2HoGc8c1ZcCpaZ3FY4ToGR5JZZBNWfmuUbwH1x3674zKpbkFVmi6tJkAKfDm0g9Ofn_byDlzn75RWB9ZQGPtttdOAsuqzL13o8I8AaKD9Ix7qkgexUnD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="2017" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjketQ7angCvMPAJnX-C0N2sdy_JmOq9JeSaKRvTLx2Wt5ZDz-bvcvnB14dA5kR4XsfFoP-onXK2HoGc8c1ZcCpaZ3FY4ToGR5JZZBNWfmuUbwH1x3674zKpbkFVmi6tJkAKfDm0g9Ofn_byDlzn75RWB9ZQGPtttdOAsuqzL13o8I8AaKD9Ix7qkgexUnD=w312-h400" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfMn3uMr5KimsKQ53RfBEiIFUl5NBI7BMebq6TuVpPpWDwST0hA5pJzWQe2_XCNZJB377EbL6d59CtUn-BafIaqxL6KvSPj-zmAerolTX67XD29bBVut9vksNK_P-CT5gmsHp4SUVpVLSx0DtLAkWgWYRUfY4JyKc5ixKKOvTur0iKD4EuNfxv0SPoc40s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfMn3uMr5KimsKQ53RfBEiIFUl5NBI7BMebq6TuVpPpWDwST0hA5pJzWQe2_XCNZJB377EbL6d59CtUn-BafIaqxL6KvSPj-zmAerolTX67XD29bBVut9vksNK_P-CT5gmsHp4SUVpVLSx0DtLAkWgWYRUfY4JyKc5ixKKOvTur0iKD4EuNfxv0SPoc40s" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh08PK0WA0YXVX2lFoTrAYOhCDOJEYwLaGjlT6MkxBRmAZOnFEfbujwnOJJ7xNs52DRNQFDJz1is6Fli11xjbYRzOCeJbGs2xSgt3Ztr3WXhpJpaZC8yVeVg1xF8vjw8r5xdavEL11apwUBtLkslFFSZzZnh_mwkresJkyIrAnRM2IrQc7PgsbJA6UEX8Wk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh08PK0WA0YXVX2lFoTrAYOhCDOJEYwLaGjlT6MkxBRmAZOnFEfbujwnOJJ7xNs52DRNQFDJz1is6Fli11xjbYRzOCeJbGs2xSgt3Ztr3WXhpJpaZC8yVeVg1xF8vjw8r5xdavEL11apwUBtLkslFFSZzZnh_mwkresJkyIrAnRM2IrQc7PgsbJA6UEX8Wk" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Some of the major things was that I needed to attach the air defence pods along the battlements. Since I did not plan for this from the beginning, the platforms where all cut to fit the GW barricades which meant I needed to cut holes in these to fit the pods. This meant getting in there with a jewellers saw and not destroy anything else. Not easy but I managed. One good thig about finally getting these mounted was that I noticed an interference between them and the flight deck. I am thinking on cutting some of the tabs away from the decking to give the guns some clearance. Other option is to pull the pods of and reposition them further out. This will however make them stand out from the battlements in an un esthetical way. Since this is only a problem on one side and for two of the pods, I am leaning towards the first option, might also give the deck some interesting features. Just have to make sure that that part is not needed to place aircraft on.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr0_VNb8k6mHaeGwB-Zc1Z38Pyy_5q83diGH0NVJWlnPiyWuvcMKMGMHrLTF34L07yJk80ep-87UEP6FPTXrVq-zJYU9hjgxvY3ow9NB3lfIgjinNdyoxY2zDk8TcGNyzkut2nUR1vqlVXMihZvbiLoPLCGwbSinZo8uYAe6sMPeZS7KhRNs-OjFWj2mYh" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr0_VNb8k6mHaeGwB-Zc1Z38Pyy_5q83diGH0NVJWlnPiyWuvcMKMGMHrLTF34L07yJk80ep-87UEP6FPTXrVq-zJYU9hjgxvY3ow9NB3lfIgjinNdyoxY2zDk8TcGNyzkut2nUR1vqlVXMihZvbiLoPLCGwbSinZo8uYAe6sMPeZS7KhRNs-OjFWj2mYh" width="320" /></a></div><br />Once that was done I realized I needed to go back and remove some more parts of the battlements on the inside of the landing bays (and flatten them out) as I came up with the idea of adding some leftover heavy bolter towers at the blast doors. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg97EBn2jGeAdbde13Vw_x1S_eQR5O94bGGAPN25ATpokcI7AaSC1lfRV26FVkS96d-NdOIVz2zklRKfJmFndczTgkbhXpqjn7COZx-gt8Y1nOneGzSKiKdUa8ts2bNsJCM04Ydhksn8wbDbRkGAEf1r2erKEZ9cH2vHvttICIiWn59lsZHjjuHgjng3iqW" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg97EBn2jGeAdbde13Vw_x1S_eQR5O94bGGAPN25ATpokcI7AaSC1lfRV26FVkS96d-NdOIVz2zklRKfJmFndczTgkbhXpqjn7COZx-gt8Y1nOneGzSKiKdUa8ts2bNsJCM04Ydhksn8wbDbRkGAEf1r2erKEZ9cH2vHvttICIiWn59lsZHjjuHgjng3iqW" width="320" /></a></div><br />Once I had done all the cuts and re-assembly I put everything together so that I could finish of the last block, i.e. the launch tubes (for tactical nukes) beneath the tower. This has been a part I have been working on for many years without coming to a definitive conclusion about how it should work. In the beginning I had the idea of the tubes folding in beneath the tower when not operational. But in the end I just went with a fixed position, which I think was the right decision as it really bulks out the hull below the tower.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtQWIvLyqj-JxAO5l90rEPRuJUbpsUmSYm0387MWb12ctiTlR1MMkvJPG9i9E3ILPCXfOroBe-iMt5-o4CMho9nWANj3C_xRFYArqNVfgzFr_i9_Sx0CGGJfy_KxW_fKDdopDkMZthqqRURvB3jgOMkuBMn7H5kjxeHHksNkmdLxSQ1bF5Fsv-pYHGoo1r" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtQWIvLyqj-JxAO5l90rEPRuJUbpsUmSYm0387MWb12ctiTlR1MMkvJPG9i9E3ILPCXfOroBe-iMt5-o4CMho9nWANj3C_xRFYArqNVfgzFr_i9_Sx0CGGJfy_KxW_fKDdopDkMZthqqRURvB3jgOMkuBMn7H5kjxeHHksNkmdLxSQ1bF5Fsv-pYHGoo1r" width="180" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYGsXVxF4DNFoCcuEr3YwDb2sOy1ChvkiM46EzlD34QRah92ukCy7fXvX6g9jF4-WNdGmyFYW_zJpEOH_hG0-n4TIesj_a_icPD1NDpBcjpW4xCF71mEIem_cWwz17rzZTCV61bmn7Ivk65-VKZWJo3tTjWuwAJf0dgl2CLKftdjBPRZO-TkNrcSWZf7QS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYGsXVxF4DNFoCcuEr3YwDb2sOy1ChvkiM46EzlD34QRah92ukCy7fXvX6g9jF4-WNdGmyFYW_zJpEOH_hG0-n4TIesj_a_icPD1NDpBcjpW4xCF71mEIem_cWwz17rzZTCV61bmn7Ivk65-VKZWJo3tTjWuwAJf0dgl2CLKftdjBPRZO-TkNrcSWZf7QS" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I also added all the tracks liks to the bandblade track units that I for many years have thought I would paint separately, but in the end I could not motivate it to have some 48 separate pieces just to make it easier to get to things. It also means that I can add some more detail around them as they are now fully assembled.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaNWiVUvD5kgyBox78k24wE60r5Cdu8q5rQDkFE_cw94ViPGoVj0QOYHYD94i5YSCsSKCk67piXMEBv_hiTn9ZhLYEdMICDk7_euYVjQ8_rKOCsvEpfD2c_It5n5b9rQ3y7agQT3Eo73x7i7NAns8RD8m2nG9HgUfiX98I5Qd5XLNYuiWuVPF5sytGkFiI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaNWiVUvD5kgyBox78k24wE60r5Cdu8q5rQDkFE_cw94ViPGoVj0QOYHYD94i5YSCsSKCk67piXMEBv_hiTn9ZhLYEdMICDk7_euYVjQ8_rKOCsvEpfD2c_It5n5b9rQ3y7agQT3Eo73x7i7NAns8RD8m2nG9HgUfiX98I5Qd5XLNYuiWuVPF5sytGkFiI" width="180" /></a></div></div><p></p><p>One such thing is that I wanted to add something to the front just to give it a more detailed look and decided to go for two large doser blades (which needs to be fitted to not interfere with the tracks). This is something that I have had i my head for some time but never really though to much about. So I just winged it and built something. Not sure exactly how they will end up but at least there is a start. Now that I actually have all parts build (except for the bottom floor of the hangar bay, which needs to be built after the internal panelling and elevators are truly done) I can now "relax" and start adding details to the individual blocks and make sure they fit together nicely. I can also continue the work with the flight wing. Who knows, 2024 might be the year this build gets done so I can start painting (wifey promised me an airbrush for Christmas).</p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-52096039914932865272023-12-30T11:19:00.000-08:002023-12-30T11:19:47.036-08:00Crusader body done<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAYiIlj4q8ti9l3v1QQqrzqdOv4ZF7DQnUCxpGAlqjM4tklSdw4ZfqTuCbFAFb1XHQgtx1O3SrQvdYOd0RG8bgdDzHhRom6zj3ZQb_2uj1I2_uoH9p0OcTwkFp0dwSllTHmP3A3IJzAoi5ZgTuO454Dff5LmUFzkUSAL9AEQknqD4hTSRG2yKQFmKq9AZp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAYiIlj4q8ti9l3v1QQqrzqdOv4ZF7DQnUCxpGAlqjM4tklSdw4ZfqTuCbFAFb1XHQgtx1O3SrQvdYOd0RG8bgdDzHhRom6zj3ZQb_2uj1I2_uoH9p0OcTwkFp0dwSllTHmP3A3IJzAoi5ZgTuO454Dff5LmUFzkUSAL9AEQknqD4hTSRG2yKQFmKq9AZp=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br />So it is time for the last post of the year and it will be about the Crusader. I did get the Gaunt's ghosts box for Christmas from the wifey but since I built some custom bases for them I have not had time to paint anything. I also have been working a bit on Opus, taking the Dremel to some parts, but these are not yet put back together so there is nothing to show.<p></p><p>So instead of showing half done parts I will show a half done knight. Well it is done as far as it is built but it is still lacking its weapons. These needs to be built first and I am struggling a bit with finishing them. One main reason I did this project with the Crusader and his sergeants was that I wanted to try out some weathering techniques that I previously only done on small models. I wanted to see if these would hold up on a large scale model.</p><p>So what have I done. Well instead of painting the model as usual and applying the weathering and shipping over the base paint I did it the other way around. I started out with painting the armour panels in my standard rusted metal scheme. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfX3iLiBhHlvzUacxZdRq1_SnnpPzoqN15uuqL8gTEB5rIsQ1NVnQ8EQdL5Wfh_TAloNU47fORenPskX4grQNhP5X8v5iVm-Yv_VRactsmB5DHQiXMiyZhSZCpvssD0GM96Gpqboye21Jyf_sBJXzhFH6YUM_Yr_SBaTPxEiffzzLx7VE7wYeEgq7MH4le" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfX3iLiBhHlvzUacxZdRq1_SnnpPzoqN15uuqL8gTEB5rIsQ1NVnQ8EQdL5Wfh_TAloNU47fORenPskX4grQNhP5X8v5iVm-Yv_VRactsmB5DHQiXMiyZhSZCpvssD0GM96Gpqboye21Jyf_sBJXzhFH6YUM_Yr_SBaTPxEiffzzLx7VE7wYeEgq7MH4le" width="320" /></a></div><br />Once done I used a bone white colour and stippled it on to the model using a brush half full of paint. This will give the effect of only partial cover of paint as if it has mostly shipped/worn away revealing the underlaying metal, and since the metal was painted before it as a nice coloration to it that is hard to achieve if it is applied over the base paint. The bone white areas were given a light drybrush to give it some shades. Some of the drybrushing will go over the metal and give it a slightly bone-ish colour which works quite well in the next step.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_nqKC-Mvt7oxMl2UKtYkHairpqvT-G3cMmQn1N8zhUrWAO6Sggbk0pHalzF1bgTDDeoXVQdiuPhgHqOvcf5S7cVGXZ2qXWCiG_BzGbsZnDboqMErPWglY0tXVgMySlezJVRypaGodm5Wt1Wsi2CV2H7shHsmKfBgKftVo9XiSlDqTe1_Otqm5Be_3568Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_nqKC-Mvt7oxMl2UKtYkHairpqvT-G3cMmQn1N8zhUrWAO6Sggbk0pHalzF1bgTDDeoXVQdiuPhgHqOvcf5S7cVGXZ2qXWCiG_BzGbsZnDboqMErPWglY0tXVgMySlezJVRypaGodm5Wt1Wsi2CV2H7shHsmKfBgKftVo9XiSlDqTe1_Otqm5Be_3568Q" width="320" /></a></div><br />Once the base colours are done, the metal and the white, I added some free hand patterns to the panels, taking care to only paint on the white. This actually is easier than painting on a solid background since the pattern is broken up it is not as critical to get it perfect. I added some light stippling of bone to the red to give it a more broken up texture than what I managed while painting in the patterns. Once that was done I did some standard sponge shipping to added some minor wear to the paint, don't know if this is really necessary though. Once I was happy with all this I used some watered down orange ink to colour the edges of the paint so that it looks like rust add the edges. Here it turned out that the over colourisation from the white drybrush helped to pick up and shade the orange rust effect.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEXi2RM9zZJMAzIGcfv7v50VYXmu7v40xi1RYPP_jPeQGEIXEZmtERM-4ZDToPiYCy_D4FMx9VjS9srMTlR2CWnG5iY5w3m8rfL9WYOj48ESkQySVIpAGGEKKEOi9feboPsPfltdEbiQIBL6sSTDuITKriVVsFvUVZVb0x1EFPdgjqAllGfXhMK3VCHBkB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEXi2RM9zZJMAzIGcfv7v50VYXmu7v40xi1RYPP_jPeQGEIXEZmtERM-4ZDToPiYCy_D4FMx9VjS9srMTlR2CWnG5iY5w3m8rfL9WYOj48ESkQySVIpAGGEKKEOi9feboPsPfltdEbiQIBL6sSTDuITKriVVsFvUVZVb0x1EFPdgjqAllGfXhMK3VCHBkB" width="180" /></a></div><br />Overall I think the technique works also on this scale, and I might actually prefer the look compared to the traditional way, at least if I am going for heavily worn look.<p></p><p>Once all the panels were done they were attached to the knight. Shoulder armour are still lose as I need to fit the arms before locking them in. Now I just need to sort the weapons out and get this finished. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhicLH_TY_VJvzq3jxsYOAH2spbpUGZt1vs6awkhhHaII4XjhFoJa0xsjQh3ry_cDE9D-t_kPkV1b_6SoUR-7ogYS9SSE1-OS2aZj7rO5Ju8ynWVcEd606MS6xLlheXHxrdMZCIqxILkJpuUIDDRaG-WPqqL0ocDN5EKEJZ6FVMb-qm94EPEO3ku-tQe8VW" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhicLH_TY_VJvzq3jxsYOAH2spbpUGZt1vs6awkhhHaII4XjhFoJa0xsjQh3ry_cDE9D-t_kPkV1b_6SoUR-7ogYS9SSE1-OS2aZj7rO5Ju8ynWVcEd606MS6xLlheXHxrdMZCIqxILkJpuUIDDRaG-WPqqL0ocDN5EKEJZ6FVMb-qm94EPEO3ku-tQe8VW" width="180" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinrqrLkgpncKhnA0R-0wC_hW_Xs0e_tQZU7jL4LZ2wsbHC0PrT7KPB53HN7w8k_PjObYwvMBlwo1nzF4fMtVtv9o_zYu7TABoJJQ8CDJ0SJPth2YGXC7e9Re3_uNTwAK3gTfc-b0-VREKltSAeinPJ2xr0tRLD0Pjh0XYR4-SNOl-vVo4DLko290cp06n4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinrqrLkgpncKhnA0R-0wC_hW_Xs0e_tQZU7jL4LZ2wsbHC0PrT7KPB53HN7w8k_PjObYwvMBlwo1nzF4fMtVtv9o_zYu7TABoJJQ8CDJ0SJPth2YGXC7e9Re3_uNTwAK3gTfc-b0-VREKltSAeinPJ2xr0tRLD0Pjh0XYR4-SNOl-vVo4DLko290cp06n4" width="180" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3N8RHBLU-RVQN-I-rPCoaAWIqNYE2N9EIfeNUBIQO95SOKMIWk9vH0oQIwFHuVX3InjSHyizDi8cueEcSq2E81S2tvbaWQ9gsQ5HEDylo0sA5_2b_C9skm7p38mdLjisMgjtWlpvNC7Lx-KFo_S_p0yYAnZWEEQGejmRHoPjJ0w08JfjCpNCZZHQKN_Il" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3N8RHBLU-RVQN-I-rPCoaAWIqNYE2N9EIfeNUBIQO95SOKMIWk9vH0oQIwFHuVX3InjSHyizDi8cueEcSq2E81S2tvbaWQ9gsQ5HEDylo0sA5_2b_C9skm7p38mdLjisMgjtWlpvNC7Lx-KFo_S_p0yYAnZWEEQGejmRHoPjJ0w08JfjCpNCZZHQKN_Il" width="180" /></a></div><p></p><p>But I might take a detour and paint some Ghosts first.</p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-77028848863094515652023-12-17T14:23:00.000-08:002023-12-17T14:23:30.492-08:00Update, Opus and Crusader<p> These last weeks have been full of work and other commitments so I have not had that much time to work on the hobby stuff. That being said I still have made some progress.</p><p>For the crusader I decided that I did not really need to finish the build before painting so I sprayed the legs, torso and most of the armour (which I need to re do since I forgot battle scaring) and started out on the legs. I am doing rusted metal again! I thought I would make it more of black and silver metal but I ended up with a brownish metal any way. It is just the base paint so far I I need to go back and add details both on pistons, cables etc but also on the rust. I am pretty happy with how the stance turned out. I did have an idea of making the toes grip more around the chimera by heating the plastic and bending it into shape. That did not work out as I intended, and to save the model I had to stop and work with what I had. This meant that the feet are not attached properly to be bottom of the legs, but are at an angle that would normally have been taken up by the ankel (and I did not like the idea of cutting up the legs to correct for this). But I do not think it is bad enough to bee seen. The toes also do not connect properly with the tank but this is not seen from a distance. I hope that the lower leg armour will hide a lot of this. I need to get me some Cerastus Knights to see if the legs are better on these.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCiVtSWzHuOdI4IJIy9UfougTbVi4o5Smo0iVkVnMIj8PuoNHlyp7X-j-BZj1IoRWhZEIlIVEJ9dJvLeksH1W-pYjWl1Ybq54leRXlf-lRlqB04iNP586nqc9l11itDax61kRDA7eC8DN0ADljROVHXnPtJPq4xSKTlDgm2z510C9fpoS8OUpouOMBYShp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCiVtSWzHuOdI4IJIy9UfougTbVi4o5Smo0iVkVnMIj8PuoNHlyp7X-j-BZj1IoRWhZEIlIVEJ9dJvLeksH1W-pYjWl1Ybq54leRXlf-lRlqB04iNP586nqc9l11itDax61kRDA7eC8DN0ADljROVHXnPtJPq4xSKTlDgm2z510C9fpoS8OUpouOMBYShp" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtToPZS1KQdzx6gGEt0i7jI1jvBgCWoZjjgEW1HpGAvY7HSTM2379MmTcF2qvinhUC-tS6k6K9zyldpsJ4kDXwBpL7zSN__Gzzm-VGt45z25SCwxtweDHO9uxGZ1mAzxj3wC1jsk-_z5vwcmun28PsjMLYf8T5CJOmpgaALi1gHKd69MPjHyljbCKATyyt" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtToPZS1KQdzx6gGEt0i7jI1jvBgCWoZjjgEW1HpGAvY7HSTM2379MmTcF2qvinhUC-tS6k6K9zyldpsJ4kDXwBpL7zSN__Gzzm-VGt45z25SCwxtweDHO9uxGZ1mAzxj3wC1jsk-_z5vwcmun28PsjMLYf8T5CJOmpgaALi1gHKd69MPjHyljbCKATyyt" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3aAdhQnyHIGJ5zvZVvGzZ9tlhARNOQYUhgxFueBKsQsz31o6OKsFyDMj322yS1ly5c_TlXRJmUs3KnpHCa5JdrahaWa3YauiEiuBT-fomzR6ZAoxoK8PDSTCl7J48n9ZFvfG7kVRxjrNe8s1I4a3DkMv0Bvgdf_1IlAm802rJ7VqJjxJ8jW0LRLqUDKl_" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3aAdhQnyHIGJ5zvZVvGzZ9tlhARNOQYUhgxFueBKsQsz31o6OKsFyDMj322yS1ly5c_TlXRJmUs3KnpHCa5JdrahaWa3YauiEiuBT-fomzR6ZAoxoK8PDSTCl7J48n9ZFvfG7kVRxjrNe8s1I4a3DkMv0Bvgdf_1IlAm802rJ7VqJjxJ8jW0LRLqUDKl_" width="180" /></a></div><br />I have also been working a bit on Opus. It is slow going as there is so much to do that it becomes daunting. I have mostly been working on the upper bow section. This was probably one of the first sections I worked on an I tried to use some car body filler to fill gaps etc. This did not work out so well and it needs to be corrected. The geometry of the hull part is also quite odd so there was a lot of things to fix up and hide. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZQo0dJjJsnoIZ9x7U4PYpDOyDFg4dckZy2W9cNx_rquRqLWp4Os70MBbD31VToRi2loXRRua_C9g_t-HukZaSgYQho_ob_UljfXbkViYlzX-gLM5i-AmGLodmOth6hjpmo4GwkCdl5khvZ4szNlLCSZvix5dO5OSt2ezpB1RZy5tRPEl7Vj8-uLrPaTmX" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZQo0dJjJsnoIZ9x7U4PYpDOyDFg4dckZy2W9cNx_rquRqLWp4Os70MBbD31VToRi2loXRRua_C9g_t-HukZaSgYQho_ob_UljfXbkViYlzX-gLM5i-AmGLodmOth6hjpmo4GwkCdl5khvZ4szNlLCSZvix5dO5OSt2ezpB1RZy5tRPEl7Vj8-uLrPaTmX" width="320" /></a></div><br />This is one of the more heavily armed sections of the hull, featuring two Vulcan Megabolters, six twin linked heavy bolter turrets, six lascannon turrets, four stormbolters, a dual hurrican bolter arrays, two twin linked assault cannons and two Interceptor quad guns. Most of these needed some custom setup to be attached to the hull which is also taking time.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5JQiLJnIoJCOzLMGFthrROfVfbxHD0PzVcbb-VPik7Y6X5X49M6g2oU1H3pcCFjJrmHdfDEu6ssfeKFU1y5fvzr14qyWYODrKqZNqhkAnTgd1EidyQq9tFeBqUoKtkWTomNH1FTwwDQ1JfS18jsLGntoiQAN7r_C4SDEySf45_c6UrAoRJDwSh2Vb3Z3P" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5JQiLJnIoJCOzLMGFthrROfVfbxHD0PzVcbb-VPik7Y6X5X49M6g2oU1H3pcCFjJrmHdfDEu6ssfeKFU1y5fvzr14qyWYODrKqZNqhkAnTgd1EidyQq9tFeBqUoKtkWTomNH1FTwwDQ1JfS18jsLGntoiQAN7r_C4SDEySf45_c6UrAoRJDwSh2Vb3Z3P" width="320" /></a></div><br />All in all I am very happy with how it is coming along and I am almost at a point with this section that I can let it rest and move on to the next.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilMqvLg6GZ9WcT9wsazfsnpslfTojKXdh4S8rzV16F28WmsqijzUFpY13Xkc6CucO5wAyhJDvr6U-XVzxskTlFGAiIBrjzK1ipQ2MyuE-HooS0svXb9F0--cqdtaICUMMCl2DywPUARW5opO_Re8FQgCOKJGTToTSZTUDVwtBOcplvaWtT7aoCCuQdfDC4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilMqvLg6GZ9WcT9wsazfsnpslfTojKXdh4S8rzV16F28WmsqijzUFpY13Xkc6CucO5wAyhJDvr6U-XVzxskTlFGAiIBrjzK1ipQ2MyuE-HooS0svXb9F0--cqdtaICUMMCl2DywPUARW5opO_Re8FQgCOKJGTToTSZTUDVwtBOcplvaWtT7aoCCuQdfDC4" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-85976356357926670722023-11-30T12:49:00.000-08:002023-11-30T12:49:49.461-08:00Sergeants of the Crusader<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNIi6ApqCMf7N0YFGX0A0O16fdFs6-TAVphuzvcSel1m210HOxc0ijdXDU72OqwR2lNqxFXV0D6CSyd4B_iz-os1Fp-3Cwc8beHg3nOEeArUdyKbXSk3CxHSNoG2_GsJLJAbgbcHJ4HK6Bxgyuat2LbtWgL8Cu2uuQRads8WGioAVnuOkOP06eVKdJysrl" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNIi6ApqCMf7N0YFGX0A0O16fdFs6-TAVphuzvcSel1m210HOxc0ijdXDU72OqwR2lNqxFXV0D6CSyd4B_iz-os1Fp-3Cwc8beHg3nOEeArUdyKbXSk3CxHSNoG2_GsJLJAbgbcHJ4HK6Bxgyuat2LbtWgL8Cu2uuQRads8WGioAVnuOkOP06eVKdJysrl=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br />This week I had some time of from work so I finished of the sergeants. There was not that much to be done. Painted the heads a slightly darker bone than the carapace. Added lenses to the eyes etc. In the end I decided to go for the dual wield anyway... I can always rearm them be swapping weapons. In the end I am happy with the painting, but the ideas I had for posing was slightly better in my head than what I managed to get in to the build. I specially think I should have taken the extra time and effort to make the Wardog with the Gatlings crunch down more on top of the building. In its upright walking pose (original leg pose) it looks like it is on stilts. That or I should have used another building with a more solid look. For the jumping one I think it might have been better to have the foot pointed downwards instead of forwards with the extreme forward position of the leg. This might have worked better with a lower elevation of the leg. So for the remaining Northern Knight's Ghost pattern armigers I will be a bit more restrictive with the poses and make sure to take the time to get it right if I try something fancy again. <div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Sergeant 1</div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvy9JNhmYh2dMToVcqN_cI3XD4Kepl0-u-LJiRUMHhIJ6bMJS4pPN5NbUo2UBJbaxRHUTSaiqLo8uOc2FNpYP2Z4CUGPhjigD1-RgwnyhfDKF4SqmS-oK_GRhgZYHsdMnM0lo0oOJgD7QVmm7SogUkKn0Q6W1poOCVr67xZbl638O9npz1Og_Be_hdc58B" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3612" data-original-width="2408" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvy9JNhmYh2dMToVcqN_cI3XD4Kepl0-u-LJiRUMHhIJ6bMJS4pPN5NbUo2UBJbaxRHUTSaiqLo8uOc2FNpYP2Z4CUGPhjigD1-RgwnyhfDKF4SqmS-oK_GRhgZYHsdMnM0lo0oOJgD7QVmm7SogUkKn0Q6W1poOCVr67xZbl638O9npz1Og_Be_hdc58B=w267-h400" width="267" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhujjyDKi-JmR2AiZsdL7MiL3QyU8WO9eHS_j0q9S5GzZzgadbNWNfUm2i8VfHlzKO5v1p4Mh-dy6vrnlw1K2dakt3HJN60IsCeRO2N1fNdCHEnflWQusshcFP03wgr5y96SIqhLztN0XSuBIflF8gCyJphP70USfjezvgd4y1l-GjAz0DRt9JnzwfqI3QI" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I have most of the things built so I am thinking of start the painting while I finish the weapon builds.</p></div>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-25225233231389357342023-11-26T13:34:00.000-08:002023-11-26T13:34:18.656-08:00The crusader bases<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitAHQpd6yvR9oIzlvUkcoWMBG5dDIERc6Pn8LUqYb_ZLlKb10haHC2jWdqy65jZk0jo6cIXYVnuUKqSbiSJkj2m9g2jNAZjBktwX-Bbm_wD5fMEmXvRrMFOYyRMLL9x2nbptrdMLUY9UV-zeQ-QUsTg7GxQWbDdxqLERnJ9ghBUU4FOeoIyYGgJ87nPvop" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitAHQpd6yvR9oIzlvUkcoWMBG5dDIERc6Pn8LUqYb_ZLlKb10haHC2jWdqy65jZk0jo6cIXYVnuUKqSbiSJkj2m9g2jNAZjBktwX-Bbm_wD5fMEmXvRrMFOYyRMLL9x2nbptrdMLUY9UV-zeQ-QUsTg7GxQWbDdxqLERnJ9ghBUU4FOeoIyYGgJ87nPvop=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br />This week was spent finish up the two War dogs and the bases for the trio. As the knights are mostly rusted iron and bone I decided to stay away for these colours as much as possible for the bases so that they do not meld with the Knights. Instead I went for a blue-grey chipped paint with some rust. This was a perfect opportunity to try out some new colour schemes and techniques. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeFIbijf831aOfgEkHGHyLzLRyktzgg0HUQ5KoDhq7ZugjCagshlg-2uj2T5o9Pr_yczDh6r24OJYPW94-4J1CHNSOfuPNd-X3d0MiddZUB8R3XO-upap1wRCH4n8qJLrs0qQP-nqMo3ke4bBokSzGzZ0Td0pU1x-Iuc8XoDKNP7k1f3cHyta5QnhphGtS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeFIbijf831aOfgEkHGHyLzLRyktzgg0HUQ5KoDhq7ZugjCagshlg-2uj2T5o9Pr_yczDh6r24OJYPW94-4J1CHNSOfuPNd-X3d0MiddZUB8R3XO-upap1wRCH4n8qJLrs0qQP-nqMo3ke4bBokSzGzZ0Td0pU1x-Iuc8XoDKNP7k1f3cHyta5QnhphGtS=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br />All three bases are quite distinct in their composition so I used the same palette to tie them together. The blue was done with a light blue gey washed with a watered down darker blue grey. Once dry I drybrused things up to white over a four different shades of grey. Then it was sponge shipping and hand painted rust (i.e brown and orange). To get some differentiation I also added some of the rusted metals that I used on the Knights were appropriate, such as the tracks, antennas and doors. Once done I added my usual gravel to the bases... so they will at least be similar to my other models in that respect. I will have to go back and add some more gravel to some strategic points later on as I think some areas are to smooth. Overall I think I spent more time painting the bases than the War dogs... but it was nice. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1WrEyTFF1EM9ueBpTa8KHrFhQ5lHPfE2R5VYKwZ_GZ_inWsFpu-Y9cEZVKDa2N4hCETMHpdkRTP9ySWkO_z4hX_gzpcwQ8QcL3DwDMUdob5FRQLUzpZ4LPfiVVer9WoKi5l01Nwo3RpjWfOBINKge-C-tQa3p1-uQ81oKjJ7iIgO_j-kIWq50uR04agbj" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1WrEyTFF1EM9ueBpTa8KHrFhQ5lHPfE2R5VYKwZ_GZ_inWsFpu-Y9cEZVKDa2N4hCETMHpdkRTP9ySWkO_z4hX_gzpcwQ8QcL3DwDMUdob5FRQLUzpZ4LPfiVVer9WoKi5l01Nwo3RpjWfOBINKge-C-tQa3p1-uQ81oKjJ7iIgO_j-kIWq50uR04agbj=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br />As I do not play much these days I do not really have a use for scenery but these bases gave me some opportunity to try some out. I do have some other old models (from the time when I though bases were just a distraction from the model) that are just sitting on bare plastic bases, so I might start a new project to base these, also with scenic bases.<p></p><p>Next step will be to mount the War dogs on the bases and decide if I am going dual wield of if I will give both one of each weapon. The Crusader will also be dual wielding Gatlings (with shoulder Gatlings) so I do not know which way symmetry will be best.</p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-83759507163473826572023-11-19T13:50:00.000-08:002023-11-19T13:50:02.604-08:00The Crusader and his sergeants<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-Ypub1m9qXFfmmo5lk-8a62nmWhACDKCONZSbQBp_LosmWwRj3zDNCCxsYcS2tyGf6wDQvJ1937x-A9WOtOT0xo0hmI-79mqh9BZ3rB9h6XcLfOXWcH32Q5KRBy6akhQkltTh9MoTIpPtCVudhV1aIk_2tWVdxGh6r-SdqEU542avXrNypYcBWmm_uTs3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-Ypub1m9qXFfmmo5lk-8a62nmWhACDKCONZSbQBp_LosmWwRj3zDNCCxsYcS2tyGf6wDQvJ1937x-A9WOtOT0xo0hmI-79mqh9BZ3rB9h6XcLfOXWcH32Q5KRBy6akhQkltTh9MoTIpPtCVudhV1aIk_2tWVdxGh6r-SdqEU542avXrNypYcBWmm_uTs3" width="320" /></a></div><br />This week I took a break from the Opus and its flight wing to get some painting done on the Crusader and his sergeants. This is sort of a new-ish project, that has been hanging around for a year or so but it is only recently that spent some time on it and finished the build so that its ready for paint. Last Christmas I got Be-Lakor form my wife, but I already had bought the model (wifi forgot as I did show it to her) but not built it, so I exchanged the duplicate for a Knight Desecrator and got me some War dogs to go with as escorts.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5OsJqaeOsmo2VVm26TADkYmcEV4x3wbrh8HwfnJCY3NMUpyR_LO6ibjxj54ixg4Bd_BaJbIRs489fLgzPFiF0g8VkOUtUAq9ApLd6XWwO6wnufxmZ1q6QMXyqtJ7nrMog6JsPP9YJXL3iaRmLPUgVN7pPZRP59p7Ee9ojI9EfyRteTQetzA0N0_J7qo93" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5OsJqaeOsmo2VVm26TADkYmcEV4x3wbrh8HwfnJCY3NMUpyR_LO6ibjxj54ixg4Bd_BaJbIRs489fLgzPFiF0g8VkOUtUAq9ApLd6XWwO6wnufxmZ1q6QMXyqtJ7nrMog6JsPP9YJXL3iaRmLPUgVN7pPZRP59p7Ee9ojI9EfyRteTQetzA0N0_J7qo93" width="320" /></a></div><br />Once in a while I come across some nice paint schemes as I am doing steps for other models. At some point I was doing my rusted metal and a bone white armour panel that I thought look like a nice combo (probably for a Northern Knight before adding the blue chevrons, might have been Entropy). As the Desecrator and War dogs are quite different models from the Knights I used for my Norther Knights I decided to paint them up in a different scheme and decided to try the bone white armour with a black/rusted trim. To give it some colour I decided to go for a brown red detailing on the armour, and that made me think of the Knights Templar, and thus the Crusader and his Sergeants project were borne.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgP_P_UM2Vm6JhexN2xSPUvRTwHu3D9SHi5i0qrgt4ftCBH5ZsZ3NSOCo5YvrzZOyOG6ASw2qKyAwic_b2BK2tSSxQPRhk0v1yc_YFRjtq9TA6ltizcvx3LTe4guoVVUVUrPOgVXJzFEMHQnlct6ox6N5GyW_Dq-tmBpn9QJ7DfGyP7hkpbGXdruVnzPQy" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgP_P_UM2Vm6JhexN2xSPUvRTwHu3D9SHi5i0qrgt4ftCBH5ZsZ3NSOCo5YvrzZOyOG6ASw2qKyAwic_b2BK2tSSxQPRhk0v1yc_YFRjtq9TA6ltizcvx3LTe4guoVVUVUrPOgVXJzFEMHQnlct6ox6N5GyW_Dq-tmBpn9QJ7DfGyP7hkpbGXdruVnzPQy" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-tJqz2JZTXSQW1HE84YjvZAewOEjAOE0OgZwJtcjVeLaQ84TijMEJEerEYXaqiQTKXB7VNFKXQgKGA_mSR89kK6kx0N5uwMnsPTObqfcmpfBfXAXVJMvNmp_UMa4i9LgsXNwgfZLVrzBBA0AUF0zBDPmYv-9E5ox8kkg-MTRsvHCNnVy6t9xp7LlF7Bek" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-tJqz2JZTXSQW1HE84YjvZAewOEjAOE0OgZwJtcjVeLaQ84TijMEJEerEYXaqiQTKXB7VNFKXQgKGA_mSR89kK6kx0N5uwMnsPTObqfcmpfBfXAXVJMvNmp_UMa4i9LgsXNwgfZLVrzBBA0AUF0zBDPmYv-9E5ox8kkg-MTRsvHCNnVy6t9xp7LlF7Bek" width="180" /></a></div><br />As they will be freestanding models, I decided that I did not need to adhere to any previous standards for modelling nor game rules for that matter. That meant I could go nuts with the bases and make them more extreme than what I normally do. It also meant that I did not need to think to much about legality of weapons etc. As I have a thing for dual wielding I got this idea of a War dog leaping of a building with to chain glaives. That would leave two gatling guns for the other War dog. To get them on the same level the second dog would be crouching on top of a ruin for some better line of sight. Once I got the two bases build I needed to fit the legs to the supports and for the leaping dog it meant cutting things up and re-assemble them in a more leaping pose. For the second dog it turned out that the building was a bit to narrow to be able to do a crouching pose (could probably have done it but it would have required a lot of cutting and building custom parts as the legs are not meant to do this) so instead it is more standing upright. Not really what I was going for but I guess it will do.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8w_iFz6nN8XCWZAnKb54bcRDtyPGP022G9wr9I0dmb8FBm36m1Ll8Yseg4UOstnG-sEIVgR2IkWpVafBGwbTNNNIsSnq4gNhoeT7ZbODbvjXY2e28SILNnpxJscaqwTQH0hELmag-wgFvnd45jmKzlgXljOK0u7eMm_TkekE-en8TEjo9SLMmtZBL_ijz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8w_iFz6nN8XCWZAnKb54bcRDtyPGP022G9wr9I0dmb8FBm36m1Ll8Yseg4UOstnG-sEIVgR2IkWpVafBGwbTNNNIsSnq4gNhoeT7ZbODbvjXY2e28SILNnpxJscaqwTQH0hELmag-wgFvnd45jmKzlgXljOK0u7eMm_TkekE-en8TEjo9SLMmtZBL_ijz" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTYRyqsI1boBNKiYo9yZEXnmQPwd8Db8luCBwYFzKA9oCLaEcMtYCw1t-07EB5ra46anOqoZnUxCCuP9Q96bB8WuAh8QLTOEQ8Eiqlf_l8Pdhz2EQIi3Cyr8eCChgSwm3_TpFsPA_b7fu17F0WLO7GAhNB9YZheYOcRCFofz7x6c7RQ1GQCi55Iw5z9gJd" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTYRyqsI1boBNKiYo9yZEXnmQPwd8Db8luCBwYFzKA9oCLaEcMtYCw1t-07EB5ra46anOqoZnUxCCuP9Q96bB8WuAh8QLTOEQ8Eiqlf_l8Pdhz2EQIi3Cyr8eCChgSwm3_TpFsPA_b7fu17F0WLO7GAhNB9YZheYOcRCFofz7x6c7RQ1GQCi55Iw5z9gJd" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMpArAZ8HxlD_dkC5m5L72C-j0fgrgUAv1iG4jzMxVpIPp_yfW0hJaITR9fSwztctm0dsFBrXNs47PXBLvVhVkKd55v3m99hDBS5OawIURWdmg4Jj86_Frp362cxuEWNiuqGNJkKYoajdiwFqRDBUVJev9dMNg3gxAa0JeT0-x_-PMrl0s4dMISFS4T19x" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMpArAZ8HxlD_dkC5m5L72C-j0fgrgUAv1iG4jzMxVpIPp_yfW0hJaITR9fSwztctm0dsFBrXNs47PXBLvVhVkKd55v3m99hDBS5OawIURWdmg4Jj86_Frp362cxuEWNiuqGNJkKYoajdiwFqRDBUVJev9dMNg3gxAa0JeT0-x_-PMrl0s4dMISFS4T19x" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnfwlC_q7nhvmd_Plnud-dbOFMT7AU93D2YZE7lh26zN2A33ZvMySYisOcQ3AuSqG3cBjYvi1al6w9prkOD0avFr_CIFb8F2dTtuIcpDwyUWmXvywLtzWt0XT-rFUWlriRDlWwzFVrnzvqgOpzm3vONYfWcSbxXjjce0lZFh-3BG18pTagRwFMMr-Fqg51" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnfwlC_q7nhvmd_Plnud-dbOFMT7AU93D2YZE7lh26zN2A33ZvMySYisOcQ3AuSqG3cBjYvi1al6w9prkOD0avFr_CIFb8F2dTtuIcpDwyUWmXvywLtzWt0XT-rFUWlriRDlWwzFVrnzvqgOpzm3vONYfWcSbxXjjce0lZFh-3BG18pTagRwFMMr-Fqg51" width="180" /></a></div><br />I am not really sure about the dual wield thing though, it does not look as good as it did in my head, but I guess that I can always swap the weapons so that they have one of each instead. We will see when we get to final assembly.<p></p><p>Now I need to finish the weapons and get the bases done. Then it is on to the Desecrator (which still needs some build time) to tie it all together.</p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-10794939136973313492023-11-14T13:11:00.000-08:002023-11-14T13:11:13.205-08:00Flight wing update<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRa-tO2hfiyc3fD7xxJ4nzimGOrsLw7fZkjPbWkaR_AzuvQdJwn3j50H-ZIbPnG7gPge_BpwHdFITQAJNwTyv4vNbsB3ZlSAS9KaqwK0whF8NpEap2U1YUgoAJq-jv8BOyy2Rmdb2JWUC9J3nEe5SaQpOhxS_YG79s9b0hrlUPuV7JV8cNkt5dE-bs15-v" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2846" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRa-tO2hfiyc3fD7xxJ4nzimGOrsLw7fZkjPbWkaR_AzuvQdJwn3j50H-ZIbPnG7gPge_BpwHdFITQAJNwTyv4vNbsB3ZlSAS9KaqwK0whF8NpEap2U1YUgoAJq-jv8BOyy2Rmdb2JWUC9J3nEe5SaQpOhxS_YG79s9b0hrlUPuV7JV8cNkt5dE-bs15-v" width="320" /></a></div><br />This week has mainly been about tweaking the build for the fighter bomber. Basically it looks more or less the same as most of the changes were structural. I added some extra jet nozzles to the bottom and rear of the craft to give the body some more bulk. This meant that I needed to move the main engine pods slightly outward. I also added some weapon rails to the wings so that I can switch the weapon load (right now only a assault cannon is test mounted). At the front I went for the storm cannon from the hawk build. I think it fits but looks different enough from the assault cannon used on the storm talon. <p></p><p>I also continued to work on the intakes for the fighter, as well as started on the avenger cannon.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixuFqLg40QGDc5s200k4SgxvOXWbJy9FzJ4EquoChI3ll7GJrk5LRuvAd-JmH0UF858y5bCrywo_wJXQ6A9s1kHAmck8Q9Hjav-ne2p20erHqSdiDe-gevemf0sV1n1WtFM_0Ay5Vd5y6IKBNc33E72CfqTh_ukuu39rwghXBGZKwxPHz43QQkzf4LHZYa" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2205" data-original-width="3000" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixuFqLg40QGDc5s200k4SgxvOXWbJy9FzJ4EquoChI3ll7GJrk5LRuvAd-JmH0UF858y5bCrywo_wJXQ6A9s1kHAmck8Q9Hjav-ne2p20erHqSdiDe-gevemf0sV1n1WtFM_0Ay5Vd5y6IKBNc33E72CfqTh_ukuu39rwghXBGZKwxPHz43QQkzf4LHZYa" width="320" /></a></div><br />As I have been on a building spree these last few week I also decided that I needed something to paint so I finished up the build of two wardogs and their bases. I will be back with some more updates on these later.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4OvGgvg7Dw1F4xLeNbXTyr1lFtTu-RWkzuwVJQqWUGxkgxFmAVZa9173Updim9Ajnk3UNec_vIomld6lbWuCdBRHRRibpksFhsSwFcFKVSiXL1RhhfJ_DKqgQokUHFVeK4DMqlAZ0_d3-bO4TgO5dyFietHRe8QKrn-k8hL3zfsccnhubjdup_TRC-m6S" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4OvGgvg7Dw1F4xLeNbXTyr1lFtTu-RWkzuwVJQqWUGxkgxFmAVZa9173Updim9Ajnk3UNec_vIomld6lbWuCdBRHRRibpksFhsSwFcFKVSiXL1RhhfJ_DKqgQokUHFVeK4DMqlAZ0_d3-bO4TgO5dyFietHRe8QKrn-k8hL3zfsccnhubjdup_TRC-m6S" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-38124352459170168962023-11-05T13:42:00.003-08:002023-11-05T13:42:47.434-08:00Opus flight wing, fighter bomber<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdYC4Wr33-82LFG3yRAORbOSO5jljAR4Wlayzq5uOtLzOCbxG634syK-u9txHA8OJE9YLBfOfAXVaHgjg_JeZO6LPlVuVONHjGASSM_8jOk2Fnii-Dz6nvrt729riXPcpOexpky9r7-xAWNcXlEvjgx_Ojy1qEBJ2VM-xHQVvXpFAzdL_Luyk1bCv9A6Zm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdYC4Wr33-82LFG3yRAORbOSO5jljAR4Wlayzq5uOtLzOCbxG634syK-u9txHA8OJE9YLBfOfAXVaHgjg_JeZO6LPlVuVONHjGASSM_8jOk2Fnii-Dz6nvrt729riXPcpOexpky9r7-xAWNcXlEvjgx_Ojy1qEBJ2VM-xHQVvXpFAzdL_Luyk1bCv9A6Zm=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>This week the Omnissiah has been with me and thing has gotten taken care of. I have finally broken through some of the blocks I have had on the build of the Opus Magna and its flight wing. Already in my last post I showed that I solved the problem of the folding wings for the fighter. I have now added the tail section, using the tail plane with the angel from the Nephilim kit and the stabilators from the storm talon. I think it worked out fine. I also started on the intake cowlings. They are not completely done yet as I need to add the lower part. But as they are curving in beneath the intake I needed to get the top part fitted before doing this. Once that is done I will build the nose. In my first take I made it as long as dimensions (max length to fit in the elevators) allow but I think that in the end I will cut it back a bit to match the intakes.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjI3JcQNHfyUKaUAbC8amq2ZP5TzddXI6bxZF51nF1sUOTxYebvMM75Br1ZJW1ilZNP2vFsedj_E9GLpmkVqGr1g1G_JtD2svvpfX_GmuRF610m2NaqzeDnub6JF5VnELC0UW8hqbBASFTOjtPZ9AFFA5A8V0Ngb14uFweKHmOtZTpzIDKyHhrLA_04jm0y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjI3JcQNHfyUKaUAbC8amq2ZP5TzddXI6bxZF51nF1sUOTxYebvMM75Br1ZJW1ilZNP2vFsedj_E9GLpmkVqGr1g1G_JtD2svvpfX_GmuRF610m2NaqzeDnub6JF5VnELC0UW8hqbBASFTOjtPZ9AFFA5A8V0Ngb14uFweKHmOtZTpzIDKyHhrLA_04jm0y" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8SPl0gBgbFlMoX0Z1QsQnQcsLiqZD1Q-OqZ-AP6Cvg2L_16fYi9e3InjyJQIkhuUOExVVlgGw_hnQqZu2I6v-5pfWJ_j5Ojh1C2RrRnID31jy7jFPzPDl1AehipGJUs4g4dV6P4Hma4RDhvQDP3U7ctkeKdBHcwzjeXFNnXyNUItMsQk_Ff_lhuanXdta" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8SPl0gBgbFlMoX0Z1QsQnQcsLiqZD1Q-OqZ-AP6Cvg2L_16fYi9e3InjyJQIkhuUOExVVlgGw_hnQqZu2I6v-5pfWJ_j5Ojh1C2RrRnID31jy7jFPzPDl1AehipGJUs4g4dV6P4Hma4RDhvQDP3U7ctkeKdBHcwzjeXFNnXyNUItMsQk_Ff_lhuanXdta=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJqobyLgqRN2zsUSyD_ts23_0l8-38m0GsPdQb1A1Q-XMYf7uFWJyQ3E8nKdRs9f-IPkwGTAwSEc92LvfhwqSgYdx55kCuzGBhn-NlN52QwzUXDgTvCsy6zUeF-n4kNvjmGqdtdcrRb40lOlzjAis1kfEMPJ8UeF-MXyEP8g4maC2s5gHzGO3e0-Mxe0mo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJqobyLgqRN2zsUSyD_ts23_0l8-38m0GsPdQb1A1Q-XMYf7uFWJyQ3E8nKdRs9f-IPkwGTAwSEc92LvfhwqSgYdx55kCuzGBhn-NlN52QwzUXDgTvCsy6zUeF-n4kNvjmGqdtdcrRb40lOlzjAis1kfEMPJ8UeF-MXyEP8g4maC2s5gHzGO3e0-Mxe0mo" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>This weeks main build has however been what will be the fighter bomber. I have had the main shell built (storm talon/hawk with Nephilim tail) for some time but had not really sorted the location of the engines. I wanted to leave the wings as free as possible to be able to mount as much ordinance as possible without it colliding with the engine pods. This meant that neither the talon nor the hawk mountings were feasible (this would also make them to wide for the elevator). The storm talon is however a great kit as it contains an extra sprue to build the storm hawk. This leaves a great deal of extra parts to play around with. First I built the storm hawk engine pods and tried them out in a variety of positions but could not find any that looked good, so I left it for some time. Instead I built the wings, based on the storm hawk wings with the cowling cut of. I used the Nephilim stabilisers as wing tips and added a mid section that also incorporated the hinges for the wing folding. I also fixed the tail section up with the Nephilim tail plane and the storm talon wings as stabilisers. I was really happy with the profile. The I vent back to the problem of the engines. In the storm hawk build there are some small engines that can be mounted beneath the model that sort of looks ok, but they are a bit small and the intakes are not well defined on the model. i guess that is the two side grills on the front. So in the end I decided to bite the bullet and make room for the larger engine pods in the same position, i.e. tucked in under the main body. This really was a point of no return moment as there is no coming back after cutting most of the underside away.<br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5ly7fdDjRGTE9-CUqowhzpSSUiIUEBLttFG3HMylI5eLLLTKI-K7Rpw2Oa53bF37AWEuMMS6ICAzt5rXSEQnvyg8VQwPl6xYs8HhjQdDfibXDfcbhFdaIogF-gFQ8U1l2OtbcV2xwcTEyzT7ya88-KyNpdMNb1lRbXAMv7KSKG_H9GwdL8DkHsTuqCqUK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5ly7fdDjRGTE9-CUqowhzpSSUiIUEBLttFG3HMylI5eLLLTKI-K7Rpw2Oa53bF37AWEuMMS6ICAzt5rXSEQnvyg8VQwPl6xYs8HhjQdDfibXDfcbhFdaIogF-gFQ8U1l2OtbcV2xwcTEyzT7ya88-KyNpdMNb1lRbXAMv7KSKG_H9GwdL8DkHsTuqCqUK" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif4kXmXEFoe7QdVFOGYDPxEygjv09Xhe4dH8-XoghjbxX6m2SvrAlu6wLDhZ7BcuyVWuc9nfqteD8_Q4PMTf8xUWqilDbZvnDh1K1PcCGNpwd5KQdPK3uQzHU7atPrmPkw8OLnZRM4WDBwPzInPNGfyy6mcs22Zj_Pj5Qk4mQ9j3EtrgvsADGq02aDOOWo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif4kXmXEFoe7QdVFOGYDPxEygjv09Xhe4dH8-XoghjbxX6m2SvrAlu6wLDhZ7BcuyVWuc9nfqteD8_Q4PMTf8xUWqilDbZvnDh1K1PcCGNpwd5KQdPK3uQzHU7atPrmPkw8OLnZRM4WDBwPzInPNGfyy6mcs22Zj_Pj5Qk4mQ9j3EtrgvsADGq02aDOOWo" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirS7B7c11_qn4WJBHlvwUfwab-zXGYQK3Sj9KJDZ6MB9b4j3xIMJ0PS36NjXtd9hi3tN2utuTwCCEybbaXHa0uMZ9STvH99sJKqPRnnQHeToohlYrtFjnxuyvASSBrwNBNmv7w4RA6-ffCdTJKcfBoZ-fQI2Nya3oaL2t-cXYN5cVaX2g0f-iaNyU7_9vD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirS7B7c11_qn4WJBHlvwUfwab-zXGYQK3Sj9KJDZ6MB9b4j3xIMJ0PS36NjXtd9hi3tN2utuTwCCEybbaXHa0uMZ9STvH99sJKqPRnnQHeToohlYrtFjnxuyvASSBrwNBNmv7w4RA6-ffCdTJKcfBoZ-fQI2Nya3oaL2t-cXYN5cVaX2g0f-iaNyU7_9vD" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWKQi3OXU2wcE39LchqVmBQJ1eF65fhvBDfu6QrC2fpwuPHQaQYc9mdta6UJooxman97mzthIiaEdUqoVaVgXO8Ze0_d7tNcvvQZG2pYWmBmPTY1d7JVFTr2xbRUp8gAmvuQU_klk3u9IN6nFh6dpqYSTNguBHzs0y6fCORUrgVnCmmooRsWx6MkePBAIs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWKQi3OXU2wcE39LchqVmBQJ1eF65fhvBDfu6QrC2fpwuPHQaQYc9mdta6UJooxman97mzthIiaEdUqoVaVgXO8Ze0_d7tNcvvQZG2pYWmBmPTY1d7JVFTr2xbRUp8gAmvuQU_klk3u9IN6nFh6dpqYSTNguBHzs0y6fCORUrgVnCmmooRsWx6MkePBAIs" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5DVoGbHWDmHtan-cFBDx1j4vVBojO9rQbhsZGrBNgIhvQopWjAIHQA8btzf67TaaYceuD8ssTi611oUDDzRXCOgfLTA3_q1jEyVfeRfD6uOBEhzVO1SsZkSFl8VTI43mv5IXi_34_Cp7thKEHtp20J04icj6APkLclDC2UWuQiiKXmwZdRkXJknI1uZS3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5DVoGbHWDmHtan-cFBDx1j4vVBojO9rQbhsZGrBNgIhvQopWjAIHQA8btzf67TaaYceuD8ssTi611oUDDzRXCOgfLTA3_q1jEyVfeRfD6uOBEhzVO1SsZkSFl8VTI43mv5IXi_34_Cp7thKEHtp20J04icj6APkLclDC2UWuQiiKXmwZdRkXJknI1uZS3=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXYlYkybjHS_pcPS0CPEJ9TJIIRCf2N4Tgl07B5TWkBzCtEIRXtb1_UVveY-TDjkrDdoPSw6pEeAeWSxT-HLX2Ei8l7TUvjClPeCJ0j5uvq0cjU2I26YfC6JTtk8KzW5EKPjPG3TNfIvrqHaEDgenjXOlN_UN_GIQnzTtDWEllArtBmViYaYo5Wc4FxN1g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXYlYkybjHS_pcPS0CPEJ9TJIIRCf2N4Tgl07B5TWkBzCtEIRXtb1_UVveY-TDjkrDdoPSw6pEeAeWSxT-HLX2Ei8l7TUvjClPeCJ0j5uvq0cjU2I26YfC6JTtk8KzW5EKPjPG3TNfIvrqHaEDgenjXOlN_UN_GIQnzTtDWEllArtBmViYaYo5Wc4FxN1g=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>Once I had made room for the engines I realised that they are to long and I cant bring them enough forward to compensate. So in the end I had to cut the pods down with about 8 mm, which made them just the right length. It also gave me some pieces that I can use for the intake cowlings. All in all I am stoked about how it turned out. Now I just need to finalize some of the details.</p><p>As I am building four of each of these aircraft I can not build them all at the same time in case I do something very stupid. So I am actually building one prototype of each model first, that I call a pre production model (will probably have some markings once painted to represent this). Once I am happy with the modifications I go back and do the same modifications to the reimaging three models bringing them up to the same point. Then I go back to the preproduction again and keep adding things until I think they are ready.</p><p>I am really happy with how the flight deck is starting to fill up. Once these are done I have another four storm talons to build and a Valkyrie. With all of them on deck at the same time is will be full.</p></div></div>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-32791421898677738092023-10-30T14:13:00.000-07:002023-10-30T14:13:42.799-07:00Opus and the Air Superiority Fighter<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDmQbI9h9DHfw_b9Kfeg2lBx3ePjcqnNrjOkwUZU4eYxlWjHaf2qc1d1oYYNeqBH-1JLBTC5qPfKyWZrNIk3-KUVYAgUgAXoHriJ9WT9nYqYpe_zC00hj2qv-lqvV-0CZd2KRfec8vluAGiEdAYX3t-Kv8lqHTq0Q_XsTy_jckARUKY1FXXvxV62JMyVE1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDmQbI9h9DHfw_b9Kfeg2lBx3ePjcqnNrjOkwUZU4eYxlWjHaf2qc1d1oYYNeqBH-1JLBTC5qPfKyWZrNIk3-KUVYAgUgAXoHriJ9WT9nYqYpe_zC00hj2qv-lqvV-0CZd2KRfec8vluAGiEdAYX3t-Kv8lqHTq0Q_XsTy_jckARUKY1FXXvxV62JMyVE1=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br />Finally I have got the mojo back for working on the Opus Magna and its flight wing. Over the last month or so I have slowly been shipping away at some of the things I knew I needed to get done before I could move on with the build and which has been holding me up. Hopefully this will get me going until I run into the next hurdle that I do not know how to solve.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwXyBOuaJDAOpeLEuE4pRr6khH8IgKpW_rGMhhzd7HWjj15XIMcRSxVyx0k1ieE6Ov_1VUhmFIZ-br0IwAsCjaQTvnbTpf7xLQJR_nEHZwXk4crALqFTblQVVyeHLBMuo12dUeULOFjxhWEM_u62QuxBTduOiHDh8CFi18dFD2tqBe7n30JiHPI0ms0jHM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwXyBOuaJDAOpeLEuE4pRr6khH8IgKpW_rGMhhzd7HWjj15XIMcRSxVyx0k1ieE6Ov_1VUhmFIZ-br0IwAsCjaQTvnbTpf7xLQJR_nEHZwXk4crALqFTblQVVyeHLBMuo12dUeULOFjxhWEM_u62QuxBTduOiHDh8CFi18dFD2tqBe7n30JiHPI0ms0jHM=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br />So, for Opus I have finally attached the side sponsorns to the bow, holding to quad auto cannon defence turrets and two twin linked assault cannons for ground targeting. I also started cleaning up the internal structure, which was a bit messy. I will most likely cover the most outboard compartments so that one can not see inside, just leaving the corridor visible. For the front I have also been working on two mega bolter turrets. these are not quite done yet but they are getting there. I also added a dual hurricane bolter arrays to the fornt of the observation platform. The twin liked heavy bolter and laser cannon turrets along the side is up next. The I will add some decorations before moving on to the two side wings and givning them a similar treatment. I already added some twin linked assault cannon turrets for close in air defence. These turrets also has underslung dual lass cannon mounts.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiNzKKarB05BUtpfAovv3rUEBh8TQYH759ZRxmIt4jhmXz2eQt4I-19t0eQ2Fwy8BSdhKtjluHF9Mcx5oE8vZuRZ0akI0dOFJxDpR7mhmV7uPz_i7E8NoDdxSOWw9_upfSaC2ncmHFTYnQlK9R40QpDeB5j79LsZGGSTmRA4lIjzBGFN5GPecA5XH88aa4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiNzKKarB05BUtpfAovv3rUEBh8TQYH759ZRxmIt4jhmXz2eQt4I-19t0eQ2Fwy8BSdhKtjluHF9Mcx5oE8vZuRZ0akI0dOFJxDpR7mhmV7uPz_i7E8NoDdxSOWw9_upfSaC2ncmHFTYnQlK9R40QpDeB5j79LsZGGSTmRA4lIjzBGFN5GPecA5XH88aa4" width="320" /></a></div><br />For the flight wing I finally sorted the folding wing arrangement for the Air Superiority Fighter. I is based on the Nephilim fighter but I will try to make it look more like a thunderbolt with some inspiration from the Spitfire. I am really happy with how it turned out. In the end it will be a dogfighter equipped with underwing bolter racks and the nose mounted anvenger megabolter. I will also add two additional assault cannons (WWI mount on top of the nose) and two lass cannons just for some overkill. Now I just need to clean up the hinges a bit and build the covers on the bottom side. Then I can move on to building the nose section and the intake cowlings. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5D_vMnduCU6MBF32StjaFO2vHjjp3WhbuiG5j61ZapUn2Bi-u-ZtUIExZeEJsS8T0jaYsecjZMj05Ot3qZvzFKzA7HGVN81zNhkMukKnlszI3As6oj10Bn5KwhX3OukkDYiESq7rhOxwh1zqGM9CyGUdyk_MqTzTw-HjJubUp_Ry_xD1s2xvFBzogZotY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5D_vMnduCU6MBF32StjaFO2vHjjp3WhbuiG5j61ZapUn2Bi-u-ZtUIExZeEJsS8T0jaYsecjZMj05Ot3qZvzFKzA7HGVN81zNhkMukKnlszI3As6oj10Bn5KwhX3OukkDYiESq7rhOxwh1zqGM9CyGUdyk_MqTzTw-HjJubUp_Ry_xD1s2xvFBzogZotY" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR8KeTRCh6Af7egyx1XgUzxNJYwKOlZ58Q5nY1kKNTB_0-i-p-PqVKY-ovVLoKEFGNjduw_lD9k43x_apUKGftDwGcqngCKrme_VhESJ0DqaZ4GAJeAK5IvsoilcoZ6Id78mPytDwbO2r6zDx0eH43Baq5_rK23NU2m2dNpqqbTt3guYFMRbsomWOU7HAu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR8KeTRCh6Af7egyx1XgUzxNJYwKOlZ58Q5nY1kKNTB_0-i-p-PqVKY-ovVLoKEFGNjduw_lD9k43x_apUKGftDwGcqngCKrme_VhESJ0DqaZ4GAJeAK5IvsoilcoZ6Id78mPytDwbO2r6zDx0eH43Baq5_rK23NU2m2dNpqqbTt3guYFMRbsomWOU7HAu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfTu0Wp4YJ2xQeEueEiPy8h4aM4mqM1gWTi1eT45dGMjpVu22l74L3IOG-DAxNeT9KTY3A7K6PEY2kDLWUKg5hIEYkBEcMY3snlwZFpsu1DDyb3iplDF26Sfi6uhvLtsqWKyVpXiPKsKyRmF_DJdcc-lTmd7GxuwSoR87r-25ZpC9Sr-q_ZwhMlQC3Z9dW" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfTu0Wp4YJ2xQeEueEiPy8h4aM4mqM1gWTi1eT45dGMjpVu22l74L3IOG-DAxNeT9KTY3A7K6PEY2kDLWUKg5hIEYkBEcMY3snlwZFpsu1DDyb3iplDF26Sfi6uhvLtsqWKyVpXiPKsKyRmF_DJdcc-lTmd7GxuwSoR87r-25ZpC9Sr-q_ZwhMlQC3Z9dW" width="180" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-71116252938492579342023-10-25T09:43:00.000-07:002023-10-25T09:43:24.685-07:00Dreadtober done<div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgshHfc65Gn9M7yhfZMI5-g1Ev03WJ0RkTkF-Xi_bW6Ut2N5GIsVMayK91N-_vhc0QycYaqqJcMq9zAexAT5zNJYa65OCoRsxi0UEws3_hLFDUav3BiSYSeGc_ILu__DRVwZKadp6QY9d7SjaLTZVvFDPZPaMkGnNCegbVnKZgOzDm_j-2qaIAKgML8eZNs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="4000" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgshHfc65Gn9M7yhfZMI5-g1Ev03WJ0RkTkF-Xi_bW6Ut2N5GIsVMayK91N-_vhc0QycYaqqJcMq9zAexAT5zNJYa65OCoRsxi0UEws3_hLFDUav3BiSYSeGc_ILu__DRVwZKadp6QY9d7SjaLTZVvFDPZPaMkGnNCegbVnKZgOzDm_j-2qaIAKgML8eZNs=w400-h174" width="400" /></a></div><p></p></div><p><br />After finishing the models I just needed to get them photographed with the light rig. And when I was about it I pulled the rest of the Legio Cybernetica out of the cabinet for a grop shot. There are still some models missing from the picture that I still have not gotten around to paining. Perhaps this will be a topic for next years Dreadtober challenge. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiglVuqxAMd5CcGCQLdsDp4kA8EzMXDS3Qf2QnzT0Ppu9dyZqzATlSqmuvyf81Q_xNZBazJGRzOp9rTyCpUGbrILNCOGW7qRDgtEPusR6eJWQabkQ6odz5KoNPfnpT78Zk-9k_MULs_rtz1WSbqktGKdXgWkLgIE1XXzWxJZptDanrUASDGlbNFwc1pxs-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiglVuqxAMd5CcGCQLdsDp4kA8EzMXDS3Qf2QnzT0Ppu9dyZqzATlSqmuvyf81Q_xNZBazJGRzOp9rTyCpUGbrILNCOGW7qRDgtEPusR6eJWQabkQ6odz5KoNPfnpT78Zk-9k_MULs_rtz1WSbqktGKdXgWkLgIE1XXzWxJZptDanrUASDGlbNFwc1pxs-=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br />Since the last post I have added some metal paint to the pistons. I also added some blue and brown ink to the pistons to give it some more life. Blue close to the sleeve, representing some fresh oil and brown close to the end of the piston to represent old oil. I am not sure this can be seen at any distance but I know it is there and it is how I usually do pistons. I also did up the socked balls and the ratchet rods for the hammers using a slightly different rusted metal method than what I used on the main body. Instead of starting with a black and orange base I used lead belcher as a base, inked it brown, red, orange and black before the four colour drybrush. This still gives the metal a slight red-bron tone as if it has some rust but it is till shiny metal. Once the metals were done I added a blue lens to the chest (body cam?). I also made the edge lights on the shields blue but I am not sure they pop enough, might redo them green or red to get some contrast to the other colours on the shield. I also went over the face plates a bit, smoothing out the colour gradients a bit, not sure it made any huge difference. <p></p><p>Once I was done with all the painting I stated to assemble all the sub assemblies and disaster struck. For some un known reason I glued one of the small shield to the wrong shoulder piece and when I removed it it took a large chunk of the paint with it. So I had to try and repaint this. As I did not want to strip it totally and restart with a base spray I opted for painting directly onto the resin. This is not something I generally do as the paint will not stick as well as with the base spray, But since it is a small area on a model that will probably not see much handling I decided that it would do.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVQGRj5XvzyuEWGEvPnfrGkETAcHrAG0wNMJ009EwM9omgQhY578BZnlYq6iZIUQwI8x19u94ahJVrz0pCymvHLjBXbTL_gyJr4GJUyd9ULUBTmyxEeNXGYn1mg08oySK4DFCPyQxlLEL51ir92vXjd755s1ERrTh-JYUhXXx5PnZvubn2W9lk3k7S8YJo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVQGRj5XvzyuEWGEvPnfrGkETAcHrAG0wNMJ009EwM9omgQhY578BZnlYq6iZIUQwI8x19u94ahJVrz0pCymvHLjBXbTL_gyJr4GJUyd9ULUBTmyxEeNXGYn1mg08oySK4DFCPyQxlLEL51ir92vXjd755s1ERrTh-JYUhXXx5PnZvubn2W9lk3k7S8YJo" width="180" /></a></div><br />So I stared with a base goat of back paint followed with a base green, brown ink, three layers of drybrush, brown ink and another three layers of drybrush and I was bask at the base green of the armour.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2i6qEEbm-7rOKODOoGzXYWQAkklgtcnGrt01U0qJPdQz02NdnuOVUgjGJiVUF-oykDjLjgzWmsbn_SGSG78012hPMxSCsOQf73UvTgmEP2VpLy2n7-PK2-31TYfMbijl8ZYcxGvFSYrj09K2KC6sVPiBT5uERlVo94cj0W1r_Ve8mM__uA5i4_XGt8ML8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2i6qEEbm-7rOKODOoGzXYWQAkklgtcnGrt01U0qJPdQz02NdnuOVUgjGJiVUF-oykDjLjgzWmsbn_SGSG78012hPMxSCsOQf73UvTgmEP2VpLy2n7-PK2-31TYfMbijl8ZYcxGvFSYrj09K2KC6sVPiBT5uERlVo94cj0W1r_Ve8mM__uA5i4_XGt8ML8" width="320" /></a></div><br />Then I added the orange ink and brown and orange paints for the rust. I skipped the sponge shipping in this area as it look fairly ok. It is a bit different but not strikingly so.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXwCSyhpIsJqBL7yRxiOsY2eaBPILVMdyra4P4n05uPQ1PkA-ep_1WB0xGJ8-V8eJDDB22FhaeaTwOGZJBGrNKhn1udfbqiAFOMjkQbulUD8sJNZyX7j2tYgMgwPd_9Ev4PF4Xf-eiwhBsVEhunnyQkmxQZ3f1AlAtSyMsEOlu55It4M7J0qFIB_juQkQn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXwCSyhpIsJqBL7yRxiOsY2eaBPILVMdyra4P4n05uPQ1PkA-ep_1WB0xGJ8-V8eJDDB22FhaeaTwOGZJBGrNKhn1udfbqiAFOMjkQbulUD8sJNZyX7j2tYgMgwPd_9Ev4PF4Xf-eiwhBsVEhunnyQkmxQZ3f1AlAtSyMsEOlu55It4M7J0qFIB_juQkQn" width="320" /></a></div><br />Later in the week I will take some better picture with my normal light rigg and backdrop. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgMGEQsjcAu6DNq4ziv7pk3YKgnALJqGmRELrlfkZ3xJIvzzyYZY3K0l_5vkOYy0RUVHezpyreoSuMjhkZhzgfZpIusnkwbKhQs_DGhF4lBuNs9fgvsnlobBEueBcH6VIaDQ-U7iQy2-gxKtXL93JgwTotsUBZEAdvYjQ43Cww1wA0eMWbPRIr3HruEc-T=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br />This week have not seen much progress on the iron circle Domitars as I have been await with work. Since I have been home I have added the blue white chevrons to the shoulders and top of the shields. I also added some random bone white markings on the armour, as well as the Northern Ghost insignia. These were all done as free hand which is not my strong suite, at least not for the finer details. One thing I noticed was that when I painted the larger areas, such as the shield border and the shoulder guards, was that when I used a larger brush and less paint for the base colour, it became like a stipple effect, which pretty much looks like flaked paint. This is something I will use for other projects. Other areas such as the white strips and such was painted with a normal small brush where I tried to emulate the effect of paint flaking. Once all this was done I used a sponge to add some paint chipping. I used two colours for this, black and brown as it adds some depth the damages with onsetting rust. This was then drybrushed with a metallic silver to get the effect of the under lying metal. The it was on to the rust. First layer is an orange ink that I apply along edges, recesses and around rivets. This can be faded into the green by watering it down giving it a more red tone. I also picked out edges on the flaked paint to show that is the underlying rust that makes it flake. Then I painted on some brown and orange paint to emphasize certain areans where I wanted the rust to be stringer. This was also used to paint on some streaking.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjWvyAS69WUNCCi74USjnGf3BGn1dTDXWEBIbjr0ioZuDjLPrh2dhkx-yClq3ef2zpUwClA3KvVm3AS-S7pMA3OsJnc2XnPVgtGJv_jCU0rcSwHqC93qXxcyq3gb7ziX6pvjgpY3X39h_WykSqPzI3r5-K4xE3IO0L9g643BRcSbombrCU7lL21iRniR16" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjWvyAS69WUNCCi74USjnGf3BGn1dTDXWEBIbjr0ioZuDjLPrh2dhkx-yClq3ef2zpUwClA3KvVm3AS-S7pMA3OsJnc2XnPVgtGJv_jCU0rcSwHqC93qXxcyq3gb7ziX6pvjgpY3X39h_WykSqPzI3r5-K4xE3IO0L9g643BRcSbombrCU7lL21iRniR16=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br />Now I just have all the detailing to do. Paint lenses, pistons, cables, hammer shafts etc. and clean up the face plates. Then it is assembly and finishing up. I am quite confident that I will get most of this done the coming weekend so I will be done in time.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgR5kYXRBAjzrLlSuzAPcGI6-7aSCWibKVI6GsgLBhfTfkTk3J_MnBbcn-pQW0GKfrZ2eC0kkRUUnou0_C0zvYEoI-F6whi9UovhLRELW4Rk4lWBPT5IbbDC0pr7KIudVY9b47bpCapj5_xTqteixeKIN8kaakbjLopVdcGADE5ZGP48UwaAdSxa8b6G4_Y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="891" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgR5kYXRBAjzrLlSuzAPcGI6-7aSCWibKVI6GsgLBhfTfkTk3J_MnBbcn-pQW0GKfrZ2eC0kkRUUnou0_C0zvYEoI-F6whi9UovhLRELW4Rk4lWBPT5IbbDC0pr7KIudVY9b47bpCapj5_xTqteixeKIN8kaakbjLopVdcGADE5ZGP48UwaAdSxa8b6G4_Y" width="198" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-29412890317122010252023-10-08T12:04:00.000-07:002023-10-08T12:04:13.277-07:00Dreadtober 3<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEin2svqMT_7LLPVRnL8b59CpD-gYiONc4sVolBkcHAHDDboo1pXzE8BotSPKuzb0W-nVRHr7fj-Z7949vP9kNw7197dPcUoRPrQnft0S1ddVG42PUiLiBDsbTvkGaGQvf-MHlUoqrVCrdYHgGMFiBC-8fyc3oO1E2zAaHhcCLkAMXl6igK3QgdFvF_qoYVS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEin2svqMT_7LLPVRnL8b59CpD-gYiONc4sVolBkcHAHDDboo1pXzE8BotSPKuzb0W-nVRHr7fj-Z7949vP9kNw7197dPcUoRPrQnft0S1ddVG42PUiLiBDsbTvkGaGQvf-MHlUoqrVCrdYHgGMFiBC-8fyc3oO1E2zAaHhcCLkAMXl6igK3QgdFvF_qoYVS" width="320" /></a></div><br />After giving the model a bath and partial assembly I sprayed everything black and started laying in the base colours. The skeleton was painted my usual rusted metal starting from a black, brown and orange base and drybrushing copper and three white metals over it. It was then washed with earth shade. after this I went back and repainted some brown and oranges where I thought I would make the rust a bit brighter. Then it was time for another go with drybrushing. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihKFcUyPm08Fto2RY0FfsB9hwI0KwzDDe0rcXW4YVOS5GNBMoqRl-kG2KA-gD3_kMms1SilUGu8SW9zlinWagXhvtus9d8QIuLuFn4MngqdIAVnpXhJUWqTxt7YPHf4bvIlFW2IxDsXAKOJ9UR92gz8KtaMZ5gieos4cZHukDg1esUlbszvXx4TU2TIdc5" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihKFcUyPm08Fto2RY0FfsB9hwI0KwzDDe0rcXW4YVOS5GNBMoqRl-kG2KA-gD3_kMms1SilUGu8SW9zlinWagXhvtus9d8QIuLuFn4MngqdIAVnpXhJUWqTxt7YPHf4bvIlFW2IxDsXAKOJ9UR92gz8KtaMZ5gieos4cZHukDg1esUlbszvXx4TU2TIdc5=w240-h320" width="240" /></a></div><br />Once I was happy with the metals I painted in the green armour panels and gave them a brown ink coverage. This was followed by a three stage green drybrush followed with a watered down ink coat. Once dry yet another three layers of green drybrush. Quite a few steps and a lot of pieces. And in between each drybrush I rinsed each piece under running water to get all the drybrushing dust off (this prevents iceing in my experience).<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3eweRdpQaLw_4CuQMEM0oIThJ-1mavy6fy0nr88-KjVqzJWiPi1gFETdqYGN2XpetKWLpV2PUHOAtlSY_Bd7S_fUSYHoH-iCma2zdX_0tUkYbLTO08Iwm9Lmf7oHihVhS8OMUWOENlB8TlZ6nnyOHM2BSDYbdA46iCKdxZgJ2_imwua2vhM63CxrGHLvu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1455" data-original-width="3000" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3eweRdpQaLw_4CuQMEM0oIThJ-1mavy6fy0nr88-KjVqzJWiPi1gFETdqYGN2XpetKWLpV2PUHOAtlSY_Bd7S_fUSYHoH-iCma2zdX_0tUkYbLTO08Iwm9Lmf7oHihVhS8OMUWOENlB8TlZ6nnyOHM2BSDYbdA46iCKdxZgJ2_imwua2vhM63CxrGHLvu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>The face shields where painted in the same way as I have done on my titans and knights, a "painted" skull. Getting to the eyes were not easy, and I am not sure how much of these will be visible.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7qkrtWlh38_1nKKHMs4YMLZ-uJgLF5zmpSylcu5_efNIXJNF0oZSzhkXUVrpMRee7nTzHj0K4Ij-omZwnMNSswRcF9MYON33lRzQkVcsedLpUWtKhPmKXyCAtPyatbrK5ONMVWhhb2n9WuDpk3D37QXKYeS7gBERkEpI7tbiALvxopP2pNDDU05XaWxZw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7qkrtWlh38_1nKKHMs4YMLZ-uJgLF5zmpSylcu5_efNIXJNF0oZSzhkXUVrpMRee7nTzHj0K4Ij-omZwnMNSswRcF9MYON33lRzQkVcsedLpUWtKhPmKXyCAtPyatbrK5ONMVWhhb2n9WuDpk3D37QXKYeS7gBERkEpI7tbiALvxopP2pNDDU05XaWxZw" width="320" /></a></div><br />I also did the bases. These where not anything as advanced as the models but turned out ok. The concreete slabs where base painted grey and inked with three inks, then drybrushed four shades of grey. The earth was just painted a light brown, washed with earth shade and then drybrushed with sand and bone colours. These were finished of with some PVA glue and IRL sand.<p></p><p>All and all a productive first week. Next week will not see as much progress due to work, but I am confident that I will finish these before the end of the month. What is left now is to paint in some chevrons and other markings on the shoulders and shields. Then it is time for weathering with some sponge chipping. Once that is done it is just to go over everything and add the details and final assembly.<br /></p><p>P:S.</p><p>I was asked if I could proved some scale shoots, so here we go. Domitar and mechanicum robot and some primaris and old-old-metal marines.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgV2gaNJPGNH8EWagvi-JueDVzYY1pq__KjyKrVsKi9KTePDMuZxSEbWi2UJ2g4mHGHizDRKg_FE7c5mh2wU3YUMs5LzULNOzbGin6-I846k7yrEKyVBx7kfnNcqJWiR-QuHG2Jzw3fU5iDsnQTL23bDa8uhax1mTONvzHTgTv_pf3nNkbWPwL--PqNfoFn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgV2gaNJPGNH8EWagvi-JueDVzYY1pq__KjyKrVsKi9KTePDMuZxSEbWi2UJ2g4mHGHizDRKg_FE7c5mh2wU3YUMs5LzULNOzbGin6-I846k7yrEKyVBx7kfnNcqJWiR-QuHG2Jzw3fU5iDsnQTL23bDa8uhax1mTONvzHTgTv_pf3nNkbWPwL--PqNfoFn" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIkQExteace5R36pHY89es5nCcDsIvd9cQFm1HQI7yXkNnE6yOY_Gq5e9lgc6i_bHrrNu8bjsSaLatQNpPB2hsjN1VAH7smfN_qx4YjXT26PKHdOfGoHeXujsIgO-_7ZlcBrICv3WRvlUu3_cbTrPMZ6ktTEj6b5vQIUoaVA2sB9TH33nrvNMW8BPzZLoJ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1449" data-original-width="3000" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIkQExteace5R36pHY89es5nCcDsIvd9cQFm1HQI7yXkNnE6yOY_Gq5e9lgc6i_bHrrNu8bjsSaLatQNpPB2hsjN1VAH7smfN_qx4YjXT26PKHdOfGoHeXujsIgO-_7ZlcBrICv3WRvlUu3_cbTrPMZ6ktTEj6b5vQIUoaVA2sB9TH33nrvNMW8BPzZLoJ" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-11593375060219336252023-10-04T13:59:00.003-07:002023-10-04T13:59:50.892-07:00Dreadtober 2, the build<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSu_n5w5mZ-YBIs-JEoxATG_RhtQ38DqT46BgJg2wrbFNx3dNUHEWrXmRXAYYKrXXg_KJ_EBSymUe8Zaow370srtiuG86HHwHOyLi21ZCJeULcRUTvyfgt-W8sBFwhL9oNTRb4wSJYh82QA01IQWHVt2wJ7scVPKoUYHC0LpxS9Imdomgha2NwwN0JC6Z0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2083" data-original-width="3756" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSu_n5w5mZ-YBIs-JEoxATG_RhtQ38DqT46BgJg2wrbFNx3dNUHEWrXmRXAYYKrXXg_KJ_EBSymUe8Zaow370srtiuG86HHwHOyLi21ZCJeULcRUTvyfgt-W8sBFwhL9oNTRb4wSJYh82QA01IQWHVt2wJ7scVPKoUYHC0LpxS9Imdomgha2NwwN0JC6Z0=w400-h221" width="400" /></a></div><br />I am ploughing along with my Iron Circle Domitars. After washing all the parts I started by taking the legs of from the gates and cleaned them up. Om set had a bit more casting errors than the other so I am wondering if they are from different moulds or different ages.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAJUtA9-doxrjO9MI_5_3CzSbQhERAU2PAAkodMvwOh0PzsrGb55FzVAtmwjyneLEaxudTw-orQiall_77xiRgaHVCU4y_ARWg5R-vYhR0hPbQiw8L-99fu4cB5MwaqchiW6aua4HdaTGzKWqYRrWA5osZMI-7n81o-ej6zvMBhbGLyAatLY0HqJiQlW08" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="1829" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAJUtA9-doxrjO9MI_5_3CzSbQhERAU2PAAkodMvwOh0PzsrGb55FzVAtmwjyneLEaxudTw-orQiall_77xiRgaHVCU4y_ARWg5R-vYhR0hPbQiw8L-99fu4cB5MwaqchiW6aua4HdaTGzKWqYRrWA5osZMI-7n81o-ej6zvMBhbGLyAatLY0HqJiQlW08" width="320" /></a></div><br />Once cleaned up I though I it would be easy to assemble them in some dynamic way on the bases, as most of the FW kits, but then I realized that the legs are basically mono pose. Even if they come in eleven pieces you can basically only assemble them in one way. The upper body and arms has some more flexibility and makes it possible to vary the models enough for them to not look to similar. My problem was however that I already made the bases and wanted the legs to conform to this. One of the major things was that the surfaces for the model to stand on was made to be a left and right leg forward setup. And one of them also had different angels of the surfaces for the left and right foot.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD9se1BVyf_YiImC9fYNPkTLp-UwexiqZrIFmHQwFBuIbAmB2-WosO_S_vzG3sZrxYpv45-HUjnoUW5QzmR9FkFLHLfsmhoo9JnXU1roIX2YPHbGF9gJD_H7I7KL1VAGFJgpp87QSHsq9MhuyVGu5P6MepCTr42rV7itioiMhHrpjzThmYwm95RC6EcHO0" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3229" data-original-width="2335" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD9se1BVyf_YiImC9fYNPkTLp-UwexiqZrIFmHQwFBuIbAmB2-WosO_S_vzG3sZrxYpv45-HUjnoUW5QzmR9FkFLHLfsmhoo9JnXU1roIX2YPHbGF9gJD_H7I7KL1VAGFJgpp87QSHsq9MhuyVGu5P6MepCTr42rV7itioiMhHrpjzThmYwm95RC6EcHO0" width="174" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2cJD6y3hWiHkFXmeWikvPc_VMY1NrpLbRq3803xECdUGy3cnUjFRfuYQzFadqb5anXWNNL33B2tuZtCNusps4yFyw2yEhOBkTCnAMDkA9XNIeNJoafcnwx4sxgeAiyyHJFEuF5RSn_EGnKOkCOQAibu818CrJlLQvWvCmpnTO96yv-cbYAo9pmJF-4-Gs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3298" data-original-width="2854" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2cJD6y3hWiHkFXmeWikvPc_VMY1NrpLbRq3803xECdUGy3cnUjFRfuYQzFadqb5anXWNNL33B2tuZtCNusps4yFyw2yEhOBkTCnAMDkA9XNIeNJoafcnwx4sxgeAiyyHJFEuF5RSn_EGnKOkCOQAibu818CrJlLQvWvCmpnTO96yv-cbYAo9pmJF-4-Gs" width="208" /></a></div><br />As the legs are made to be left foot forward only I had to cut the hipp connector of from the right led and re angle it to get the thigh a bit more forward. I did not manage to make a full right leg forward pose, it became a more of parallell legs in a standing pose. Could have been better but it is different enough and I got it to fit on the base in a nice way.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtAHtqTliQXjdqnK-WqbVwCwsZmCgL8ofAPBou6Ib38zW_dN5lmXiBt91Vsi0pgRWFENuprg3-Wf9I1ICfg1kHhwLSLv4aJvVUmi53_y0EHSuTBA_RK1rSamvGazc1d5hUmOAeLIPLFul6G2F5eV4Cw0AAeUukLp5SHAio_11rB-DSg77fYes6xmziTa65" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2868" data-original-width="2212" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtAHtqTliQXjdqnK-WqbVwCwsZmCgL8ofAPBou6Ib38zW_dN5lmXiBt91Vsi0pgRWFENuprg3-Wf9I1ICfg1kHhwLSLv4aJvVUmi53_y0EHSuTBA_RK1rSamvGazc1d5hUmOAeLIPLFul6G2F5eV4Cw0AAeUukLp5SHAio_11rB-DSg77fYes6xmziTa65" width="185" /></a></div><br />Once the legs got sorted It was on to setting up the arms in a suitable way. I decided to make on of them hide behind the shield with a raised hammer and the other in a more open pose with the hammer across the chest. This will show the model in two different was focusing on different parts of the sculpt. This also menat that the heads will be pointing to the side in different directions. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTD3xbv_1PqQMrcYfFPp_OBdi3LHeCP7pQ73kputb9p9NUfThl3I75nMssULOEXXvUwJ6uAEIYVzhDbJW5FX8DhKUW2eSO8-MLR5qa4H8LvjV0Hhw7qyTiXrv7pTjimZc2KiJGJwVMv0SRm3VHaY9pKEHTHjMPcXz_ugfm44X8pMeAiOMeAzpF9-Ve7gDY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2295" data-original-width="2460" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTD3xbv_1PqQMrcYfFPp_OBdi3LHeCP7pQ73kputb9p9NUfThl3I75nMssULOEXXvUwJ6uAEIYVzhDbJW5FX8DhKUW2eSO8-MLR5qa4H8LvjV0Hhw7qyTiXrv7pTjimZc2KiJGJwVMv0SRm3VHaY9pKEHTHjMPcXz_ugfm44X8pMeAiOMeAzpF9-Ve7gDY" width="257" /></a></div><br />To match the directions of the heads I mounted the bolt cannons so that the also point where the head is looking. This of course meant that bending the ammo feeds became a bit tricky as they are not really long enough for swivelling the gun in a proper way.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3-tDIIYuukQhTe14lLfx7sRHptmGhuLnSoDRury-I-MvkHFU9Vkof5CKo5BpvF7XRAZJq5FzfaZCn1WCplI5Reph3IWCEGE62kdG0YXKC-D9IcKmsNXMwHtgebmGfOZ-3ihZ-O7qnhgX3fLqichKeizbvaWNcrhm3nQBO9QMhP5RIzE2M-kNRt1UCGJJ-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2639" data-original-width="2062" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3-tDIIYuukQhTe14lLfx7sRHptmGhuLnSoDRury-I-MvkHFU9Vkof5CKo5BpvF7XRAZJq5FzfaZCn1WCplI5Reph3IWCEGE62kdG0YXKC-D9IcKmsNXMwHtgebmGfOZ-3ihZ-O7qnhgX3fLqichKeizbvaWNcrhm3nQBO9QMhP5RIzE2M-kNRt1UCGJJ-" width="188" /></a></div><br />Compared to the ammo belts the power cables for the shiels was easy, even if they are a bitt thicker and needs a bit more care with the heating not to snap them. I might need to do some fine adjustment of these once the model is painted and I have fixed the arms into their final position.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj74WT34Z3ZRPSB4Om8cfaO3T3XwXmSkG6fN0T6zzKoE30X_fEbEuyiZ1QVs9JWlN0qgcy-RJ-tyPwpC3MhXZ0ZejrCjot7L-YiJ22agHEj31EHjIMlEg3JG3QLAIy01AZoJTAw_P8zsII7lNX9C25zKSJBfwNPdH2Ai3wPvqtkD2pEQ4lpl_aoppZIT7cd" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2028" data-original-width="2434" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj74WT34Z3ZRPSB4Om8cfaO3T3XwXmSkG6fN0T6zzKoE30X_fEbEuyiZ1QVs9JWlN0qgcy-RJ-tyPwpC3MhXZ0ZejrCjot7L-YiJ22agHEj31EHjIMlEg3JG3QLAIy01AZoJTAw_P8zsII7lNX9C25zKSJBfwNPdH2Ai3wPvqtkD2pEQ4lpl_aoppZIT7cd" width="288" /></a></div><br />I am leaving the models in quite a few bits for painting. each will be broken down into the base, the legs, upper body, hammer arm, shield arm, shield, neck shield, left shoulder guard, right shoulder guard, right shoulder mini shield and the face plate.<p></p><p>Next up is paint... </p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-86246099925495327492023-10-01T11:56:00.000-07:002023-10-01T11:56:17.875-07:00Dreadtober 01<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5jVrGy2urkqI7LZarGFblsB69joR8YPKHchzcRErnhEQRA5rYVLqROUuGiOvEjpkMTOlXg12sk23Wj5kFRj4D0EpoLiyWKZuW7kGeYb0MIT-oTRqaNbtwhly_-x7pZEJoWCiDrGldaHVXFiavM8QqtpCZ5qWgbKallKKS3OL_SJCp07MS1MMMwp0V_n2Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2788" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5jVrGy2urkqI7LZarGFblsB69joR8YPKHchzcRErnhEQRA5rYVLqROUuGiOvEjpkMTOlXg12sk23Wj5kFRj4D0EpoLiyWKZuW7kGeYb0MIT-oTRqaNbtwhly_-x7pZEJoWCiDrGldaHVXFiavM8QqtpCZ5qWgbKallKKS3OL_SJCp07MS1MMMwp0V_n2Q" width="258" /></a></div><br />It is that time of year again, Dreadtober. This time around, I thought I would get some Iron Circle Domitar-Ferrum class battle-automata done. I bought these several year ago (just realized how expensive they are now) as the body guards for my forge lord, but I never got around to actually doing them. I thing the reason I stalled on these was because I stalled out on the build of the forge lord. But if I get these done, then perhaps I can finish the Lord as well.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDN6lxFwuaZ8qfJN0Y_KIPpuLdT8ZELldNZpoZEOtESMt7XftO8RvKvimvfWm0D4OL0vhRBv0HIVwX9Co8QUcOaG0HUrKtwC6nxuAM4FKThSdxblBOzQrCiEtk5VnGyJuD19OyBNCgmvhcKMERWtfULmsnDww_GfUPJw6Z8wU7oLspVrOLTFf9_0-HG8oc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3080" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDN6lxFwuaZ8qfJN0Y_KIPpuLdT8ZELldNZpoZEOtESMt7XftO8RvKvimvfWm0D4OL0vhRBv0HIVwX9Co8QUcOaG0HUrKtwC6nxuAM4FKThSdxblBOzQrCiEtk5VnGyJuD19OyBNCgmvhcKMERWtfULmsnDww_GfUPJw6Z8wU7oLspVrOLTFf9_0-HG8oc" width="234" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>As these are Forge World models they first needed a bath, to make sure the release agent is gone. So I dropped them in a bucket of hot water and washing up liquid over the night. Then I went over each piece with a toothbrush and scrub them clean. To make sure I did not leave any residue of agent or washing up liquid I rinsed them with more hot water using a sieve. Now they are drying over night so that I can get them of the gates and start cleaning things up tomorrow.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWs4Y4cbGOwzodfgFkyom_pzrgZ7dWWVgp5xr7yu26jCrsgGEw3tc60s5WYqvD0VVTrZkXKubP5MQdBk7brnuz4uSJMZpVh0z5SyG9LNPPr-0W7pMJOXMVs_RNZ6SD_PE-7Sk0WStwjv4JueY1cV-_mk1FSCpOrkH8KAwq8ecjOHeZ4_-J4NJyS54Y3ILm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2391" data-original-width="3771" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWs4Y4cbGOwzodfgFkyom_pzrgZ7dWWVgp5xr7yu26jCrsgGEw3tc60s5WYqvD0VVTrZkXKubP5MQdBk7brnuz4uSJMZpVh0z5SyG9LNPPr-0W7pMJOXMVs_RNZ6SD_PE-7Sk0WStwjv4JueY1cV-_mk1FSCpOrkH8KAwq8ecjOHeZ4_-J4NJyS54Y3ILm" width="320" /></a></div><br />While the pieces were laid out to dry I decided to do some quick bases so that I can fit the pose of the Domitars to the base. I will have to go over them and sand some of the ridges down but generally I am quite happy with how they turned out.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxdtT5c9c3tkmrA5G03nS0aWeVtT3OI7A8kUnoacGQi8GxJRVNf1yTUVYhsHmBC8Tlj7ivuoaNsgaCCoiLkt69rIjlV3fc5Z58myzPGjv_4ljMpolpvbOQWf3dYpAhxMIIvGCgY0UGtuBy40O6w6DtiFueH5LEsPNER0yDPC2lR-7Aum-tk1wE733gIA3Z" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="3397" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxdtT5c9c3tkmrA5G03nS0aWeVtT3OI7A8kUnoacGQi8GxJRVNf1yTUVYhsHmBC8Tlj7ivuoaNsgaCCoiLkt69rIjlV3fc5Z58myzPGjv_4ljMpolpvbOQWf3dYpAhxMIIvGCgY0UGtuBy40O6w6DtiFueH5LEsPNER0yDPC2lR-7Aum-tk1wE733gIA3Z" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-60086343642391862532023-09-05T13:30:00.000-07:002023-09-05T13:30:23.338-07:00Angron the not so red<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj27et7LYhFnjr7lEFR_wx9y4u2RbM08YeAk1yFjZoOwS0v34NWL3xtM5mkQ7Z9qoN7EJpWsdh2kzozVZjiAeWrjM-GRAMn4mTRwLWe2Wfes14aIms5ulYipMx0kvD0zJ3z3fRqYI6S1B6htRxSJ7TuQLSncxEJ1tKo5DTqrYPhne4Bh1_IWNGcGVoQ6kmK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2726" data-original-width="2031" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj27et7LYhFnjr7lEFR_wx9y4u2RbM08YeAk1yFjZoOwS0v34NWL3xtM5mkQ7Z9qoN7EJpWsdh2kzozVZjiAeWrjM-GRAMn4mTRwLWe2Wfes14aIms5ulYipMx0kvD0zJ3z3fRqYI6S1B6htRxSJ7TuQLSncxEJ1tKo5DTqrYPhne4Bh1_IWNGcGVoQ6kmK=w298-h400" width="298" /></a></div><br />So when I said I did not really do that much over summer I did not mention the long running side project I actually did do as ut was a very on and off thing over several month. Once the model was released I acquired Angron. I love the model. It really has a menacing look, with the slightly hunched over pose. First I was a bit disappointed that he did not dual wield axes, but I eventually got over it and now I sort of like the hooked sword he is sporting. I still think it would have been nice to include the option of another axe though.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWGqJedGxFsmBKWb6FO_3-vhdY59V8edqrQs_rcPguD0T7z4_3iDyuucDxjK6Y1N-OgO5-zF7QtLQ0Lp-z3zD6VAHQY4n-Nzui1f8Arjm3PsJewlUUR6h410mQLX6XI0qbc4g9a3e7hzi-rLMZGYVLvFX-PkcdTlUeIZwH6U8ydIY4h0QouZKxK68iJPGi" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="2417" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWGqJedGxFsmBKWb6FO_3-vhdY59V8edqrQs_rcPguD0T7z4_3iDyuucDxjK6Y1N-OgO5-zF7QtLQ0Lp-z3zD6VAHQY4n-Nzui1f8Arjm3PsJewlUUR6h410mQLX6XI0qbc4g9a3e7hzi-rLMZGYVLvFX-PkcdTlUeIZwH6U8ydIY4h0QouZKxK68iJPGi=w255-h320" width="255" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj72RcXo5FnHMq0Z-HL3cUoq_mCyDU4LTlDYDotzBhZcNZbV3DN9lCZEVuiOERj32dUsdLRzJ9cggJUJ1-kWMmSmwkUv8W2qmQlHmibOaBaoUS1ak6ueyZ_yyMoH9tjgN2-QYIzIzQ8HpILYfh_duocuDvyRUoBq6m5_q3Fn9HKSY_E4i6fGJa2CHj7iNvt" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2644" data-original-width="2789" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj72RcXo5FnHMq0Z-HL3cUoq_mCyDU4LTlDYDotzBhZcNZbV3DN9lCZEVuiOERj32dUsdLRzJ9cggJUJ1-kWMmSmwkUv8W2qmQlHmibOaBaoUS1ak6ueyZ_yyMoH9tjgN2-QYIzIzQ8HpILYfh_duocuDvyRUoBq6m5_q3Fn9HKSY_E4i6fGJa2CHj7iNvt" width="253" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLPCvqa8fTSBAY9Qgmc9cHIiKbjcCKken8CgAVq5tfqyS9OIx3fYVZHB7V_sDTZ3MHkCPKexq3qIpqGLSMS28gLnvqcaNyHgz9zfooBvYPh2-5XLMOFZj0yu1akce-4hZ1omBADdAd9SZOYUFCnmZzUfebU8e_z0CO-c0SkvxN5l8v0FWf9J0oNMOmSi0T" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2982" data-original-width="2180" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLPCvqa8fTSBAY9Qgmc9cHIiKbjcCKken8CgAVq5tfqyS9OIx3fYVZHB7V_sDTZ3MHkCPKexq3qIpqGLSMS28gLnvqcaNyHgz9zfooBvYPh2-5XLMOFZj0yu1akce-4hZ1omBADdAd9SZOYUFCnmZzUfebU8e_z0CO-c0SkvxN5l8v0FWf9J0oNMOmSi0T=w233-h320" width="233" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>When it came to choosing a pint scheme I went for a slightly non conventional look. Normally, as on the box art, Angron is portrayed as a red demon. But I thought it was to close to the blood thirster look and wanted him to stand out. As he is originally of "human" stock I decided to give him a pale skin, and give him some red block tattoos instead of totally red skin. I also decided to give the skin an unhealthy pallor with visible blue red veins. I am really happy with how it turned out and it is really sad to cover it all up with the armour. I also really like the ports for the armour in the mussels. It is almost that I would have liked to have two models. Sadly it is not possible to have the chest and shoulder armour removable as the cables from the back tie into the chest piece.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3Ljad1_kx6AHUSkR1dyddYDhLUFwj17hRiZtTrRTK5P52Kqf7wO7H40XbTfyhfFIC2Sy-VD-m0PZ_N8TIqQd1jNueM3z1hzIm4Ryx6GFDgjB2hHQ09ig-EojSbXGRZeVp-y_q9OStFTmVAGlC5a9lbVe__Yn36hApmgC4XzFKwqalPDffh5Lj_7ZdXChA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3Ljad1_kx6AHUSkR1dyddYDhLUFwj17hRiZtTrRTK5P52Kqf7wO7H40XbTfyhfFIC2Sy-VD-m0PZ_N8TIqQd1jNueM3z1hzIm4Ryx6GFDgjB2hHQ09ig-EojSbXGRZeVp-y_q9OStFTmVAGlC5a9lbVe__Yn36hApmgC4XzFKwqalPDffh5Lj_7ZdXChA" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi82vL5YXDUlLzTUlRydoja_irmmV0GZnNge353M35aCARxI90ODip6Xissndi9H6fGfiIr7wFI7BYqoJJtT6-GPFn19ywngKmW-lOl1_WfX7XNcRJxRFv5qdhNXSRJ-_7e571BEDYkfnZ9xBNsg6QIad3eWtovknVI8FaVj6HvqH2yX8dik7VCoU-2E1BH" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi82vL5YXDUlLzTUlRydoja_irmmV0GZnNge353M35aCARxI90ODip6Xissndi9H6fGfiIr7wFI7BYqoJJtT6-GPFn19ywngKmW-lOl1_WfX7XNcRJxRFv5qdhNXSRJ-_7e571BEDYkfnZ9xBNsg6QIad3eWtovknVI8FaVj6HvqH2yX8dik7VCoU-2E1BH" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgt4QNBEsfWkzLRRSdZ6ceKsreZ3dY7ScLx-taK24ADB_nFvDXwvEv9cvil3hIPZ1yCoYm6Ag73WYGcIkPB288UJuC-y65LI9saUllQiMP4MY5olXEfVGSE04m_ErQuYf7paL3EhZAJsnW3hP3NUodYZf_EQ87uJcto0Qnh5ftKWNBeR3sJdAw7NHiQo9Mi" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgt4QNBEsfWkzLRRSdZ6ceKsreZ3dY7ScLx-taK24ADB_nFvDXwvEv9cvil3hIPZ1yCoYm6Ag73WYGcIkPB288UJuC-y65LI9saUllQiMP4MY5olXEfVGSE04m_ErQuYf7paL3EhZAJsnW3hP3NUodYZf_EQ87uJcto0Qnh5ftKWNBeR3sJdAw7NHiQo9Mi" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p><p>I made the armour itself in bronze with a heavy degree of Verdigris, which had the unplanned effect of giving him a blueish tone, which ties in nicely with the white and blue staps at the loin and shoulder. Very much a homage to the world eater colour scheme. The axe and the sword were made to look old and worn with rust and Verdigris. </p><p>The scenic base of the model was raised from the oval base by adding two layers of clip of from the sprues. The void was filled with some carpentry filler and I added a tonne of extras skulls from the skull box.</p><p>It was a nice build but I do not understand how anyone manages to paint it fully built. It is very dificult to handel once assembled. And once again I am reminded of how much I do not like to paint the wings of these demon models.</p><p>Lets see what the next model will be. It is almost October so I have to figure out what I will do for Dreadtober. </p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-11518005261862281732023-08-27T12:45:00.001-07:002023-08-27T12:45:36.539-07:00Ghost walk<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-SFPA5hCIHezQNT1PepsxjgMV8llRYgnUi3luT4QEX5u3i9ehmRvNxDGvl3ZFCARyPlbfjcaIxIkEArxAnMrpMVeJ3bzuCRVMPtg1sUMk8IAA_0fzx1lgkY6s_b9QSq91ZljnAwLtTSxiNk9cWiNrmC65QQZe39WUuODyPqqUxZF8jiSqidDbBapthnWI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1987" data-original-width="3150" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-SFPA5hCIHezQNT1PepsxjgMV8llRYgnUi3luT4QEX5u3i9ehmRvNxDGvl3ZFCARyPlbfjcaIxIkEArxAnMrpMVeJ3bzuCRVMPtg1sUMk8IAA_0fzx1lgkY6s_b9QSq91ZljnAwLtTSxiNk9cWiNrmC65QQZe39WUuODyPqqUxZF8jiSqidDbBapthnWI=w400-h253" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Once again it has been some time since my last update. It was not intentional but it just happened as the summer vacation did not turn out as I had planed it. Idea was to work in the garden during days and on Opus in the evenings. But the weather gods did not agree, so instead of working in the garden (due to rain) I got stuck in the lounge set under awning reading Gaunt's Ghosts (all the omnibuses). That meant I have not much to show in terms of hobby results.<p></p><p>I did however manage a photo shoot with the ghosts before the weather turned bad. I needed to add a holding pin in the waist of Varangian, to stop any similar mishaps that I had with Fenrir, and to get to Varangian I needed to remove the rest of the titans from the display. And as I were working on paving the driveway and had a nice pile of gravel that would make for a nice backdrop I decided to make a thing of it. It really is difficult to get all the models in one shot without getting the house or any other thing in the shot as well.</p><p>I also took some pictures of the Northern Knights as well...</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ5yEnhb44o0USsoxdoth3MUK58xvn3rXKBrnzBFNGXOXu_ontasERlqKWevWssZprI1hFwor23MkH-VcC6z_0OFQDDi09a9ovFP3Pw9i5ajfLz8m3hES1Fl6H1u8bow0jDT4UxzJYRWEsjmvz3x50A5BmwGgiKmWBCmSELlNgK9TlLl_neB_SwAcxOc82" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3211" data-original-width="1531" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ5yEnhb44o0USsoxdoth3MUK58xvn3rXKBrnzBFNGXOXu_ontasERlqKWevWssZprI1hFwor23MkH-VcC6z_0OFQDDi09a9ovFP3Pw9i5ajfLz8m3hES1Fl6H1u8bow0jDT4UxzJYRWEsjmvz3x50A5BmwGgiKmWBCmSELlNgK9TlLl_neB_SwAcxOc82=w190-h400" width="190" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Varangian</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We Walk</div><p></p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-77547461200860096292023-04-16T13:28:00.000-07:002023-04-16T13:28:20.692-07:00Opus Magna, weapons and flightwing<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1R4QCVDE8m2vy-8uuBXrP8cC0Pr0ialkq0wmvT0nQY_ITo1K3GWuyMBECWV2kWRtyKweIvQHBVkv1T5zhIJWEdSuv6Sb8gcuGOf-KS1Xdp-SpOt66R8VD4ccDKNOoLpmL2J8oyNPEz8RuB6hNxRHaXxt81Qb5Caa59FtTPIoR8gJvmxnzJ6VRer-Snw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1R4QCVDE8m2vy-8uuBXrP8cC0Pr0ialkq0wmvT0nQY_ITo1K3GWuyMBECWV2kWRtyKweIvQHBVkv1T5zhIJWEdSuv6Sb8gcuGOf-KS1Xdp-SpOt66R8VD4ccDKNOoLpmL2J8oyNPEz8RuB6hNxRHaXxt81Qb5Caa59FtTPIoR8gJvmxnzJ6VRer-Snw" width="320" /></a></div><br />These last couple of weeks have been intense, both at work and hobby with hobbystuff, so progress has been made in spurts of creativity in between travel. The first thing that i finished were the shields along the sides of the Opus as well as attaching the vents that I 3D printed some time ago. In the lore of this vehicle these side pontons are the antigravity arrays, that help take most of the weight of the Opus so that it does not get stuck in the ground. The track units are only there to provide traction and stability. The second part I worked on was the bow. I had previously made a quite intricate structure that I was not really happy with. I think I tried to not interfere with the bastion parts to much which lead to some convoluted designs. Now I just added two large calibre las cannons instead. I also boxed in the mounts for the two demolisher cannons that sits in the center line of the prow. Both these parts need to have some GS filling done but that will have to wait until the next disassembly of the Opus. As it is now I am just blocking things in to get all the major parts done. Then I can return to each to finish the details.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidR7i99NAAfT52Vu3EzFS2xqFghbmcC3UqULNWIBssFKQwfPmylr9dgW7p4QsGRMdS347S6tV6WLmg_h8y0vFc3lu06Ud-Bct_5eKh_Au5xyaB_-fJWDyANAt6ZuV2c1dIuU1g4m3r5ZFRUb_SJ3HrgfrbKAmMxt9NBiuU7AhCPyRnqhO6nNN-r-0MTQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidR7i99NAAfT52Vu3EzFS2xqFghbmcC3UqULNWIBssFKQwfPmylr9dgW7p4QsGRMdS347S6tV6WLmg_h8y0vFc3lu06Ud-Bct_5eKh_Au5xyaB_-fJWDyANAt6ZuV2c1dIuU1g4m3r5ZFRUb_SJ3HrgfrbKAmMxt9NBiuU7AhCPyRnqhO6nNN-r-0MTQ" width="320" /></a></div><br />I have also started to assemble a lot of the supplementary weapons systems that will go on the Opus. This will mostly be AA and ground clearance weapons mounted in pods around the flight deck.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgC4hTt1XPV3IFy6FmKf-uJpTe_iCiZlAMm8uKmY8X1QNA8JV7klpxyI7gQtN9SLnutSpi0RkUGdRZ8MYOBDz07CpqmKYEWqcEHA5zt6Jwbaa7Ybap5Q2LqeiIgWYPYleK1w1gAiBetni0KmBWqinYF4wkNHVOFeFThrssK2uBiDN9MMcqSLrOwCOyaZA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgC4hTt1XPV3IFy6FmKf-uJpTe_iCiZlAMm8uKmY8X1QNA8JV7klpxyI7gQtN9SLnutSpi0RkUGdRZ8MYOBDz07CpqmKYEWqcEHA5zt6Jwbaa7Ybap5Q2LqeiIgWYPYleK1w1gAiBetni0KmBWqinYF4wkNHVOFeFThrssK2uBiDN9MMcqSLrOwCOyaZA" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpgqJnARp2WjEpTo364IuvVAK7l2Y2zrAMaqbyOIhsFjATBsGthhf5sSq2z7mMyFjef27crOYnQ0NBkXGm0mvlslWjhXeHxfPnrBPvScRR7n3gGE7sb0dgQ6fDM8weEgZ3zrUOy4DfxrxQClX7tt1XKK4_SjtL13Zf4rvSttgdVzJZxa5UFsAQMlswvA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpgqJnARp2WjEpTo364IuvVAK7l2Y2zrAMaqbyOIhsFjATBsGthhf5sSq2z7mMyFjef27crOYnQ0NBkXGm0mvlslWjhXeHxfPnrBPvScRR7n3gGE7sb0dgQ6fDM8weEgZ3zrUOy4DfxrxQClX7tt1XKK4_SjtL13Zf4rvSttgdVzJZxa5UFsAQMlswvA" width="320" /></a></div><br />The next thing I have worked on is the flight wing. Many years ago I made a "marine" storm talon as a test model. But since I have been a bit lax about the building of the Opus itself I never got around to order the rest of the models for the flight wing. But recently some of the models when temporarily out of stock, and considering that they are "old" marine air crafts I do not know how long they will be around, so I bit the bullet and ordered about 2/3s of the flight wing before the models go out of production. The last third I will hold of on until everything else is done, and who knows, there might be some new nice fliers for that.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfLjtO0td9I7Yd5kF7DaIt5hUoFIelk1Z179fxLj7Q5-kzQE7-i-fVXJxojHDlgOisLzLvu3J-BXbbakLJps7v-rqE3gSxeLWTdgvbmeqMlYzfmNvnP1TYKBd38C9KZWKhESHEWLkNMM8x4_KstKrmLMPKfGs8tRvFjOu-rCWMOzsd6OSZp25KaKLR_w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfLjtO0td9I7Yd5kF7DaIt5hUoFIelk1Z179fxLj7Q5-kzQE7-i-fVXJxojHDlgOisLzLvu3J-BXbbakLJps7v-rqE3gSxeLWTdgvbmeqMlYzfmNvnP1TYKBd38C9KZWKhESHEWLkNMM8x4_KstKrmLMPKfGs8tRvFjOu-rCWMOzsd6OSZp25KaKLR_w" width="320" /></a></div><br />As it is I am (of course) not entirely satisfied with the models as they are and plan to make some modifications. I will base these around the Stormtalon, Stormhawk interceptor and the Nephilim jet fighter. there will also be a Valkyrie variant. The idea is to have a number of air superiority fighters, some fighter bombers and some close air support. I will make the fighters from the Nephilim fighter, but modifying it so that it more resembles a Thunderbolt. To do that I need to shorten the tail and extend the nose. I had previously noticed that the hulls of the Strom airframe and the Nephilim airframe is actually quite similar so I got the idea that I might do a tail swap.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1BLUS-DC2lV-LsT52GZmJhSmr9Vc-23LSsGM4CcSQzv1gitaaABk4G9YQUj1Ln2T9vb5i--dgqpVkUNr2HyPpIFL3rNIZXOKGLGDF_vUpzeB82PQT7TgvNMF4A7M-whjHtsO9D-zDZMJeyhGuw9PX8UDSSsG7hgkcmpxycGaP2j5jV2Jgxbuco5Vzsg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1BLUS-DC2lV-LsT52GZmJhSmr9Vc-23LSsGM4CcSQzv1gitaaABk4G9YQUj1Ln2T9vb5i--dgqpVkUNr2HyPpIFL3rNIZXOKGLGDF_vUpzeB82PQT7TgvNMF4A7M-whjHtsO9D-zDZMJeyhGuw9PX8UDSSsG7hgkcmpxycGaP2j5jV2Jgxbuco5Vzsg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeZ7z3mFqdvat6ot4-XL0o29oetu7xCeF3aKQPCKn0qKvkakq8hw9uKMRNCqdxE4D95IE7PtetAFVZNWXPxibKbwZKVbJHcoezChLtiSSP9tNY8XlcxGiQ8qL3Xc3aSJu1TbIv3d785IDT-ljU4VZ7pB55Yw7XSmJgjw2r678mkytDSS_S0xnXFvdPug" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeZ7z3mFqdvat6ot4-XL0o29oetu7xCeF3aKQPCKn0qKvkakq8hw9uKMRNCqdxE4D95IE7PtetAFVZNWXPxibKbwZKVbJHcoezChLtiSSP9tNY8XlcxGiQ8qL3Xc3aSJu1TbIv3d785IDT-ljU4VZ7pB55Yw7XSmJgjw2r678mkytDSS_S0xnXFvdPug" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiltyA9qwY5saoh3PMcTyLDidA-t3LyNnBDOPQPThVJJVK3lzQsnGBPCkk9fOrGczh3k7SOnWpxJe3RIdv5qtDd6B-2LeBvHW6kMs1cGs5UuiAPEuaL0Pn9hZ4O-rXCj7PmJL85L_7KEjZv7MJmbTr3mmwJ0GNQ5PiDNMUjvPRu2Mk338TY-fa4VzoPUA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiltyA9qwY5saoh3PMcTyLDidA-t3LyNnBDOPQPThVJJVK3lzQsnGBPCkk9fOrGczh3k7SOnWpxJe3RIdv5qtDd6B-2LeBvHW6kMs1cGs5UuiAPEuaL0Pn9hZ4O-rXCj7PmJL85L_7KEjZv7MJmbTr3mmwJ0GNQ5PiDNMUjvPRu2Mk338TY-fa4VzoPUA" width="320" /></a></div><br />After comparing the actual pieces I realized that they are similar but not identical so a swap will need a bit more fitting than I first thought. This procedure will then leave me with a Strom frame with a loner tail, which it turns out might actually be good for the interceptor as I will remove the engine pods from the wings (as the air frame needs to fit on the lifts of the Opus) and need somewhere else to mount them. I am thinking about a mount similar to an A10, or I will just leave them of completely and rely on the engines that are mounted in the hull similar to a A6. I am not sure how I will do this so first I will just finish the tail swaps and make sure that I have a nice and smooth hull before thinking to much about it. The Nephlims will also need some serious restructuring. My first thought was to move the cockpit further aft to get it behind the main wings, similar to a spitfire, but that would require to much cutting. So instead I will extend the nose forwards as well as att some cowlings to the front of the engine pods and mount the wings further forward instead. We will se how that turns out. It is the same here, that I will start with finishing the tail section before moving on. The close air support units will be more similar to the first test model I made with minor modifications. The main decision here will be if I should skip the wings and just go for a hovering type of aircraft, similar to an attach helicopter like the Apache or Cobra. The Valkyrie will get a back mounted radar disc similar to the E-2 hawkeye.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho3nmqnIICgaiRtWNk61YOcmMQ7LZtImqPUexrjrTiXNzEYnqF8wmisF5I2S75whAf2VW9HvsdvbKPxAfBXshL-kTDsIZbiuHpvxFOja6sHXftWfVqqq-iI8nkqBZbDsqNpIukViPUErj3nqqcveUuJhHyO-NFSIwmic3ztjAwGeAmVrKsqsE2pebhMQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho3nmqnIICgaiRtWNk61YOcmMQ7LZtImqPUexrjrTiXNzEYnqF8wmisF5I2S75whAf2VW9HvsdvbKPxAfBXshL-kTDsIZbiuHpvxFOja6sHXftWfVqqq-iI8nkqBZbDsqNpIukViPUErj3nqqcveUuJhHyO-NFSIwmic3ztjAwGeAmVrKsqsE2pebhMQ" width="180" /></a></div><br />Those are the plans, lets see how long they will take to execute.<p></p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-68151169960432401912023-04-01T12:55:00.003-07:002023-04-01T12:55:41.535-07:00Dark Angels Levithan Dreadnought<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgR-pvUypwgJZDrjW2XlwNgTLPTkhdK-BgR8N_gN1nftQts2qJ61_2MU_YZfRFVQVYzyJw1uETWwMaLVP9cWn61xGZempzg1xguJs--IAAPpQwVncnDNwXEOwgYgnk1c1D9TTri1aju0lNEyJgvwY38UvEx3L77RwFk1vCiMQZpCVtiSNZlojOUGYCGQA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgR-pvUypwgJZDrjW2XlwNgTLPTkhdK-BgR8N_gN1nftQts2qJ61_2MU_YZfRFVQVYzyJw1uETWwMaLVP9cWn61xGZempzg1xguJs--IAAPpQwVncnDNwXEOwgYgnk1c1D9TTri1aju0lNEyJgvwY38UvEx3L77RwFk1vCiMQZpCVtiSNZlojOUGYCGQA" width="180" /></a></div><br />So, I finished the Levethian that I got for my birthday. I must say that this is a lovely model, with great posability and a lot of character. The build process was quite straight forward but with a lot of pieces, which gives the model a lot of detail and 3D feel. I also love that there is enough extra parts in the kit to make a nice scenic base (I know, I hated these things a while back but now I love them).<p></p><p>I made the base as a fallen Levithan, half buried in the dirt. As I am painting the main model as a Dark angels Levithan I thought it would be thematic to make the fallen one a Night Lord.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwk3HUgqrXUu65ekohmUIjVHY73kFiENXeyVbsrxy-Impb4bdRem4Sg7VfMTd7BL_ZfKhMxu6PVRrYA_B_yj2da9dv0Tx_VAOvlbKvarOPue0gQUExidPAxjPHcl_mMYSORgUJa9Bnbm3XQNSc9BJVLKcsXyEKBWZkRFTBM6Wp2Bxk_QWfXt-pWxwspQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1888" data-original-width="2029" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwk3HUgqrXUu65ekohmUIjVHY73kFiENXeyVbsrxy-Impb4bdRem4Sg7VfMTd7BL_ZfKhMxu6PVRrYA_B_yj2da9dv0Tx_VAOvlbKvarOPue0gQUExidPAxjPHcl_mMYSORgUJa9Bnbm3XQNSc9BJVLKcsXyEKBWZkRFTBM6Wp2Bxk_QWfXt-pWxwspQ" width="258" /></a></div><br />The main dread got my usual black DA treatment. However, I think the result is heavily dependent on the brush I use. So I need to be more careful in the future if I do big black stuff. I did some free hand bone white chipped stripes and some red DA symbols. as the panels are far from square I needed to make some of them in half versions... which makes them look a lot like chaos symbols with all the pinons and blades (not so far from the truth?).<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-5qK2BC9fVkoCY_72ZlNyxKBdbxdPR2AH_dFkZ5Sj0NPbFk8uTxDFmCU_a-b34ogb6J61LhnDWlnVJfcufmRc-otgZGniVW-UNDAD2_8jIy4Spm4E7EQLYuIoi5tXKDrI6nTZ2uN8cYqEeveYXteAOL6l9nWib1MyVUibPs8Wtk4Hic3ofIURbXBqrw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-5qK2BC9fVkoCY_72ZlNyxKBdbxdPR2AH_dFkZ5Sj0NPbFk8uTxDFmCU_a-b34ogb6J61LhnDWlnVJfcufmRc-otgZGniVW-UNDAD2_8jIy4Spm4E7EQLYuIoi5tXKDrI6nTZ2uN8cYqEeveYXteAOL6l9nWib1MyVUibPs8Wtk4Hic3ofIURbXBqrw" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><br />Now I am just waiting for the release of the new plastic lion to lead the forces... or if I ever buy something more from FW I might get the heresy version... both models look great.<p></p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-71922472811080989212023-03-19T14:21:00.000-07:002023-03-19T14:21:03.930-07:00Random WIP<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJK-2JDFxwY2d1CMWoQRZe9Bg5GDcvzRD1EQDWlFHdCaif_1HnljD6gcCSJshLXLKr4yEg_qjkzG7iIXbJT3R6xG9jDV3mJPSDYYPpuulNZo3SlBdJEflCa4cfic0iE2RJZ3ajtnFDFr5jUygbTx94NGQ2pAfnk5ZPY-MNdQ5bc4dZKCbH6RD8W3Oh2w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJK-2JDFxwY2d1CMWoQRZe9Bg5GDcvzRD1EQDWlFHdCaif_1HnljD6gcCSJshLXLKr4yEg_qjkzG7iIXbJT3R6xG9jDV3mJPSDYYPpuulNZo3SlBdJEflCa4cfic0iE2RJZ3ajtnFDFr5jUygbTx94NGQ2pAfnk5ZPY-MNdQ5bc4dZKCbH6RD8W3Oh2w" width="320" /></a></div><br />This week has seen some random WIP that I have not really finished. After last weeks work on Opus I had to reassemble the hole thing to check some measurements, which lead to me not finishing what I started as that would have meant disassembling Opus again. Instead I started work on some shields for the lower part of the hull. I will get back to these one they are done. One thing I noticed when I put Opus back together again is that it looks much more solid now that the fornt and back is sealed up and also that the interior adds to this feeling. Sadly the shelf that Opus sits on is to his so I had to take the top of the island of. I might have to address this so that I can have Opus fully assembled without hitting the roof.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuFDlkjegC6-4LEr3oUeJyp1qRbrHvV2RSMYpVBrStw8YxoRxjaoQxtq3aflDuvcD5TccVgOth1scDzvAyjKnMSt6Dkdb4bxc-fiUxIAZQHctap0NUWAvBobXpnAdt1ps_Qg_JBvRDLTrDHRwZA6s_35EZOIjUfk4Fiy1DUFYnPv7D0kfxgYNhWS20hA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuFDlkjegC6-4LEr3oUeJyp1qRbrHvV2RSMYpVBrStw8YxoRxjaoQxtq3aflDuvcD5TccVgOth1scDzvAyjKnMSt6Dkdb4bxc-fiUxIAZQHctap0NUWAvBobXpnAdt1ps_Qg_JBvRDLTrDHRwZA6s_35EZOIjUfk4Fiy1DUFYnPv7D0kfxgYNhWS20hA=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br />One thing that I changed from the previous round is how the elevators work. In the original build I had made three towers that I would inset in the elevator shafts (seen down to the right in the top picture). These were however quite flimsy and I could not get them to work properly as the friction in the sliding bars, holding the elevator platform, was to great to easily allow for adjustments of the elevator position. So this time around I build some tracks that I attached to the side walls. In this way each elevator will have four independent riders, relaxing the need for every thing to be to measure and parallell, and the friction is much lower... perhaps a bit to low...<p></p><p>Apart from that I have been working a bit on my birthday present from the Wifey, a Levithan siege dreadnought. I decided to do it in pre-heresy Dark Angels black, but for some reason it turned out very black... so I might need to go back and drybrush another round. I also build a scenic base from the left overs from the build. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrGHB9m8SaRBI_Zq86uCKAsDyU3-W4Xi4hReTFho7TnyMSJtoEvWNiGpSvdxJ-2qTUEO7eGYw0fv16J2aVrAzoF2-6yi8loiJrMSZjMnHJxEbd-xWRf7sdS8zhWpteB2dnBxR6-9ea0OvDCzWALrIPxGgoyFWSxttPxoaaoWdGn_eR-sfpLGvvIuEeyQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrGHB9m8SaRBI_Zq86uCKAsDyU3-W4Xi4hReTFho7TnyMSJtoEvWNiGpSvdxJ-2qTUEO7eGYw0fv16J2aVrAzoF2-6yi8loiJrMSZjMnHJxEbd-xWRf7sdS8zhWpteB2dnBxR6-9ea0OvDCzWALrIPxGgoyFWSxttPxoaaoWdGn_eR-sfpLGvvIuEeyQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br />I must say that the legs are incredible. Why could they not have done this for the knight model. Each leg consist of 12 pieces... while the knight leg is 8 pieces... and that includes the four pistons... This model really feels like a proper model and not just a gaming piece.<p></p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949088168161368172.post-10475719082795889872023-03-12T10:49:00.002-07:002023-03-12T10:49:56.224-07:00Opus Magna, blocking.<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEib4juwg-_QNQwbFYV_5DVH3uvhvHWG7f0PLx6nuuL5tg6AVry4nmL_lt7f-e3pS7Ahoc2fQThVBKPUueRwvC56dbxXwkiUmNb-Jb91BDACv3WsH0L0fWa9KoO7XRIuCerVfPqeZAZd7RimwQWmyqUmmAc_GLBTwPprEJhiIIyTyBDOwCjw-huCDa9OeA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEib4juwg-_QNQwbFYV_5DVH3uvhvHWG7f0PLx6nuuL5tg6AVry4nmL_lt7f-e3pS7Ahoc2fQThVBKPUueRwvC56dbxXwkiUmNb-Jb91BDACv3WsH0L0fWa9KoO7XRIuCerVfPqeZAZd7RimwQWmyqUmmAc_GLBTwPprEJhiIIyTyBDOwCjw-huCDa9OeA=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br />This weekend I have finally gotten some stuff done on the Opus Magna, and it felt really good. This is a long standing project for me, where I have been held up by some mechanical integrity issues of the model. Once I got to a certain point in the build I realized that it did not stick together as I had envisioned. So I took it apart and re-thought the assembly process. Sadly this meant that I had to discard some parts I have already build and I needed to re do these to fit the new way of putting ting together. Well that sort of became a block for me and the Opus has been sitting around for some time. I have done a little here and a little there but i have not maid any major progress. Well I hope that this new found enthusiasm for the project will stick so that I can get all the major blocks built.<p></p><p>So I started with sealing the front end and the back end of the main hull. The front was just missing a plate joining the left and right side of the bow. Now they are attached and I need to add some strengthening plates here and there on the inside but mostly it is now as it should be. I am thinking about adding a bolter array to this section as well but I am not sure... I will also have to see how it interact with the bow section above.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlvF3a09QleGb-JotG4OZ3DgHk5kagVrRJ5GPA0JDOYLSoyEkfbwMntq-ht7hBSn7kgjXrWn8vY4wSi0Xn13BavZKZuOM8bk2NDRqcC-7_HNaF9yWMk6xbCZSEyaGaanAg1yq7nIuTKeZBuPGYBS9FE8aYmHP8h_XCIT2-uauXGTZ0y5Kcw1bbe9m3rA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlvF3a09QleGb-JotG4OZ3DgHk5kagVrRJ5GPA0JDOYLSoyEkfbwMntq-ht7hBSn7kgjXrWn8vY4wSi0Xn13BavZKZuOM8bk2NDRqcC-7_HNaF9yWMk6xbCZSEyaGaanAg1yq7nIuTKeZBuPGYBS9FE8aYmHP8h_XCIT2-uauXGTZ0y5Kcw1bbe9m3rA" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwFNLlCAlZMgxFzDphB9mAbhh_8d-iHib3N72eJdF2kY2VupK6hKzQIeo4JvTLw7K6YNtO6n1MBkBZRKBKOzy9z2pQFXBW5YH9M8iEoCS2sRx2uy5qvS7HWyqula3baPVyeMl3thEt-o3cV6kW5Vgs3c4e3KifbOO7-3F0Dc5kyfQWqWNsNveM89OtEQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwFNLlCAlZMgxFzDphB9mAbhh_8d-iHib3N72eJdF2kY2VupK6hKzQIeo4JvTLw7K6YNtO6n1MBkBZRKBKOzy9z2pQFXBW5YH9M8iEoCS2sRx2uy5qvS7HWyqula3baPVyeMl3thEt-o3cV6kW5Vgs3c4e3KifbOO7-3F0Dc5kyfQWqWNsNveM89OtEQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div>For the back I had the idea of having some loading bay doors that could open, made from a scenery set. This has been sitting there, dry fitted for ages, so it was just a quick fix to cut out the doors using a jewellery saw and then putt in some pins for the hinges. I also trimmed the edges a bit to fit the rest of the hull but otherwise it is pretty much standar.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8FQ8jmWKNR6p5ThAdmux9C-u88nVl37o1jeCqVNnYOY-1eZ6xV2yB6IG__O6FzQzDYcz5TP7NqaITJQDM2RnMpg5ZZupFaX4wLaUW2kqjxmhJZHNyEQhhiguBFdgZPPR65A5HPWcmbxIdvABjNLjLewXh7C7ebeKRfUkQOLxuwv12sHTfa6gT0Wl6Mw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8FQ8jmWKNR6p5ThAdmux9C-u88nVl37o1jeCqVNnYOY-1eZ6xV2yB6IG__O6FzQzDYcz5TP7NqaITJQDM2RnMpg5ZZupFaX4wLaUW2kqjxmhJZHNyEQhhiguBFdgZPPR65A5HPWcmbxIdvABjNLjLewXh7C7ebeKRfUkQOLxuwv12sHTfa6gT0Wl6Mw" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioHxcY8Fwwpc1Poc6vJFAD90c2NMW6fmFF281EDtfUrSmkfl5TA34bqG9fAJeR75dv2g4BR4D4Vy4kijzms1BkXA-tDbqNn0NJg4KD1uIeCNLe8TU9yKXh9FVT8zpEjTJkOGdOtUPDzVBvSoMgiEtxCIeXeuaVi7dOaYk6Sxw-FJcXI7xB9dt4KCQUQA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioHxcY8Fwwpc1Poc6vJFAD90c2NMW6fmFF281EDtfUrSmkfl5TA34bqG9fAJeR75dv2g4BR4D4Vy4kijzms1BkXA-tDbqNn0NJg4KD1uIeCNLe8TU9yKXh9FVT8zpEjTJkOGdOtUPDzVBvSoMgiEtxCIeXeuaVi7dOaYk6Sxw-FJcXI7xB9dt4KCQUQA" width="320" /></a></div><br />The sections I needed to rebuild where the two centre sections that initially held up the sides together with the front and aft sections. since this is no longer needed have rebuild them, adding some staging platforms outside the doors. I am not done with these yet, as I need to add in some flooring sections out side the doors on each side. I also need to build the right side of the second section, that will be beneath the iland and that will host a battery of strategic missiles and launch tubes. I am using a Stormtalon to check that it can fit in the hangar bay with all the new additions. In the end I think the hangar bays could hold something like 13 to 15 Stormtalons. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4MiGQFMGG23SZA0sqB-Pg7d7PjjOrMvgNPEgv0rFnU4YwckIEmBMkZty_idhA4aByFpZ_BNU48Yl6jIqh4qL5GxoMYDMIxhJfrbjWW1bzI4TF1OaUsb8OKEqXbDjs6_rqeHbHU5KgAzudUpr_GESAZ-aVLo0Ktm6V3ra46FKpwDZcGqshs8Mre6RLGQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4MiGQFMGG23SZA0sqB-Pg7d7PjjOrMvgNPEgv0rFnU4YwckIEmBMkZty_idhA4aByFpZ_BNU48Yl6jIqh4qL5GxoMYDMIxhJfrbjWW1bzI4TF1OaUsb8OKEqXbDjs6_rqeHbHU5KgAzudUpr_GESAZ-aVLo0Ktm6V3ra46FKpwDZcGqshs8Mre6RLGQ" width="320" /></a></div><br />Once this is done I have all the major block build again and can start adding details to them with out having to worry how they will interact with each other.<p></p>Agishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355576788771116401noreply@blogger.com1