Author Topic: Steam powered stargate (Read 7479 times)

Colonel O Truth · « **on:** December 29, 2018, 02:32:57 AM »

Hi All!

New project on the go... Hope you like!

More on my blog... https://colonelotruth.blogspot.com/2018/12/step-inside.html

von Lucky · « **Reply #1 on:** December 29, 2018, 07:01:17 AM »

A lovely start. A practical question - how will you attach the gate to the plinth (due to its weight)? Epoxy glue?

Shahbahraz · « **Reply #2 on:** December 29, 2018, 10:56:14 AM »

Very much looking froward to seeing what you do with this one! Looks like a cracking idea and a really good component selection.

More please.

Colonel O Truth · « **Reply #3 on:** December 29, 2018, 11:06:37 PM »

Thanks fellas!

Von Lucky - you just stopped me making a mistake! Never mind the weight of the gate - the cardboard panels underneath were guaranteed to tear!

Modifications underway!

FramFramson · « **Reply #4 on:** December 30, 2018, 12:39:18 AM »

Welcome back!

This latest build appears to be going places!

Colonel O Truth · « **Reply #5 on:** December 31, 2018, 01:00:22 AM »

Thanks Fram! Good to hear from you!

More progress...

https://colonelotruth.blogspot.com/2018/12/boilers-in-bag.html

Shahbahraz · « **Reply #6 on:** December 31, 2018, 08:58:08 AM »

Oh, that really needs a built in Van der Graaf generator for blue sparks while playing... calculated insanity.

I have to ask, are there actual games played with these contraptions, or is it the joy of building?

Colonel O Truth · « **Reply #7 on:** December 31, 2018, 09:24:55 AM »

That's a good question, Shahbahraz!

I've been out of the hobby for a while, but I generally build VSF with the G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T system in mind. My wild west town, Leadwood was built for The Rules With No Name.

https://colonelotruth.blogspot.com/p/leadwood.html

I'm easing myself back into gaming, and may dabble in other areas too - fantasy, sci-fi, perhaps lacepunk.

Sunjester · « **Reply #8 on:** December 31, 2018, 09:27:17 AM »

Those are looking great, I can't wait to see the finished results.

Shahbahraz · « **Reply #9 on:** December 31, 2018, 03:55:44 PM »

Quote from: Colonel O Truth on December 31, 2018, 09:24:55 AM

That's a good question, Shahbahraz!

I've been out of the hobby for a while, but I generally build VSF with the G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T system in mind. My wild west town, Leadwood was built for The Rules With No Name.

https://colonelotruth.blogspot.com/p/leadwood.html

I'm easing myself back into gaming, and may dabble in other areas too - fantasy, sci-fi, perhaps lacepunk.

Ooh.. that's very nice indeed. I have to assume you have an underground lair with an acre of storage space. Me, I'm pushing it to get my boring old 28mm buildings for Normandy, the Desert and North American AWI stashed away safely. For some reason my wife seems to think the shed should be for storing power tools, lawnmowers and so on..

von Lucky · « **Reply #10 on:** December 31, 2018, 08:43:59 PM »

Colonel - if I wasn't clear I was a fan of your creations before, then let me be clear - this (and Leadwood in particular) are absolutely pieces of art. Thank you for also taking the time in sharing them.

Colonel O Truth · « **Reply #11 on:** December 31, 2018, 09:38:38 PM »

Thanks Von Lucky! You're too kind!

Shahbahraz - I too have storage issues, but where there's a will there's a way! Leadwood unfortunately spends 99% of the time in two cases I made for it, but at least being made on two boards with everything glued down, it takes less than a minute to set it up!

Some of my other creations - Gargantua, Pantagruel, Shandy Tanglefoot's Overcompensatory Death Ray Of Doom, etc. are in glass display cases in my living room. Others have been sold to a collector - although in the case of Big Mike and the Faraday Galvanic Field Gun, and the Bazalgette Light Armoured Perambulatory Contrivance, I wish I had kept them for the British army - so I plan on making new ones.

I'll probably start posting shots of actual armies soon, and maybe the occasional battle report.

Shahbahraz · « **Reply #12 on:** January 01, 2019, 10:41:54 PM »

Quote from: von Lucky on December 31, 2018, 08:43:59 PM

Colonel - if I wasn't clear I was a fan of your creations before, then let me be clear - this (and Leadwood in particular) are absolutely pieces of art. Thank you for also taking the time in sharing them.

Seconded. Inspirational stuff. Love watching the Colonel's creations grow.

Colonel O Truth · « **Reply #13 on:** January 05, 2019, 03:30:03 AM »

More today! I'm ready to start painting, after adding 1,317 rivets...

https://colonelotruth.blogspot.com/2019/01/putting-it-all-on-record.html

Supercollider · « **Reply #14 on:** January 05, 2019, 03:55:03 AM »

Brilliant!

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