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Author Topic: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!  (Read 76334 times)

Offline Sangennaru

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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #30 on: January 18, 2013, 09:13:20 AM »
great one, Colonel!

maybe you can add some weathering below the rivets, a litle darker lines!

Offline OSHIROmodels

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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #31 on: January 18, 2013, 09:26:33 AM »
Boiler looks great  8)

cheers

James
cheers

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Offline Colonel O Truth

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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #32 on: January 31, 2013, 06:03:44 AM »
Added a furnace to the boiler, finished painting the boiler, and about to start on the chimneys...

155 more rivets brings the count to 2,252...







More on the blog...

http://colonelotruth.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/in-all-furnace-thats-lot-of-rivets.html

All the Best!
Gluing my fingers together since 1973...

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Offline mattblackgod

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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #33 on: February 01, 2013, 08:52:32 PM »
Excellent work Sir!  :-*
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Offline thebinmann

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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #34 on: February 01, 2013, 08:58:40 PM »
Amazing stuff

Who makes the mini?

Offline Colonel O Truth

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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #35 on: February 01, 2013, 10:35:37 PM »
Gentlemen, thank you.

I can't quite remember where the mini came from - I think Reaper Chronoscope or Blue Moon. Could be wrong. Backpack and gun ar a conversion - he used to hold a cigar.

Bezzo - I am honoured, Sir. And no BS here either. It's always great to receive your kind words of encouragement and your thoughts on my work. Please keep it up!

I don't do this for money, or to fit with anyone else's vision of VSF, or to suit a particular game system (although I have prefernces, obviously). In fact, I hardly play any games at all any more. I have realised that I used to play the games as justification for making the models - as if I shouldn't make anything if there wasn't a reason! Nowadays, it seems I make the models first and foremost and if I manage to get a game or two, that's a nice bonus!

I started my blog with the intention of showing terrain, not vehicles. It bothered me (and still does) that so many gamers spend many hours collecting and painting exquisitely detailed armies, then pay little or no attention to their tables. How many conventions have you been to where two beautifully arrayed forces are fighting to the death for control of a few green lumps of polystyrene, some cotton wool on a twig and and eggbox covered in sand? Through forums such as this one and TMP, we can all view some lovely work by some truly talented individuals but sadly, the bulk of what is being used out there in Wargamer World is poorly designed and presented.

The point of my blog and my main reason for showing my projects on here and TMP was (and very definitely still is) not to show off something others cannot have, but to illustrate how simple the techniques required to produce something really good are. I have said before and I'll say again;

"This Ain't Brain Surgery!"

The materials I use are easy to come by and I'm really not using any techniques others have not used before. Maybe I take my designs and ideas to extremes, but I maintain that the only essential difference between a great model, a nice model and a terrible lump is patience.

Have faith in what the end product can look like if you take your time and pay attention to detail. The more detail you are prepared to add, and the more accurate in scale you endeavour to be, the better the result. It's not magic and you don't have to be a genius.

Don't get me wrong - I love to be congratulated on good work. Who doesn't? But I get even more satisfaction from hearing that others have seen my work, read my comments, and in some measure I have helped them to improve their own designs.

Sorry - waffling a little! Where's me pills?

Thank you again.

Colonel O'Truth

Offline Colonel O Truth

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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #36 on: February 01, 2013, 11:47:16 PM »
I've thought about it, of course.

I'd be happy to take commissions, but only where the client supplies a concept sketch or idea to be interpreted by me. I wouldn't want to work to someone else's blueprint - this is my way of relaxing. It's essential to me that it remains creative and fun.

Any interested parties may email me at ordersforthecolonel@gmail.com

Offline The_Beast

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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #37 on: February 03, 2013, 08:07:30 PM »
While I was 'sputtering' in my previous post, I did recall sparing a thought for the boiler-to-come. Something like 'oh, not much there to work with...'

As if I actually could doubt; rest of being shouted 'Wait for it!'

  :-*

Doug

Offline Colonel O Truth

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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #38 on: February 06, 2013, 09:34:29 PM »
I'll try not to disappoint, Doug!

Just added chimneys and Pole-Differential Potentialising Galvanetic Capacitors. Why not?







Rivet Count: 2,550

More on the blog...

http://colonelotruth.blogspot.co.nz/2013/02/the-absolutely-enormous-engine-that.html

All the Best!

Offline FramFramson

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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #39 on: February 07, 2013, 03:38:35 AM »
It's staggering to think this engine is ALREADY big enough to be an utterly dominating table centrepiece all on it's own.


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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #40 on: February 07, 2013, 10:15:30 AM »
Wooooow, words are just not enough!

Offline OSHIROmodels

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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #41 on: February 07, 2013, 10:49:41 AM »
I likey that a lot  8) 8)

cheers

James

Offline Colonel O Truth

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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #42 on: February 07, 2013, 06:50:06 PM »
Thank you, gents!

Fram - keep watching. It's going to get a LOT bigger!

Suber - I agree. Words are not enough. Add rivets.

James - Thank you very much. I just checked out your blog. Lovely terrain! I salute you, Sir!

Offline Colonel O Truth

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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #43 on: February 09, 2013, 10:14:34 PM »
Added a gigantic Chain Drive and started to build the engine room...







Rivet count is up to 3,184 !

More on the blog...

http://colonelotruth.blogspot.co.nz/2013/02/cowboys-and-engines.html

Hope you like!

Offline Marine0846

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Re: Biggest Ever Walker - Construction Begins!
« Reply #44 on: February 10, 2013, 03:53:47 AM »
I am in awe.
Your project is so cool.
Semper Fi, Mac

 

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