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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: nic-e on October 19, 2017, 02:38:23 AM
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As some of you may have seen, I've been making islands.
As fun as it's been, It's been leaving me with ALOT of plasticard offcuts that are too small to do much with.
Because I didn't want to waste anything I used them to make a little airship, which i will eventually use to start playing imperil skies.
I'll be making more of these since this was a fun little project to kill 45 minutes, But probably not regularly.
(https://i.imgur.com/0UsvQiJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Vzoi2ej.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8n2s7Uc.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/UTGGP2Q.jpg)
Hopefully I'll get it pinted and based soon, Let me know what you think!
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nothing is ever wasted if you enjoy the doing.
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Nice one. They really look like fun and will paint up well.
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Cheers chaps!
Put together a second one today after work. This one is a little gunboat, with 4 small cannons below decks.
(https://i.imgur.com/FVpzNB9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Z4ZNLML.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Kvi5Rxk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/S8OhOxt.jpg)
It's a little shorter than the other ship but has a deeper hull and a sleeker shape.
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I like the supports on the sides - little extra effort that makes the design pop.
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I look forward to seeing how this project develops.
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Just made my first ever attempt at painting wood planking. I'm not normally a fan of painted on detail, But since these are just scratchbuilds I figured there's no harm experimenting on them.
Pretty happy with how it came out. Lines could be straighter and i messed around from side to side so some of the planks look different to others, But overall it looks good from a couple of feet away.
(https://i.imgur.com/5RSaD1V.jpg)
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the gunship is done!
(https://i.imgur.com/dL2HqFe.jpg)
I've started thinking of a little world to set these in, A sort of alternate 1910 setting. I think I may need to move this thread to VSF if this carries on....
The Pequod is an old central block gun runner. Designed to act as aerial fortifications and cargo escorts, These ships were quickly made obsolete by the advances in anti grav technology. The fore mounted guns which had made them formidable to face became a liability as faster ships with more powerful engines soon filled the skies. The old central block runners found themselves outgunned and easily out manoeuvred, Their unarmed aft sections proving to be a dangerous weakpoint. Originally built with an armoured steel deck, Many of these ships were stripped and retrofitted with wooden decks in order to provide steel for the larger battleships of the great wars and to allow the gun runners to perform operations at higher altitudes.
whilst they are no longer produced, Old runners are often seen in private hands or in the aerial forces of those nations that lack anti grav production capabilities, Operating as mercenary vessels, smugglers ships or corporate escort vessels.
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Lovely painting and fluff.
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love it!
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cheers chaps. It's fun to be working on some ships that aren't pre printed and flatpacked! :)
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(https://i.imgur.com/F0lHYZG.jpg)
Painting on the larger ship begins!
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Beautifull little ships!
Your painted on planking looks great imo.
Is there a technique for painting them or is it just carefull painting, tiny lines and a lot of patience? :)
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Beautifull little ships!
Your painted on planking looks great imo.
Is there a technique for painting them or is it just carefull painting, tiny lines and a lot of patience? :)
Paint on a couple of unever coats of brown with a big soft brussle brush that leaves alot of streaks. that gives you a god grainy texture to build on and saves the need to add in texture as you go.
Then do your lines, then highlight with thin layers of watery paint.
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Done!
I wanted this one to be a little more beat up , like it's not seen a repair station for a few decades and has maybe spent a few too many days docked in some seedy smuggler filled aeroport.
(https://i.imgur.com/O4zgRWf.jpg)
The Aurora may be a rust bucket, But few would doubt her construction.
A modified meridian tender, Ships like the Aroura are a common sight in the meridian empire, the central block and the unaffiliated regions.Designed as a workhorse vessel, These tenders are one of the most common airship designs in the world.So common in fact that their trade and construction is one of the few remaining elements of the original meridian-central peace treaty.
originally designed as a harbour vessel and crew transport to serve larger war vessels, their easy controls, rigid construction and powerful engines have seen these ships be repurposed as gunships, cargo vessels, cruise ships, exploration craft, pirate ships, houseboats, smugglers vessels, troop transports, taxis,restaurants,observation platforms and in the case of the aurora, Whaling ships.
So ubiquitous is this model of ship that many refer to them as iron gulls, For they are often seen flying around the massive warhulks like gulls around a beached whale.
The Aurora sports a single long ranged gun used to hunt vapour whales and the colossal air lamprey that live in the dense cloud formations of the western desolate regions. Whilst her crew hold valid permits to operate within this lawless region, their ship holds a few secrets.Beneath her decks is a hidden storage bay used to smuggle weapons and munitions out of the territory of the meridian empire and the central block and into the more radical cities of the unaffiliated regions.
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Lovely painting and fluff.
And again - but really have to do a double take when I know the scale.
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Cheers lucky! Speaking of scale...what the hell are they?! I guess i've made them about 6mm? but they could be 2mm? they certainly won't fit with the brigade imperial skies models...they really aren't fleet scale .... i've basically cornered myself into making more because I can't buy anything that will fit in!
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Brigade Models is 1/1200. 6mm is about 1/600. To me they look closer to 1/1200, but I have no idea if you have fat fingers or delicate digits!
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Brigade Models is 1/1200. 6mm is about 1/600. To me they look closer to 1/1200, but I have no idea if you have fat fingers or delicate digits!
Cheers lucky. I worked out based on the height of the door I painted that I'm building at around 1:1000 , a tad larger than brigade.
I started building a larger gunship to accompany the gun runner. I went with a similar design but I think I'll paint this one in Centreal Block navy colours (once i decide what those are.)
(https://i.imgur.com/oJBBkTQ.jpg)
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I'm enjoying the progress that you are making on this project - it is making me want to dig up some old, similar projects myself :o
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I'm enjoying the progress that you are making on this project - it is making me want to dig up some old, similar projects myself :o
Cheers grego!
I have some nice hex flying bases on order from element and look forward to getting these ships up in the air.
In the mean time I've decided I really don't need to buy another rulebook, So.....
(https://i.imgur.com/aFTllGA.jpg)
DUNDUNDUN! you know a project has gone past the point of no return when you start making rules.
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Made a 4th ship!
A bigger gunship. 3 different deck levels and Armed with 2 large guns.
I also modelled a visible engine onto this one to set it apart as a different size class from the others.
(https://i.imgur.com/nZjl3W3.jpg)
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After building my latest ship I noticed that I had generated smaller offcuts from the offcuts I was using , So i thought "what can i make to go with these ships that can use these offcuts...."
After 20 minutes in which i realised I can't carve 1:700 figures, I deided on something else....
Fighter squadrons! Dropped from Aerial carriers or taking off from hidden bases in the clouds, Swarms of these little buggers pepper the larger warships with machine gun fire and small bombing runs.
(https://i.imgur.com/Qzm1VX6.jpg)
DIVE DIVE DIVE!!!
(https://i.imgur.com/WEn8hId.jpg)
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Nice one.
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Wow! Nice!
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I'm very impressed by your creativity, I dont have any offcuts at the moment but I'm definetly not throwing any away in the future!
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Cheers chaps!
Stuck some paint on the plane and now I'm thinking i need at least 5 more of them....
(https://i.imgur.com/UgOZz15.jpg)
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These are cracking wee builds! :-*
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Lovely.
I know you're tinkering with your own rules - but this is reminding me of Aeronef, where our group all scratch-built or converted Brigades Games' stuff. However, we weren't as skilled in making our own planes!
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Lovely.
I know you're tinkering with your own rules - but this is reminding me of Aeronef, where our group all scratch-built or converted Brigades Games' stuff. However, we weren't as skilled in making our own planes!
It was actually an interest in Imperial skies that got me thinking about airships. I looked at the rules for Aeronef as well. I'm making my own rules based on the core mechanics of Pirates of the cursed seas (but with alot added.) because I realised I may aswell try and keep this project as cheap as possible.
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Just thinking - A tiny disk of blister pack plastic would finish off that biplane perfectly :D
Cracking work and got me looking at my various scrap piles...
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Just thinking - A tiny disk of blister pack plastic would finish off that biplane perfectly :D
Cracking work and got me looking at my various scrap piles...
I did sculpt a little propeller but a badly times sneeze sent it flying (which is good i suppose? ) .
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Wow amazing work!
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Wow amazing work!
Cheers! I want to do more with these but I'm still waiting on element to send me some clear hex flying bases! it seems they're out of stock at every single store/supplier online! lol
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I love these and must see more. :)
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These are incredible! Keep posting!
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I love these and must see more. :)
I love these and must see more. :)
Well i', still waiting for my bases from element, So i may just get on with these now and build my own bases, then maybe one day in the far future I'll get my pack of 15 bases. By which time I'll no doubt need more....
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UPDATE!
After MONTHS on order , my bases from element turned up! I have NO IDEA why these have been out of stock for so long all over the place, but element have been very good about letting me know order dates and delays and offered to repay me a couple of times, So i'm still happy with their service.
In the picture here you can see i've mounted the biplane on a new warlord flying stand. I bought a pack of these to use instead of the octagonal ones, But they're pretty rubbish for anything big. The bases are too small to balance a ship properly, and warlord have gone with a random heights bag rather that giving you a choice of heights, so i only got 1 long stand, 1 medium and a whole load of small ones that I'm just going to use as sculpting stands.
but expect more progress on this project soon!
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Superb! :-*
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Superb! :-*
Totally agree! The middle one of the three is my favourite! Great painting! :-*