Space, My New 28mm Frontier (Jan. 12: pics recovered & 2 pics of final project)

[War In 15MM]

I really like some of the things that GW produces, but each time I consider adding a piece of it to one of my collections I have to figure out how I am going to hide the skulls.  When I saw the GW Reactor a year or so ago, I thought it would be a great addition to my spaceport, but I knew that hiding that huge skull wasn’t going to be easy.  Fortunately, I had a lot of pieces left over from my construction of the Pegasus Chemical Plant and those pieces offered the solution to my big skull problem.  I haven’t painted the reactor yet, but I thought I would post my hide-the-skull solution in its raw state in case someone else might be interested.

[Vampifan]

It looks far better without the silly skull dominating it. Good work! 

[dinohunterpoa]

NOW that's a proper futuristic scenery!  

As I've already said: it's getting better and better, CONGRATULATIONS!

Looking forward to see the dinosaurs cantina!  

[eilif]

Nice work on both.  The power plant looks imposing and functional

The hiding of the big skull on the reactor is really well done.  I guess as long as you cover the bottom right quarter, the top looks like a tank of some sort and the rest is just techy bits.  Very cool

Honestly, I'm kind of surprised there's only a couple of skulls on that.  Perhaps they were low on cranimums when they designed this one?

[The_Beast]

This was certainly a much easier model to put together than the Chemical Plant… no comparison.

Fortunately, I had a lot of pieces left over from my construction of the Pegasus Chemical Plant and those pieces offered the solution to my big skull problem.

Yeah, would have been my point; I've never thought of using the Pegasus for anything BUT conversions, though your Power Plant IS the bomb.

Well, I'm all about intentions... *sigh*

Continued awesome work!

Doug

[War In 15MM]

Thanks to all for taking the time to write and for the kind words.  I think the Pegasus parts really did the job in covering the big skull.  As to the small ones, I used a sanding stick and glued some Lego attaching posts (not really sure what they are called) that I cut off some Lego blocks to hide any small "skull" remains.  I hope to have the reactor painted and posted today or tomorrow.  Then on to more GW terrain pieces and more skull removal... only small skulls so not too big a problem.

[rwwin]

They are very good. I will have to look out for them.

FYI - The Russian manufacturer that supplied Pegasus with the chemical plant and power plant went out of business, so Pegasus is only selling off remaining stock without hope of getting more.  So if you can find any of the power plant kits out in the wild, scoop 'em up as there won't be any more.

[War In 15MM]

Finished painting the reactor.

[Predatorpt]

Excellent work on that reactor! Any tips on how to paint it? I have 2 of those to paint 

[Ray Rivers]

Looking great! 

Boy! You just don't stop! 

Keep up the awesome work. 

[War In 15MM]

Thanks to both of you for the kind words.

Painting this was really easy.  I sprayed the whole thing flat black.  Once it was dry I dry brushed it with Vallejo Natural Steel.  The brass-like color is Vallejo Brass mixed with Vallejo Flat Earth (didn't want it to be too bright).  The blue color is Vallejo Blue Green which I then highlighted with a mix of Blue Green and Off White both by Vallejo.  The wheel is Vallejo Flat Red.  It was a lot of fun to paint.  For me the tough thing was to not overdo the Brass-Flat Earth color.

[Predatorpt]

Thanks to both of you for the kind words.

Painting this was really easy.  I sprayed the whole thing flat black.  Once it was dry I dry brushed it with Vallejo Natural Steel.  The brass-like color is Vallejo Brass mixed with Vallejo Flat Earth (didn't want it to be too bright).  The blue color is Vallejo Blue Green which I then highlighted with a mix of Blue Green and Off White both by Vallejo.  The wheel is Vallejo Flat Red.  It was a lot of fun to paint.  For me the tough thing was to not overdo the Brass-Flat Earth color.

Thanks, I'll have to try that on mine (I have most of the paints you mention).

[dinohunterpoa]

PERFECT! 

And thank you very much for the info on the paints! 

[Suber]

Man, you've been busy. I love this last piece, taking the skull out of the equation was certainly a wise move.

[The_Beast]

FYI - The Russian manufacturer that supplied Pegasus with the chemical plant and power plant went out of business, so Pegasus is only selling off remaining stock without hope of getting more.  So if you can find any of the power plant kits out in the wild, scoop 'em up as there won't be any more.

I think there are dribbles out of Russia by local players or shopkeeps. I think the original company was 'Technolog', or similar. Same folk as put out the Robogear and Z.O.D. things?

Also, some as part of the Urban War stuff, right?

Pops up in the weirdest places under the weirdest names.

I've bits and pieces of most things, but War In sure puts the bar high!

Doug

Edit: Just noticed a post in the Bazaar, there is a Chemical Plant as an Urban War Bio-Toxin Plant.