Realm of Battle Gaming Board 9

So hayfever seems to be sticking around for thelong haul it seems. So I carried on with the boards.

Due to running out of milliput I got out the river panels and did some more work on those.

Using the dremel I took the side pieces at each end of the river as far back as possible. Ideally I would like to take them out completely but they have to stay for strength, even as they are the boards will have to be handled carefully.

I then added the rocks and sand to the river bed.

The rocks and sand will be cleaned up and reshaped once everything has fully dried.

I will also neated up the edges making sure the river parts line up nicely no matter which way round the join.

I also got a quick couple of pictures of the other panels showing that the two still stack together nicely for storage,.

The second pic is showing the rough work I did to fill in the hole when I moved the rocks. Basically I was just using up a load of 1mm offcuts.

All for today...

Realm of Battle Gaming Board 8

Work continued today on the hill boards - right up till I ran out of milliput and filler.

But here are pics of the point I got up to:

As you can see there are still a lot of rocks left to do. On the left board there is only the one on the edge - though the others will all need cleaning up and touching up once they have fully cured.

I didn't spot the foam offcuts scattered on the board before I took the picture.

On the right one I only managed to add some milliput to the lower rocks which I repositioned and a single small one on the upper rocks.

Quite pleased with how the rocks are coming along. Need cleaning up etc as mentioned but they don't look too bad. Once all the sand has been added and they have been painted they shouldn't stick out (I hope).

Running out of milliput has put these on hold. I should be able to get to the model shop early next week. In the meantime I will have a look at the river boards and as my eyes are now clearing up get back on the Junka (though I am unusually low on poly cement so something else to pick up from the model shop).

Realm of Battle Gaming Board 7

Well. I took a few days off work and my plan was to crack on with some models.

Alas the days off coincided with my hayfever kicking in - unusually it has only really affected my eyes leaving them saw, bloodshot and aching. Not the best to play around with small models or being accurate etc.

So with the desire to get some work done still I got on with an old project that I haven't touched since last year, namely my gaming boards.

Rather than working on the river panels (might do a bit more if I can over the weekend) I decided to look at the two hill panels I had plans to expand...

So after quite some time (stupid amount of time) recycling some old foam I eventually had the two pieces glued in place:

I used expanding foam to fill the void areas under the blue foam.

With the hot wire cutter and a long bladed knife I started the basic shaping. I also added some thin bits of foam to fill in gaps. This is all very rough and I continued to alter it after the pic was taken.

I cut out one of the rocky outcrops and moved it. I used offcuts of styrene to fill the hole then covered it in .5mm sheet before filling the gaps with milliput. I also used milliput to fill in a couple of other areas nearby.

I decided I couldn't be arsed to turn the two skull pits into pools as I did on the other board panels,so instead I filled them with resin.

 



 

Still lots to do. I've started adding filler to smooth out the lower areas. Tomorrow once everything is fully dry I can do a bit of sanding, some more filling and start on doing the rocks.

Mekboy Junka 2

Things are going very slowly on this as I have little spare time at the moment (Real Life is a bugger at getting in the way).

However a little bit has been done so I thought i'd do an update.

As you can see there is still a hell of a lot left to do...

In other news I popped into WHW last Tuesday. Grabbed some pictures so i'll try and get the best of them posted up at some point.

Mekboy Junka 1

So I have finally started working on some models again.

This is the third vehicle for my latest commission, namely a Mekboy Junka.

This is still the very early stages of working on the Rhino parts for the main body.

The vehicle has been lengthened by 22mm and will have a Deff Rolla:

In comparison to one of the Looted Wagons.

After deciding on the length today I started plating up the base and sides as well as gluing all of the Rhino parts together.

The extra exhausts and fan cooling system is to represent the super charged engine.

As you can see underneath I still need to add an extra road wheel.

Still early days, but thought i'd update this early just to show something is actually happening again...

Recalcitrant Daze...

...and a single tumbleweed bounces from screen right to screen left.

So things have been a bit quiet in here. I have been busy, just not with models. I have things I need to work on (Daemons, Deathwing and the first priority of the Junka), however the bit of freetime I have had I have needed a break, so it's been filled with reading and films instead.

The one thing I did do was pack up a couple of my models for them to be sent to the States...

My first Looted Vehicle...

Yep, i've sold the Storm'amma and Deffstrike Rokkit Launcha.

It was hard to see them go but in the end I have no inclination at all to do an Ork army. These just sit in boxes for month after month with no finished paint job in sight.

I decided it would be better to let them go to a home where they will be finished off and see a gaming table once in a while.

The money raised will of course go to good use.

I do however have another Superheavy sitting in a box without a home to go to:

Yeah, the Looted Shadowsword which goes by the name of 'Da Choppa'.

To see more pictures click on the 'Da Choppa' label below.

I may be tempted to put my two Looted Wagons up for sale as well, along with the modified Fighta I did. I shall have to ponder this.

This will go on eBay at some point in the near future. However if you are reading this and you want to make an offer drop me an email at rictusrd @ yahoo dot co dot uk

Iain M Banks

 

There are many authors who have been given the label of great, but few who really deserve it. Someone who takes on a genre and truly pushes it forward, who can inspire, entertain, educate, illuminate and amuse in equal measure.

In his series of Culture novels Iain Banks did this.

When I first picked up a Culture novel I was hooked from the first paragraph and like a starving man I devoured every word since.

It was a re-birth of the Space Opera sub-genre of Science Fiction when Consider Phlebas was first published back in 1987. Many have since followed with works of great worth, but for me none have reached the heights that Iain M Banks brought us.




Safe journey GSV Sleeper Service and its latest passenger on your way to Leo II.