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All the latest stuff I've been getting up to.

Starting on detail work

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I think I've finally figured out out how attach and position the wheels to the tank. At the moment the wheels (and tracks) are still ... 

DIY Industrial pipe terrain

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In other project news, I tried my own take on the hardware-store-industrial style pipes.This is decorated with some cast greeblies, some specifically made for the ... 

My daughter's P-51D

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Last but not least, my daughter really wanted a model aircraft to build for her 9th birthday.So I swung by our local friendly hobby shoppe, ... 

Internal rework

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So it is that part of the project again. You know, the part where I change my mind and tear things apart because I finally ... 

Turret weapons

I added the bolters and lasguns to the side mounts. The masters are constructed from bits of plastic tubing (drinking straws, etc) and bits from ... 

Underwater mine

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On another note, I got some plastic chain delivered, and started laying out an underwater diorama featuring a hefty mine.I want to add two figures ... 

Stormblade assemble!

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Here is a mockup of the current state of the Stormblade. I have one length of track assembled, and the wheelbase is ready, but it ... 

Main gun

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Starting work on the main gun: Lots of ribbing for extra... plasma? I made the ribs from sculpey, which I rolled out with a large ... 

Starting to look like something

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I've made a fair bit of progress on the tank - it kinda works like that, slow going on the masters, then once the molds ... 

Flexin'

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So far so good: the tracks can link up and flex: _ The jig I built around my little homemade dremelclone, so that I can ... 

Stormblade Greeblies

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On the Storm Blade front, here are some of the finished greeblies I built: The finished headlights: Some hull plates: The top of the turret: ... 

Turntable overkill

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I took an evening and built myself a little display turn table, using a stepper motor ripped from an old printer, hooked up to an ... 

More progress

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I've finally figured out how to make the sides of the tank strong yet accessible, so I started painting the insides (especially the recesses, where ... 

Wheels n' hubs

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A small update on the wheels/tracks/chasis of the Stormblade: because I want movable tracks, I have created lots of small problems to solve :)The first ... 

Fantasy style building

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My daughter got very inspired after seeing some of Dented Armor's ( https://www.instagram.com/dentedarmor/ ) work on instagram, where he builds these fantasticfantasy style buildings, so ...