Iron Chef Scenery III: Nillic

[Shonuff]

nice work with the clotheshanger wire.
Reminds me a bit of what I have planned with a portion of mine.

keep going, this looks great!.


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[Dark Angel Entreri]

cool ideas

[nillic]

ROUND 3: FIGHT!

This round is dedicated to making the array base look more interesting. SO, lets get started!



So, first you'll see that I cut the lip off of the yogurt cup, after some consideration I thought it looked really silly staying on. Next, cut yourself a door out of some side of the cup, I did mine approximately 90 degrees from the ladder. KEEP THAT PIECE OF PLASTIC! Next get yourself some card (plastic or otherwise) I used black mounting board for 2 reasons: I'm a graphic designer and we have this stuff laying all over the place, and 2 I wanted something black. Next get a bunch of tubes, rods, and other wire and cable looking gibblets together. You'll see I have the round cylinder from sponsoon of the tank to use, those nifty pieces of twisted wire on the top of the hanger, as well as the rest of the cardboard tube. And some other rods and stuff. Our goal here is to make an opening into the base of the array that repairs might be made with.



So no real instruction here, just free-form it however you think looks best. I wanted it to look like the wires and stuff went all over the place, and even have some disapearing into the blackness. So now when I paint this part I'll leave the card black so it looks like shadows are covering the rest of the insides. Also, I added 2 plasticard hinges for a door we're going to make, one slightly off kilter because of decay.



So get these things together. The same thin strip you've been using to border things this whole time, the plastic rectangle from the cup, a whole bunch of rivets (weeeeee) and a round hinge. So for the one I've made, I used the nail I have laying around to unclog superglue bottles and cut off the sharp end and stuck it inside some plasticard tube that i had lying around that was, by coincidence, a perfect fit. WEEEEEE. So you'll probably be asking yourselves "why is this guy using so many rivets?" well, because as primarily a necron player I never get to use them and they just look so much fun to me! and I like little details.

The Door


So make yourself a reinforced door like so. Tear up whatever parts you see fit, or none at all. I even drilled a small hole out for where one of my beloved rivets finally gave way to the grasps of Nurgle over time. Don't forget to leave 2 spaces for the little plasticard hinge plates we put on the base earlier! I also made a handle just like we made the ladder steps earlier. Hanger wire, bend, drill, glue.

The Base


Glue it all together like so! I've given a close-up of the hinge, I like how it turned out. Since the inside of the door will be visible I put 2 connector pieces of tube on the back of the handle. Like I've stated before....small details =

The Lovely Assistant


Get yourself a lovely assistant like so, or if nothing else a runty little grot. You'll need someone to hold the base down while you drill it. As you can see I prefer this huge antique drill, and while you may say "Nillic, that is the most ridiculous thing to use on Warhammer models ever" Let me explain:
You're going to be drilling through THIN plastic. If you use a regular drill, it will spin so fast the plastic will melt AND you have very little control with what your doing. One small mistake will send that 1000 RPM monstrosity into your scenery in some unexpected way, or your lovely assistant's hand. Even if you use a rotary tool so you have more control, you still have to worry about speed and meltage, which WILL OCCUR. Trust me from experience. This giant antique drill is really just like a super-sized pin vice. It has a variety of interchangeable bits and you have to spin it by hand and you can slowly readjust as you go. Soooooo, get her (or him or it) to hold the base so you can drill out the middle of the top, like this:



Now you have a nice centered hole and no melting.

Insert the post



So take your pole/post you made from the cardboard tube earlier on and insert it into the hole and glue it in. Now you have something that looks like this! WOW, it actually looks like...something? We'll be adding antenna and radar nodes to the post later, as well as some stablization wires that will be tied to the ground. So until next time.....C&C!

[Guant]

Im very impressed and shall be employing some of your ideas in other projects.

[gauss_storm]

Now... where in the hardware store can I purchase a "lovely assistant"

[nillic]

Tonight my friends, I come bearing not an update but sad news.

I'm afraid I am going to have to forfeit the Iron Chef Scenery III Competition.
I will be going out of town Wednesday to attend a class in North Carolina and will not be back until after the due date of August 20.

Thanks to everyone for your support and positive feedback, when I return from the secluded mountains of North Carolina I promise to finish this project, and I will still use the rules for Iron Chef Scenery (I.E no big kits, limited bitz etc.)

Once again thank you guys, and I'll talk to you again in 3 week's time

[gauss_storm]

Its too bad, good luck with everything and be safe ; )

You made a awesome piece of terrain, I can't wait to see it finished.

[omgitsduane]

Awww dude that sucks! this was looking awesome, all the pipes on the inside of that yoghurt can (whatever) looks sweet! too bad you have to pull out.