In Grim far future their is only War:40k Dio with a twist

[longlance67]

Hiya All,

Here I go with yet another diorama one isnt enough for me or I'm just totally insane to have two on the go at once

I always been a big fan of the Warhammer 40k Universe though I dont play the game as it is too expensive for me, but I have gathered a large collection of Novels set in the Grim distance of the far future

So the project is gonna be a Diorama with a twist...with my collection of novels always falling over on the shelf I decided to do something about it, so I'm gonna try to build some themed bookstops with dioramas depicting some scenes from the Universe of 40K

For the first section I'm gonna try depict a Razor back APC crashed under rubble and members of the Ultramarines Chapter fighting their way past the wreck. Its the first time I have attempted create a wedgie with a tank before so it was a bit nerve destroying as I sawed the tank in half at a 40 degree angle

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of course it wouldnt be one of my builds unless I weather the balls the out of it, to simulate scratch and impacts I attacked the model with my dremel now to begin the chipping process


looking forward to this build as its something different


thanks



Shane

[Rob]

I know nothing about the 40k universe, but this diorama sounds like it will be a blast! Looking forward to seeing more

[Paul]

Look forward to seeing it come together Shane

[wappynutter]

This will look damn sweet Shane....
I think your idea and planned dio will be amazing mate..... so no pressure..
Good luck ....

[longlance67]

Rob, thanks for the comment, I will putting up little info articles on the Universe so people who don't know much of the lore can enjoy the project fully

Paul thanks mate


Wappy, thanks for the comments and no pressure at all hahahah :p



thanks all



Shane

[UKscalemodeller]

Epic (no pun intended) Idea.

Maybe a 1/35 Sherman bookend project beckons

Will be following this one closely

[T3hGuppy]

Cool idea dude.

Will be watching this one come together..

[longlance67]

- Scalemodeller , It will be a fun project, I have an idea for a 1/35 project for my history books, I'm thinking of trying my own take on the classic rise and fall of the Reich style dio. It may be a project I might embark on depending on how successful this project goes

Guppy - thanks buddy welcome aboard



A Brief Introduction to the grim world of 40k:

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"It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries the Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of inextinguishable armies. He is a rotting carcass writhing invisible with power from the dark age of technology. He is the Carrion Lord of the Imperium for whom a thousand souls are sacrificed daily so that he may never truly die.

Yet even in his deathless state, The Emperor continues his eternal vigilance. Mighty battlefleets cross the daemon-infested miasma of the wrap, the only route between distant stars, the way lit by the Astronomican, the psychic manifestation of the Emperor's will. Vast armies give battle in his name on uncounted worlds. Greatest amongst his soldiers are the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Marines, bio-engineered super-warriors. Their comrades in arms are legion: the Imperial Guard and countless planetary defense forces, the ever vigilant Inquisition and the tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus to name only a few. But for all their multitudes, they are barely enough to hold off the ever-present threat from aliens, heretics, mutants - and worse.

To be a man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruellest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be re-learned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods." - extract taken from novel


so there you have the basic introduction to the far future, hope you enjoyed the read



thanks


Shane

[Lee]

What a great idea

[longlance67]

thanks Lee, its something new and will be a load fun


thanks



Shane

[Coen]

Oh man.. this will be very cool. I was thinking about doing something like this for an Okinawa dio and a couple of M4s on the beach half sunk in the surf.
I'll be watching this Shane and stealing whatever you do shamelessly haha.

[longlance67]

Oh man.. this will be very cool. I was thinking about doing something like this for an Okinawa dio and a couple of M4s on the beach half sunk in the surf.
I'll be watching this Shane and stealing whatever you do shamelessly haha.

That sounds really cool I would really like to see a project like that mate



did a little more work on the APC or the last few days, as the machine belongs to the Ultramarines Chapter their colour is a cobalt blue, so I wanted to add a little modulation to the overall blue finish, though I'm not a big fan of extreme modulation as to me it seems to make the model look like a toy if it is over done. So I painted various panels and surfaces different shades of blue to add some subtle interest to the paint. I added a lot of chipping too before I sealed the model in gloss before adding the decals. GW's decals are well crap, high gloss and lots of excess film on the marking, so I used only the unit markings I needed.



i raided the bits box for some spare decals to add some stenciling to various areas of the APC








after i seal everything with another coat of gloss, its on to the wash washes and pin washes


cheers,



Shane

[longlance67]

Hi all,


another quick update for yee

got the a heavy wash of Agrax Earthshade to give the APC a very grimy and worn feel, and made all the chipping sit down and blend with the base colour, really happy with it so far


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also had a lucky find on the side of the road today, found a long sheet of blue foam undamged which I quickly snatched up hahaha now I have material for the diorama base

cheers



Shane

[DC87]

Looks real good, how come you get all the luck finding diorama materials on the roadside - luck of the Irish I say . Maybe I should pay more attention to items on the side of the road but then I suppose I would crash, besides the roads I drive down are just farmers hedges

[Coen]

This has masterpiece in the works written somewhere on it. It also has Warning.. May Contain Garbage.
You're as bad as Wappynutter with the scrounging. haha.

[longlance67]

Dan, thanks mate, I think it may be the luck of the Irish indeed, handily enough there is a factory just down the road from me that builds refrigeration units so I normally beg for their excess scraps :p

Micheal, sure my mate also say they cant take me any where, I think I understand what they mean now lol


thanks for the comments lads



Shane

[longlance67]

Hiya all,


been doing a bit more work on the APC, the Irish winter is being to bite, Its been 6 degrees Celsius at best and my shed becomes a little silly to work in, but nevertheless I preserved.....oh the things we do for our hobby

got some pigment work done, added some mig rust pigment to the exhaust stacks and housings, rust inst my strongest point but I gave it go any way, practice makes prefect

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the rust was a little too bright for me, so i tried to tune it down with some dark brown chalks which made it look a little better

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Some pin streaks were added with acrylic burnt umber, and the impacts were given some soot and scorch marks with black chalk

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all what remains to be done is some dust effects, and then its on the best part the ground work and figures

stay tuned friends


shane

[Coen]

Oh wow Shane... That looks great dude!
Nice job on the rust. Rust is always a PITA.

[Lee]

Nice work Shane

[longlance67]

Micheal - rust is super tricky for me to get used to, but its getting there, I really don't know how modelers who specialize in knocked out armor do it lol

thanks Lee


started the rough work on the base today the plan is to have the Razorback crashed through a building and partially buried in falling masonry. It will be fun to scratch build the building front and try to recreate the Gothic style architecture of the 40K world

First I did a mock up to get the size of the base down, I'm crap at just relying on sketches or just rough measurements when trying to figure out how big to the base and the positions of everything before gluing it all down

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once happy with the layout I began to work on detailing the building, brink work was scribed with a ball tipped pen, added basic battle damage with a hobby knife, will add windows and other fitting with plastic stock

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its beginning to take shape now


Shane.

[DC87]

Awesome, tipping my hat to you.

[longlance67]

thanks buddy

[Coen]

Whoa!!!! now that is a wicked start Shane


COOL!!!!

[wappynutter]

Wow Shane that crashed wall looks sweet matey..
How are you going to keep it upright and strengthen it?
Is there a rod or bar inserted somewhere??
Its awesome dude, how are you intending on painting it?

Lots of thumbs for this mate...

[longlance67]

Micheal - thanks buddy, its nice when a project kicks off proper


Wappy, thank you for all the kind words mate, they are much appreciated my friend
the plan for mounting the wall section to the deck is use a thick balsa wood section and glue the wall section directly onto it and the wood directly to the base, it should give me a strong bond


thanks


Shane

[Gav0909]

Heh Shane, this is an awesome idea for a diorama/useful household item!

We all know that in the grim darkness of the far future.....there is only war...

Now the Inquisitor says "Get on with it heretic!"

[longlance67]

Hey Gav,

thanks buddy !!

your Inquisitor is amazing, it has made me want to dig out my old Space Marine Captain and try to do the same justice to the mini as the quality of paintjob you did


been working a good deal at the bench today, but was a little sluggish as the man flu takes hold
but broke out AK's dust wash and gave the Razorback a good coat of dust

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thats all for now gents


Shane

[Coen]

Looking proper now Shane... all it needs is a half decent diorama.

[longlance67]

Looking proper now Shane... all it needs is a half decent diorama.

Thanks buddy, will be popping into town in the morning to pick up some balsa sheets for the dio bases, and see if there are any other goodies in the hobby shop I can use


With the Razorback set aside and ready to be installed on the base, its time to turn attention to the figures that will make up the cast of this dio base, raiding the bits box I found some nice Guardsmen, I wanted to show soldiers of the Imperial Guard in my first dio over the warriors of the Space Marines for a few reasons, one being a practical reason as Space Marines tend to have some very rigid and lack motion without reposing while the Guardsmen have a natural pose to them. Also from a story point of view the millions of men and woman of the Imperial Guard are the reason for mankind's continual survival among the stars with their never ending bravery and sacrifice. So I like to think its a tribute to will of small humans in a much larger, colder Galaxy. Went off on a little geek rant there sorry lol



Cadian Shock Troopers, The finest and most disciplines of the Guards regiments will be the leading cast members in this, The image above is my inspiration for my miniature Cadians, battered and laden with kit, so after raiding the bits box for gear I was pleased with this result

Sergeant:




Trooper #1:




Trooper #2:





thanks for looking


shane

[Coen]

Geek rants allowed. Forgiven haha.
I remember painting a bunch of those with my eldest boy years ago... they were cool to work on.
Mind ya... you're doing a slightly better job than I did haha.

[T3hGuppy]

Carn't beat the good old imperial guard.

Have painted 100s of those over the years.

[longlance67]

Micheal - they are some nice models just wish GW would give us some more natural poses to work with and I'd be very happy boy, that and add a few females into the Guard as they feature very strongly in the books and would be something different

Guppy - my hat goes off to a fellow Guardsmen though I'm retired from the Emperors service I can still remember painting my Cadian Shock back in the day when 20 dudes came in the box for 30euro not 10 for 20euro

it was around this time I hung up my Lasrifle and body armor


cheers lads


Shane

[MikeyKb]

This is incredible! I would LOVE to do some of the 40K figures and tanks, they looks so awesome... too bad they're ridiculously expensive!! I want to make sure I'm comfortable with my technique before shelling out that kind of moollah, I really want to though!! Something to look forward to! Have you ever played Killzone? I can see an awesome video game dio in my very distant future.

Thanks so much for sharing!

[longlance67]

This is incredible! I would LOVE to do some of the 40K figures and tanks, they looks so awesome... too bad they're ridiculously expensive!! I want to make sure I'm comfortable with my technique before shelling out that kind of moollah, I really want to though!! Something to look forward to! Have you ever played Killzone? I can see an awesome video game dio in my very distant future.

Thanks so much for sharing!

Hey Mikey, If your looking to play 40k for cheap I would suggest maybe going onto ebay and seeing if anyone has put up armies they bought and are not wanting to play any more you might be able to get a good price on them, I've played Killzone yrs ago back when it was PS2 lol hahahha



thanks



Shane

[longlance67]

Just a quick progress report, no photo update as yet, man flu has made bench time a little hard and paint while I cough my lungs up is not a lot of fun


flu = no fun



shane

[longlance67]

Hiya all,


sorry for the lack of activity of late, been locked in a battle with Man Flu, but thankfully its passed, and also moved projects into the warmth of my room in a small workspace

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cheers



Shane

[Rob]

Glad you're better, looking forward to more twisted 40k

[wappynutter]

Hiya all,


sorry for the lack of activity of late, been locked in a battle with Man Flu, but thankfully its passed, and also moved projects into the warmth of my room in a small workspace

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cheers



Shane

Glad you better dude, and glad you found somewhere to continue the build....

I think I can safely say we are both about working in the same square footage of mancave/workspace now.... except I got my PC on mine too......

Good luck and cant wait to see more sir.... ... " munch.. munch....munch...."

[longlance67]

Rob - thanks buddy, im still a little sick, but well enough to keep painting without worrying of coughing lol


Wappy - thanks man, ya the new work area is a little small, but have noticed that I seem to get more done less distractions I guess, dont know how you manage to juggle a pc screen on the same sized workspace...my hat goes off to you sir !!

Build Update:

Now settled into my new area got back to painting, starting work on the first of the Guardsmen the signals men carrying a Vox set. I wanted to go for a simple urban style colour setup that kinda summed up the Imperial Guards spartan approach to equipment. So a green drab battledress and beige body armor



the BDU is painted with Citadel Death World Forest. And the fleshtone, armor and weapon with Vallejo Dark Flesh and German Camo beige

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the yellow bars on the rifle and back of the helmet are meant to energy gauges, once the yellow sets, ill try do a yellow, orange, red colour gradient to show the life of the battery cell, should look nice if i can pull it off



next step is add chips to the weapon and armor and highlights


thanks for looking



Shane

[DC87]

Very nice, all these years I've been painting guardsmen and I never thought to do the power gauges - top idea

[longlance67]

cheers Dan,

its seems like a fun little painting challenge dont know if my skills will be able to pull it off though

thanks mate


Shane

[longlance67]

Hiya All

a very quick update for you,

tried going the battery cell gauges on the weapon and helmet, dont know if it looks right though

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what you think



shane

[Rob]

What do I think?
I think he's a bit of a beauty!
Details on the helmet and gun look good to me

[DC87]

Looks great form here Shane , keep the guard coming

[longlance67]

What do I think?
I think he's a bit of a beauty!
Details on the helmet and gun look good to me

Thanks rob for the kind words mate

Looks great form here Shane , keep the guard coming

thanks dan


quick update: just uploading some progress pics at the moment should be up shortly mates



thanks for looking


Shane

[longlance67]

Hiya All,

hope the winter flu's haven't taken the toll on you all, luckly the flu has began to ease of late thank god, so it back down to modelling

work on the vox operator is now more or less, just waiting on some pigments to finish them off, but I'll wait till all the figures are done and weather them together.

The figure was given some basic washes and highlights and his armor and helmet chipped and battered, also a weapon sling was added with tami tape.








thanks for looking


Shane.

[CovBowman]

Sounds like its gonna be a great diorama and as a modeler who likes painting 40k figures I'm looking forward to the finished result. True act of bravery sawing through the tank like that. Wishing you good luck on the build.

[longlance67]

Bowman, thanks mate, it was a heart stopping experience sawing through that razorback mate lol

soon I'll be working on this project,

thanks for looking mate



Shane

[CovBowman]

Just catching up with your work Shane and the work on the vehicle is fab. I want to paint one now and I'm loving watching the development of the diorama. Keep it up.

[CovBowman]

Also just viewed your work on the imperial guardsman. Really impressive work.