Home on the Range - A SciFi diorama in 1/32 or 1/35 or something.

sotoolslinger · April 01, 2010, 05:08:46 PM

Dangit, I just went and bought new shorts today.
I was going to pose for pics but since PW ain't gonna put em in the dio I'll have to return them.

puddingwrestler · April 01, 2010, 06:37:04 PM

That's no reason to return shorts - just put them in the stash and I'll add them to a later dio.

sotoolslinger · April 01, 2010, 07:26:36 PM

Hey being in construction I have knee pads too

(Don't go there)

puddingwrestler · April 01, 2010, 09:31:03 PM

Started working on the ground work. Basically just high density blue foam with some contour sanded into it at this stage. Next stage involves sticking sand to it, so nothing special for a while there...

Also stuck more panels on the chuck wagon. The tri motor is basically done. And I found a box of Verlinden stuff I'd semi-forgotten - it includes some very useful stuff; boxes of supplies, boxes of beer, bottles etc.

GTX · April 02, 2010, 11:52:07 AM

Is it just me or does this have a Firefly feel to it...

Regards,

Greg

puddingwrestler · April 02, 2010, 02:47:16 PM

Not really, the tech level is wrong and everyone has thier shirt buttoned up. Also firefly never had robots and shoulder pads. Or bright colours. Trust me on this, the bright colours are coming.

puddingwrestler · April 02, 2010, 04:59:18 PM

I've started painting the tri motor ute. I'll pop some pics online later today when I have the basic colours all on, but before I start to weather it.
Then I'll pop more pics on when it's been dirtied down.

It's green btw.

puddingwrestler · April 02, 2010, 08:13:44 PM

As promised, here are the pe-dirty pics of the Trimotor.
Which is now a Ford.
Because: A: I had the decals
B: It was a Mazda, and Ford owns Mazda.
C: Ford have a long history of Tri Motors
D: Ford invented the Ute. I will not enter arguments here, I said Ute, not Pick Up. These are different, and Ford invented the ute. More accurately, a Geelong farmer's wife had the idea and wrote to Ford about it, and they built it.

puddingwrestler · April 02, 2010, 09:10:56 PM

And here it is all nice and filthy... really must remember to stick thehead lights on before I load it up and stick it into the dio...

puddingwrestler · April 03, 2010, 08:51:36 PM

About to start painting the figures. There's a bit of construction lef on the chuck wagon, then it'll be time to glue things to the base and so forth.

puddingwrestler · April 11, 2010, 03:17:18 AM

No I have not forgotten about this, I've been working on other porjects (Whiffer's Quest and some stuff for my school games club). The chuckwagon needs a few little tweaks and gap fills, then some steps and so forth added before painting time.

MiB · April 11, 2010, 06:07:47 AM

Oh, steampunk!! I love this!

puddingwrestler · April 11, 2010, 03:20:27 PM

No, Diesel punk maybe. None of it is steam powered.
And I'm not comfortable with Diesel punk either, it's not diesel powered or diesel era (diesel punk covers roughly 1915-1930), it's just retro styled.

puddingwrestler · April 13, 2010, 04:23:51 AM

Final construction on the chuck wagon is done and I've installed the canvas top. Now it's just a matter of waiting ages and ages and ages for that to dry...

puddingwrestler · April 18, 2010, 04:16:35 AM

Wellllll... I've got the chuck wagon painted and weathered. Just a matter of finishing some figure work and some more ground work now.
Here it is anyway (note that vehicles are not attached yet - they'll be floating sllighlty thanks to the magic of plastic rod!)