Imperial Gorgon Troop Transporter

Not managed to finish my trench yet but I've been busy creating a Gorgon transporter for my DKOK army. This was started about the same time as the defence turret. The design is based on a paper craft template which I've been adapting as I make it.

You can find the template at the following site zealot.com

There's no real order to the pictures as most of the time I forgot to photograph the parts I was doing as they were made.

You can see from the last three pictures that it's not far from finished. Just need to create the tracks ( I'm currently on version 4 of these) and then add the rams on the front. After that it's minor detailing inside to finish. 

I intend to make a mould for the sides as they are identical to the ones required for the next project. Another cool DKOK monster. The Crassus. Again another paper model that deserves to be plastic.

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Trench update 2015

Not posted anything in quite awhile, so I thought time I did.

I'm just about finished my trench system and it should be ready to make some moulds from once I get a new safety release valve. Current one keeps emptying my casting chamber at 10psi :(

Again the design is pretty similar to the old DKOK one Forgeworld used to sell. I needed it like that to match the few bits I've acquired on eBay.

The latest part to be finished is the outer top of the trench. The part that should stop renegade tanks from over running you.

I'm unsure if I'll cast this as a separate part or fix it to the side wall.

The corner section is currently drying out ready to be shaped and sanded. One of the other projects I'm working on can be seen top centre ish. A Titan crew. I really should work on one project at a time.

I'll post some more picture of these in the coming weeks along with the titan they are intended for.

DKOK casualties - Custom mini's

Having been a fan of Death Korps of Krieg since Forgeworld released them. The only thing wrong with all releases is they never include  casualties. After a trawl run the good old internerd I found this...

Having too many projects on the go I decided to get some causalities commissioned. Through a friend at work I got put in touch with a young sculptor called Harry Castle. After a little explanation he got started with the work.

The end result is two very nice dead DKOK.

 

My intention is to make a mould of these and cast some additional copies. They will look really good on a diorama I'm planning. 

Titans and how to join tubing to form a T joint

Taking a break from the current project, I've been waylay making a Reaver Titan. I'll be uploading some pictures of the progress in a few days. I'm loosely following a really good set of plans which can be found here:

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the main issues I have are firstly the Head. It does not resemble the Reaver at all. For this I'm going to have to redesign it. Secondly the upper leg really does not look good.

If you compare the following pictures you'll see what I mean.

Papercraft Titan

FW Reaver Titan

I mostly have the leg issue sorted thanks to the following site. http://metalgeek.com/

Each leg will be formed from the following parts

2x 10mm pvc tube 110mm long (inner pistons)

1x 20mm pvc tube 110mm long (outer pistion)

15mm pvc tube will be used for the ends of the 10mm piston and 25mm pvc tube will be used to for the 20mm pistion.

The top ball joint will made from a curtain pole end and some 30mm tubing. the bottom of the leg assembly will be formed from 20mm tube.

All this should roughly equate to what's depicted in the following picture.

Pressure casting equipment

recently checking out a few forums and if i want to get better moulds and better output from them i really need to be using a vacuum chamber to remove any air in the rtv and resin. It's also essential to cast under pressure for even better results.

So off to eBay we go.....

Two weeks of searching and the first deal is bought. Not bad for £40+ some postage. It won't be able to do large moulds but I can live with that.

Not much to look at at the moment but it should clean up nicely.  There's a few more parts to get (pressure gauge and hose adaptors) and it should be ready to rock.

Zing Industries bits

Got some items to detail the imperial trench system today.

These should finish off the trench system and then I can produce some moulds and then cast some resin copies. Beats waiting for eBay searches to return some hits. Last couple I found went for in excess of £120. Total cost to produce mine will be about £10 in resin.

Defence Turret

Just finished the basic design of a defence turret. Still requires a bit of detail and an entry hatch but it's getting there.