Building of the stage complete

31. January 2018 thomasriepe 28mm figure, Build something contest 2018, Eardrum Splitter, Lead Adventure Forum, ork Rock Band, Orks, The Waaagh Singers, Waaagh Dreambraka, Warhammer 40000

I finished building the stage yesterday. Here are pictures of the changes and additions I did:

I added a sign on top of the speakers. This will display the name of the band in ork glyphs then I added cabling for the speakers , the guitars and the microphone of the singer.

Here you see the cabling on the singer figure.

Then I added bolts, rivets and nuts to the stage:

And thats what the stage with band looks like at the moment:

I will post pictures of the base coated model in a few days. Then there will be a hiatus as we are not supposed to show pictures of the painted models before the contest is finished.

The drummer and the fitted sound system

29. January 2018 thomasriepe 28mm, Build something contest 2018, Lead Adventure Forum, ork Rock Band, Waaagh, Warhammer 40000

here are pictures of the more or less finished drum set:

and of the fitted sound system:

The orkification starts

25. January 201825. January 2018 thomasriepe 28mm figure, Build something contest 2018, Eardrum Splitter, Lead Adventure Forum, The Waaagh Singers, Warhammer 40000

Now, after finishing the Leman Russ, the building of the ork parts of the rolling stage starts. Here are pictures of the beginning of the stage:

The mast will carry the sound system eventually, or at least part of it. as you can see there are 4 spaces for the members of the Band left free. Here are pictures of a test fit of the original miniatures the singer ( Eardrumsplitta) , guitarist and the Bass man. The drummer has to be done from scratch.

Here is a picture of the beginning of the drummer:

And the beginning of the sound system:

Complete with equalizer. Next will be the fitting of the sound system and the proper build of the drummer

A little video about the Leman Russ tank

25. January 2018 thomasriepe Imperial guard, Leman Russ, Ork, Video, Warhammer 40000

I made a little video which shows the tank in all its splendor :

The Leman Russ tank finished

23. January 2018 thomasriepe 28mm figure, Build something contest 2018, Leman Russ, ork Rock Band, Waaagh Dreambraka, Warhammer 40000

I finished the Leman Russ tank by detailing the tracks

and adding the last rivets and other detail to the sides

This finishes the build of the tank. Now i will start to build the stage for the band. I started with building the supporting iron beams:

These were build from 3mm thin polystyrene parts glued to form a I beam. I cut the strips with a special gadget for my polystyrenecutter :

this device helps in cutting ultra thin polystyrene boards . The thinnest I can manage is 1mm.

More to come. what I still have to do is the stage the sound system, the drum set and some ork decorations like a board displaying the name of the band.

Kiepen Con 2018

22. January 2018 thomasriepe Convention, Convention in Germany, Convention Reports, Germany, Kiepe, Kiepe Münster, Kiepe2018

I have been to the Kiepen Con in Münster Germany yesterday. a new convention now in its second year. Very nice little con with beautiful games and an x wing tournament. This year there were so many games that there was literally no space left for a bring and buy which they had last year. Here are pictures of the venue:

Now the games:

A very beautiful blood and plunder game:

A Steinhagel ( a german rules system) game:

Runewars:

Guildball:

Bloodbowl:

Frostgrave:

A very well done Dungeon quest game;

Battletech:

Of gods and mortals:

Daleks in Münster:

The bring and buy:

The x wing tournament in full swing:

A very good little convention in the heart of the Münsterland . I am pleased we have a convention so near to my hometown now. I think maybe next time the venue should be a bit bigger to let a bring and buy be possible again. Maybe a few more traders would be nice. I will be definitely back next year.

Started to put rivets and other detail on

19. January 2018 thomasriepe 28mm figure, Build something contest 2018, Lead Adventure Forum, Leman Russ, Orks, Waaagh Dreambraka, Warhammer 40000

I started to put rivets and other small detail onto the Leman Russ:

The rivets were made with a rivet mould from greenstuffworld .

Next will be more detailing of the tracks and the sides of the tank so many more rivets to add.

Oathmark Elves revealed

18. January 201818. January 2018 thomasriepe 28mm figure, Elves, fantasy, fantasy wargaming, North star military figures, Oathmark, plastic figure

Oathmark Elf Infantry by Northstar. These are the first pictures of the very first figures from Renedra’s factory.

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A comparison with a Oathmark Ork:

A painted three up:

Pre orders will be possible from April on. watch this space for pictures of the frames.

Further progress with the ‘build something’ contest 2018

18. January 201818. January 2018 thomasriepe 28mm figure, Build something contest 2018, Lead Adventure Forum, Leman Russ, ork Rock Band, Waaagh Dreambraka, Warhammer 40000

I did some more work on the Leman Russ tank. The tank will be without turret as it will be used as a rolling stage for a Ork Rock band. So instead of the turret there will be a stage complete with speakers etc. I added some more detail to the tank . Next step will be adding the tracks and the track guards.