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DrH

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Chemistry PhD, builder and painter of scale models and art pieces.
I like tiny details.
Find me on FB or ko-fi as TheMiniDetailsOfDrH.
He/Him/Dr

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DrH, to fallout
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Part 5 of my "how I build in Fallout 4" series shows how I approach building within a ruined structure.

Embracing the shape and constraints, and solving the problems that arise.

I create a workshop area and some accomodation for settlers at Jamaica plain.

📽️ ~ 58 mins

https://youtu.be/mkIMI6GKZQo

erikcats, to minipainting
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crew, I'm at a loss what to do with the inside of Jean's collar thing.

Do I make it dark grey like her boots? Yellow (the chest will be yellow too)? Purple (as the cult icon sash thing on her hip will be)? Leave it white? Other?

Taking suggestions!

DrH,
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@erikcats What colour skin are you going for? With it surrounding the head you want a contrast so that it frames the head and makes it stand out.

Purple is a good colour contrast with yellow; pale skin = dark purple (the dark grey of the bood would also work), dark skin = magenta, pinkish skin = blue/purple, cool/dead skin = red/purple.

DrH,
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@erikcats If you are adding some purple to the skin, a purple surround may bring it out more, or may be too much purple.
Maybe neutral grey, like the boots and maybe purple around the edge?

You could use MSpaint to roughly colour-in your photo there and try out colour combinations (something I often do)

DrH,
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@erikcats Other image manipulation programs also exist.

You just have to roughly place some blobs of colour in vaguely the right shape to see if it works for you. E.g. my raider conversion, MSpaint over black basecoat Vs. final painted model

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kimhu, to random
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What’s up Mastodon, how have you been? I’m hanging mostly on the other blue place, but I’ll try to be around a little more on here, too. 🧡

DrH,
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@kimhu good to see you on here again. One of the many artists I've missed since deleting my twit' (the only thing I'm missing from there). Followed for the fallout art, but hope Momo (sp? The mushroom girl) and the gang are still doing good.

DrH, to fallout
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Another old settlement tour in Fallout 4.

Oberland station.

I made use of some large foundation pieces to turn this small area into a heavily fortified settlement.
And using the slope of the land I created a hidden basement too.

📽️ ~14 mins

https://youtu.be/7F9JPSfoXfs

DrH, to fallout
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If you've been bitten by the Fallout bug (first, have that looked at) then maybe you'll like to see something of the games.

Here's a tour of one of my settlements built in Fallout 4.

Built at Abernathy farm, and making use of all the space available in square-footage and in the height afforded by the pylon.

📽️ ~40 mins

https://youtu.be/L5qzJXF32Nk

DrH, to Warhammer40K
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After just over 3 years (with some lengthy pauses in work) the Raider conversion is complete.

Built for my personal army/collection. I wanted to create an attack helicopter type vehicle which I hope you can see the influences on the design.

There are a lot of changes and additions and many photos (52) to show.
If you are good boys, girls, NBs, and others, I'll post some more later.

#Warhammer40k #WarhammerCommunity #MiniaturePainting #DarkEldar #RaiderGunship #Conversion

Action camera mock-up image. Text reads: "unknown intruder" "red alert", "Final capture before unit destroyed by unknown force", "send reinforcement".
Underside of the Raider conversion. Painted sky blue for camouflage while flying.
Side view of the Raider gunship conversion. Painted red and yellow.

DrH,
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More views of the Raider gunship conversion.

The order of painting for this was:

  1. Bone interior.
  2. Yellow/orange blends.
    2.5. All that was masked off.
  3. Red through the airbrush.
  4. Blue underside.
  5. The rest...

#Warhammer40k #MiniaturePainting #DarkEldar #RaiderGunship

Front, high angle view of the Raider gunship converison.
Front, low angle view of the Raider gunship converison.
Underside of the Raider gunship converison.

DrH, to Warhammer40K
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Predator tank conversion.

Heavily modified for my personal army/collection.

External:
Changed the engine layout,
Added custom sponsons,
Spaced armour,
Bits and pieces,
Working hatches,
Dozer blade...

Internal:
Fully decorated,
Ork driver (plugged in, VR set up),
Tyranid gunner (lots of re-posing)...

This one took months to complete.
Many of the details are #Scratchbuilt

#Warhammer40k #PaintingMiniatures #PredatorTank

Rear / side view of the Predator tank. The PR1CK (prick) graffiti is a reference to Rik Mayall, who passed away during the making of the tank (unrelated).
High angle view of the Predator tank. Showing that all the hatches and guns are fully mobile.
Front / side view of the Predator tank. The HR Giger freehand graffiti is a homage to the Master who passed away during the making of the tank (also unrelated).

DrH,
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More photos of my Predator tank conversion.

The dozer blade is made from plasticard, heated and bent into shape.

The support structure is mostly plastic sprue and the pistons are plastic rod/tube.

The dozer blade can actually be removed, leaving the frame behind. The idea being that I could create different blades.
I have not got around to making any more.

Top side of the Dozer blade.
Underside of the tank and dozer blade.
Left side from low angle of the Predator tank.

DrH, to modeltrains
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N-gauge train shed. 1:160 scale.

Re-built, Repaired, and Re-painted.

The colour of the painting was matched to how it was originally painted by my Grandfather, just in my more realistic style.

Interior view of the train shed. Showing the scattering of items along the platform.
Front view of the train shed.
Rear view of the train shed.

DrH,
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More photos of the N-Gauge train shed, inside and out.

Inside the train shed N-gauge model.
Left side of the N-gauge train shed.
Right side of the N-gauge train shed.

DrH, to lotr
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Mirkwood Book Nook.

Scratch-built diorama to display 2 .

Built in a wooden box to be displayed within a bookshelf.
Includes LEDs to show light at the end of the path.

This depicts Elrond and Thranduil meeting in the depths of Mirkwood at an entrance to the Elvenking's Halls.

Mirkwood Book Nook displayed between Lord of the Rings series books.
Mirkwood Book Nook shown by itself from the front.
Close-up view of the Mirkwood Book Nook to show the figures within.

DrH,
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One last look at the Mirkwood BookNook amongst the selection of relevant books I had at the time.

DrH, to Warhammer40K
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Refinery?

So named (with the ?) as it reminds me of a refinery, but I had no idea what I was building as it was built.

Scratch-built from household junk and a few kit parts.

Space Marine for scale.

High angle view of the front of the refinery. A door is visible, flanked by posters; one a warning the other an advert for engineers.
Low angle scale shot of the refinery with a space marine miniature.
High angle view of the less busy side of the refinery.

DrH,
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Closer views of the pipework above the "Refinery?".

The support structure is made from plastic sprue pieces and thin wire.
Attached together in such a way to make the odd shape "kind of" make sense.

Close up of the pipe support structure for the "Refinery?" terrain piece.
Close up of the pipe support structure for the "Refinery?" terrain piece.
Close up of the pipe support structure for the "Refinery?" terrain piece.

DrH,
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@Brodyberg Thanks. Nice to hear.

DrH,
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@MacBalance Thanks. Yes, you're not wrong. It wouldn't be much more effort to chop up the sprue and make more regular looking support beams. But I wanted to make use of the weird sprue shapes and play on the difference between that and the clean pipe and wire shapes. One of my more "arty" moments.

DrH,
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@MacBalance True, that could work.

Thanks. Appreciated.

DrH, to Warhammer40K
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Ol' one toof.

For this Nob I wanted to create an ork that was the least "comic relief" I could.

In addition to a slight re-posing and modifications to the weapons, I also bulked up the body with some epoxy putty: add a blob to each existing muscle and smooth it in.

I also opened the jaw wider. This left only one tooth and a lip ring. Ol' one toof was born.
The boss pole also reflects this.

Then add a touch of blood from the last person that laughed.

#Warhammer40k #Ork #Nob #Blood

Side views of an Ork Nob charging onwards. Arm raised and a boss pole on their back.
Side views of an Ork Nob charging onwards. Much of their body and weapons are covered in blood.
Rear views of an Ork Nob charging onwards. A boss pole on their back.

DrH,
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Pictures of Ol' One Toof, the Ork Nob, and a regular Ork Boy.

Should give you an idea of the bulking up he's had.

Rear view of a regular Ork Boy and my coverted Ork Nob.

DrH,
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@mastosalo lol
This one is "Humbrol Clear Colour 1321"
While the results are good, I can't really recommend it. It's a bit too stringy, and doesn't clean off the brush easily.

What I can recommend is my method: use an old brush that has a mixture of long and short hairs in odd clumps and just splat and streak it across the model.
For large areas, darken the central area before/after.

DrH, to modeltrains
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Mech' workshop.

Built from scratch, using mostly card (for the exterior) and various pieces and plastic stock (to fill the interior).

Designed to fit the Infinity ttg aesthetic, and be playable.
Includes scatter terrain pieces, and removable roof for interior access.

The interior of heavily detailed, and stands as a diorama of sorts.

Szalamander pilot miniature for scale.

Rooftop paving and small garden feature. A figure stands to one side and some crates are visible in the background.
Rear view of the workshop. A ladder allows rooftop access. Some graffiti is visible around back.
Interior of the workshop. Lots of details, from the central robotic arms to tool storage, various scatters pieces of "mechs" to a sole coffee cup on a table.

DrH,
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I created 3 pieces of scatter terrain to go with Mik's Mech' Shop.

The crates are casts of my own wooden box kits, and the cardboard boxes and pallets are made of card. Plus some fabric soaked in PVA/water to cover them.

View of the roof of a terrain piece with the scatter terrain pieces placed together with an Infinity miniature for scale.
Top down view of the roof and scatter terrain.

DrH, to Warhammer40K
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Plague Marine squad.

In addition to fixing some of the mould/casting limitations, I also reposed and added various details to this squad.
The basing includes dying grass around their feet.

#Warhammer40k #Nurgle #PlagueMarines #Deathguard #Tentacles

A squad of plague marine stand ready to accept you.

DrH,
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The third Plague Marine of this squad.

The right hand has been rotated from stock to give a more agressive look.

And I added a tentacle as per theme, and it's holding a skull-grenade.

#Warhammer40k #Nurgle #PlagueMarines #Deathguard #MiniaturePainting

DrH, to Warhammer40K
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'nids playing 40k.

As a refresher between projects I knocked out this silly little idea. And it's proven more popular than any of my other projects every time I've shared it, now it's Mastodon's turn.

Two rippers, sporting their army colours (Dark Angels Vs Chaos space marines), with a 1:56 scale 4x8 table and an impressive terrain layout. Plus a rule book.

Two tyranid rippers facing off over a 1:56 scale table filled with terrain. Side view.
Two tyranid rippers facing off over a 1:56 scale table filled with terrain. Top view.
Two tyranid rippers facing off over a 1:56 scale table filled with terrain.

DrH,
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@erikcats Thanks. It's something that had to be done. Pretty easy too.

DrH, to modeltrains
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N-gauge train display base.

This display was built from scratch (at 1:160 scale), with a few kit parts.
This was a surprise reveal that I had found my Dad's trains we thought were missing/stolen.

A train station platform on a display base. Same angle, without the train.
A train sits at a platform on this display base.
A train station platform on a display base. Same angle, without the train.

DrH,
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Final shots of this N-Gauge train display base.

Around the back.
With and without the train.

Rear right of the N-Gauge train display base. With train.
Rear left of the N-Gauge train display base. With train.
Rear left of the N-Gauge train display base. No train.

DrH, to Warhammer40K
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Space Marine Inceptors.

I have a strong dislike for clear flight stands, so I do things like this.

This trio of Inceptors all have a handy piece of terrain to keep them at about the right height.

One is hopping a fence with the help of his jet-pack.
Another is landing on a box (and is lucky the box has crushed).
And the last is smashing his way though a wall.

Also of note is that I used 9 different metallic paints on these.

This Inceptor is hopping a fence. The fence (baring an Imperial Aquila) is bending under the weight.
The Inceptor is focused on aiming his gun and not paying any mind to the wall he is kicking through.
This Inceptor is landing on a box, his jet-pack is powering down. The box is crushing under the weight.

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And last, but not least, the brick wall Inceptor.

The wall is made of "mostly" separate bricks of plaster and foamcore.
Then pieces of broken plaster were placed individually to create the cracked plaster layer on each face of the wall.

Side views of the wall-smashing Inceptor space marine.
Front views of the wall-smashing Inceptor space marine.

DrH, to modeltrains
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Tractor.
Stylised, cartoon concept sketch.

Rather than my usual accurate scale model building, I decided to do something cartoony as a present for a farming sim' fan.

Bodywork is mostly sprue and plasticard and the tyres are a thin layer of epoxy putty over polystyrene foam.

Scale model of a tractor in a cartoon style with overlarge tyres. Green, Yellow and Black colours. Rear right view.
Scale model of a tractor in a cartoon style with overlarge tyres. Green, Yellow and Black colours. Front right high angle view.
Scale model of a tractor in a cartoon style with overlarge tyres. Green, Yellow and Black colours. Rear left high angle view.

DrH,
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More photos of the Cartoon Concept Tractor model.

The wheel hubs were drink bottle tops (at the rear) and soap dispenser tops (that hold the pump to the bottle). Both finished with plasticard additions.

rear view of the cartoon-concept tractor model.
Front view, high angle of the cartoon-concept tractor model.
Low angle of the rear left wheel of the cartoon-concept tractor model.

DrH, to Warhammer40K
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Broken statue.

Based around a plaster cast taken from an old Terminator 2 (cast the skin on Arnie) play set.

Now, a hard-fought location on the battlefield of the future.
Even though the statue has fallen, someone has set up a shrine with the head and built barricades.
Those barricades have not held... what has become of the occupant and what is the future of this location?

Lots of details in this piece. Too many to cover in this post.

View of the upper torso of the fallen statue, it still holds the flag for "Cadia".
View of the inside of the barricade and the shrine which now holds the head of the statue. a splash of blood near a campsite tells a dire story.
View of the base of the statue. Only the feet remain on the pedestal.

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The barricade for the broken statue shrine had been built up around the statue's pieces:

A metal plate, held up with I-beams, protects the statue's upper body piece and the flag it still holds.

A more ornate wall section leans against the plinth.

And between the two was a sturdy wooden fence.
Clearly, this was the weak link in the barricade.

View through the gap between the legs of the broken statue and the plinth, framing the breach in the barricade beyond.
Overview of the broken statue and the breached barricade.
Top-down view of the breached barricade

DrH, to Warhammer40K
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Pox Walkers.

2 squads of 'em. One lot as they came and only painted, the other squad (at the bottom) have been modified to make them unique.

Arm and weapon swaps, plus some additional putty work is what distances them from the vanilla mini's.

Had "fun" researching dead/diseased flesh in preparation for painting these.

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@erikcats Of course. Especially when they have no interest in taking over the world.

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