| Colonel O Truth | 30 Dec 2012 9:48 p.m. PST |
Hi, All! I finally began construction of my new gigantic walker: Lord Smudgington Smythely-Smythe's Hydraulically Motorvated Sextupedal Land-Traversing Vacational Domicile… I have started with the 'Core Room' which will be viewed from above at the centre of the finished model. The final model will be about a metre long, and will serve as the gaming table itself for deck-type skirmishes and what-not.
I'm hoping to finish the walker by August for 'Call to Arms' here in Wellington, NZ. A lot of work still to do! Rivet Count so far: 562! More on the blog… link All the Best! |
| Scott Kursk | 30 Dec 2012 10:47 p.m. PST |
Oh dear God that is a lot of rivets. |
| Colonel O Truth | 30 Dec 2012 11:16 p.m. PST |
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| 45thdiv | 31 Dec 2012 4:32 a.m. PST |
That is going to be a really fun game board, just from the look at what you have done so far. I hope you have the storage space. :-) Matthew |
| The Sentient Bean | 31 Dec 2012 4:38 a.m. PST |
Wow, that looks incredible already. |
| Dynaman8789 | 31 Dec 2012 4:48 a.m. PST |
Oh my, that reminds of one from "Robot Carnival" back in the late eighties/early nineties. The mad Caucasion scientist attacked Japan with his Godzilla size, single man, pedal powered electric, robot. Japan was defended by a robot made from Bamboo – and the wash lady was complaing since she had the wash out to dry on the arms of the robot when the battle started… |
| DLIinVSF | 31 Dec 2012 4:50 a.m. PST |
Can't wait to see the rest of it :) |
| War In 15MM | 31 Dec 2012 9:39 a.m. PST |
It looks simply wonderful! Richard |
| Lion in the Stars | 31 Dec 2012 1:19 p.m. PST |
Wow. Just, wow. Too cool/insane for words! |
| CAPTAIN BEEFHEART | 31 Dec 2012 9:42 p.m. PST |
As usual, keep us posted. |
TheBeast  | 01 Jan 2013 9:10 a.m. PST |
Oh dear God that is a lot of rivets. No, Scott, it's not. Remember, in the blog he admits: Bear in mind that HMSW Gargantua had 3,630 rivets when finished. I am up to a sixth of that already and I haven't even finished the first room! I may cry… While we weep with amazement! As I said to him on LAF when suggesting theft of part of the idea: FWIW, you can stop now on the rivets and still have more than I'll be doing… Doug |
| Colonel O Truth | 01 Jan 2013 11:37 p.m. PST |
Thank you all. More very soon! |
| Mechanical | 02 Jan 2013 4:26 a.m. PST |
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| Brian Smaller | 03 Jan 2013 1:21 p.m. PST |
Is there a backup engine or is Lord Smudgington Smythely-Smythe's Hydraulically Motorvated Sextupedal Land-Traversing Vacational Domicile that rare piece of English engineering – actually reliable. :) |
| Colonel O Truth | 03 Jan 2013 9:11 p.m. PST |
Brian, are you implying that Victorian British engineering was not the envy of the world? |
| Brian Smaller | 06 Jan 2013 3:23 p.m. PST |
Oh it was the envy of the world. Just took Germans to make it reliable:) |
| Colonel O Truth | 07 Jan 2013 10:50 a.m. PST |
Here's the latest… Just posted on my blog:
The first LED lanterns are in place, but not yet wired. Starting work on the engine room next. The boiler alone is huge:
Rivet count so far: 930 More on the blog! link All the Best! |
| Colonel O Truth | 14 Jan 2013 3:58 a.m. PST |
Here's the latest – made good progress on the engine..
Rivet count so far: 1,848… and I'm just getting started. More on the blog: link All the Best! |
| DLIinVSF | 14 Jan 2013 5:52 a.m. PST |
You would not believe my green eyed envy! Bravo Sir! |
| TheBeast | 14 Jan 2013 9:36 a.m. PST |
Oh it was the envy of the world. Just took Germans to make it reliable:) *sniff* Quite true, though the weasel in the hen house is trying to find reliable Germans… Never fear, the milord is wise enough to keep the engine room filled with Welshmen. Doug |
| CAPTAIN BEEFHEART | 14 Jan 2013 8:47 p.m. PST |
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| J Womack 94 | 17 Jan 2013 10:19 a.m. PST |
August in New Zealand, you say? |
| Colonel O Truth | 18 Jan 2013 11:40 a.m. PST |
Here's more… Added 249 rivets and started the painting…
Rivet Count: 2,097 More on the blog. link |
| Colonel O Truth | 18 Jan 2013 11:44 a.m. PST |
Mr Womack – I believe Call To Arms is in August, it usually is, but have no confirmation as of right now. Hope I can finish this monster by then! |
| Colonel O Truth | 30 Jan 2013 11:00 p.m. PST |
And the latest… Furnace and boiler are complete. 155 more rivets…
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| Anton Ryzbak | 30 Jan 2013 11:43 p.m. PST |
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| DLIinVSF | 31 Jan 2013 3:02 a.m. PST |
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| Colonel O Truth | 31 Jan 2013 7:45 p.m. PST |
Thanks, gents! Chimneys next… |
| Colonel O Truth | 06 Feb 2013 2:29 p.m. PST |
OK – added chimneys and Pole-Differential Potentialising Galvanetic Capacitors! Because I can.
Getting rather large now… Rivet count is up to 2550 More on the blog… link All the Best! |
| DLIinVSF | 06 Feb 2013 2:52 p.m. PST |
Where's my handkerchief I'm drooling,bravo Sir! |
| Colonel O Truth | 06 Feb 2013 3:14 p.m. PST |
Delightful. Nothing like a bit of drool to compliment a fellow's work! |
| Colonel O Truth | 09 Feb 2013 3:22 p.m. PST |
More… Built a massive Chain Drive from old printer parts.
More on the blog… link |
| Colonel O Truth | 17 Mar 2013 1:48 a.m. PST |
Hi, All! I've finally added floorboards, walls, coal bunker and other details…
Rivet count is up to 3,899… with months still to go! More on the blog: link All the Best! |
| Brian Smaller | 18 Mar 2013 1:52 p.m. PST |
Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the Martian Sun. You qualify on two counts I think. I am sure it has got to you Colonel :) |
| Colonel O Truth | 19 Mar 2013 9:01 p.m. PST |
I would answer that with a clever witticism, Brian, but I'm too busy gluing rivets on my laptop. |
| essayons7 | 20 Mar 2013 1:56 p.m. PST |
Incredible work!!! Bravo! |
| Colonel O Truth | 20 Mar 2013 9:57 p.m. PST |
Thank you for the exclamation marks, Essayons7!!!!!!!! |
| Colonel O Truth | 26 Mar 2013 3:00 a.m. PST |
OK – the first working ELECTRIC (GAS)LIGHT is in…
Much more on the blog… link All the Best! |
| bluebirds40 | 26 Mar 2013 5:06 a.m. PST |
very impersive, you do a great job. |
| Colonel O Truth | 26 Mar 2013 9:54 a.m. PST |
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| J Womack 94 | 26 Mar 2013 1:57 p.m. PST |
To misquote the Baron von Frankenstein: "It's alight!" Good stuff, old boy. |
| DLIinVSF | 26 Mar 2013 2:19 p.m. PST |
Let there be light,bravo Sir |
| Lion in the Stars | 26 Mar 2013 4:38 p.m. PST |
Wow! Where did you find those flickering LEDs? I would love to get a few (hundred) of them. |
| Colonel O Truth | 27 Mar 2013 1:46 a.m. PST |
Thank you, gents! Lion in the Stars: The LEDs are from evilmadscience: link Very reasonably priced, good service, helpful feedback re: technical stuff. I highly recommend them. I've got mine running off 2xD batteries, with a 30 ohm resistor. Seventeen running so far – all good! I may add extra pairs of batteries in parallel to the first lot for extra life, depending how these go. |
| Colonel O Truth | 01 Apr 2013 3:22 a.m. PST |
Here's this week's bit… I've added more lighting and started the upper level of the engine room…
More on the blog:
link Hope you like! |
| 28mmMan | 08 Apr 2013 8:21 p.m. PST |
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| J Womack 94 | 08 Apr 2013 8:30 p.m. PST |
You have to play this game in a poorly lit room. With eerie music. And do not let the players know that it is really a Cthulhu game. Mwah hah hah! |
| Colonel O Truth | 09 Apr 2013 5:54 p.m. PST |
Squire Womack, I do almost everything I can imagine in poorly lit rooms… As for the eerie music, does humming and giggling while gluing thousands of tiny rivets count? |
| Lion in the Stars | 10 Apr 2013 2:30 a.m. PST |
wow. Just, WOW! This project of yours just keeps getting cooler and cooler! |
| Colonel O Truth | 10 Apr 2013 3:19 a.m. PST |
Thanks, Lion! I did a bit more tonight so keep watching… |
