Stormblade : Step by Step
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These are the posts I made during the making of Stormblade in chronological order
Starting on a new project

We've been away for a week, getting out of the city and clearing our heads, so I haven't been hobbying too much.However, I started on ...
Wheels n' hubs

A small update on the wheels/tracks/chasis of the Stormblade: because I want movable tracks, I have created lots of small problems to solve :)The first ...
More progress

I've finally figured out how to make the sides of the tank strong yet accessible, so I started painting the insides (especially the recesses, where ...
Stormblade Greeblies

On the Storm Blade front, here are some of the finished greeblies I built: The finished headlights: Some hull plates: The top of the turret: ...
Flexin'

So far so good: the tracks can link up and flex: _ The jig I built around my little homemade dremelclone, so that I can ...
Starting to look like something

I've made a fair bit of progress on the tank - it kinda works like that, slow going on the masters, then once the molds ...
Main gun

Starting work on the main gun: Lots of ribbing for extra... plasma? I made the ribs from sculpey, which I rolled out with a large ...
Stormblade assemble!

Here is a mockup of the current state of the Stormblade. I have one length of track assembled, and the wheelbase is ready, but it ...
Turret weapons

I added the bolters and lasguns to the side mounts. The masters are constructed from bits of plastic tubing (drinking straws, etc) and bits from ...
Internal rework

So it is that part of the project again. You know, the part where I change my mind and tear things apart because I finally ...
Starting on detail work

I think I've finally figured out out how attach and position the wheels to the tank. At the moment the wheels (and tracks) are still ...
Mindlessly riveting

So, after spending a countless number of evenings in a state of absolute mindlessness, placing little dot after little dot all over the tank, the ...
Tank commander

So I've been thinking about what color scheme / army my Stormblade belongs to, and initially I thought I'd go for a DKOK unit.I began ...
Tank commander, done!

Finished up the commander, I think I will stick with him, he's grown on me: And here he is on the now-primed tank: Now the ...
Stormblade, all primed up

Here is the completed primed thing. Next up, painting time.....