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 Post subject: The GerCM hits the ground
PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:46 pm 
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Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
Service Number: A08/TQ2.0.22133E1
Country: Germany
After retrofitting a Grid Case into a Sentry Gun control terminal, the next logical step was to build a sentry gun. But before that, i began with that i searched for usable cargo pallet for a decent environment to present it. Of course the original palettes for the main corridor are almost impossible to find.

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By chance i came across 9 of these palettes, very similar to those used in the side corridors :


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Our goal in this year to paint them properly and use them for our next events table´s Photowall....

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:50 pm 
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Location: chicagoland
Service Number: A05/TQ0.0.52155E1
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What an amazing find!!

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 8:41 am 
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Location: Hamburg
Service Number: A03/TQ3.0.12136E1
Country: Germany
Sentry battery: checked
Sentry Grid: checked
Photo wall: checked
Sentry Gun: checked
Palettes: checked
Set dressing: WIP

Great progress! You rock Thomas!

Stay tuned for the next Cons in 2018 & 2019. :delta:

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:03 am 
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Location: KMS Bismarck
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Your Pulse Rifle looks lost... :-)
Great work buddy...


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Location: Bath, Maine
Service Number: A03/TQ1.0.12143G1
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Holy crap! That is wonderful!

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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2018 3:11 pm 
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Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
Service Number: A08/TQ2.0.22133E1
Country: Germany
With too much real life happening during these days, progress is slow but constantly. After cleaning the palettes i began to paint them with Hammerite "hammered metal paint" in a dark grey finish. Though i was sceptical using no primer, the paint seems to stick perfectly.

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I decided just to paint the surface and the upper 5cm / 2 inches, since that hammerite isnt that cheap. I think it really works for the moment:

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Even more when you install lighting (This was tested in an earlier stage):

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Last but not least i found these palettes on screen, when Hicks´squad was making their sweep finding the "Acid for Blood" holes :

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I hope i can finish these until our next Drop at Comic Con Berlin in October.

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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2018 8:40 pm 
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Country: Netherlands
very cool, they sure will add even more realism to the GerCM stand and backdrop.


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