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Air Strip One – Pt 2

Posted: March 3, 2014 in Air Strip One
Tags: 40k, Anphelion Base, forge world, Scenery

Hello everyone!

Are you ready for another instalment of Air Strip One? So this particular episode is all about the bulk fuel storage that will be in the centre of the air field. Surprisingly it was quite easy to make. It was simply a 15omm diameter piece of PVC pipe used for plumbing. The tricky bit was cutting it so that it sat flat. I accomplished this by wrapping a large piece of plastic card around the circumference of the tube, making sure the two ends lined up and the sheet was flat on the surface of the tube. I then just scribed a line on the tube with a pencil. I then just grabbed my Dremel and attached a cutting wheel. It was fiddly, however worth it. The piece looks good and was pretty straight forward to make.

If anyone has ever seen any sort of bulk hazardous chemical storage they always have a spill barrier around them. For this I used the excellent barricaded from Quantum Gothic. I don’t know exactly the story with this company, however they’ve not been open for business for what feels like 2yrs now. Its very sad, as they have amazing products. As you can see from the pictures, the detailing of the container was pretty straight forward. I once again used the cut off bolt heads as a final piece of detail. Other items used were the grab handles off the Leman Russ kit, and some FW brass etched Imperial Eagles. If you’re into making scenery, grab a few of these, they’re fantastic.

The final picture is roughly how the layout of the base will look. Two landing pads, the fuel storage and the ground control. If you remember from the first post of on this table, this is basically a small section of a much larger air field. Hence why its symmetrical.

Thats it for now. Thanks for dropping in. The next post on this base will be of the finished product! I’m very pleased with how its turned out, and I’m sure you will be too.

John

World Eaters Angron

Posted: December 28, 2013 in Uncategorized, World Eaters
Tags: 30k, forge world, World Eaters

Ok, I know what you’re thinking…. ‘not another Angron’

I agree, this model has been really hammered since its release. With good reason. It’s AMAZING. The amount of detail, the pose and the facial expression of this model are sublime.

I’ve actually just finished reading ‘Betrayer’ by the man, Aaron Dembski-Bowden. If you haven’t checked it out, its well worth a look. ADB’s books are always superb. This book really goes into the personality of this Primarch, and its a lot more disturbed than I’d imagined. This is one tortured soul, not only because of the nails, but also because of his enslavement and the deep wound left by the Emperor as a result of his ‘recuse’. Towards the end of the book is a very interesting dialogue between Angron and the Primarch of the Ultramarines, Guilliman. This dialogue provides a very telling insight into this Primarchs’ inner daemons, and why it was so easy for Lorgar to turn him. Suffice to say, its a great book.

So the model… here are the pics.

As far as I’m concerned, Simon Egan is a genius. He has given us so many magnificent models over the years, Inquisitor Hector Rex comes to mind, and more recent triumphs such as Angron and Ferrus Manus are to name but a few.

I have to say though, the face of Angron is simply amazing. It’s very hard to paint because of how its positioned on the model, however it looks just like how I’d imagined him to look. The only thing I wish I’d done differently now is painted his teeth silver. Angron had his lips removed, his teeth replaced with ‘iron’ ones, face tattooed and Butchers Nails implanted into his brain by the Gladiator masters.

In game terms, this guy is a hardcore badass. Basically unstoppable. On the board he’s like a shark swimming through a school of bait fish. Everything just tries to get away from him (often unsuccessfully) You can actually take him in a 2000pt game. On that scale of game, he really owns the table.

Ok, I hope you’ve enjoyed the pictures.

Until next time, thanks for dropping in.

John

Finished – World Eaters Contemptor Dreadnought

Posted: July 15, 2013 in World Eaters
Tags: 30k, forge world, Horus heresy, World Eaters

Really happy with this model. I won’t bang on too much about it. I think its configuration is totally impractical in game terms, but damn it looks cool

Comments welcome as always, thanks for dropping in

John Sutton, Brisbane, Qld

Finished ! – World Eaters Terminator Squad

Posted: July 14, 2013 in World Eaters
Tags: 30k, forge world, Horus heresy, World Eaters

I finished these a few days ago, however I’ve been pretty focused on painting these last few days and wanted to finished of another unit before I took some time out to photograph them both at the same time. You’ll have to wait until the next post to see what else is finished, but for the time being here are the Terminators.

I’m particularly pleased with how these Terminators have turned out, I’m glad I took the time to modify Tyberous’s torso armour for each of the Terminators. The ‘lightning bolt’ really fits in with the armies look and is very consistent with other World Eater models in the Forge World range.

The pictures

Thanks for dropping in

John

Finished! – Iron Hands Storm Eagle

Posted: July 11, 2013 in Iron Hands
Tags: 40k, forge world, Iron Hands, Space Marines, Storm Eagle

Just another very quick post of a recently finished project that I’ve not had the time to photograph properly. I really like this model, and its also great in the game too, however it has been taken down by a few very lucky shots in the few games that I have used it….

This model is often criticised for being difficult to assemble. I didn’t really have any dramas putting it together personally it just takes a little patience and a heat gun on hand as you are gluing it together. I’ve now assembled two of these and I’m very happy with how they’ve both turned out.

I’m anxiously awaiting the release of the next book from Forge World detailing the Istvaan V Massacre…

Forge World Realm of Battle Cityscape 6 x 4 board – Complete

Posted: March 3, 2013 in Scenery
Tags: forge world, Forgeworld, realm of battle cityscape, Scenery, Warhammer 40000

phew!

It’s finally done, a 6 x 4 playing surface to wage eternal war on. After almost three months of painting and building and some more painting I’ve completed six of the Forge World Realm of Battle Cityscape boards. The last board of the six I needed to paint was a Primus Sector. Although I still have one more Primus Sector and one more Shattered Plaza to go, I’m claiming this victory because now I can have a legitimate game of 40k on these boards.

I have to confess, I’m getting sick of painting scenery. So in a way I’m glad that I’ve reached this mile stone right at the point where my threshold for making more scenery is about at its limit. I’m now ready to take a short break and then begin working on my 30k World Eaters.

So lets talk Primus Sector for a minute, then we’ll have a look at it and then take a look at some photos of it and the completed board. So the Primus Sector board is an unusual board in that its only one building. Yes I know the Shattered Plaza is to, but it takes up most of the board, however the Primus Sector is just a lot of roads and then one large foundation more or less in the middle of the board piece. The other unusual feature is that again, unlike all the other boards the foundation isn’t a square or rectangle.

I really want to for this piece take that feature into account, so you’ll see from the pictures that the building doesn’t have any right angles in the walls. I also wanted to have proper roof line for this pieces too. Unlike all the other buildings that have a roof/floor as a means of finishing off the building, I wanted this one to have a proper roof. I think I may have been influenced by the old Forge World Anphelion Base (which is no longer available) when I made this. I must admit it has been something I’ve been thinking about ever since a friend of mine revealed to me he has one, unpainted, basically unassembled and complete that he’s perhaps wanting me to paint…

I digress… So lets look at some pictures. I took these this morning in a bit of a rush because it was about to start raining (where I live has had over half its yearly rain fall in the past two months) and I wasn’t sure when I’d get an opportunity next to take some photos, so the compositions aren’t red hot, but you’ll get the drift.

I do intend on completing the last two boards however I’m not sure when the next update will be on this project. I more or less see it now as being finished. So thank you for taking this journey with me. It’s been a pleasure having your company, words of encouragement and suggestions, I’ve had a really good time making this board, much more than I thought actually. It’s been one of the most rewarding things hobby wise I’ve ever done. I never thought I’d do scenery, but I can see now that it will enhance mine, and my opponents enjoyment of the game so much more by having an interesting, stimulating and challenging battle-space to play on. Sadly its often an aspect of our hobby that is overlooked or marginalised and it’s my fervent hope that I’ve inspired one or two of you out there to step up and make some scenery that is on par with some of the magnificent armies I see both locally and on the interwebs.

I’d especially like make mention to Aaron over at Forlorn Hope who’s suggestions, ideas, constructive criticism and just general radness has been extremely helpful and inspiring during this project. Cheers mate.

Speaking of Aaron, he and I will be shortly commencing the Death of Isstvan III Campaign described in the Forge World Horus Heresy Book one : Betrayal. If anyone who lives locally and would like to participate with either a Traitor or Loyalist force message me. The plan is to bring you battle reports of the six main Battle Missions, Blood Feud, Fire Tide, Shatter Strike, Onslaught, Dominion & Extermination and also the four Legendary Battles, Cometh The Red Angel, The Flight of Truth, Counter Thrust and The Death of Gods and Angels. This is going to be EPIC and I can not wait to start getting enough (Loyalist) World Eaters together so the games can commence.

Apart from that, I plan on just having a few games of 40k on this board now its complete and I’m looking forward to seeing what its like to play on.

So… who wants a game?

John Sutton, Brisbane, Qld

Forge World Realm of Battle Concourse Sector 2 – Finished

Posted: February 19, 2013 in Scenery
Tags: forge world, realm of battle cityscape, Scenery, Warhammer 40000

So, four down now, four to go! Half way mark, and oh boy am I feeling it… It’s been a big job thus far. This is the last of the two Concourse Sectors that I brought way back on 12 December 2012… It’s a little bit shocking for me to think that about two months ago these bad boys rocked up on my door step. It’s been a bit of an obsession for me over the summer.

So far the boards that I’ve completed I’ve been very happy with, and this one is no exception. This one is meant to be a Chaplaincy and some form of accommodation for the attendants of the Cathedral. So I’ll let the pictures do the talking and make a few comments on each of the pictures to guide you through what I was thinking at the time, and as usual you can get more of an idea about the process from flicking through the working photos gallery at the bottom of this post.

I really wanted the larger of the two buildings, the accommodation block, to have a very distinctive feature so I went back through a few photos of cathedrals etc and found that certain types of places of worship have domes on top, so I thought it’d look cool. I also made the roof line overhand the building facade, sort of like an eve. I did this to help break up the shape of the building (a rectangle) and to allow the addition of the buttresses (pic below) I didn’t want the roof to have a barrier on it, like all the other buildings featured, however I did feel it needed something, so I added a small hand rail with the eagle heads as the posts. I think it makes an interesting look and I’m very happy with how it turned out. For those that are interested the dome is a toy soccer ball. I chose it because it was 1. The right size, 2. It had and interesting diamond pattern over its surface as opposed to being just smooth, and 3. It didn’t have any other features embossed on it, like a manufactures mark, random shapes or whatever.

You can see what it looked like before I painted it in the working photos gallery at the bottom. I’ve still got the other half, so perhaps It’ll feature in some other piece of scenery on anther board (yes, I’m already planning another board when I finished with this one….)

As with other multi story buildings I’ve made, this one is also broken up into its various floors to make gaming with it easier…. If you look closely you can see small posts. These are in each corner and key into the upper floor to make the building more stable when assembled.

One thing that I am really pleased with so far, but sadly you can not see, is the way the boards and buildings interrelate to one another. The boards when all put together really are starting to look like a small city block, the different heights of the buildings, the features which distinguish them, the story they tell and the “conversations” they have with one another through the narrative I’m trying to create all enhance the effect and produce a result that is greater than the sum of its parts.

With just two more boards to do to give me a 6′ x 4′ playing surface so that a proper game can be played on them, I’m starting to get very excited and can now see the light at the end of the tunnel. I have to admit though, I am now starting to want to paint some actual minis, however I’m just going to have to wait until I get the last few boards done. I anticipate the pace of my updates is going to somewhat slow down come next week as my studies commence and it’ll be nose to the grind stone. But we’ll see what happens.

Thats if for now, thanks for dropping in

John

Man Cave Achievement Unlocked – The Display Cabinet

Posted: February 2, 2013 in Ars Gratia Artis
Tags: 40k, Armies on Parade, Carcharodons, Display Cabinet, Dreadnought, Drop Pods, forge world, Forgeworld, Imperial Armour, Imperial Gaurd, Infantry, Iron Hands, Land Speeder, Landraider, Legion of the Damned, Leman Russ, Ogryn, Reaver Titan, Rhino

So, I finally did it, I went and brought a display cabinet for my 40k Armies yesterday. I did quite a lot of research on what was the best choice, best value for money option, and after many months (seriously) I brought a 1800 x 900 x 450 commercial 6mm toughened glass display cabinet. I got it from the very helpful guys are Absoe Business Equipment in West End, and it set me back $750. It was unassembled and I had to use my Ute to get it home from (about 10 min drive from where I live) It came in two packages and the largest one weighed about 100kgs… so yeah, it was a bit of a struggle getting it off the Ute by myself, but I managed and then set about assembling it. Being commercial quality its built to last (a key reason why I chose it) all the fittings are robust and the base is seriously strong, with 4 castors on it too so it can be pushed around if I decided to relocate it. The glass doors slide on ball bearing runners and also are lockable too. So lets look at the pictures shall we?

All my models (less unpainted, which isnt many) fit only just, don’t know how many it is or how many points it all add up to, but its a lot. Maybe someone could work it out if you get bored?

The God Machines. You many not be aware, but where I live we’ve been getting some pretty extreme weather lately and as a result the Reavers Melta Cannon fell off. I haven’t reattached it yet as I’m considering getting another Turbo Laser Blaster for it.

So we have here most of Support Company (Snipers, DFSW, Anti-Armour & Mortars) Accompanied by a Leman Russ Tank Company, Baneblade and Macharius (I have both Turrets)

The Light Infantry Company with Vendettas and the rest of Support Company (Recon & Pioneers)

The good old Carcharodons

Iron Hands with Drop Pods and Rhinos

The dreaded Hextad of The Ancients Apoc Formation, along with Landspeeders and Terminators (Who I use in Apoc as the Death-knell formation) and some Legion of the Damned

So thats it, man cave review done. I’m pretty happy to see all the models all on display at one place at one time.

As an aside, I’ve been working on the Forge World Realm of Battle Cityscape boards over the past few days, so with any luck I should have an update on them shortly.

Thanks for dropping in

John

Next project announced! FW Realm of Battle Cityscape

Posted: December 3, 2012 in Scenery
Tags: 40k, forge world, realm of battle cityscape, Scenery, Warhammer 40000

Hello everyone,

As many of you know, FW recently released the 1st book in the Horus Heresy series : Betrayal. Like many, it’s really captured my imagination and the models that FW have released to date are nothing short of exceptional. Aside from the models the actual book has really raised the bar on so many levels for a FW publication. It’s well written, thorough, beautifully presented and the accompanying stand alone rules set and campaign are nothing short of amazing.

Over the past few months I have been steadily reading through this epic tome and every time I’ve found myself thinking of what I could paint next. World Eaters seems interesting with their amazing Primarch model or do I do a Death Guard army? But one thing keeps bothering me and has done for some time. I have these really great looking Imperial Armies that I’ve been collecting for several years now, however I don’t really have a gaming table that is up to the standard that they are painted to.

I have to admit, the thought of building and painting a gaming table isn’t a new one to me. However painting other armies and models has just been a higher priority. Additionally, the table that I’ve always wanted to create has been difficult for me to visualise and justify the cost, let alone the complexity involved in creating it. The table that I’ve always wanted to do is a ruined Imperial city. But done properly, not just a bunch of disparate ruined buildings chucked onto a 6″x4″ board with a few craters and other debris thrown on for effect. I wanted my board to have city streets, cat walks, ruined buildings and even city precincts. The thought of creating this had been quite overwhelming. Until recently.

As some of you know, my armies on parade entry featured a FW board section. I was thoroughly impressed with this section. It had great levels of detail and could provide some great narrative opportunities if I wanted to incorporate it into a regular game. So I knew that the FW gaming board sections were good quality and had many opportunities for gaming with. Then when I saw the newly released realm of battle cityscape sectors I couldn’t stop myself from thinking of some of the possibilities that were available, but still the thought of painting another army was strong.

What I really like about the board sections is that they have “foundations” for you to put your own buildings on and also feature streets etc to give the boards context when arranged together. In addition to that, each board is a mini precinct within itself. So arranged together they can tell an interesting narrative.

So after a lot if thinking and consideration, looking up reference material online and drawing inspiration from some of the amazing cities created in the 6th ed rule book I went online and ordered 2 of the 4 tile packs and a few boxes of the GW ruined imperial sectors that have become available again. Fortunately for me I used mostly price money to buy the plastic GW kits.

With any luck the boards will arrive before Xmas however I’m not holding my breath, I can imagine that is a pretty busy time of year for FW.

My plan is to create 2 x 4″x4″ city boards for smaller games and one themed 6″x4″ board for larger battles and obviously a 8″x4″ board for something a bit different.

I’ve got some really good ideas on how I’m going to approach this, with a massive cathedral and city square as the feature of the the 6″x4″ board, with a commerce district and small manufacturing precinct featured also.

I can’t wait to get started on this project and wish the board sections had arrived already so I can start building! This is going to be an interesting modelling project and I feel it’s really going to stretch me as a modeller which I’m looking forward to. Plus it’ll be great to finally have a great looking gaming table to play on with my armies and some of the amazingly painted armies my mates have.

Ok, that’s me for now. Thanks for dropping in

John

Reaver Titan WIP

Posted: October 1, 2012 in Titans
Tags: 40k, forge world, Reaver Titan, Warhammer 40000

Hello everyone,

Its been a long weekend here and I’ve spent the last two days working on the Titan. I wanted to get as much as I can in this weekend, as next weekend I’m moving house and I still don’t know if I’ll be able to do as much painting as I’d like to in the new place as its not as big as my current one. Whatever, so I hit it pretty hard this weekend and made a pretty big dent in it until I ran out of Iayden Darksun and tried to get the new GW substitute and its a very poor match, so I’ve had to use the bro network to try and find a replacement, and until it arrives, there will be no more painting. Sad face.

As I spent most of Sunday (8am til about 11pm) painting and building, and most of Monday morning working on the Reaver, this is going to be a pretty big post, so go grab a coffee or something….

Ok to the pics!

First up I had to get the interior finished before I could move onto any other area of the build. The interior of this kit is pretty amazing, so much detail. Sadly though, a lot of it is obscured from view. However its still important to me that attention is paid to it as its worth doing. So I began with under coating all the areas that were going to form the interior structure of the kit (previous post)

Then I started adding weathering to the kit. As most of these machines are ancient (particularly from this legion) I went pretty heavy on the weathering techniques.

Next was assembling the body of the Reaver. This was going to be a massive job that needed to be done right. So I used a lot of clamps and drilling holes in the parts for the glue to grab. Note I used epoxy resin to glue this kit together, not super glue

To get the right bond with the parts for this build, I had to use clamps to hold the parts together while the resin was setting. This involved glueing one part together at a time. Very slow process, however it yields the best results as each part has been clamped together while the resin sets, creating a very firm bond.

Gluing the main bulkhead into the main body.

attaching the weapon system “controls” to the main body

attaching the reactor and other weapon control panel into place

Finally, adding the final part of the main body…

I think at this stage I’ll put this post up and have a part two cos this one is getting a bit out of hand and there is still a long way to go. In the next part I begin masking up all of the interior sections and then begin assembling the legs and begin painting. So until my next post, thanks for looking.

Comments welcome

John

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Air Strip One – Pt 2

World Eaters Angron

Finished – World Eaters Contemptor Dreadnought

Finished ! – World Eaters Terminator Squad

Finished! – Iron Hands Storm Eagle

Forge World Realm of Battle Cityscape 6 x 4 board – Complete

Forge World Realm of Battle Concourse Sector 2 – Finished

Man Cave Achievement Unlocked – The Display Cabinet

Next project announced! FW Realm of Battle Cityscape

Reaver Titan WIP