Hi folks.

Why Part 1.2? 

No, you did not miss anything; it is just ythat, as the first building was painted as part of the 12 Months of Hobby Challenge, this blog entry is not really Volkus Part 1. But starting at Part 2 directly woulmd have looked odd. And as Part 1.2 is an intringuing title... It might boost the reader counter!

As all the Volkus pieces or terrain this one is no exception to the rule: low to zero custom assembly. It is somehow a very different design mind set vs. old Sector Imperialis sprues. Even if modularity as its pros and cons.

It the present case the footprint is the one of a square; not too big though. As an area terrain it make sit well defined. As an above ground struture I am a little bit disappointed by the limited amount of space to set models on the upper parts. less than 20 percent of the floor space potentially available as been traslated to the upper storeys. It might be enough for KT, but, for 40k setting, I am less convinced.

I tried this time a slightly different recipe: instead of dry brushing with SW grey, I used Russ grey. The result is a tad clearer than my usual ruins. A tad only as, frankly speaking, the colour difference is not that obvious. Probably due to the final Uµlthuan grey dry brushing that is unifying everything and contributes to dillute the chromatic difference between the 2 fenrisiqn named colour pots.

The assembly as been less comfortable then for the first building: the sprue came bended and although I recoverd part of it after a gentle heating, I did not fully recovered a good planar shape for the main side of the building. as a consequence, glue did not fit well when setting the floor and the overall stuff was too flexible. I has to glue the whole " sides to get enough stiffness and avoid the scenery to dismantle once and again.

How does it looks now? Well, see by yourself:

It is not obvious on the pic bellow, but the floor is not touching the wall from the right of the door to the right corner. Well, now it is, more or less, as I filled the gap with hot glue. But it is not because hot glue has glu in its name that it really glues anything...

The most puzzeling stuff in this building? this door that leads to nowhere on first floor:

I may eventually fantasy that it will be an achoring point for a balcony or a gantry bridge in a future Volkus environment expansion... But I guess I am conting myself fairy tales...

That's it for today. Next will be... I do not know yet. I kit bashed an Archon and I am waiting for some Corsairs and scourges to expand my Ynnari force, so; may be. On the other ahnd I also primed some mysterious sprues that goes with the remaining mysterious base I disclosed a few post ago...

See you.