Silver Tower of Tzeentch?

[maverike_prime]

I was scrolling through the GW site when I happened to see an image of the Tower of Sorcery. I'm not really sure what gave me the spark, but here's where my brain lead me:

 

Take the Tower, stick it on a hunk of foam that's been carved up to look a hunk of rock. Texture it with some dirt and gravel and then stick it on a large flying base of some form to show that it's hovering it mid-air.

 

Would that work as a Silver Tower of Tzeentch?

 

What do you think?

http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1460961a_99120299019_WitchfateTor1_873x627.jpg

[Brother Cambrius]

Looks good to me, just needs a little technology on it like piping and circuitry along with plenty of chaosy stuff and it'll be good.

 

Cambrius

[Solid Zaku]

Y'know that was actually my first thought when I saw that thing on the What's New page. Depending on what you're using to hold this thing up, MDF might be a better idea than foam, since it seems like foam would make it more difficult to transport. That being said, the only difficult part about a conversion like that, it seems, is removing the Sigmarite iconography, and perhaps adding a fluted top, like in the Epic minis.

[Natanael]

Actually, I'd flatten out the walls if you were to use it as a silver tower. Can't really see the tzeenchians using bricks to make a tower...

 

- Natanael

[Valkyrion]

It's too bricky and blocky, IMO. Have you seen the epic towers? They are very very smooth, like High Elf structures that taper up like a spire.

[Kizzdougs]

Yeah i think the tower looks a little rough for a Tzeench tower. Interestingly though there are two hidden doors in the tower with the mark of Tzeench on them (maybe its a sign?). Someone is being a very naughty wizard indeed :)

[Dark Sensei]

If I do not mistaken myself, the flying towers are the mutated remnants of the top spires of prospero's pyramids. Well, this doesn't stick to the idea at all IMHO.

Have a look at the epic ones (maybe a model in the war at sea game, ages ago), this could help.

 

DS

[Kurgan the Lurker]

Based off the old EPIC minis this would work, just needs a pointed roof:

 

http://www.solegends.com/citcat9x4/c93496-03.jpg

[maverike_prime]

I had actually totally forgotten the Silver Towers from the Old Epic game. I did some digging and found an image:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a316/maverike_prime/Warhammer/tzeentch_silver_tower.jpg

 

I have to be honest, I think building that in 40K scale wouldn't be any more Tzeentchian then the Tower of Sorcery.

[Warsmith Aznable]

My first thought on see that was "put it on a Baneblade and make it a Khornate Tower of Skulls". It almost seems too nice to do something like that to it...

[Baragash]

This is how I did mine:

http://www.ageofstrife.com/gallery2/gallery/d/15258-2/Silver_Tower_016.jpg

 

http://40kforums.com/imageupload/images/img4c07b7d2de804.jpg

 

There's more bits on it than that now, and the Beam of Power was done by building a frame on top of the tower to hang a dowsing crystal from.