Ilbram_Harker Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I was thinking of building a 4 x 6 table and the battlefield would be inside a church, pews and all. I have all the materials listed down and was wondering if anybody else had any great ideas to make this look even better. i.e. using the "Armour through the Ages" as statues, building a confession machine, etc. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Anders Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 You could make it a ruined church with rubble for substantial cover. Maybe a collapsed pillar? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3193950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HJL Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 different levels that are removeable! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3193953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EgoDraconumNigrorum Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Sounds very interesting. How about adding stainglass windows of the Emperor and the Imperial Aquila, that would look great! Â - EgoDraconumNigrorum Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3193956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sword brethren Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 a huge isle that dreads and small tanks can get down, make it truly imperial in stature, multi levels is a must. Â imagine one army starting on the top floor and one army coming through the bottom. Â also catacombs you could travel under, that would be a great special rule for a table Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3193965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EgoDraconumNigrorum Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Or just to be a bit different.... Who says it has to be an Imperial church?? It could be a Chaos church fronted by the Word Bearers. Imagine the possibilites for a Chaos church - stainglass windows of the eight pointed star, sacrificial pits/chambers, daemon statues, Chaos cultist preacher statue, writing in Imperial virgin blood across the walls, broken floorboards with tentacles reaching out, a hanging bell with a Greater Daemon breaking through the underside of it etc etc..... Â - EgoDraconumNigrorum Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3193981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzy-xc Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Have it be an Imperial church that was defiled by chaos... and magnetize everything so you can convert and unconvert it back and forth betweeen the two styles. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3194006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 If you make it just one level, make the roof removable so that you can play battles out inside the building using the Zone Mortalis rules. You could do a similar thing with multiple levels, but then you get into engineering/weight challenges (I'm not saying you shouldn't do it, mind you, but such an endeavor isn't for the faint of heart or inexperienced). Â As far as external aesthetics go, I recommend referring to pictures of gothic cathedrals. You can also find many pictures of modern (and historical) churches on the Internet, and many of those may provide some inspiration. Â Perhaps you ought to consider the back-story to your battlefield before you begin construction. Is there some history you want to create in order to better define the battlefield and the games you might play thereupon? You might look to the army (or armies) you play. For example, if you play the Adepta Sororitas you might make the building a small chapel in which they guard something (perhaps you play an order or detachment that is tasked with taking care of a relic or somesuch that is associated with the chapel). Or perhaps you play the Black Templars and want to make this an outlying building of a Chapter Keep upon one of the Black Templars' recruiting worlds. Something similar could be done with the Dark Angels and Crimson Fists (both of which also recruit from multiple worlds). Et cetera... Â And take all of the above and also consider the Chaos options, or a corrupted Imperial Church with the Word Bearers as the evil deed doers ... :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3194190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindhamster Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I'd suggest having the church take up 2x4 and have the 'entrance' to the church, that'd be pretty epic as you would get to build the big ostentatious entrance and whatnot Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3194253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtle Discord Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Not sure I could toss in anything more than what's been said. Chaos or Imperial, standing or destroyed, this is a great table idea. Go with either-which-one, and just run with it. I'm still trying to choose my first table, and this idea just got on the short list. :P Â Oh the pictures I get in my mind, too many to count, but thing comes to mind - scale. Will it only take part of the field so you can inside and outside fights? Will it just be one massive church that is about the size of a 4x6 table? Or maybe to make it really epic, make it only part of a church. Like one corner of a church complex on a hive world. Big enough to have at least 2 open sides for larger vehicles and armies to enter from. Massive Door and windows and/or blown out walls for access on the other table sides. Â Mmmm... good idea. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3194314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Volsung- Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Hmmm... Â I would recommend an Imperial Church without Chaos vandalism. Â Me personally, I get tired of seeing ruined urban terrains all the time. Â However, what you could do is build a normal church building, then jigsaw the entire set in several spots so that if you remove certain pieces, it can be made to look ruined or whole with some modularity. It's as easy as using a cutter and cutting the model with a jagged, stair-case pattern, and affixing some pins to make sure they can be made to remain flawless or ruined at your discretion. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3194336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennisBall Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Don't use Space Marines for statues, they're overdone, make any statues civilian like local lords, priests etc. You might be able to convert toys like StarWars action figures into large statues - use greenstuff to cover up the joins etc and to add 40k symbols. Smaller statues could come from any number of suitable games or toy lines. Have a look at actual cathedral layouts to see where things should go. Don't think you have to include the whole floor of the church, it could just be one part of a truly massive basilica. Broken pews in one part could be piled atop each other to make barricades, dead citizens could be included in the rubble. The remains of another building that crashed through the side of the church could provide extra levels to play on, or maybe the remains of a large vehicle that has been destroyed or an aircraft. Of course parts of the roof will likely be lying on the floor too - maybe the remains of a cracked open dome or similar. Â Remains of banners still hanging on the walls and others lying on the ground mixed in with the rubble. Maybe have a picture on the floor showing angels, the emperor or whatever. You could find a suitable image online, print it off then glue it onto your floor before adding any rubble, pews etc. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3194672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordo Machinum Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I love this idea. I may have to borrow it. Now I'd have something to do with my old D&D maps for the Temple of Elemental Evil. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3195159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilbram_Harker Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 The still standing Imperial church was my first idea, I really don't know how I should make the chaos church. I can't look at satanic churches in the real world because there's only one in America, and it's basically a house! I was going to use materials from Lowe's or Home Depot and was thinking of using ceramic tiles as the marble flooring. The tiles would be cut into 1inch squared tiles and placed on the wood. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3199185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilbram_Harker Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 The still standing Imperial church was my first idea, I really don't know how I should make the chaos church. I can't look at satanic churches in the real world because there's only one in America, and it's basically a house! I was going to use materials from Lowe's or Home Depot and was thinking of using ceramic tiles as the marble flooring. The tiles would be cut into 1inch squared tiles and placed on the wood. On top of all that, I wanted to make it a Space Marine Chapter Shrine so that I could put up statues of fallen heroes on their sarcophagi. The stands where the Chaplain preaches to his flock will be elevated by 2in. so that the terrain will be different once you pass all the pews. The pews will be in 2 rows of 42 pews with red rugs to separate them. there will be 3 sarcophagi on the stands and was planning to use some models as statues to show which hero is which. By the way, the pews will be an inch away from each other so models can pass through them. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3199208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I started on a fantasy church/cathedral years ago and never got anywhere near the scale or quality as this could be - I'd be very pleased to see any/all of the ideas listed here come to fruition! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3199211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilbram_Harker Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 I also wanted this to be my main selling point for my dotcom company once I save enough money. The materials I need are expensive and require a certain finese that I partially have. I also wanted to make the table legs more gothic as well. Any ideas? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/262226-a-new-kind-of-battlefield/#findComment-3200397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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