Battybattybats Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 I want 2 . Drooling over this release. Yes, thinking back to Necromunda i'm thinking 2-3 sets will be needed to really get the most out of the terrain for the game. And i'll try and get that eventually as i can afford it, hopefully the terrain separately won't be too pricey so i won't need to have multiples of scouts and orks lying around.. Luckily as an interim I have 2 sets of original Necromunda terrain and 1 set of the Outlanders expansion terrain from back in the day. Of course you need good ground-level terrain cover too. I have one set of promethium pipes and still have the old resin cityfight barricades. I'll likely grab a second promethium pipes set but i'll need to consider making some more mechanicus doodads and whatsits for smaller bits of ground cover. And there will be a need for narrative and thematic objective markers! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4687059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 Just some quick pics of the Onager's basing thus far.http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0011%204.jpgThe length of the legs suggested a short stride in general travel, and that those big flat sand/rubble shoes would twist on the ground, so i thought i'd best get some footprints down. This time instead of greenstuff i tried a patch of (old) astrogranite pushing a foot panel from my 2nd Onager in at the angle i thought it'd step forward at, then twisting to the angle it'd step off at.http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0006%204.jpgThe astrogranite was clingier than i'd hoped but it worked well enough.You'll also notice i tried to make the tomb relief look like it's painted but worn by the traffic of pilgrims feet by drybrushing the grey stone back over, it may work better with a shade of Agrax to add some dirt, which i'll do once the slate is basecoated grey.http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0004%205.jpghttp://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0005%205.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4695100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Footprints are a nice touch. I'd have thought they would lift up and down, but you're right about how that would twist the OTHER ones. I'm glad I follow your work. :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4697716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Excellent work on the Onager. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4697899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Wow there's a lot of plastic in this box, and the pieces are crisp and lovely (a lot of mold lines on the spider-skull but no mold-slips so just gentle scraping, but wow, the spider-skull has some interior detailing as part of the mechanism is visible from one side!).As you can see i was too excited to take the pic till after i'd already started removing some parts from the sprues, but as usual i'll take my time with mold-release and painting and assembly, especially as some pieces need painting while/before assembly to look their best. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4706156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Boy Oh Boy can't wait fpr mine . How are you going to paint it up as Rusty or clean? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4706193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Oh, i should mention, a lot of little patches of pale dusty powdery stuff on the sprues which brushes off easily and i take to be mold-release.I'm going dirty, where most of my stuff has nuln oil on the metal and druchii violet on the red this and my promethium pipes are getting Agrax Earthshade for that grimier older less maintained metal look and browned red instead of purpled shadow. I may add some rust here and there, maybe. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4706195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Cool !! . I will be going for the Hive Detroit look (run down) . Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4706202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Excellent. I look forward to seeing yours when it's done deathspectersgt7!I'll be focusing on a Skitarii team followed by a xenos one or two i shan't discuss here, but the models that come in the box are tempting me. It's often good to have several factions for skirmish games as it means a force friends can learn to play with after all. I have the scouts from Lost Patrol who will be eventually painted up as Blood Angels but i'm wondering what chapter i might do the scouts that come with the set as, more Blood Angels or something more unusual like Relictors, Exorcists, Iron Champions etc or, ignoring that they weren't on Armageddon, Steel Confessors or Scythes of the Emperor.They'll be far down the priority list though. For now it's terrain, decals on a Vanguard unit and the Onager and far too many other projects. (i was even daydreaming last night of building a lifesize Servo-Skull) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4706208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Do Iron Champions !!!! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4706217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 They are very tempting. But then i just subscribed to the partwork novel thing and it comes with Warriors of Ultramar which i've read before many years ago but didn't own, and that could maybe push me to go with Mortifactors. I don't know much about the Iron Champions other than the scheme, but it does look good, i'll have to do some research. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4706226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Sure, sure, Shadow War is cool and all but... You mentioned something about a life-sized servo skull, eh? Can you make it burn your machine-grease incense and while you're at it, and maybe build a Raspberry Pi into it and make one of the cords terminate in a hidden HDMI so you can hook it up to a TV and broadcast secret messages? I think you have a new mission, buddy. :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4708146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 Oh Jeff if i didn't have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome i'd take that challenge up immediately!Hmm... an ultrasonic oil scent diffuser would be more material-friendly than burning incense.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4708675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I'm not gonna lie, I kind of want to do it. I have a Raspberry Pi and no idea what to do with it. And yeah, a diffuser would work nicely for this. Haha! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4708845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted April 12, 2017 Author Share Posted April 12, 2017 Jeff if you like the idea run with it! I can likely use your work as a tutorial! I've already seen on youtube someone put a webcam in a servo-skull which i thought was a fantastic idea.There's a cheap plastic skull i've seen a few times sold online as a cheap art-supply that looks like it might be good, though i don't know what the plastic is like. As for the diffuser some are advertised as oil diffusers but only really work with water so keep an eye out for that issue.Now (for the second time as it just got wiped by a crash just as i was reaching for the 'post' button) onto my image update.First up, The Onager's base is now painted.http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0001_10.jpghttp://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0003_4.jpghttp://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0005_9.jpghttp://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0006_7.jpghttp://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0009_3.jpgNext up as a test-scheme for all the pipe-based terrain i did a bit of Promethium Pipe.http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0014_4.jpghttp://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0013_9.jpgI had written at length about the Vanguard Miniatures venusian transport ships before the crash wiped the post, sigh. But in short they are both great but the liquid tanker is better as the other doesn't have much of a hole for the peg and can't be drilled into much. You get 3 to a set so i have 3 tankers and 6 of the other. Also you get to see some of my nearly-done Mechanicus ships.http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0016_6.jpghttp://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0019_7.jpghttp://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0020_5.jpgNow onto Armageddon Shadow War terrain. I'm trying to sort them into useful sub-assemblies i can glue and then clip into a variety of layouts. Please do let me know what you think of these, as it'd be good to have feedback before i glue any platforms etc. All have yet to have the side cover bits added.http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0026_3.jpgJust one ladder makes these so-so in stability but when clipped to things it seems good.http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0028_3.jpghttp://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0033_1.jpgI think 1 to 2 more layers like this each layer rotated so the platforms spiral about might make for some nice height and complex terrain.http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0034_1.jpgHere's the silo with dome and a walkway.http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0036_1.jpghttp://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0041.jpgI'm thinking of putting the spider-skull hanging from this platform.http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0040.jpgFinally the platform with a walkway and some sort of big gizmo.http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0043.jpghttp://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF0045_1.jpgSo what do people think of those sub-assemblies? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4709443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 It's hard to say much about the sub-assemblies on the terrain because I don't have them and can't really say if those will limit them or not. I trust your judgment on these because you're details-oriented enough that you won't glue something together in a way that really limits your options. I do think so far they seem to be independently stable, so once connected they should be even more sturdy and that will help a LOT for actual gameplay. There was a lot of other good stuff in this post as well. That Onager base looks great and I still really, really like your wear and tear. Some of the most realistic I've ever seen on any model. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4709801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Excellent work. The Onager's weathering effects are most impressive. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4709829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Truckin Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 So what do people think of those sub-assemblies? I wasn't lucky enough to get one of the boxsets so I can't speak from personal experience. This blog might give you a few ideas for sub assemblies https://alwaysboardneverboring.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/shadow-war-armageddon-scoping-out.html Looking forward to seeing the results! :tu: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4710070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malika666 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Can't wait to see you paint up those Vanguard ships! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4710906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 It's hard to say much about the sub-assemblies on the terrain because I don't have them and can't really say if those will limit them or not. I trust your judgment on these because you're details-oriented enough that you won't glue something together in a way that really limits your options. I do think so far they seem to be independently stable, so once connected they should be even more sturdy and that will help a LOT for actual gameplay. There was a lot of other good stuff in this post as well. That Onager base looks great and I still really, really like your wear and tear. Some of the most realistic I've ever seen on any model. Wow Jeff, thanks for the massive compliment! As for the terrain, any gluing does limit options a lot, it's just a matter of which to try and focus on keeping. After playing a game today i'm definite i'll need more terrain. I'll want some to get a little another level up for certain and more to spread over the table. Going a 2nd level up will require some gluing for sure, lest a small bump topple the 2nd level disastrously. Excellent work. The Onager's weathering effects are most impressive. Thanks Bjorn :) So what do people think of those sub-assemblies? I wasn't lucky enough to get one of the boxsets so I can't speak from personal experience. This blog might give you a few ideas for sub assemblies https://alwaysboardneverboring.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/shadow-war-armageddon-scoping-out.html Looking forward to seeing the results! Thanks, nice article! Much appreciated Can't wait to see you paint up those Vanguard ships! They are really quite lovely. I hope perhaps small escort ships in that style might come out from them one day. As they'd suit a Mechanicus fleet much better than imperial and marine escorts do. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4711392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 I don't recall you using magnets at all, but this seems like perhaps one of their best uses yet. I think some clever magnet placement could vastly increase the stability and modularity. You'd have to think very carefully about placement and polarization, or use 'neutral' steel bits like washers, nails or nuts, but I think a set of snap-together terrain would be fantastic. Good to know that the terrain in the box is maybe not enough, though. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4711414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malika666 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 They are really quite lovely. I hope perhaps small escort ships in that style might come out from them one day. As they'd suit a Mechanicus fleet much better than imperial and marine escorts do. Kinda depends on how the sales of these ships will go. I do know that Ben (the sculptor) started working on a cruiser to match the escorts. Which reminds me, I think that if you'd cut up the prows of those transports and add them to the escorts I've posted you'd have some nifty Mechanicus ships. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4711452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 I've decided that not only will I make dedicated kill team models but that to represent some of the targeting upgrades they can take I'll use servo skulls. And that i could do with more anyway. So I ordered 9 more servo skulls of varying design... and one of the lifesize plastic skulls to evaluate possibilities. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4711767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I'll count this as a small victory for now, which paves the way for a much larger victory in the future. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4711874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 Well Jeff you might like this...http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/WP_20170420_003.jpgIt's a decent enough seeming plastic, it doesn't dent at the push of a finger, so i think it's a good prospect. The lower jaw is held on by two small screws so will be easily removed. Size is a bit small but i think it'll work.http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/WP_20170420_004.jpgNow i have to sort out what to put inside it to make it do what. Which is tricky as i've not soldered a thing in 25 years and certainly aren't caught up with what's possible nor what's needed for that. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293094-knights-of-house-cydonia-taghmata-omnissiah-and-skitarii/page/18/#findComment-4715029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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