MaliGn's Underhive Adventure - she's so hot, she's on fire

[Brother Nathan]

Have to say some great ideas and inspirational stuff here! used to love necromundia and am glad its picked up. as i havent really touched the hobby in 10 years(recently decided to finish off my old iron warriors force)

how well does it play, if you played the previous editions does it compare well?(cause i still have the old rule book and loved it as a game system)

used to have a delaque gang but im looking at my pile of chaos cultists and stuff and would likely just convert a bunch for use. now  stongly considering making some blocks into insustrial terrain and such for my photo area...

[MaliGn]

Have to say some great ideas and inspirational stuff here! used to love necromundia and am glad its picked up. as i havent really touched the hobby in 10 years(recently decided to finish off my old iron warriors force)

how well does it play, if you played the previous editions does it compare well?(cause i still have the old rule book and loved it as a game system)

used to have a delaque gang but im looking at my pile of chaos cultists and stuff and would likely just convert a bunch for use. now stongly considering making some blocks into insustrial terrain and such for my photo area...

I've only actually played one game of the new Necromunda to be fair, there was an intro game that you play in the lid of the box that I did with my other half a while ago, never done more though.

[MaliGn]

So I've been doing some more necro terrain, there's a bunch that I will go back and upload later but here is my current WIP. It's some kind of chain drive engine arrangement, I plan to have it as a semi-modular entity that can be connected to other things as required. 

 That should give you an idea where it's going!

[Dr_Ruminahui]

That's really cool!

[WAR]

oh man that is awesome

 

[MaliGn]

On 6/29/2022 at 12:21 AM, Dr_Ruminahui said:

That's really cool!

 

On 6/29/2022 at 4:50 PM, war009 said:

oh man that is awesome

 

 

Thanks chaps, I've done a little bit more on it while hiding from the heat of the day.

 

 

Let me know what you think, nothing is fixed yet all still at test fitting stage. I need to work out how to do the walkway around to the front at the top and I'm trying to work out texturing the base., Although I am tempted to just buy some floor tiles and mount it on one of those instead.

[Naryn]

Looks great! Love the scale of this project.

[sockwithaticket]

That's fantastic.

[MaliGn]

Bit more progress today, construction is fully rest fitted just a few finishing details to add, possibly cables and pipes and so on. 

 

Pretty happy with where it's going, pretty close to what I had in mind when I started.

 

 

[MaliGn]

Started to get some paint down on the drive tower.

 

Working on it in sub-assemblies for now as some elements will be obscured and I want to get at least a rust base layer down before I fill in the details. 

[MaliGn]

It grows! Lots more basecoats of lovely rust down. Need to start thinking about some of the detailing.

 

 

[MaliGn]

Today's work was getting some colour onto the base of the tower, gently leaning into old school Necromunda vibes with a pale blue. It will need dirtying up with washes and so on but I like where it's going.

 

I also converted an Escher Little Sister from a Sister Repentia that I picked up from Imperium magazine, just an arm and head swap and a bit of shaving of details to make it work I've got a couple of ideas for when it comes to painting her up. I like the idea of the Little Sisters being a bit plainer than the full Gang Sisters.

 

[Majkhel]

It's becoming a truly awesome piece of terrain
The scale almost reflects the maps from the PC game
Keep going!

Edited July 25, 2022 by Majkhel

[MaliGn]

8 hours ago, Majkhel said:

It's becoming a truly awesome piece of terrain
The scale almost reflects the maps from the PC game
Keep going!

Thanks, I recently started playing that on XBox and it is staggering in scale, some of the cinematics are stunning!

 

Made some progress on the drive tower

I then decided to test fit it with the chain just to check everything out.

 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Its looking great - the pale walls are a good match for the much brighter and warmer rust on the flat surfaces.  I also like that the rust is heavier on the bottom plateform than the top, and that you've made some patches brighter than others - its easy to make it too uniform.

That said, you'll need to rust up your chain - it currently looks like they've put a brand new part on centuries old machinery.

[MaliGn]

On 8/4/2022 at 1:36 AM, Dr_Ruminahui said:

Its looking great - the pale walls are a good match for the much brighter and warmer rust on the flat surfaces.  I also like that the rust is heavier on the bottom plateform than the top, and that you've made some patches brighter than others - its easy to make it too uniform.

That said, you'll need to rust up your chain - it currently looks like they've put a brand new part on centuries old machinery.

Cheers! Painting the chain will deffo happen, currently running some tests on paint adhesion. In the meantime I have actually made a bit of progress with paint.

 

Lots of details on the newer terrain kits, trying to get the balance right between picking out enough to be interesting without being too time consuming. 

 

 

[MaliGn]

Figured it was time for a test-fit photo again, I've applied some splashes of colour to create interest while trying to avoid driving myself insane with details. 

 

I think my next step is gluing the whole lot together before final details and weathering.

 

 

[MaliGn]

I pretty much finished it, photos could be better but given the light available, they'll do for tonight. 

 

There's a few little bits to do with graffiti and stuff but that can wait.

 

 

 

I will probably look to paint/finished some gangers next.

[Zebulon]

Ah, wow that looks amazing!

 

can you make me one now?! 

[Majkhel]

Great piece! You should be proud

[MaliGn]

Thanks folks, it was a fun project, but now I'm going back to painting gangers for a bit!

 

Got into a bit of a groove with this half finished one last night and got her 95% done.

 

 

just need to finish off some tattoos and then stick her on her base.

[MaliGn]

Well, I finished up the latest Gang sister.

 

here's a side by side with the classic model she was built to recreate with full glory of teenage paintjob!

[MaliGn]

In an effort to keep the paint flowing I returned to an old WIP and started adding colour to the blue areas.

 

I'm not happy with her top yet, I want to aim for a shiny NMM blue. Need to hit it up with some glazes and stuff to bring the colours together and get the blends better.

 

 

Need to do a bit more with her hair, shoulder pad and pistol as well as finishing the face and adding Tatts.

 

 

Loads to to do!

[MaliGn]

Here she is, the latest member of the Underhiv Harridans, nearly two years in the making, Sweet "Samurai" Lucy!

 

 

I'm generally pretty pleased with how she turned out, I tried a few new things some with better success than others. I think the patent leather boots worked quite well, but perhaps the attempt at sheer-effect tights and NMM blue were a bit less successful. Either way she's as finished as she's going to get.

[Pearson73]

Top notch, great highlighting on the blue, it's really electric!