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[Fajita Fan]

The beast bases aren’t that big IIRC but rules for a demon prince or that Minotaur boss would be doable. I just think it would be fun to theme it with tiny bloodthirsters :D There’s those new demons for the new AoS skirmish thingy too.

[General Zodd]

TIAT, I finished basing my Titan sub-assemblies for my TotH pledge!

 

 

I also received my recent purchase of AT scenery from a chap on eBay.

 

[Fajita Fan]

I like the little bastion.

[Guest]

 

OK this happened :)

[Mandragola]

Nice. I think those three guns and one of each warlord kit is a great way to get set up for almost all the weapon options you’ll need.

 

TIAT I grabbed a bit of time this morning and splatted retributor armour on some stuff. I do the edging first before filling in the panels, so this stage is relatively quick. Various guns for Mortis and Astorum have had this step done now.

[Guest]

Nice. I think those three guns and one of each warlord kit is a great way to get set up for almost all the weapon options you’ll need.

 

I just need the Mega Bolters and Las Blasters and I will have all options.

[malika666]

I've been working on some bird like heads which might be suitable for Knights... Can someone provide the (more or less) exact dimensions of the different Knight models' heads?

Edited January 26, 2020 by malika666

[Fajita Fan]

Dude I’m sorry, I forgot to measure before leaving for work. I’ll check tonight when I get home.

[Fajita Fan]

For the Cerastus I'm getting 7mm from chin to top of the head, 4mm wide, and about 8mm from nose to the back cables that stick out.  For the Questoris I'm also getting 7mm from chin to the top, 6mm wide, and 6mm from nose to the back.  They sit very differently in the neck join, the Questoris actually glues in from the top of the head and not the back.  I never understood why either, that's very different. 

[malika666]

Thanks! That's very helpful. Do you also have the dimensions for the Acastus?

[Mendi Warrior]

For the Acastus, width is 11mm, height is 6mm and depth is also 6mm but the head is embedded and comes with part of the front armor, then slightly masked by the ventral armor. Taking that into account, the head, the visible part without armour, is about 5mm (width) by 4mm (height). I advise having a close look at the sprue and 360° view on GW's website.

[Noserenda]

As im basically losign my hobby space for a month dogsitting (Which will otherwise be fun!) i realised i had some objectives to build for our little campaign weekend mid February. And so a small network of planetary defence silos were built, which will definitely not fall into enemy hands and make everyone not in a titan regret their choice of planet. :D 

Very quick an dirty, but i think situated amongst the defence networks from my siegemasters of baran army they should look good enough!
 

[Fajita Fan]

Cool! It's fun repurposing bits as AT terrain.

[Fajita Fan]

So these are hot off the printer, B&C exclusives from Faijta Workshop.  
 

I bought a few clipboards to be easy terrain bases and found these little 6”x9” ones at Walmart. I wanted a little walled garden or mansion that will soon be smashed amidst an engine war so I laid it out. 
 

I printed a pair of 25mm tall lion statues in this marble filament and designed a few fountains to hit with one layer of contrast paint and gloss varnish to looks wet. The new fountain I did has a simple statue of a woman in a robe, I really like it. 
 

 

Then I laid out the base of a 1x3 building that will grow in height with a little spire or two. I need to print a wall too, I’m not sure if I can squeeze in a second row to make it 2x3 but we’ll see. 
 

 

A couple of trees?

 

 

 

Edited January 30, 2020 by Fajita Fan

[Mendi Warrior]

Cool elements, I love the lions in particular.

I would suggest elevating the building on a platform with stairs (plasticard textured with squares is perfect for that).

Trees, definitely!

[Fajita Fan]

Cool elements, I love the lions in particular.

I would suggest elevating the building on a platform with stairs (plasticard textured with squares is perfect for that).

Trees, definitely!

Heck yeah, I was going to ask how high you make stairs.  I have plenty of corkboard to lay out as a base for the building, lions, and stairs down the middle.  

[Mendi Warrior]

How high depends on what you want to achieve. Do you want a true stand-alone building or one that can be combined with others (side-by-side but giving the impression of a single building I mean)?

I tend to factor into the equation the exact height of the basing material I put under the building (e.g. 5mm thick foamboard would lead to 5mm in height) and, if relevant, the height of the adjacent civitas imperialis components or alternative components I use (e.g. if using the tallest civitas components - 43mm - for the corners of the building and the medium one for the door - 30mm - I go for stairs' height of 13mm).

Always best to dry-fit and fine-tune.

 

One little note: when combining the low and medium height walls you must ensure there is a 1mm space between them otherwise you end up with a combined height of 42mm and can't easily combine with the tall height wall of 43mm.

A little trick is to build the building upside down, starting with the roof, then you can easily align the roof edges

[Guest]

Got my next 3 Knights prepared.. I have been really enjoying painting House Terryn.

[Fajita Fan]

One little note: when combining the low and medium height walls you must ensure there is a 1mm space between them otherwise you end up with a combined height of 42mm and can't easily combine with the tall height wall of 43mm.

A little trick is to build the building upside down, starting with the roof, then you can easily align the roof edges

I didn’t know this, I only dry fit some pieces planning a cathedral.

[Fajita Fan]

Painted a couple of 3D printed chemical tanks, they look good enough.

[Kenzaburo]

TiAT I primed and basecoated my first warhound titan. I used some Leachbelcher spray over a black basecoat - it was the first time I used the spray. Now here's the thing: Is it normal that what I got was a slightly reddish tinged metal look? Like it's slightly coppery? I was under the impression that leadbelcher was akin to the old boltgun metal, so a darker silvery-metallic colour? 

[Fajita Fan]

It should be really dark, not reddish.

[Mendi Warrior]

One little note: when combining the low and medium height walls you must ensure there is a 1mm space between them otherwise you end up with a combined height of 42mm and can't easily combine with the tall height wall of 43mm.

A little trick is to build the building upside down, starting with the roof, then you can easily align the roof edges

I didn’t know this, I only dry fit some pieces planning a cathedral.

I took a pic showing the little difference

[Fajita Fan]

That seems a really odd design decision, I wonder why.

[Mendi Warrior]

I think they just overlooked it, and didn't thought about combining different height panels on the same level.

Easiest way is to use a 1mm thick plasticard bit to ensure there is a little gap, or to first align the roof. I found it during my first assembly as the roof was not going into the slit as it as supposed to.