Violent Gods: 3rd return to the hobby's the charm? (Updated 06/13/2025)

[bloodhound23]

Had to make another platform to account for movement values, or so I'm learning.

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

I'm really enjoying the old-school terrain-building ... really takes me back to the 1990s  

[space wolf]

This is GREAT! Love the detail youre putting into each piece.

Edited June 30 by space wolf

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Here's the picture of the gum ball machine water tank I was referring you too - I do think you did a better job of it, though, and yours is a lot sturdier as well.

[bloodhound23]

Getting close! Need to trim the base, add hex nuts/Necromunda valves to the bottom pipes as well, and add the ladders back. Will probably prime and paint in a number of sub assemblies. 
 

But this is close to the final mockup!

[Brother Christopher]

Still looking good! Keep up the great work. I can't wait to see how this turns out; I think it'll be indistinguishable from plastic. 

 

I also think that painting this in sub assemblies is the way to; it should allow you to reach sections of the model that might be difficult to reach otherwise and get things done properly. Do you intend to make it modular, e.g., for the purpose of transporting the piece of terrain?

 

Also, do you perhaps plan to add some sand to the base? If you'd like to go for a weathered, gritty look, you might consider adding super-fine sand on the cisterns/silos and paint it over to get a texture of peeling paint.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Given its industrial terrain, I would keep the base largely metallic or artificial in colour (so, not brown, tan or flocked), with only (at most) little piles of sand/flock, as I feel that better fits the feel of the terrain piece as a whole.

 

I appologize if you've already stated such, but what are the colourful plastic pipes from?

Edited July 9 by Dr_Ruminahui

[Brother Christopher]

1 hour ago, Dr_Ruminahui said:

I would keep the base largely metallic or artificial in colour (so, not brown, tan or flocked), with only (at most) little piles of sand/flock, as I feel that better fits the feel of the terrain piece as a whole.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking of but failed to convey. Given how cool the base is (I like grates!), it would be a waste to cover significant bits of it with sand/dirt. However, some small piles/patches could work.

[bloodhound23]

Great suggestions! 

After I seal it with Modpodge/black paint I will probably add some Typhus Corrosion near where the pipes meet the grating, maybe some baking soda/glue as well. I do want it to be a desert object, so maybe some powders at the very end. I don’t think regular or even fine sand will be the right scale, so I’m hesitant to risk it. But it does need to look used, so corrosion plus powders is 90% of what I think will help that effect.

 

Since it a water station, I might add sand if it feels barren but focus it toward the outer edges as it if has been blown in but most of hit gets washed away periodically.

Edited July 10 by bloodhound23

[Firedrake Cordova]

Honestly, having something around the edge of the base so it blends in with whatever your table is, is a very good idea.  

 

19 hours ago, bloodhound23 said:

I don’t think regular or even fine sand will be the right scale

What about weathering pigments, in the right colour?

[bloodhound23]

14 hours ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

Honestly, having something around the edge of the base so it blends in with whatever your table is, is a very good idea.  

 

What about weathering pigments, in the right colour?

Ack- I said "powders" but was thinking "pigments".

 

Does anyone even call them that?

 

Yep, I'm thinking rust brown/orange pigment powders in addition to some fine grit textured something toward the edges. Might spot it towards the middle. I do want it to feel like a functional and in-use drainage system, even if it's set in a some sort of desert landscape. Maybe just avoiding the very middle and gradually building up the texture/pigment towards the edge is the right move.

[bloodhound23]

Final mockup basically, with the last bits I need to add in the second photo.

 

I'm looking for a bit of help here actually. cranks will be facing inward from the bottom two pipes, and the little IH guages will be to the right of the cranks on the upper pipes connecting the two tanks. But I'm not sure where to put the dataslate, and I'd like to connect it to the gauges, which I would want to do using maybe two sizes of some guitar wire that attaches to (and hangs from) the upper pipes. But then I'd need to get some wiring from the top of the lower can down to wherever I put the dataslate.

 

If I put it on the lower semicircle platform, I'm trying to avoid having the wires go across the tiny little walkways on top of the near half of the cans.

 

Anyway, I'm open to any ideas. 

 

Other than that, I just need to finish Modpodging everything and do the final gluing. I'm not sure I can do any priming until September here likely, as the humidity is too high during the summer even if the temperatures get cold enough to do some spraying.

 

Thanks all for looking.

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

Part of me wants to say wherever the greatest chance of falling is, if it's Necromunda terrain  

 

I think if it were me, I'd put it on the semi-circular platform, and not bother with any wiring to connect it (I'm guessing they have Bluetooth in the 41st Millennium).

[Dr_Ruminahui]

I'm pro-wires/cables, but I don't think they need to connect with the gauges, but merely with the machinery in general.  Maybe stick a small box on the side of one of the tanks, where ever works best for you, and connect the wires to that.  And definitely the most cinematic place to put the dataslate is on the top platform.  Maybe give it a bit of railing and attach it to that, or to a bit of I-beam plasticard?

Edited Wednesday at 09:07 PM by Dr_Ruminahui

[bloodhound23]

 

Here's some detail on the top- drywall tape and a semicircle of cereal box, plus the new gauges.

 

I'm leaning towards leaving them unconnected, or maybe wires into a box or directly down into that floor plate/adapter.

 

I'm also considering making a little panel and putting the dataslate on the lower platform, and I might put a cardstock plate and some electronic greebles over that big "AHH" text on the sparkling water can, so it can also cover up the gap where the platform attaches the banding system. It kinda looks like its sagging, only because I should have glued everything at once, instead of attaching that horizontal rounded strip to the platform at the wrong angle (!!) and then gluing the whole thing onto the vertical strips. Lessons learned, and maybe this will work.

 

That way it really is a water rationing station, and to get necessary readings you'll need to go at least to the lower platform, and then to get individual pressure readings or turn off either tank, you'll need to climb up to the top. Either way, you gotta flirt with a bit of danger to do your job—as is to be expected in the far future.

 

The very top platform will have to justify itself using Rule of Cool, and I'm gonna leave it precariously unprotected so models could have better line of sight and can rotate freely. Although I do agree, @Dr_Ruminahui, that that would be the most cinematic location for it.

 

EDIT: I do have a bit that I could put on the top platform and have it be high ground for some vox-comm system. I'll think it over. I'm worried about having small fiddly bits out on the edge since I will probably glue everything down after I'm done painting it in sections.

Edited Friday at 08:34 PM by bloodhound23

[Pearson73]

Great work on the terrain, it's going to look smashing painted up, and I think all those details will stop it from being recognisable as just some cans and card.

 

The rest of the Skitarii came out well too, can we get a squad shot?

[Firedrake Cordova]

Looks good to me - the extra details help hide the core materials well.  

 

I think I'd just run the cables/pipes into the floor - it's enough detail to be believable, without it having to actually work (mentally, the wires could be routed under the floor, etc).

[bloodhound23]

 

Here's a mockup of both sides, @Firedrake Cordova. Just garden wire, stripped and then 2mm bits of tubing on either side, top cut at an angle to meet the hex nut.

 

I'm feeling left side, although I didn't exactly place it the best for the mockup for having it on the right.

 

What do we think? Right or left?

[Firedrake Cordova]

I know this wasn't one of the options given, but ... centre..?

[bloodhound23]

7 minutes ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

I know this wasn't one of the options given, but ... centre..?

 

Having it meet the bottom *without* cutting a double 45 degree cutaway (which sounds like a special kind of torture at this scale) sounds like it would stress me out, but I'm gonna see if I can try it real quick.

 

EDIT: It's a hexagon, so double 30 degree cuts. Even better!

Edited 19 hours ago by bloodhound23

[Firedrake Cordova]

I suppose the other option is to cut it straight, and then use green stuff to make the join/cover the gap?

[bloodhound23]

7 minutes ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

I suppose the other option is to cut it straight, and then use green stuff to make the join/cover the gap?

Sounds much easier actually! Still debating where to put it. On Reddit someone suggested if it’s a pressure control valve/gauge it would need a second pipe anyway. That’s its it’s a pressure gauge for the big tank. If if it’s intended to be a gauge for the pipe, I could say the single cable is actually conduit, and not piping. 
 

So now there’s that, too (lol)

[Firedrake Cordova]

I suppose if you "need" two pipes, you can simply have one on each side?  Alternatively, what you're seeing is an armoured/protective sleeve, and there's 2 pipes within it