Violent Gods: 3rd return to the hobby's the charm? (Updated 07/29/2025)

[Brother Christopher]

Yeah, that's definitely cool. I mean, the structure has already been 'good enough' without the fine details but you're taking it to another level. For whatever reason, I really like the use of real nuts - they work very well with the valves in this scale. 

[Pearson73]

Looks cracking!

[bloodhound23]

 

I'll probably do some more today, but if I don't, here's an update:

 

Using my modular banding system (novice Engineseer here) I blocked in and notched off this little wall for some electronics.

 

This little paper clip and hole punch railing thing will be a mount for the data slate from the Ironstrider kit, and to its right and up a bit I'll mount the vox attachment from the Skitarii box to look like a electrical panel. The rest of a paperclip will provide some conduit and will curve back down into the bottom of the floating cardstock wall, and I'll use some guitar string or something to connect from the back of the dataslate over to the side of the vox bit (as electrical box). Hopefully that will all make sense if I post an update later .

 

Thanks everyone for looking and providing comments. Unless I want to commit to some railings (which could be removeable and done later), this should be it for the building phase on this one. I ended up having way too much fun doing fiddly stuff with these fine details and trying to come up with ways to get the GW bits to fit in naturally.

 

I think we might even have good enough weather for me to use some spray cans this weekend thanks to a cold snap. Fingers crossed

Edited August 1 by bloodhound23

[Firedrake Cordova]

Looks good.  Is there a reason why the top corners of the door are chamfered but not the bottom ones?

 

On the subject of railings ... I'm pretty sure the Imperium's attitude to health & safety is that if you fall, your faith in the Emperor wasn't strong enough  

[bloodhound23]

2 hours ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

Looks good.  Is there a reason why the top corners of the door are chamfered but not the bottom ones?

 

On the subject of railings ... I'm pretty sure the Imperium's attitude to health & safety is that if you fall, your faith in the Emperor wasn't strong enough  

Yeah- I’m covering up a join. I think once there’s more stuff on there it will look more intentional.

[bloodhound23]

Been working on this thing for so long I forgot that I don't have nearly enough human-sized infantry to actually give it much of a context.

 

It's almost done, I just needed a break while I wait for fall. Many of you have probably also been dealing with the heat/humidity as well, and you have my deepest sympathies .

 

Anyway- this, the Skitarii, and the water rationing station are all part of a big project I've been brainstorming (and you can see link in my bio) for a techno-feudal frontier world out in Segmentum Pacificus called Dalarna. Rediscovered during the Macharian Crusade with a roughly-feudal level of development, it features warring city-states and, of course, some precious mineral that has made it a target for the Ad Mech's mining interests. A few centuries later, enough time has passed that we have a melting pot of whatever kind of fun anachronisms I want to put in there. 

 

Here's a spotter in one of the Dalarnan Husgard regiments, pledged to one (TBD) of the noble houses who rule the constantly vying regional dukedoms ruled by the various city-states. There are a few versions of Freeguild/Guard kitbashes going around the web, but this one was largely inspired by a model built by @the_technoarchaeologist on IG. 

 

I really need to decide on factions/paint schemes for them and the Skitarii before I go to prime them, likely in October. Taking suggestions, as always. All of the ideas everyone has offered has been great inspiration for me to keep moving, so much appreciated. 

 

Since there will canonically be more than a few city-states, I can be pretty loose and have a few different schemes and just pick one for this particular squad. I am trying to avoid red/black since we'll have some Mechanicus and Imperial Agents involved and I'll need some variety. 

 

 

Grenade/pouch is from Solar Auxilia kit.

 

 

Edited Friday at 02:58 PM by bloodhound23

[bloodhound23]

Finally, the "Water Meter"!

 

Ironstrider dataslate, Skitarii vox backpack, garden wire, copper and steel wire from an old Apple charging cable, chipboard using a hole punch, strategically cut paperclip curves. 

 

Think this project is done except for sealing and spraying, which I'll do in the fall since it keeps raining/steaming around here. 

 

Edited 17 hours ago by bloodhound23

[Brother Anderson]

Love the terrain and the AoS conversion, inspiring stuff!

 

Your terrain project is especially cracking, I love the creativity behind building terrain from scratch.