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Ok, I figured I’d start a WIP on a pretty major project I have started for an up and coming fund raiser called ”Battle of the Shrine” which is a fund raiser put together by our local gaming store.
This year I offered to help build the center piece, a building which is called The Shrine of the Astartes at Mortran Prime. Read about it here http://battlefortheshrine.webs.com/thebattleofmortraniv.htm
The building is a little bit shrine, little bit local government and the central command hub for the mining on this planet, Mortran IV.
I got a ton of idea’s based on the Imperial Palace in the 5th addition rule book and additional pictures that can be found in the GW expansion book Apocalypse reload. GW also has an article in White Dwarf about building it though there (my opinion) is not a whole lot about the construction like GW put into the Wolves display (can’t find the link as I type this) also Great information in the modeling section on building cities of death and their construction with a lot of write up.
I’ve been “building” this in my head for a few months now while trying to finish my Templar army and gather building bits. I started actual construction about three weeks ago but it started slowly as life’s responsibilities took front stage. This past weekend I actually started a layout and this weekend I have made progress enough that I have a wall……
What I started out with is as follows:
1 piece of 2’ X 3’ 2” foam + additional scraps (so far not enough)
4 GW Imperial sector box sets (I wish I had two more)
2 Shrines of aquilla
1 Fortress of redemption box set (just in case)
1 Moonscape set
1 Urban barricade set
2 Honored Imperium sets
A sheet of paneling for under the foam.
1 Solar collector & battery charger ( solar powered LED’s baby….)
100 3MM LED’s, wire & resistors.
Misc walls and floor bits on Epay.
Tons of different Plastruct sheets + a couple Plastruct odds & end bags.
1 1” X 1” digital display screen (gonna love this when it’s done)
So…. With that said or typed…. The construction officially starts…. Yesterday 5/14/2011…. Actually I started Friday night…. But something about the day & date I didn’t like…. Go figure.

Subbed, i will be watching this with intrest

M11-14
Ok… I jumped a little…. I spent the better part of eight hours cutting sprues, separating wall bits into categories, taking over the top over the top of our washer and drier…. Setting up an old folding leg table mechanic thingy I had in the garage and running around “gathering” tools.
Also picked up a gallon of acrylic latex neutral base black.
Later that night, removed everything from the top of the washer and drier…. The Emperor herself had spoken.


Later that day….. Note to self:
Self…. Do not think you can speed up the gluing process by using super spray adhesive on the foam.
I don’t know what I was thinking…. Lack of coffee maybe? I mean I have PVA glue, tons of it !!!! why did my dumb ass use super spray adhesive….. chalk one up for me….

dude your geting me even more exited!

Magni's Fortress is a complete beast...
Hope to see more.

M11-14
This is a couple shots of the train I’m building… I am to get it to the “paintable” stage and it will be turned over the club for paint and final detail.
This is part of the fluff for our battle of the shrine.

M11-15
Stuff all over the place…..
Here is the “beginning” after looking at other pictures and realizing I had four imperial sector box sets this humble beginning was to small…. Back to the drawing board.
Please forgive my basement..... after all........... it's a basement.

SWEET!

M11-15 +1/2
The front steps.
The idea is this….. The whole layout will be placed in the center of the gaming table, troops, tanks whatever can all come up the steps to the front entrance to the building or the main courtyard (which is in the works).
Another set of steps just before you enter, maybe only one flight….. then the door(s).
Did I loose everyone yet?
One side of the building will be elevated, which will have a lower wall exposing the basement…. Opposite wall will be the one with most damage providing gamers a way to fight inside….



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Anyone have any extra shrine or aquila bits they don't want?

M11-15 +1/2 part II
A little better idea of the front of the building….. it’s more of a government building so I won’t be attempting the ornate front entrance like GW’s imperial palace… I will have only one spire too the left side because the trains will be running along the right.
I think the hardest part is keeping everything square & true....
Off to the hobby store to buy a mini square because I noticed one wall was off and it carries to each panel after....

Can I ask what you have used as the base for that locomotive?

I have had a similar idea and so far have only come up with cannibalising a O scale model.

It seems like a very cool idea mind
Can't wait to see more.

The train was picked up by our game store owner, not sure of what gauge and the train itself had seen better days… it was motor less & missing parts. This is only one of a few trains he intends on using for this event, my train I think is intended to be hauling tanks and supplies which the store owner is building all the Chimera’s and cars that this train will pull…. I forget the count but memory says he’s building like 6 tanks + so the whole thing is going to be huge.
The idea for the train is to just make it look like a refitted train for 40K….

It is an O scale model, though it might be closer to O-27 gauge. Either way, the difference between O and O-27 is mostly academic, so it doesn't really matter.

Also, glad to see that you finally did this Rhich, can't wait to see you progress on everything.

Well Sunday afternoon I stepped back and did some thinking…… And, came up with this.
This is the start of the “catacombs” underneath the building, adding another level to the building.
I hand laid each brick….. going to add some skulls to the second panel… just needs some skulls….

I found one stinkin skull in all my bits.....
Probably because I used eight of them on my dreads base.... I'll raid the bits box at the store tomorrow.

It's coming along great Rhich! I got to swing over to your place sometime and check it out in person.

Oooh looking good dude! i'll be watching this one closely!

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Nerdfest09

Cool! Nothing to add besides that really... Look forward to more.

Didn’t do much on Tuesday, Went to Home Depot for some supplies. Tuesday night had a three way battle at our gaming store and really wasn’t in the mood to model when I got home at 2AM.
Did find some Scibor inserts while we were battling it out and grab them to use, it’s going to help “mix it up” instead of having the same panels over and over again.
Although I’m not trying to copy GW’s Imperial Palace they did do some really cool things and I decided tonight to give one a try…. It wasn’t to bad to do so I’m going to use it, I have one more to build and two partially wrecked ones to finish…
Tomorrow I add the floor to the front and begin securing & detailing that area.

Oh....this looks like fun. I can't wait to see where this is gonna go.

Nice I'll be watching this very closely...very

Looking good! I am working on a city currently and have a huge capital building WIP. Yours looks EPIC! I am excited to see what you come up with next.

Keep up the great work,
Mike

Couldn’t sleep… ton’s of idea’s going through the “old noggin” so I started to work on tower….
Originally I wanted it angled like GW’s because it looks a lot less boxy and more ornate but GW’s also looks a lot like a church kind of building were as this is more a government building and we all know how square those guys are…. Can’t believe I used the word “square” to describe a person…. How sixties.
Anyway that’s how tall the tower should be and on top of that there will be a communications dish so it’s up there for sure…. With the front figured out I need to start running wires for the LED’s
Plus the edge of the foam is it.... I need to stay about that size without taking over a whole gaming table.... that's for the next building....

Thursday...

Made a little progress, not much… everything requires so much thought and then you get a good idea only to realize you don’t have what you need, need more… whatever the case.
Took a drive to Home Depot (25 minutes) and picked up some sheets of hard board 2’ X 4’ & a tub of joint compound. I want to get rid of the panel I started with because it’s just to flimsy.
Also while I was out I swung by a train/model/hobby shop and checked out what they had for project plastic IE Plastruct sheets and what not. I found some sheets that will make great roof sections and also stocked up on #17 X-acto blades, glue tips, ultra-fine turf for the moss that will be growing on some of the walls.
Well the new board is cut to size and because of some good “suggestions” from fellow Dakka posters I am going to be making four sections that will fit together to make one building or can played spread out. Mind you the front section is 30” X 24” so it’ pretty big. There will be two side sections and one middle which will also serve as the rear.
The tower has been change to an angle instead of flush which added roughly 6” to the total width.
The was decided by both my daughters who thought the building lacked “character” and was to “boxy” Now if they only offered to help me build this thing.
The first floor is the latest hurtle I am dealing with, the GW building’s floors appear pretty thick in the pictures I have so I bought an additional sheet of ¼” hard board with the idea of using a dremel with a small router bit and a guide and routering 1”X1” squares to make the tiles for this floor…. Layout alone took hours and I only got two rows done…. So depending on how easy and cheaply I can get GW movement trays this could go either way.
The foam is cut out for the front section where it will be opened up to the basement so I am starting on pillars for that area and also getting the front stairs situated.
I hope to have the first layer of basecoat on the front & some rubble starting.

Friday night.

Ground floor taking shape, started with a piece of hard board and used my dremel to router out 1” squares. With this in the final stages the basement and be detailed and front steps and terrain can be started to be finalized.

Looks amazing so far.

Looks pretty good. Can't wait to see it finished

I cant wait till its done.

very nice

Heya Rhich, ( Jim here )
It's looking pretty good so far. The tiles seem to have come out nicely.

I really like the little bit of brick work you've done so far. Are you planning to do more of this? I'm wondering if there is an efficient way to make lots of those little bricks. Don't know what they cost, but I could see that becoming pretty expensive.

Can't wait to see some more.