Chaos Aegis Defense Line

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**NealRC**

Hi all

I finished an aegis defense line for my Nurgle army this weekend.

It is made from layers of laser-cut cardboard that has had some small nurgly embellishments added.

I started with this kit and then added some 100s&1000s and some rivets.

The rivets were shaved from styrene rod.

For painting, I followed this excellent guide for rust from DavidLoweDesign I found on youtube.

**Edit**: I put more pictures up on my blog here: http://nothingunpainted.blogspot.com/2012/11/chaos-barricade-set-complete.html

Kind regards
Neal

**koridon**

I like them

**Legion of Flame**

That is disgusting. I want to vomit at this disease ridden cr*p in front of me.

You have captured the essence of nurgle. Good job.

**Snrub**

Thats excellent looking. I was expecting a chaosified version of the standard ADL but this is much better. Well done.

**DijnsK**

well its seems to work as a model and the paintjob is pretty convincing... i like how there is a nurgle affiliated model with no eyes in there for once

**hdbbstephen**

These are excellent, well done!

**UnCool Villain**

Very nice. You pulled off a really nice decayed look.

**Sir Calvin**

Nice and rusty, maybe add some slime to the mix?

**Godeth**

Well themed. I like the rusty look.Good work.

**buckero0**

I love it. I was trying to think of an inexpensive way to do something similar. Are the pieces the same size as the GW aegis defense line?

If so, I could get one for my Necron force and Necronize it

**NealRC**

buckero0 wrote:
I love it. I was trying to think of an inexpensive way to do something similar. Are the pieces the same size as the GW aegis defense line?

If so, I could get one for my Necron force and Necronize it

Thanks for the kind words.

Firstly, it is exactly the same size and same number of pieces as the GW one.

Secondly, no need to customise it for your necrons.... not when there is this:

http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/cyborg-defense-line

or the slightly cheaper:

http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/fortification-cyborg-barricade-set

on offer

**Rotgut**

This is awesome!

**kingjayko**

looks awesome! really good job on this!

**RutgerMan**

The Necron stuff Ö MUST HAVE!!

**Loricatus Aurora**

Legion of Flame wrote:
That is disgusting. I want to vomit at this disease ridden cr*p in front of me.

You have captured the essence of nurgle. Good job.

Agree! Great job.

**d3m01iti0n**

Good stuff!

**L'Etat C'Est Moi**

So it says it is dense cardboard...how durable is that? Anything you can compare it to?

**YELLOWBLADES**

The washes and shading look great!

**Ratius**

Dam nice and the Necron one is excellent too.

**hdbbstephen**

buckero0 wrote:
I love it. I was trying to think of an inexpensive way to do something similar. Are the pieces the same size as the GW aegis defense line?

If so, I could get one for my Necron force and Necronize it

I made one from a Smuttynose beer 12-pack box for my IG. 90 minutes, looks good enough on the tabletop!

**oadie**

hdbbstephen wrote:
I made one from a Smuttynose beer 12-pack box for my IG. 90 minutes, looks good enough on the tabletop!

Was that an hour and a half of work or does Smuttynose do an extra strong IPA?

**Exalbaru**

those look amazing! great job!

**NealRC**

Hi all - thanks for the kind words...

L'Etat C'Est Moi wrote:
So it says it is dense cardboard...how durable is that? Anything you can compare it to?

Hi

This is not saying much but it is way stronger than finecast of similar size. The defense line is made from 3 layers of card. I also made some shipping containers that were 3 layers of card and did a strength test on them. bear in mind that the containers are a lot bigger and so have more flex per unit length.

I drop a drop of superglue onto the thin parts like the spikes on some of them and this soaks into the cards and gives them a feeling of plastic - so I would say they are strong enough.

Cheers
Neal

**Xyxel**

(I will use this old topic because of the name)
(btw I like te nurgle-rusty tase of your fortification NealRC)

Chaos Cultists Aegis Defence Line !

**Jimsolo**

Not a big 'pustule on metal' fan, but I'm seriously digging the rust effects. Great work!