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I got the 2nd floor all built now It's not glued to the first yet. Haven't decided if I want to glue it down or keep them separate so it's easier to paint. Here's some pics







next I will be getting the rest of the side guns finished. Waiting for a few more bitz to arrive before I can finish the engine parts in the back. I also just ordered the hydra turret for the back. hopefully forge world won't be too slow

that looks awesome man. Sorry , But im too lazy too look back what is this made for model wise?

This is looking fantastic! Great Job, I can't wait to see more.

It's a giant imperial guard battle fortress, for apocalypse

Looks really good.

Looks great so far Necros! You ever buy the cake pillars? Or ditch the idea? And are you stopping at the second floor, adding towers on top? I'm excited for you lol on how this turns out! Keep inspiring us!

Wow, I wish they had decor like that on the houseboats I rent. Very nice, can't wait to see that thing painted.

wow nice

Leviathan For the Win!!! Good second floor.

its starting to look even sweeter now mate
keep up the good work.

How many floors will it go up to? 3? 4?

What's the plan for the turret?

This will be it for the main floors. Above this in the front I will have a command deck that will be a 2x2 wall section but I will probably cut that short so it doesn't just look like a big tower, then the turret on top of that. Then behind the command deck at the back i'll have a hydra turret. I had some ideas to use the new shadowsword kit to make the top turret but I think I'm going to just use a baneblade cannon.

I finished all of the side turrets now

The 3 middle turrets are Razorback guns, the other 4 are from predator sponsons just gluing the single weapon for each sponson together to make it look like 1 twinlinked gun, and added some plasticard and other bitz.



To add to the tank I used some plastic rod attached to an armor plate and a smaller rod under the gun so it makes a little socket that will allow it to spin around, but still keep it in place. I will probably stick some blue tac in the hole to keep it snug so they don't fall off when I play but that will be after I paint it.



Someone had asked for a pic with some figures for scale, so here ya go. I should be able to fit a 5 man command squad on that front porch



Now I want to start working on the next floor above. I used some blue tack to stick some spare wall pieces together. But I don't know if I like it. It just feels too tall. I want this part to be like a bridge/command deck, and a baneblade cannon on top of it. So, I think I may have to scratch build something to make it more tank-looking, maybe going up on an angle like a bunker. Then behind the top floor on the back will be the hydra turret

Yeah your right it looks way too tall...maybe cut it in half? or just cut off the area above the window? that the smaller section above the bigger open section...that should help, or nip a little off both ends

yeah I think I want it to be shaped like the housing on the shadowsword cannon. So I may just scratchbuild something like that, maybe about half the height of the regular wall panels, and the baneblade cannon attached to the front of that.

Or... go back to my other idea of the shadowsword cannon there, and I could use some plasticard to look like there's windows on that, or just view slits in it?

Wow. This is a real masterpiece Necros. I have seen some giant tank conversions, but this one takes the cake.

So...are there rules to fight on top of vehicles? Because I have a bunch of Kommandos who would love to exchange a few words with the HQ squad on the balcony

I was thinking about that. i though it would be cool if i could have men shooting out the windows and stuff but I think the best way would be to just have it count as open topped if someone is outside.

Haved you thought of a Apocalypse data sheet for it?

Maybe you could use the floor tiles to build up the base for the turret.

Wonderful stuff, but you already know that.

Great work. Kinda looks like Bourbon st.

not too sure what your doing with the 2nd floor yet, but you could run the 3rd down to the 2nd on a slope to add shape to it, might help with the whole height look aswell.

Have you thought about trimming the top floor down so that its closer to the height of a man sized model, might make it a little less top heavy and more tanky, then you could match up the top of the baneblade turret with the top of the hydra turret? looks awesome so far either way.

Wow, I can't believe I hadn't seen this yet... must have assumed it was some sort of tyranid thing. Instead, it is full on Imperial awesome!

I agree with the idea of the stormlord superstructure for the big turret. I think it is really easy to make these sorts of projects overly tall for their foot print, giving the impression that they will fall over if they roll over a bump. Something a little more lean and low for the gun on top will help get around that, especuially since it is already what, 45' tall in scale?

The rules for this thing are in the bell of lost souls lords of battle pdf..

http://belloflostsouls.blogspot.com/2008/09/play-aid-lords-of-battle-v20.html

I will be editing it for mine and adding 100 pts for the hydra turret so it'll be 1500 for me

I was messing with the floor tiles yesterday and they are actually the perfect height, so I think I may try something like that. I was going to use the shadowsword for it but I think I wanna save a little cash since I also have some lizardmen stuff to buy and about 27 valkyries when they come out cuz they look so cool. So, I think I'm going to scratch build a command deck that looks a lot like the shadowsword top, and then just order a baneblade cannon sprue and mount that on top.

I was working on the rear engine parts last night, just gotta get my land raider bitz shipment hopefully today and then I'll have that part done.

It's brilliant, you thought of adding a pulpit like the Fortress of Arrogance? Also I'd be tempted to scratch the 3rd floor altogether. It may look better without it.

I actually thought about skipping the top too, and having some windows or view ports along the bottom but I think for something like this you really need a bridge up top like a battleship. There's also supposed to be a little tower on the back but I'm changing that to the hydra turret. I'm going to keep the bridge smaller, about 2" or 2.5" high. I have some rhino & land raider inside control panel bitz left over so I'm starting to think I might try and give the bridge windows so you can see inside. Haven't decided yet .. might be a little too much

Now I'm inspired to do something similar.

haven't done much the last few days and won't for a few more. Just waiting for some bitz to arrive and my FW shipment with the Hydra so I will know how big to make the front command area.

So right now I'm just getting some lizardman stuff built. That new stegadon has been a lot of fun to build

Well some more bitz arrived today so I was able to finish the rear engine area.



I'll add some other little bitz here and there but that's basically how it'll look. Gonna take a break for a few, until my FW hydra arrives so I can add that and once I can see how big that will be, I'll start on the front top command deck / bridge. I just placed the order a week ago so it might be a little while till it comes

What are those bits for the engine bitz on the back.