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Yeah, sometimes magnets are overrated. Looks pretty cool so far. Bit less derpy than some of the titans/etc.

I recently discovered a vile plot, no doubt by villainous agents of chaos. It appears that forge world is planning on producing four Imperial Knight-titans (Lancer, Castigator, Archeon, and Mageara). My plan to aquire and conquer all available imperial Knight models has ballooned from three to seven aquisitions. My wife will not be pleased.

I am hereby sanctioning mind wipes on my wife if she discovers this situation, and exterminatus to all the traitors involved in her discovery of my plans....

Also discovered a box of vitage RT Era Adeptus Astartes vehicles I had assembled and never really got around to finishing their paint jobs. I plan on painting them shortly in anticipation of the 7th edition Blood Angels codex. If Blood Angels keep their dreadnaught choices as they are now, I'll be working on nine dreadnaughts as well.

 adamsouza wrote:



Just a quick WIP shot before I run off to work. I'm having a slight problem with the build. The magnets I used at the Torso are not strong enough to support the weight of the upper body with the arms attached.

Think I may just scrap the magnet idea and just putty and glue it in place.

That build is looking fantastic so far! I like the pose a lot.

Thanks, I wanted it to pose him like a human spearfighter would, protected by his shield, with his spear at the ready to block or stab.

Actually had to lengthen one of the pistons, and reshape the hose on the back of the legs, to have it in that pose.

The joints on the model allow a lot of freedom to articulate it.

You could have Jean Cluade Von Lancer doing a split if you wanted

My poor lancer has been knocked over and re-assembled no less than 3 times.
First time the magnets just were not strong enough.
Second time my wife knocked him over.
Third time I was fiddling with adjusting his shield arm, disarmed him, and swept the leg like Karate kid.
He's back in fighting form, with a rubble textured base.

Have not had time to paint or take pictures becuase I'm working on my penultimate gaming table project.

4ft by 8ft gaming surface, with ample space under the raised gaming area for drinks, codex, miniatures in reserve, etc.. and more than 4ft by 8ft by 2ft off the floor storage space under the table, with dice rolling trays along both the long ends.

I've been wanting to build a proper gaming table for years. This week the stars aligned perfectly as my friend ,most handy with power tools, and fellow member of my gaming circle is on vacation, with no plans other than building the penulitmate gaming table !!

Ahh sweet, sounds like a fun table. I've always had one form of makeshift/convertible/travel table, and would love to build one if we ever move somewhere for serious, as in buy a house instead of renting. Would be a bear to move.


Sucks about the knight lancer. Seems like it's just the way of things for that to happen though, good that you've got him set back up.

The gaming table is spiralling out of control, but at least it's in a good way.

Monday - I really want to build that gaming time some time soon.

Tuesday - Oh wow, you have this week off ? We'll start it tommorrow. This is what it should look like.

Wednesday - Thought about it over night, this is a better way to build it. First supply run $90. Bottom level built.

Thursday - Second supply run $30. Second level built as planned.

Friday - Today we will build the FINAL LEVEL !!! Oh wait, who is at the door ? Hello friend who does Carpentry and Home remodelling for a living. We should build it this way you say ? Stronger it will be ? Redesign support system for supporting third tier. Not enough wood on hand .Rummaging through basement, find scrap wood. Redesign to accomodate additional supply. Add additional supports. Oh my, it's beautiful...

I'll get some pictures uo either tonight or tomorrow morning. It's built. Still unfinished, but defintely servicable. We'll put it to the test Saturday night, 4 players 750 points each

I've decided to cover the top two tiers in felt . Amazingly, it's cheaper and faster than putting down a few layers of good paint, and alot less likely to scuff hardcover rule books and Ipads/tablets than textured paint would be.

Haven't decided how to attach the dice trays yet. The idea of them sliding in and out was discussed. I may just make them removable, so they could be lifted to use, and then set back into the table when not in use.

In any case, I've pretty much spent all my free time before work, this entire week, working on this project and I'm quite happy with the progress. Excited about tomorrow. Only 2 other members of my gaming crew are aware of this project, and only one of them has layed eyes on it. There will be some pretty suprised gamers.

Sweet. Led us know how it works out! Gotta live vicariously thru people with proper groups and friends lol.

Well, if you ever move closer, or are in the neighborhood for a weekend, we'll find room for you at the gaming table.

Much feels, will do

Lost an entire post somehow. I had posted these pics this morning.

Abridged version, quick pics before I start painting.







A good portion of this ruble paste is scrap and shavings that was cut from this model. Add some glue, black paint, black sand, and pencil shavings and you have rubble!!

Sweet! And freaking massive too!

I'm loving the Imperial knights so much, I have ordered a Cerastus Castigator and an Adamantite Lance.

As long as I don't buy any more models, and eat Rahman noodles 3 meals a day, I should be fine

Dag. I'm kind of in the same place with stupid kickstarters Damn mantic and battle systems right to hell says my wallet! And if I see another one of those dreamforge leviathan black friday mega deals I may just lose it and order one :(

Gonna live through your Knights vicariously I hope! It looks like a lot of fun, do you have a plan to paint it yet? Airbrush? Painstaking hard work with the brush?

I have an airbrush that I've never taken the time to use, and this isn't really the kind of project I want to risk butchering, so it's time to break out the brushes, some really big brushes.

Hah! Well good luck, I think I'd ruin something like that trying it with brushes myself. Streaky badness, but I've never painted too many tanks and bigger.

For tanks and the like I usually use spray paint for the main color, and then use paint brushes for line detail, washes, drybrushing, etc....

For the knights, I'm going to spray paint everything first. The armor plates are mostly removable, so they get basecoated whatever color I choose, and the rest of the body will be base coated black. The knee pads are the only armor plates that are not removable.

That's nice of them (and or smart of you) to make things like that removable on such a large project

Long story short, I got impatient.

I really should have shut off the flash. The model in real life is much darker. The metal components came out looking worse in the pictures. It does show the progress I have made though.

Really considering building a large light box.

Sheesh coming right along there! Does he belong to a particular chapter?

I'm thinking of fielding him as part of a Taghmata Omnisiah force. Just started reading through Horus Heresy Book 3: Extermination, and all the Imperial Knight Choices are in the Taghmata Omnisiah force.

All the Adepts Mechanicus stuff is usually red armor plating with the skulls and gears logos. The Adeptus Mechanicus fluff apeals to me more than the Imperial Knight's fluff, and I really didn't want to paint heraldry.

Yeah for sure, then you could always branch out into Ad Mech which seems neat.

Definitely.

Back when Ad Mec was all Tech priests and repainted IG stuff it didn't do anything for me. Now the 30k lists have robotic choices that all look really cool for Taghmata Omnisiah that I can really get into. Although I should probably wait until after the holidays.

I've been playing Necrons and working on Imperial Knights. Should really get both of those forces in order before working on anything else.

Speaking of which, does anyone have the instruction sheets for Necron Arks and Scythes I could get a copy of ? I'd be happy to deal with scans or reimburse you for postage.

I've amassed a pretty large Necron force by absorbing other peoples collections, but I didn't get any instruction sheets along the way.

Okay, I think the lighting and color are better in this pic



Added more rubble to the base, to tighten up the gap between the feet and rubble border

you have some odd wash related spots on the armor...

the model is a star... no doubt...be sure of my envy here^^... was lurking the last coupla weeks...

also...I am really looking forward to see some pics of your table under construction... really..... some peeps would be even interested about diagrams...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
you have some odd wash related spots on the armor...

I made my own heavy black wash, using Les' Wash Recipe, and just applied it over the whole damn model. I think it made the metal portions look great, but yes the armor plates need touching up with red to eliminate some of the muck.

I am really looking forward to see some pics of your table under construction... really..... some peeps would be even interested about diagrams...

I'll take some pics, and I'll see what I can do about diagrams as well. I wanted to get some paint on it and get it finished, but the thing is so big I can't lift the layers apart by myself. It's strictly a two man job and I haven't been able to find a second set of spare hand with free time to do it.. We were also going to instal additional lighting in th eroom over the table that is just sittng over in a corner.

I have a week of vacation coming up in October and I want to build a second table during that week. I'll be sure to take pictures as we go along for step by step instructions.

Nice Lancer; I went black and silver with mine. I've played one game with him so far and he's such a big target he didn't kill anything....darn unchained Necron god-thing....*grumble*

 agnosto wrote:
Nice Lancer; I went black and silver with mine. I've played one game with him so far and he's such a big target he didn't kill anything....darn unchained Necron god-thing....*grumble*

Necrons pretty much have to be the worst match up for Imperial Knights.

I have one Necron player in my gaming group chomping at the bit to face my all Imperial Knight Force. I told him it's never going to happen.

Unrelated, I spent this morning making some pipe pile barriers and 6 objective markers. Will post pictures of those within the next 24hrs.

Looking forward to seeing the pics!

First off is a set of 6 objective markers I'm in the middle of painting.



I actually made these as terrain for Gorkamorka, back in the 2nd Edition days of 40K. The rocket shape came from seem cheap plastic toy I found in a yard sale that I molded and cast a few copies of in Plaster of Paris. Oddly enough they have been sitting in a box for these years with only a black base coat on most of them. Still need to paint some numbers on them and work on their bases.

A close up of the one with the leaky drums



Statis Chambers / Bacta Tanks



The one on the left is storage container from some tiny Halo bobble head toy blind pack. I tossed Master Chief, but kept the container. Using a vacuum former I was able to duplicate the top and bottom pieces and used cut down prescription bottles for the body.

I came across a tutorial here on Dakka for pipe pile terrain. $2 trip to the dollar store for straws and foam core seemed a small price to pay, so I started building a few. The real magic happens when they get paint on them, but they are functional, cheap and easy to build.



I'm going to go get something to eat, and see what I can do about getting some pictures of the gaming table


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The Gaming Table is so big it was hard to find an angle where I could get it all in the picture.



The Top Surface is 4ft x 8ft.
The Second tier is 5ft x 8ft.
The shelf on the second tier is 15 inches along the long side and 12 inches along the short ends.
The Bottom tier is 4ft by 8ft, with about 2ft vertical clearance for 64 cubic feet of storage.

It's designed to encourage standing while playing.