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I see you've gained the Fleet special rule?

(Sorry, I couldn't resist).

EDC

Got my 1000 Buck Rogers ships today.

Made in Hong Kong! When was the last time you saw a toy made in Hong Kong?

How long have these puppies been sitting in a warehouse?

June supply drop



I'm having trouble bringing myself to opening the blisters, it just feels wrong somehow...

^that´d be like opening a tomb...a sacrilege...

Some Space Fleet progress this week. Opened up the blisters after all.

I was a bit disappointed that the Cobra Destroyers (1km long in fluff) were smaller than the toy shuttles and fighters. Even smaller than a guard lasgun.



But the fleet as a whole looks pretty impressive. I love the old designs.



Also broke out the old Imex Chemical Plant sprues to bang together a space station.



Using the saucers as launch bays was a good idea in theory but in practice I wasn't happy. Take two replaced them with globes and then I added a mining station (in theory the long shaft drops 100s of miles into the atmosphere of a gas giant to harvest exotic hyrdorgen isotopes for fusion).



Also played around with a Reaper Bones hill giant.



Loving Bones for big models. Light, easy to cut and glue and pin. Not quite as good as styrene but damn good stuff.

Anyway needed to replace the branch with something more grimdark. I can't believe there's that much wood in the whole of the Imperium.



Not bad if I say so myself. Still needs, I dunno, stuff. Any suggestions?

Cables from power fist to his back, or a chemical stimulant injector added to his back

That staff needs some skulls.. wait, a TON of skulls.

 Theophony wrote:
Cables from power fist to his back, or a chemical stimulant injector added to his back

I was in n my phone and didn't see the cables

 Shandara wrote:
That staff needs some skulls.. wait, a TON of skulls.

Except it's not a staff, it's bit of pipe he tore off a building. Maybe I'll add a cement blob on the bottom to make it clearer.

Also planning on putting a splattered body under the fist.

The space station and mining facility look great. Nice work!

EDC

Those ships look terrible, get rid of them!, I will take the burden give them to me !


Jokes aside, I have some of those in me home country, l like the one with the huge single turret on it.

I'm bidding on one now, because who doesn't love a ship with a turret the size of Staten Island?

Man someone ought to update these designs on Shapeways or something. I love them so much.


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As for the Chemical Plant, I had an idea the other day so nasty, so evil I just have to do it...

I just need a name.

Da Eff-You-Prize might work.

How about the Orkerprise?

Besides the cool looking space stations, I was very interested in the Cadian Regt brand roasted garlic sauce. Tasty?

It was pretty good. And yeah, I got it just for the name.

And yes, Orkterprise wins!

Now I just need them to finish spraying for termites so I can get back in my #$%^ house.

Lol Orkterprise. Brilliant.

EDC

As promised...




Da orkterprize! Which gives me all sorts of ideas for other ships, like its big brother the Orkcelsior and the feared Space Hulk Dork Space Nine.

Also more goofing around with the aimed Chem Plant got me this




The Elysium Class Waystation, a civilian port for result lying and R&R found throughout human space.

Oh and Julys supply drop has arrived.



2 more Gothic cruisers and 2 Eldar ships for repainting.

Yep I got it bad and that ain't good

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
Those ships look terrible, get rid of them!, I will take the burden give them to me !


Jokes aside, I have some of those in me home country, l like the one with the huge single turret on it.

You'll never guess what I just won on ebay



Now I just need 3 or 4 more ships and I have the whole Space Fleet line up

But first the Unorkted Fedorkation of Planorks fleet under command of Kaptain James T Kork is getting some brute ram ships.

Goal for the year, use all my chemical plants!

All of the ships!

EDC

Nice find, painting when?

I think i have them all but they are at a friends house in my home country

My house is actually infested with termites at the moment so we've been in temporary quarters the last 2 weeks.

I only manage to sneak out a small collection of chemical pipes.

So painting... soon?

Haven't quite decided what color to go for. I think the space stations might get something colorful like green, but the orks would get neural Starfleet grey splattered with red.

Stork Fleet Corkmmand got some reinforcments last night.



The Voyagork and the brand new, never before seen Discorkery Class cruiser.



Now I just need to do the Riork Grande and Galileork and I'll have a nice little fleet. Maybe the Space Hulk Dork Sork Nork as a center piece.

Oh and the Defiork and Katapin Archork's Orkterprise 01.

I need help...



Anyway...

Also played with a new idea.



Toy starfish on flight bases. Some black and purple paint to create something like the Shadows from Babylon 5. Count as Necrons? Tyranids? Chaos? Still thinking.

They could be really cool silver tower/warp palace proxies for epic!
For BFG, though, I think Tyranids or Tzeentch.

Well mission sort of accomplished.

I had an idea for another space station but when I went to build it last night I found I was out of an essential part! So after 10 years I finally used up one of my chemical plant bits

Maybe I can order some mor- NO! NO! NO!

So I started looking at other options.

I always liked the space docks they had for BFG, something about these silly 2d dock yards floating in space just looks right in the 40k universe.



So I started playing around and...



I doubt i'll do any gluing until I'm back home with all my toys but I think it could work. Needs more towers, more greebles, more guns but it's a start.

Wow...god i love this whole thread. The fluff on the poor bottem of the class =I= is just amazing.

It reminds me of old 1st ed rt when 40k didnt take itself seriously.

Is that huge gorgious space dock yours? Who ever did it fantastic work. Not as good as the fluff in this thread....but close.. keep it up kid

I blush.

Sorry the finished space station is from here:
https://theshellcase.co.uk/2014/03/06/battlefleet-gothic-scratch-build-space-dock/

Just fantastic stuff. The Triangular one will be my take on the 2d floating dock idea.

Nvm

Hell yeah space docks ! That looks like a good start, although that central tower will need some detailing. Maybe it could have a second smaller dock layer midway to the top, for fighters and taxi shuttles ?

Another thought, how about modular dock parts that can be rearranged and switched around this central piece ?

This is gonna be good...

That station is so cool!