Looks good and functional, too. Nice work.

Nice job on the pipe access - simple, cheap, effective

You could even use the access hatches as objective markers, numbered 1-4.
What do they look like opened? Or is it just open a crack like in the picture?

Nice work on the entrances and good solution for using them in-game.

Necromunda bulkheads- most useful Warhammer terrain ever?

Thank you youwashock, monkeytroll, Viterbi, and BigJim

DJJazzyJeff wrote:You could even use the access hatches as objective markers, numbered 1-4.
What do they look like opened? Or is it just open a crack like in the picture?

Thanks DJJazzyJeff,
They can be opened and closed as desired, in the photo they are mostly cracked open. Inside they are just pitch black.

Next piece is another possible gang hideout with a ruined Administration building, or a ruined building for 40K. I did lest rust and weathering than the previous large building.









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Great looking scatter terrain that you've been cooking!

The opening tunnel access points and their numbering is a really cool idea! Will surely open up some great opportunities on the tabletop.

The last building is a prime example of how a good looking base can make those maybe a little bit boring GW buildings look really good

I agree. The extra work on the base really ties it together as a scene. I really like the inclusion of the girders and the piece that matches the flooring.

Thanks Ezki and youwashock

Next up is another tower.


And a little side project.


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The base really pulls the building together and excited to see the next tower!

You've added some more lovely pieces of terrain since I was last here and excited to see the latest CB version of classic Necromunda terrain taking shape

Next tower is already looking great. Your terrain lot is really impressive.

Lovely stuff dude

Thank you Viterbi, Maharg, Theophony, and JoeRugby.

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Weathering is next.

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Another masterfully updated classic. You make this look effortless.

Nice work, lovely updated tower.

Nice work CB. Exceptionally neat hazard stripes, how’d you get so many to be so neat? Did you use a stencil?

GReat work AGAIN! The tower Is coming to life. Well executed and very reminiscent with the colors compared to the artwork. Looking forward to seeing how you tackle the support legs. I’m guessing those are just temporary pieces of the template cut outs.

Nioe Necromunda towers, love how you simplified the printed design but kept it interesting

youwashock wrote:Another masterfully updated classic. You make this look effortless.

Thank you youwashock

monkeytroll wrote:Nice work, lovely updated tower.

Thank you monkeytroll

gobert wrote:Nice work CB. Exceptionally neat hazard stripes, how’d you get so many to be so neat? Did you use a stencil?

Thanks gobert. I cheated and used a printer to print out the hazard stripes, then cut them to fit, and then weathered them to match the floors.

Theophony wrote:GReat work AGAIN! The tower Is coming to life. Well executed and very reminiscent with the colors compared to the artwork. Looking forward to seeing how you tackle the support legs. I’m guessing those are just temporary pieces of the template cut outs.

Thank you Theophony. I am going to keep the smaller supports made from extra plastic card. As the base is smaller so that it can be close to other towers (whereas the original carboard towers had no base and could be placed to fit easily close together). Now this might make the upper floors more susceptible to incoming fire. If that is the case I could always add some higher supports later.

Guardling wrote:Nioe Necromunda towers, love how you simplified the printed design but kept it interesting

Thanks Guardling

Top floor with weathering.

Bulkheads.

Second floor

First floor


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Looking great. I love the conversion of some elements from 2D to 3D.

Cunning work printing off the stripes! The weathering is looking great, and I particularly like all of the numbers on the floors too.

It's always a pleasure to see your weathering work. Top job as always!

Gotta second Ezki, weathering can easily get out of hand, but you manage always the right amount. And perfect integration of the hazard stripes, they don't feel added on.

Thank you youwashock, gobert, Ezki, and Viterbi

So with the supports painted up.






Looking down on the tower and base.


Next I want to add some wiring to the sides of the bulkheads for some more detail.

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Still amazing.

Thank you youwashock,

Finished tower. So I now have four multi-level buildings to connect with bridges that I have not finished building yet.

Each of the four sides with the extra wiring added to the rather flat edges of the bulkheads.




Close-ups.






Now the base is pretty empty...not certain if I want to leave it that way so there is no impediment to the scatter terrain being placed for a game...or if I should add some detritus around the base of each bulkhead.

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You could probably get away with a little bit of grit around the feet. Looks great! Almost too nice to play on.

Looking good Captain, I agree, a bit of gravel/debris around the foot of the structure would tie it in to the base nicely. At the minute the platform looks nice and decaying, but with a pristine floor. Even a bit of your rust colour around the base of each levels bulkheads might help with that? I guess the bridges will be your next Necromunda project?

Just wow, those small cables really bring the tower to life. Your attention to the details always makes these scratchbuilds!

Thanks guys.

Added some sand around the edges of the bulkheads.

A member of my gaming group bought some Mantic terrain and had a loads of leftover parts. He gave them to me to use as some bits for some bridges for Necromunda.



Happy Canada Day.

Cheers,

CB

Nice. Can't wait to see you get rusty with those.

Thank you youwashock.

Decided not to use the side railings.



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Some of the nicest stains around. And dangerous, too, with no railing.

Yes, that does not look up to code, we should get OSHA in there for an inspection ;-)

Great to see the classic Necromunda brought up to date on the previous page. The Mantic bits are looking good, when it was initially out that Mantic terrain was an amazing bang for your buck, not quite so sure with the prices today.

youwashock wrote:Some of the nicest stains around. And dangerous, too, with no railing.

Ashes and Temples wrote:Yes, that does not look up to code, we should get OSHA in there for an inspection ;-)

Thanks you two, need to keep with the theme that the Underhive is a dangerous place.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Great to see the classic Necromunda brought up to date on the previous page. The Mantic bits are looking good, when it was initially out that Mantic terrain was an amazing bang for your buck, not quite so sure with the prices today.

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors, the fellow that gave the parts to me picked them up at Toy traders for about 60% of what they are currently retailing at, as it was a bag of previously owned and opened items. Since there were no instructions of box packaging he just made a ruined factor and handed me the leftovers.

Now I had made one walkway already, and some ladders to get up to different levels in one of the ruined buildings...do not ask me where they got the wood from...


Now I figured I should do another photo of the Hive.
From the more active portion to the ruins beyond in the darkness.




Just playing around on where barricades and barbed wire fit.

Speaking of the barbed wire.


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PS: Anyone with old metal Necromunda figures they might want to part with, check out my trading page in the Swap Shop Forum.

Wow really cool terrain! I think 's the hardest thing for Necromunda or Kill team is getting all the necessary terrain sorted.

That’s a really sweet set up Cap! I like how you’ve set it up as an active hive moving to a wasteland, neat idea. Obviously there needs to be some Scavvies inhabiting the toxic area

That board is just gorgeous and would warrant more than one exalt! Hope you can get a few games in soon... Of course so you can enjoy the terrain, not because I desperately want to see battle shots with this great backdrop

 Viterbi wrote:
That board is just gorgeous and would warrant more than one exalt! Hope you can get a few games in soon... Of course so you can enjoy the terrain, not because I desperately want to see battle shots with this great backdrop

I second this motion! Board looks fantastic, and the spread of the range of discrete structures looks interesting and varied, but works well as a whole (if that is not too incoherent).

Kroem wrote:Wow really cool terrain! I think 's the hardest thing for Necromunda or Kill team is getting all the necessary terrain sorted.

Thank you Kroem. Our group has worked out a system where the host sets up a board(s) and the other players do tweaks and everything is agreed upon before sides or scenario are set. Unless it is an Arbiter or custom scenario'

gobert wrote:That’s a really sweet set up Cap! I like how you’ve set it up as an active hive moving to a wasteland, neat idea. Obviously there needs to be some Scavvies inhabiting the toxic area

Cheers gobert, I do not have any Scavvies (but one player in our group does). I am continuing to build more complete structures so that soon were could have three games going simultaneously (when COVID restrictions ease) and one of those will be wasteland themed.

Viterbi wrote:That board is just gorgeous and would warrant more than one exalt! Hope you can get a few games in soon... Of course so you can enjoy the terrain, not because I desperately want to see battle shots with this great backdrop

Thanks Viterbi, so far with the restrictions we are still doing virtual painting/building nights.

IGtR= wrote:I second this motion! Board looks fantastic, and the spread of the range of discrete structures looks interesting and varied, but works well as a whole (if that is not too incoherent).

Thanks IGtR=, I understand what you are getting at.

Now starting the third original game tower replacement. Anyone looking for the old carboard pieces I am replacing? They are in pretty good shape for the most part.




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PS: Seems I missed uploading some photos of the construction and parts.

Very exciting. That was one of my favorites from the set. Great place to put a HPG or swan-dive off with a Yeld.

Thank you youwashock.

So, one challenge was that I could not add details to the base tower because you have to slide the first floor over it. So a basecoat was applied to the various parts before gluing the platforms to the tower.


Used some scraps from an earlier project to fill in the gaps between the end of the bulkhead and the central tower on the second floor.

Starting to add detail to the tower.


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Sweet. Looks great already. Those printed hazard lines are a brilliant move.

Thank you youwashock.

Got some more uploaded photos to post.

Vent at the top of the tower and the cage for the ladder.

More details added.

Pipes, vents, and even some valve controls. You can see where I use sprue frames to strengthen the 0.4 mm polystyrene card used for the floors.

The ladder was a Mantic one (and the only one passed on to me) so a one off...which ironically is mostly covered by the safety cage.


Now I have to weather this structure and do the base.

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I love that ladder cover. So industrial, and such an interesting piece, visually.

Fantastic structure CB, I like how you extended the bulkheads for fill the space, cool idea! Those valve controls look like left overs from your HMCS CHILLIWACK model. You’ve done a great job of adding interest to all of the flat surfaces. Looking forward to the weathering next!

This is coming along so well. It’ll make for some great games!

Looking great Captain, but a ladder with a safety cage... in a hive That must be unheard of

Tower looking great, thanks for sharing

Thank you youwashock, 416_SpaceWolves, and IGtR=

gobert wrote:Fantastic structure CB, I like how you extended the bulkheads for fill the space, cool idea! Those valve controls look like left overs from your HMCS CHILLIWACK model. You’ve done a great job of adding interest to all of the flat surfaces. Looking forward to the weathering next!

Thanks gobert, actually these valve controls were far easier than the one I scratch built for CHILLIWACK, these are snap buttons...just need a little sanding and they are great (and simpler) alternatives.

Viterbi wrote:Looking great Captain, but a ladder with a safety cage... in a hive That must be unheard of

Thanks Viterbi, yes disturbing...I wanted to try out using a cheap hair curler to see how it looked as a safety cage. I also did not want to make staple ladders for both sides like the cardboard tower does.

More pipes and valves.

Filters made of mosquito mesh.

Some parts are so dark, can you even see the riveted plates?


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Caught back up and jaw dropped again, these are just brilliant

Thank you Skinflint Games,

Weathering.



Added some old wiring, crumpled up imperial posts, and other detritus in the corners...hard to see in the dark recesses.


Many of the rust stains follow the outline of the platform above.


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Masterful. Looking so good. Makes the original look like a joke.

I love that you used a hair curler as a ladder guard! Genius reuse of oddments! The tower really is looking fantastic!

Thank you gentlemen,

So I played around with the three towers and some of the walkways.




So this has convinced me I have to make some longer walkways.

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It's like my memories, only better!

That's a great looking board you have there Captain and it will look even better with this latest masterpiece added. If I remember right, the walkways from the original set could be slotted into the bulkheads which could help spread the buildings a bit (for example the bottom two in your last picture could be connected like that) so maybe some card walkway replicas might be the way to go?

The board and walkways are looking excellent. Amazing how the simple Mantic pieces work really well as Necromunda/hive based walkways...perfect for the aesthetic.

Can the connector pegs you get with the Mantic stuff be used to add a bit more stability/security to the walkways when used in game?

This just keeps getting better and better, hope you find a good solution for building longer walkways!

youwashock wrote:It's like my memories, only better!

Thank you youwashock

Maharg wrote:That's a great looking board you have there Captain and it will look even better with this latest masterpiece added. If I remember right, the walkways from the original set could be slotted into the bulkheads which could help spread the buildings a bit (for example the bottom two in your last picture could be connected like that) so maybe some card walkway replicas might be the way to go?

Thanks Maharg,
Yes, I have loads of the old cardboard walkways, but they are what I am trying to replace with some more 3D versions. The theme for those was pretty complicated and I am concerned that adding too much detail might make them unstable for painted metal models (the scrap bridge notwithstanding which will likely have a warning to players noted on it's stability...it might need some railings).

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:The board and walkways are looking excellent. Amazing how the simple Mantic pieces work really well as Necromunda/hive based walkways...perfect for the aesthetic.

Can the connector pegs you get with the Mantic stuff be used to add a bit more stability/security to the walkways when used in game?

Thank you ListenToMeWarriors,
I have glued the connector pegs into the Mantic bridges for strength to support the above mentioned metal gangers.

Viterbi wrote:This just keeps getting better and better, hope you find a good solution for building longer walkways!

Thanks Viterbi

First longer bridge will be the "Dreaded L Bridge" from the original box...so called because of it's shape and length and exposure to incoming fire to any figures who had to use it.

Using some aquarium gravel supports (three) and some sprinkler extenders for the support coloums.

First mockup.



The ends fit perfectly under the floors of the Necromunda towers, a little lower for the 40K ruins.

The plastic on the aquarium pieces is quite soft and it did not seem to melt a bond with the sprinkler plastic...so I think it will have to be epoxy as only that will handle the flex of the piece.

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Looks like it will fit right in. Found objects win again.

Thank you youwashock.

L Bridge is done.



Only issue is that it will not reach the lower platform of the square tower due to the square base of the tower and the pillars of the L Bridge. So I might trim down the corners of the base on the square tower.

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Nice L bridge and it always amazes me that you see a challenge with a build and than have the perfect solution out of common household materials.

Thanks Viterbi,

The aquarium gravel supports theme came from a youtube video of MidWinter Minis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSXlMRBbE-c

Now I am going to try building one from chip board and granny grating.

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I was taking some time to catch up on your blog and when I saw your need for walkways, was going to suggest gravel filters and reference MidWinter Minis' video. Then I turned the page and noticed you were already ahead of me. Excellent work on the towers.

When it comes to detail like riveted panels or detritus in dark corners, I would suggest applying the same logic I do to detail on figures that is behind a heavy gun or under a cape:
Even if no one ever sees it, I know it's there. And that makes it more awesome in my book.

That is all hugely impressive. Weirdly, I am not sure I like how well you matched the colour to the original, as in the photos it just looks as if you just have the original cardboard in there! I guess it must be clear in real life though.

Fantastic Stuff dude


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L-Bridge looks terrific CB

DJJazzyJeff wrote:I was taking some time to catch up on your blog and when I saw your need for walkways, was going to suggest gravel filters and reference MidWinter Minis' video. Then I turned the page and noticed you were already ahead of me. Excellent work on the towers.

When it comes to detail like riveted panels or detritus in dark corners, I would suggest applying the same logic I do to detail on figures that is behind a heavy gun or under a cape:
Even if no one ever sees it, I know it's there. And that makes it more awesome in my book.

Thanks DJJazzyJeff

Fifty wrote:That is all hugely impressive. Weirdly, I am not sure I like how well you matched the colour to the original, as in the photos it just looks as if you just have the original cardboard in there! I guess it must be clear in real life though.

Except mine is 3d. Cheers Fifty.

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416_SpaceWolves wrote:L-Bridge looks terrific CB

Thank you 416_SpaceWolves.

So another bridge done.



Now I need yet more terrain for all my little bridges to go.

Cheers,

CB

Looking good. You should make the green tower with the lift from Outlanders next!

Thanks youwashock. I will get to that tower when I track on down to use as a base.

So these each have a small platform that could take a bridge/gantry.



This is far simpler than I expected.

Assembly finished and started on painting.


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Easy as could be! Looking good, Cap'n.

Can't wait to see what you do with that terrain piece!

Thanks you two.

Not going to do much, just wanted to get a set of terrain that had been sitting for a couple of years untouched and add a couple of platforms for gantry ways and bridges.

More painting finished.





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Looking good, I have thoses bits but have been struggling to figure out what to do with them, might steal that colour scheme for the platform...

Oooh- shiny! Very nice glow effect Cap'n, and the colors are very 'industrial well used' natural- very realistic. I'm still working on getting my plasma glow to look like glow and not kindergarten tempura paitn spill!

Great job, Captain. A solid piece. Well, a solid couple of pieces, I guess.

Guardling wrote:Looking good, I have thoses bits but have been struggling to figure out what to do with them, might steal that colour scheme for the platform...

Thanks Guardling

Meer_Cat wrote:Oooh- shiny! Very nice glow effect Cap'n, and the colors are very 'industrial well used' natural- very realistic. I'm still working on getting my plasma glow to look like glow and not kindergarten tempura paitn spill!

Thank you Meer_Cat

DJJazzyJeff wrote:Great job, Captain. A solid piece. Well, a solid couple of pieces, I guess.

Thank you DJJazzyJeff, the gangways can site nicely on either side. I did glue the one railing portion on each one for strength.

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Awesome glow! I can almost hear them humming.

Gotta echo youwashock, that's some nice OLS. And nice work coloring in all the details, makes those pieces really come alive.

Thanks guys.

Started another Necromunda Ventilator.




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Wow! That was super fast. Looks great, too. Love the hanging light.

Looking nice and grimdark, the yellow light under the platform looks really good, what was the recipe?

Great work in here CB as usual. Lovely glow on the plasma and the scratchbuilt terrain is always very impressive. Your workrate is inspiring too!

Looking forward to what's next.

That was a fast turnover on the scratchbuild, as always great execution and paintjob!

youwashock wrote:Wow! That was super fast. Looks great, too. Love the hanging light.

Thanks youwashock, now I have built one once it was much quicker to build and paint the second.

gobert wrote:Looking nice and grimdark, the yellow light under the platform looks really good, what was the recipe?

Thank you gobert, not much of a recipe...just used Moon Yellow Vallejo and let it flow naturally down to create the bright yellow at the bottom of the lamp.

tzurk wrote:Great work in here CB as usual. Lovely glow on the plasma and the scratchbuilt terrain is always very impressive. Your workrate is inspiring too!
Looking forward to what's next.

Thank you tzurk, next up are some more old metal Necromunda figures.

Viterbi wrote:That was a fast turnover on the scratchbuild, as always great execution and paintjob!

Thanks Viterbi.

Next up are seven old metal Goliaths...possibly some of the ugliest GW sculpts of that 2nd Edition era. To motivate me to actually paint them, I am using the Unofficial Monthly Painting Challenge - submitting five of them for the competition. Now I will admit that the metal Goliaths were better than the plastic ones that came with the core box set. Juves are my favourites if I was forced to chose. The Gang Leader is not the infamous "Chain Head".




No enough for a full gang...so if I cannot acquire any others, I will have them as Scum for hire in my groups post COVID 19 campaign.

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Magnificent in their ugliness. The hair colors are perfect.

Agreed, some classic Goliath Mohawk colours there. Any plans to paint any of the, to modern eyes, hilarious monopose plastic Goliaths from the original starter set?

Those Goliath are perfect for Halloween, these are some horrible sculpts. But you are making the best of them, great color choices!

youwashock wrote:Magnificent in their ugliness. The hair colors are perfect.

Thanks youwashock

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Agreed, some classic Goliath Mohawk colours there. Any plans to paint any of the, to modern eyes, hilarious monopose plastic Goliaths from the original starter set?

Thank you ListenToMeWarriors. Fortunately I have none of the horrible mono-pose plastics from the box set.

Viterbi wrote:Those Goliath are perfect for Halloween, these are some horrible sculpts. But you are making the best of them, great color choices!

Thanks Viterbi
So ugly they're scary.







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They look like they stepped right out of 1995. Except for the bases, but no complaints there. Great work on the skintone and definition. You have amassed quite the collection of painted gangs, now. Any chance of group pic?

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They look like they stepped right out of 1995. Except for the bases, but no complaints there. Great work on the skintone and definition. You have amassed quite the collection of painted gangs, now. Any chance of group pic?

Yeah, whoever thought the underhive would have lush green fields for a flooring system

Great job getting the gangers painted up so well Captain, the paintjob rescues the sculpts somewhat

gobert wrote:Great job getting the gangers painted up so well Captain, the paintjob rescues the sculpts somewhat

Thank you gobert.

youwashock wrote:They look like they stepped right out of 1995. Except for the bases, but no complaints there. Great work on the skintone and definition. You have amassed quite the collection of painted gangs, now. Any chance of group pic?

Thank you youwashock, I do not have a photo of all the Necromunda gangers I have collected and painted (I think it is an even 50 now, excluding the two non-gang folks). However I do have these:

Continuing to remove 40K ruins and replace with Necromunda ruins. But there is enough here to build two Necromunda gaming tables if I add back the 40K ruins.




While I was adding the gangways I suddenly realized that I should add a lip to prevent nicely painted metal models from toppling off to land among the ruined streets below. I know that a number of posters have pointed out that there are no safety regulations in Necromunda...but I do fear for the paint work of metal models.

I need to make some more raised platforms (likely tacked onto some of the small Manufactoriums I plan on building) for the larger gantries.

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Whilst Necromunda doesn’t have a Safety Regulator, I imagine the gangs have insurance lawyers up the ying yang, so lips to prevent falls may reduce claims

Your Terrain setup continues to look better and better with each new addition! Is it just the ruined buildings that remain of your 40k terrain?

CB, you do colours so well. It's bright, stark, and striking, but done so magnificently. Cheers.

Scary good is my take on them CB, that board is something I want to game on!
Keep on painting!

Thanks guys.

So before I add the last two painted Goliaths, I have two shots of a new piece I am working on. I still need to add some small buttresses to the side of the tin can, and a ladder going up to the small platform.

Two questions:
1) Any suggestions for additional small pieces of detail?
2) I would like to know if I should add the random grey pipe to the space between the gang-box and the tin can (see the second photo)


Without random pipe...

With random pipe...

Thanks in advance,

CB

PS: Yes, I know I totally reversed the gravel filter the wrong way.

Definitely with the pipe, but I think it’s look better with something on the top of the pipe. Are the wedges along the building filed down lego pieces?

Great terrain mate!

Maybe add something to the can - even posters maybe - to break up its origins further? Heck, you could probably run a platform around it - which would also cover the top of the pipe. (I think it would work with or without, but I'm leaning towards with the pipe.)

Build is looking good and I'm also in the "with pipe" camp.

gobert wrote:Definitely with the pipe, but I think it’s look better with something on the top of the pipe. Are the wedges along the building filed down lego pieces?

Thanks gobert. Yes they are some old lego.

Thank you Stevefamine, Arakasi, and Viterbi.

Seems like the pipe is popular...still dabbling with them...if I cap them I think they should allow a model to step on them and gain a fire arc around most of the short tower.

In the meantime, these two are finished.


Gang as it stands with all the Goliath figures I have.


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Those goliaths are coming along nicely. I have some somewhere in the mountain range of grey and silver . The terrain piece looks stunning. The only two parts of it I don’t like are the two pieces of the old imperial guard missile launcher used , but that’s because I hunted for those years ago and couldn’t get enough for my project at the time.

 Theophony wrote:
Those goliaths are coming along nicely. I have some somewhere in the mountain range of grey and silver . The terrain piece looks stunning. The only two parts of it I don’t like are the two pieces of the old imperial guard missile launcher used , but that’s because I hunted for those years ago and couldn’t get enough for my project at the time.

Thanks Theophony,

Do you mean the two little square end pieces on top of the cassette case?


If you are still looking I have loads of old Imperial Guard and first edition Rhino vehicle bits I can send you.

Cheers,

CB

PS: If you ever want to move out some of your old metal Necromunda let me know.

With pipe. Also like the idea of a gantry running around the can. New Juves look good. Keep up the fight!

Yeah, those are soooo mid-90's sculpts. So bad. But you've done very well by them, straight out of White Dwarf.

Do you actually get to PLAY any Necromunda?

--Brian

Wow, the difference between the Juves and the Rest of the Goliaths is pretty stark! All still funky sculpts, very much of their era.

Your terrain in this thread is exceptional. Sometimes I like to turn my head and imagine what a lot of these pieces started out as.

Excellent work, I love it all. Definitely need some slime pits for my own Necro board.

All this vintage Necromunda gives me a warm happy feeling. This is all great. Everything, the old school Goliaths, the scratchbuilt industrial terrain, the whole table set up. This is my bag. Necromunda was very much my first gaming love and will always be one of my all time favs. Keep up the increadible work.

youwashock wrote:With pipe. Also like the idea of a gantry running around the can. New Juves look good. Keep up the fight!

Thanks youwashock.

Briancj wrote:Yeah, those are soooo mid-90's sculpts. So bad. But you've done very well by them, straight out of White Dwarf.
Do you actually get to PLAY any Necromunda?
--Brian

Thanks Briancj.
We have not played since the 90's and the plan to return has been delayed since COVID 19. But other members of my gaming group have started to pull out their old gangs for a refresh and they have all downloaded the living rules.

gobert wrote:Wow, the difference between the Juves and the Rest of the Goliaths is pretty stark! All still funky sculpts, very much of their era.

Yes gobert, if I was to expand this to a complete gang I think more Juves would make the cut and be full gang members.

Tek wrote:Your terrain in this thread is exceptional. Sometimes I like to turn my head and imagine what a lot of these pieces started out as.
Excellent work, I love it all. Definitely need some slime pits for my own Necro board.

Thank you Tek.

theCrowe wrote:All this vintage Necromunda gives me a warm happy feeling. This is all great. Everything, the old school Goliaths, the scratchbuilt industrial terrain, the whole table set up. This is my bag. Necromunda was very much my first gaming love and will always be one of my all time favs. Keep up the increadible work.

Thank you theCrowe

Alright, in the end I am going to drop the side pipes in favor of some ladders, as you need multiple ways to get up onto the top of terrain in the game. These are some WIP shots.




It still needs some weathering.

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Finished product.






Rust, dust, chipping, etc.
A large platform that gantry ways and bridges can be placed above the ground level.

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Awesome. I like the nameplate. Makes it feel like someplace significant that merits gangers fighting over it.

The new Necromunda rules are, IMHO, far superior to the 90's rules, even the 'living' rulebook. Give them a look!

--Brian

Nice work!

I love how much detail you pack into each scratch build. The table looks dynamite to play on, and you even manage to make Goliath look good...

youwashock wrote:Awesome. I like the nameplate. Makes it feel like someplace significant that merits gangers fighting over it.

Thanks youwashock, I believe they are photo copies made way back when City Fight first was released...they had been sitting in a bag with other images stuck to cardboard waiting to be added to terrain for...well a very long time.

Briancj wrote:The new Necromunda rules are, IMHO, far superior to the 90's rules, even the 'living' rulebook. Give them a look!

Thanks Briancj, we have and one member is pushing for them...the challenge is that our old metal gangs are all equipped with the original games standard weapons without the customization of the current edditions gangs.

Arakasi wrote:Nice work!

Thanks Arakasi

kestral wrote:I love how much detail you pack into each scratch build. The table looks dynamite to play on, and you even manage to make Goliath look good...

Thank you kestrel.

Some more shots with a little better light.



Example of a gantry between the platform and a Plasma Regulator.


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Gorgeous copper green there Captain Brown, it is amazing the difference that good light makes to the final look. It already looks great but in the proper light it really pops.

Ad ever your terrain game is top tier, you must have one hell of a collection altogether.

Thank you ListentoMeWarriors. Still building more so we can have several tables going at once...once COVID 19 lets us gather again.

Here are some of the gantry ways/bridges I have added some sort of railing to (for the prevention of metal figures from falling to the table and sustaining paint and figure damage).




I am certain my group will agree to still allow gangers to be tossed off of the bridges even with the railings...as they were only added for model protection.

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OSHA strikes on Necromunda. Good call, though. We had access to 3 sets of terrain when we were playing. We stacked up the multi-level buildings with the hole through the middle to make a monolithic tower. Once. Best believe at least one model took a swan dive.

That’s a lovely colour on the dome, nice choice. It’s come together really nicely the silo and I love how you link all of the pieces together

Newest scratchbuild looks amazing, hard to say anything, the others haven't already. I really hope it doesn't take too long to get some games in. That terrain needs to be played on!

Thank you youwashock, gobert, and Viterbi

Going to use up some of the spare bits I have to make another Plasma Reactor, although this one will have fewer GW pieces on it.



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These reactors are really cool Cap, I can scarcely believe they started life as a VHS Cassette. Will this one be getting a light up bottle/reactor?

Looks great already
I love how the cassette parts translate into reinforced steel structure and their former identity just disappears, but it'll b trickier with the Gillette razors. I'm keen to see how they look when it's all painted up. It's one thing that bothers me when I can identify a bottle top or a coke can too easily in a terrain piece so I'm hoping they'll just vanish like the cassette.
But judging by your top notch work I have every confidence in your magical terrain skills.

Great use of the various plastic items!

Looking great! I just might loot this

gobert wrote:These reactors are really cool Cap, I can scarcely believe they started life as a VHS Cassette. Will this one be getting a light up bottle/reactor?

Thank you gobert. Yes, it will and this time it will be more visible as I do not have any gothic windows to place over the sides.

Thank you theCrowe, Max Moray, and CommissarKhaine

I have only just started to apply a glaze to the windows of the tower after priming...so nothing interesting to see yet.

I realized I never really posted any decent pictures of my Ratskin Renegades.




I really need to find a few more musket armed Ratskins, just to make the playing field a little more even with the regular gangs.

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Buck-toothed vermin...exterminate the lot of them...grumble...

They look really good, Cap'n. The Chief with the double-barrelled shotgun has always been an awesome model.

Whoever said that VHS is dead, was clearly wrong Nice work converting it into terrain once more.
And good luck on finding the ratskins you need, the current batch looks very cool!

Man, those Renegades hold up today...I wonder if we will see new ones soon? But great natural colours on those characterful classic sculpts. Your entire Necromunda collection must be one of the best out there.

youwashock wrote:Buck-toothed vermin...exterminate the lot of them...grumble...

They look really good, Cap'n. The Chief with the double-barrelled shotgun has always been an awesome model.

Thank you youwashock

Viterbi wrote:Whoever said that VHS is dead, was clearly wrong Nice work converting it into terrain once more.
And good luck on finding the ratskins you need, the current batch looks very cool!

Thanks Viterbi

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Man, those Renegades hold up today...I wonder if we will see new ones soon? But great natural colours on those characterful classic sculpts. Your entire Necromunda collection must be one of the best out there.

Thank you very much ListenToMeWarriors

Some WIP on my second Plasma Tower.





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Nice one CB, looks great and dirty. The staining on the window looks cool.

Really solid tower. So many nice little bits in there. And really great coloring.

Solid tower, like the old and dilapidated look the base colours give it!

The plasma tower is visually interesting and it has a nice color scheme that gives it some personality without overwhelming the colors of the models on it.

That is another great terrain piece Captain and some nice pics of the ratskins. I might have to dig mine out for a painting challenge this year

WIP tower is already looking great, it seems toxic just by looking at it

Thank you gobert, DJJazzyJeff, CommissarKhaine, The Riddle of Steel, Maharg, and Viterbi for your kind words and comments.

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Looks great CB. Terrain with lights is always a winner, especially when they’re behind grubby windows for extra mood! It’s a successful scratch build when it’s hard to see the source of the components!

Oooh, now that's a cool effect! Nice weathering, too.

It's a triumph! Fantastic work. I really should get my terrain on and get my old Munda minis out of the box set cardboard world. They'd be loving life, and railings!

Love the plasma reactor, and still a hoot to see more of VHS tapes in Necromunda scenery than on the video shelves!

Ratskins looking good also

Thanks for sharing

gobert wrote:Looks great CB. Terrain with lights is always a winner, especially when they’re behind grubby windows for extra mood! It’s a successful scratch build when it’s hard to see the source of the components!

Thank you and excellent point gobert.

MobileSuitRandom wrote:Oooh, now that's a cool effect! Nice weathering, too.

Thanks MobileSuitRandom

theCrowe wrote:It's a triumph! Fantastic work. I really should get my terrain on and get my old Munda minis out of the box set cardboard world. They'd be loving life, and railings!

Thank you theCrowe. Please let me know if you have any doubles in your old figures, as I have some extras and duplicates now to trade.

IGtR= wrote:Love the plasma reactor, and still a hoot to see more of VHS tapes in Necromunda scenery than on the video shelves!

Ratskins looking good also

Thanks for sharing

Thank you IGtR=

So the next project started as one to use a couple of great 3D platforms given to me by one of my gaming buddies, and some Mantic extra bits given to me by another buddy, and some old metal Necromunda Scum from a third, two empty dices tomato cans, and finally an idea to use for this month's Unofficial Painting Challenge.

So let's begin with the platform towers. Pieces required of one of them.


The two Scum who will be shooting at each other, with the parts for the bridge.


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I love seeing your pictures with pieces laid out. I start getting excited about what it's going to turn into.

Another awesome terrain piece, Cap'n. Looking forward to the dueling Scum.

Thanks guys.

So first I soaked the tin in soapy water to get as much of the glue off from the label as possible. While that was soaking I cut out a strip of the chicken wire that will serve as the two ladders.

Cut of the end parts of the Mantic snap together pieces on the three support brackets.

Trimmed the round pivot point ends of the parts from a VHS tape to make the two small L brackets and sanded a curve unto the ends that will be glued to the can.

Sanded/filed a curve is some of the other Mantic pieces so they would fit the curve of the can.



Now I drilled a small hole and used some brass rod to hold the platform in place as I let the 5 minute epoxy set, added the first large L bracket in the middle for support. Then added the control panel. All secured with epoxy for strength and left to set with gravity doing the work to keep them in place. Make certain your platform is level.



While that was drying, I cut the ladder wire in half so I would have two and sanded down all those sharp edges (I ended up doing a little dab of epoxy on each of them as well with excess glue to prevent any sharp bits on the terrain). You do not want you terrain to acquire a reputation for drawing blood from your fellow gamers.

Began gluing the piping together, one at a time to make certain it dried at right angles.



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I thought I'd dropped a comment here but upon rechecking, I haven't recently, so just wanted to say that plasma generator is top notch, the candle works really well and the whole thing feels aged. I really like the gantries you did as well.

Good info in your latest update too, I better not start digging into the cans I have at home haha!

Thank you Tyranid Horde.

Next step was adding the next two support brackets with 5 minute epoxy, again I let gravity hold them in place as I turned the can upside down. Used the extra epoxy to add little dabs to the chicken wire ladders (again to make a smooth end to all that cut wire).



Then I glued on the two small L brackets under the platform and a plastic sprinkler riser to the back of the tin. This was done on top of a piece of cellophane so that any excess epoxy that slid down before it fully cured would not stick to anything by the terrain. Now this step was necessary because the platform is a little heavy and I did not want there to be a chance of tipping when figures and bridges were placed on it.



While that epoxy dried I glued together the next stages in the piping made from Mantic extras. Then I glued on my two chicken wire ladders on each side of the platform (because you always need two access points for good Necromunda terrain). Then added the cage to the tops, made from pieces of plastic hair curlers. On to of those were the two burnt out Christmas lights to make lamps. Half of another Mantic extra piece and some plastic card were glued to the top of the tin to make a vent (and some cover). My Mantic piping was glued to one of the relatively bare sides between the sprinkler riser and the ladder to the platform. As well as some Mantic conduit for wiring on the side opposite the piping. An old outdoor sprinkler head was glued to the top of the sprinkler riser to make it look like some sort of viltration vent. All these were secured using 5 minute epoxy as we have dissimilar plastics and metals being joined and I wanted a strong durable join.





Made a basically identical piece in half as much time as I learned from the first one.

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Now primed, all the various parts look a little more unified.


The tops look a little plain, so I will have to add some rust, dust and grime.

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Some WIP:



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Great stuff as always CB. Super inspiring to see what you can pull out of a kit part and a few bits and bobs. Liking the grime on top - think you've already eased any concerns about the top lacking detail there!

Had a lot of catching up to do with your new project, again great how your mind looks at some household items, some terrain bits and suddenly there are two amazing platforms, already looking great!

Dropping my jaw every time I look at these terrain projects.
Said it before, and will say it again: It's really inspiring to see such cool terrain being built out of different materials and common house hold items.

As we are starting to play a Necromunda campaign at some point this year, I really need to go trough this thread again and borrow some of your ideas for terrain!

tzurk wrote:Great stuff as always CB. Super inspiring to see what you can pull out of a kit part and a few bits and bobs. Liking the grime on top - think you've already eased any concerns about the top lacking detail there!

Thank you tzurk

Viterbi wrote:Had a lot of catching up to do with your new project, again great how your mind looks at some household items, some terrain bits and suddenly there are two amazing platforms, already looking great!

Thanks Viterbi

Ezki wrote:Dropping my jaw every time I look at these terrain projects.
Said it before, and will say it again: It's really inspiring to see such cool terrain being built out of different materials and common house hold items.

As we are starting to play a Necromunda campaign at some point this year, I really need to go trough this thread again and borrow some of your ideas for terrain!

Please, use any idea you see. Most of mine were inspired by others and I have several links scattered throughout with links to site or logs that inspired me.

Now before I show the painted tomato cans, which I built to add more open platforms for bridges and gantries. I wanted some longer narrow spans, so I took a pair of wooden rulers and added some sculptors mesh to the flat side.

I used epoxy to secure it and then wrapped it in some old elastic bands to keep the metal against the wood for the 5 minutes required for the epoxy to set.

Then I used chip board strips to each side to keep models from falling off and to make the ruler level (these had a bulge down the middle between the metric and imperial measurements and I did not want my bridges to be tipsy).

The bridges ended up being a little too long for the Unofficial Painting Competition (30 cm/12 inches) where I was planning on using one of them, so I made one half as long with chip board as the shorter length did not require the strength of the wood.

However, in the end I found even the short bridge was too long for a good gun fight, so I dropped the idea, but did finish three new bridges for my Necromunda table.



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More great looking terrain CB. The grey and the rust on the soup can are fantastic. Cool graffiti too

Thank you gobert.

Second can.




Both cans with their platforms facing each other.


Still not certain how I will photograph them and the three Scum/Bounty Hunter models yet, as the set-up is too small for my little light box.

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that's some seriously amazing use for cans

Nice build and the colour choices look really good. Gritty without being dull.

Towers are looking great - I really like the mix of a few well placed detailed bits from kits/printing, with a mix of the classic recycling bits. Painted up they look cracking

Thanks for sharing

Well done. I'm always amazed at how quickly they come together, and how great they look.

Great terrain with lots of detail and gaming possibilities - I expect nothing else of course. Nice job with the graphiti too - really says "Necromunda".

Thank you gentlemen.

Some old metal Scum are almost finished.

A Ratskin Scout for hire is finished.


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Great work on the rats in, his eyes and black bit of his face work really well. I love how big the plasma pistol is on the hive scum, he must’ve nabbed it of a space marine!

Can towers are excellent. Minis, too. Big fan of the face paint.

Great conversion work on the towers. Scum and ratskin looking good that face paint really makes the mini.

Lovely work on the old metals and very cool to see the finished terrain. Great possibilities to set up with the platforms.

Thank you all. I did the face paint to differentiate from my Ratskin Renegade Gang.

Scum are painted.





Shooting at each other on the tomato can platforms.


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Aw, love the old scummers. I always liked how they're styled like former house gangers, (These two being Orlock and Delaque, the other two were Van Saar and Goliath.) who've let themselves go a bit in their outlaw status. I always wanted to see what the Escher and Cawdor versions would be like.

Anyway, your big tanks/silos came out great. Really like the blue/grey with the rust.

Towers turned out aces, CB. Neat work on the graffiti too.

Scum looking good too. These old minis have such character and you're doing a great job of bringing them to life.

Can't wait for more!

Thanks you two.

The Bounty Hunter



Complete with cigar...however this particular sculpt had too small a head for the heroic scale of GW in my opinion.

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Great looking towers and gangers, particularly fond of the cigar (iho stick?) smoking bounty hunter.

Nice job wrapping up the Scum. That BH is too good. He has ALL the guns.

Nice work on the models CB, I like the face paint on the ratskin scout. Really makes the eyes pop.

Can platforms are excellent as well. Is there enough clearance between the lamps to stack them and make a tall tower?

Tyranid Horde wrote:Great looking towers and gangers, particularly fond of the cigar (iho stick?) smoking bounty hunter.

youwashock wrote:Nice job wrapping up the Scum. That BH is too good. He has ALL the guns.

Thumpingbear wrote:Nice work on the models CB, I like the face paint on the ratskin scout. Really makes the eyes pop.
Can platforms are excellent as well. Is there enough clearance between the lamps to stack them and make a tall tower?

Thank you gentlemen.

Thumpingbear, sorry the cans cannot stack due to the ladders...they would also be unbalanced due to the weight of the platforms.

Another group of figures completed. Wyrd Beastmaster and some Under-Hive beasts.

Looking for more giant rats if anyone has some to sell or trade.

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Your old school terrain and models are just fantastic. To me, this is truly what the hobby is all about. Massive, complex models covered in detail and airbrushed to a gorgeous standard have their place, no doubt, but there is nothing that beats the fun and charm of homemade terrain and the restrained look of the classic models - that are actually to scale!

You’ve been busy CB. The can towers turned out great, I bet they look ace amongst the rest of your terrain with all the scum of the underhive crawling all over them. The extra characters you’ve added to the collection all came out well too. The beast master and his face huggers are especially cool

Thank you Riddle and gobert.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Gun fight on a platform in the Necromunda Under-Hive.

Should be viewed listening to Ennio Morricone's instrumental them to the movie of the same name.







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Your models are great, really make me wish they would relaunch Necromunda. It was such a good game even when you lost there was usually one fun moment to take away from it.

Too bad GW just wants to cash in quick and not worry about developing a culture besides buy it quick.

Everything about this is awesome. The build, the models, the details, the graffiti, the weathering... Even to the positioning of the models in the first pictures
There is so much character in this whole setup.

You have definitely secured my vote for the challenge!

Followed your instructions and listened to some Ennio Morricone: not the main theme, but the Ecstasy of Gold that plays during the duel
One of my all time favorite scenes btw.

Thank you Theophony

Ezki wrote:Followed your instructions and listened to some Ennio Morricone: not the main theme, but the Ecstasy of Gold that plays during the duel
One of my all time favorite scenes btw.

Thanks Ezki, I forgot the penultimate scene had a different song...the unloaded gun was also great.

Some more close ups of different styles and ages of graffiti. What I really need is a page of colored graffiti that I can print and glue as a base and then add more on top to look more realistic with layered tagging.

There must be somewhere that has 1/35 scale graffiti images on an 8 1/2 by 11 page.

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You want 1:48th or o-scale, 1:35 is a bit too large in my experience.

Model railroading to the rescue!

https://www.hobbylinc.com/cgi-bin/s8.cgi?cat_s=&str_s=o+scale+graffiti

--Brian

Great shot of the platforms with the three minis. Although none of them looks particulary good, but every one of them ugly (the sculpt, not the paintjob ). Now you need the old Cypher model mopping the floor with them in under a second

Love those old Scum minis, they always seem to have more character than new minis

That green-screen background adds even more to the old action movie feel. Great work!

Very nice work on the towers and their graffiti.


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Towers looking fab, and the green-screen background is begging for an insert of a backdrop ala box art!

Thanks Briancj, I am really looking for something I could just print out on a color printer.
Thank you Viterbi, Guardling, Max Moray, and IGtR=
Thanks youwashock, green-screen look was created by it being the largest neutral background that would fit the items in one shot. Speaking of which, I was playing around with some of my newer longer bridges and the tomato can platforms.




Photoshoot was interrupted by an attack by the Giant Under-Hive Cat.


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Those bridges look stellar with the new towers.
Quite the monster there. A dealy and vicious giant of a beast if ever there was one.

“I’m here for the catwalk...”


Great looking setup there, Cap. Kudos.

Awesome stuff Captain Brown! Always cool to see models and terrain together especially when it looks this good.

The new terrain looks great together, hopefully everything survived the giant feline!

That cat photobomb is ace But really love the overhead shot, really gives a sense of scale to all the great terrain.

Thanks guys.

All the terrain and figures survived as the Giant Cat was careful stepping between catwalks.

A small addition, some members of a new gang.




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Orlocks are looking great

Catwalk , always nice to see the masters of Dakkadakka members strutting around Inspecting their charges work.

Thank you Theophony.

Charlie (the Siberian) passes on his approval of you recognizing his status.

Another two Orlocks finished.



The gang so far.


With more to come:


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Your smashing these boys out Captain Brown. A cool 60s biker vibe they’ve got going on

I do love the old Orlocks. Been stripping my own orlocks and seeing these is giving me motivation to get them off the back burner and into the hotseat. You're going for the classic look with the colours here. Did you consider anything different?
I always thought they were very Bruce Springsteen. If The Boss took the blue collar working man vibe to the level of gang violence.

 theCrowe wrote:
I do love the old Orlocks. Been stripping my own orlocks and seeing these is giving me motivation to get them off the back burner and into the hotseat. You're going for the classic look with the colours here. Did you consider anything different?

theCrowe,

I did make a little deviation from the classic scheme...I dropped the red shirts due to the Star Trek connitations...no need to give your opponents certainty that gangers with red shirts will perish.

Next up:


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The catwalks are top-notch... as usual, you have a great eye for seeing the finished product in total while assembling it piece by piece.

Love those Orlocks, always fun seeing you tackle those old minis. Kal and Scabbs are coming along nicely too.

Thank you MacPhail and Viterbi,

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My necromancy collection is extensive but I never had these two, or the devil Valois. Cal is a great lookin mini. He even makes a brace of Laspistols look cool.

Nicely done on both of these. Good bold contrast. I'll bet they really pop on the tabletop.

Nice job on these two heavy weights of the underhives. Cal has some great facial hair going off too

This is an enviable collection of old metal models, Captain. Lovely paint jobs all around.

Always count on you to keep the classics fresh, Cap'n. Orlocks are perfect and a great job on Kal and his crony.

Thank you theCrowe, gobert, Warboss_Waaazag, and youwashock.

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Finished.



Going to take a break from Necromunda for a bit to finish some more old metal Eldar.

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Great colors on the Milliasaurs. Looking forward to more Eldar!

Milliasaurs looking really snazzy in their bright colours!

Thanks for sharing

I'd say you nailed Kal and Sabs. The faces have a great feel and the contrast is high enough to see their personalities comes through on the tabletop. I love the old school metal minis. Keep them coming. This is just as much fun as reading through old issues of White Dwarf magazine from the 90s.

I have completely missed some amazing retro updates in this thread...
Anyways i really like the beastmaster and his gribblies.

Lovey work on the beast master. The different skins on his coat are spot on

Nice Milliasaurs, are you planning on more underhive gribblies?

Lovely contrast between his more subdued colors and the bright Milisaurs and great job all around!

Thank you youwashock, IGtR=, The Riddle of Steel, Not Online!!!, gobert, and Viterbi.

Guardling wrote:Nice Milliasaurs, are you planning on more underhive gribblies?

Yes, three more Ripper Jacks and five Giant Rats so I have almost enough for each Beastmaster to have all the options. Because before each game you select one of the three types of beasts and roll a d3 to see how many your hired Beastmaster brings to the fight. Once I am finished these eight I will have six of each option and four for the Milliasaurs.

Next up 3 metal Goliaths.



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Finished the three.




The entire gang as it stands now.


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Nice job on these classic Goliaths - such goofy sculpts, but great fun

Thanks for sharing

I love those classic Goliaths. Great job on them.

The gang looks great, love the old school feel

All your oldmunda is fantastic, keep up the great work!

Classic miniatures and a classic scheme executed excellently.

What a treat to see, CB! The Miliasaurs are new to me. The pink and blue tones look great on them. Great job on the pewter Goliaths too!

Thank you IGtR=, Denny, Illumini, MegaDave, ListenToMeWarriors, and Don Qui Hotep.

The replies that follow a post for a painted figure are always motivating to paint and share some more.

Like these guys.


How could I paint Goliaths without some Orlocks to take them on.

Two more added to the House of Iron




Gang so far.


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More nuggets in this nostalgia gold mine. Great job, Cap'n!

Great work on some well painted classic Necromunda heavyweights

Great work on these classics, really like the green mohawk on that Goliath.

Love those Orlock sculpts, they are my favourite of the Oldcromunda sculpts. Inspiring stuff

Thanks for sharing

That Goliath group shot is so 80's , amazing job! Orlocks look great too, but they lose every cloth in bright colors contest against the Goliath

Looking good!
Always nice to see classic models

Those Goliaths really scream 80's power metal, good job!

Good work on the Orlocks as well. They look a lot more badass than the new sculpts.

Thank you youwashock, gobert, Olthannon, IGtR=, Viterbi, Guardling, and Ezki.

Two more to add to the House of Iron, a heavy and a ganger. So there are now eight members, enough to make a small gang with limited options.




The gang so far.



I have four more figures to paint and then the Orlocks will be done.

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Glad to hear the Orlock's getting some attention, the creams and blacks work great together. They look tough! Nice jobs on the bases.

Great steady progress, they have a great 50s bikers vibe do these guys

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Glad to hear the Orlock's getting some attention, the creams and blacks work great together. They look tough! Nice jobs on the bases.

Thank you Don Qui Hotep.

gobert wrote:Great steady progress, they have a great 50s bikers vibe do these guys

Glad you noticed the theme.

The last four to paint.


A Leader and a Juve are finished.




Gang so far:

The Gang Leader model with the Melta Gun can shift to be another Heavy.

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The Goliaths and Orlocks look great painted up in bright, classic style. Straight out of the 90s. When I was a kid, I liked the look of the Orlocks as they were not as exotic as some of the other gangs. That shotgun guy in particular stands out as a great model.

Thanks Riddle.

The last two metal Orlocks painted and the gang is finished.




The House of Iron.


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Great lookin gang you got there CB.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep.

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some classics there and well painted, great job

i visit this thread way to rarely, i always seem to miss the updates somehow

Anyways, that's a nice retro gang

Great stuff CB, how many gangs is that now?

Lovely group shot of the finished Orlocks, congrats on finishing another gang! And interested to see, how you will paint the scatter terrain. Got the exact same pieces, they are really nice.

Nice Orlocks looking forward to more

bobbuilder wrote:some classics there and well painted, great job

Thank you bobbuilder.

Not Online!!! wrote:i visit this thread way to rarely, i always seem to miss the updates somehow

Anyways, that's a nice retro gang

Glad you like visiting and leaving a positive comment Not Online!!!.

gobert wrote:Great stuff CB, how many gangs is that now?

Thanks gobert, at five full gangs including the Ratskins.

Viterbi wrote:Lovely group shot of the finished Orlocks, congrats on finishing another gang! And interested to see, how you will paint the scatter terrain. Got the exact same pieces, they are really nice.

Thanks Viterbi. Photos posted below.

Guardling wrote:Nice Orlocks looking forward to more

Thanks Guardling.

Finished the scatter terrain.




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Love the colourful wiring!

Wwow, that scenery came along quickly! Red looks great - do you mind sharing the recipe?

Thanks for sharing

Great work on the terrain and kudos for doing all the wiring!

I’m impressed with the scatter terrain. I usually can’t bring myself to do much more than basecost, wash, drybrush and weathering on terrain like these. Your extra love and attention to detail will really bring these to life on the battlefield. I agree with IGtR that the red is nice.

Thank you Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll, Viterbi, IGtR=, and The Riddle of Steel

IGtR= wrote:Wwow, that scenery came along quickly! Red looks great - do you mind sharing the recipe?

Thanks for sharing

Painting process:
Primed black.
Given a spray from above of Regal Red Tremclad.
Dry brush of red.
Painted the cables with various colors.
Chipping effect with silver.
Rust spotting with orange.
Wash with brown ink.
Light dry brush with a mix of red and yellow.
Washed metallic areas with black ink.
Added a layer of Mig Pigment Dessert Sand with contrast medium everywhere that sand and dust would accumulate.
Sealed to make certain the sand does not lift.

Hope that explains the coloring. The Tremclad was a little glossy, but it did make for a good red base over the black primer.

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A gang of Spyrers.



Looks like I have to re-do on of the back wings.

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Thanks for sharing that red recipe - I shall have to give it a try on mine!

Don't think I have ever seen Spyrers in a more muted scheme before - makes the one on the left look very 'inspired' by predator.

Thanks for sharing

Terrain looks great. Plenty of LOS blocking but also some good windows to shoot through.

Ooh, that red ruin is lovely, a really great shade of red. Nice work on the Spyrers, great cohesive colours you’ve gone for too

Spyrer team is looking awesome! All ready to ruin some gang's day.

Thank you IGtR=, DJJazzyJeff, gobert, and youwashock

Making more pipe access points out of excel gum container caps.

WIP:


All numbered to join the four I completed over a year ago, so I could have two tables with complete sets of six when finished.

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Finished the eight.




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I hope the gum was consumed over a long period of time Lovely work on the caps and gotta echo the others, great work on the Spyrers. They look the business.

Cheers Capt. Brown! Great stuff!

That's a good idea and use for them i'd say. Might steal errrr meant inspired by it

Viterbi wrote:I hope the gum was consumed over a long period of time Lovely work on the caps and gotta echo the others, great work on the Spyrers. They look the business.

Thank you Viterbi and yes the gum was consumed...a filthy habit I picked up far to long ago.

Mutant Modifier wrote:Cheers Capt. Brown! Great stuff!

Thank you Mutant Modifier.

Not Online!!! wrote:That's a good idea and use for them i'd say. Might steal errrr meant inspired by it

Thank you Not Online!!!,

It is not stealing, please use and share. So many of the scratch built terrain pieces I hare have built on this thread have been inspired by others.

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Great idea with those gum caps. Simple and effective and well done.

You’re very prolific. I think I change projects as often as you do, but the difference is that you actually finish yours.

Thank you Riddle and DJJazzyJeff.

DJJazzyJeff, I do try to build projects in manageable chunks so that I complete the one I am working on before starting the next one. To keep from getting stale I do switch between 40K and Necromunda at the moment.

So some old metal Necromunda Giant Rats have received a coat of paint.


They are mounted on old pennies (which are no longer legal tender in Canada).

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Love those old rats, you did a great job bringing them to life!

That's some serious old school rats.

Nice rates - and good use of old coins!

Thanks for sharing

Cool rats, keep them coming!

This basing method really makes a lot of cents to me.

--B.

 Briancj wrote:
This basing method really makes a lot of cents to me.

--B.

And it makes a nice change from the usual sort of basing.

Puns aside, they're great rats!

Nice to see those old rats. I actually painted one in greenish colors and used (and still use!) as a Squighound for my Runtherd. Classic models with a ton of character and your paintjob really brings out the details.

 amazingturtles wrote:

 Briancj wrote:
This basing method really makes a lot of cents to me.

--B.

And it makes a nice change from the usual sort of basing.

Puns aside, they're great rats!

Both puns cracked me up

And great work Captain, those rats look legitimately scary.

Thank you MegaDave, Not Online!!!, IGtR=, Briancj, Guardling, amazingturtles, The Riddle of Steel, and Viterbi

The puns are all appreciated...and the comments as well.

Finished the infamously named "Chain Head" of House Goliath.




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Wow I bet that thing leaves him with a sore head...

...

Anyway...
Is he an actual GW mini or a conversion?

I, too, think he would have to have a grinding headache.

He's been around the block, there ain't nothing he ain't saw before.

Guardling wrote:Is he an actual GW mini or a conversion?

Yes Guardling, that is the original pewter model in all his finery.

Thanks DJJazzyJeff and Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll.

I see the puns have not yet run their course.

The gang as it stands now.



Still trying to locate the last two metal Gangers (Goliath with Autogun and Axe. Goliath with Lasgun and Auto Pistol.)

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Nice gang! All old school and all painted up.

Thank you Warboss_Waaazag.

Some quick little beasties (Ripper Jacks)...I just realized that these photos are about twice the size of the little monsters.




As well as another Necromunda project.



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Now before I start on the Arbites.

Next up is another Cawdor Gang Leader who could also double as a veteran Ganger.




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Ooh Arbites! They were such cool minis back in the day, and still are now imho. Can’t wait to see what you do with them. I love the ripper jacks too, a shameless Alien ripoff from GW. They look great in the black and white, nice work

Thank you gobert.

The entire gang painted up.




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Well, that looks like a gang to not triffle with.

Nice, I love how bright they are, yet also kinda grim

Thank you Not Online!!! and Guardling.

Arbite Squad WIP shot.


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Cawdor gang is stellar, but seeing the old Arbites really takes me back. Bravo, Cap'n.

The Cawdor pads look great, but I love some Arbites! A nice classic scheme you’ve gone for too

Those goliath are looking great. Arbites look cool as well!

Love the arbites and the colors on the Goliaths really pop

So much old school awesomeness, great to see all of these gangs coming together

You gotta love the old Arbites, especially the Sgt. with the big target worn on his head Great start and cool group shot of Cawdor!

Thank you youwashock, gobert, Flapjack, Kid_Kyoto, Maharg, and Viterbi.

Finished the Arbites squad, to bring some Imperial law enforcement to the Underhive. Entered them in the "Boots on the Ground" themed Monthly Painting Challenge.








Most challenging part was doing the bases, as these were slotta base models with the tab between the feet to hold them in place. I did not want to cut those off and then pin the feet to the plastic base as these are fairly heavy models. So I built the plastic card around the slotta tabs.

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PS: Next project.