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[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2021/08/24 17:36:09


Post by: Elmir


I decided to split a starterset for Dystopian Wars with a buddy and found myself loving painting these 2mm scale warschips. I opted for the covenant of the enlightened half of the starterset. The ships themselves aren't that tiny. The smallest type (frigates) are about the size of a standard 28mm infantry game.





Hope you like them!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2021/09/04 23:02:11


Post by: leerm02


Very nice! I love the table too!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2021/09/04 23:13:26


Post by: Mr Morden


They look very good


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2021/09/06 17:18:06


Post by: Illumini


I am not at all into the setting, but I can appreciate some very well painted minis and the board looks great


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2021/09/28 10:06:18


Post by: Elmir


The people at Warcradle studios saw my Enlightened fleet on facebook and got into contact with me. They asked me if I was interested in a preview copy of the new Covenant of the Enlightened support squad box. I of course said yes and painted them up!










I also made my first YouTube videos explaining the painting process and reviewing the kit:

https://youtu.be/DAoxcAzPc3Y

https://youtu.be/w3uFw9r3hj0

Hope you like it!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2021/09/30 09:35:28


Post by: lord_blackfang


Lovely, can't be easy to do realistic weathering that tiny


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/01/25 22:50:24


Post by: Elmir


I also started working on my Empire fleet (I'll be making a fleet themed around the Japanese).

What better way to start than with some flying mechanical dragon ships!









[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/02/02 15:39:43


Post by: Elmir


I've added another stage of painting to my Prussian ships: the weathering, decals and adding some miniature flags made out aluminium and steel pins.





[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/02/27 18:33:50


Post by: Elmir


The Ice Maiden super Dreadnought was also given some extra flags and a bit of an updated paintjob:









[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/02/28 16:05:16


Post by: Soul Samurai


Dang, those are fantastic!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/03/07 17:26:21


Post by: Elmir


My Japanese flagship has also been finished! The Kongo class heavy battleship:





[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/03/07 19:01:09


Post by: Mr Morden


Really impressive work!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/03/15 03:03:55


Post by: Hairesy


Yeah those are all pretty cool. I especially like the iceberg carrier thing.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/03/16 22:27:52


Post by: Elmir


Finished another carrier for my Prussian Imperium fleet: The Templehof flagship.



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/03/19 05:35:40


Post by: Mothsniper


Love those warships. Really quality work!
Getting DVAR vibes from those.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/03/27 14:38:40


Post by: Elmir


I've also finished some fortifications for my Prussian force:









[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/04/04 15:10:47


Post by: Elmir


Two more fortification towers finished:



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/04/05 14:25:50


Post by: Soul Samurai


Love the weathering.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/04/09 17:02:12


Post by: Elmir


Thanks folks

Just a quick update on my Kaiser Flagship (my most preferred ship in game), which has had it's windows painted and extra smoke effects added to the exhaust pipes:



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/04/18 12:02:54


Post by: Elmir


For my Easter vacation project, I decided to spruce up the table. There isn't a lot of ready made scenery available for Dystopian wars yet... Just a single set and I didn't particularly care for it.

So... XPS foam rock carving + 3D printed parts + some plaster rock casting + some plastic components from older Airfix terrain kits later:













Scenery can make or break a game, so I'm happy to finally have gotten around to upgrading it.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/04/18 14:08:40


Post by: Kid_Kyoto


Truly epic terrain! Anyone would be proud to play on those tables.

Love the use of the old Platformer bits.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/04/24 17:14:46


Post by: Elmir


Some small additions this time.... Literally!

These are Escort craft called Chita Submersibles: Mechanical squids that assist the main ships in assaults and guard against enemy torpedoes.



And to give you an idea of the size and scale, a shot alongside a Euro penny (similar size to the US version give or take a few millimeters)



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/05/04 16:54:48


Post by: Elmir


The Kongo battlefleet is now completely finished for my Empire force:



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/05/05 15:27:33


Post by: muette


Excellent paintjob, didn't knew about the game but the figures look really good. Hope you had good magnifying glasses to paint those!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/05/23 16:02:03


Post by: Elmir


I was finally able to get my hands on the first mecha unit of the game: The Hochmeister Colossus!











[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/05/23 16:37:22


Post by: Skinflint Games


Those are crazy good! Nice to see DW getting some love, thought Spartan went under?


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/05/23 16:42:18


Post by: Elmir


 Skinflint Games wrote:
Those are crazy good! Nice to see DW getting some love, thought Spartan went under?


Thank you. Spartan Games did go bankrupt... But they sold their IP to Warcradle studios after they did.

And Warcradle studios is now remaking the Dystopian Wars range in mostly plastics (like these Colossus units) with some of the larger ships being resin hulls that use some plastic parts for weapons/generators/smokestacks etc.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/05/23 17:36:03


Post by: ph34r


The water effects and ice are particularly amazing. The ice on that carrier is really 'wow'. Everything else is great too though!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/05/30 16:58:04


Post by: Elmir


The second squadron of Colossi is also finished: The Metzger unit.



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/05/30 19:36:26


Post by: FrozenDwarf


Good stuff this, i realy liked the terrain too.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/06/06 07:51:51


Post by: Elmir


Thank you.

I've also began on my Teutonic battlefleet. These are operated by the Imperiums Teutonic order, so I wanted to put some slightly different heraldry on these ships.









[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/06/06 17:15:33


Post by: Illumini


Teutonic steampunk naval knights, now that is an inspiring concept! The ship looks great


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/06/06 20:31:56


Post by: pancakeonions


Magnificent stuff! I used to love Dystopian Wars (more the minis than their ruleset, which was truly one of the worst rulesets I'd ever had the misfortune of encountering ... ! I hope Warcradle is doing a better job!)

And I love that they saw your excellent paintjobs online, and sent you some kits to paint up and share.

That's fantastic.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/06/13 16:33:28


Post by: Elmir


Another squadron finished for the Imperium:



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/06/14 21:50:21


Post by: Elmir


And the Toten destroyers are also finished now:



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/06/19 20:03:53


Post by: Elmir


I've added some more 3D printed dockyard elements and cranes to the terrainboard:







[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/07/04 16:07:45


Post by: Elmir


Thank you.

I also finished the new super dreadnaught for the Russians. I'm using them as mercenaries mostly though, so I painted them up in the colourscheme of the Black Wolf mercenaries. So I build mine as the Anastasia, but it can make any version with some magnets and a bit of bluetac where needed:





[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/07/04 21:08:10


Post by: lord_blackfang


Sweet!

Hey am I right that you need a plastic cryo from the support sprue? Looks like I'll have to buy another squadron, I glued all my Khatangas before noticing I need to save one.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/07/04 22:08:02


Post by: Elmir


 lord_blackfang wrote:
Sweet!

Hey am I right that you need a plastic cryo from the support sprue? Looks like I'll have to buy another squadron, I glued all my Khatangas before noticing I need to save one.


Yes, you do need one of the plastic cryo generators. You kind of have to turn 1 of the support cruisers into a Pravda because of it. I plan to pick up a Mozhayski battlefleet to go alongside the big Murmansk box and the starterset Russian half.

That should leave me with tripple Khatanga ships and 4 stoletov planes, which would work for a cheeky Blackwolf Mercenary fleet to flesh out any fleets that don't have an enormous model selection yet.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/07/04 22:42:31


Post by: lord_blackfang


Kinda lame they don't throw in a resin cryo considering they make one for the Borodino and it fits perfectly...


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/07/05 03:26:52


Post by: Darnok


The ships are looking beautiful, the terrain is even better though - absolutely loving it! That donut of doom looks excellent as well, great choice of colours.

Looking forward for what is next in line.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/07/05 11:18:13


Post by: lord_blackfang


Oh snap I didn't even scroll up enough to see the tarrain last time. Epic indeed. Clever use of some Tehnolog terrain bits I think?


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/07/05 11:59:47


Post by: Elmir


Those terrain kits were sold under many different company names, depending on where you live. But yeah, those are the old platformer kits from the early 2000s I think.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/07/07 12:28:46


Post by: Elmir





A little fleet overview video I made today during a boring rainy day! I hope you enjoy it though...


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/07/11 15:06:30


Post by: Elmir


I've made a few more bits of rocky terrain for my Dystopian Wars table and decided to record the process.

It's a how to video that requires no special tools, just some XPS foam, a knife, some PVA glue and acrylic paints.

Here is the result:



And the tutorial video:



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/08/09 17:36:11


Post by: Elmir


Added some more Praxillia submarines to my Convenant of the Enlightened force:



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/08/10 22:37:33


Post by: pancakeonions


Beautiful! Do they boil the seas around them?


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/08/11 12:53:59


Post by: Elmir


 pancakeonions wrote:
Beautiful! Do they boil the seas around them?


I want them to look like they alone are the reason for the melting ice caps!

This faction is the scientist faction in the Dystopian Age (and they basically use an alien tech "cheat sheet" for their own technological advancements), so I do want them to look like things might go catastrophically wrong at any time with meltdowns and such.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/08/25 11:27:47


Post by: Elmir


More submarines! This time for a new Crown fleet project:



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/09/05 17:19:08


Post by: Elmir


The first flagship for my Ragnarok battlefleet is done! The Scandinavians join the fray!









[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/09/05 20:30:35


Post by: Illumini


That is a nice sleek warship. Are the Norwegians a German Empire puppet state or ally?


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/09/06 09:51:30


Post by: Elmir


 Illumini wrote:
That is a nice sleek warship. Are the Norwegians a German Empire puppet state or ally?


The Scandinavians in general fall under the umbrella of the Imperium. The true powerhouse nation of the Imperium, are the Prussians (the Kaiser himself is from that nation), but some other states/kingdoms (like Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Bavaria) have a fair amount of autonomy and military might of their own within the Imperium. Ultimately though, they all fight for the Imperium, despite having their own "local governments/leadership".

That's the fun bit about how the new Dystopian Wars functions: there are 8 factions (geo-political power blocks) each with t heir own individual nations. You can make a fleet of only 1 of those nations if you want... Or you can collect multiple nations and try to blend them together.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/09/06 12:30:01


Post by: chaos0xomega


Worth mentioning that in many cases limiting to one subfaction severely restricts the options available to you - Ukrainians having all the submarines in Commonwealth (Black Wolf mercs notwithstanding), for example, or Koreans having all the air units (except Tianlong) in Empire, etc.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/09/09 22:02:46


Post by: Elmir


Added my first Chinese ships to the Empire fleet. I went for a Ying/Yang theme.



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/09/18 17:14:03


Post by: Elmir


The first Scandinavian cruiser is finished:



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/09/18 17:35:54


Post by: Kid_Kyoto


I like the port side battle damage


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/09/18 18:06:18


Post by: Shrapnelsmile


 Elmir wrote:
I decided to split a starterset for Dystopian Wars with a buddy and found myself loving painting these 2mm scale warschips. I opted for the covenant of the enlightened half of the starterset. The ships themselves aren't that tiny. The smallest type (frigates) are about the size of a standard 28mm infantry game.





Hope you like them!


Amazing work! I have a demo of DW today. How do the Enlightened play in game?


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/09/18 18:28:37


Post by: Elmir



They are the quintessential glass cannon faction. High damage output through unique weapons, but with a high pricetag, making the fleet feel a bit more frail than the "traditional" nation counterparts.

But if you love the sci-fi elements of this game, the Enlightened have a ton of that (especially now with the latest big box they got).


Automatically Appended Next Post:
 Shrapnelsmile wrote:


Amazing work! I have a demo of DW today. How do the Enlightened play in game?


Also, have fun on your first demo game! I personally think this game is an absolute hidden gem in today's wargaming scene. It tough financial times for everybody and seeing a company produce a game that has a low barrier to entry (with fairly low model count games) while giving you a ton of models in the fleet boxes, is pretty refreshing.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/09/19 01:00:15


Post by: Shrapnelsmile


 Elmir wrote:

They are the quintessential glass cannon faction. High damage output through unique weapons, but with a high pricetag, making the fleet feel a bit more frail than the "traditional" nation counterparts.

But if you love the sci-fi elements of this game, the Enlightened have a ton of that (especially now with the latest big box they got).


Automatically Appended Next Post:
 Shrapnelsmile wrote:


Amazing work! I have a demo of DW today. How do the Enlightened play in game?


Also, have fun on your first demo game! I personally think this game is an absolute hidden gem in today's wargaming scene. It tough financial times for everybody and seeing a company produce a game that has a low barrier to entry (with fairly low model count games) while giving you a ton of models in the fleet boxes, is pretty refreshing.


Thank you so much for the info and the well wishes. It truly seems like a killer game. I love the models sculpts and I heard it plays faster (time wise) than the average game of Armada by Mantic. So that's a plus too in our book.
Sadly there was a covid exposure so we all couldn't get together today out of caution. But soon I hope. cheers.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/10/31 16:18:24


Post by: Elmir


The new 2-player starterset is out (called Sturginium skies) and I've started on the first model of that box:





[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/10/31 19:50:09


Post by: pancakeonions


Glorious! Where'd you get the wee airplanes flying under the zeppelin?


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/10/31 22:48:48


Post by: Elmir


 pancakeonions wrote:
Glorious! Where'd you get the wee airplanes flying under the zeppelin?


Those can be found on the Prussian support squad sprues (you will find them in the new 2player starter set as well).

These planes are mean to sit below the deck of the Konrad cruisers... But if you are not building those models, you will have 4 tiny airplanes to do conversions such as these.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/11/05 18:51:15


Post by: Meer_Cat


The excellent quality of the models you've produced make you and them an excellent salesforce for this game- I'm finding myself having to look into it further. I started ut looking at your last post and had to go to the very beginning to read all the way through- very excellent work!

The concept of the game is intriguing and the relatively small space to get started is certainly attractive too.

I look forward to gaining more inspiration here.



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/11/05 22:49:30


Post by: Elmir


Thank you!

The guys over at OnTableTop (the old BeastsOfWar) have actually done a whole week dedicated to Dystopian Wars in case you are interested: https://www.beastsofwar.com/how-to-play-dystopian-wars/


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/11/09 16:25:48


Post by: Elmir


The Crown just received some Aerial reinforcements with these Prydain War Rotors:



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/11/14 21:39:37


Post by: pancakeonions


Oh man, those are so nice! Love the colors on those Rotors


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/11/17 19:31:47


Post by: Elmir


Work continues on the flyers!

The Prussian Jaeger Fast Destroyers are done. For those wondering about scale, they are about as long as a GW infantry model is tall. Some very fine detail on these guys, especially the iconography.



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/11/25 17:53:59


Post by: sockwithaticket


Very cool. You've got a good balance of crisp paint job and weathering.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/12/01 16:27:29


Post by: Elmir


Thank you.

I've just finished off the Prussian half of the Sturginium skies starter set:



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/12/06 16:59:59


Post by: Elmir


More airships!

Tintagel ships for the Crown:



And more Kriegsturm for Prussian Air Dominance!



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/12/06 17:02:06


Post by: Overread


So far Prussians really are getting some awesome airships!

Fantastic paintwork as always


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2022/12/17 15:02:48


Post by: Elmir


Thank you.

And the last unit from Sturginium Skies is making it's way to the open seas/air: the Saxon Scout rotors:



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/01/04 14:44:26


Post by: Elmir


I've been working on something BIG! Terrain...



Hopefully, this can lead to a few fun coastal bombardment missions!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/01/13 10:50:16


Post by: Soul Samurai


Oh, that looks amazing!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/01/15 13:56:01


Post by: Elmir


I've been continuing my work on the terrain. I'm aiming for a bit of a modular system that will allow the islands to be connected via bridges (soon).







[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/01/15 18:15:20


Post by: Illumini


The terrain is absolutely fantastic


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/02/12 21:49:35


Post by: Elmir


And the first parts of the Latin Alliance are finished: The French!



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/02/12 21:50:57


Post by: Overread


You're making it REALLY hard for me to stick to my Sultanate force!!

Awesome painting!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/02/15 14:45:45


Post by: pancakeonions


Wow. Those are MAGNIFICENT


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/02/26 09:59:40


Post by: Elmir


Thank you! I've finished 2 more heavy Charlemagne class cruisers for the French:



Still have to add their flags though.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/03/08 12:20:18


Post by: Soul Samurai


Man, the amazing terrain just brings this all up to the next level!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/03/08 13:59:10


Post by: Overread


I need to get paint on mine to achieve such standards of wonder

and possibly get one of those sea play mats



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/03/08 21:59:19


Post by: Elmir


Solid start to your fleet! The Sultanate is one of the few factions I've not collected so far... But it's bound to happen down the line, because those models are just gorgeous.

I've got a few detail shots of the Avalon after I applied some weathering to it:









[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/03/08 22:13:21


Post by: Overread


Such a sweet ship! The weathering, esp on the rotor blades really stands out well!


And yeah Sultanate are a great looking fleet. My one crit of them is that they get so much out of their basic cruiser hull design that it feels a touch bland.
The design itself is fantastic, but I really am looking forward to seeing the Egyptian hovercraft and the air units to throw some visual variety into the fleet.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/03/13 16:49:48


Post by: Elmir


Speaking of visual variety: one of the possibly most out there designs in the game! The Ketos Assault machines for the Covenant of the Enlightened:







[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/03/13 21:52:42


Post by: pancakeonions


 Overread wrote:
I need to get paint on mine to achieve such standards of wonder

and possibly get one of those sea play mats



That hobby mat was so clean and spotless, I assume this is photoshop!

I'm envious of all the steampunk glory on this thread!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/03/21 12:57:33


Post by: Elmir


French short range squadron: These tokens are used in game to represent aircraft attack runs made by your carriers.

I've included a ruler in millimeters to show the scale of these. Not super tiny, but still tiny enough to be a bit of a challenge.



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/03/23 18:38:47


Post by: Elmir


Finally, the Robosquids arrived in our shop!



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/03/23 22:02:58


Post by: Overread


Aww look at the little babies!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/04/26 11:20:06


Post by: Elmir


The box of Japanese Squid robots is completely finished now!



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/05/19 18:27:23


Post by: Elmir


More Colossi, this time from the Russians:



And a little scenic shot of them taking on my Prussian Colossi.



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/05/23 20:34:26


Post by: Elmir


And a new flagship for my Commonwealth fleet: the Borodino.



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/06/06 15:00:51


Post by: Elmir


Another big model finished for my main faction: The Imperium.

This is the zeppelin class sky-fortress.



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/07/23 16:22:16


Post by: Elmir


The Empire doesn't not take over your cities... They just fly theirs into your territory!





[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/07/25 14:35:48


Post by: pancakeonions


that model is absurd and I am HERE for it.

Love the paintjob!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/08/28 16:54:27


Post by: Elmir


The John Henry bot:







[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/08/28 19:10:44


Post by: pancakeonions


That's a beautiful paintjob!

And one heck of a pose on that model... Who doesn't love a well placed flight stand?


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/08/29 20:30:44


Post by: horizon


Jeez, all of this is insanely beautiful. You can be proud.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/09/09 15:24:35


Post by: Elmir


Thank you!

I've did a bit more work on the Independence class battleship and added the pauldrons (that I forgot... Whoops) to the John Henry bot.











And I've also added 2 French Volière class carriers to my Force:








[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/09/19 15:01:56


Post by: Elmir


Test model for the Egyptian Abydos battlefleet set:




The sultan loves his fancy hovercrafts!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/09/30 17:03:51


Post by: Elmir


Two more big flagships got finished:

The Imperium Asgard (with a slight conversion by swapping out the front landing platform with a radar dish):



And the Sultanate Tanis control ship to launch angry fighter squadrons of hovercraft at the enemy!



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/10/03 19:38:03


Post by: Elmir


Some more work on the Scandinavians with their new assault rotors and the mercenary flagship "the Skjalden" from the Scions of Jutland set.











[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/10/10 16:03:47


Post by: Elmir


The trio is done:



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2023/11/07 17:55:55


Post by: Elmir


Step by step video guide on how I painted my Golden Abydos fleet:




[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2024/02/21 19:23:10


Post by: Elmir


I've just finished the big new Enlightened submarine too:





[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2024/02/21 23:15:59


Post by: bong264


Hot dang how did I miss this thread! Absolutely stunning work!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2024/02/22 10:57:27


Post by: Crispy78


Love your work, love the models. May need to look into this game!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2024/02/24 18:31:51


Post by: Elmir


Crispy78 wrote:
Love your work, love the models. May need to look into this game!


Definitely worth it. It's pretty good value for money (especially the 1 player starter sets) and all rules for each faction are completely free... So you would be spending your money where any gamer wants to spend it: models, not rules!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2024/03/06 17:19:18


Post by: Elmir


The ride of the Valkyries! My Scandinavian rotor force!



[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2024/03/06 19:37:32


Post by: pancakeonions


Wow, not only are the paintjobs great, but the minis are SUPER cool too!


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2024/03/09 14:34:44


Post by: Leopold Helveine


Even though its not warhammer I am mesmerized by these sculpts as much as your superb quality paints, especially the water continues to be candy for the eyes.

Man what epicness.


[Dystopian wars] Warships, Jaegers, skyboats, zeppelins and... Weird robosquids!  @ 2024/03/21 16:18:11


Post by: Elmir


Thank you very much. I've just finished the big sky fortress for the Union too: the Destiny class.