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.
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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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).
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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!
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.