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I really like these traps, what or where did you get these tree trunks and other logs from?

@Viktor von Domm.
They are literally from woodlands! as in there twigs and sticks from dead trees,some painted others left as is.
Intend on making more traps in the same theme but different traps,stake pit & pressure plate traps triggering some lethal device,waiting on more 40 & 25mm bases used my last lot.

Next markers will just be some single 25mm iceworld weapon drops one at a time,in order to keep the thread active,while i paint some more bits,onto pallets now,made x10 and a couple of wooden crates,more than likely use a good few of them,as pallet fulls of various supplies,some of which will be non standard,like a pallet full of "Landmines" or "Medical Supplies"

was wondering only because the paintjob made them look like they were plastic of origin^^...
i think you need to wach the first rambo movie for inspiration on woodland traps...or predator...lots of nice killy things there^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

i think you need to wach the first rambo movie for inspiration on woodland traps...or predator...lots of nice killy things there^^

Agreed!

Rambo and Predator you say,not sure if there's anyone left that has not seen them movies,i think that i could manage some anti-predator traps,duplicates of the movie ones,specifically the one the predator see's and avoids,Maybe a Bow&Arrow leaning by some logs and such,explosive arrows of course,think of a few ways i could pull them off,a deadfall trap would need to be on a 60mm base though or it would look massive,as for rambo similar aspects with the traps,already done a tripwire,basically a claymore mine but more ghetto,
no point doing things i cannot do anyway due to parts i have not got m60,rpg,ak47,bowie knife so on,which leaves just a handful of different traps,spike traps,pitfalls,deadfalls,tripwires,spring traps,pressure plates,do like the bow & explosive arrows though,that could be good,would like to make something like that,plus some spike traps as i said before.

Will be a fair wait before i make any more sets anyway,as it will take a couple of weeks before my 40&25mm Bases arrive,however i will likely post some other things here and there as usual,and use up the few pre painted bases i have left.

Edit: Picture below of the Pallets & Crates I will be Using,Made & Painted more than enough for the markers,plus spares.

sounds like a good plan...and you named the traps i had in mind but couldn´t find the right terms^^

 theCrowe wrote:

Heavy Weapon Haynes Manual

Cannot get enough of this. Great stuff.

(My Ideas for Objective Markers) x13 Types.
What to Expect from me in the Future Below,along with info on planned materials use,as well as some new ork iceworld weapon drop markers.
Lemme Know what you think,suggest improvements,different materials that are better suited to task,so on.
However still waiting on my order of 40&25mm Bases,due the 27/28th,but once i have them i foresee me quickly painting them up,followed by pumping out the marker sets below,so you shouldn't have to wait too long until you start seeing the below sets.



Ork Iceworld Weapon Drops.
Iceworld Loot for Orks Fallen on some snow caked rocky outcrops by the dead or dying,no self respecting ork would pass up the chance for an ice cold choppa or nice shooty shoota.









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Pallet of AT or AP Landmines.x2 sets.
[Made from a 40mm industrial themed base using garlic net method,painted metals,using a balsa wood pallet,and x4 to x6 landmines ontop of it made from watch battery's]

[Can be captured and used in the following mission to lay a single "2 mindfield patch,of the type specified,AP-Frag,AT-Krak,
also being explosive in nature they can be detonated by firing at the mines in question,producing a large and powerful blast]



Frag & Krak Grenade Upgrades.x2 sets.

[Made from green stuff bits for the main focus the grenades,using x1 40mm & x1 25mm bases as a set,
contained within either wooden or metal crates/boxes,made from balsa or sprue and card]

[Grants a whole squad grenades of the type captured,alternatively can be sold for 50credits,dangerous cargo and can be shot at and detonated causing a large and powerful explosion]



Box of Purity.
[Made from Green Stuff scuplts,placed on a 40mm base,inside a fancy box Adorned with a golden aqulia eagle,and metallic inner plate]

[Grants a squad of vehicles anti demon blessed weaponry,that gains +1Strength as a result of the purity sealed ammo,gun etc]



Bow & Explosive Arrows.
[Made from sticks and twigs of the correct size or balsa,modeled on a 40mm woodland base,the arrows to be made with tiny twigs or balsa with single grenades on the tip,or small explosive pockets/packets,the bow will be slightly curved twig with twisted card rope painted as leather/sinew,placed behind a tree or overlooking a small trail or ambush point]

[Grants a Special Weapon with extra lethal potential,range of "12 with frag grenade profile/power,as well as being "silent"]



Gunslingers Delight.
[Using several small pouches and holstered pistols,placed inside a crate/box,along with some on a small table,modeled on 40 & 20mm Bases]

[Upgrades one Gang member,single unit,to gunslinger,gaining additional pistols allowing multiple shots,at no credit cost,if the upgrade is not used it can be sold for 100Credits]



Spikepit Trap.
[Woodland Themed with lots of twigs and sticks,a small muddy and watery pit in the middle filled with spikes,made from cocktail stick tips,painted wooden with dryed blood on some for effect]

[Simple environmental trap,sharp sticks dipped in something gross will become more than capable of wounding or killing,can be avoided however on a 3+ as it is not as well camouflaged as other such traps]



Pallet of Hotshot.
[Simple to make using 40mm & 25mm bases,a single pallet with 30 or more lasgun ammo packs stacks ontop of the pallet itself,loose or strapped down,accompanied by a 25mm box filled with 10 or more power packs]

[Acts as a Hotshot upgrade for basic troops wielding standard las weapons,a single squad is upgraded free with hotshot ammo for 4turns only,the palletful of power packs are burned out from overcharging after that timeframe]



Pressure Plate Trap.
[Using x1 Ork bike Hubcap as the plate in question,with a partially buried metallic wire running behind a nearby tree or bush,linked to a grenade stack of frags,set on a 40mm woodland base]

[When within 3" Of a Pressure plate trap roll a D6 on a 4+ the explosives are triggered and detonate,with frag profile and small base radius]



Gas Canisters..
[Made from a cylindrical sprue rod,cut into many small can shapes,placed within a labeled wooden crate/box,placed on a 40mm base,accompanied by a small actively burning can of gas emitting a cloud of smoke from said can,modeled on a 25mm base]

[Various effects depending on gas type randomly determined by a D6 roll,Example > 1/2 choke,3/4 hullucinogen,5/6 mustard (lethal),gas clouds drift randomly each turn using necromunda ruleset]



Food Supplies.
[Simple build a wooden crate/box filled with various pouches and water bottles,with a ham or some such to top it off,placed on a 40mm industrial base]

[A well Fed Trooper gains additional Initiative reacting faster due to being well fed,grants a squad/gang/unit a initiative upgrade]



Pallet of Siege Supplies.
[Made with one of the pre painted pallets,with a couple of balsa cable reels,loaded with as much razor wire as the little things will hold]

[Allows the construction of a single line of "6 of Razor Wire Defenses,in the following battle after the pallet is captured]



Necron Spy Scarab Swarm.
[Using the same method as before green stuff scarabs sneaking around things pipes etc,on 25mm industrial bases,make x9 sneaking around different things,cables,mushrooms,ash,mud,snow,acid]

[A full Size Swarm of x12 Spy Scarabs,Function in the same way as normal spy scarabs,but while acting as one unit,gains a special attack,Eldritch burst,a low power but short ranged attack "6/S3/AP6 Small Blast]



Suicide Servo Skulls.(waiting on skulls)
[Made from Green Stuff Cables/Mechadendrites,along with a resin skull,with various types of grenade harness attached to the side of said skulls]

[A optional Equipment available to Adeptus Mechnicus or Inquisition Only Units,can also be captured as part of a acheotech hoard,as these have access to mind-link technology,each skull moves "6 but cannot be more than 24" away from the unit with the mind link,max range,skulls are armed with either,
Frag,Krak,Gas Grenades,each skull has Toughness-1 and a 6-Save representing the chance of hitting cables,mechanic parts etc,and explode using frag&krak profiles,or produces a gas cloud around the skull for several turns,at which point the skull served its final purpose and deactivates]

2nd Necron Spy Scarab Group Below.
There will be another x2 of these fancy necron units of mine,sneaking around a different set of obstructions each,the final group will be combined with the other 3,in order to make a special swarm unit.



Posed in Sneaky looking positions for effect,Used to gather information and operational or structural weakness's in enemy forces,once retrieved by a necron unit,
that unit alters its programming with new tactical information Upgrading weapon damage/power,Strength+1 to Gauss weaponry,now being able to target critical weakness's.
Can also be used as the main mission objective,a necron kill team tasked with gathering several such Spy Scarabs and leave there side of the battlefield,gaining much needed information on the enemy.

Do these pics from 2010 count?

Bits of an Old Computer:

@Psyker_9er.
Nice Macragge Power Fields & Nuke,Nice Classic objectives,circuit boards and motors for objectives huh that's a new one on me,good idea though.

Palletful of Stickbombs & Weapons Reload or Loot Marker,your choice.
Yeah i know,never said i was making this,expect that,i'am likely to mix it up with stuff i don't tell you about,
so you still get that oooO that's intresting "moment" when you see some new funky thing.

Pallet of Stickbombs,Upgrades x2 orks or if need be human units with Stickbombs,at no points cost (shadow war/necromunda)
Dangerous Cargo:Can be shot at,has Toughness-1 when they explode it has a large blast S4 AP5 when wounded,centered from the pallet in question,and are removed after detonation.



Weapons Reload/Loot Marker.
x1 Weapon reload upgrade at no cost for a single unit (shadow war/necromunda)






Update on project progress:My 40&25mm Bases have been delayed until the 2nd of august :( soo i'am using up some other kinda bases,made plenty of markers,and more than few sets already,
besides recently discovered i'am out of garlic net for industrial bases,so using some other materials for now anyway,which gives a different yet still industrial theme.

Already Built 70% Of the markers i said that i would make,plus several others i will leave as surprises,will post a marker or set of markers at least every week and a bit until done,
i figure a few months left maybe more before i end this thread and finally showcase my markers,so join in while you can..

Couple of pics of my old Wood Elf markers just cause... you know, they're there.

The middle one is a Dryad mage. She casts spells that send the little critters to torment your foes.


Similar idea here. But with an owlish theme.
Then I have another one that's about tree roots bursting out of the ground to tangle your feet. No photo though. Its not that interesting really.

@theCrowe.
There Interesting.the moth,bat,butterfly things made me think mothman! owls too..would probably make for good elf spy's.

Thread Update:Will post markers every 10 days,expect the next to be 6 away,going to post like that,in order to maximize the time this threads is active,so it lasts a few months longer.

Pallet of Siege Supplies."set" hope they are liked,part of my palletfull sets.
Allows the construction of a single line of "6 of Razor Wire Defenses,in the following battle after the pallet is captured.



And since it was an odd one out,a tyranid wound tracker.
Tyranid Wound Tracker.
For counting wounds allocated to tyranid units,alternatively used in a space marine mission,tracking a wounded nid to its nest,before exterminating it.



(Once again Markers will be posted every 10days due next 17th)

Nid wound tracker markers is a master stroke! So simple and a really nice touch for a fluffy game like a Nid hunt.

@theCrowe.
Was an odd marker out,so threw it out there,will be a few more little things like that,even managed an ecclesiarchy themed marker in there too.

Update:Yet again the bases i ordered an eon ago,have again been delayed seriously,must be some kinda weird base shortage at my supplier clearly,good thing i made a whole bunch with what i had,or this thread would likely be dead.

 theCrowe wrote:
Nid wound tracker markers is a master stroke! So simple and a really nice touch for a fluffy game like a Nid hunt.

I didn't get it. Put little purple talons on a base for each wound suffered?

@torblind.
It's Carapace not talons,and it represents bits blown off of a tyranid.
If you read above the picture,there is its purpose.

 u971 wrote:
@torblind.
It's Carapace not talons,and it represents bits blown off of a tyranid.
If you read above the picture,there is its purpose.

I see, nice touch!

Mixed together extra bits

Very nice paint jobs, with the yellow rim they look extra expensive!

@GloatingNutBall.
Very nice,agreed the rim color makes them look more shop bought rather than homemade,shiny,like the placements of the old purity seals,always add some extra atmosphere them little things,that's one quality looking set you made there.

Thank you, definitely can't miss them on the board.

3rd Necron Scarab unit,next "necron post" will be the final unit and swarm.

Necron Spy Scarabs (3)
Posed in Sneaky looking positions for effect,Used to gather information and operational or structural weakness's in enemy forces,once retrieved by a necron unit,
that unit alters its programming with new tactical information Upgrading weapon damage/power,Strength+1 to Gauss weaponry,now being able to target critical weakness's.
Can also be used as the main mission objective,a necron kill team tasked with gathering several such Spy Scarabs and leave there side of the battlefield,gaining much needed information on the enemy.



Been done before by me,in a winters theme,but fuel not water,where as this one is set in a trenchworks as you can see,with a green stuff water bottle,not a jerry can.
The little taps come with the tamiya barrels set for use with said barrels.

Trenchworks Water Source.
Resource Generator,once captured produces 5credits per mission/battle.



[Due Next:27th]

Where DoD you get the faucet piece? That is one hell of a story telling item...worth a million for dioramas...?

The little taps come with the tamiya barrels set for use with said barrels,Come with little hand crank pumps too,I used one on my necromunda drinking hole.

not the best pics sadly but anyways, rest are in my gallery.

Love this thread, lots of inspiration. I need to work on a set for my son too, for his Necrons

Guildenstern.
There Different i mean to everyone else's objective markers,nice unique look to them,checked out your gallery and voted on the markers.

>Next marker set due in 5days,also expect a couple of "battletech" objectives sets in the future,made a bunch,thought it would be nice to break up all the 40k looking stuff.

Pallet of Frag Grenades."set"
Grants x2 squads 20 units max,a frag grenade upgrade,alternative use can be sold after capture and battle,for credits using necromunda/shadow war rules/cost.



Currently have enough markers for 120days worth of keeping this thread active,likely add a extra non warhammer marker or two also,
I should be able to keep the thread alive until early next year! plenty of time for folks to join in,or make plans too.

[Once Again Every 10Days I will post a marker or set,Due Next 6th Sep "Battletech Month"]

Nice Grenades boxes. A good lid makes all the difference.

I've got about 20 or so more objectives on the go myself. Started with a set of wood elf marker stones that then meant my goblins would feel left out if they didn't get some love. So thy got a a few Skull pass bits on bases. Then of course from digging in the bits box I found a bunch more fantasy bits from my giant kit. So 20 objectives later I'm all based and under later and ready to paint. Trouble is I'm enjoying drawing too much to get anything else done. Might take me 120 days to get something to show.