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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

Another long-percolating project, the Roq-class heavy lifter.



Ever since I saw Sean Patton's (http://www.ironhands.com/) epic Thunderhawk with enough room to carry a Rhino, I've wanted something like that.



So a Container Store brand container, spray paint, greebles and...



The side engines are from a Star Trek Runabout model, the nacelles are just the right size to cover the Container Store logos on the side. I figure they're the antigrav units that actually lift the darn thing.



I tried to build this a while ago but found that nothing would stick to the box's PVC plastic. Insaniak recommended spraying it first and so far that's worked. If things start peeling off I have 2 part epoxy to try. After that I just rip it up and start again with foam core.

Now for the ramp...

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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

The long greebling war continues.



Next big job is doing the axle for the ramp to open and close. Which I should have done first before putting on a half ton of greebles.



Another lesson for the Mark II.

 
   
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

Wonderful build!

There is a feeling of brute power about the lifter, even without figures/vehicles around it for scale.

Very imaginative use of ordinary (and cheaper!) items and materials.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Very Nice.
What Did U Use For The Engines In the Back?
   
Made in in
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

The engines are I think the only GW bits on them, Storm Raven engines from a bits site.

Not as interchangable as the Valkyrie engines but they look right on this.


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 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
I am tempted, perhaps in 15 years when the girls go off to college, to buy a ton of them and build a space hulk table.

If I don't do the slum sector that is.


Hello 2016 self, you'll be glad to know the slum sector is done AND the Space Hulk Table is ready to start thanks to GW finally releasing some space ship walls.

All of that 8 years ahead of schedule too!

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Made in in
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

More progress on the Mark I and Mark II Roqs.



We have a ramp!



And it works! (Barely, I don't think a Chimera can make it in there with its turret)



And we have the Mark II!

That was a lot of greebles. Right now I have so much superglue on my fingers I could murder someone and never leave a fingerprint.


 
   
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

2 more sneaking in before the end of the year



The Roqs got primed and look good with a single color.



And the Hot Wheels JLA Flying Fox is getting some light conversion for its new role as a cargo shuttle.

Volans Vulpes?
Vespertilio?


 
   
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

We'll be leaving Egypt this summer so it's time to start on some of the tourist stuff conversions I was thinking of.

I think she needs a cyber eye and some hoses.



The Oracle of Letham has stood since the beginnings of human colonization, perhaps even longer. Powerful cognator engines buried beneath her can offer answers to any question. Years ago she could answer hundreds of quires a day, but in these dark times a single answer may require hours of churning.

 
   
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

Sneaking in some painting before Mrs Kyoto returns from holidays.



Frostgrave/Stargrave cultist bashes. Some generic bad guy cannon fodder.





Stargrave male and female crews. Love these kits. The two female kits fixed my main complaints about Stargrave. There's left handed weapons and a good selection of unarmed arms to make civilians. Also some nice bionic arms.



The Ghost Archipelago crew is disappointing. I like the idea and style but the bodies seem short and the arms too long, giving them a bit of a simian profile. The ones with Stargrave or Gunslinger arms look a lot better.


 
   
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

And the complete cult



45 cultists with various necromancers and psychics to help them. Elites in red of course, just like a proper video game. Going to add 5 more for a nice round 50.



WIP Batman shuttle



Lightyear truck with a figure for scale



Tomica Storm Runner from years and pages back...



And a lil birthday present for myself to show how I'm feeling my age.

 
   
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

Some Stargrave Troopers with some Mercenary bits thrown in. Great kits.



After lining them up I realized I just needed 6 more to make a 4 squad IG Army (plus 5 man command section) so...



A bit more irregular but that's because I was running out of Trooper bodies.

With a consistent paint job they'll be fine.

 
   
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A garden grove on Citadel Station

Those Roqs really come together with the greebling and base coat! Impressive size.

ph34r's Forgeworld Phobos blog, current WIP: Iron Warriors and Skaven Tau
+From Iron Cometh Strength+ +From Strength Cometh Will+ +From Will Cometh Faith+ +From Faith Cometh Honor+ +From Honor Cometh Iron+
The Polito form is dead, insect. Are you afraid? What is it you fear? The end of your trivial existence?
When the history of my glory is written, your species shall only be a footnote to my magnificence.
 
   
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Not where I should be

Those Roqs are seriously impressive.
Troops are looking great bud, sure those last few will slide in nicely. Great to see you still pumping it out.




 
   
Made in in
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

Some more TOS kit bashes.



I'd originally planned to do a Franz Joseph style 3-nacelle dreadnought but decided a Federation X-Wing was more fun.

I also considered doing something more elaborate, cutting the engineering hull in half and mounting it on the back of the saucer like a TOS version of the Star Gazer, I might still try this later.



And the full floatilla.

Similarly the destroyer/scout was going to be a Franz Joseph style 1 nacelle ship but ended up with 2 homemade nacelles.

Definitely fun, I may have to get some more and try the 3 nacelle ship or TOS Star Gazer.

 
   
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Stubborn Dark Angels Veteran Sergeant





Teesside

The cultists are looking particularly menacing. Always a challenge to paint such a huge horde.

My painting & modelling blog: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/699224.page

Serpent King Games: Dragon Warriors Reborn!
http://serpentking.com/

 
   
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

Having too much fun with the TOS kit bashes.



Ship names in pencil until I find a good fine marker that works.



Still have racing stripes and other accents to add.



Very happy with how the destroyer and frigate came out, even the homemade nacelles look OK.

Thinking I might color code the racing stripes according to TOS uniforms. The Enterprise got Red, engineering, security and operations. So I'll do Red for the destroyer and tug, Blue for the survey and scout ships, Gold for X-ship.

(Logically the Enterprise should have gold stripes under this system but we are where we are).

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Not where I should be

That's nearly a full dinner service.!

Looks brilliant sir. Quite the collection.




 
   
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

Another 'proof of concept' type thing with some cheap souvenir pyramids.



With support from 2 small jewelry boxes and the invaluable Maelstroms Edge terrain sprues.

I figure it's another ageing public cognator unit, malfunctioning but still good enough for most uses.

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Gargantuan Great Squiggoth





Not where I should be

The gribblies really add. Liking the pyramid alot.




 
   
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

Well the Connies are coming along nicely. I have 2 more on order and some neat ideas for them but let's see where the TOS kitbash fleet is.



5 ships down, with a few more to go.




Named for the visionary 20th Century starship designer Colin Cantwell, the NX-1977 was an experimental refit of the reliable Constitution class starship with 4 nacelles in an X shape to make a long-range explorer (Klingon Designation: Fast Strike Cruiser). The 4 nacelles allowed the ship to sustain high warp for longer periods and significantly increased the potential range. However these gains were lost due to the downtime and maintenance needed to ensure the 4 nacelles were perfectly in sync. Nonetheless data from this X-ship experiment informed later projects such as the Constellation-class ships of the 24th century.

(Note Colin Cantwell designed the X-wing fighter )



The USS Amazon is a heavy transport (Klingon Designation: Military Logistics Hauler) based on Franz Joseph's classic design. The Security Escort (Klingon Designation: Torpedo Destroyer) is named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the War of 1812.

I went with color coding based on TOS uniforms so the two utility ships get red trim.



The two science ships get blue trim. The USS Tienanmen is a TOS version of the Miranda/Reliant class and is a life sciences/survey ship (Klingon Designation: Biowarfare Vessel) while the USS Nephele is a TOS version of the Nebula class with characteristic AWAC dish to make it a long range survey and mapping ship (Klingon Designation: Espionage and Electronic Warfare Craft).



In retrospect I wish I'd flipped the Tienanmen's secondary hull and shortened the Nephele's hull.

And now I see the Tienanmen is misspelled, with Tian, which I think is field and not heaven. Easy enough to fix.

Anyway much fun has been had, can't wait for the next batch.

 
   
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

More Constitution kit bashes.



First off a TOS answer to the Oberth, complete with a weird split hull and no clear way to get from one to the other. My new head canon is that the saucer section was meant to detach and act as a mobile lab while the engineering section could run off and do other stuff.



Then we have a classic Franz Joseph 70s design, the 1 nacelle scout ship. Along with a carrier and an experimental 3 nacelle ship the USS Liberator under captain Roger Blake. Unfortunately the Liberator's warp field proved unstable causing it to be catapulted into a parallel universe where the Federation was evil and totalitarian.

 
   
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Powerful Chaos Warrior





In the Loft

Those Stargrave troopers are really cool!

I thought you'd be hyping up for the new Arbite models! Not doing Star Fleet stuff
   
Made in in
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

 Lord Borak wrote:
Those Stargrave troopers are really cool!

I thought you'd be hyping up for the new Arbite models! Not doing Star Fleet stuff


I was lucky/stupid enough to be sitting by my computer hitting refresh so I did actually snag a copy of Soulshackle, but it won't find its way to Egypt for another month or two. So in the meantime, Connies!

I might need 2 more TOS Enterprises, to make an over/under ship (saucer with 2 necks, a nacelle over and under it) and TOS answer to the Constellation Class (4 nacelles).

Maybe I should make a straight up Constitution as well, just as a reference.

 
   
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

Really enjoying buying StarFrostOathGraveMark models by the sprue.



Starship repairman, he's here to invert your polarity and degauss your phase shifter. Or something. Point his he has a toolbox and a wand so he obviously knows what he's doing.



I didn't like the Wargames Atlantic Cannon Fodder, mostly because of the guns. But with surplus Stargrave Guns they become a great set of hopeless doomed Green Army Men.



More Faceless Oppressors to join the THUG Corporation (Troopers for Hire by Underworld or Government).



Even painted my 3 Warhammer Battles Banshees turned Daemon Hosts. May have to get the current line of plastic ones they are pretty sweet too.

 
   
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

You've been highly productive- nice output!

I like that T*H*U*G- they ought to have a union card and special rates for large events: "Rent-a-THUG" when it absolutely, positively has to be disrupted overnight."

Rock on!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
Made in in
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

Some lazy kitbashes for my Spaceport.



Wargames Atlantic Afghanistan tribes (with a few Stargrave weapons). The hill tribes, they live in the hills, don't bother them and they won't bother you. Unless you have something worth stealing of course, but then that's really on you isn't it?



Still don't like the Cannon Fodder guns, but with Stargrave or Medge Broken arms they're a lot better. 2 low end mercs, and 2 Hazmat wearing repair crews.



Had more fun with these than I should have. Oathmark Elf Light Infantry and various Frostgrave bits, mostly wizards. I imagine they are Acolyes of some good guy temple, kind of the inverse of evil cultists. And they'll no doubt be cut down by the evil dudes pretty fast but that's why you have heroes right?

 
   
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Gargantuan Great Squiggoth





Not where I should be

They look fantastic. Nice kitbashing. I had forgotten Medge parts, thanks for reminding me. They certainly all look the part.




 
   
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

It's the Revenge of the Return of the Wrath of Souvenir Shop Terrain the Final Chapter!



Zeus, Isis and Ozymandias await the saw.



Zeus gets the axe first.



Coming along nicely but I have to pause to get more super glue.

 
   
Made in in
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

The Emperor Protects...



Spoiler:





Now I wish I had a couple of these. Ah well, Pharaoh and Isis still to come.

 
   
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

Souvenir shop terrain continues with a little thing I like to call... King of Kings



It's an impressive statue, only a foot high but looks huge on a table.



Emperor's Golden Gonads it was tough to saw through.



I finally took a flat head screwdriver and hammered it into the cut to break the damn thing in half.



But all the work paid off, I now have 3 atmospheric bits of scatter terrain, and a poignant statement on the futility of chasing glory.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias

Ozymandias
By Percy Bysshe Shelley

I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”


 
   
 
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