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two of these towers together with a less tall but wider structure connected by tubelike walkways would be a really good looking terrain structure!

Now it needs topped with a big orb to be a giant tesla tower of power.

Seriously though, you wouldn't be on dakkadakka if you didn't have hobby ADHD.

 Theophony wrote:

Seriously though, you wouldn't be on dakkadakka if you didn't have hobby ADHD.

I had never thought of it that way. Good to know I'm not the only one.

Speaking of focussing on one project... Look shiny !!



I've been playing an Ork list with 5 lobbas, using artillery models that are anything but lobbas. So I broke down, dropped my trowsers, and bought a Ork Mek Gun kit.
The Ork Mek Gun kit, is laughabley overpriced, but I wanted to have one for size comparison, so I can build my lobbas to scale. Already had one minor accusation of modelling for advantage when I decided to field one of my old metal Ork Dreanuaghts last week,

Anyhow, I went to the Dollar Tree and found there action figure scaled artillery pieces and ATVs, and bought 5. Probably not the best start for Lobbas, but if I can make the other Mek Gunz cheap, I'll build some of them as well.

Looks like an interesting place to start, I eagerly await your results.

First attempt at some Eldar Terrain



A bit of progress on the Mek Gunz.



The one on the right is a lobba. It's smaller than the new Mek Gunz, but so is the official GW model. The Mek Gunz are huge compared to the Eldar and AM counterparts.

The eldar terrain kind of looks like a titan sized khorne, demon buried. Or well avatar hats look kind of like that too don't they? Either way it impresses upon me a sense of extra mass hidden behind the surface... seems like an eldar-y concept so I think you're on the right track!

Artillery looks good so far.

I can see the Khorne connection now that you mentioned it.

It also has a Necron Ghost Ark vibe as well.

Guess it comes down to paint.
Red and Brass and it's Khorne.
Black and it's Necron
Bone with a gem or two added and it's Eldar

Although now I'm tempted to make them the top of a buried statue head

I thought it was a giant Ultramarine icon buried. If you "Eldar" it up - spirit stones and runes and the like, it should be fine though. Especially if they're not right next to each other like that, too.

That is the terrain bit for EVERY Faction. Eldar, Chaos, Necron, and Marines !!

You've done it, you've found the omnifeature!

We've been playing on a 48" x 72" table, but my little gaming group has grown to 6 40K players. I've spent what little free time I've had this weekend cleaning out the cellar. There is another 48" x 72" table, but it's burried under a mountain of boxes of miniatures, toys, and hobby supplies. Going to have to find a way to store all that stuff and free up the second table.

I'm also up to 2 1/2 scratch built lobbas. They seem to get a little bigger with each new incarnation.

Well... how else are you supposed to make them better if not bigger?

Gonna have two gaming tables to run games for your buddies? Jealous!

 GrimDork wrote:
Well... how else are you supposed to make them better if not bigger?

Bigger and bulkier does look Okier, but I don't want to build giant bullseyes that can hit from across the table.

Gonna have two gaming tables to run games for your buddies? Jealous!

Necessity is the mother of invention.

The LGS has a 40K league on Saturday Morning and Afternoon, and they close about 8pm.

We game alternating Friday and Saturday Nights from about 8pm to 1-2am.

4 of us can play comfortabley on the one table.
5 of us can play with 1 player whining about being double teamed.
6 of us, yeah I don't want to know...

I've been procrastinating straightening out the cellar since the release of 6th edition 40K, so this is positive motivation to get it done.

Got some progress done cleaning out the game space and built a few more Lobbas



Need more detailing, but they are servicable as is. They ended up being about as big as one of the new Mek Gunz.

My inner Ork Warboss decided my Waagghh needs 45 Tanbustas, so I need to get kustomising.



I also decided that in order to tell them apart from the rest of the Ork Horde they should have special bases to make them distinctive at a glance.



I found some 3.5 Floppy Disks and used them for texture.

Love the pen tips for rockets! As for cannibalizing floppy disks...I bet the league of museums employees is now after you

Lobbas look good, but the wheels are a tad uniform...some added plates here and there and rivets would be good...

Thanks Vik.

The pen tips were a big time saver. I coudn't honestly see myself scupting green stuff tips for every rokkit.

I know the modern ork kits have armor plates on the wheels, but I just can't bring myself to do it. It seems so terribly impractical. What I think I'm going to do witht he lobbas is give them an amor plate across the front, like the meck guns and buggies have.

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I also started some Necron floating tank traps

I see what you mean...it would be like using square wheels...

Necron tanktraps is an interesting and probably unique world wide concept...a true first one I think...will there be tendrils...or at least these spikes water mines have?...but as this is necron stuff...probably Glowy lines,eh?

Also you could use wooden rods and a pencil sharpener...but why waste good...er waste

Yeah those tank traps look interesting for sure.

Tankbustas look sufficiently orky too.

I saw this ice cube mold in the dollar store that reminded me of tank traps. When I cast some up, they were more crsytal looking than tank trap, and a bit shorter than I would have liked. Noticed that they stacked up nicely when you inverted one. Floating tank traps seemed like the next logical step

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

Necron tanktraps is an interesting and probably unique world wide concept...a true first one I think...will there be tendrils...or at least these spikes water mines have?...but as this is necron stuff...probably Glowy lines,eh?

The plan is for floating black crystals with green highlights. If I get real adventerous maybe some object source lighting radiating down onto the ground.

Also you could use wooden rods and a pencil sharpener...but why waste good...er waste

I'm not sure I follow your train of thought. Were you thinking more primitive wooden spike tank traps ?

Nooo, wooden sharpened tips for tips of rockets...

And I would never have thought these rocks were made from icecube makers...

Tankbusta with Cyberlimb



Start of an Ork Painboy



Tankbusta mob so far

Lookin good and orky.

I'm trying to squeeze in time to model them, and get up to 15 + Painboy before I start painting them

Then is time for making super batch paint?

Because I simply don't have enough on my plate, I ordered a Cerastus Knight Lancer





It will probably be a month before I get it, so still plenty of time to work on some Orks.

The rules are here. Nothing super about it's stats, I just love the model

Paid it with your first born, have you? But it does look terrific!

Wow it makes the other one look runty. Have fun with that

I've wanted to field titans since 2nd edition. Had the old Armorcast ones in my collection, but sold them years ago due to the lack of official rules support.
Got excited about the Imperial Knights, but I didn't like the model enough. The Cerastus looks amazing and it's satisfyingly larger. I managed to wrangle one for less than my first born.

M.A.D.D. (Modelling Attention Deficit Disorder) kicking in.... bought an unpainted Astra Militarum (Imperial Guard) army.
I was really just looking for the Astra Militarum Codex, and the army got thrown in at a price too good to pass up.
20 Dreamforge Guys
40 Mantic Corporation Marines
3 Mantic Heavy Weapons Teams
1 Taurox
1 Lemun Russ
1 Chimera
1 box new Ogyrns
3 Sentinels
1 Commisar plasma/sword
AM Codex
AM Orders Cards

I know I have at least that many Cadians in storage, and probably that many Goliaths as well. ( many years ago I bought out all the Necromunda Goliaths from the GW Mail Order Trolls, to use as a Penal Legion)

May the Emperor share his wisdom with his humble servant and point me down the path to which I army I should work on first...