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G'day guys,

Been lurking here, on and off, for a while but now I have got the "itch" to get back into GW/40K/Painting and have come up with a project that I'd like to share with this great community.


I've always loved Space Hulk. First exposure was the old PC game and fell in love instantly. I got hold of a rather worn copy of 2nd Edition but that was lost in a flood in 2011. I always wanted to get the new version but never had the cash. Like most people discover and lament about, I now have the money, it isn't a very "nice" price and, after doing a bit of research I found there was the opportunity to make a home-brew uber-Hulk version of my very own for about the same price.

The plan: Make it better than the originals, make it my own, make it cheaply but don't cut corners. This turned out to be a little more challenging than anticipated, and it has been hard to resist going "all out".

I'll share with you the resources I've found, the choices I've made (might even justify them!), painting, mods and all the trials and tribulations. Feel free to ask questions and give feedback/ideas.

I'll update with some pics and initial info later tonight. It has started and there is no going back.

 Kr00gZ wrote:
I'll update with some pics and initial info later tonight. It has started and there is no going back.

Lies! It's been a month, show the pretties!

Apologies. I've been sinking all my spare time into my Son and trying desperately to finish off another project (HeroQuest Refresh).

Here is the first big update. I've been a little delayed due to my other project (HeroQuest refresh) and spending time with my family (my boy is growing fast and I don't get to see him much during the day!). Got a long weekend coming up (4 days!) and hope to sink some serious time into both projects.

I've pretty much got all the stuff needed. It just needs assembly, painting and testing. Not much at all! :-P



Very Important! Scored these 3rd Edition Rules and Mission Book from eBay (all the way from the UK!). They occasionally appear but you have to be quick! These books were listed for about 3 min before I snatched them up. :-D




Also scored some original 1st edition books as well. Would like to get hold of 2nd edition, but they seem to be a little elusive. Anyone seen/got them?

So, I've decided that Blood Angels are not going to feature in my version. As I'm also putting together a Deathwing Army for WH40K, so Dark Angels are the go! Scored 2 squads from the Dark Vengence box set as there are stacks being flogged off on eBay for cheap (~$20). A couple of 'bitz' to mod up a heavy flamer, Sgt with Thunder Hammer and Storm Shield, lightning claws and we're good to go! Want to create the exact units in the 3rd edition. I've also wanted to include a secondary group for multiplay and bigger missions. Always loved Imperial Fists and wanted to paint up some of them as a bit of a challenge. Using AOBR units from eBay (even cheaper than DV!) and some bitz, I've got all I need for a whole additional kill-team. :-D







I've thought about what to use for the "dead terminator" and the "relic" that 3rd edition uses in their campaigns. I've decided to go with a Champion that's been munched defending an teleporter... and a Chapter Relic (some sort of DA sword).. Still need to work on the 'fluff'...

I also can't decide on what to use as a C.A.T... any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. :-)





'NIDS! Scored a bunch of 'old school' 'Stealers from, you guessed, eBay! :-P

I like the idea that they are the old style as they would have been lurking on the Hulk for a while. The Broodlord is the only 'evolved' one...

These'll be done up in the original colours. The Broodlord was one of the 'full priced' purchases.




So, I've also decided to include the options of Captains as well. I've grabbed some of the Fine Cast models. Belial for DAs and Lysander for IFs.
Each team also has a Librarian in Termy armor.
These are more of the 'full prices' purchases and my first foray into Fine Cast Resin models. Eek!




Bases. The fine chaps at Back-2-Base-ix have a great selection of resin bases. I've got a mixture of their Industrial and Checkerplate ones. Keeping 40mm ones for the Terminators so they are "compliant" with WH40K.




What else does the game need? TOKENS! Not cardboard things that will get all dog-eared after a while, but shiny, shiny acrylic!!!

I found all I needed (and probably some not are not) over at www.litko.net.

Grabbed blip markers, overwatch, flame, lock, reload, jam and power field tokens. Also grabbed a bunch of arrow ones for deployment zones and 'stealer entry points, but might not use them.. working on another alternative...




What led me to www.litko.net, initially, was the Space Corridor section. I had been looking at a few other ways of creating the modules. One was creating each piece from resin tiles (sh!t-tons of work!) and possibly cutting my own from MDF or somthing... I wanted somthing that was going to last and be tough but not take too long to put together. It also has to be lightweight. These are perfrect! They have a stack of combinations and you can easily create every piece (even for the Campaign book and various custom missions) needed. I have also thought that it will allow me to increase the detail with resin tiles, walls etc in the future if I so wish. I used a spreadsheet I found to put together the list of pieces I would need. I'll try and upload it for reference.




These are the tiles that Litko provide in PDF format. I've printed them out on 300 weight cardboard. Should look neat!




Well, that's about all at the moment. I'm really looking forward to any feedback/ideas as well as answering any questions. I'll be trying to update weekly, at least. If I don't get any stuff done for Space Hulk, my HeroQuest Refresh would have been the reason. :-P


Take it easy.

Looking forward to watching this project. I often contemplated taking this route, and have resisted painting my SH models because of it.

This looks really promising! I can't wait to see how the project turns out.

Update time!

Started piecing together some corner sections of the floor tiles using good ol' wood glue. Went well. Holds really tight! Did the back of the tiles as well once the top had dried, just to seal it all in.



Put some of the card cutout panels and glued them as well. Started to drybrush on some metalic paints (no pics yet) and I reckon it is looking pretty good. **Comments and Criticisms welcome** Open to suggestions and .
I eventually want to start putting a heap of details (blood, cables etc) and rust on the tiles.




Started clipping the oh so many nids from their sprues! Old School Nids too! circa 1994. :-)





The Brood awaiting the assembly of their leader!




Going to be using an old style of colour scheme for the nids. It is similar to what my Tyranid Army is going to be painted, so they (if ever used) will fit right in.

Here is a test Termagant I had previously posted to Painting & Modelling section:


Lastly, did my first "major" mod to a mini... It went better than expected! More pics when I clean it up.








Thanks for watching! More updates soon! Please feel free to offer up suggestions or alternatives!

Looking good I honestly never thought of this approach it looks like a great idea especially since Space Hulk models aren't that' expensive if you get them separately.

Great idea. Really good blog. I'm planning something similar for warhammer quest!