korocite Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 My goal for this year is to complete jungle terrain for a 40k campaign that Big and I are running. It is a home grown, story driven campaign that sees two rival inquisitors, Tasetus and Ono Dile looking for STC fragments on a verdant jungle world. Tasetus has allies in the form of the Iron Hands and Imperial Guard. Dile has his own mix of Astartes drawn from various chapters. The terrain will largely be scratch built and will complement what I have already made. At the very least I plan to create a river section with removable bridge, several more jungle features, an overgrown communications bunker, a few heavy bolter turrets and some Tau terrain (Gun rig and drone port). The Tau themselves will be a secondary antagonist during the campaign. My plan is to use the units that I like the look of, and those that I already have. Fortunately there is a lot of overlap in these. Nothing much is assembled so far, just a handful of kroot. The colour scheme for the Tau will be based on a Tau super heavy assault walker that I put together a few years back. Unfortunately I don't recall the precise colours used, but should be able to get reasonably close. My chosen charity is Wires. If I am lucky enough to win a cash prize, they will be scoring a donation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 I’m starting with a small kroot contingent. 61 warriors, a krootox, a couple of hounds and three shapers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magos Kasen Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 'Small'. Looking good mate, keen to see this progress! Love the old Mangozac super heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 On 1/15/2021 at 8:19 PM, Magos Kasen said: 'Small'. Looking good mate, keen to see this progress! Love the old Mangozac super heavy. I’m impressed you recognise it! Progress pics of the river board, some one bark rocks and a few fire warriors + fire blade. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magos Kasen Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Nice progress, that's a lot of rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenothas Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Don't be fooled by the rocks that he's got... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 Progress is slower than I would like. I’m about a third of the way through the kroot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 Twenty kroot, two hounds and one shaper done. I could find only two hounds - not enough for a unit so they may have to count as regular kroot until I can source some more that are not ridiculously priced. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 The kroot are on hold while I concentrate on the March hobby competition and an associated side project that I will show later. I have also put a little bit of time into the terrain piece. After mucking around creating a bridge, I spotted the Pegasus hobbies techno bridge and decided it would be ideal. I undercoated it with army painter plate Mail and have left it to dry. The terrain board itself has warped enough to be an annoyance. This is because I did not weigh it down after gluing the xps to the mdf. To remedy this, I bought another piece of mdf (3mm), cut it to shape and then glued the two pieces. Much weight was added. I will leave it for a few more days before taking off the weight to see how effective it has been. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromedog Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I've got that exact bridge. Wide enough for a Baneblade to use it. What adhesive did you use to glue the xps to the mdf? I tend to use a fast grab building/construction adhesive over pva (like 'liquid nails'). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 4 hours ago, chromedog said: I've got that exact bridge. Wide enough for a Baneblade to use it. What adhesive did you use to glue the xps to the mdf? I tend to use a fast grab building/construction adhesive over pva (like 'liquid nails'). Wide enough for a Baneblade? That is both surprising and good to know. I don't have one of those assembled yet, but plan to do so in the distant future. I used PVA. I like your idea of using the liquid nails. I'm guessing that forms a bond fast enough to stop the warping. This was just a silly mistake on my part. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromedog Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 These images are from a dakka dakka thread, but they show it well enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 The bridge is on ire way to being painted. Next step is to paint the river, probably with the airbrush. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) The recent wet weather has delayed my painting of the river. In the meantime, I decided to convert some firesight marksmen (complete with tethered cheeseburger marker drones) and cadre fire blades. Edited March 28, 2021 by korocite Spelling 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 Some updates. I had a few hours over Easter to get going on the river section. The water was airbrushed, some of the rocks added and Gaia filled. I’m hoping to get time to base coat the rest today. The second photo is a whole load of fire warriors, breachers, fire blades, fire sight marksmen and an ethereal. All ready for painting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 I managed to finish off what’s have for the kroot section of this army. Still missing a third krootox and some hounds to round it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 Base paint and sand done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 I noshed painting the base then spent an hour or so with the hot glue gun and some aquarium plants. With some luck I will get more done tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krefey Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Looking good dude! You going to do anything to the plants, or just leave them as is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 I have already hit most of them with a brown wash, and will probably do those that I missed. Maybe a matt varnish afterwards but thats about is I reckon. I think the rocks may need a dark wash as well and they will get some moss/lichen later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 A few more plants, a wash for the rocks and Matt spray. Getting closer to the end. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 Part one finished. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korocite Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 The last photo shows the piece with some of my regular scatter jungle terrain thrown in. This is in preparation for a game of Mordheim tomorrow night with Big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Looking good. Can't wait to try it out. Is the Lizardman warband making an appearance? Hate to think of all those Skinks swarming out of the river..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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