Terrain: Huge Pipes

The other day I started sorting through some boxes, and ran across some bits of drainpipe, which I had bought to use as smokestacks for a monitor some years ago. That project never got finished, so I decided to repurpose these elements as huge pipes for my Space Crusade/Aliens-style terrain. These bits have a footprint of 3" by 9". It strikes me I don't have a corner pieces, but also that I don't need to make something with any pipe in it. The bits that here hide the ends of these pipes will let me just make a box as a corner-piece. They'll probably be board-edge markers in any game I eventually get round to playing. These are just primitive WIP shots, and they'll look nice with a spot of paint on them. In unrelated news, Happy Birthday to me!

Star Fleet: Small Freighters and Something Smaller

These chaps are just bits of kits glued together, and layered with a spot of paint. The green-striped lad, being a bit smaller, will be an Armed Priority Transport or Armed Cutter. I probably should venture away from the comfort zone of bright primary colours for these lads. I'm typing this up in advance, as I'm in Wales on the day this will appear, and will be in Ireland come the night. Look forward to an illustrated post about my friends' wedding on my return! :)

Star Destroyers: Part 2

The rest of the shots of the Star Destroyers I've been working on of late. As mentioned before, I have two large store-bought models (of different sizes). These fellows will be standing in for the Gorns until such time as I get round to buying the proper models. Altogether, they give me one Dreadnought, one Heavy Battlecruiser, three Battlecruisers, four light cruisers, a scout variant of the same, and seven Destroyers. That lot comes to about 2,800 points, which is a nice little force.

Star Destroyers: Part 1

I popped into GW Hanley the other day and grabbed some grey paints. A little dry-brushing later and the Star Destroyers are pretty  much done. I've added some blue to the engines, and after these photos applied some numeral transfers to differentiate these fine instruments of Imperial vengeance. I'm moving on to work on a few freighters after this. Here's a WIP shot of everything under way, and then a few shots of each kind of Star Destroyer now completed. I'll pop up a few more shots next time I update.