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I picked up a copy of Warhammer Imperium Issue 37 which comes with some Thermic Plasma Conduits.
This kit is no longer available from Games Workshop and you get one sprue which allows you to build a series of conduits.
The kit goes together quite easily. I made mine into three large conduits.
The next stage will be a white undercoat.
I picked up a copy of Warhammer Imperium Issue 37 which comes with some Thermic Plasma Conduits.
This kit is no longer available from Games Workshop and I did quite like the idea of these and using them with the ruined factorum models that I also got from earlier issues of Warhammer Imperium.
You get one large sprue which splits into two smaller sprues, and allows you to build a series of conduits.
The finished model looks quite effective.
Having picked up the Ruined Factorum sprue that came with Warhammer 40000 Imperium 31 a couple of weeks back, I set myself a reminder, to purchase issue 34 for the second sprue .
The ruins are from the The Battlezone: Manufactorum – Sub-cloister and Storage Fane kit which did cost £37.50 at Games Workshop and contains two similar sprues. So at £8.99 you would be making a saving of £9.76. However you can’t buy the kit anymore anyhow.
This time, as before, you get two more corner ruins, all coming on a single sprue. I did manage to pick up a second magazine and decided that I would convert them. It was a relatively simple conversion swapping over the corners. With the larger sides I needed to cut them down.
Having converted and constructed the models, so I now have two different (yet similar) ruins.
I gave them a white undercoat.
You can see what I did by comparing the photo above with the photo of the unconverted ruin.
This is the other converted ruin.
You can see what I did by comparing the photo above with the photo of the unconverted ruin.
I am intending to follow the same painting process I used on the original ruins.
I got a couple of Ruined Factorum sprues that came with Warhammer 40000 Imperium 34. The ruins are from the The Battlezone: Manufactorum – Sub-cloister and Storage Fane kit which did cost £37.50 at Games Workshop and contains two similar sprues. So at £8.99 you would be making a saving of £9.76. However you can’t buy the kit anymore anyhow.
There are going to be further releases of these ruin sprues in later issues of Warhammer 40000 Imperium.
Having constructed the models I gave them a white undercoat.
The model has two pieces, a larger ruined building and a smaller ruined corner.
This is the larger corner ruin.
I bought another sprue. One I am going to paint in the same manner as the first Ruined Factorum I got, the second I am intending to follow the (white and red) paint scheme as outlined in Warhammer 40000 Imperium.
I am in the process of building a Bolt Action 28mm Home Guard force, I did want to add some armour to them with a Mark IV Male World War One tank put into service, even if it was merely as a mobile pillbox.
The Bovington Tank Museum has on display a Mark IV Male tank that was used just in this way. It was used in World War One and then presented to the Navy. When war broke out in September 1939, the Tank Mark IV (Male) number 2324 was refurbished for Home Guard duties.
Having constructed and undercoated the Mark IV Tank the next stage was a base coat of Army Green Spray from the Army Painter range. I then used a Humbrol Tank Grey 67 spray for the dark colour camouflage pattern. For the tracks I used Citadel Gorthor Brown.
I then gave the model a wash using Citadel Seraphim Sepia Shade.
I did one side at a time to try and stop the shade pooling too much.
I am aiming to use some more shades across various parts of the model.
Having picked up the Ruined Factorum sprue that came with Warhammer 40000 Imperium 31 a couple of weeks back, I set myself a reminder, to purchase issue 34 for the second sprue .
The ruins are from the The Battlezone: Manufactorum – Sub-cloister and Storage Fane kit which did cost £37.50 at Games Workshop and contains two similar sprues. So at £8.99 you would be making a saving of £9.76. However you can’t buy the kit anymore anyhow.
This time, as before, you get two more corner ruins, all coming on a single sprue. I did manage to pick up a second magazine and decided that I would convert them. It was a relatively simple conversion swapping over the corners. With the larger sides I needed to cut them down.
This was quite hard as the plastic is very thick. I use a combination of cutters and a craft knife.
I also cut some of the window frames as well.
This is the other converted ruin.
You can see how I cut the corner down by comparing the above photograph with this one of the unconverted ruin.
I had to cut up the flooring. This was done by scoring along the lines on the flooring with a craft knife.
The next stage will be a white undercoat.
Having picked up the Ruined Factorum sprue that came with Warhammer 40000 Imperium 31 a couple of weeks back, I also purchased issue 34 for the second sprue .
The ruins are from the The Battlezone: Manufactorum – Sub-cloister and Storage Fane kit which did cost £37.50 at Games Workshop and contains two similar sprues. So at £8.99 you would be making a saving of £9.76. However you can’t buy that kit anymore anyhow.
This time, as before, you get two more corner ruins, all coming on a single sprue. They go together really easily. There are two corners, whereas with the other sprue you got a large corner and a smaller corner. This one is similar, but the smaller ruined corner is larger and the larger corner is smaller (if that makes sense).
This is the smaller corner and is constructed from two parts.
This is the larger corner, which has a floor. It has four parts. The first stage is to affix the skull Cog Mechanicum symbol to the round hole in the wall.
Then glue the two walls together, letting it dry before adding the floor.
The next stage will be a white undercoat.
I have had the Manufactorum Imperialis box on my wishlist for a while now. So was pleased to receive the box recently as a present.
The Manufactorum Imperialis box allows you build terrain and scenery for your Adeptus Titanicus battle. I used one large and one small sprue in the first instance to construct the models. I then gave the models an undercoat and then a basecoat.
The next stage was to wash the models using a Shade. For the crane I used Citadel Seraphim Sepia Shade.
For the containers and other silos, I also used Citadel Seraphim Sepia Shade.
For these models I used Citadel Nuln Oil Shade and Citadel Seraphim Sepia Shade.
For these models I used Citadel Nuln Oil Shade.
I am in the process of building a Bolt Action 28mm Home Guard force, I did want to add some armour to them with a Mark IV Male World War One tank put into service, even if it was merely as a mobile pillbox.
The Bovington Tank Museum has on display a Mark IV Male tank that was used just in this way. It was used in World War One and then presented to the Navy. When war broke out in September 1939, the Tank Mark IV (Male) number 2324 was refurbished for Home Guard duties.
Having constructed and undercoated the Mark IV Tank the next stage was a base coat of Army Green Spray from the Army Painter range. I then used a Humbrol Tank Grey 67 spray for the dark colour camouflage pattern.
For the tracks I used Citadel Gorthor Brown.
The blu-tak I used for the masking took a bit of the paint off.
Next step will be a wash.
I have had the Manufactorum Imperialis box on my wishlist for a while now. So was pleased to receive the box recently as a present.
The Manufactorum Imperialis box allows you build terrain and scenery for your Adeptus Titanicus battle. I used one large and one small sprue in the first instance to construct the models.
I gave the models a white undercoat using a Citadel Corax White spray.
For the crane I sprayed the bottom half with a Citadel Leadbelcher spray, for the actual crane I used Citadel Zandri Dust.
I used Citadel Zandri Dust on the containers and some of the silos.
For the other silos and the conduits I used Citadel Leadbelcher spray.
