Tag: scenery

Forge World Generator

One of the purchases I made from Forge World was the generator which appears to be no longer available from them.

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One of the key things you need to do with virtually all Forge World models is to give them a good wash.

When the Forge World models are cast, the mould is given a spray (I guess) of some kind of lubricant to allow the cast model to be released from the mould easily. However the lubricant also acts as a barrier to paint, so as happened with previous models I (and others) have painted is that the paint flecks off.

Washing the model in water with a drop of washing up liquid should remove the lubricant. Avoid using hot water as this could warp the resin (a useful tip if you need to warped resin back to its original shape).

Once washed the model is then ready for painting.

No idea at this time what I am going to use it for. Initial idea was for a Cities of Death stratgem or objective. I did consider Ork’fying it and making it the engine for an Ork vehicle.

Next stage will be a black undercoat.

Undercoating the Ork Fort

One of the things I liked about Cities of Death was the large Ork “town” which was there alongside the ruined Imperial Cities.

I also really liked the Ork Shanty Town which was the new Forge World display at GamesDay 2009. Some great scenery in there too.

I know I will never have the time, space or resources to make something similar, but I did like the concept and thought it would be nice to have some buildings for my Ork Airfield, well at least something that could be used alongside my Ork Bommer.

So I took an old DVD-R spindle tub I had, these are available in various sizes depending on how many disks there are, I used a 25 disk tub. The first thing I did was cut up some plasticard, wooden sticks and Starbucks™ wooden stirrers into similar lengths. I also delved into my bitz box to get some parts, in the main from Imperial vehicles, ie Rhino and Land Raider doors. Then using a hot glue gun I stuck these to the side of the DVD tub. A hot glue gun is perfect for this kind of thing, as both plastic and super glues are unsuitable for this kind of model. When I thought about the floor of the fort, I did initially think about adding a series of wooden planks or metal sheets, however in the end I went with using modelling sand, which I think will look quite effective when painted and somewhat Orky. The next stage was to add rivets using cut plastic rod and plastic sprue. I used both strips of plastic rod and hexagonal rod. Using the hexagonal rod to make nuts and bolts.

Having got far as I wanted to with the scrap, I gave the model a black undercoat.

This was really to ensure that when painted there would be an even tone over the model due to the diverse nature of the materials used in its construction.

See the full workbench pages for the fort.

Warmaster Stone Circle

Warmaster is one of those games which I really like, but actually never do very much with in terms of modelling, painting or gaming! Maybe it’s time to do something about it in 2010!

This is one of the many Warmaster games which was on show at GamesDay 2001.

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Check out the Warmaster section on the main website.

More photographs from GamesDay 2001.

Imperial Shrine

One of the impressive games this year at GamesDay 2009 was the mega game which comprised a large Imperial city surrounded by a defensive wall.

The model builders had used lots and lots of Imperial Bastions and Shrine of the Aquila as well as Cities of Death sprues.

Taking photographs at GamesDay is always challenging, the number of people, lighting, hands, dice, etc… so some come out well and others don’t…. Advantage of digital for me is that I can take hundreds and use the best of them on the blog and the website.

Check out my Games Day 2009 Gallery.

Street Level




One of the impressive games this year at GamesDay 2009 was the mega game which comprised a large Imperial city surrounded by a defensive wall. This picture was taken at street level, using a longer exposure than I would normally use at GamesDay.

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The model builders had used lots and lots of Imperial Bastions and Shrine of the Aquila as well as Cities of Death sprues.

Taking photographs at GamesDay is always challenging, the number of people, lighting, hands, dice, etc… so some come out well and others don’t…. Advantage of digital for me is that I can take hundreds and use the best of them on the blog and the website.

Check out my Games Day 2009 Gallery.

Imperial City

One of the impressive games this year at GamesDay 2009 was the mega game which comprised a large Imperial city surrounded by a defensive wall.

The model builders had used lots and lots of Imperial Bastions and Shrine of the Aquila as well as Cities of Death sprues.

I do quite like the idea of building an Imperial Shrine, I have always liked the Epic version which Forge World made. One day…

Check out my Games Day 2009 Gallery.

Bridge over troubled waters…

One of the impressive games this year at GamesDay 2009 was the mega game which comprised a large Imperial city surrounded by a defensive wall. Outside the wall was a bridge.

On the bridge the forces of chaos are moving to attack the Imperial City.

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The model builders had used lots and lots of Imperial Bastions and Shrine of the Aquila. For the citybuildings they used the Cities of Death building kits. There were a fair few Valkyries flying about the game too.

Check out my Games Day 2009 Gallery.

Defensive Outpost

One of the impressive games this year at GamesDay 2009 was the mega game which comprised a large Imperial city surrounded by a defensive wall. Outside the wall were more Imperial defences including this one which included a landing pad.

The model builders had used lots and lots of Imperial Bastions and Shrine of the Aquila. For the citybuildings they used the Cities of Death building kits. There were a fair few Valkyries flying about the game too.

Check out my Games Day 2009 Gallery.