The regular Defiler kit doesn't really fit with the look of my army(and I could also never find one actually on sale), so I went for a kitbash based around the Saturnine dreadnought. I was shocked how well those rounded chaos spike pieces for the shoulders, same with the loin cloth. Almost like it was meant to be...
I want to add some Sternguard to my army but the official kit is too fancy for the style I'm going for. Would Intercessors with some extra scopes and maybe some antenna on the backpack look sufficiently fancy? Or any other conversion ideas, would love to see people's work!
Took some fernagling to get him on the perch but the end result looks good
Finally starting my raptor army and somehow the first model is a heavy guy, but I just wanted to try it. Also my first attempt at camo netting, think it came out pretty well. I'm by no means a good painter but I'm proud of this one!
The general wisdom seems to be gauze or cheesecloth dipped in a PVA-water mixture and then applied to the model. Is it still possible to paint things well while on the model or do y'all paint it beforehand? Also any other tips for achieving this.
Is it just the Armageddon box or did other spacemarine boxes get retrofitted with it?
Wondering if there's any tricks beyond knife and sanding that y'all have used. I mostly want to get rid of the big eagle on the chest.
These guys will eventually march to war under the watchful gaze of a knight. I'm very happy with the result, especially the quartered colour scheme. That's gonna be hell to recreate on a knight but I'm committed now xD I'm by no means a good painter but still wanted to share.
The conversion is Freeguild Steelhelms from AOS with Krieg arms.
I really love the horde aspect of the Nids, don't really care if it's meta or not, just the thought of 60 gaunts running down the field right at the enemy.
I'm looking for any tips/tricks to paint that many dudes without losing my mind. Obviously limiting the colour palet and maybe buying second hand.
I'm building a feudal regiment to go with a Knight, using the AOS cities of sigmar infantry kitbashed with Krieg arms. I wanna take one squad of Ogryns cause they're fun(don't care about meta), but the basic Ogryn kit feels too modern for the style I'm going for.
To keep up the feudal/medieval look I was considering using AOS foot knights, but those would be smaller models than baseline ogryns. Open to any other ideas!
Was digging through my backlog and found this box, really love the design but can't find them anywhere anymore. Did the box get discontinued?
The silkworm-class was conceived as fast resupply ships for the Freestar Fleet. They feature a frontal refueling port and a side docking port, allowing one ship to fill its tanks while another is resupplied with food and medical supplies. They were designed for short hops but the realities of war mean that they often spend days in flight, meaning the crew of five have to sleep wherever they can between the cargo containers.
Another vanilla build where I had the concept first and then created the shape. Really love how this one came out, smaller but still carries the weight of a cargo vessel. Also a little asymmetry, as a treat.
In my experience it would be Ironbreakers with their crazy melee defense and armour. Maybe the Chaos Chosen with Whips?
One of the most pressing issues during the Colony War had been UC-Navy fighters causing havoc amongst Freestar capital ship formations. To counter them the Panther-class was conceived, lightweight and heavily armed with particle beam weaponry to swat away pesky fighter craft.
A second ship for my Freestar Refit project, this time the smallest single combatant, a frigate. My design goal was to stay on single wide habs and make a taller ship with some nice additional parts on the side.
The Colony War laid bare the inadequacies of the Freestar Alliance, most blatantly its lack of a professional military. Instead of awaiting the inevitable next war unchanged, the council instead pursued an agressive ship building program to equip an actual Freestar fleet to stand up to the United Colonies. The Sabertooth-class heavy fighter is the smallest combatant of that program, designed to fly cover for larger vessels while still carrying enough armament to threaten enemy capital ships.
I'm gonna embark on a little thematic project of designing vanilla ships for a theoretical Freestar navy, if they actually got their ship together. In total I want to make a frigate, destroyer, battlecruiser and supply ship.
Shadowbird was a top secret project funded by Sysdef to create a low-observability spacecraft designed for deep penetration within hostile territory to hit high value targets. Only one was completed before the end of the Colony War, and was subsequently kept in service despite its original designed mission no longer being needed. Instead the Bird has turned into a formidable pirate hunter since its stealth features allow it to sneak up on unsuspecting Crimson Fleet elements, which then fall to its formidable armament.
Flying wings are my favourite shape for planes or spaceships, but vanilla Starfield makes it really hard to create any. This is my best shot at the shape while still keeping a good amount of usable interior space.
The Endeavour line of ships are purpose built unique vessels ordered by Constellation for their exploratory program. This one is the fourth generation, designed for years long missions far away from resupply. The ship is equipped for maximum crew comfort, with a large living space and spacious bunks. Additionally it features a large cargo bay and workshop to make replacement parts in house. The Endeavour IV is reaching the latter stages of its planned lifespan but remains an active contributor to Constellation's cause. Her successor Endeavour V is close to finishing its design phase at Stroud-Eklund shipyards, meaning she will be kept in service for another decade at least.
This will always be my favourite ship build, no matter what NG+ or new character, I'll always build her and tweak a few things. Her rough shape is based on the Tantive IV from Star Wars, which is my favouite ship design from that series. The last picture has a side view of all the habs. From left to right its Nova Cockpit->Control Stations->Engineering Bay->2x2 Living Quarters and 2x1 All-In-one next to each other and 2x2 Cargo Bay below that. The top level is the Captain's Quarters and the bottom level a workshop.
Many months of discussion and negotation in the council were necessary to finally approve the first dedicated post-war military vessels to be ordered from Stroud-Eklund shipyards. The Longhorns are designed for long range patrolling and interception of pirate vessels, sporting heavy forward armament and an assault boarding docker for taking prisoners. Reports of Longhorn crews instead retrofitting an improvised ram to deal with pirates the old fashioned way are no doubt exaggerated UC propaganda.
I posted this ship before but finally got the time to rebuild it as fully vanilla. This one came from listening to my 7yo cousin talk for 20 minutes about her special interest, which are beetles. The longhorn beetle had a very interesting shape and inspired this build.
The Terra Firma-class command ships were a set of three vessels comissioned during the Colony War, when it became clear that large fleets of combat ships needed dedicated centralized command. The ships are equipped with a full flag bridge for an Admiral and quarters for the flag staff, while boasting an array of sensors and defensive armament. Of the three ships Londinion, New Atlantis and Cydonia, only one is still in service. New Atlantis was tragically lost in during the Battle of Cheyenne, while Londinion was scrapped after the war since its specialized design was no longer needed. Cydonia remains as the sole survivor of her class, currently serving as the flagship of the Tau Ceti Defense Fleet.
I'm having loads of fun with pure vanilla builds. In this case the concept came before the design, I can highly recommend it, building a ship to fit a specific lore purpose is an interesting challenge! Also peep the ship renaming bug, sometimes when I capture I ship I'm able to rename it and sometimes it refuses to work.