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The Ordos Majoris - Hobby, Painting and Modelling => Painting and Modelling => Topic started by: gwrulz on January 06, 2011, 02:55:31 PM

Title: Datastack Terrain
Post by: gwrulz on January 06, 2011, 02:55:31 PM
OK, I am requesting help from the masses!  I am working on a terrain project, and it requires a "datastack" and other techincal pieces.

I have a few ideas that I will share soon, but I want to hear from you guys first!

Thanks in advance!
Title: Re: Datastack Terrain
Post by: Kaled on January 06, 2011, 03:26:50 PM
Maybe some old cardboard boxes or tubes covered with bits from old circuit boards? If you can get an old computer that should have all sorts of bits you can use.
Title: Re: Datastack Terrain
Post by: gwrulz on January 06, 2011, 04:29:12 PM
I was thinking about something a wee bit fancier...
(http://www.ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/images/TNG/Computercore.jpg)
Title: Re: Datastack Terrain
Post by: gwrulz on January 06, 2011, 04:31:40 PM
Most likely be squared with lots of Adeptus Mechanicus symbols.

The "data" panels will glow or flicker.
Title: Re: Datastack Terrain
Post by: Kaled on January 06, 2011, 04:38:43 PM
How about the 40k Manufactorum terrain, combined with the usual card & foam plus a few LEDs? Don't underestimate the value of junk in making terrain - properly used an nicely painted you can recycle all sorts of stuff into great looking terrain!
Title: Re: Datastack Terrain
Post by: gwrulz on January 06, 2011, 04:46:09 PM
Found the pic!

(http://new.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/dark-heresy/images/Frontispiece_Talents%20Chapter-IFS.jpg)
Title: Re: Datastack Terrain
Post by: Adlan on January 06, 2011, 04:56:11 PM
Ribbed Water Bottle, or Corrugated Plastic for the sides. Paint and then illuminate from the inside.

Just a thought.
Title: Re: Datastack Terrain
Post by: precinctomega on January 06, 2011, 05:12:34 PM
I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be a plasma drive, rather than a datastack.

I wrote about datastacks in Phobos Worked in Adamant and had in mind things a bit like the 2001 monolith that would illuminate internally when an authorised accessor approached with the right codes.

R.
Title: Re: Datastack Terrain
Post by: Kaled on January 06, 2011, 05:37:43 PM
I concur - that looks like a plasma reactor to me.  Still, it'd make a nice piece of terrain.