Underhive Terrain

[Brother_Brimstone]

I seem to be churning these things out! They're not of especially high quality, but my aim of volume is being fulfilled. I have also painted the gangway type pieces, but i'd prefer to show them in use rather than in isolation, so i'll post those with the raised platforms once i've painted them. The raised platforms will probably take the most time of any of the pieces, as they have the most detail. Anyway, without further ado, i present the power plant structure;



I added those pieces of mesh to look like gangs had used a sort of makeshift climbing net (perhaps made of old chainlink, which I would presume is rather plentfiul in the underhives) - I wanted to make this structure a bit more 3D so i'm using the climbing nets to count as ladders to the top of the structure - a good place for having a look around or perhaps even sniping....

Thanks for all the comments from everyone.

EDIT - I had noticed there's a bit of black from the cans on the base, but only noticed after taking the picture; i've since painted over the black in the right shade of grey.

[Myriad]

These are all good bit of terrain with their own character.  I like this piece especially.  A bit of paint really does make the difference.

The inquisition posters made me smile, although it seems a little too blatant for the inquisition, more like the work of agitators or PDF having trouble cowing the population...

[Alyster Wick]

Looks fantastic!  Might I suggest climbing those ladders is a risky action? They look a wee bit on the rickety side...

although it seems a little too blatant for the inquisition, more like the work of agitators or PDF having trouble cowing the population...

Inquisitor: Adept!  Remove those posters at once!
Adept: But sir, they mutants, they're getting away.
Inquisitor (unsheathes power sword)
Adept: Yes master....

[Brother_Brimstone]

Haha, yeah, it becomes more comical when you imagine actual members of the inquisition putting up the posters themselves. Still, when you look at them, none of them out and out say 'WE ARE THE INQUISITION! BE GOOD OR WE BLOW UP YOUR PLANET!!!!!'. They all say things like 'Remeber; We Are Watching' and  'Innocence Proves Nothing' etc... While they do have big I's on them, I presumed the average underhiver would have absolutely no idea of the Inquisition's existance (perhaps beyond the odd myth, rumour, conspiracy theory etc...). Due to not even knowing about the Inquisiton, I assumed most Undehivers seeing these posters would just consider them propaganda put up by Enforcers, or as you suggest, the PDF.  Similarly, the enforcers/PDF don't put them up thinking 'yeah, now these people will be scared of the Inquisition', it's just propaganda and threats to, as you say, 'scare people straight'.

Also, as for funny posters, the ones on the sides, which you can't see in this photo are AdMech ones and read 'In Case Of Emergency, Pray For Deliverance'. My joint favourite, alongside the ones advertising a pitfight.

Thanks for the comments, I think I will make the nets a risky action; if you fail, the link you're holding falls through and you drop to the ground.

[Aidan]

Heh, there might be a few planets where desk-jockey Inquisitors have made themselves fairly open authorities - nothing like the threat of annihilation from orbit to keep the proles in line!.

The terrain piece is very nice. I especially like the chickenwire netting (or whatever you call that outside of the antipodes) - I'll probably put some of that on some of my buildings, now. Looks like it'd be a nuisance to paint, though.

[phil-o-mat]

every piece is very cool and i like that idea with the videotape, but i love those posters!!!

how long did id take to assemble those pieces (hours wise)?

[Brother_Brimstone]

Assembling the pieces was fairly quick and easy. i had already put all the different bits and bobs aside to use for terrain, so it was just an issue of working out what i could combine with what to get a decent effect. I would say hours wise it was a maximum of about 3, all done in one sitting.

The real killer, as everyone so far has said, is the painting, and the painting took much longer (i had to spent 1-2 hours each night for five days to get them through from undercoat to their finished form).