#third party bits

[rabidchilde]

Dreamforge is having a labor day sale, and their prices were already good. Want to get 20 basic troops for that Astra Militarum army? $30usd for 20 models with a ton of options. Have Statuesque heads you want to put on heavy armored troops for sisters of battle? 20 models for $45usd. A titan larger than a 40k Knight for $45usd. Good stuff, I highly recommend them.

[rabidchilde]

After a long-distance hobby day using Roll20, I finally have some paint on one of my Old Knights! I tried out the hair-spray weathering technique and it only worked on his right leg, where the base coat was thinnest. A thick base coat was an obvious mistake in my part. So I went in with a spare drill bit and scratched up the red-brown base to reveal the silver primer. I think it worked pretty well, what do you think?

[brassrobo]

Brother Bob of the Emperor's Flame showing off his fancy new Assault Pack(my friend Brandon picked his name).

Technically poor Bob is only a Tactical Marine and isn't allowed to use an assault pack. His bolter is glued to his hands making him too heavy to fly. But he can dream.

Future Reference: Jet pack: Anvilindustry Exo-Lords Jetpack Paints used: Reaper Honed Steel, Silver Filigree, Shadowed Stone,Pure Black Wash: Nuln Oil

[nightbringer24]

Nightbringer24′s 40k terrain masterpost.

This one’s for @candiceirae, so let’s this done.

Same deal as my conversion bits masterpost, although I will make a quick point: 40k fills an odd size range in tabletop wargaming and model making. A lot of times, it’s classed as 28mm scale (28mm from foot to head) when in actuality, it’s closer to 32mm scale, or 28mm heroic. Sometimes this makes it difficult to find the right size terrain, since (people like me) find 1/48 scale and 1/35 scale a bit confusion. Although in recent years, many third party companies make 28mm scale that works for both true 28mm scale and 28mm heroic scale figures. So this post will contain examples of that, all under ‘28mm’, including some terrain bits that are either 1/48 scale or 1/35 scale.  

And also another thing: there is literally NOTHING stopping you using terrain that’s meant for a Victorian era cityscape to represent an Imperial civilized world or using 28mm scale Wild West buildings for an Imperial frontier world. The 40k universe is literally gigantic, and can encompass so many different worlds and types of structures.

So let’s begin!

Sarissa Precision: UK. MDF. 28mm

Obviously, this company is geared more towards 28mm historical wargaming (i.e. WW2, Dark Age Europe, Medieval Europe, Napoleonic Wars, etc) they have done two sci-fi ranges: System Sci-Fi and Gates of Antares, the former which would do well for an Adeptus Mechanicus outpost and the latter would make a good abandoned xenos village. Also, there is nothing stopping you using their World War Europe, Industrial or any of their other ranges to create unique tablescapes.

4ground: UK. MDF. 28mm.

Same deal as Sarissa Precision, although with a few more ranges for fantasy. Although, this time the building parts are ready painted, but there’s nothing stopping you from painting over the panels.

Cama Models (sold by Baueda Wargames): US. Plastic. 1/48-28mm.

These guys have a number of stuff for WW2 wargames that would not look out of place in a 40k game. They were developed for Baudea Warhames own game, 1-48 Combat, 

28mm Ruined Modular Buildings

28mm Sandbags/Obstacles

Also for people in the UK/Europe who want to buy them, there’s also Magister Militum (link takes you right to the Bauedea stuff).

Tablescape: UK. Plastic. 28mm.

A good selection of terrain bits, ranging from hills, to dugouts, to rocks and other stuff. They also sell some bits that allow you to build your own barbwire obstacles.

Same deal as 4ground in that all of their products are prepainted, but, again, there’s nothing stopping you from painting over them in colours of your own choice.

Luck Punk Terrain: UK. Resin. 28mm.

A good range of sandbag walls, barricades and such, since a sandbag is the infantryman’s go to defence. Also quite a good selection of scatter terrain that can represent difficult terrain or can be mixed with other terrain bits to show more destruction.

Adrian’s Wall: UK. Resin. 28mm.

This company’s quite interesting in that they offer prepainted terrain boards, 2 foot by 2 foot, of various environmental features, including rivers, beaches, hills, roads as well as environments, such as grass land, deserts, martian landscape etc.

Tectonic Craft: US. MDF. 28mm.

No real scheme with this company, since they cover both fantasy and sci-fi terrain, which is no real hindrance to 40k.

Wargame Model Mods: UK. MDF. 28mm.

It seems this guy has purposefully created this range FOR 40K. Including industrial buildings, military outposts and various others, these buildings can easily fit in to a large scale 40k Cities of Death game or even Necromunda. Also, there are a few xenos buildings too for Necrons, Eldar and Orks.

Burn in Designs: US. MDF. 28mm.

Same deal as Sarissa Precision but with a bit more of a focus on a weird sci-fi Western game, but they do have a few bits of terrain that would do well for a 40k city terrain, like a train or some crates, as well as a good number of kits geared solely for 40k games. Plus, they also have a good range for paint and tool storage.

Systema Gaming: EU. MDF. 28mm.

(Again) Same deal as Sarissa Precision, but geared solely for sci-fi. The Base-0 range is the best one for 40k since the design fits well with the idea of STC technology.

Studio Level: Poland. Resin (or plastic, it doesn’t say). 28mm.

Same deal Adrian’s Wall: prepainted terrain boards in a lot of environments that would fit in brilliantly with 40k, along with various prepainted buildings that (from reviews) look lovely.

War Chimera: Poland. Resin (mostly). 28mm.

Some good terrain bits for 40k scale, while a bit small, does include things like defence lines and a bunker, terrain mats, and a recently released ruined city in a Gothic style and made from MDF.

And I’m including this one for the really insane:

HirstArts: US. DIY. 28mm.

This one is for the full-time hobbyist. Basically, this guy produces molds in a myriad of styles, you buy some plaster (the guy suggest dental plaster), pour it in to the mold, put it in to the oven to dry then you pop them out and glue them together. Check out the sites forum and gallery pages for some awesome stuff.

So choose which site takes your fancy, then which kits you like and have fun.