Wednesday 25 January 2012

WebWay travel may be closer than you think.....

WebWay travel may be closer than you think.....







The day may soon be close for you to get your hands on your very own inter planetary / webway / warp gate / star gate thingy. This project started a long time back and has gone through a good few phases and injections of enthusiasm. 

In my past of wargaming I have played the Eldar and so it’s always been a piece I wanted to do and think it would make a great objective or scenery piece for the table top. 

It’s started off looking a good deal different and very happy that it’s evolved into the current shape and look.

Above you can see an early attempt, not too clear from the old photo but it was very chunky , at the time was happy but as time went by didn’t like the back of it and as luck would have it  I happened to brake the master so gave me the opportunity to give it a fresh start. 

I liked the look and feel but just thought it should be a little slimmer and being carved / grown out of some alien material should be solid piece. So on to version 2. Below basic shape carved 

The original base was going to be massive so reduced it down to a more acceptable size. And then left the scenery for a bit to do some other models and things


TIME PASSED…..


Got my casting hat on and made a master cast and then moved to test casting. All seemed well and a test cast produced (some tinkering needed air getting out little issue but nothing major).  Played around with the rune stone position and number needed can got the model stuck together and ready for painting , good old spray undercoat and base coat all done. Then it got left for a while well…. Maybe a little more than a while…… started a few other projects and then started on the reactor 

And took some pictured of the progress shots, noticed the webway sitting all half painted and that just wouldn’t do.
 Painting hat one and some real progress made as I’m sure you can see.



 
The Webway will be all resin and will need some assembly. So time for some vital stats  

The base is approx. 12cm long x 10cm wide x 2cm tall
Two types of rune stones:
 Large rune stone  1.8cm long x 1.5cm wide  x 0.5cm high
Small rune stone 1.5cm long x 1cm wide x 0.5 high

The webway  the base is the base is 8cm long x 1.5 wide and the height is just under 20cm when attached to the base.








So with any luck all you pointy eared, pointy helmet army leaders can have your very own webway access.

 From what I hear from the space monkeys they are rather rare so you better guard them with your life.

 Obviously I’m not going to be exercising any race discrimination so other alien races may acquire some for their gaming tables too. 

Now if you feel the need to go and spread this news all over the net and tell as many gamers as you feel fit I’m not going to protest.

Saturday 21 January 2012

Sneak peek at...... Web-way Gate  scenery 

I have been toying with various ideas and shapes of my very own Web-way. This has now been completed and in its very final stages. Its been made with 28mm table top wargaming in mind.


 I'm sure if you look through the blog you will see a post now and again about it. This one has been test cast and now painted, its been a an idea I had for so long and now happy with the final design and feel , only took 2 versions. 


It will come in a few parts all cast in resin, the main web-way , base and separate gems/rune stones (6 medium size and 2 large) so a customisation is possible and being separate from the base should make it more adaptable to your gaming scenery needs / conversion.


The scenery once att to the base stands 20cm tall , the base has a footprint of 12cm by 10cm. so should make an impressive centre piece / objective to the gaming table


well its now time to show some pictures ....










Friday 6 January 2012

Yin Yang style bases in the shop....





I’m happy to inform you all the Yin Yang style bases are all ready for you to grab.

I’m sure these will suit many races and wargames myself the Tau and Eldar  will made a nice character base or display bases.

Currently the 25mm and 40mm are ready im sure in time the 60mm round will be added.


New bases made ( done )
mould made ( done) 
test cast (done )
Painted + photo ( done )
Added  to shop ( done )