BSC2023 McMordain's Shrine of the Imperial Cult

[McMordain]

I will (try) to do an Imperial Cult shrine, with some Cawdor caretakers for Necromunda games.
I have few bits that I plan to use as sacred relics, but no overall idea how it will look like.
I want to build something that I can use on normal boards and with the Zone Mortalis floor tiles as well.

[has.been]

Good luck mate.

[Daeothar]

Sounds just right; I'll be watching with interest on behalf of my own Cawdors...

Best of luck!

[Vanvlak]

Necromunda shrine sounds just right 

[OSHIROmodels]

Should fit well with your other 'Munda entries 

[AKULA]

Good luck mate   

[McMordain]

I was thinking about how to do this.
Two things came to mind.
One, to build something relatively small, that can fit on a normal and on a Zone Mortalis board as well. A small shrine with a little building for the Cawdor gangers guarding it. But I may even finish this well before the deadline so
option two, something much bigger, with the footprint of a Zone Mortalis tile. An old ruin converted to the purpose of a temple with sacred relics inside. Maybe even a stained glass window.
Then I thought why not both  These could all fit to the max three base rule, if that is still in place.

Sounds just right; I'll be watching with interest on behalf of my own Cawdors...

Best of luck!

I'm more of an Escher fan, but a chem-lab didn't seem fitting for the theme
I hope my humble offering will not draw ire of House Cawdor 

[Golgotha]

Think it is good to be considering the size that often comes as an after thought and then there is also always the problem of storage. This is sounding good.

[McMordain]

The stained glass window really got stuck in my head and I thought a lot how to include it.
I decided that it will be the main "attraction" of the shrine. The window miraculously survived the passing of time in the underhive, Cawdor gangers found it and made it the base of worship.

This was my first (rough) plan for the building, just to have a starting point.


Then a second idea came to mind. Which is that just a piece of wall remained with the glass window, and the Cawdor built a protective building around it. Something really ramshackle and hodgepodge mass of materials.

I'm currently undecided which way to go... 

[AndrewBeasley]

Love the idea of a ruined wall with the glass enshrined in a building.


Fits my view of a hive full of rusting metal but artefacts of a grander age being kept and venerated...

[McMordain]

Love the idea of a ruined wall with the glass enshrined in a building.


Fits my view of a hive full of rusting metal but artefacts of a grander age being kept and venerated...

Yeah the more I think about it, the more I like the second version. I will go with that.

I searched for some 40k art pieces to us as the base for the stained glass. The idea is to trace the outline, print it, then transfer it to a clear sheet of plastic with a permanent marker. After that, color it with paint. Basically how it is done in this video.


I like how this turned out. I will make a test to see, how it looks in size for the ruin.
If it does not work, I will use this instead:


 

[McMordain]

Done quick test with the various pencils I have at hand. I think the result is good enough.

Tomorrow I will buy some proper alcoholic markers.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

That looks really good.

[bluewillow]

I would think a gothic arched window on one side and a round rose window in the end, with a lean too type structure leaning on the old wall perhaps ?

[Vanvlak]

That came out well!