[40K] Rogue Trader / 2nd edition Blood Axes Orks - New photos page 5 (29 Jan)

[cheetor]

This thread keeps on delivering.  I love those Rogue Trader era power armoured ork models and they look great in orange.  The entire force looks unique, its lovely.

It's stuff like this that really gets me going. I love seeing advanced, complex terrain builds with diorama like quality. It's fun porn, but not attainable for me. Styrofoam cups painted grey with textured paint and then grimied up? Now we're talking!

I dont want to offend either the display quality terrain makers or the tabletop quality terrain makers, or anyone in between...

...but...

...there is a part of me that actually gets a kick out of seeing identifiable repurposed household items as terrain.  Some people are of course much better at convincingly turning bits of junk into semi-believable sci-fi miniatures, but forgetting individual skill levels for a moment, I enjoy when sci-fi terrain looks a bit like the sets in a cheap old TV show.  That it sometimes looks fake makes it look slightly more authentic.

I also like aliens that look like actors in rubber suits

[James Holloway]

Lovely vibrant yellow on that Bad Moon in power armour. Like you, I am very fond of that model.

[warburton]

Thanks for the responses, chaps. It is very encouraging to get such positive feedback

Fantastic additions to a fantastic thread! I really need to stress this, YOUR MODELS AND TERRAIN IS INCREDIBLY INSPIRATIONAL.  

It's stuff like this that really gets me going. I love seeing advanced, complex terrain builds with diorama like quality. It's fun porn, but not attainable for me. Styrofoam cups painted grey with textured paint and then grimied up? Now we're talking! Thank you very much for sharing!

This thread keeps on delivering.  I love those Rogue Trader era power armoured ork models and they look great in orange.  The entire force looks unique, its lovely.

I dont want to offend either the display quality terrain makers or the tabletop quality terrain makers, or anyone in between...

...but...

...there is a part of me that actually gets a kick out of seeing identifiable repurposed household items as terrain.  Some people are of course much better at convincingly turning bits of junk into semi-believable sci-fi miniatures, but forgetting individual skill levels for a moment, I enjoy when sci-fi terrain looks a bit like the sets in a cheap old TV show.  That it sometimes looks fake makes it look slightly more authentic.

I also like aliens that look like actors in rubber suits

I understand your point exactly, Cheetor. Whilst there is a part of me that really likes the terrain (or buildings) kits that GW puts out, I do yearn for the days when White Dwarf would print instructions about how to build that stuff out of cardboard and rubbish. The same goes for resin terrain kits - they look great, but part of me likes when it looks a bit "home made".

As to your point, Phreedh, I am really glad you like my stuff and find it inspirational. This terrain in the shots was, as you say, literally all made out of household rubbish and pretty much just painted with grey paint that I had mixed some sand into! I can go into more details if anyone is interested, but it really was pretty simple to make. My ambitions for the future are to recreate some of the terrain that used to feature in the White Dwarf battle reports of the 1990s - that will be a bit more involved! And, won't happen for a while...! But the simple terrain of this style, I felt would fit the aesthetic of the Rogue Trader era miniatures, so I made it specifically as a photographic backdrop for these figures, though it will get other uses too hopefully

[OSHIROmodels]

They certainly look the biz 

cheers

James

[warburton]

Thanks!

[phreedh]

What I like about your terrain is that there are no instructions needed. It's dead simple and not very detailed - and the fear of doing dead simple and not very detailed things might often stop us from doing anything at all. Seeing you do simple stuff and making it look good is very motivating! I have a shitload of Deadzone terrain. I would be much happier, if I would just slap them together, hit them with a little black, grey and white spray and wash them a bit. Instead I fret and worry about how to make them look the absolute best with the least amount of work.

[majorsmith]

Awesome orks, but those marines are brilliant! Love the camo colors then look so much better than bright colors they usually come in

[warburton]

Thanks for the comments, chaps!

What I like about your terrain is that there are no instructions needed. It's dead simple and not very detailed - and the fear of doing dead simple and not very detailed things might often stop us from doing anything at all. Seeing you do simple stuff and making it look good is very motivating! I have a shitload of Deadzone terrain. I would be much happier, if I would just slap them together, hit them with a little black, grey and white spray and wash them a bit. Instead I fret and worry about how to make them look the absolute best with the least amount of work.

As engineers often say, "Good enough is perfect."

Also worth remembering, done is better than perfect, too! That is a philosophy that sounds simple but is not always so easy to achieve. I am trying for it though