My Genestealer Cult Terrain (Danger! pics heavy)

[Lostzilla]

Hi!
I'm a big fan of the Genestealer Cult. I've started on second edition with Tyranids and later I've collected and Imperial Guard. It's a shame that I sold my armies long time ago.
Now, with the 5th edition I'm Back and my Genestealer Cult (Imperial Guard with a lot of green stuff and genestealer boxes ) needs a good place to fight.

Few months ago I bought 3 tables and made my first board. Functional, but a little bit boring!


(roads made of sandpaper)

[Lostzilla]

Seeing my little bit boring table I thought the board needs one or two buildings that can block the "line of vision".

How can I introduce buildings with a little originality?

That's It! I will make damaged buildings! ( oh ****. The TV eated my brain? I'm a zombie? That's all of my imagination? )

C'mon. Try another time, Lostzilla! You can do better than that.

Oh, wait. I have and idea. I will make 4 bases. One base for an autocannons turret (from Aegis defense line). We will think autocannons destroyed something (like a land speeder) and it crashed with two buildings. The other base is for a big lockgate

[Lostzilla]

Bu,but it continues with a boring grey color. Every fuc***ng table are grey! No! No more cities of death! Be different, Lostzilla! Think!

Ok. Let's try something... brown! (, definitely I'm a zombie). Ok, I turned the table on the other side, go to the beach, stole 2 kilos of sand, go to a park, stole little stones (search for a place with no dogs pissing, please), buy 2 kilos of glue, 5 cheap paintings and...




But. There is no personality. Another time, so much boring.
Ok, ok. I will fix that.

TACHAN!

An ork skull! I'm a genius, right? (Ok. I promise to stop watching Heroes and Smallville). And I will add more sand and stones.

[Lostzilla]

Ok. The new color seems better. Painted models look good with that terrain.

Let's take a look with bases, buildings, simple hills and other stuff









Very well my friend. Stop watching Smallville was a good start.

[Lostzilla]

Now, it's paint time! (prepare your tears)

First thing to do: buildings and bases (the floor aren't glued yet).






These are at very first stage of painting an modeling. One think I forgot to say it's my priority: board, buildings and other stuff will be modular and not glued to table. My girlfriend will kill me if I can not put away all the stuff and we haven't a palace :P

[Skaven13]

Looking nice so far! Keep up the good work :-)

[Lostzilla]

Thanks!

Now, I will try a rust effect. First I must say I've never painted anything. I played on second edition but never got a brush. To paint a board it's my way to learn to paint without ruin expensive models.

And now, the rust!

[Lostzilla]

My phone camera isn't great (HTC Magic) and change the colors (adds red color).

[Stormfather]

Very cool work, the rusting is ace. I've got a crashed Aguila Lander that I can't decide should go in the middle of:

a.) A modular city of death I've planned but don't have the time to build; or
b.) A themed terrain piece based off of Modern Warfare 2's 'Afghan'

But seeing your work on those buildings brings a to mind. Having the defense battery there is great, it gives the whole board a story to tell. Forgeworld has a crashed Valkyrie that is absolutely top notch; however it's about twice the price of a landspeeder and you wouldn't get to wreck it yourself. Might be worth a look, though.

[Lostzilla]

I've made the base for that:


And increased the rust effect:



I need to fix that little hit

[Lostzilla]

Now, my Imperial gu.. ops, I say, my genestealer cult needs bases for the models. Troops, heavy weapons teams, sentinels...











And the first objective marker:

[Lostzilla]

OK, now, we need the background of our genestealer cult and our planet.
! What's up with a mining planet? The miners founded remains of an ancient Tyranid infestation and wake up two or three genestealers.


Now, we need miners:

[Lostzilla]

And we need the tyranid archaeological remains:

[Lostzilla]

And now, the archeological remains painted (but not finished)





I have to add boxes, spotlights, a shovel... and paint the sacks.

[mark_logue]

Wow, fantastic work.

[Lostzilla]

Thanks!

Now, let me introduce you, our new best friend:

[Dalanshin]

Looking good man! What are the guardsman helmets? They look like something from Nausicaa (Hayao Miyazake). I miss the GS cult army list!! Glad to see you doing this; where's the LIMO??????

The archeological remains are an especially nice touch, and add so much story flavor to this project. I also like the pipe section that lays close to the ground. Nice rust too!! Keep it up. If possible I'd prefer to see the edges of the remains piece rounded.

[Lostzilla]

Thanks for the comment!
The helmets are from pig iron ( http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/ )

[Lostzilla]

And another unfinished hill. This time with the first test for my paint scheme



Twice hills:


And the "miner" close:

[N810]

Woah looking good, Great to see a CoD that isn't just plain.
I think the city ruins could do with some more Nid bits... maybe
some dead nids from a earlier fight or something...
or perhaps a nest in a dark corner ..?