Fresh Habs in Action

 

Of course if one has new terrain, you must battle upon it! 

Someday I'll try to get more pics during a game. Or maybe just do a battle only for the pics?

New Terrain, Fight!

Just Remember the Camera

Fresh New Habs

 

Don't you just hate it when a project gets this close to being done when stuff gets in the way, and it somehow shuffles off to the pile of Almost Done. 

The good news is once you finally summon the fortitude to re-engage and finish, it is somehow more fulfilling have wrested a project back from the edge of oblivion. Or is that just me? 

Anyways, I did just wrap up the terrain from some long ago Kill Team set, and added a nice little 3D printed landing pad. 

Now I just need to get a shuttle to put on that pad.

Go Finish Something

Change Almost Done to Newly Completed

Ad Mech Pict Captures

 

Just a handful of shots from the time I was trying to take "family photos" with my old camera. I took over fifty shots, but the vast majority came out blurry. I'm pretty sure something is going amiss with the auto focus. I made sure my new camera has a manual focus option. 

I was using two side and a top fill light, so that was not the issue. Maybe the CMOS chip is going bad. A good chunk were also very dark. Seven years is a good run for low-end digital camera. 

"Why yes, I do have several cats. Why do you ask?" Getting distraction-free backgrounds is tough when you are shooting pics from a real game in progress.

I will try this again soon, after I get the hang of my new camera.

Go Shoot Something

With Film, I Guess it's just Pixels Now

Campaign Teaser

 

The long delayed Inquisition versus Necrons campaign is finally moving forward!

Even more Necrontyr terrain is coming off the 3D printer as I type this.

Bigger update soon!

Wake the Dead

It's Time to Party

The Cygnians Arrive

 

New race for Battlefront Valkyrie. Easy to print and fun to paint. The Cylon-esque Cygnians are very distinctive, and called for a different paint job. I found Cobalt metal (a blueish metallic) from Army Painter, it looks great on them! Even if it really hard to see in these photos. I'm still working on the Hot Pink Prototypes...

Fighting killer robots just never gets old. Might as well look good doing it. I do believe we shall try a battle this weekend to give the game a go.

Go Sling Some Paint

By Your Command

Rocks in Space

As they say, printer goes brrrrt. I just got done painting the newly printed asteroids for Battlefront Valkyrie, and they look really good on the table. 

And not just space rocks! The ruler, turn gauge, energy and ship number markers are ready to go as well.

Very close to giving this game a go.

Go Make Something

Keep the Robot Working

 

Kill Team: SM2 Mission

 

Having just painted my Lt. Titus miniature, I felt I should give the Kill Team: Space Marine 2 Mission Pack a go (free on the GW Community site). It has a slightly altered rules set, and stat cards for three Ultramarines: Titus, Gadriel, and Chairon, plus four Tyranid NPO cards: Tyranid Warrior, Lictor, Termagant, and Hormagaunt. Which I'm going to use in normal Joint Ops Kill team games. 

It's only one mission, but does have replayability, and will easily altered for more variances. I already have the outlines for a few new missions. 

Any game were Lictors are actually scary is a good thing in my book.

 A quick and fun time if you just want to break out some Marines and kill Xenos. 

Go Roll Some Dice

Even if Only the Lictor is Watching

The Barbie Star Collective

 

Funny things can happen when you say "It doesn't matter". 

Fat Dragon has released the 5th expansion for Battlefront Valkyrie, a brand new faction with a very cool Cylon-ish feel. I asked Mrs. Blackheart to print them for me on her fancy Prusa XL, and she asked, "What color do you  want them?" 

I am going to prime them, and then spray a silver base coat, so it didn't really matter, and I said so.  

I kinda love my hot pink, A.I. controlled starships. I think I may just try a dark wash and see what happens.

Go Make Something

Sometimes With Surprising Results

Thunderhawk Stand STL

Due to a sudden increase in requests for the old Lexan Flight Stand (which is no longer available) here is a reminder that the STL for a nice stand is still up. I do not know if it will fit the newer Forge World model. 

The STL for Mrs. Blackheart's Thunderhawk Stand can now be found at:

https://www.printables.com/model/761250-warhammer-40k-thunderhawk-stand

It's free! So get one now.

*Thunderhawk not included

Let The Robot Make Something

Just Keep an Eye on it

3D Printed Starship Game

 

Battlefront Valkyrie is a Starship Combat miniatures game from Fat Dragon. It is made so you print out everything. And it is quite easy to do so. The ships are designed to be printed on a filament printer with no supports, so it is quick and easy. As are the stands and game markers. The nice ship facing graphics are also supplied, I printed them out on photo paper and the result is impressive.

Two fleets come with the base game, both kinda Star Trek-ish, which I do love.

The Terran Fleet.

The Kurgun Fleet.

At the moment five small expansions have been released with a bunch more planned, including a new fleet. 

Painting was fun and easy, and they really look sharp on the tabletop. I'm printing the game tokens (filament) and the ship control cards (paper) and will be ready to try out this new game next week.

Advice from the Internets on reviving your (mostly) dead blog: Use cats.

Go Make Something

For 2D Space Gaming in 3D

Not Dead, Just Dreaming

 

So...Hi. This blog is not dead (yet) but damn, it's been a bit of things in the way.

I shall continue to post out here in the nearly dead blog-o-sphere, at least for the rest of this year. 

Lots of new and cool wargame stuff happening, and I have a few things to show. 

More and random updates at: https://www.instagram.com/atomicwarlords/ 

Fun new post next week!

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