Sunday, 14 April 2019

Space Hulk, Just when I thought I was ready.

As I said in last months news I wanted to get my Space Hulk done, so for the last few weeks I've been working on the models.
At this stage all I've left to do is the C.A.T & the dead termination, as these are just objectives & not used in many missions I was ready to go, until that is I done this.
And then this.
The doors are from one of the Killteam sets that I'd picked up on E-bay for about 20 Euro including postage & as you can see works very well with Space Hulk, there was 10 of them & I've since ordered another set to give 20 doors which is the amount of the card one's that come with the game.

But why stop there ?
In the game different missions call for you to do different things, like destroy a terminal or maybe get to escape pods, these are only ever a certain tile on the game grid you need to get to, but having a model of that thing just for me brings the game to another level.
For me the visible aspect for table top gaming is a very big part of the enjoyment of it & anything I can do to add to that I will, as well as the two sets that have the doors, terminals escape pods & some other stuff, I also ordered a different set that has other stuff on it that will like the other sets also be usable in Space Hulk & in other thing, as you can see in the last picture I've a couple of the doors painted, I've gone for a grimy effect as Space Hulks are meant to be ships that have been lost for a long time.
The only thing I'm not sure of now is should I paint all the doors the same colour or have different coloured ones as a Space Hulk is meant to be many different ships all mashed together, why is life never easy :)

That's a wrap for this post as always my thanks for dropping in & if you'd care to leave a comment it would be welcomed :)
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  1. Vampifan14 April 2019 at 06:28

    Great idea to add 3D elements from other games to your scenery. As for painting your doors I'd go for at least two different colour schemes. I couldn't agree with you more about "the visible aspect for table top gaming is a very big part of the enjoyment of it". Well said!

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    1. Frank O Donnell14 April 2019 at 12:29

      Thanks Bryan, yep the moment I put down the first door I knew that I had to go down the route of using 3D elements, & thanks for the in put on the doors as you've helped me make up my mind on that :)

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  2. The Wargame Addict14 April 2019 at 10:57

    That's some impressive "upgrading" by the props department Frank, and I totally agree with yourself and Bryan - whatever can be done to improve the visual presentation of our table top gaming only improves the gaming experience :-)
    Looking forward to seeing more Space Hulk (and I'm looking on the bay of E for some myself now, no no, don't feel guilty......)

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    1. Frank O Donnell14 April 2019 at 12:35

      Thanks Greg, yep the props team have come up trumps on this one & happy hunting on E-bay, as for feeling guilty not a hope as I feel we all make one another spend money to up our game :)

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  3. Dakeryus14 April 2019 at 22:06

    Looks good Franco, it imght be worth a trip to battlesystems if you want to pick up some more props for space hulk. They have nice cardstock terrain range.

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    1. Frank O Donnell14 April 2019 at 23:16

      Thanks Darra, I think I might have enough of stuff for what I want for Space Hulk but I'll take a look as there's always other projects :)

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  4. Dave Stone15 April 2019 at 00:51

    Fantastic additions to a classic game, should look fantastic in one of your productions.

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    1. Frank O Donnell15 April 2019 at 04:39

      Thanks Dave, I do think that when there all painted up they'll add a lot to it :)

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  5. Joakim Ström15 April 2019 at 03:32

    I've been looking at 3D-printing essentially everything for Spacehulk. There was a kickstarter a while ago that had tiles that would have fitted surprisingly well for Spacehulk. I think they, obviusly by coincidence, had the more or less the same footprint as the cardboard ones.

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    1. Frank O Donnell15 April 2019 at 04:41

      Thanks Joakim, as your the 3D printing man I'll leave that for you :)

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  6. Zabadak16 April 2019 at 05:19

    Great crossover between board and miniature games.

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    1. Frank O Donnell16 April 2019 at 09:11

      Thanks Joe, that's kind of the effect I was looking for:)

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  7. Ivor Evans16 April 2019 at 09:12

    That is all kinds of brilliant Frank! Excellent use of a great board game :)

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    1. Frank O Donnell16 April 2019 at 14:32

      Thanks Ivor, it just feels so right for me tbh :)

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  8. Maj. Guiscard25 April 2019 at 06:28

    Woah Frank
    Apologies for not writing sooner. That adaptation of Space Hulk is awesome. I have the KT sets with the terrain, and I never thought of going to ebay for more.
    Thanks for the tip!

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    1. Frank O Donnell26 April 2019 at 10:00

      Thanks Will, no worries its always nice to hear from you at any time & always happy if people find things on the blog to help them out :)

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