Forum built, some work on Knights

 Last week, I finished building my design for an Imperial Forum.

Imperial Forums are seen across the 500 Worlds of Ultramar and occasionally on other worlds brought in to compliance by the XIII Legion of the Emperor's Great Crusade.  These Forums provided opportunity for the inhabitants of the world to engage in debate about local law and engage in public trials of those continuing to push against the new order.  Often the first trials held in a finished forum were the remaining potentates of the world's Ancien Régime.

Forum, Basilica, and some Imperial Knights in between

Rain started this weekend, delaying priming of the Forum itself.  I have put my attention towards painting up the 4 Imperial Knights (see in these shots post priming).

Forum with contains for additional scaling

Closer Up of the Knights

Basilica Primed, Forum in Work

 

Primed Basilica w/ Warlord & Nemesis-Warmonger for scale

Short update this week.  Lots of Titanicus related hobby work going on this past week/weekend, cumulating in the priming of the Basilica.  I got in my order of plasticard and picked up vinyl pieces of tile for the base.

In parallel, I have started work on the adjacent forum to the Basilica.  After embarking on building a set of pyramid corner stairs, I hve decided to abandon it in favor of straight stairs up that are recessed into the overall structure (vs sticking out a lot).  I will probably share the built forum next week.

I also salvaged 3 Imperial Knights and built a fourth for my House Vornherr detachment.  These also got primed.

Knights ready to be Primed

Imperial Basilica takes Shape

Aquila lander on the roof the Basilica.
Containers around the edges.

 About six months ago, I drew up a plan for a large building for Adeptus Titanicus.  Initially, I wanted something cathedral like, but that does not fit with the idea of the Great Crusade's Imperial Truth and the 500 of Worlds of Ultramar.  I needed something that invoked both the scale and grandeur of a cathedral, but with an entirely secular purpose - enter the Basilica, in the Roman tradition.

"The Great Crusade-era (M31) Imperial Basilica serves as a hub of post-compliance activity.  It houses multiple Imperial offices to further integrate a world into the overall Imperium of Man.  It also serves as a hub for mercantile activity, providing a safe, neutral environment for off-world traders to interact with local nobility, merchants, or industrialist.  The offices of the Basilica include local language to/from Low- and High-Gothic translators, money exchangers, local and Imperial legal scholars, and other pertinent services to enable integration of the world's region into the broader context of the Imperium."

Importantly, the Basilica is not an Imperial Governor's Palace.  The Basilica and its services would evolve to be the Adeptus Administratum.  On worlds that became more regressive in the wake of the Horus Heresy, the individual Basilica would transform into cathedral fortresses, their often neighboring Forum turned to landing pads for Valkyries and Vultures.  Only in some sectors of the Imperium, like Ultramar, would they retain a semblance of their original purpose.

Under Construction

Original plans for the Basilica

Holiday Activities

 Over the holiday, I hung out at my brother's home.  I played with with the 3D printer, focusing on printing a bunch of Imperial Storage containers for Titanicus terrain projects.

Bag of Containers

Printed Half of Stack of Containers

I also received some models as gifts.

Kharadron Thunders and Underworlds set

When I got home, I decided to finally start building the Basilica I have designed for Titanicus terrain.

Battle at the Bridge

Nothing fancy in terms of battle report or anything.  We decided for the 3-way fight, the Adeptus Astrates would attempt to hold the bridge against the two competing xenos of Tyranids and Necrons. I remembered to take photos at the beginning and very end.  We got to play on an awesome table, that I would love to plan for a large game of Horus Heresy.

Most of the Novamarines setup to hold the Bridge

Terrian & Board for AoP

Broken Imperial Eagle

For Armies on Parade, I needed a display board and some terrain for the Eldar to be moving through. I picked up the Honored Imperium box set and used the ruined eagle (pictured left) and the ruined Cathedral top.

For the board itself, I used one of the sections of the Realms of Battle board acquired 3 years ago (finally beginning to paint it).  I kept it straightforward with browns and greens, but may need to adjust the amount of grass on the other six sections - they take a lot of flock.

Trees

Completed Trees

For Armies on Parade, I am not doing anything special for the board.  It will be a hill section of the Realms of Battle board with the wrecked imperial eagle, ruined Gothic arch, and forest.  This past weekend/week, I have been working on the trees.  I decided to go with an autumn foliage and try to match the broad flat surfaces to the model bases.

This establishes the color palette for tables worth of terrain going forward in our house.  Any terrain destined for our Realms of Battle board will draw on elements of this.  However, plenty of armies have a different color scheme.

Walls & Fences

Sunday morning, I finished up the set of walls and fences that I picked up to increase the amount of terrain available for use at the store.  My son helped a bit and the walls and fences were a good opportunity to practice some core techniques.

All the walls & fences

Warhammer Escalation League #1

The Park Plaza Games Workshop store is having a Warhammer Fantasy League in which Tess and I plan to participate.  She has already put together her Regiment of Renown and will be working on getting them painted this week. I need to spend some time on a what my Dwarf regiment will be and paint up those that are not already painted.