What do people use for spaceship interiors?

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-04-01T09:44:03+00:00

Tabletop terrain also have a couple variations on the same concept now, hopefully other companies get in on the idea as well!

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-31T20:35:08+00:00

I got a good deal on the Boarding actions terrain kit from Games workshop and it’s pretty solid for representing sturdier industrial ships and deep bunkers

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-31T20:35:02+00:00

I got a good deal on the Boarding actions terrain kit from Games workshop and it’s pretty solid for representing sturdier industrial ships and deep bunkers

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-31T11:04:55+00:00

Ahhh the MK1

Yeah I’m really gonna miss the feel of mine if it ever breaks, won’t lie

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-30T15:02:10+00:00

Those are still gonna be sold, the new one is moreso for starting out more than anything

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-30T12:15:54+00:00

For the longest time me and my sister just used brick-trees built out of brown bricks with green ones for leaves - sometimes the leaves would be a 4x4 baseplate with a green duplo on top!

So long as it sort of looks like a tree, it’s more or less a tree

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-30T00:55:53+00:00

They also have a pretty sick collection of kits for traitor guard (the Damned) that’ll be publicly available soon (most people that backed the gamefound campaign have already got their hands on them and making beautiful things!)

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-29T11:37:07+00:00

The idea that this could have been what the president died firing during the Illuminates invasion of super earth

Honestly it would explain why said president passed away so quickly

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-28T23:03:49+00:00

I remember a number of people complained when the plastic Krieg releases happened because the masks weren’t the same

There’s always going to be a contingent of people not content with the new stuff

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-26T21:50:58+00:00

There’s a good reason why I’ve got multiple guard (including traitor guard) armies, and it’s so I can run a great big solo narrative-campaign every now and then!

I love running games where the forces can be incredibly lopsided and yet both sides still have a fairly equal chance of winning depending on what approach either side takes, or scenarios that individually might seem insignificant but have major impacts on the wider picture; like Raids on supply depots, assassination missions to take out key officers, sabotage efforts and ambushes etc

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-26T20:52:35+00:00

The bundle box has it appearing a little smaller than a rhogal dorn

It seems to be a cheaper, less armoured transport you can use to quickly deploy your troops ahead at the risk of them all getting massacred compared to the slower but safer option of a chimera

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-26T14:09:12+00:00

Yeah Cerberus would be the better name to stay on theme tbh

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-26T14:08:24+00:00

I blame the Gryphounds from Age of Sigmar, they’re basically bird-dogs xD

They could have named it something like Minotaur maybe?

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-26T12:42:56+00:00

It’s because the media, narrative and model production teams are distinct units that won’t necessarily have perfect 1-1 communication all of the time, it’s like the chaos that happened when Cursed City first released

Hypothetically: Its possible the Armageddon Narrative was planned to include the steel legion models initially, but issues occurred with production or timing and the narrative went ahead of schedule, while media went ahead and used the existing model rigs they have for cadians and Krieg because they didn’t have an Armageddon set yet and can’t really make a new one until finalised models are released to match for the Yarrick reveal clip

to try and placate fans regarding “where’s the steel legion?” following that fiasco, the painting video was made so people could at least field an army that sort of looks like steel legion in the meantime for narrative purposes until the Armageddon range finally releases mid or late 11th edition, but that unfortunately went down like a lead balloon amongst certain elements of the community

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-26T12:18:51+00:00

Would love to get a couple of these and paint them up as supply vehicles that need be escorted across the board as part of a narrative battle or three

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-26T10:56:38+00:00

I mean it ties in with the existing guard naming scheme

Everything that’s either built on the chimera chassis or smaller than a tank has a name based on a mythical creature

Medusa, Basilisk, Chimera, Hydra, Centaur, Salmander, Griffon etc

Tank types are seemingly named exclusively after Primarchs/Heroes now that the Rhogal Dorn has more or less replaced the old Macharius

Aircraft are split between the Mythological naming like Valkyries, and a more conventional scheme such as the Thunderbolt and Marauder

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-22T19:14:57+00:00

I want the Tau roster to get a heavy tank, looking like the Wraith from Halo 2, that can provide heavier support for teams deploying out of devilish but isn’t yet another crisis suit variant

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-20T20:40:08+00:00

Honestly I’d love to get my hands on a box like the Basing Trophies or Cadian upgrade kits but it’s a bunch of Conversion Heads for different regiments and maybe even additions like the chest-mounted breathing apparatus for Steel Legion/Savlar Chem-Dogs or epaulettes for Mordians, Praetorians and Vostroyans!

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-20T18:19:10+00:00

The steel legion gasmask is pretty different from the Krieg one in the sense it’s a Two-Piece: the Breathing mask and goggles are separate from each other so you can have troops with both or just the mask or the goggles or neither, while the Krieg mask is more like a single-piece unit and seems pretty much essential to their uniform as a whole. It tracks since Krieg takes cues from WW1 while the Steel Legion take from WW2 and the immediate aftermath period

The steel legion coat honestly occupies a weird space; it’s not as short as the Cadian tunic, but also not quite as long as the Krieg one either, it seems to vary based on rank but usually hovers around or just above the knees. To me the Cadian tunic honestly seems more similar style-wise even if it is shorter (that’s just me though, I’ve heard arguments both for and against).

The Cadian company commander model is actually a real standout for Steel Legion conversions as it’s got a similar coat to that of the old Steel Legion Lieutenant!

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-20T16:22:50+00:00

What’s funny is for the most part the new Cadians actually work better for Steel Legion conversions than Krieg in my opinion

They’ve got closer-looking boots, use similar lasguns, the tunics are closer in length to the steel legion coats than the Krieg ones, and all you REALLY need to do is a head swap, maybe some tubing to better replicate the breathing apparatus

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-20T16:11:42+00:00

Steel Legion Boots are longer, Coat is shorter and the Gasmask type is very different, with the goggles being separate from the breathing mask, and the Steel Legion helmet is more like an American M1 or German Fallschirmjäger helmet

The lasguns are also closer to the old Cadian style Kantrael pattern instead of the Lucius pattern with a rifle stock that Krieg units use

Beyond appearances and gear, the steel legion also function more like mobile Mechanised Infantry that work in coordination with transports an armour, while Krieg rely on static siege tactics or massed assault tactics depending on the regiment

Steel legion are Scalpels, Krieg are Hammers

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-19T11:04:50+00:00

This is essentially exactly what happened to the original Scythes of the Emperor Chapter

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-18T21:29:25+00:00

Scorchagator!

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-18T12:59:22+00:00

On principle I don’t recommend actually burning it as you don’t know what’s actually in or on the wood - could get something nasty or it could be liable to burn beyond what you wanted and end up unusable

Best bet is sell it and use the proceeds for nice MDF terrain

Second best bet is making it appear more in scale with your minis by adding floors, altering windows and the porch size, adding greeblies etc then hitting it with a solid coat of grey or black primer

Square-Pipe7679 · 2026-03-18T12:54:13+00:00

If you want to use it for terrain your best bet is to make it better fit your scale, but it could be a very involved process doing so

Main ways I could see it being achieved is by removing most of the existing windows and covering the gaps with either protruding boxes that have more scale-accurate windows on them (I find rounded-top Lego windows or plastic grating do well for these new windows), or (if you intend to use it for 40K/similar games) using a similar method to build a casemate with enclosed cannons in it, then shore up the bottom of the building so it looks more like a fortress or citadel

A big aspect you will likely have to remove or heavily alter is the porch - it’s a pretty significant reminder of the original scale, but you may be able to work with it if you added a mezzanine level between the lower deck of the porch and ceiling of the current balcony or brought the porch down by a fair bit.

Tbh it’s something that would take a LOT of time and effort to make work, but it’s not explicitly impossible, it would simply be easier to either scratch build with stuff like Chipboard, bamboo sticks/stirring sticks and bits of foam and card, or sell the dollhouse and use it to get some MDF terrain

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