I’ll lead this post off with an objective marker that I just completed. It’s actually the previous base that the Mentor Legion Dreadnought was based on, before I pried it off for a fresh start. I considered prying the dead Chaos Marine off it as well, but then figured that it would be easier and probably more effective to just glue some more crap down to the base – so it received a munitions crate and a half-buried barrel, courtesy of some of the recent GW basing and terrain kits.
I’m in two minds as to whether I should add some tufts to fill in some of the empty space. I don’t mind it looking a bit more sparse and generic. Anyone have any opinions on that?
I’m also thinking that perhaps I should rim the base – either in black or brown so it’s consistent. Maybe go over the dirtied-up crate with some dry pigment? Hm…
Then again, I could well be overthinking a small, fairly insignificant bit of table fodder.
Some 40k figures to provide with a fuller sense of scale. I’m sure it’ll all end well with these three on site.
I’ve also done these Teleport Homers recently-ish, so I thought I’d throw them in here. More or-less one at a time as I’ve found them on sprues and amongst other junk, just copying the same scheme, and varying the colour of the lights – just in case I ever use them for anything and need to distinguish them from one another. I guess I could even use them as objective markers from time to time, especially since Terminators don’t actually need them anymore in 8th edition.
Here are some RT-era Black Templar terminators doing their rendition of “Tiptoe Through the Tulips.” Again for scale. (And I guess, context?)
Azazel's Bitz Box. 
Always usefull !
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Cheers!
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These look great. I love well done scenic objectives. They add a lot to the battlefield.
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Thanks Patrick. Yeah they do look good when I see them. I need to make some more of my own.
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Very nice indeed. Sometimes these simple little projects can be very satisfying!
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Especially when they’re recycling something like a (discarded) base!
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I think a couple of tufts will suit the base. I like the different colour lights. I’m going to have to remember that when I finally paint my teleporters.
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Thanks – I’m tending to agree. I might give it a tuft or two – then show the updated one as an addendum to some other terrain post in the future.
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Neat job mate, always good to have a stash of things like this handy 🙂
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Cheers Alex. I’ve never actually managed to sort out any dedicated 40k objective markers to date (as opposed to “we’ll use these crates”), so this is a good start.
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Looks good! I’d not use the black rim for terrain pieces as I think they blend in more nicely with the terrain without it. A tuft or two would look nice, but it should not obscure the skull of the dead marine. It looks nice and creepy from the angle on the second pic. Maybe a goo spill from the barrel?
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I believe you are correct on the rims. I agree on the tufts as well. Probably just one or two on the empty side of it. I’ll skip the goo this time and leave us with the option for videogame-style red barrels. You know what those mean…
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Ka-boom!
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Nice job (again), man I missed a few days on the blogs and you crank them out. Still, enjoyed the post! Thanks!
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Cheers Mark – I tend to finish stuff in bursts, so I (just) manage to spread things out enough to have a reasonably steady stream of new stuff for the blog.
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