Spaceports!

A quick and uncharacteristic weekend update here. I had to. I was just too stoked at the efforts put forth by the guys playing in the Belsbeth campaign. I had to snap a couple of quick photos and share them with you all. Pretty sure I have mentioned this before, but every player in the campaign was sent off with a spaceport tile that they would start the campaign controlling, as well as one of each of the four different types of structures, and lastly some of the flag pieces so they could stake their turf. I told them to do what they liked. Here are the results.

First up, the good guys. My buddy Matt didn't have time to finish all of his stuff so he got his spaceport tile done at least so that I can make the map. I will reshoot this when he is done, but for now here a is a quick, albeit somewhat blurry look, at his spaceport:

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His space marines were the ones that put the shalacking on me in the last tourney I played in and they look great. Hopefully I will be able to get some pics of his army in a battle report.

Next up is my buddy Mike. His Sisters of Battle of have been around for a long time. I think it is my favorite army that he has ever done and I am stoked they are being brought out of a lengthy retirement. Hell, I am stoked Mike is being brought out of a lengthy retirement. Here is his offering:

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I really like the fact that he took the time to paint lines on the landing strips, that extra detail makes the tile.

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Last of the defending good guys is Travis and his Salamanders/War of Armageddon marines:

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His shit looks good, as always. But I can't help but wonder if his flag is a defiant challenge to the invading xenos scum, or his reaction to the fact that I made his monkey ass finish painting them all last night?

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As for the invaders. First up is Dan with his Tyranid tiles. Again I just shot these quickly 'cause I will give them the works when he has a chance to finish. I can't wait, as he went well above and beyond the call of duty, making his own "structures" and everything:

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I think that Dan was going for security in that not many will want to claim his tile, especially with this thing doing whatever it is it does on it:

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Dan's bugs are shit hot, and they tooled me pretty good last night at Travis'. I can't wait to see these tiles finished up.

Greg has brought his Chaos Daemon army to Belsbeth, not an army noturious for needing spaceports. Nonetheless he managed to come up with something pretty cool for his offering:

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I am a big fan of 28 days later, so this totally vibed with me. When I read this I can just see the post script of the cry for help reading, "The last souls were delicious."

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And finally, borrowing heavily from D9, my Tau spaceport:

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It was a lot of fun to make. I dry-brushed it to match the style of the map, but I don't think it lends itself to the model as well as the other pieces. If I do another I will line high light it instead. A few more pics:

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Really excited to put the map together with my wife in a few hours. This campaign has delivered so far, and it doesn't even start until Monday.

Thanks for reading,
T