Building Better Worlds

"There was no wall left unbroken, no building that had not been fought over a dozen times [...] won, lost then won again, until men were fighting over the wreckage of a hundred previous defeats. By the end, it was a war fought in the carcass of a city by men tired exhausted and horrified beyond the telling of it. The waking dead fighting over the corpse of a giant."

I bought the Kill Team box set; not only because it was the game that the school club was most interested in but also because I love some decent scenery and I'm always looking to expand Hive Karhonnen. 

And the new scenery is really rather lovely. 

The basecoat was applied with an airbrush - as with previous stuff I decided on the Lynch Harkonnen colour scheme. So blue grey on the outside and sickly green for the interiors. 

The exterior was drybrushed with grey and the interiors washed with heavily watered smokey ink. 

Interior before wash:

After Wash:

As you can see, they have a massive scale and add a real cinematic feel to the tabletop:

And here's some detail shots:

The box set comes with the playing mat allowing some really interesting set ups. 

This is a pretty good deal I think - two complete squads, the rule book and all this scenery for £60 is not to be sniffed at. 

And finally:

"Ah, Control, this is Fire Team Alpha. We've reached the unidentified object as ordered and... well..."