Due to being subjected to the constant barrage of this 'Battlefleet: Armada" game I've done and done a VERY silly thing. Which is open my Gothic case. The Gothic ships have to be my all time favourite GW miniatures. They're just awesome. So........ because I like cool things (even better if they're OoP!) I've gone and got all sentimental and have delved deep into Gothic again.
I'm working on a 'gaming fleet' and a 'display' fleet. The gaming fleet(fleetss?) will mostly be built out of recasts whilst the Display fleet will all be originals. Captain Sarathai once said "You must be sitting on a ton of money" in regards to my Inquisitor Collection. He has no idea about my Gothic stuff
Anyway, enough rambling! PICS!!
This is my 'gaming fleet'. Everything bar the two cruisers are casts. Some came out well and some didn't but they're usable.
The Bloodhound
- Vanquisher Battleship with Fleet Admiral
The Brass Mauler
- Gothic class Cruiser with Power Ram
The Iron Dutchess
- Dictator Class Cruiser
The Razor
- Dauntless class Cruiser
The Wolf Pack
- 5 Cobra Destroyers (one still to do)
I was inspired by a 'super' battleship someone else had converted and decided I must make my own. Here is my work so far. The prow will be a cast of the Dark Angel Jet Bike prow (with modifications). There's a Retribution class battleship for scale.
Well, here's the whole fleet (not including the above gaming fleet). It's exactly 5000pts but I still have 2 Cruisers (on sprues), 2 Dauntless and 3 Escorts unbuilt in the case so could probably make 6000pts in a pinch.
So that's......
Emperor Class Battleship
2x Retribution Class Battleships
Right. I've finally finished the 'Super Battleship'. I'm not sure what to call it so if you have any ideas, go ahead. I could also do with some suggestions with a colour scheme as well. I was thinking the normal 'Green' that most ships are in the Obscurus fleet but, hey, why not go for something else.
Some shots of the underneath so you can see the Plasma Annihilator and the conversion work. I cut a normal battleship in half (lengthways) and widened it with a 2mm piece of Plasticard. Everything in Grey Resin I bought from *CoughChinaCough*. Everything in white resin is stuff I have cast.
I also cast up and painted another Dauntless class Light cruiser because - Torpedoes.
Lastly, I picked up two 'incomplete' Battle Barges off ebay for conversion purposes. Turns out they were both complete so WIN. Especially for £37 for both Think I'm going to go for Black Templars.
The 'big fleet' is all original So are the Marines. I now have 2 battle barges, 3 strike cruisers and 2 escorts which gives me a 1500pt fleet!
I'm also making a Chaos fleet for the hell of it (it gives people something to use against the Marines/Imperial if they dont have Gothic themselves). These are all resin casts. They're not perfect but they're good enough to game with and you can't tell the difference until you get up close.
Right. My 1500pt Gaming fleet is done!! Everything apart from the three cruisers are resin recasts. The three cruisers were salvage jobs as they have had 3 or 4 paint jobs over the years so even with stripping they didn't come out great. Regardless, I think they look ok!
I have also gone and made a few quick transports.
Right, I best get around to finishing that Dreadnought I suppose.
Well, I had a thought and then that thought turned into a full blown "I NEED TO SCRATCH BUILD NOW!" I fancied having some Endeavour class cruisers in my list. However due to A] not having any and B] wanting my fleet to look like it's made up of left overs and mothballed ships I decided to make this wee chap!
The plan is to cast him up and have 4 of them. 2 Endeavours and 2 Endurances. Although I really like the launch bays on it so that may change!
Close up of the torpedo tubes.
As you can see it's a bit shorter than a duantless but is twice as wide.
The background to this chap is that its an old Ore transporter that was converted into warship due to requirements and having loads left lying around after the mining industry went bust. Over the years it, and it's sister ships, have been modified and improved on and now form the majority of the system defence fleet of my forgotten backwater sector fleet.
Well. I managed to cast 6 up last night. Only 4 came out usable though. The other two will probably end up as hulks. As you can see, there's still a few little bubbles that needed fixing. Nothing massive though.
Well. That didn't take long! The four Endeavours/Endurance are done! Although looking at them now I think they need some squadron markings on the prows. Do you think I should add purple & Gold to the back of the ships?
Well, because I can't decide on which ship I want my flagship to be I went ahead and magnetised it. Everything. Even the prow so I can switch between torpedoes and Sensors. although this doesn't really help me decide on what I actually want it at least stops me from having to break things off every time I change my mind!
Here's the bits I have magnetised...
So, do I want an executor? (If only Imperials could have them! )
Back to Gothic for the moment as I realised the deadline for GothicComp was almost up! Here's some 'almost done' pics of the Dreadnought. Not much needs finishing, just the metal on the engines and a name plate on the base. What are your thoughts about doing gold around the weapon ports for the Weapon Batteries?
Had to do a little repair work today as I dropped the f'er!
absolutely breathtaking. BFG is the one system I pray GW brings back with little to no aesthetic change.
I love the more "streamlined" look you've given some and that super battleship is incredible
Cheers man. I've stopped posting as I haven't really done any more work on my fleets but I haven't stopped gaming. I still can't decide on my 1500pt gaming fleet lol. How long has it been? 8 Months plus????
The Gothic ships are some of my favourite models GW has ever produced. They just look awesome and the amount of work that went into each ship is just incredible. Well, the early ships anyway, the later ships were a bit pants (here's looking at you Dark Eldar and Tau).
I have recently bought a 1500pt Chaos fleet off ebay though and the start of an Ork fleet as well so expect them soon Well.......... provided I can tear myself away from Inquisitor.
I actually didn't check the dates. I was too distracted by awesome models haha.
I agree about the early vs later ships. I like to pretend those bland sculpts with no detail ever existed haha (although the FW TAU were a massive improvement over the GW Tau).
I hope they bring this system back and keep the original look of the forces (though improve on some as mentioned)
and Inquisitor was a great system, I'd love to get my hands on an Eisenhorn after reading the Eisenhorn trilogy...but ebay makes my wallet cry.
No worries. I've just ordered a shed load of bases from GW to re-do my BIG fleet. When ever I get around to finishing that lol. I've also recently applied paint to a 750pt Ork fleet so expect pictures soon
I may end up with a spare Eisenhorn model. If I do, I'll send it your way. It will be a rescue job though.
Well, back to Gothic for the time being. Some random Ebay purchases of cheap Ork ships........... This is 750pts. No idea if it's legal but the fleet will grow
We have 1 Kill Kroozer, 8 Ravagers and 6 onslaughts.
They are just base coated at the moment. Gunmetal, a wash and a dry-brush but I'm not sure what colours to do for the details. Ideas?
In other news I have decided to re-do the bases on my large imperial fleet. Unfortunately my enthusiasm ended when I realised that that would be 83 ships. Eads!! Oh well......... I've bought the bases now! :-\
Some WIP pics of my escorts being redone. 15 Swords, 15 Firestorms and 15 Cobras. The green is done, the metal needs a couple of highlights and the prows need doing.
Also, some Battleships! 2 Retributions, 1 Terra, 1 Victory and 2 Emperor class battleships
wowzers I say.
looking like a glorius little addition to what you have so far. love the hordes of frigates and destroyers...now if you had 15 dauntless you may have to mark that as "not safe for work"
Love the terra class battleship...though you should do a Nemesis Fleet Carrier for full on space pawn action haha
Lol, I was looking at making a Nemesis class Battleship. That or the Majestic (lances!) but I just like the Victory. What's not to like about 6 lances and a Nova Cannon on a Battleship?????
Here's what is in the fleet
Terra class Battleship
2x Retribution class Battleship
2x Emperor class Battleship
Victory class Battleship
3x Armageddon class Battlecruiser
3x Mars class Battlecruiser
6x Lunar class cruisers
2x Dictator class cruisers
2x Dominator class cruisers
4x Dauntless class light cruisers.
15 Swords
15 Firestorms
15 Cobras.
........and then we go onto the Marine fleet...
Ultima class Battle Barge
2x Battle Barges
6x Strike Cruisers
5x Nova class frigates
............an then the chaos fleet
Desolator class Battleship.
Repulsive class grand cruiser
Styx class Heavy cruiser
3x Murder class cruisers
2x Devastation class cruisers
2x Slaughter class cruisers
Well, no, I've got the orks to do. Plus I have my re-cast fleet on the go. I'm planning on doing a huge cargo hauler that's been retro fitted to a carrier (Annihiliator grand cruiser!) for my re-cast fleet That, with some more escorts will bring it up to 2000pts. So........ About 15,000pts of Gothic planned......... Now i just need to find an opponent
PS: I'm afraid I didn't win the ebay bid so missed out on the spare Eisenhorn. Of you want some not-so-original models PM me
I shall be viewing with bated breath and interest as often as I can
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