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http://www.dakkadakka.com/core/gallery- ... jsp?u=3197
It's reposted from a Dakka thread where we were discussing our gaming areas. So, if you saw it there... it's the same here:
So, in taking pictures of a project I've been working on (8 to 12 hours every Saturday for about 4.5 months), they captured pics of the place where I game. I took a couple others to add on, though. I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to go ahead and show ALL the pics of the project, since most of them are in the "gaming area" pics, anyway, and tell you about it...
If you turn to Page 345 in your 40K rulebooks, you'll see where the inspiration for this Bad Boy came from.
(Larger pics are in my gallery)
That's Rob (Tactica on Dakka) in the background. In real life he actually has a head.
Another angle:
You can see the bar in the background here:
More Rob:
A close up of the main building of the space port. You can see Leopold and Franz in the background here... We'll meet them later:
Another closer shot, from a different angle:
Yet another close up. Those black explosions were made with FW weathering powders, BTW:
A different angle (again):
Again:
Yet again (Hi, Franz!):
Some close ups of the building.
It's all modular. Here is one piece:
A close up of the back (front?) and two "turrets." These were fun to convert from fitting the fortress of redemption to fitting CoD tiles. Not something that is good for your sanity!
I pulled this away from the walkway to show the doors:
"Ground Level" shot of the "out building" that is sitting in the center:
That's Tom in the background. It's his place.
Another "Ground Level" shot:
The view from the landing pad. The pad that is on the upper floor of the main building has the side pieces glued in place:
The side pieces move on the other two, though:
So, you've seen this in the pics:
That's 4' tall, 2' deep and 13+' long. That's where Tom keeps his armies. It's LED lit with tempered glass shelves. This way, you can see all of the models, and the LED lights don't, you know, melt them. LOL
This is Leopold:
Leopold (never "Leo") is rather dumb... Well, stupid, really. He's fun, though. Just don't let him get drunk. He's a mean drunk.
This is Franz:
Franz is a black bear. He's 6' tall and from Canadian. Oddly, however, he speaks with a German accent and I've never heard him say "Eh!" or "Hoser."
Lastly, the storage area. This is where the terrain and some other things are kept:
This is a fun set to use. There are enough 2x2 squares that we can choose whether or not to use the FW Walls or the Giant cliff-like hills. They aren't shown in this pic, but the cliffs are about as tall as the walls.
These next 2 pics show the 4x6 FW Cityfight tiles hith buildings on them (but not attached):
(Sorry for the blur)
This is the extras cabinet. It holds the 3 armies that won't fit in the cabinet shown earlier, the extras from the Orks and the stuff that's too large/tall for the cabinet shelves:
The bottom shelf (only visible in the bottom right corner of the pic) is SOB.
Next up is IG
The two above that are Tau (previous codex - no new models yet)
Above that are Ork & Tau flyers, extra Ork models and FW Ork tanks that would be too big for the front cabinets. They're not used as often, so they're sent back here.
Above that are more big things. A Heirophant Bio-Titan and Warhound can be seen here, amongst others
Top shelf is CSM Warhound, Angron, two Stompas and... I forget.
Having seen all this, you're probably thinking what a great place this must be to game. If you are, you're right... and I consider myself lucky to do so. It's really not because of the environment, as much, though. Really, it's about my gaming buddies. Tom, Rob and Andy (not shown, even partially) are 3 of the best guys I've games with in the nearly 32 years I've been gaming. They're great gamers, modellers and friends. THAT (IMO) is what makes a gaming space a great place to play.
Eric
