“That’s a bit melodramatic
isn’t it?”
Nifty Halfinch looked
askance at his companion.
“No, it actually says that here…” muttered Oddleigh, proffering the mouldering map to the Hobbit. “S-K-U-L-L
in big letters, ending in a zed.”
They watched as the third
member of their scouting party, Magog the barbarian, poked around the frozen ruins
that seemingly tumbled out of the snowy hillside.
“Well, they certainly
seemed to like their ‘skullz' - they've even put them on their bloomin' ladders,” Halfinch observed, “seems they liked their ‘spikez’ too…”
Magog turned to them
and grunted.
“Magog also like.”
“Oh yes?”
“Hmm!” the barbarian
affirmed. “Good example of Gothic-Futurist embellishment. See stone buttons set
near door? Classic futurism - termed ‘control panel’ in ancient Felstat. First
used in Chronomantic school of architecture, but later appropriated by other
schools. And skull motif – initially preserve of Necromancers, but later adopted
across board.”
“Um, is that so?” Oddleigh
gawped.
“Ya. Magog date
religious edifice to about third imperial era.” He shrugged his massive
shoulders. “Spiked turrets - dead giveaway.”
Oddleigh and Halfinch
exchanged glances.
“Er, are you sure you’re
a barbarian?”
After receiving a little bonus at work a while back, I
decided to treat myself to some scenery – namely some Warhammer 40K stuff (Sanctum
Imperialis and Basilica Administratum sets to be precise). My challenge was to make
as much out of these kits as I could.
After much cursing and gluing of fingers I now have plenty
of Gothic buildings to add to my scenery collection, with just a few bits left
over (which I have other plans for).
As well as the main ruins (I’m particularly pleased with the
mausoleum/cloister piece) I used the spare floor sections and parapets to make
some walls.
I also decided on another use for the flying buttresses,
joining them together to make separate archways, enabling them to double up as
doorways. In order to keep everything stable, I glued each item to a narrow
base.
Painting was as per usual – black undercoat and tester-pot
drybrushing. Add a little bit of scatter and snow flock and there you have it.
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