6mm Terrain from Gregster's Lab

Back in November last year I went in on an Indiegogo campaign run by Gregster's Lab for some 6mm terrain.

I had not bought anything from the company before but the look of the 3D models and initial prints looked very promising.

By the end of the campaign there was three systems you could go in for:

Bunker System

Sigma Star Systems Walled Compound

Grey Dark Industries Research Centre.

I decided to go in for the Sigma Star System and Grey Dark Industries. The Bunker system didn't quite do it for me and I thought the other two fitted 40k far more. My plan was to use these for Aeronautica Imperialis and Epic (eventually).

This weekend the bits turned up...

Grey Dark Industries Research Centre:

Above are the corridor and building pieces. The design is Gothic enough to fit into the Imperial aesthetic. In hindsight I wish I had gone in for more of the larger corridor sections. Also in the pitcure above are the two bunkers with weapon options.

Second picture shows the smaller weapons which can be added to the system, though I'm not sure I will bother with those after all. Also top right is the large building (though it doesn't come with a roof) and bottom right the missile silos...

Better picture of the missile silos with the two different missile options. These will make great objectives to blow up in AI as will the power generator piece which is shown assembled up...

I think this is the only piece with any real quality issue, I think just from it being removed from it's sprue, the clippers might have got a bit close in this case. However this just highlights how good the pieces are overall. Flash is a minimum and the casts are sharp.

I did a quick set up of some pieces:

And a shot showing them alongside a couple of FW pieces and a FW Salamander.

Overall I am very happy with them. Ideally I think the small corridors could be a mm or two taller but otherwise I have no issues.

Sigma Star Systems Walled Compound

The Sigma Star System is basically a Tau terrain set. It reminds me of the Tau board at Warhammer World (which is in no way a bad thing).

Some of the extras I picked up include the bunkers and generators/tower thing to use as objectives (again to blow up).

The separate 'wing' piece can be attached to the walls as shown above.

Again I did a quick set up...

My plan is to make up a few bases but keep the objective pieces separate so they can be placed for each game.

My hat goes off to Greg for running a great Indiegogo campaign, communication was top notch with regular updates and it all seemed to go smoothly (it seemed to from this end anyway, I'm sure for Greg there were some stress behind the scenes).

I have some 6mm building pieces on order, if they are the same quality as these I will be more than happy with them.

Gregster's Lab can be found on Facebook. Also have a look at the Indiegogo campaign for more pictures of the systems above and the Bunker System.

Mekboy Junka 35 - And done...

...I hope.

As promised I gave the Junka a quick spray of grey primer to bring everything together and to highlight anything that may need to be done.

As far as I can see there isn't. I added the extra couple of magnets to the SAG turret but otherwise nothing has changed on the Junka since the last time.

So here is the picture dump...

Fingers crossed the customer is happy with it and I can get it boxed up and shipped out...

I admit at times it has been a struggle to get this done, I do these commissions for the joy of building something Orky, but I think I have now reached the limit where it has become more of a chore to get done than something to so because I enjoy doing it.

As such this is going to be the last commission for a while at least. I am going to get some Orks done for myself now (the Zone Mortalis force) and after that I shall be a Green Free zone for the rest of the year at least. My time can go towards my own projects like getting the Militia sorted and the ZM board painted. Oh and the rest of my Nurgle Daemons painted.

Mekboy Junka 34 - Almost there...

So the Junka is on the verge of being finished.

Tomorrow (weather dependant) I want to give it a quick coat of grey primer to bring it all together and help spot anything I may have missed.

Since the last update I've done a few things...

Deff Rolla -

I've glued the Rolla into the one support arm and added a brass pin to the other one. The has made the whole thing much more stable and also allowed the Rolla to be fixed in the one position allowing me to add the spikes.

All those spikes were cut from Kan & Dredd shoulder pads. Quite a lot of them. I have a few more in the post so when they arrive i'll add the last few spikes.

The Junka can be handled easily now without the Rolla moving, it's nice and stable.

Shown below is the Ork Glyph I added to the plain area beside the drivers cab.

Shokk Attack Gun Turret - 

I added the last two arms on the front and also finished the Snotling box on the back.

The Glyphs on the rear are "Runt" for Snotlings (on the left) and "Shokka" the glyph for a Shokk Attack Gun.

And some pictures of the whole vehicle:

Note in the pic above you can see the exhaust on the back has been added. Had to go with that one as the others got hit by the SAG turret as it turns.

And the parts break down like this: