MORE Moon Base Klaisus - STC -Ryza Pattern Ruins

I finished up the STC-Ryza Pattern Ruins that came with the Moon Base Klaisus box set.



These are all the wall bits that came with the boxed set. The was also a crate with the  Inquisition symbol on it (who knows what they could be storing in there) and trapdoor/access hatch (which, I have just realized, I haven't yet painted... so this isn't TOTALLY done!?)



I tried to do them in buildings sets with separate colours - for a little variety.



As I was setting this out on the kitchen table to take pics (too big to set up outside in the better light...) Finnegan noted that there probably ought to be rubble as there weren't many weapons that would destroy walls, but leave no detritus behind... I agreed, but pointed out GW was probably trying to find a balance between "realism" and "playability" (and cost!).



I figure this represents the remaining terrain that matters in the game - the stuff that gives real cover (although, arguably, piles of rubble could also give cover) but to model all that would make the set very expansive and require a much bigger box and make it difficult to maneuver models over it. We're not building a diorama here - just trying to play a GAME!



I do like these ruins. There is a lot of little details on the wall that fell somewhere between "fun" and "annoying" to paint... Maybe closer to "annoying", but I think they look pretty sharp now that they're finally done. Not that you can see a lot of it in these pictures, due to the crap lighting... but trust me, it's there...



This is the entire Moon Base Klaisus board with all the STC-Ryza Pattern Ruins I have. the full board is  5'5" × 3'7" (a little less than the "standard" 6'x4' table size). The ruins I have on the board here is the walls that came with the set PLUS an additional box of STC-Ryza Pattern Ruins - and it STILL doesn't really cover the entire board with much terrain. I could probably do with a second set of Ryza Patter Ruins...



For now, however, there is plenty to set up a 4-player board for Kill Team (which only uses half of the Moon Base Klaisus board -which is conveniently made out of four smaller boards that are butted together to make the larger board - each board is about 32.5" x 21.5" - about the same size as a Kill Team board). Especially when I throw in some Sector Mechanicus Terrain and some Sector Munitorum Terrain.



Looks like there will be lots of room for everyone to maneuver a round in... and lots of bits of terrain to hide in!



Which will suck for the more shooty teams that would rather stay OUT of close combat... like my Tallarn!



All of the terrain here is GW terrain.



Now to actually PLAY SOME GAMES!!!



I tried to arrange a few games this past week. But they all sort of fell through... which has been a bit of a drag...



Maybe this weekend.



I still have a pile of Sector Mechanicus and Sector Imperialis terrain to paint up! I also have a bit more Munitorum terrain to assemble and paint - a could more galvanic servo haulers, two more shipping containers and a PILE of crates and boxes.



As this is enough terrain for the game I'm running at ToonCon in two weeks (TWO WEEKS!), I need to shift gears and finish up the Kill Teams I wanted to have. Oh, I could run the game tomorrow with Kill Teams I CURRENTLY have, but there are a couple of different ones I'd LIKE to have available to play with. My plan it to take Drukhari (assuming Amanda will let me use HER Kill Team!), Genestealers, Chaos Space Marines and Cultists, and Aseptus Mechanicus. The Drukhari are done. The Genestealers are almost done (I just have to finish their bases). Chaos... well... One is done and the other dozen or so have a bit of paint on them... The Adeptus Mechanicus are assembled and primed...


Coming Soon To Tim's Miniature Wargaming Blog:

Game Reports...? I feel like I've been promising that all month, yet none have materialized!? We are clearly doing too many other things! Seriously, if I have to solo a game or two this weekend, I guess that's what I'll have to do!!

Genestealers! I bought the Kill Team: the Writhing Shadow box set - the Tyranids starter box - a couple weeks ago. I decided it would be a good Kill Team to have as a loaner and use for the ToonCon game - it only comes with Genestealers so it's only ONE troop type to have to worry about and there isn't much variation at all between them - other than the specialist abilities. I know, I know... I could have use the Space Hulk Genestealers... In fact, I've painted these new ones to match the ones I already painted so they could be used together. I even used the same 32mm Necromunda bases. I picked up the box set to get the cards and a little bit more terrain... because I apparently didn't have enough Sector Munitorum Terrain. They are assembled and the genestealers are painted - I just have to finish up the bases... probably do that some time today...

Moon Base Klaisus - STC -Ryza Pattern Ruins

I finished up a few more of bits of the STC-Ryza Pattern Ruins. These AREN'T the ones that came with Moon Base Kalisus. There were STC-Ryza Pattern Ruins that came with Moon Base Kalisus, but these aren't them. These are from a set I bought separately a couple months ago when Kill Team first came out. The ruins that come with the Moon Base aren't exactly the same either. They are similar... but not all totally the same....



The new ruin bits. Basically identical to the previous section I completed (I posted pictures of them at the end of THIS POST). The only difference is I painted the outer side of the building reddish brown, where as the previous ones were blue.



Same ruin, different angle. The board I've taken pictures of them on are the boards that came with Moon Base Klaisus.



More of the same - but with some of the previously painted blue building ruins (and some T'au).



A few of the building sections that came with Moon Base Klaisus are a bit longer than the ones I've just finished. I'm working on them next. Hopefully I can finish them up in the next week and move on to some new Kill Teams!



Oh, I did finish one of the bits that came with the Moon Base - this Inquisitor's crate/objective marker.



What could be in that crate? And why do these T'au want it so badly?



That's probably one too many... I've run out of things to say about it...



Here is what the entire Moon Base Klaisus board looks together. I had to take the picture of this one inside and spread out on the floor - as I don't currently have a table big enough to set it up on. It's total size is slightly less than 6'x4'. It's made up of four smaller boards, that themselves fold up pretty small. The individual boards are about the same size as the boards that come with Kill Team or in the Kill Zone boxes. I could play one-on-one games of Kill Team on any single board. I could run four-player games of Kill Team with any of the two that match up. Or I can play full-sized games of regular 40K on the full four-board set up.

The boards are printed on both sides - The the other side has a reddish cratered landscape. I'll have to remember to take some pictures of that side next time...


Coming Soon to Tim's Miniature Wargaming Blog:

Hard to say... probably more painting updates... I haven't gotten in ANY games of Kill Team... or any games at all this week! The September Game-A-Day Challenge seems to have fallen by the wayside. I'm a little sad about that, but willing to let it go. It's been a CrAzY busy month and I didn't want to push it so much that everyone gets SICK of gaming - trying to cram in a game here and there purely to say that we did it. It's supposed to be fun, right?