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31 2013

Terrain Assembly: Skyshield Landing Pad

Earlier this week, I went nuts in assembling the various bits of the Wall of Martyrs set that had been lying around the garage. After spending a day assembling little plastic bits and covering my hands with superglue, I was fairly winded by the evening, and didnt feel much like continuing. Still, there was one more box of terrain sitting on my shelf since Christmas: the Skyshield Landing Pad. Since I was already on a terrain assembling kick, I figured why not push ahead and get that done as well. Thankfully, there arent all that many bits to that kit, and it went together fairly smoothly. I only had issues with two parts during the assembly. The first was with the unfurling shield bits that ring the outside of the pad. They assemble as a two-part shield that fit around an axle thats built into the pad itself. They can only go together one way, so that wasnt a problemthe issue I did have was that Im not really deft with superglue, so I had some spillage on the axles themselves. This meant that during the gluing process, several of these bits seized up in either the open or closed positions, and I had a devil of a time getting them to loosen up again. I then started a process where Id glue together one section, then go back and gently work all of the other sections to ensure that they were still mobile, which seemed to work well.

The other problem I had during assembly was that one of the leg sections seems to be warped. Try as a might, I couldnt get the glue to hold on to it long enough to pull it straight. As a result, one of the legs is all askew (particular towards the bottom). Im not happy about that, but at least its at the bottom of a rather large structure, so its relatively easy to overlook. Of course, I wish it wasnt like this at all, but if it had to be, it wouldve been nice had the inside of the leg been warped instead of the outside. Oh well, Ill live with itbut Im not terribly pleased When I was assembling it, Brandon was over, and he kept commenting about just how huge it was. I didnt initially see it, until I compared it to the Aquila strongpoint (which is an Apocalypse-sized building). Unfurled, the skyshield can completely obscure the strongpoint when placed over the top of it. Ok, so maybe Brandon was right about just how huge this thing is

Below there are two more pictures of the skyshield in comparison to the Aquila base, one of it above and one of it below the base for scale purposes. Yes indeedy, it is quite large.

All of this assembling of terrain makes me want to go out and play a game of 40k, but it really infatuates me with the idea of using fortifications in my games. What could I do with a massive 4+ invulnerable save

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9 comments on Terrain Assembly: Skyshield Landing Pad

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Tim Edwards
JULY 31, 2013 @ 1:18 PM

The Skyshield is definitely on my to buy list for the near future. Its actually remarkably good, and so rarely taken that I think it will throw a lot of players

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warhammer39999
JULY 31, 2013 @ 2:47 PM

Ive no idea how good it actually is, but I cant wait to find out. Im really surprised at the serious lack of fortification s by players in the local area. The only one I ever seem to see is the Aegis, so I certainly see your point that taking this one would throw people for a loop.

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dave weston
AUGUST 2, 2013 @ 3:38 AM

Thinking about a Tyranid one what are the Vengeance Weapon Battery rules like? Can nids take them too? Would love to see what they can do in our hands, one way to get over our lack if long range, even with low Bs!

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warhammer39999
AUGUST 2, 2013 @ 9:33 AM

I was trying to dig them up this morning, but I couldnt find the pamphlet. I know its 75pts, comes with a punisher cannon, its AV14 and BS2. I dont recall what the rules said about firing it, and honestly I forgot what the exact wording of the Tyranid confusion was. They could be emplacement or emplaced weapons I forget. When I find the datasheet, I can send you a picture if youd like?

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Dave Weston
AUGUST 5, 2013 @ 3:30 AM

That would be awesome if you could. If they work OK for the Tyranids I may consider them for the Dark Angels, should I ever get

round to them

warhammer39999
AUGUST 6, 2013 @ 8:57 AM

I tried emailing to the tesco account you have on file, but it bounced back. Is there perhaps a better email addy for you? If you want to keep it confidential, mine is my first name at warhammer39999.com

P.S. my first name is Rob.

Dave Weston
AUGUST 13, 2013 @ 3:15 AM

Dunno why that failed, sent you a googlemail, see if that can work.

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40kterminatus
AUGUST 2, 2013 @ 7:32 AM

I`ve just bought one and its about to come out of the box, so this assembly blog is perfect.

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warhammer39999
AUGUST 2, 2013 @ 9:31 AM

Glad to be of servicebut its really quite easy to figure out. There arent all that many choices. I was a little scared when I was clipping them off the sprue that I might be clipping some pieces that were part of the skyshield assembly (several of the nubbins are presented as oddly shapped bare plasticwhich arent that much different than the underside of the parts that glue together). It turns out that anything that wasnt obviously part of the actual assembly was just flashing though. Hopefully yours serves you well. Id be interested to hear how it goes. Mine hasnt yet seen the table

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