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Warhammer 40K Terrain: Cracked Aquila

Warhammer 40K Terrain: Cracked Aquila
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What do you guys think, is there much interest in this kind of stuff on instructables? i.e. would documenting more terrain pieces of mine be useful to others?

The Aquila is the symbol of the imperial guard army in the game Warhammer 40K.   I saw a piece of terrain on the Games Workshop website. I really liked the cracked aquila on the ground and thought it looked pretty simple and id try to make one myself. In game this piece would just act as difficult terrain. 

The model is supposed to look like an imperial guard sculpture that fell over or off of a building and broke on the ground. It took about 6 hours to make over three days. It is a very cheap piece of terrain to build. Its just mat board, clay, sand , and paint.
 
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Step 1Materials

Materials
- mat board
- printer paper
- air dry clay (you could try polymer clay or green stuff)
- wood glue
- pva glue
- sand
- paint

Tools
- scissors
- hobby knife
- printer
- pencil
- paint brushes
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17 comments
Nov 27, 2011. 3:39 AMmodded says:
Please do more. The one thing I would say is that it would look cool if there was a trapped, flailing tyranid under one section.
Dec 28, 2011. 7:10 AMmodded says:
Also, that's I don't paint Tau, but it looks good. Could you possibly do an instructable on how you painted it?
Jan 3, 2012. 10:16 AMmodded says:
Well, I tried Marines, but I made the line highlights too thick and found the armour hard to paint. I am currently working on an ork army, as they are easy to paint to a good standard. I may try Guard next, as they are versatile background-wise, so I can come up with a new Regiment.
Jan 4, 2012. 11:17 PMmodded says:
Do you just paint Tau, or have you dabbled with other armies?
Jan 5, 2012. 10:52 PMmodded says:
Fair enough. I findif you use a drybrush with a very hard, coarse brush and progressively brush lighter colours on, with less pressure, you get very effective hair.
Oct 27, 2011. 12:19 PMneologik says:
OMG, i'ts a great job.
quiete simmilar to the original.

i liked a lot..

greets
Sep 12, 2011. 10:52 AMFrozenIce says:
hey! i really like it :) POST MORE PLEASEEE 5*
Sep 17, 2011. 6:39 AMFrozenIce says:
Great!!! I made 2 last year. Is the one ur making next the one from mini war gaming?? check them out for more ideas!
Sep 6, 2011. 10:50 AMilpug says:
By all means, post more! this looks great! My friend is a pro level miniature painter and sculptor, and i am pretty darn good at making terrain myself. I would love to se more.
Sep 6, 2011. 6:23 PMilpug says:
All of my stuff has been sold at the moment. once I make more, i will post.
Sep 6, 2011. 12:57 AMmikeasaurus says:
My old roommate used to make and paint all kinds of 40K miniatures, the process looked very detailed. I definitly think having more Instructables on painting (and miniatures in general) would be awesome.


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