Project: The Fortress of Shenanigans

Ok, time to start a project or else I will never get anything done. Kick my ass into gear with painting, and generate content for the 40kegger site... check!

Alright.

I recently acquired a terrain piece that I have stalked since it was first released, but the price tag for the piece was never something I could justify. Sure enough, I recenty stumbled upon a used kit for sale (thanks, Chris). Therefore, I now own the amazing Fortress of Redemption.

Epic, ya'll...

The kit was in great shape; it seems all pieces are present, and it wasn't even primed. It was also glued together very well, and the bits were not hacked off the sprues. So, really, it is basically a new kit and put together as good as I would have done. Here, my phone took a picture of the new piece for you all to see.

I should glue it to my bar and turn it into a tap...

When I sat down to look at the kit, there were tons of ideas that came to mind. I definitely want to paint this one with some patience, it is totally worthy of some major brush attention. However, I was thinking was changing the fortress a little bit. First of all, my favorite part of the kit is the base portion with the two circular missle bays/turrets. The large ornate Angel of Death is cool, but I am thinking of removing that part and adding it to some rocky terrain. I think I will keep that spire as a Dark Angels piece in anticipation of the supposed new Starter Set. As for the rest of the kit, I was thinking about making a sci-fi brewery.

I plan to have this project completed for 40KEGGER 4, and have the piece on one of the tables at the event. Rather than removing the whole tower portion, I plan to saw off the Angel of Death spire right at the base of the skull pile under the lurking Angel's feet. This will maintain a large square platform that I can build upon. On the platform, I want to build a large tank to replace where the Angel would normally stand. So, I did some Google Image searching, and I imagine the tank to look something like...

But only 1 big tank, and much taller

Ideally, it would be cool if I could somehow have the 40kegger "Imperial Pint" logo on the side of the big tank. Either by freehand or some kind of custom transfer... Hmmm... Along other areas of the piece, and want to install some piping, kind of like...

Thanks again, Google Image search....

The rest of the piece will feature a few kegs (as seen in certain 40kegger Scenarios), stacked up along walls, waiting to be shipped out to thirsty Mon Keigh upon the many battlefields in the 40th millenium. And that is my plan. I will try to get some of the basic converting done and then give an update. If you guys have any ideas, I would love to hear them.

No Collin, this isn't going to be a Chaos Brewery...